|
That some entity in China is looking for a "way in" to any system it can find, in hopes of using it for some purpose at some point in time.
|
|
|
|
|
E.g. some smart@rse little jerk (one of the several million students studying computering in China) thinks he's a clever smart@rse little jerk, who can do anything, to anyone, anywhere on-line (unless a girl walks into the room, of course, because then his keyboard clogs up with drool), and get away with it.
That's the thing. It reminds me of all the cr@p we had to deal with from smart@rse little American jerks studying computering, back in the day.
There weren't so many smart@rse little English jerks, because English universities used to demand that students spend their time do some actual studying (accent on the "used to").
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
Bluddy plankies are so doused in propaganda that they immediately treat everything that is connected with China with suspicion, and consider that to be acceptable behaviour.
They'd serve themselves better by viewing the activities of corporations like google, and the US "security forces", with suspicion.
Every search engine in the world spiders every site, and China has the biggest search engine in the world, along with several that aren't the biggest.
What Baidu will not have done, though, is (cue dramatic music) link the site to every visitor's Google account, and report it all to the NSA. They'll just have spidered it, to make the pages searchable.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
Mark_Wallace wrote: link the site to every visitor's Google account, and report it all to the NSA
Of course! Because in China their is no State Security agency, and of course, no connection what-so-ever between the government and manufacturing and media.
After all - that would mean that the Chinese government might limit what its citizens are allowed to view on the internet - and that could never happen. Likewise, as they enjoy their unimpeded internet access they'd never think of recording URL's, who visits them, and how often.
So - with that in mind - you're totally correct as always. After all: by decree, all government bureaucrats are so selfless and innocent they crap white - just like pandas!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
W∴ Balboos wrote: in China their is no State Security agency that gives a bloody blue damn about web-sites owned and produced by US citizens
A little truth added.
Paranoia is treatable, you know.
Step one is to realise the difference between propaganda and reality.
Step two, in this case, would be to stop looking at the dangerous panda that's a million miles away, occupied with what the other pandas are doing, and pay attention to the wolves just outside your door.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
Or - as your mentors would have you speak and believe: "Ignore the man behind the curtain".
You do realize that your last sentence doesn't even rise up to the standards of "ridiculous", don't you?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
W∴ Balboos wrote: You do realize that your last sentence doesn't even rise up to the standards of "ridiculous" I've been subjected to so much propaganda that I cannot believe anything bad about the USA and our beloved leaders, don't you?
'Course I do. That's kinda the point.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
It's comforting to know you're predictably deflecting.
You see - there's a difference - you go laughably ballistic whenever anyone even slight maligns (in your opinion) China. I, on the other hand, have no shortage of posts criticizing pretty much everywhere that deserves it - and criticizing the US has never been omitted.
You see - that's the neat thing about living here - we're allowed to, and in fact supposed to criticize the government. Yeah - we had a McCarthy era - and thankfully escaped it. You and your Chinese idols? Not so much. Hell - we even allow people to wear their national dress in this country - in public - even to school. And speak and write any language they wish. It's a Damn Gulag!
*(Sorry, lad: beloved leader, however, is your style of terminology, more or less)
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
W∴ Balboos wrote: you go laughably ballistic
Um, who is it you're talking about, again?
You're either communicating with an alternative universe, or you're a complete nutter.
Oh, actually, both of those mean you're a complete nutter. Sorry for the repetition.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
we've blocked huge numbers of Chinese IP addrs from our site. for some reason they like to run bots which download everything (including multi-MB ZIPs) on our site every 30 minutes.
we're not going to pay for bandwidth to keep their bots fed.
|
|
|
|
|
I think it is automated.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
|
|
|
|
|
|
I generally only monitor the ftp traffic for hacking attempts. When I first started really watching it a few years ago, it was shocking to me how many attempts were being made to 'break in' as well as the lack of a built-in mechanism (server '08) for defeating the type of dictionary attacks that were being used. When I started checking into the IP addresses, the vast majority were originating from China. For server '08, my only defense is the IP blacklist, so I got a list of current Chinese ISP blocks and wrote a utility to import them into IIS. Worked like a charm! Hacking attempts dropped off by at least 75%. The other thing I did was to create a new FTP user called administrator with a password of... (you can't tell anyone else OK?) 'admin'. In their read-only private directory is a lone text file that kindly asks them to bugger off.
I have noticed a new round of hacking in the last couple of weeks, mostly from the middle east and Amsterdam. It seems like these hackers must maintain and share a list or something. Also, the attacks are getting more creative, using the hostname and even keywords from the homepage. One of these days, and soon, I will either upgrade to server '12 which has dynamic IP blocking built in, or try to get the ftp working under apache (or other) either under windows or in a VM.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
|
|
|
|
|
One reason is to find a proxy server to get to other web sites. A few years back, I was looking at some logs of a filtering appliance that we kept changing between wide open and extremely closed (long story) and at one point discovered World of Warcraft traffic coming from China.
|
|
|
|
|
And what happens in future? Will there be any OS to compete with Windows and then change the scenario!!
modified 8-Apr-15 8:59am.
|
|
|
|
|
This is the wrong place for such questions. We don't have any psychics or crystal balls here. Only Crystal Reports sometimes.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
|
|
|
|
|
Just wanted to know what ppl think abt it! 
|
|
|
|
|
We don't believe it.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
|
|
|
|
|
Exactly. Windows has been consistently less than 70% of visitors on all my websites for the last 10 years, dropping to about 50% in one year. It has picked up a bit recently.
So am I lead to believe that the vast majority of non-windows users run Microsoft office, when its still not available for Linux, and wasn't available for many year on Apples OSes. What other MS software could fill the remainder? It doesn't make sense.
|
|
|
|
|
Since Windows 8 I prefer not to think about Mickeysoft.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
|
|
|
|
|
One thing we think about is observing the gibberish you used to post. Use real words.
Capitalization and spelling are also appreciated.
This place isn't for posting in text formats, and despite all the squawking, not for tweet-style, either. In other words, use words!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDP1802 wrote: Only Crystal Reports sometimes.
Yeah, well, that's not psychic - that's sorcery or black magic! Nobody ever knows if it works - and how! And nobody wants to touch it with a 10 foot pole...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
-
The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
-
I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
|
|
|
|
|
CDP1802 wrote: Only Crystal Reports sometimes.
Oh my, thanks a lot for reminding me that I must revisit Hades and make a deal with the landlord in order to figure out the bare essential distributable libraries needed for CR XI through field definitions. This is not a programming question, merely an expression of disgust! 
Edit: There is a reason I reference the CrystalRuntime.Application object as 'crAp'! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
|
|
|
|
|
Yes. Windows 11.
Caveat: The future may not have as many 'computers' as mobile devices.
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
