About the only useful information you could get out of such a server would be the database system it's connected to and all the credit card information it processes - hardly even worth bothering with.
I think a better question would be did you think about that at all before posting? I'd say gaining all the credit card information a server processes would be very worth bothering with.
Again though, you're comparing a widely-used operating system to a barely-used operating system (from a desktop perspective, at least.) The number of people targeting Linux PCs is quite likely to be exponentially smaller that the number of people targeting a Windows PC.
Look. I support Linux as much as the next guy. Hell, I use it on two of my four systems. That being said, I hold no illusions that Linux would remain as secure as it is today were its use as widespread as Windows...nor would it remain as secure once you get Grandpa Joe and Soccer Mom Jennifer using it daily (i.e. super widespread adoption, increasing the number of people targeting it.)
I'm not saying Linux isn't secure...I'm saying there is no way you can compare the security of an OS that barely holds 1% of the market to the most widely used OS on the entire planet. Linux hasn't been nearly as challenged as Windows, and as such any claims regarding its security when in extremely widespread use would be speculative at best and irresponsible at worst.
Agreed. I'm not worth crap with a mouse in an RTS, but if I have someone who has pin-point accuracy sitting at the screen following my commands, we win almost every single time.
That's what they make turn-based strategy games for, as far as I'm concerned:)
I'm sure the Activision merger had a lot to do with it, but I think the rampant success of World of Warcraft has inflated their ego. The way they released Starcraft II content leading up to its release was done with a tone of "Feast your eyes on yon game! We, Blizzard, have made it, and therefore it is good!"
That's the thing, though...I didn't use any add-ons the last time I had Firefox installed, for precisely the reasons you outlined. It made a slight difference, but honestly not much. Things like Noscript and ad blockers cause a barely perceptible change in actual usage speed. It slightly increases the time it takes for the program to start, but that's about it.
The authors took money for research from Microsoft, long the arch- enemy of the open-source movement-- although they assure readers that the funds came with no strings attached
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! THERE IS ONLY ZUUL!
Claiming that he wanted to help AT&T improve its security, he wrote a computer script to extract the data from AT&T and then went public with the information.
THAT'S the problem. Had he done this, then only sent the data to AT&T rather than publicly releasing it, they likely would be thanking him rather than trying to send him to the pokey.
It's that pesky "went public with the information" part that screwed him up.
I don't care what benchmarks say...the butt-dyno (eye-dyno?) tells me that it works much faster than Firefox. Whether it's true or not doesn't matter to me...it feels faster, and that's what I care about.
Indeed! When I did my most recent reformat, I decided to give Chrome a try, since I had never even used it. I'm definitely a convert, now...Chrome is INSANELY fast.
It's a shame "don't submit obvious patent trolls", "don't attempt to patent shit you obviously didn't create", and "don't waste the PTO's time by changing one line in your claim and resubmitting it" can't be followed. Seriously. WTF.
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I was referring exclusively to the desktop/personal use space...hence why the word "server" was found nowhere in my OP.
If you'd like to try to argue that Linux is even remotely as widespread in people's homes as Windows...well, good luck with that.
About the only useful information you could get out of such a server would be the database system it's connected to and all the credit card information it processes - hardly even worth bothering with.
I think a better question would be did you think about that at all before posting? I'd say gaining all the credit card information a server processes would be very worth bothering with.
Again though, you're comparing a widely-used operating system to a barely-used operating system (from a desktop perspective, at least.) The number of people targeting Linux PCs is quite likely to be exponentially smaller that the number of people targeting a Windows PC.
It's Linux-based, so naturally it's secure! /sarcasm
Note: I have a Droid Eris running Nonsensikal 15.2...so I'm certainly no Android hater.
1%, 5%...it's still no where near the number of Windows desktops out in the wild.
Look. I support Linux as much as the next guy. Hell, I use it on two of my four systems. That being said, I hold no illusions that Linux would remain as secure as it is today were its use as widespread as Windows...nor would it remain as secure once you get Grandpa Joe and Soccer Mom Jennifer using it daily (i.e. super widespread adoption, increasing the number of people targeting it.)
I'm not saying Linux isn't secure...I'm saying there is no way you can compare the security of an OS that barely holds 1% of the market to the most widely used OS on the entire planet. Linux hasn't been nearly as challenged as Windows, and as such any claims regarding its security when in extremely widespread use would be speculative at best and irresponsible at worst.
Agreed. I'm not worth crap with a mouse in an RTS, but if I have someone who has pin-point accuracy sitting at the screen following my commands, we win almost every single time.
That's what they make turn-based strategy games for, as far as I'm concerned :)
I'm totally going to make a game called "World of Craft". Let's see them waste money on crochet and needlepoint!
Nope. They took the tools included with every copy of Starcraft II and used it to make a World of Warcraft-style.
A better analogy would be: they were given a bunch of Legos, then were smacked for putting them together to make the Lego logo.
Who do you think they are...Valve? :p
I'm sure the Activision merger had a lot to do with it, but I think the rampant success of World of Warcraft has inflated their ego. The way they released Starcraft II content leading up to its release was done with a tone of "Feast your eyes on yon game! We, Blizzard, have made it, and therefore it is good!"
They better be making a "World of Starcraft" game, otherwise this just reeks of asshattery.
I didn't say I agreed with it, I just said that's the way it probably is.
That's the thing, though...I didn't use any add-ons the last time I had Firefox installed, for precisely the reasons you outlined. It made a slight difference, but honestly not much. Things like Noscript and ad blockers cause a barely perceptible change in actual usage speed. It slightly increases the time it takes for the program to start, but that's about it.
The authors took money for research from Microsoft, long the arch- enemy of the open-source movement-- although they assure readers that the funds came with no strings attached
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! THERE IS ONLY ZUUL!
That's not the problem.
Claiming that he wanted to help AT&T improve its security, he wrote a computer script to extract the data from AT&T and then went public with the information.
THAT'S the problem. Had he done this, then only sent the data to AT&T rather than publicly releasing it, they likely would be thanking him rather than trying to send him to the pokey.
It's that pesky "went public with the information" part that screwed him up.
I don't care what benchmarks say...the butt-dyno (eye-dyno?) tells me that it works much faster than Firefox. Whether it's true or not doesn't matter to me...it feels faster, and that's what I care about.
Indeed! When I did my most recent reformat, I decided to give Chrome a try, since I had never even used it. I'm definitely a convert, now...Chrome is INSANELY fast.
Guess a Slashdoting ain't what it used to be.
Is anything?
You ALMOST had me, until...
I could care less really about all of this new technology which is essentially useless. In cases like php, it makes things drastically worse
Then why don't you care less?
I'll never understand how highly intelligent people make such a horrible mistake.
You're right...if I thought I was special, I would be selling my music and writings rather than giving them away for free as I currently do.
It's a shame "don't submit obvious patent trolls", "don't attempt to patent shit you obviously didn't create", and "don't waste the PTO's time by changing one line in your claim and resubmitting it" can't be followed. Seriously. WTF.
Oh, and it wasn't a taco...it was some kind of chinese pastry :)
Holy crap! That's exactly what I was going for! lol, seriously though...awesome :)
I'd think listening to top-40 hits would be more comparable to meth...