My comment still stands: Fine; include a WM. Include all of them. That, however, should not be what's "best of all" about it. If that's the best improvement they've made to the distro, then I argue that their priorities are wrong.
It is a sad state of affairs when the inclusion of a variety of window managers are the best part of a penetration testing tool, something that ought be used by someone with enough technical know-how to deal with a CLI.
Granted, complaining about editing is a waste of time (I've got some time here you go), but I'm surprised I don't see anyone posting about the ridiculous clickbait headline. As I scroll through the/. homepage, I see a bunch of headlines that tell what the story is, and then this one, which is effectively "ZOMG! YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THIS SCIENTIST SAID!" You may as well subcaption it with "The discovery mainstream media REFUSES to print!"
If you're going to post ridiculous, anticlimactic, obvious stories, at least make their titles informative as to what it's about.
Oblig. car analogy: "Scientist discovers steering wheel turns car" vs "CONTROL VIRTUALLY ANY AUTOMOBILE WITH THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK!"
I currently work for a municipal agency dealing with building codes, health and safety inspections and planning in an IT capacity who receives the bulk of my agencies public records requests, and can offer my $0.02 on this.
As another poster pointed out, I don't normally deal with the data, so when I receive a request, the first thing I have to do is research/discuss with people in the know what it is the request even says. Then dig through the database and determine if it exists and how to get it out. Finally, there's a lot of back and forth to verify that I got everything the request asked for.
...for every request. Because every request wants something different, and frequently insist that it be formatted a certain way (not just an Excel data dump; sorted and grouped and normalized and polished till it shines). I'm a very competent database admin and know a good deal about our agencies processes. I can't imagine what Sally Secretary, who has no IT support, goes through when she receives one of these requests.
At least from my personal experience at a local level, it's not a nefarious rationale at all; Public Records requests are simply not part of our day-to-day duties, and as such, take more time to accommodate, and when I call back and ask questions about what you're asking, its because I genuinely want to get it right; not because I'm trying to hide something.
Not feeling like reading Apple's developer agreement in its entirety, I have to ask: is there anything that prevents publishers from providing two links in their app, say one that goes to their website to purchase content and another "Apple Store Enabled" link with a disclaimer that it includes a 30% markup mandated by Apple, Inc? Or simply adding a boilerplate line in the App Store description "This content may be purchased via the publishers website for 30% off"?
You're not likely to see 30k RPM drives any time soon. The speed of a 15k drive means that the outer edge of the 3 1/2" drive is spinning pretty fast... getting close to the speed of sound...It's why CDROM speeds haven't gone up much since the old day of 52x...
Perhaps I haven't taken a math class in a while, but my cocktail napkin calculation says that a 3.5 inch disc spinning at 15,000 times per minute will travel just over 156 miles/hour. No where near 761 mph (speed of sound).
3.5 x Pi = 11 inch circumference x 15000 = 164,933 inches per minute / 12 inches / 5280 feet/mile * 60 minutes/hour = 156 mph.
Furthermore, while I don't argue your point that they are spinning pretty fast, I disagree with your assertion that CDROM's haven't increased because of this. More like, I believe CDROMs are simply not manufactured within sufficient tolerances, as indicated by their frequent vibrations when they spin up, and such vibrations could cause them to shatter.
1. Attacks are getting more sophisticated. Is this really unexpected? As countermeasures are developed against existing attacks, they have to get more sophisticated.
2. "...many people feel that out-of-work IT workers will be much more tempted..."; duh. Ask John Q. Public if X worker in Y field might be tempted to commit crimes against the field they have experience in when the econmic pressure is on, and Mr. Public will always say yes.
TFA doesn't actually actually say anything about out of work IT people actually turning to crime or link crime to the economy in any meaningful way.
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My comment still stands: Fine; include a WM. Include all of them. That, however, should not be what's "best of all" about it. If that's the best improvement they've made to the distro, then I argue that their priorities are wrong.
It is a sad state of affairs when the inclusion of a variety of window managers are the best part of a penetration testing tool, something that ought be used by someone with enough technical know-how to deal with a CLI.
Granted, complaining about editing is a waste of time (I've got some time here you go), but I'm surprised I don't see anyone posting about the ridiculous clickbait headline. As I scroll through the /. homepage, I see a bunch of headlines that tell what the story is, and then this one, which is effectively "ZOMG! YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THIS SCIENTIST SAID!" You may as well subcaption it with "The discovery mainstream media REFUSES to print!"
If you're going to post ridiculous, anticlimactic, obvious stories, at least make their titles informative as to what it's about.
Oblig. car analogy: "Scientist discovers steering wheel turns car" vs "CONTROL VIRTUALLY ANY AUTOMOBILE WITH THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK!"
Why? Just plug it (via an adapter) into a 220 outlet and watch the fireworks.
I currently work for a municipal agency dealing with building codes, health and safety inspections and planning in an IT capacity who receives the bulk of my agencies public records requests, and can offer my $0.02 on this. As another poster pointed out, I don't normally deal with the data, so when I receive a request, the first thing I have to do is research/discuss with people in the know what it is the request even says. Then dig through the database and determine if it exists and how to get it out. Finally, there's a lot of back and forth to verify that I got everything the request asked for.
...for every request. Because every request wants something different, and frequently insist that it be formatted a certain way (not just an Excel data dump; sorted and grouped and normalized and polished till it shines). I'm a very competent database admin and know a good deal about our agencies processes. I can't imagine what Sally Secretary, who has no IT support, goes through when she receives one of these requests.
At least from my personal experience at a local level, it's not a nefarious rationale at all; Public Records requests are simply not part of our day-to-day duties, and as such, take more time to accommodate, and when I call back and ask questions about what you're asking, its because I genuinely want to get it right; not because I'm trying to hide something.
"...and even cylcon symbols by Australia's Aborigines which can be up to 20,000 years old."
... I had no idea BSG was a documentary!
Holy crap
My first thought: AMEE from Red Planet http://thecia.com.au/reviews/r/images/red-planet-1024.jpg
Not feeling like reading Apple's developer agreement in its entirety, I have to ask: is there anything that prevents publishers from providing two links in their app, say one that goes to their website to purchase content and another "Apple Store Enabled" link with a disclaimer that it includes a 30% markup mandated by Apple, Inc? Or simply adding a boilerplate line in the App Store description "This content may be purchased via the publishers website for 30% off"?
You're not likely to see 30k RPM drives any time soon. The speed of a 15k drive means that the outer edge of the 3 1/2" drive is spinning pretty fast... getting close to the speed of sound ...It's why CDROM speeds haven't gone up much since the old day of 52x...
Perhaps I haven't taken a math class in a while, but my cocktail napkin calculation says that a 3.5 inch disc spinning at 15,000 times per minute will travel just over 156 miles/hour. No where near 761 mph (speed of sound).
3.5 x Pi = 11 inch circumference x 15000 = 164,933 inches per minute / 12 inches / 5280 feet/mile * 60 minutes/hour = 156 mph.
Furthermore, while I don't argue your point that they are spinning pretty fast, I disagree with your assertion that CDROM's haven't increased because of this. More like, I believe CDROMs are simply not manufactured within sufficient tolerances, as indicated by their frequent vibrations when they spin up, and such vibrations could cause them to shatter.
For amusement: http://www.powerlabs.org/cdexplode.htm
Let's see:
1. Attacks are getting more sophisticated. Is this really unexpected? As countermeasures are developed against existing attacks, they have to get more sophisticated.
2. "...many people feel that out-of-work IT workers will be much more tempted..."; duh. Ask John Q. Public if X worker in Y field might be tempted to commit crimes against the field they have experience in when the econmic pressure is on, and Mr. Public will always say yes.
TFA doesn't actually actually say anything about out of work IT people actually turning to crime or link crime to the economy in any meaningful way.