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No need to visit Linkedin anymore, except to add certifications or add my skills to my CV. I have 500 connections; mission accomplished!
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Did you beat the level boss?
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No, I was just trying to be cute  . There seems to be a race to get to the magic 500 contacts and I was making a satire out of it.
I don't use it much, but I think it could be useful for consultants or people looking for a new job. I have around 25 contacts and have hidden my profile so only logged in people searching through Linkedin can find me.
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jgakenhe wrote: I was just trying to be cute
Um. Yes, I got that.
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Wow! 
Kevin
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"With malicious intent".
Throw the book at him.
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White dwarf flies around a black hole every 28 minutes | Ars Technica UK[^]
Quote: One way this system could have formed is if the black hole plowed into one of the globular cluster's red giant stars, rapidly consuming most of its material. The core of the red giant could survive as a white dwarf. Over time, the white dwarf may have spiraled closer and closer in toward the black hole until it got close enough for the black hole to begin sucking off some of its material.
That's something that would be really cool to see how it ends
M.D.V. 
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Nelek wrote: That's something that would be really cool to see how it ends
Slluuurrrrppppp! 
(A time-dilated slurp)
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In other news: a dark pebble* 4,000 light years away has led astronomers to believe that they have made a radical discovery, 12,700 light years behind it.
* Dark pebbles will become all the rage, just you wait and see
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Red Flag Windows: Microsoft modifies Windows OS for Chinese government | Ars Technica UK[^]
Quote: The Chinese government, like the US government, has been permitted source code review for security purposes
And what about the security and privacy of the end users?
M.D.V.
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modified 22-Mar-17 4:03am.
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Well, the changes requested by the Chinese Intelligence Agency (oh see, a conspiration  ) are for Chinese users only, while the changes requested by US authorities are for all users world-wide. That makes a difference, eh?
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Waving a red flag at bullsh1t?
Makes sense, to me.
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This isn't new. China is a big enough market that MS has been making ridiculous concessions to them for years; and they'd be stupid not to.
The problem is that they get source code to feed into their million-monkey pit, which is where a lot of the new Zero-day exploits come from.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
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Nathan Minier wrote: which is where a lot of the new Zero-day exploits come from.
Endly someone sees it as me. With the excuse of making it secure for "our enterprises" they have access to the sources and can find everything what can be exploited.
M.D.V.
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Nathan Minier wrote: China is a big enough market that MS has been making ridiculous concessions to them for years
They have to. Android and apple own the Chinese market.Nathan Minier wrote: The problem is that they get source code to feed into their million-monkey pit, which is where a lot of the new Zero-day exploits come from
Seriously?
Google and every security site disagree.
In malware "rankings", China is close to the bottom, and the US is close to the top.
Taking the same attitude:
No wonder China wants to see the source code -- the million monkeys making it in the US are all malware producers.
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You said malware; I said zero-day exploits. Those two things are not synonymous.
Cyber-warfare is a publicly stated priority of the PLA.
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Nathan Minier wrote: You said malware; I said zero-day exploits.
Potato/potato/banana/Spock/lizard.Nathan Minier wrote: Cyber-warfare is a publicly stated priority of the PLA.
Really?[^] (that's the top result, when searching on your statement "Cyber-warfare is a publicly stated priority of the PLA").
All governments are at it; how could they not be?
And you can be sure that the US is up there in the top five, with an annual budget in the billions. They've even been publicly exposed, committing cyber-sabotage which could easily have resulted in the deaths of many innocents (StuxNet and Flame, anyone?)
Reputable sources with information about who is up to what are all over the Internet -- even a visit to wikipedia[^] (which I would rarely recommend) provides enlightenment on the topic.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Potato/potato/banana/Spock/lizard.
I don't agree.
I like that the link you provided was from 2011. Fast forward to a year ago:
PLA on cyberwarfare buildup - Washington Times
Mark_Wallace wrote: All governments are at it; how could they not be?
I won't disagree with that, and will freely admit to a US bias when it comes to cyber warfare.
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Nathan Minier wrote: I like that the link you provided was from 2011
As I said, it was the first result of the search.Nathan Minier wrote: PLA on cyberwarfare buildup - Washington Times
That didn't turn up in the first fold of the search (I didn't look any further), probably because it's already been discredited as a scare story, based on misrepresenting statements from a soldier applying for a bigger budget, and saying what it could be spent on.
I'll get the missus to read the Chinese article to me, to see which perspective on it is the right one.
You can certainly rely on the WP to keep you up to date with the latest US propaganda, though; that's its job.
The Star (whether US or UK) is obviously a more reliable source of information. You can trust every word in it (and the UK version has boobies!).
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Nelek wrote: And what about the security and privacy of the end users?
The Chinese gov't required that IE 6 be installed.
Marc
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It's an awesome little device, I have 3 of them.
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I think of the pi as being a motherboard, not a computer, so it shouldn't be included in computer rankings -- especially since it would win hands down in motherboard rankings.
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