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I have been learning java for around 2 months now and have realised, I actually have no interest in developing/programming software... ALTHOUGH, I do enjoy learning the Java language and the process. I really enjoy the challenges it gives; being able to be creative, problem solve and finding out new/efficient ways to make the end product...
I have been working on little projects such as quiz games and a calculator but, I find my self no longer interested in making advanced software like what a professional Java developer would develop.(As this was my goal at first)
I do have a huge interest in ethical hacking and would like to start the learning process for this field. So, if anyone knows if its best for me to stick with JAVA (Would this benefit me? Learning Ethical hacking?) or should I just move on, and spend my time on more suitable subjects such as networking,Databases,PHP,HTML ect.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks.
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Ethical hacking exists as ethical burglary exists. Demand will be low, and any criminal that has been convicted for doing it unethically will be seen as having more experience.
Member 13491563 wrote: or should I just move on, and spend my time on more suitable subjects
Learn C, write your own database-system. Once you know how a car works and is built, you'll have an easier time pointing out possible weak spots.
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Good point. Might explain why my attempts at ethical burglar job finding came out empty!  
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Member 13491563 wrote: So, if anyone knows if its best for me to stick with JAVA (Would this benefit me? Learning Ethical hacking?) or should I just move on, and spend my time on more suitable subjects such as networking,Databases,PHP,HTML ect.
to do what you want to do you'll have to do all of those. i.e. java and n/w, db, php, html, etc.
But a question: is it be ethical to walk around a parking lot and check if every car is locked? - even if you intention is to lock those that were open. Well yes it is, but would the authorities believe you? Would the thug that caught you opening his door give you a reward or a punch in the face? Think about it.
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Once I participated in a coding challenge that turned out to be a recruitment challenge from IBM... It was a JavaScript challenge as they looked after people that can read inside-out JavaScript code an find weaknesses and possible attacks...
So - the actual hacking you intend to do, will define the language you will use (read/examine), and you will have to be an expert in that... And while learning is very nice (and fun mostly), nothing compares to real-life experience... Without that you may be a theoretician of hacking but not one who does it...
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Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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If you don't like "developing/programming software," why do you think you might want to study "hacking" ?
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it. A few hundred years later another traveler despairing as myself, may mourn the disappearance of what I may have seen, but failed to see.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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Reason I taken interest in hacking was the fact it requires a broad knowledge of a wide range of different technologies, which requires creativity, problem solving etc to explore vulnerabilities. Now, when I said wasn't interested in software developing I meant just writing code for the matter of it just being software used for a companies/users benefit, which seems to be most, if not all the JAVA jobs these days. (If that makes sense.)
This is why i asked if it would be best for me to learn other subjects, more suitable to ethical hacking, rather than a language which seems to have little benefit/involvement in said field or will it help me later on?
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Member 13491563 wrote: hacking ... it requires a broad knowledge of a wide range of different technologies
I can't think of any form of computer programming that requires more attention to machine/hardware and context details than "hacking."
You want "broad" ? Go for algorithms and computer science theory.
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it. A few hundred years later another traveler despairing as myself, may mourn the disappearance of what I may have seen, but failed to see.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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Member 13491563 wrote: This is why i asked if it would be best for me to learn other subjects, more suitable to ethical hacking
Quite a different slant would be to learn ethics (philosophy) with an emphasis on computing.
Other than that if you want to learn about technologies and you are starting with one language then C is probably the best, because once you get the basics down you can start learning how to access hardware.
A project that might interest you is to learn how to read your hard drive directly. Be careful though that you do not write to it until you are very sure of what you are doing. You can do the same thing with USB, networks, etc.
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Learning all this to do what? Get a job or an internship and put yourself to work !!!
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Because I find it interesting to be honest.
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Watching TV is interesting...Java is nothing big..its just another language..
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Learn to cook.
Chicks dig that.
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family safe, scrum-free: [^]
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it. A few hundred years later another traveler despairing as myself, may mourn the disappearance of what I may have seen, but failed to see.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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Are they on wheels? 
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Nope, they do it with loose dresses and tiny steps. Knowing how they do it doesn't detract from their abilities; they are still amazing!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: they do it with loose dresses
I would be really surprised if those dresses did not have hoop skirt cages underneath.
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Looks like remote-controlled Roomba's 
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Can't be - there is no trail of dog poop being ground into the stage...
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hmmm[^]
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I think the day I will create a piece of software executes that smoothly I will quit...
I saw them as a child in Hungary and do not remember to be marveled by their performance, but today I would say to that kid - You are an idiot!!!
They are amazing, and even understanding the 'secret' - as one danced half-professionally - I can not say other ways...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: as one danced half-professionally
Hi Peter, I am delighted to know I am not the only one here !
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it. A few hundred years later another traveler despairing as myself, may mourn the disappearance of what I may have seen, but failed to see.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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My laptop will sometimes stop charging, and starts again after a while. I have noticed that this happens when the unit gets hot. After some research, I found that it contains an overheat prevention system for the battery, which is likely being triggered by the heat from the other parts (this model has a design flaw related to that).
Go figure. This has annoyed me for a few weeks now.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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best keep an eye on it and where you place it for charging.
Not a laptop but the charger for an old (admittedly cheapo) electric drill used to do this on/off. One day went to retrieve it from the charger only to find a puddle of evil smelling hot goo - luckily no fire/smoke. (Cleaned it up with some old rubber gloves, binned the lot and bought a Bosch.)
So point is, like anything the overheat trigger can fail - consider that it is working at high temps.
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