C'mon, flamebait!
From the link itself: "PHP is the most widely used scripting language for the web. According to some reports, 50% of the Apache servers world-wide have PHP installed."
Do you think there is any chance that PHP is the most widely used scripting language might have anything to do with the number of vulnerabilities?
What intro to (insert my-favorite-super-leet-flavor-here) language talks about security first? Really, that is great that security is old hat to all the seasoned pros and was obviously the first thing they must have covered right after "Hello, world!". In TFA, on the first page at the very top:
Recommended PHP reading list
Level: Introductory
So, c'mon, lighten up, you know? PHP is such an easy target. Go bash the Perl or Python geeks. What about Ada? Not enough folks bashing Ada...
ps- not a spelling snob, but I couldn't quite tell if that was supposed to be "If security is treated as [an] advanced topic..." or "If security is threatened as [an] advanced topic..."
A lot of the personal information that some folks like to think they own isn't theirs. How could it be? How could anyone reasonably think that the something like "number of times person #123456789 rented n movies with a credit card issued by XYZ" is personal property?
Background checks, government monitoring, violation of my information, blah, blah, blah...
And the "I should get compensated each time my information is sold!" is complete crap. Statistics aren't property. Should your favorite sports team or league get some kind of cut everytime the newspaper publishes the score of the latest game? Should a star athlete get paid everytime a website mentions his stats?
If the answer is no, what makes your piddly fucking stats and information so fucking important?
*i.e., for the completely cluess, I am talking about professional physical sports like NFL, NBA, etc., NOT Halo2 tournaments!
No disrespect to those folks who really don't want their information sold, but the paranoids are running away with this issue. You know why companies buy what you think is "your" information? Here it comes...wait for it...these companies want you to buy whatever crap it is they are selling!
Oh, the horror! Strangely enough, companies are not too interested in Kafka-esque mind control. Want to know what they really? Here is a scenario:
Company XYZ: Hi, I have these 20 million records that are my customers. I want to get them to sign up for my new EvilEmpire Rewards credit cards.
BlackHelicopterDataCompany: Ok
[time passes, data is processed]
BlackHelicopterDataCompany: Alrighty, we took your 20MM customers, sorted them all out to find out you really just have about 12MM customers, and these are the 2MM that are statistically most likely to respond to your offer.
Maybe there should be a concerted effort to completely break the system. Fight back by creating and collecting a portfolio of patents that can be used to cripple the system. Not just one "I'll be teh 1 laffing when my patent for breathing gets approved!", but a hundred, a thousand. With good luck and planning, the litigation proceeds can start fueling a feedback loop for expanding R&D/Legal services. Ultimate goal- break the patent system or own an empire. Win/Win. Who's with me?
Thanks, Kaleidojewel! I wouldn't have any idea where to buy it if you hadn't put up your referring link! Who would have thought about buying it online at an online bookseller like Amazon.
Good work!
Too bad your referrer link isn't also "Anonymous Coward"!
Parent post is not a troll. First reply is a troll.
I am Linux only household and it all works for me (mostly). Does that make trolls out of people who tried Linux and couldn't make it work? Oh right- Slashdot, where the inmates run the asulym and wanna-be do-nothings are the loudest critics.
Do the loudest geeks and nerds all have the mentality of 4th graders? Oopps...asking for some rational thought. Mod me an unfunny troll.
How does one draw the conclusion that shaking people down at the border or the airport will replace shaking people down at a football game or courthouse? If it was an either/or situation, I could almost see the reasoning...
After I did a quick RTFA, some guy claiming to be behind www.dnsstuff.com. The commenter is basically saying the article got it dead wrong.
link [eweek.com]
I had a very good experience from a PIII-450 era Gateway machine. In fact, my fiancee now uses that machine, though RAM, video, hard drives, etc. are all different. For me, Gateway's customer service was very good. I had a couple problems when I first had the machine shipped to me, and the new parts arrived the day after calling tech support each time.
I am by no means a computer expert, but I am the closest thing to it in the small office where I work. One of my coworker was asking me about what computer he should buy and asked me about eMachines. My experience trying to help other people with their crappy eMachines led me to tell him to run in the opposite direction of any eMachine salesman.
As it turned out, he didn't take my advice:) He bought an eMachines laptop. I have to tell you, I was very impressed with what he got for the price he paid. He hasn't had it very long, but my coworker absolutely loves it and has had no problems of any kind whatsoever.
If I hadn't had the experience of somebody else buying one and loving it, I would probably never consider an eMachines laptop. Now, after seeing one, I am thinking about getting my fiancee one.
My $.02,
Danny
Slashdot Mirror
C'mon, flamebait! From the link itself: "PHP is the most widely used scripting language for the web. According to some reports, 50% of the Apache servers world-wide have PHP installed." Do you think there is any chance that PHP is the most widely used scripting language might have anything to do with the number of vulnerabilities?
What intro to (insert my-favorite-super-leet-flavor-here) language talks about security first? Really, that is great that security is old hat to all the seasoned pros and was obviously the first thing they must have covered right after "Hello, world!". In TFA, on the first page at the very top:
Recommended PHP reading list
Level: Introductory
So, c'mon, lighten up, you know? PHP is such an easy target. Go bash the Perl or Python geeks. What about Ada? Not enough folks bashing Ada...
ps- not a spelling snob, but I couldn't quite tell if that was supposed to be "If security is treated as [an] advanced topic..." or "If security is threatened as [an] advanced topic..."
And the "I should get compensated each time my information is sold!" is complete crap. Statistics aren't property. Should your favorite sports team or league get some kind of cut everytime the newspaper publishes the score of the latest game? Should a star athlete get paid everytime a website mentions his stats?
If the answer is no, what makes your piddly fucking stats and information so fucking important?
*i.e., for the completely cluess, I am talking about professional physical sports like NFL, NBA, etc., NOT Halo2 tournaments!
No disrespect to those folks who really don't want their information sold, but the paranoids are running away with this issue. You know why companies buy what you think is "your" information? Here it comes...wait for it...these companies want you to buy whatever crap it is they are selling!
Oh, the horror! Strangely enough, companies are not too interested in Kafka-esque mind control. Want to know what they really? Here is a scenario:
Company XYZ: Hi, I have these 20 million records that are my customers. I want to get them to sign up for my new EvilEmpire Rewards credit cards.
BlackHelicopterDataCompany: Ok
[time passes, data is processed]
BlackHelicopterDataCompany: Alrighty, we took your 20MM customers, sorted them all out to find out you really just have about 12MM customers, and these are the 2MM that are statistically most likely to respond to your offer.
Company XYZ: Muwahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Maybe there should be a concerted effort to completely break the system. Fight back by creating and collecting a portfolio of patents that can be used to cripple the system. Not just one "I'll be teh 1 laffing when my patent for breathing gets approved!", but a hundred, a thousand. With good luck and planning, the litigation proceeds can start fueling a feedback loop for expanding R&D/Legal services. Ultimate goal- break the patent system or own an empire. Win/Win. Who's with me?
Thanks, Kaleidojewel! I wouldn't have any idea where to buy it if you hadn't put up your referring link! Who would have thought about buying it online at an online bookseller like Amazon. Good work! Too bad your referrer link isn't also "Anonymous Coward"!
Parent post is not a troll. First reply is a troll. I am Linux only household and it all works for me (mostly). Does that make trolls out of people who tried Linux and couldn't make it work? Oh right- Slashdot, where the inmates run the asulym and wanna-be do-nothings are the loudest critics. Do the loudest geeks and nerds all have the mentality of 4th graders? Oopps...asking for some rational thought. Mod me an unfunny troll.
And if this was a time before electronic media, would the suggestion be "don't write it down on physical media"? ;)
Nice name calling. Anonymous Coward indeed...
How does one draw the conclusion that shaking people down at the border or the airport will replace shaking people down at a football game or courthouse? If it was an either/or situation, I could almost see the reasoning...
After I did a quick RTFA, some guy claiming to be behind www.dnsstuff.com. The commenter is basically saying the article got it dead wrong. link [eweek.com]
I had a very good experience from a PIII-450 era Gateway machine. In fact, my fiancee now uses that machine, though RAM, video, hard drives, etc. are all different. For me, Gateway's customer service was very good. I had a couple problems when I first had the machine shipped to me, and the new parts arrived the day after calling tech support each time. I am by no means a computer expert, but I am the closest thing to it in the small office where I work. One of my coworker was asking me about what computer he should buy and asked me about eMachines. My experience trying to help other people with their crappy eMachines led me to tell him to run in the opposite direction of any eMachine salesman. As it turned out, he didn't take my advice :) He bought an eMachines laptop. I have to tell you, I was very impressed with what he got for the price he paid. He hasn't had it very long, but my coworker absolutely loves it and has had no problems of any kind whatsoever.
If I hadn't had the experience of somebody else buying one and loving it, I would probably never consider an eMachines laptop. Now, after seeing one, I am thinking about getting my fiancee one.
My $.02,
Danny