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Marissa Mayer's Reinvention of Yahoo! Stumbles 222

schnell writes The New York Times Magazine has an in-depth profile of Marissa Mayer's time at the helm of Yahoo!, detailing her bold plans to reinvent the company and spark a Jobs-ian turnaround through building great new products. But some investors are saying that her product focus (to the point of micromanaging) hasn't generated results, and that the company should give up on trying to create the next iPod, merge with AOL to cut costs and focus on the unglamorous core business that it has. Is it time for Yahoo! to "grow up" and set its sights lower?
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Grinch Vulnerability Could Put a Hole In Your Linux Stocking 118

itwbennett writes In a blog post Tuesday, security service provider Alert Logic warned of a Linux vulnerability, named grinch after the well-known Dr. Seuss character, that could provide attackers with unfettered root access. The fundamental flaw resides in the Linux authorization system, which can inadvertently allow privilege escalation, granting a user full administrative access. Alert Logic warned that Grinch could be as severe as the Shellshock flaw that roiled the Internet in September. Update: 12/19 04:47 GMT by S : Reader deathcamaro points out that Red Hat and others say this is not a flaw at all, but expected behavior.

Comment Re:Well that's inconvenient for the dominant theor (Score 1) 208

Indeed. Being a victim is _convenient_. You do not have to change anything on your side. (Well, you should if you want to get your agency back, but that is not the public perception...) It however has extreme drawbacks, such as far less control over your life. No smart person goes that way.

Comment Re:Well that's inconvenient for the dominant theor (Score 1) 208

These feminists are stupid. There are physical differences in men and women and they are quite enough to explain the gender disparity. While CS, on the surface, seems to be a purely mental activity, the larger situation matters. One thing is that CS is _hard_. Quite a few women these days still sell their reproductive capabilities in exchange for a meal-ticket or at least go for a less demanding education because they know that have this fall-back option. Yes, it is not politically correct to say so, but it _is_ happening. That is a pure physical (not mental) factor right there that reduces the number of women in any thing that is hard to learn. Sure, men and women are on average probably equally lazy, but men do not have this convenient and traditional way out of that quandary and hence need to try harder and know that.

As I said, these feminists are stupid. Ignoring relevant facts leads to faulty conclusions.

As to "women need to be taught CS differently", just no. That is patently false. I know quite a few women in CS and none of them found that they were somehow taught "wrong". Sure if was hard work for all of them to learn, but that is just as true for the men. Sure, getting women _interested_ in CS may have to be done different in order to overcome cultural factors, but once they are, there is no need for a different style.

Comment Re:what is this crap (Score 1) 208

No. Most people cannot be taught that skill. Not at all. Just as most people cannot be taught to use Math beyond very simple things. And yes, I have experience in that area. These "useful" apps create far more problems than they solve. In fact, your attitude is the root cause for the ongoing software crisis: Too many wannabes doing things that critically require competent engineers. It is really no surprise that most software is f*cked up these days.

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