Some people don't like, or cannot use, Firefox or Opera, plus sensible add-ons such as anti-phising plug-ins, noscript...
For example, one of my (very big) corp. customers is still running IE 7...
When I challenged the support guys about this, they said 'that's OK, we detect & block most things at the firewall'...
*sigh*
When I pointed out that: 1. That's bullshit. 2. Lots of their managers travelled, and surfed the net via unsecure methods like hotels using proxy servers, public wifi, they said 'that's OK, they can only access the intranet and internal mail via VPN'.
*double sigh*
So now I advise people not to click on URLs directly, or type them in, but go via Google. It's better than nothing...
"Mr Schader was asked to pay to attend meetings where virtual and real child pornography was being shown." Ahem, note word 'real'
"Members of this group also offered to put him in touch with traders of real child pornography." Nasty, lock 'em up forever.
"The investigation also uncovered so called "age play" groups that revolve around the abuse of virtual children." Nasty, but not a crime, I would have thought, but no: "Under Germany law possession of "virtual" child pornography is punishable by up to three years in jail."
Ever heard of, "Certified Output Protection Protocol (COPP), Protected Video Path Output Protection Management (PVP-OPM), Protected Video Path User Accessible Bus (PVP-UAB) and Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PBDA..."
All lovely things that Microsoft and ATI (will/do) use to piss you off, and make connecting all of your expensive new PC & AV kit virtually impossible.
Better binary drivers? Maybe.
Genuinely 'open' architecture that would enable the OSS community to bypass (more easily) current and future DRM, while still being able to view the result on the lastest hardware? No way.
I started out as a lowly tech on an IBM System/3, with a card reader. Every now and then we had to process the records for a client's pension fund. Since this was not a regular job, the cards were stored in another building. That night, it was snowing, and as I staggered back through the dark, I slipped and dropped a box full of cards...
After spending ages grovelling around in the dark trying to find small white cards buried in the snow, I got inside to find that...they weren't numbered.
There's a good reason for the difference between 'turn it off now' type buttons, (easy to operate one or no-handed), and 'you can turn the machine on now, both my hands are clear' buttons. In emergency situations, people may be panicing, injured, or both, there may be smoke... In those situations, you need an accessible, easy shut-off.
Not just the lobbyists. Politicos demonstrate their existance and supposed itility by passing legislation. When was the last time you heard of one of them shouting about how they'd repealed some now-useless law?
It's all about, 'oh no, this [insert lastest scam here] is scandalous!!!!! Here's my proposed fix!!!! Vote for me!!!!'
Another poster here had it right - give people who either lose or steal your data 20 years...should concentrate the minds a little.
'The meaning of the word professor (Latin: "one who claims publicly to be an expert") varies. In most English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, generally as head of the department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor
I've worked with some top-level marketing guys. Can't comment on the 'pure marketing' stuff, but I'm not too shabby at applied statistics, (post-doc level), and some of these guys were, within their specialisation, very impressive, (survey design, etc.). Think that qualifies as 'science'... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science
Less convincing is why a marketing 'prof' would be credible about creativity, which one would assume should be more in the domain of applied psychologists.
After a while, it's not about what you do, it's who you want to be.
I was in a similar position to you a few years back. Well-paid, secure job and bored out of my mind. I'd moved from being an IT guy to an IT project manager to an IT boss, and I was - well, as you say - burnt out. I knew that I still had lots to offer, but I no longer knew what, or to whom. I ended up in consulting, first of all with the big boys, (to learn the ropes), now on my own.
It's not for everyone, but believe me, I'm NEVER bored!
Thanks - I was in a hurry with earlier post, just did some research then fixed in my reply above. Confusing anyhows - for ex. you can even virtualise 'home' if you get via MSDN...
There's nothing in the software that stops you virtualising, (see http://tinyurl.com/2g2zh5), and if you get Vista 'Home' via MSDN you are even legally allowed to do it, but only for 'testing' purposes.
The main point is to stop big organisations from using cheap versions of Vista instead of expensive ones. They are (a) the people most likely to be using virtualisation and (b) the least likely to use sw outside of the EULA.
There's a lot of alternative video sites springing up that don't have the same constraints, (copyright...) as the big guys. You'll find (sometimes) full-length, high-quality stuff.
Equally, a host of specialised search engines such as allug.org have sprung up to search such sites.
Your are both (partially) right. MS started by trying to claim that it was 'impossible' to remove IE from Windows, (back in the days of Win98, if I recall corectly). This was done to squeeze alternative browsers, especially Netscape, whilst trying to not look like it...
This approach was discredited by people showing that you could indeed remove IE. Indeed, there's some toolsto make it easy. I've used XPlite, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPLite, for example.
However, removing IE is not without consequences. You'll lose Outlook Express, for example. I also found that some commercial products 'expected' IE to be there, and just plain did not work without it, (Norton Anti-Virus springs to mind).
Finally, try using the 'Windows update' site with Firefox or Opera...
TFA says that Police have begun an investigation...
Remember, this is Belgium, where legislation enacted in 1993 and 1999 the courts to prosecute foreigners for certain offences committed abroad, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity...
How long before they expand that to virtual rape, spam & Goatse on/.
That's a good point. What happens to all the old equipment when the majors update their fabs? No need for cutting-edge stuff here.
Bearing in mind the protectionist track record of Indian Govt., (admittedly getting slowly better), it would seem likely that this "$10" lapop stuff is somehow linked to nationalist feelings.
So, if they want to go it alone instead of buying stuff in, maybe the Indian Govt. could buy old stuff & build a fab, then write it all off and hand it over to the private sector. Lord knows there's enough talented and educated people in India to make it work.
Of course, that does not change the central question - what's this thing gonna be used for? What good will it do?
I'll reply to the least offensive post. Why do people think that insulting others somehow makes their argument more compulsive? The guy asked a question, I gave him a potential reason why people might think that way - look around, guys, I'm just reporting what others are saying. That does not mean that I AGREE with that.
For the record.
1. No, really not into Goatsecs. 2. The only server that I managed that needed frequent reboots was one running Windows NT that I 'inherited' - soon fixed that, (memory leak).
Yes, you can make any OS stable with enough work, you just need to get the right distro. and set it up right. But how many people know how to do that? Would you start with an Unbuntu 'desktop' ISO? Of course not.
Finally, it's well known that Linux is not yet ready to used be an 'enterprise' OS with heavy DB access...that may explain the original poster's colleagues' atitude.
There's a lot of comments, (including on/. - see article on Dell shipping Ubuntu Linux), about 'Linux' being less suited to the server role than BSD, (requires daily reboots, lock up without reason..). Will these be fixed in the 'server' version of Ubuntu? We'll see...
1. Robustness - put the fragile bits (screen) in the merchant terminal. 2. Time sync - see above. 3. Battery power - recharge when you put the card in the terminal.
Granted, that does not fix hacked terminals (as reported here) or 'man in the middle' attacks, but that's not what the device proposed is trying to do.
All the same, perhaps mobile phones have more promise for secure payment devices...
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Some people don't like, or cannot use, Firefox or Opera, plus sensible add-ons such as anti-phising plug-ins, noscript...
For example, one of my (very big) corp. customers is still running IE 7...
When I challenged the support guys about this, they said 'that's OK, we detect & block most things at the firewall'...
*sigh*
When I pointed out that:
1. That's bullshit.
2. Lots of their managers travelled, and surfed the net via unsecure methods like hotels using proxy servers, public wifi, they said 'that's OK, they can only access the intranet and internal mail via VPN'.
*double sigh*
So now I advise people not to click on URLs directly, or type them in, but go via Google. It's better than nothing...
Yup. FTFA:
"Mr Schader was asked to pay to attend meetings where virtual and real child pornography was being shown."
Ahem, note word 'real'
"Members of this group also offered to put him in touch with traders of real child pornography."
Nasty, lock 'em up forever.
"The investigation also uncovered so called "age play" groups that revolve around the abuse of virtual children."
Nasty, but not a crime, I would have thought, but no:
"Under Germany law possession of "virtual" child pornography is punishable by up to three years in jail."
Ever heard of, "Certified Output Protection Protocol (COPP), Protected Video Path Output Protection Management (PVP-OPM),
Protected Video Path User Accessible Bus (PVP-UAB) and Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PBDA..."
All lovely things that Microsoft and ATI (will/do) use to piss you off, and make connecting all of your expensive new PC & AV kit virtually impossible.
Better binary drivers? Maybe.
Genuinely 'open' architecture that would enable the OSS community to bypass (more easily) current and future DRM, while still being able to view the result on the lastest hardware? No way.
Nah
T4: Terminator vs. Alien
T5: Terminator vs. Predator
T6: Terminator vs. Alien vs. Predator
T7: ???
T8: Profit!
Just writes itself...
No backups? No maintenance contract? In a BANK?
Sounds like time to leave, before the shit hits the fan & guess who gets the blame...the 'unofficial' sysadmin.
Hope you've CYA with lots of memos, friend...
I started out as a lowly tech on an IBM System/3, with a card reader. Every now and then we had to process the records for a client's pension fund. Since this was not a regular job, the cards were stored in another building. That night, it was snowing, and as I staggered back through the dark, I slipped and dropped a box full of cards...
After spending ages grovelling around in the dark trying to find small white cards buried in the snow, I got inside to find that...they weren't numbered.
It was a loooooong night...
There's a good reason for the difference between 'turn it off now' type buttons, (easy to operate one or no-handed), and 'you can turn the machine on now, both my hands are clear' buttons. In emergency situations, people may be panicing, injured, or both, there may be smoke... In those situations, you need an accessible, easy shut-off.
Not just the lobbyists. Politicos demonstrate their existance and supposed itility by passing legislation. When was the last time you heard of one of them shouting about how they'd repealed some now-useless law?
It's all about, 'oh no, this [insert lastest scam here] is scandalous!!!!! Here's my proposed fix!!!! Vote for me!!!!'
Another poster here had it right - give people who either lose or steal your data 20 years...should concentrate the minds a little.
Slow down, Pete... from /.'s favourite source:
'The meaning of the word professor (Latin: "one who claims publicly to be an expert") varies. In most English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, generally as head of the department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor
I've worked with some top-level marketing guys. Can't comment on the 'pure marketing' stuff, but I'm not too shabby at applied statistics, (post-doc level), and some of these guys were, within their specialisation, very impressive, (survey design, etc.). Think that qualifies as 'science'... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science
Less convincing is why a marketing 'prof' would be credible about creativity, which one would assume should be more in the domain of applied psychologists.
You're right - see my post fixing the earlier one done in haste.
After a while, it's not about what you do, it's who you want to be.
I was in a similar position to you a few years back. Well-paid, secure job and bored out of my mind. I'd moved from being an IT guy to an IT project manager to an IT boss, and I was - well, as you say - burnt out. I knew that I still had lots to offer, but I no longer knew what, or to whom. I ended up in consulting, first of all with the big boys, (to learn the ropes), now on my own.
It's not for everyone, but believe me, I'm NEVER bored!
Better ways here http://tinyurl.com/28lrzx
Thanks - I was in a hurry with earlier post, just did some research then fixed in my reply above. Confusing anyhows - for ex. you can even virtualise 'home' if you get via MSDN...
There's nothing in the software that stops you virtualising, (see http://tinyurl.com/2g2zh5), and if you get Vista 'Home' via MSDN you are even legally allowed to do it, but only for 'testing' purposes.
The main point is to stop big organisations from using cheap versions of Vista instead of expensive ones. They are (a) the people most likely to be using virtualisation and (b) the least likely to use sw outside of the EULA.
Depends on the version - you need to buy the most expensive one in order to be allowed to virtualise. Big surprise, huh?
250M? The exact price for Flickr when it was sold to Yahoo was never disclosed, but estimates were in the 20M ballpark...
Good point - that's the real problem inhernet with cable. Not caused by them artificially limiting torrent data.
The operators are not too bothered with that, since they assume people wanting high upload speeds are p2p users.
I'm on cable at home, and when I need to upload big files, (not p2p), it's damn slow...
There's a lot of alternative video sites springing up that don't have the same constraints, (copyright...) as the big guys.
You'll find (sometimes) full-length, high-quality stuff.
Equally, a host of specialised search engines such as allug.org have sprung up to search such sites.
More info here http://tinyurl.com/2fva6c (Wall Street Journal)
Until I read the WSJ article, I'd never heard of any of them either. Suppose they'll all get sued into oblivion now...
Your are both (partially) right. MS started by trying to claim that it was 'impossible' to remove IE from Windows, (back in the days of Win98, if I recall corectly). This was done to squeeze alternative browsers, especially Netscape, whilst trying to not look like it...
This approach was discredited by people showing that you could indeed remove IE. Indeed, there's some toolsto make it easy.
I've used XPlite, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPLite, for example.
However, removing IE is not without consequences. You'll lose Outlook Express, for example. I also found that some commercial products 'expected' IE to be there, and just plain did not work without it, (Norton Anti-Virus springs to mind).
Finally, try using the 'Windows update' site with Firefox or Opera...
Good list. I also suggest Noscript.
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/72
TFA says that Police have begun an investigation...
/.
Remember, this is Belgium, where legislation enacted in 1993 and 1999 the courts to prosecute foreigners for certain offences committed abroad, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity...
How long before they expand that to virtual rape, spam & Goatse on
Bring it on!
That's a good point. What happens to all the old equipment when the majors update their fabs? No need for cutting-edge stuff here.
Bearing in mind the protectionist track record of Indian Govt., (admittedly getting slowly better), it would seem likely that this "$10" lapop stuff is somehow linked to nationalist feelings.
So, if they want to go it alone instead of buying stuff in, maybe the Indian Govt. could buy old stuff & build a fab, then write it all off and hand it over to the private sector. Lord knows there's enough talented and educated people in India to make it work.
Of course, that does not change the central question - what's this thing gonna be used for? What good will it do?
I'll reply to the least offensive post. Why do people think that insulting others somehow makes their argument more compulsive?
The guy asked a question, I gave him a potential reason why people might think that way - look around, guys, I'm just reporting what others are saying. That does not mean that I AGREE with that.
For the record.
1. No, really not into Goatsecs.
2. The only server that I managed that needed frequent reboots was one running Windows NT that I 'inherited' - soon fixed that, (memory leak).
Yes, you can make any OS stable with enough work, you just need to get the right distro. and set it up right. But how many people know how to do that? Would you start with an Unbuntu 'desktop' ISO? Of course not.
Finally, it's well known that Linux is not yet ready to used be an 'enterprise' OS with heavy DB access...that may explain the original poster's colleagues' atitude.
There's a lot of comments, (including on /. - see article on Dell shipping Ubuntu Linux), about 'Linux' being less suited to the server role than BSD, (requires daily reboots, lock up without reason..). Will these be fixed in the 'server' version of Ubuntu? We'll see...
Easy fix for all of the above.
1. Robustness - put the fragile bits (screen) in the merchant terminal.
2. Time sync - see above.
3. Battery power - recharge when you put the card in the terminal.
Granted, that does not fix hacked terminals (as reported here) or 'man in the middle' attacks, but that's not what the device proposed is trying to do.
All the same, perhaps mobile phones have more promise for secure payment devices...