The exact same thing can be said about Windows servers. Any properly configured box stands a much better chance of fending off brute force attacks. On my old Windows server that was running ssh I would log several thousand brute force attempts daily, with nobody every successfully breaking in. What does that tell you? Basically that I know how to configure a server, and that I used a really long pass phrase instead of a simple password. Security 101 stuff.
I never claimed the two would be the same security-wise, I just said if Linux was the top market share OS, it would be the biggest target. How well it would fare compared to Windows is something I was not speculating on, or blindly assuming.
If you are relying on your operating system for security, you are taking the wrong approach to security. All major OS have had exploitable flaws. Security is not software nor anything you can buy or install - it is a set of policies, procedures,and practices. The actual software involved is irrelevant.
Yes, then the target would be the next biggest OS down the chain. The problem isn't "solved", it is just moved. Much like how surveillance cameras don't really cut down the crime rates, they just move them to a different area. If Linux had more of a presence it would be as big of a target as Microsoft. MS is just the current "low hanging fruit". Sorry, but the solution to security problems should never be "switch your operating system and every piece of software you currently use".
"Some men"? I find that men are frequently more guilty of "serious over-application" of the cologne than women are. And sorry Axe - something cannot be both a "deodorant" and a "perfume". Same goes for patchouli oil all you "natural" types out there. Putting one bad smell on top of another bad smell doesn't really diminish either - it just makes you smell doubly bad.
Actually, I would consider being able to read as the criteria for "literacy". What does McDonalds have to do with literacy rates? Nice strawman though - we aren't talking about obesity, nutrition, or anything food-related in this conversation.
Early Butthole Surfers make you feel like you are tripping even if you haven't ingested a thing. The first 3-4 albums are so good. And man, what a live show. First time I saw them was 1986 and it blew my mind.
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I don't think you know what the word "fiscal" means. Do you really think the government has more money than all the businesses in the country? Hint: they don't. My argument holds water because I am talking about all businesses - wherever your advertising money comes from is the ass you have to kiss. If the government ran a newspaper, you don't need to worry about this, because you are not depending on advertisement to keep running.
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Thinking that "reporting what he sees" is not biased by the person seeing it is pretty naive thinking. Every "reporter" or "journalist" has some bias - how much of that comes out in the writing is the real question.
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Yes, becasue the BBC never puts out any stories critical of the British government.
Who do you think has more fiscal power in the US - the government, or the businesses? Now say a paper wants to run a story that would make it's biggest advertiser look bad - do you think the story will run? You won't run into that if a paper isn't relying on advertising dollars to keep it running.
Well, for one our ability to judge which is doing better in the freedom of speech department by not using useless strawman statistics that say nothing about free speech. But that is just off the top of my head and I don't have any useless random statistics to back it up.
Read the story. The guy took the girl's phone beforehand. She used her iPod to send the message via Facebook becasue she had no other means of communication available.
The girl was raped and the guy left the room. It's not like Facebook saved the girl from being raped. She contacted her friend and requested she contact her mother, then she escaped and called her mother herself from a payphone, then the guy was arrested. There's not much of a Facebook tie-in.
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He later walked in naked and tried to pull off her pants, she said, but she kicked him away and screamed, according to the complaint. When he left, she got out her iPod and found an acquaintance on the social
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networking website Facebook.com. She begged her friend to contact her mother and tell her to come pick her up.
As she was sending the message, Cesmat went back to her room and sexually assaulted the girl, the complaint said.
So no Facebook didn't "save her from being raped", but she did send out the message before the actual assault happened.
The funny thing is we have been genetically altering plants since the time that botany started being recorded. Matching the perfect set of plants for pollination is also a genetic modification, as is all the cross-breeding of plant species that people have come up with over the last few thousand years.
When you are worthless for half a day due to raging headache, intense irritability over anything, and a general "out of it" feeling because some idiot forgot the coffee for the entire camping trip, you can quickly realize the depth of how much your body has come to depend on the caffeine. So in short, when you are 150 miles from the nearest store, coffee is not always "readily available". Your solution to addiction may be "just don't stop", but that isn't everybody's. If we were talking about heroin, would you offer the same advice?
However, I think 99 cents is a little excessive. I think 10 cents would be plenty; I don't think that most trollers would be interested in spending even that much on a regular basis.
Which is probably why it is a "one-time fee", as stated in the summary.
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You couldn't even buy half a iPad display for $35. A quick google search reveals the price to manufacture an iPod around $260.
The exact same thing can be said about Windows servers. Any properly configured box stands a much better chance of fending off brute force attacks. On my old Windows server that was running ssh I would log several thousand brute force attempts daily, with nobody every successfully breaking in. What does that tell you? Basically that I know how to configure a server, and that I used a really long pass phrase instead of a simple password. Security 101 stuff.
I never claimed the two would be the same security-wise, I just said if Linux was the top market share OS, it would be the biggest target. How well it would fare compared to Windows is something I was not speculating on, or blindly assuming.
If you are relying on your operating system for security, you are taking the wrong approach to security. All major OS have had exploitable flaws. Security is not software nor anything you can buy or install - it is a set of policies, procedures,and practices. The actual software involved is irrelevant.
Yes, then the target would be the next biggest OS down the chain. The problem isn't "solved", it is just moved. Much like how surveillance cameras don't really cut down the crime rates, they just move them to a different area. If Linux had more of a presence it would be as big of a target as Microsoft. MS is just the current "low hanging fruit". Sorry, but the solution to security problems should never be "switch your operating system and every piece of software you currently use".
And nobody would think of eating a fish called "Slimehead", but since they changed the name to Orange Roughy, people can't seem to get enough of it.
"Some men"? I find that men are frequently more guilty of "serious over-application" of the cologne than women are. And sorry Axe - something cannot be both a "deodorant" and a "perfume". Same goes for patchouli oil all you "natural" types out there. Putting one bad smell on top of another bad smell doesn't really diminish either - it just makes you smell doubly bad.
You mean the claims that have all been thoroughly explained and debunked as hoaxes here??
Actually, I would consider being able to read as the criteria for "literacy". What does McDonalds have to do with literacy rates? Nice strawman though - we aren't talking about obesity, nutrition, or anything food-related in this conversation.
Early Butthole Surfers make you feel like you are tripping even if you haven't ingested a thing. The first 3-4 albums are so good. And man, what a live show. First time I saw them was 1986 and it blew my mind.
I don't think you know what the word "fiscal" means. Do you really think the government has more money than all the businesses in the country? Hint: they don't. My argument holds water because I am talking about all businesses - wherever your advertising money comes from is the ass you have to kiss. If the government ran a newspaper, you don't need to worry about this, because you are not depending on advertisement to keep running.
Thinking that "reporting what he sees" is not biased by the person seeing it is pretty naive thinking. Every "reporter" or "journalist" has some bias - how much of that comes out in the writing is the real question.
Yes, becasue the BBC never puts out any stories critical of the British government.
Who do you think has more fiscal power in the US - the government, or the businesses? Now say a paper wants to run a story that would make it's biggest advertiser look bad - do you think the story will run? You won't run into that if a paper isn't relying on advertising dollars to keep it running.
Well, for one our ability to judge which is doing better in the freedom of speech department by not using useless strawman statistics that say nothing about free speech. But that is just off the top of my head and I don't have any useless random statistics to back it up.
Read the story. The guy took the girl's phone beforehand. She used her iPod to send the message via Facebook becasue she had no other means of communication available.
The girl was raped and the guy left the room. It's not like Facebook saved the girl from being raped. She contacted her friend and requested she contact her mother, then she escaped and called her mother herself from a payphone, then the guy was arrested. There's not much of a Facebook tie-in.
From the article:
He later walked in naked and tried to pull off her pants, she said, but she kicked him away and screamed, according to the complaint. When he left, she got out her iPod and found an acquaintance on the social Advertisement networking website Facebook.com. She begged her friend to contact her mother and tell her to come pick her up.
As she was sending the message, Cesmat went back to her room and sexually assaulted the girl, the complaint said.
So no Facebook didn't "save her from being raped", but she did send out the message before the actual assault happened.
Maybe they can outsource that job to the US for a change.
Everybody knows that gay marriage is what really killed the dinosaurs.
And yes, the sooner humans accidentally eliminate themselves from the planet, the better off we will all sleep at night.
The funny thing is we have been genetically altering plants since the time that botany started being recorded. Matching the perfect set of plants for pollination is also a genetic modification, as is all the cross-breeding of plant species that people have come up with over the last few thousand years.
Because any OS can be cracked given enough time and determination.
Or perhaps Sony was asleep at the switch when this opportunity came up?
When you are worthless for half a day due to raging headache, intense irritability over anything, and a general "out of it" feeling because some idiot forgot the coffee for the entire camping trip, you can quickly realize the depth of how much your body has come to depend on the caffeine. So in short, when you are 150 miles from the nearest store, coffee is not always "readily available". Your solution to addiction may be "just don't stop", but that isn't everybody's. If we were talking about heroin, would you offer the same advice?
Exactly. If this isn't the poster boy for legalizing drugs, and having some regulation and quality control, I don't know what is.
Just to be safe, it should show boobs in this case. Everyone likes boobs.
However, I think 99 cents is a little excessive. I think 10 cents would be plenty; I don't think that most trollers would be interested in spending even that much on a regular basis.
Which is probably why it is a "one-time fee", as stated in the summary.