i completely agree on scada systems being mentioned. i have first hand experience from the security side of things implementing a scada system and it is an absolute nightmare. industry leading companies are taking their traditionally isolated and proprietary systems and slapping them onto networks to offer their customers 24x7 access without a thought to patching, AV, IPS, network isolation, or anything of the sort. they practically laughed in my face at the notion that i would like to patch this machine regularly and have AV/IPS on it.
eventually a convoluted system came about at which it will be patched, but several months behind current standards, as that is all they can guarantee will not break their product. until i even raised the question it appeared the thought had never crossed their mind to patch/av their machines. they flat out told me that their business plan is to get these boxes up and running, then drop them on the network and never patch or implement any AV solution whatsoever.
and they arent even implementing this on a server os..
since everyone could spec the same way and gear was basically accessable to anyone otherwise known as cookie cutter - fotm filled pvp really isn't that great.
nothing has held a candle to mmo pvp since UO.
i started playing on the very unorthodox a/z/ctrl/alt - did that for years before switching to wasd.
no, i didn't hit the windows key (much) - the bigger problem was having to use my index finger to hit the space bar to jump while strafing right.
i haven't pc gamed in quite a while, but if i do go back, i think i'll give esdf a shot - with so many binds now, seems like a good idea.
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now we just need to figure out how to get every poor country an abundance of pizza ovens, nail polish and inkjet printers
i completely agree on scada systems being mentioned. i have first hand experience from the security side of things implementing a scada system and it is an absolute nightmare. industry leading companies are taking their traditionally isolated and proprietary systems and slapping them onto networks to offer their customers 24x7 access without a thought to patching, AV, IPS, network isolation, or anything of the sort. they practically laughed in my face at the notion that i would like to patch this machine regularly and have AV/IPS on it.
eventually a convoluted system came about at which it will be patched, but several months behind current standards, as that is all they can guarantee will not break their product. until i even raised the question it appeared the thought had never crossed their mind to patch/av their machines. they flat out told me that their business plan is to get these boxes up and running, then drop them on the network and never patch or implement any AV solution whatsoever.
and they arent even implementing this on a server os..
i started playing on the very unorthodox a/z/ctrl/alt - did that for years before switching to wasd. no, i didn't hit the windows key (much) - the bigger problem was having to use my index finger to hit the space bar to jump while strafing right. i haven't pc gamed in quite a while, but if i do go back, i think i'll give esdf a shot - with so many binds now, seems like a good idea.