G Can I make VLC my default movie opener?
N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Schiltz Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:44 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows users: Uninstall Apple's QuickTime now - The Washington Post Most likely, nothing bad will happen if you uninstall it. Worst case, you will go to some web page that uses Quicktime and your browser will tell you to install Quicktime. In which case, you will say "guess that wasn't such an important web site after all." :-) On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Nick Thompson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Thanks, all. So what then does a civilian do? The chatter around Quick Time Alternative is not consistently enthusiastic. What is likely to happen if I simply uninstall QT from my system. I already have VLC media player loaded, but I am not entirely clear how to use it. Sorry to be asking such dumb questions, but there it is. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Barry MacKichan Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 3:40 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows users: Uninstall Apple's QuickTime now - The Washington Post In this case, the article is correct. A security problem with QuickTime on Windows has been discovered. Generally when this happens a developer will issue a patch or a new version, but in this case Apple announced they won’t fix it. --Barry On 16 Apr 2016, at 14:09, Nick Thompson wrote: > Dear Wise People, > > > > According to this article, Quicktime is so out of date and so > unsupported as to be a major security hazard. > > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/15/windows-users-u > ninstall-apples-quicktime-now/?tid=pm\_business\_pop\_b > > > > This article reminds me of an hysterical email I once received [and > fell > for] which commanded me to delete a certain file from my computer, > only to > discover that it was pretty much essential to the operation of the > computer. > The version of Quicktime I have on my computer was installed only two > months > ago? Does Apple software really have such a short shelf life? > > > > Why bother to write malware, when you can just write blog post telling > idiots like me to drive a spike through their computers, AND we will > do it! > > > > What are we "citizens" to think? > > > > Nick > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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