Xmonad + Xterm with green text (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-05-20 12:35 (#9D0V) My "desktop" is xmonad with many xterms open. I use green as foreground color, so almost all text comes up at green. I read my mail through the console, ircing, writing programs with vim. How would they interpret this? A lot of green text flying on screens...I think it is impossible for uneducated people to know what somebody does in front of the computer. Just because it looks like "Hollywood hacking" it is not hacking. Re: Xmonad + Xterm with green text (Score: 1) by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2015-05-21 17:39 (#9G3C) I think it is impossible for uneducated peopleWhat do you mean with 'uneducated people'? I am very educated. Softwaredeveloper and consultant for years. And it still would be impossible for me to see what you are doing if you type on your laptop on the neighbouring seat. Especially since most people give others a modicum of privacy and don't constantly snoop what they are doing. Re: Xmonad + Xterm with green text (Score: 1) by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-05-21 22:43 (#9GJN) Really? Its usually pretty simple. I have a bad habit of sneaking looks at other random people's computers in public places. Like what are they doing at starbucks/mc donalds? Why are they traveling? What does an enterprise spreadsheet look like? Are they using macros? So many interesting things one could learn by glancing over. I'd probably notice he was doing something cool. Probably not enough to think " hey he's trying to take over the flight system" , but enough to try and find a way to start an innocuous conversation with him to try and figure it out. Like: Is that xnomad? I've never seen such a nice setup before... Etc, until I tiptoed around what he was doing.Not sure if I'd be the best spy in the world, or the worst. With such a dramatic swing in possible outcomes, its probably glad that I'm not one.
Re: Xmonad + Xterm with green text (Score: 1) by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2015-05-21 17:39 (#9G3C) I think it is impossible for uneducated peopleWhat do you mean with 'uneducated people'? I am very educated. Softwaredeveloper and consultant for years. And it still would be impossible for me to see what you are doing if you type on your laptop on the neighbouring seat. Especially since most people give others a modicum of privacy and don't constantly snoop what they are doing. Re: Xmonad + Xterm with green text (Score: 1) by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-05-21 22:43 (#9GJN) Really? Its usually pretty simple. I have a bad habit of sneaking looks at other random people's computers in public places. Like what are they doing at starbucks/mc donalds? Why are they traveling? What does an enterprise spreadsheet look like? Are they using macros? So many interesting things one could learn by glancing over. I'd probably notice he was doing something cool. Probably not enough to think " hey he's trying to take over the flight system" , but enough to try and find a way to start an innocuous conversation with him to try and figure it out. Like: Is that xnomad? I've never seen such a nice setup before... Etc, until I tiptoed around what he was doing.Not sure if I'd be the best spy in the world, or the worst. With such a dramatic swing in possible outcomes, its probably glad that I'm not one.
Re: Xmonad + Xterm with green text (Score: 1) by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-05-21 22:43 (#9GJN) Really? Its usually pretty simple. I have a bad habit of sneaking looks at other random people's computers in public places. Like what are they doing at starbucks/mc donalds? Why are they traveling? What does an enterprise spreadsheet look like? Are they using macros? So many interesting things one could learn by glancing over. I'd probably notice he was doing something cool. Probably not enough to think " hey he's trying to take over the flight system" , but enough to try and find a way to start an innocuous conversation with him to try and figure it out. Like: Is that xnomad? I've never seen such a nice setup before... Etc, until I tiptoed around what he was doing.Not sure if I'd be the best spy in the world, or the worst. With such a dramatic swing in possible outcomes, its probably glad that I'm not one.