The windows security holes people complain about are generally not "Joe sixpack opened an EXE and clicked OK to the run as admin prompt",
That's funny because there are still constantly stories about people doing exactly that from files in their emails that install worms, trojans, viruses on their computer. Hell, I know someone from a local State Farm branch in Houston that had their entire office infected that way. To claim that this isn't a general case of malware infection is to be completely dishonest.
Oh and many Linux distros do not come with either SELinux installed or even enabled by default so to try to act like that is common or even remotely universal is a lie.
What's the percentage of Windows users who install malware on their system rather than being hit by a remote exploit?
I don't know and I certainly doubt you do either. But considering how much anecdotal evidence there is to show that people are in large numbers willingly clicking on malware in emails and installing malware from pops to websites, it's not nearly as small as you try to make it out.
which lacks the sandboxing that's common on Linux (Apparmor, SELinux, etc),
Sure if you ignore things like DEP, ASLR, etc. Oh and before you try to claim that Linux is so superior in security lets listen to the words of the big winner of Pwn2Own 2009 Charlie Miller:
Q: In Pwn2Own 2010 there is still no trace of Linux as possible target. Is it too harder to find exploits for Linux or a non commercial operating system has no interest for exploit hunters?
A: No, Linux is no harder, in fact probably easier, although some of this is dependent on the particular flavor of Linux you’re talking about. The organizers don’t choose to use Linux because not that many people use it on the desktop. The other thing is, the vulnerabilities are in the browsers, and mostly, the same browsers that run on Linux, run on Windows.
Linux can't stop Joe Sixpack from downloading malware from the Internet and installing it on his computer.
And neither can Windows, yet it is always blamed for someone installing malware on their systems yet when people install Linux malware all these excuses are made about how it's the fault of the user not the system.
But you have to remember that Android is only "Linux" for purposes of market share statistics and whenever some good happens. Whenever anything bad happens on the android platform related to malware, trojans, etc this distinction is heavily downplayed.
Same difference. Taiwan is officially the "Republic of China" and is 98% Han Chinese by ethinicity and they identify with their mainland roots more than as some sort of distinct ethnic group. Besides, Taiwan is just a name foisted on the country by the Dutch.
Yes, in most cases you are going to be using them with LINQ, but they are also useful if you just want to create a type in a block of code without needing some formal class definition. That's not broadly useful, but I've done it a number of times where I work.
Now to further clarify, select statements can return results that are anonymous classes that would require the usage of var, but var in and of itself has no ties to LINQ. And it is perfectly fine to use it outside of just the domain of anonymous classes.
Type inference as present in C#, Haskell, Ocaml, and others, is done at compile time, and so is perfectly safe. It just means the programmer can spend less time casting things, which is a huge pain in the ass in a strictly type language like C#, particularly when you throw generics and lambdas into the mix.
About a month ago the White House called TRUtv and told them to stop airing Governor Ventura's show about FEMA internment camps* on TV or their website.
I also heard they told them to stop airing the show about how the Reptilians and the Illuminati were the ones behind 9/11.
You mean has had for 3 years now? And what is awful about it? Are you one of those people who confuse it with the old VARIANT of VB or dynamic typing like you find in Ruby, etc. Everything is still statically-typed, you just can avoid lots of noise by having to write the type explicitly.
I know what a phrasal verb is. I just find it amusing that they think they are sticking it to someone by blocking Zynga. As if they would even notice with all the gobs of money flowing their way.
That is why they don't automatically assume you are a cheater:
When the anomalies are highly unlikely -- their random occurrence, for example, is greater than one in one million -- Caveon flags the tests for further investigation by school administrators.
You get flagged and they do a further investigation.
When the anomalies are highly unlikely -- their random occurrence, for example, is greater than one in one million -- Caveon flags the tests for further investigation by school administrators.
Yes, the anomalies in and of themselves do not prove anything hence why the article says:
When the anomalies are highly unlikely -- their random occurrence, for example, is greater than one in one million -- Caveon flags the tests for further investigation by school administrators.
While the US is the only country idiotic and barbaric enough to not only drop 1, but 2 of them. On major cities. See where I'm going to here? Who are we to condemn someone else for not living our way.
Because it wasn't barbaric of the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor? Because it wasn't barbaric of the Japanese to raze huge parts of China during their empire building? Because the Rape of Nanking wasn't barbaric? Because the Mukden Incident wasn't barbaric? Because it wasn't barbaric to basically tell their people that surrender wasn't an option and that they should all fight to the death? If you want to read about barbarism, just read up on all the heinous things that the Japanese did during both of the Sino-Japanese Wars. Despite what you are trying to imply, the Japanese had no moral high ground over the US based on it's decades of barbaric actions during those wars.
Yes, dropping the bomb on those two cities was devastating and killed lots of innocent people. But which is the worse scenario? Dropping the bomb which almost immediately lead to the Japanese surrendering and the end to their brutal empire expansion or the very real possibility that the entire citizenry of Japan would have wiped themselves out completely because they refused to give up?
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The windows security holes people complain about are generally not "Joe sixpack opened an EXE and clicked OK to the run as admin prompt",
That's funny because there are still constantly stories about people doing exactly that from files in their emails that install worms, trojans, viruses on their computer. Hell, I know someone from a local State Farm branch in Houston that had their entire office infected that way. To claim that this isn't a general case of malware infection is to be completely dishonest.
Oh and many Linux distros do not come with either SELinux installed or even enabled by default so to try to act like that is common or even remotely universal is a lie.
What's the percentage of Windows users who install malware on their system rather than being hit by a remote exploit?
I don't know and I certainly doubt you do either. But considering how much anecdotal evidence there is to show that people are in large numbers willingly clicking on malware in emails and installing malware from pops to websites, it's not nearly as small as you try to make it out.
which lacks the sandboxing that's common on Linux (Apparmor, SELinux, etc),
Sure if you ignore things like DEP, ASLR, etc. Oh and before you try to claim that Linux is so superior in security lets listen to the words of the big winner of Pwn2Own 2009 Charlie Miller:
Q: In Pwn2Own 2010 there is still no trace of Linux as possible target. Is it too harder to find exploits for Linux or a non commercial operating system has no interest for exploit hunters?
A: No, Linux is no harder, in fact probably easier, although some of this is dependent on the particular flavor of Linux you’re talking about. The organizers don’t choose to use Linux because not that many people use it on the desktop. The other thing is, the vulnerabilities are in the browsers, and mostly, the same browsers that run on Linux, run on Windows.
Oh and let's not forget this good story based on other statements made by him: Charlie Miller: Windows 7 + IE 8 or Chrome provides safest computing experience.
I'm sure he's just a Microsoft shill, though, right?
Linux can't stop Joe Sixpack from downloading malware from the Internet and installing it on his computer.
And neither can Windows, yet it is always blamed for someone installing malware on their systems yet when people install Linux malware all these excuses are made about how it's the fault of the user not the system.
But you have to remember that Android is only "Linux" for purposes of market share statistics and whenever some good happens. Whenever anything bad happens on the android platform related to malware, trojans, etc this distinction is heavily downplayed.
You try to do something that can endanger their profits, and they will cut you off and you will have no recourse.
No shit? It's almost as if those are.... businesses whose purpose is to.... make money!
Because clearly if you don't know anyone who has ever done it clearly means that no one else in the world would want to do it.
No, HTC is Taiwanese.
Same difference. Taiwan is officially the "Republic of China" and is 98% Han Chinese by ethinicity and they identify with their mainland roots more than as some sort of distinct ethnic group. Besides, Taiwan is just a name foisted on the country by the Dutch.
It's pretty old news by now, but this should provide you enough links.
Yes, in most cases you are going to be using them with LINQ, but they are also useful if you just want to create a type in a block of code without needing some formal class definition. That's not broadly useful, but I've done it a number of times where I work.
Maybe if the nutters weren't constantly polluting the discourse with their constant false cries of wolf maybe more people would?
No, I mean anonymous types. Things as simple as:
var v = new { Amount = 108, Message = "Hello" };
Now to further clarify, select statements can return results that are anonymous classes that would require the usage of var, but var in and of itself has no ties to LINQ. And it is perfectly fine to use it outside of just the domain of anonymous classes.
That's cool. :)
I think they added that for Linq. While it's useful for Linq statements, it isn't the best practice to use it anywhere else imo.
No, the var keyword was added to support anonymous classes. It has nothing to do with LINQ.
Oh BS.
My post wasn't being serious...
Type inference as present in C#, Haskell, Ocaml, and others, is done at compile time, and so is perfectly safe. It just means the programmer can spend less time casting things, which is a huge pain in the ass in a strictly type language like C#, particularly when you throw generics and lambdas into the mix.
Gee no shit? It's almost like I already posted that.
About a month ago the White House called TRUtv and told them to stop airing Governor Ventura's show about FEMA internment camps* on TV or their website.
I also heard they told them to stop airing the show about how the Reptilians and the Illuminati were the ones behind 9/11.
You mean has had for 3 years now? And what is awful about it? Are you one of those people who confuse it with the old VARIANT of VB or dynamic typing like you find in Ruby, etc. Everything is still statically-typed, you just can avoid lots of noise by having to write the type explicitly.
Personally I'm waiting for "implicit typing" to be in style again.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW!
I know what a phrasal verb is. I just find it amusing that they think they are sticking it to someone by blocking Zynga. As if they would even notice with all the gobs of money flowing their way.
That is why they don't automatically assume you are a cheater:
When the anomalies are highly unlikely -- their random occurrence, for example, is greater than one in one million -- Caveon flags the tests for further investigation by school administrators.
You get flagged and they do a further investigation.
When the anomalies are highly unlikely -- their random occurrence, for example, is greater than one in one million -- Caveon flags the tests for further investigation by school administrators.
I know, I know, you didn't bother to RTFA.
Yes, the anomalies in and of themselves do not prove anything hence why the article says:
When the anomalies are highly unlikely -- their random occurrence, for example, is greater than one in one million -- Caveon flags the tests for further investigation by school administrators.
While the US is the only country idiotic and barbaric enough to not only drop 1, but 2 of them. On major cities. See where I'm going to here? Who are we to condemn someone else for not living our way.
Because it wasn't barbaric of the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor? Because it wasn't barbaric of the Japanese to raze huge parts of China during their empire building? Because the Rape of Nanking wasn't barbaric? Because the Mukden Incident wasn't barbaric? Because it wasn't barbaric to basically tell their people that surrender wasn't an option and that they should all fight to the death? If you want to read about barbarism, just read up on all the heinous things that the Japanese did during both of the Sino-Japanese Wars. Despite what you are trying to imply, the Japanese had no moral high ground over the US based on it's decades of barbaric actions during those wars.
Yes, dropping the bomb on those two cities was devastating and killed lots of innocent people. But which is the worse scenario? Dropping the bomb which almost immediately lead to the Japanese surrendering and the end to their brutal empire expansion or the very real possibility that the entire citizenry of Japan would have wiped themselves out completely because they refused to give up?
Wouldn't think twice about it, either.
You wouldn't even think twice? zOMG, you're pretty hardcore, bro!