Xfce is for those people who think Windows 95 is the pinnacle of user interfaces. It's fine for a OS-in-a-USB-drive kind of thing but that's it. No redeeming features other than "it's better than Gnome 3"
It works. Very well. And people who like simplicity and like to feel in control of their computer/desktop like it. I use it on work/home desktops, for years, and have no problems with it.
A company as big as BMW should be able to hire some security experts, so this should be a bit embarrassing for them.
But the truth of the matter is, doing security is not easy. Take web programming, for instance. Back when I first learned PHP, I found over and over that whatever design or coding approach seemed most straightforward and intuitive was inherently unsecure. All sorts of escaping and manual insertion of encryption functions are required, and that clutters up the code to the point of making it hard to maintain. I did manage to implement most of it in a common PHP file that I reused over and over again, but there was a huge learning curve, and it was a pain. Since then, people tell me that it's gotten a LITTLE better. For instance, database wrappers generate the SQL queries for you and automatically escape strings. But for the most part, it still sucks.
If there were a single best book to read on cyber security, then perhaps we'd have fewer problems like what BMW had. But in reality, to get good at it, you have to have a vast familiarity with the literature and tools. You do that much reading, you might as well get a PhD. And my friends with PhDs focusing on security are in academia, not industry, so we get more security papers but not more secure devices.
Problem is, you are not a security professional/expert, nor should you be as a web programmer.
In similar fashion, people doing security for BMW should be security professionals and not engineers that just got tasked with also developing security.
It happens way too often, in almost every industry.
And I thought it was IS/Russians/NKoreans/Aliens, because US and allies hold moral highground and would never initiate actions which they themselves consider to be acts of war, right?
The rich and powerful run the world. They don't. They react to the world just like everyone else. These guys all have to react to the free market to keep their money. They aren't in the driver's seats and they never were.
Of course not. You are running the world, I presume.
You are talking about smartphones/youtube while discussing who rules the world.
Given the historically proven record of China and its espionage, it should be the other way around. It is a part of their history and their culture.
Nortel? After the Chinese were done with them, Huawei and ZTE rose up as PRC military-backed entities. US government contractors? The Chinese have been continually caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Any company that deals with China? Expect clones if your designs aren't tightly controlled.
On the other hand, the accusations against the US rely on baseless allegations from a cowardly individual. The desire to preserve one's own life, through the trading of national secrets for protection, put the lives of US citizens at danger. Enemies changed their actions based on the improper and unlawful disclosures of classified material.
The only valid response to such demands from China is to turn up the heat on their actions. Huawei's banishment from the US and Australian governments was a good start in that respect.
It's a pretty bad troll. 3/10 at most.
But I really loved the part about "cowardly individual". I think it was the highlight of your troll.
Also, home of industrial espionage would be the USA.
Seems like ISIS has effectively declared war on the US and Europe. How many attacks like the ones in France, and how many thwarted attacks like the ones discussed here, will it take before we decide to load up and actually take them out? This is different than the last two Iraq wars, and different than Afghanistan. Does anyone know what we are actually waiting for? Is it because there is no oil, or not enough public outrage? Are we waiting for another catastrophic attack to justify our actions? Why are we not taking them out now?
What I really want to know is how did the FBI figure out it was the work of North Korean government agents. Except for a privileged few, North Koreans are completely blocked off from the outside world and would never hear of this movie even if it won more Oscars than the Titanic. Why would North Korea reveal its capabilities and tactics in such dramatic fashion to achieve nothing of any value. It seems to me that all the speculation that was in the news recently about Kim's disappearance from public life and his possible overthrow was far more damaging to the cult of the Supreme Leader than some silly comedy.
Ssssssssssshhhhhhhhhh. You're asking questions, you shouldn't do that.
You may notice he's not in jail. You may also notice all the evidence, including emails he wrote, is pretty much 100% showing he's guilty. Heck, he even had a personalized license plate made - GUILTY. He's bragging about it. The one and only difference between him and any other criminal caught on tape is that he "gave" you free shit (that wasn't his to give).
Do you realize that not a single thing that you wrote has any connection to reality?
The man runs what amounts to organized crime as a conspiracy supporting international copyright infringement in violation of domestic laws and trade agreements in force in many countries. He runs this from New Zealand.
Just tried Warthunder on Linux 2 days ago and was shocked to see that it simply worked like no other game on Linux ever before.
No crashes, runs in fullscreen mode well and yet I can switch workspaces without breaking it. Sound works well, incredibly fast on my old machine. Just amazing.
For me, this is a big milestone, because I am so used to Linux games ('bigger' ones) not working properly - especially on release day.
It's just that Russia are eating Western dust, and have been doing so for ages. They've probably cobbled together a total POS and launched it, just to show the world they can 'compete' in high-tech with the likes of the (extraordinarily capable) X-37b.
Putin is just being a dickhead, and in this case, wasting money showboating. Just a high-tech analog of the usual publicity stunt of getting topless and blasting small furry animals. Nothing new there.
Mongoloids like you are the reason I barely read any news these days.
I know this is a radical idea, and I'm just spitballing here, but maybe the part about unauthorized act being done a computer should be a hint. If it's not your computer or your system, don't try to get into it.
Or are we going to use excuses as to why it's acceptable to try and get into someone else's equipment when you're not supposed to then whine about the penalty when you're found out?
How can you people be so shallow?
Did you even read anything about the topic you are commenting on?
How can you fine someone for not cooperating in activities that the government refused to even admit existed?
Because people in "free world", over the course of last 40-50 years, allowed governments to heavy regulate every aspect of their lives. That includes companies too, obviously.
So, whether you know it or not, you are breaking laws and regulations every single day. Literally.
All it takes is for them to have a reason to go after you.
This is one of the reasons why "I don't care if government spies on me, I have nothing to hide" attitude is beyond retarded. But people don't understand it until shit happens to them.
Jesus: Russia signed a treaty to not invade Ukraine, in exchange for Ukraine's nuclear disarmament. Ukraine disarmed. First nation to do so in the history of nuclear weapons. Then Russia invaded. You want to trust them with another treaty? Suckers!
I seriously can't figure out what is wrong with you people.
Russia invaded? Do you mind showing some evidence for those claims, or you just like spreading shit that you read in mainstream media?
You know how invasion looks like? If you are not sure, you can always take a look at invasion of Iraq by 'coallition of the willing' to get the idea. Or you can also look at invasion of Kuwait by Iraq to get an idea. There are many examples.
But pretending that civili war (and I've lived through 2 of them, so I kind of know much better than you how it starts/looks like/ends) is an invasion just shows hypocrisy and ignorance.
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Xfce is for those people who think Windows 95 is the pinnacle of user interfaces. It's fine for a OS-in-a-USB-drive kind of thing but that's it. No redeeming features other than "it's better than Gnome 3"
It works. Very well. And people who like simplicity and like to feel in control of their computer/desktop like it. I use it on work/home desktops, for years, and have no problems with it.
Not sure what other "features" I would need.
A company as big as BMW should be able to hire some security experts, so this should be a bit embarrassing for them.
But the truth of the matter is, doing security is not easy. Take web programming, for instance. Back when I first learned PHP, I found over and over that whatever design or coding approach seemed most straightforward and intuitive was inherently unsecure. All sorts of escaping and manual insertion of encryption functions are required, and that clutters up the code to the point of making it hard to maintain. I did manage to implement most of it in a common PHP file that I reused over and over again, but there was a huge learning curve, and it was a pain. Since then, people tell me that it's gotten a LITTLE better. For instance, database wrappers generate the SQL queries for you and automatically escape strings. But for the most part, it still sucks.
If there were a single best book to read on cyber security, then perhaps we'd have fewer problems like what BMW had. But in reality, to get good at it, you have to have a vast familiarity with the literature and tools. You do that much reading, you might as well get a PhD. And my friends with PhDs focusing on security are in academia, not industry, so we get more security papers but not more secure devices.
Problem is, you are not a security professional/expert, nor should you be as a web programmer.
In similar fashion, people doing security for BMW should be security professionals and not engineers that just got tasked with also developing security.
It happens way too often, in almost every industry.
Usually to "save money". Pretty ironic.
NSA spreads, and has been spreading, so much corruption for past 10 years that this news is literally a piss in the ocean.
And I thought it was IS/Russians/NKoreans/Aliens, because US and allies hold moral highground and would never initiate actions which they themselves consider to be acts of war, right?
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB...
After all, it's ok if they do it. It's only bad if terrorists, communists and perverts do it.
Crying wolf and all that.
The rich and powerful run the world. They don't. They react to the world just like everyone else. These guys all have to react to the free market to keep their money. They aren't in the driver's seats and they never were.
Of course not. You are running the world, I presume.
You are talking about smartphones/youtube while discussing who rules the world.
Do you even understand the irony of that?
Jesus Christ...
Given the historically proven record of China and its espionage, it should be the other way around. It is a part of their history and their culture.
Nortel? After the Chinese were done with them, Huawei and ZTE rose up as PRC military-backed entities.
US government contractors? The Chinese have been continually caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
Any company that deals with China? Expect clones if your designs aren't tightly controlled.
On the other hand, the accusations against the US rely on baseless allegations from a cowardly individual. The desire to preserve one's own life, through the trading of national secrets for protection, put the lives of US citizens at danger. Enemies changed their actions based on the improper and unlawful disclosures of classified material.
The only valid response to such demands from China is to turn up the heat on their actions. Huawei's banishment from the US and Australian governments was a good start in that respect.
It's a pretty bad troll. 3/10 at most.
But I really loved the part about "cowardly individual". I think it was the highlight of your troll.
Also, home of industrial espionage would be the USA.
Always works well.
This is degenerate behavior.
Years (decades, now) ago, it was normal to publish vulnerabilities and exploits and discuss them and (try to) force vendors to act.
What is happening now is degenerate.
Seems like ISIS has effectively declared war on the US and Europe. How many attacks like the ones in France, and how many thwarted attacks like the ones discussed here, will it take before we decide to load up and actually take them out? This is different than the last two Iraq wars, and different than Afghanistan. Does anyone know what we are actually waiting for? Is it because there is no oil, or not enough public outrage? Are we waiting for another catastrophic attack to justify our actions? Why are we not taking them out now?
And then you wonder why they hate you.
"Cash" is backed by the government that printed it.
I really don't know whether I should laugh or cry.
I think the copyright laws in the US need reform, but frankly if I were to write a book, I'd like my descendants to benefit for some while.
So would the guy who made the bench that people sit on in the park, every day, for past 50 years.
What I really want to know is how did the FBI figure out it was the work of North Korean government agents. Except for a privileged few, North Koreans are completely blocked off from the outside world and would never hear of this movie even if it won more Oscars than the Titanic. Why would North Korea reveal its capabilities and tactics in such dramatic fashion to achieve nothing of any value. It seems to me that all the speculation that was in the news recently about Kim's disappearance from public life and his possible overthrow was far more damaging to the cult of the Supreme Leader than some silly comedy.
Ssssssssssshhhhhhhhhh. You're asking questions, you shouldn't do that.
Just trust the government.
You may notice he's not in jail. You may also notice all the evidence, including emails he wrote, is pretty much 100% showing he's guilty. Heck, he even had a personalized license plate made - GUILTY. He's bragging about it. The one and only difference between him and any other criminal caught on tape is that he "gave" you free shit (that wasn't his to give).
Do you realize that not a single thing that you wrote has any connection to reality?
Of course you do. That's why you write it.
The man runs what amounts to organized crime as a conspiracy supporting international copyright infringement in violation of domestic laws and trade agreements in force in many countries. He runs this from New Zealand.
What the fuck? How do you get this brainwashed?
Wow.
Just tried Warthunder on Linux 2 days ago and was shocked to see that it simply worked like no other game on Linux ever before.
No crashes, runs in fullscreen mode well and yet I can switch workspaces without breaking it. Sound works well, incredibly fast on my old machine. Just amazing.
For me, this is a big milestone, because I am so used to Linux games ('bigger' ones) not working properly - especially on release day.
It's just that Russia are eating Western dust, and have been doing so for ages. They've probably cobbled together a total POS and launched it, just to show the world they can 'compete' in high-tech with the likes of the (extraordinarily capable) X-37b.
Putin is just being a dickhead, and in this case, wasting money showboating. Just a high-tech analog of the usual publicity stunt of getting topless and blasting small furry animals. Nothing new there.
Mongoloids like you are the reason I barely read any news these days.
I know this is a radical idea, and I'm just spitballing here, but maybe the part about unauthorized act being done a computer should be a hint. If it's not your computer or your system, don't try to get into it.
Or are we going to use excuses as to why it's acceptable to try and get into someone else's equipment when you're not supposed to then whine about the penalty when you're found out?
How can you people be so shallow?
Did you even read anything about the topic you are commenting on?
Not sure if this "news" is an ad for Tesla or for iPhone.
Help, please?
Is that how we need to call them, in order to be politically correct?
Sigh.
How can you fine someone for not cooperating in activities that the government refused to even admit existed?
Because people in "free world", over the course of last 40-50 years, allowed governments to heavy regulate every aspect of their lives. That includes companies too, obviously.
So, whether you know it or not, you are breaking laws and regulations every single day. Literally.
All it takes is for them to have a reason to go after you.
This is one of the reasons why "I don't care if government spies on me, I have nothing to hide" attitude is beyond retarded. But people don't understand it until shit happens to them.
Then it's too late.
Government doesn't get it. They don't control
Ermm... you are wrong.
They are controlling it, and they have been working on controlling Internet for years now.
Although many people used to say "They can't win", they actually did win some time ago.
This is a denial phase, I guess.
Also, I do not know a single person that uses VPN in order to access 'content'.
I am wondering when people will start realizing that Internet is dead, and has been for at least 2 years.
Jesus: Russia signed a treaty to not invade Ukraine, in exchange for Ukraine's nuclear disarmament. Ukraine disarmed. First nation to do so in the history of nuclear weapons. Then Russia invaded. You want to trust them with another treaty? Suckers!
I seriously can't figure out what is wrong with you people.
Russia invaded? Do you mind showing some evidence for those claims, or you just like spreading shit that you read in mainstream media?
You know how invasion looks like? If you are not sure, you can always take a look at invasion of Iraq by 'coallition of the willing' to get the idea. Or you can also look at invasion of Kuwait by Iraq to get an idea. There are many examples.
But pretending that civili war (and I've lived through 2 of them, so I kind of know much better than you how it starts/looks like/ends) is an invasion just shows hypocrisy and ignorance.
Also what is happening in the Ukraine is a clear message about what happens to countries stupid enough to take Nuclear Disarmament seriously.
What happens in such cases?
Military gets used against civilian population?
One also wonders what the people of Ukraine think about such a well timed suggestion.
I also wonder what people in East Ukraine think about it.