1) The massive "factory of death" southwest of al-Safira exploded last week, with a huge earthquake that rattled houses 50km away, was visible 75km away and audible 100km away. Hopefully that'll reduce the barrel bomb and elephant rocket attacks... at least somewhat...
A lot of the newspapers here (Silicon Valley) have headlines today that are either negative for Clinton, or slightly positive for Trump. It's like the press can already smell the loser and are jumping to the winning side, or something.
As for me, I'm looking forward to the DNC this week!
In the meantime, millions of people fly remotely operated small aircraft, with untold millions of hours in the air and more or less statistically non-existent rate of people on the ground getting hurt.
That's because they don't fly through populated areas.
Bread and Circus is really just basic income with a Netflix subscription thrown in (or what passed for Netflix in their day. Really: read some history).
If drone delivery becomes common, is there going to be a problem with drones falling from the sky and hitting people on the head? I don't know the answer to that.
What do you think a good security consultant would deliver, exactly?
A) actual skills, not just a script-kiddy with corporate backing.
B) when they were done, they would leave a place relatively more secure. For example, I can go to a place and say, "look, your windows are insecure, and if you put bars on the windows, it will be more secure." That will be 100% accurate, but not particularly useful, and in practice doesn't address most threats companies face.
C) the primary focus generally should be on securing against remote attacks, because that's where your highest exposure is. Anyone can plop down a wifi pineapple, but most people who do so are security consultants. In practice, black-hats favor remote exploits.
the article does recognize that equal distribution to everyone is a problem, and seems to advocate unequal distribution near the end of the article. That, to me, isn't communism,
You aren't familiar with communism then. Even in its extreme form, communism recognizes that some people need more than others. "Divide everything equally" is the brute's understanding of communism.
You're right that the Soviets already tried it, but modern day communists will reject your observation, and claim that the communists of yesteryear simply weren't smart enough.
I'm willing to accept that, but tell me how; and this blog post that merely repeats the mistakes of the past is not succeeding to do that.
members would receive a basic income that gradually increases as the economy becomes more efficient, plateauing at a level where they can afford everything they want to consume
So in other words, they did their job and got paid.
Problem is the company probably is no more practically secure after the consultants came than before.
The first morning, he tailgated through a locked door by carrying some boxes, found an unlocked network closet, and connected to the client's network and started sniffing unencrypted traffic, including plaintext passwords for the admins.....He delivered a brief report in the afternoon, essentially saying that the general approach to security was so bad that further testing wouldn't be productive.
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I think part of it might be that people don't take pollsters seriously. They might not take politics seriously either.
You know what? This is actually starting to sound like a good way to do things.
The drawback is the maintenance time it would take, as new versions of the DB come out. That is absolutely the only drawback I can see.
What do you do for database queries then?
When 30% of your own party thinks you ought to be indicted for a felony
They should re-ask that question now that she's a candidate. A lot of people may have changed their minds.
1) The massive "factory of death" southwest of al-Safira exploded last week, with a huge earthquake that rattled houses 50km away, was visible 75km away and audible 100km away. Hopefully that'll reduce the barrel bomb and elephant rocket attacks... at least somewhat...
That's cool, I missed that.
A lot of the newspapers here (Silicon Valley) have headlines today that are either negative for Clinton, or slightly positive for Trump. It's like the press can already smell the loser and are jumping to the winning side, or something.
As for me, I'm looking forward to the DNC this week!
In the meantime, millions of people fly remotely operated small aircraft, with untold millions of hours in the air and more or less statistically non-existent rate of people on the ground getting hurt.
That's because they don't fly through populated areas.
Ideally things functional, insight-provoking, empathy-evoking, or maybe, just maybe, things constructive.
Sounds like a TED talk is your preferred form of entertainment.
But if you think bread and circuses
Bread and Circus is really just basic income with a Netflix subscription thrown in (or what passed for Netflix in their day. Really: read some history).
We already have a problem with actual planes falling out of the sky and hitting people on the head.
When was the last time that happened?
a species that subsists on celebrity gossip and other modern-day idiocies isn't really one that is worth much in the end.
What should a species 'subsist' on? You know, just wondering
If drone delivery becomes common, is there going to be a problem with drones falling from the sky and hitting people on the head? I don't know the answer to that.
I suppose people like you are the main problem.
I hate to tell this to you, but people like me are 99% of the population. You're not Gandhi.
What do you think a good security consultant would deliver, exactly?
A) actual skills, not just a script-kiddy with corporate backing.
B) when they were done, they would leave a place relatively more secure. For example, I can go to a place and say, "look, your windows are insecure, and if you put bars on the windows, it will be more secure." That will be 100% accurate, but not particularly useful, and in practice doesn't address most threats companies face.
C) the primary focus generally should be on securing against remote attacks, because that's where your highest exposure is. Anyone can plop down a wifi pineapple, but most people who do so are security consultants. In practice, black-hats favor remote exploits.
I think you meant to say "deserves", not "needs".
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." Allotting according to "deserves" is what the Soviet Union did.
Can you explain why the doctor might "need" more than the waitress?
A doctor might not need more than a waitress.
Security is not a checklist, despite what managers might think.
Yeah, you're right.
You can't just hire a security consultant to run a test, then stick on his list of band-aid fixes and be done with it.
And yet that's what many snake-oil consultants offer.
the article does recognize that equal distribution to everyone is a problem, and seems to advocate unequal distribution near the end of the article. That, to me, isn't communism,
You aren't familiar with communism then. Even in its extreme form, communism recognizes that some people need more than others. "Divide everything equally" is the brute's understanding of communism.
You're right, I have everything I could need or want!
What if I plug you into the matrix?
Personally, I would say no, because I would rather be miserable in reality. But I can see how that would be attractive to some people.
You're right that the Soviets already tried it, but modern day communists will reject your observation, and claim that the communists of yesteryear simply weren't smart enough.
I'm willing to accept that, but tell me how; and this blog post that merely repeats the mistakes of the past is not succeeding to do that.
members would receive a basic income that gradually increases as the economy becomes more efficient, plateauing at a level where they can afford everything they want to consume
You still need people, mate. In capitalist countries we have plenty of accountants.
So in other words, they did their job and got paid.
Problem is the company probably is no more practically secure after the consultants came than before.
The first morning, he tailgated through a locked door by carrying some boxes, found an unlocked network closet, and connected to the client's network and started sniffing unencrypted traffic, including plaintext passwords for the admins.....He delivered a brief report in the afternoon, essentially saying that the general approach to security was so bad that further testing wouldn't be productive.
Yeah, that's a pretty common sort of scenario.
But then there will be no love for you.
To add to your comment, in general it's better to follow the style of the codebase you're working in than try to rewrite it from scratch.