There is nothing more dangerous to security than being lax about it. Sure, windows machines may make up the typical grunt, but there's often a bigger payoff associated with cracking a *nix server. The OS alone isn't going to save you from anyone except script kiddies.
Had some of the best atmosphere ever. Hearing the zombified worm-infested crewmates down the corridor as they look for you, the weird voices of the Many, etc.
Want to get Bioshock on payday this week, must try!:D
took a shot in the dark (fiber)!
*rimshot*
That sounds deliberate, though. I can see there being a small section that was accidentally shot once, but the entire length of a kilometer? That's not just a couple stray shots.
I worked for Circuit City from about 2000-2002. It was interesting seeing the way things deteriorated.
At first, it was a great part time job for a guy working his way through college. Commission based computer sales, and the commission was more than fair. Then around late 2000 there was a huge shift.
First of all, our store's management staff was almost entirely changed no less than 9 times in 7 months. That's the store manager, assistant manager, and all the department managers. The only role that was relatively "safe" was the AV manager, who got demoted to a sales guy when they brought in someone else, then got promoted again after 3 guys went through that manager role.
Commissions were first cut, then to compound the problem they started flooding the sales floor. Where you used to only have maybe 2 guys in a department during the day and 3-4 at night (depending on the time of year and the department), it became literally 5 during the day and 8 at night. No one was making money on commission anymore, we were just drawing the minimum hourly pay.
Ironically, I think that last move is what really started the store's sales going downhill - no one wants to feel like there's 8 sharks circling for blood/a sale while they're looking at a printer or whatever. Even if the salespeople aren't trying to do so, with 8 of them in a small department, you can't really avoid that feeling.
From one of our assistant managers, I heard that there was some huge politics going on in the regional level in the company. Exactly what, he didn't have details on, but most of the Northeast was going through similar issues (although our store was the worst example he heard of).
Really, I think the problem is that Circuit City hasn't been aggressive enough in its adaptation to new marketplace conditions. It settled for "good enough" for too long, and lost it's momentum.
Disclaimer: I don't hold anything against them, like I said, it was a nice place to work for a while. And at least their problems stemmed from poor organizational practices rather than a crappy attitude toward the consumer. Customer service was at least given more than lip service while I worked there. Granted, it's been 5 years, so things may have changed there too, I'm not sure.
That being said, it's a long way from a proof-of-concept prototype to a marketable product. I'm not a big MS fan (though I don't loathe them as much as it seems a lot of slashdotters do), but I'll still give them Kudos on a really cool product.
They just need to integrate a scanner into it so people can do the classic office party "sit on the copier/scan my butt" thing. Only now, we can make your butt HUGE!
Personal protection and leftovers. What's not to love?
Seriously, though, this is cool. Hopefully this will be useful for the military as well as police, even if they have to beef it up slightly. It sounds a heck of a lot more comfortable to wear, especially in hot/wet conditions.
Game maker's can easily dev bin's to run in linux or just make the game for linux just need more push / pull. True, perhaps. But why would they? Linux doesn't have the market share yet to make it worth their while to do anything to bring the game over. "Or just make the game for Linux" makes absolutely no business sense for these companies - they'd sell almost nothing. Game development is a risky business as it is without adding in more cost.
It's something of a catch-22, I realize, at least from a gaming perspective. Game companies generally won't make games for Linux until there's more of a gamer market using Linux. There won't be more of a gamer market using Linux until game companies start making more games for it.
Let's be frank - a game company is in business to make money. If the only way they can do that is to make games for Windows, that's what they'll do. They're under no obligation to try to push Linux.
I'd much rather have judges like him who say "Look, I just don't get this stuff, I've never had the time or inclination to really deal with it. Someone teach me." As opposed to judges who pretend they have a clue and then make completely bonehead decisions.
If more judges were like him and came forward to admit when they don't feel up to par on the background material in a case, maybe the legal system would be a couple percentage points less FUBAR.
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There is nothing more dangerous to security than being lax about it. Sure, windows machines may make up the typical grunt, but there's often a bigger payoff associated with cracking a *nix server. The OS alone isn't going to save you from anyone except script kiddies.
They've been targeting him for years, it's ingrained habit by now. Not a fair study when one side has had 7 years of training. :D
Had some of the best atmosphere ever. Hearing the zombified worm-infested crewmates down the corridor as they look for you, the weird voices of the Many, etc. Want to get Bioshock on payday this week, must try! :D
took a shot in the dark (fiber)! *rimshot* That sounds deliberate, though. I can see there being a small section that was accidentally shot once, but the entire length of a kilometer? That's not just a couple stray shots.
At first, it was a great part time job for a guy working his way through college. Commission based computer sales, and the commission was more than fair. Then around late 2000 there was a huge shift.
First of all, our store's management staff was almost entirely changed no less than 9 times in 7 months. That's the store manager, assistant manager, and all the department managers. The only role that was relatively "safe" was the AV manager, who got demoted to a sales guy when they brought in someone else, then got promoted again after 3 guys went through that manager role.
Commissions were first cut, then to compound the problem they started flooding the sales floor. Where you used to only have maybe 2 guys in a department during the day and 3-4 at night (depending on the time of year and the department), it became literally 5 during the day and 8 at night. No one was making money on commission anymore, we were just drawing the minimum hourly pay.
Ironically, I think that last move is what really started the store's sales going downhill - no one wants to feel like there's 8 sharks circling for blood/a sale while they're looking at a printer or whatever. Even if the salespeople aren't trying to do so, with 8 of them in a small department, you can't really avoid that feeling.
From one of our assistant managers, I heard that there was some huge politics going on in the regional level in the company. Exactly what, he didn't have details on, but most of the Northeast was going through similar issues (although our store was the worst example he heard of).
Really, I think the problem is that Circuit City hasn't been aggressive enough in its adaptation to new marketplace conditions. It settled for "good enough" for too long, and lost it's momentum.
Disclaimer: I don't hold anything against them, like I said, it was a nice place to work for a while. And at least their problems stemmed from poor organizational practices rather than a crappy attitude toward the consumer. Customer service was at least given more than lip service while I worked there. Granted, it's been 5 years, so things may have changed there too, I'm not sure.
They just need to integrate a scanner into it so people can do the classic office party "sit on the copier/scan my butt" thing. Only now, we can make your butt HUGE!
Seriously, though, this is cool. Hopefully this will be useful for the military as well as police, even if they have to beef it up slightly. It sounds a heck of a lot more comfortable to wear, especially in hot/wet conditions.
I'd much rather have judges like him who say "Look, I just don't get this stuff, I've never had the time or inclination to really deal with it. Someone teach me." As opposed to judges who pretend they have a clue and then make completely bonehead decisions. If more judges were like him and came forward to admit when they don't feel up to par on the background material in a case, maybe the legal system would be a couple percentage points less FUBAR.