DOS is so old that there isn't much of an attack surface by network. No infected USB drives either. Just don't stick any unknown floppies in the drive.
I know of some old PLCs with programming and HMIs that run on XP. The manufacturer is unwilling to port their software to newer platforms. And the PC components were written to check for XP-specific components and abort if they were not found. They don't actually use these components, but my guess is that these tests were 'baked in' by the development toolchain to prevent running the produced s/w on Wine or Apple platforms.
Yeah, but that social networking site is a relatively simple app, built at one time with homogeneous platforms, systems and tool chains. The primary problem being spinning up more identical server instances to meet demand.
Delta's systems consist of numerous unique applications, written over decades. Probably in different languages and on different server hardware. Much of it was probably inherited from ancestor airlines that Delta merged with or absorbed.
It's the same in banking and other businesses that have grown their IT systems over many years and in different organizations. It's a mish-mash of stuff. Nobody is quite sure how it works. Building a hot backup with the database synchronization problems of heterogeneous systems is a huge undertaking. It's not the server rack or data center costs that will kill you. It's not 500x the same thing. It's several hundred systems, each that will need a failover scheme uniquely designed, tested and implemented. And software projects of this magnitude get out of hand very quickly.
How long will it be before someone sets up a PokeStop or Pokemon gym or whatever it is that causes people to congregate at a location and plants a bomb there? Or just messes with people by planting a rare Pokemon inside some sacred temple like the Kaaba?
... warns its members to protect itself from another branch of the DOJ. That shadow government we've been warning you about is here. Fuck the rule of law, judicial warrants and the Constitution. The FBI is a rogue operation that doesn't obey it's chain of command anymore.
... Comcast's lock on the UI, possible STB viewer tracking and bundling garbage with a few good channels is why I don't have Comcast (or any cable).
Most of the good content is available elsewhere on the Net. The feed is just a commodity whereas the UI defines the user experience and perceived value. And logically that's how their pricing should break down as well. But it doesn't, so I'm off to shop in a better market.
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DOS is so old that there isn't much of an attack surface by network. No infected USB drives either. Just don't stick any unknown floppies in the drive.
Four million people?!! Crikey! We didn't know there were that many. I guess we should have counted them or something.
someone sets up a starbucks
One would be a problem. But there are so many Starbucks that the population density of customers is fairly well distributed.
More likely it will be the Sunnis, through their Daesh militant arm.
virtualized
That's still a full up installation of XP. Even if it's running on a hypervisor on newer h/w.
Didn't you read and click 'Accept' on that license and terms of use agreement when you started your John Deere this morning?
And dealing with American cops. Or they might misunderstand that '10,000 pounds' payback.
I know of some old PLCs with programming and HMIs that run on XP. The manufacturer is unwilling to port their software to newer platforms. And the PC components were written to check for XP-specific components and abort if they were not found. They don't actually use these components, but my guess is that these tests were 'baked in' by the development toolchain to prevent running the produced s/w on Wine or Apple platforms.
Yeah, but that social networking site is a relatively simple app, built at one time with homogeneous platforms, systems and tool chains. The primary problem being spinning up more identical server instances to meet demand.
Delta's systems consist of numerous unique applications, written over decades. Probably in different languages and on different server hardware. Much of it was probably inherited from ancestor airlines that Delta merged with or absorbed.
It's the same in banking and other businesses that have grown their IT systems over many years and in different organizations. It's a mish-mash of stuff. Nobody is quite sure how it works. Building a hot backup with the database synchronization problems of heterogeneous systems is a huge undertaking. It's not the server rack or data center costs that will kill you. It's not 500x the same thing. It's several hundred systems, each that will need a failover scheme uniquely designed, tested and implemented. And software projects of this magnitude get out of hand very quickly.
Claiming US managers can't hack it in tech.
Better headline, I think.
Because nobody could figure out a way to scam freebies off airlines first class programs.
How long will it be before someone sets up a PokeStop or Pokemon gym or whatever it is that causes people to congregate at a location and plants a bomb there? Or just messes with people by planting a rare Pokemon inside some sacred temple like the Kaaba?
Ah yes. The unregulated bicycle engine.
Lamborghini motor scooters?
Lamborghini tractors are already a thing.
We've pretty much written Windows off years ago.
Windows applications could inject code, modify memory and add new threats to a Linux application running on Windows.
Windows has been able to do that to itself for years. No Linux needed.
Here it is!
Even better, the VIN is easily readable from outside the car.
Damned if I don't 'accidentally' always throw a roadmap* up on the dashboard, right on top of the VIN plate.
*Get off my lawn!
Imagine the explaining you'd have to do if you forgot just one.
turn off the goddamned phone once in a while
Might miss a Pokemon.
That's odd. It says that there's on in the back seat of my car.
charge you another $100
The receipt.
shall be fined not more than $100
So, a privacy tax. Here's your $100. Now leave me alone.
"I nicked the census man."
Most of the good content is available elsewhere on the Net. The feed is just a commodity whereas the UI defines the user experience and perceived value. And logically that's how their pricing should break down as well. But it doesn't, so I'm off to shop in a better market.