When I give a credit card to a website I assume it will be compromised. When I make an account on my right name I assume the same. It's the cost of the convenience. And yes, I have a Facebook page under my right name. I haven't been robbed yet that I know of, but if I am it won't kill me. Identity theft is becoming so common that anybody can be whoever they claim to be - which is the way it was before we had all this technology.
Frankly it's easier to invent fictional people and build their credit to the point where it's exploitable than to exploit the credit of extant people. The people who do this aren't out to get you. They just want money.
There are reports today that Sony's networks still are oblivious to real security. Among the serious vulnerabilities are links to globally viewable security consoles in robots.txt files, ID web-management consoles being publicly available and indexed in Google, and more!
I guess the upside is that if the hackers are going to get your credit card from Sony, they already have it so you may as well play your games too.
The more mature a programming language is, the harder it is to extend it. Mature languages have vast codebases that must be supported, and substantive changes break legacy support. That's why it's best to get it right early on.
Point of history: Elcoteq manufactured the KIN for Sharp. If you care about that bit of digital history it were best that you archive it now because the great eraser is coming for it. Elcoteq were nearly ruined by the sudden stop, and we've heard nothing from Sharp. What could that mean?
Um, yeah. That is exactly what that post proves: hordes of astroturfers. They have been here, and everywhere else online for a very long time. In the case of the KIN they are easy to spot because despite the immense social campaign nobody bought the thing. It had 300,000 Facebook fans and 8,000 Facebook users against a rumored actual 500 people who had actually bought the thing with their own money. It had more supportive slashdot comments than actual buyers - and that's just slashdot, a trivial corner of the effort as slashdotters weren't the target audience. Some of the astoturfers weren't even real humans: there were some praising the thing and claiming to have just bought it even up to last month - long after sales were stopped on the app's page before it was taken down. That had to be automated. Some poor confused soul may even respond to this very post defending the KIN. I wish I had bought one as a curiosity. Maybe I still will - on eBay they can still be had. They've gone away from the Bangalore blog center - the poor grammar was just too much. I suspect they're using Texas and Arizona prison labor now, but though it's better it's still obvious - as this idiot who doesn't even know who Vint Cerf is shows. They're sprinkling this with folks professionally trained in messaging, but who don't know our culture or the history. The pathology of this is creepy but the results are often funny. Their efforts are pathethic here at slashdot, but in other places they're doing well.
This is the perfect article to talk about astroturfers, "Analysts," bloggers and tech reporters. You see, this mass of humanity is made of people and many people will do what you want if you pay them enough - and payments need not be made in cash and swag, as what these folk crave the most is free: access. James Plamondon, Microsoft Chief Evangelist and spiritual grandfather of the marketing effort documented in The Fine Article said it thus: "Analysts sell out - that's their business model. But they are very concerned that they never look like they are selling out, so that makes them very prickly to work with. " In this case the marketing person didn't take enough care to make sure he was dealing with somebody who could be bought before he tried to close the deal - or at least before he had sold the terms. That was sloppy. By exposing them the blogger has instantly bought global fame and considerable cred, emboldening the entire blogosphere to expose the plots and making this type of marketing more difficult.
Also the marketing guy forgot the rest of James' bold lessons:
# Simple rule to live by: Never Lie * Tell the truth, and nothing but the truth * Be selective in which truths you emphasize * Let the competition fill in the gaps
James danced with the devil and won. He got in, got his, and got out at the Vista launch. He's drinking beer on the beach in Australia now. There's nobody left in Redmond who understands how to use what he taught, thank God. So we get these feeble social marketing campaigns that go nowhere, are obvious, and are revealed with disastrous blowback. These are the secondary derivatives of the motion of a truly brilliantly evil man. I don't like him. I don't appreciate his work. I don't aspire to be him. But I have no choice but to respect his personal effectiveness. He did his bit and did it well. He profited thereby. He knew when to quit. Once in a while when the Devil goes down to Georgia he loses that fiddle made of gold. But not often.
I have to bring this back around to Facebook to avoid the off-topic moderation, o woe is me. So why would Facebook be using the methods of a Microsoft evangelist, and poorly?
He had two guns: a pistol and an AK. They were just out of reach in the room. The only good having the guns to hand would have done him is to die with the gun in his hand and maybe taking an American with him on the way out. He'd have died anyway. When they kicked in the door he was asleep and surprised - which is the freaking point of using a Navy SEAL team and top-secret stealth helicopters deep in foreign territory. He declared himself a combatant in war on the US, and acted on that. He was "under arms."
You're offended they didn't fight fair. Well boo freaking hoo. The goal is not to fight fair. It's not to die for your country. The goal is to secure the objective. It's to make the other poor bastard die for his. How this went down was right and proper. The SEAL team doesn't have to let the bad guy pop some rounds off to make you feel better about this.
Well there you go. When I'm deciding whether or not to hang out with a guy I look at how he treats the other people in his life right now. People with too much unpleasantness and drama just aren't any fun to be around even if they are otherwise interesting or helpful.
In this case I think we will find that the cause for this raid is the same as always. It's subsidized by Google's competition. It's about making Google look evil.
While the tone is delightfully deprecating, you left off the end of your post.
As someone that build's cross platform.NET apps using Mono,...
The fella was just echoing a common sentiment that this stuff is, and has always been a trap.
The part you left off is how you intend to get out of this particular trap now that it's sprung. For completeness you should probably include that bit before you start with your tirade.
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When I give a credit card to a website I assume it will be compromised. When I make an account on my right name I assume the same. It's the cost of the convenience. And yes, I have a Facebook page under my right name. I haven't been robbed yet that I know of, but if I am it won't kill me. Identity theft is becoming so common that anybody can be whoever they claim to be - which is the way it was before we had all this technology.
Frankly it's easier to invent fictional people and build their credit to the point where it's exploitable than to exploit the credit of extant people. The people who do this aren't out to get you. They just want money.
There are reports today that Sony's networks still are oblivious to real security. Among the serious vulnerabilities are links to globally viewable security consoles in robots.txt files, ID web-management consoles being publicly available and indexed in Google, and more!
I guess the upside is that if the hackers are going to get your credit card from Sony, they already have it so you may as well play your games too.
The more mature a programming language is, the harder it is to extend it. Mature languages have vast codebases that must be supported, and substantive changes break legacy support. That's why it's best to get it right early on.
This is what happens when you offer 300 level classes in "Advanced data manipulation with Excel".
I figure they'll simplify that for you by putting the Netflix logo on the box.
Point of history: Elcoteq manufactured the KIN for Sharp. If you care about that bit of digital history it were best that you archive it now because the great eraser is coming for it. Elcoteq were nearly ruined by the sudden stop, and we've heard nothing from Sharp. What could that mean?
Um, yeah. That is exactly what that post proves: hordes of astroturfers. They have been here, and everywhere else online for a very long time. In the case of the KIN they are easy to spot because despite the immense social campaign nobody bought the thing. It had 300,000 Facebook fans and 8,000 Facebook users against a rumored actual 500 people who had actually bought the thing with their own money. It had more supportive slashdot comments than actual buyers - and that's just slashdot, a trivial corner of the effort as slashdotters weren't the target audience. Some of the astoturfers weren't even real humans: there were some praising the thing and claiming to have just bought it even up to last month - long after sales were stopped on the app's page before it was taken down. That had to be automated. Some poor confused soul may even respond to this very post defending the KIN. I wish I had bought one as a curiosity. Maybe I still will - on eBay they can still be had. They've gone away from the Bangalore blog center - the poor grammar was just too much. I suspect they're using Texas and Arizona prison labor now, but though it's better it's still obvious - as this idiot who doesn't even know who Vint Cerf is shows. They're sprinkling this with folks professionally trained in messaging, but who don't know our culture or the history. The pathology of this is creepy but the results are often funny. Their efforts are pathethic here at slashdot, but in other places they're doing well.
This is the perfect article to talk about astroturfers, "Analysts," bloggers and tech reporters. You see, this mass of humanity is made of people and many people will do what you want if you pay them enough - and payments need not be made in cash and swag, as what these folk crave the most is free: access. James Plamondon, Microsoft Chief Evangelist and spiritual grandfather of the marketing effort documented in The Fine Article said it thus: "Analysts sell out - that's their business model. But they are very concerned that they never look like they are selling out, so that makes them very prickly to work with. " In this case the marketing person didn't take enough care to make sure he was dealing with somebody who could be bought before he tried to close the deal - or at least before he had sold the terms. That was sloppy. By exposing them the blogger has instantly bought global fame and considerable cred, emboldening the entire blogosphere to expose the plots and making this type of marketing more difficult.
Also the marketing guy forgot the rest of James' bold lessons:
James danced with the devil and won. He got in, got his, and got out at the Vista launch. He's drinking beer on the beach in Australia now. There's nobody left in Redmond who understands how to use what he taught, thank God. So we get these feeble social marketing campaigns that go nowhere, are obvious, and are revealed with disastrous blowback. These are the secondary derivatives of the motion of a truly brilliantly evil man. I don't like him. I don't appreciate his work. I don't aspire to be him. But I have no choice but to respect his personal effectiveness. He did his bit and did it well. He profited thereby. He knew when to quit. Once in a while when the Devil goes down to Georgia he loses that fiddle made of gold. But not often.
I have to bring this back around to Facebook to avoid the off-topic moderation, o woe is me. So why would Facebook be using the methods of a Microsoft evangelist, and poorly?
I'm just going to leave this here.
Full identification like Facebook, moderated semi-anonymity like slashdot, full-on unfiltered anonymous chatter. Each has fans and faults.
So make three tabs and call it a day.
I mean maybe I'm missing something, but is there a rule that there has to be one best way?
OBL was double-tapped. Once center mass (heart) and once in the head. It was quite professional. The SEAL team doesn't play around with random hits.
Angel dust contaminates your Chakras.
Better writ: "And Tycho too." Brevity is the soul of wit.
You trust too much.
He had two guns: a pistol and an AK. They were just out of reach in the room. The only good having the guns to hand would have done him is to die with the gun in his hand and maybe taking an American with him on the way out. He'd have died anyway. When they kicked in the door he was asleep and surprised - which is the freaking point of using a Navy SEAL team and top-secret stealth helicopters deep in foreign territory. He declared himself a combatant in war on the US, and acted on that. He was "under arms."
You're offended they didn't fight fair. Well boo freaking hoo. The goal is not to fight fair. It's not to die for your country. The goal is to secure the objective. It's to make the other poor bastard die for his. How this went down was right and proper. The SEAL team doesn't have to let the bad guy pop some rounds off to make you feel better about this.
Bin Laden's mansion only worth 25 percent of what he paid for it, meaning he'll be underwater for a long time.
Once in a while Fark.com is a beautiful thing.
There is a considerable difference between "is not allowed to" and "won't."
If you want to secure some data that only you have, build a bonfire and burn it.
For really private stuff you should upload it to a private photo album on Facebook.
Misread that as "Internet bacons." Mmmm. Bacon!
Well there you go. When I'm deciding whether or not to hang out with a guy I look at how he treats the other people in his life right now. People with too much unpleasantness and drama just aren't any fun to be around even if they are otherwise interesting or helpful.
But I wouldn't buy a Sony phone even if it came straight with Linux. Too much Sony downside these days. And they might decide to change it later.
Now that Apple has garnered hacker interest, let's see how they do.
In this case I think we will find that the cause for this raid is the same as always. It's subsidized by Google's competition. It's about making Google look evil.
Between this news and Today's other Novell+MS news I'm starting to believe that Attachmate's purchase of Novell might not be all that awful.
Of course it's early yet.
While the tone is delightfully deprecating, you left off the end of your post.
As someone that build's cross platform .NET apps using Mono, ...
The fella was just echoing a common sentiment that this stuff is, and has always been a trap.
The part you left off is how you intend to get out of this particular trap now that it's sprung. For completeness you should probably include that bit before you start with your tirade.