In the past several years, eBay has become hostile to sellers. I don't have a lot of volume on that site, but I cringe every time someone buys something from my business. Only buyers can leave negative feedback for a seller, and the "eBay Buyer Protection" is a mislabeled "eBay Fraud Enabler" feature.
Case in point, I recently sold a security panel main circuit board replacement. I realized I had one more for sale than I had in inventory, so this particular one ended up being drop-shipped from one of my distributors. This wasn't a used part, or one that was sitting on my shelf for a long time, this was brand-new, recent stock.
The buyer received the item and immediately requested a return claiming the board was defective. Their comment was that, "upon power-up the board makes several loud clicking noises." The is a DSC circuit board, and those loud clicks are an indicator that the panel has been "dealer locked". Not even the manufacturer can unlock a panel in this condition. It's not possible the panel would have been dealer locked from the manufacturer.
I asked the buyer to provide me the serial number of the board he was going to return so I could compare it to the one my distributor had shipped. The buyer responded with, "I'm not putting up with your hassle, I'll appeal to eBay."
Now, I had listed the item as "No returns", but apparently eBay Fraud Enabler simply overrides this setting and they lock your funds and force you to accept the return or simply refund the buyer's money. This is crap.
This case is still open with eBay, but the buyer was supposed to return the faulty circuit board to me by July 16. It never arrived, so I suspect this will resolve in my favor. It hasn't stopped the buyer from leaving me my first ever negative feedback since I joined the site in 1999 (really!): "Worst seller broken part tried to scam and refund." That sentence doesn't even make sense.
I've never really "needed" eBay. Paypal's recent issues, as well, I'm thinking I'll just close both accounts and walk the other way.
I user starts using project X, and seeks help. They see a deficiency in support, so start helping people on the project X forum/IRC/mailing list. This user spends all kinds of time, researching answers, analyzing XYZ "how to article" the other users claimed to follow.
The user seeking help says, "well, I followed XYZ how-to to the letter, it's obviously something wrong with project X"
Helpful user points out the man page indicates different from what the how-to claims.
The user refuses to read the man page, just wants Helpful to tell them what to do.
Rinse. Repeat.
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The problem is two-fold: there are lazy users, and burned out helpful folks. The latter gets jagged, but the new users stay lazy, because they're always new. Once they move beyond new, they fit the middle ground.
Unfortunately, I don't know of a solution other than paid support. These guys get paid to stay nice, but the users stay lazy.
OpenVPN has clients for both iOS and Android. The Android client source is open, allowing for code review. Unfortunately, due to NDA with Apple, the iOS source isn't as open, but it is written by the same people that write the open source OpenVPN code.
We rolled out an automatic firmware update last night that seems to have a few bugs. If your AutoGunner 3000 killed your entire village, please follow these steps to restore it to factory mode:
1) Using a paper clip, press the small reset button (located on the front of your AutoGunner 3000's turret, directly below the.308 barrel).
2) Continue depressing the button for approximately 5 seconds. If the turret begins to move, release and start the procedure over.
3) If you survived^H^H^H^H^H^Hhear a slight beep, your AutoGunner 3000 should begin a warm boot process. Any remaining shells or cartridges in the hopper or magazine will be emptied. DO NOT STAND IN FRONT OF YOUR AutoGunner 3000 DURING WARM BOOT.
4) Re-apply the firmware update (available on our website).
Downloaded El Capitan last night, haven't pushed the button yet. Manage to use my Macbook Pro in place of the shitty Dell laptop corporate IT pushes on me. This makes Outlook fairly mandatory, but I can use RDP to a Windows machine to resolve it. Better I know now.
Surprisingly, I've been a fan of MS Office, and have been tickled that Microsoft has offered such great support on the Mac platform. I feel they've (finally) adopted the, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" crowd. This is great, and I use MS product on my Macs and pay for valid licenses on Windows VMs for when it's needed (Required Windows to write a book (shameless plug here: https://www.packtpub.com/netwo...). Please, Microsoft, keep up the cross-OS/platform support.
Not only is the underlying physical technology getting better, but the software (aka filesystem) utilizing that hardware is also becoming more efficient. The likes of ZFS and ext4 are far better than predecessors (UFS or ext2/3). No troll-o, but I think NTFS and FATx are static in performance across hardware revisions.
Does any of this really matter? Doesn't Netflix streaming solve most of this stuff? Hell, since their streaming service started having decent content, we haven't purchased a DVD. For those titles that aren't available to stream, they send us a DVD, but even that is likely to go away sooner than later.
Did something like this go down when the HD-DVD key was found? Didn't it just cause MORE publicity, or something that's now know as the Streisand Effect? Good luck with that Sony, really.
Why the hell would you want to NAT IPv6? NAT was brought about due to limited numbers of IPv4 addresses assigned to end users (only 1 IP to most end users). With IPv6, every machine/device/etc can have an ACTUAL IP, that doesn't break some protocols like NAT does.
She's a snake, and I'm glad her magazine folded. She seems full more of excuses than remorse. She regrets getting caught, and having it publicized, not that she took an article without permission.
The article doesn't mention jailbroken phones. It mentions unauthorized users and talks of protecting personal data on the device based on various methods for detecting the right user. It also mentions multiple preferences on things like the iPad for multiple users.
Funny, I *do* keep copies of X-rays and even was given a copy of viewing software and the images from some MRIs. No hassle whatsoever. If you're employed, you don't own the rights to the work you do for the company, unless *they give it to you*. Try it in court and you'll find your unsuccessful.
If someone pays you to perform work, they own all rights to that work. When I was married, we had a difficult time finding a photographer that agreed, and simply didn't do business with those that wanted to be paid for their work, and wanted to keep all rights to said photos for use in promotions and fees for reprints. I consider that a form of double jeopardy where I'm being forced to pay for something twice.
Software is no different. If you're being paid to perform a specific work, it's no different than if the person/organization paying you did the work themselves. You can't have both.
I've been playing around with the password file, and there are some gross errors in the report.
First, their top 20 list has many passwords with capital letters, where none actually exist in the 'real' top 20. Also, their numbers are off. I am guess they used a case-insensitive match, which for most passwords will not work. The 'real' top 20, which case respected is:
I don't disagree with your point, but my argument was the line in the article claiming that someone was doing this with the intent of stopping a wrong doing. The intent is to make a boat load of cash. The result *may be* a discontinuance of the behavior, but if you read above, it's not likely such will happen.
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In the past several years, eBay has become hostile to sellers. I don't have a lot of volume on that site, but I cringe every time someone buys something from my business. Only buyers can leave negative feedback for a seller, and the "eBay Buyer Protection" is a mislabeled "eBay Fraud Enabler" feature.
Case in point, I recently sold a security panel main circuit board replacement. I realized I had one more for sale than I had in inventory, so this particular one ended up being drop-shipped from one of my distributors. This wasn't a used part, or one that was sitting on my shelf for a long time, this was brand-new, recent stock.
The buyer received the item and immediately requested a return claiming the board was defective. Their comment was that, "upon power-up the board makes several loud clicking noises." The is a DSC circuit board, and those loud clicks are an indicator that the panel has been "dealer locked". Not even the manufacturer can unlock a panel in this condition. It's not possible the panel would have been dealer locked from the manufacturer.
I asked the buyer to provide me the serial number of the board he was going to return so I could compare it to the one my distributor had shipped. The buyer responded with, "I'm not putting up with your hassle, I'll appeal to eBay."
Now, I had listed the item as "No returns", but apparently eBay Fraud Enabler simply overrides this setting and they lock your funds and force you to accept the return or simply refund the buyer's money. This is crap.
This case is still open with eBay, but the buyer was supposed to return the faulty circuit board to me by July 16. It never arrived, so I suspect this will resolve in my favor. It hasn't stopped the buyer from leaving me my first ever negative feedback since I joined the site in 1999 (really!): "Worst seller broken part tried to scam and refund." That sentence doesn't even make sense.
I've never really "needed" eBay. Paypal's recent issues, as well, I'm thinking I'll just close both accounts and walk the other way.
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I like the relevant info, not just links. It's not 2004 anymore.
Here's what I think happens:
I user starts using project X, and seeks help. They see a deficiency in support, so start helping people on the project X forum/IRC/mailing list. This user spends all kinds of time, researching answers, analyzing XYZ "how to article" the other users claimed to follow.
The user seeking help says, "well, I followed XYZ how-to to the letter, it's obviously something wrong with project X"
Helpful user points out the man page indicates different from what the how-to claims.
The user refuses to read the man page, just wants Helpful to tell them what to do.
Rinse. Repeat.
--
The problem is two-fold: there are lazy users, and burned out helpful folks. The latter gets jagged, but the new users stay lazy, because they're always new. Once they move beyond new, they fit the middle ground.
Unfortunately, I don't know of a solution other than paid support. These guys get paid to stay nice, but the users stay lazy.
I failed in my original post to plug my books about OpenVPN:
* Mastering OpenVPN: https://www.packtpub.com/netwo...
* Troubleshooting OpenVPN: https://www.packtpub.com/netwo...
OpenVPN has clients for both iOS and Android. The Android client source is open, allowing for code review. Unfortunately, due to NDA with Apple, the iOS source isn't as open, but it is written by the same people that write the open source OpenVPN code.
>> Software Update In Progress ...
>> Software Update Complete
I know Kung Fu...
Dear Umbrella Corp Customer,
We rolled out an automatic firmware update last night that seems to have a few bugs. If your AutoGunner 3000 killed your entire village, please follow these steps to restore it to factory mode:
1) Using a paper clip, press the small reset button (located on the front of your AutoGunner 3000's turret, directly below the .308 barrel).
2) Continue depressing the button for approximately 5 seconds. If the turret begins to move, release and start the procedure over.
3) If you survived^H^H^H^H^H^Hhear a slight beep, your AutoGunner 3000 should begin a warm boot process. Any remaining shells or cartridges in the hopper or magazine will be emptied. DO NOT STAND IN FRONT OF YOUR AutoGunner 3000 DURING WARM BOOT.
4) Re-apply the firmware update (available on our website).
It'd be nice if customers would figure this out. They're supposed to be kept flat and straight, or left in the packaging they shipped in. jeez.
Downloaded El Capitan last night, haven't pushed the button yet. Manage to use my Macbook Pro in place of the shitty Dell laptop corporate IT pushes on me. This makes Outlook fairly mandatory, but I can use RDP to a Windows machine to resolve it. Better I know now.
Surprisingly, I've been a fan of MS Office, and have been tickled that Microsoft has offered such great support on the Mac platform. I feel they've (finally) adopted the, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" crowd. This is great, and I use MS product on my Macs and pay for valid licenses on Windows VMs for when it's needed (Required Windows to write a book (shameless plug here: https://www.packtpub.com/netwo...). Please, Microsoft, keep up the cross-OS/platform support.
Not only is the underlying physical technology getting better, but the software (aka filesystem) utilizing that hardware is also becoming more efficient. The likes of ZFS and ext4 are far better than predecessors (UFS or ext2/3). No troll-o, but I think NTFS and FATx are static in performance across hardware revisions.
Gah, forgot to log in.
There are countless providers of DSL and/or cable internet that allow hosting of servers and provide static IPs.
ipHouse
Visi
Comcast
CenturyLink/MSN
Just to name a few.
I thought you were a databaseadmin?!??!? WHICH IS IT?!?!
I am so confused.
Does any of this really matter? Doesn't Netflix streaming solve most of this stuff? Hell, since their streaming service started having decent content, we haven't purchased a DVD. For those titles that aren't available to stream, they send us a DVD, but even that is likely to go away sooner than later.
Sure, after I press submit I see someone posted something similar already.
Did something like this go down when the HD-DVD key was found? Didn't it just cause MORE publicity, or something that's now know as the Streisand Effect? Good luck with that Sony, really.
Why the hell would you want to NAT IPv6? NAT was brought about due to limited numbers of IPv4 addresses assigned to end users (only 1 IP to most end users). With IPv6, every machine/device/etc can have an ACTUAL IP, that doesn't break some protocols like NAT does.
She's a snake, and I'm glad her magazine folded. She seems full more of excuses than remorse. She regrets getting caught, and having it publicized, not that she took an article without permission.
The article doesn't mention jailbroken phones. It mentions unauthorized users and talks of protecting personal data on the device based on various methods for detecting the right user. It also mentions multiple preferences on things like the iPad for multiple users.
Funny, I *do* keep copies of X-rays and even was given a copy of viewing software and the images from some MRIs. No hassle whatsoever. If you're employed, you don't own the rights to the work you do for the company, unless *they give it to you*. Try it in court and you'll find your unsuccessful.
If someone pays you to perform work, they own all rights to that work. When I was married, we had a difficult time finding a photographer that agreed, and simply didn't do business with those that wanted to be paid for their work, and wanted to keep all rights to said photos for use in promotions and fees for reprints. I consider that a form of double jeopardy where I'm being forced to pay for something twice.
Software is no different. If you're being paid to perform a specific work, it's no different than if the person/organization paying you did the work themselves. You can't have both.
You can download via bittorrent. The .torrent is on The Pirate Bay: http://www.thepiratebay.com/torrent/5232943/RockYou.com_UserAccount-passwords for your edification. :)
I've been playing around with the password file, and there are some gross errors in the report.
First, their top 20 list has many passwords with capital letters, where none actually exist in the 'real' top 20. Also, their numbers are off. I am guess they used a case-insensitive match, which for most passwords will not work. The 'real' top 20, which case respected is:
290729 123456
79076 12345
76789 123456789
59462 password
49952 iloveyou
33291 princess
21725 1234567
20901 rockyou
20553 12345678
16648 abc123
16227 nicole
15308 daniel
15163 babygirl
14726 monkey
14331 lovely
14103 jessica
13984 654321
13981 michael
13488 ashley
13456 qwerty
You can download my list of all common passwords used by more than 1000 people at http://www.secure-computing.net/files/count_gt_1k.txt (1KB file) which maintains case. A file without the counts is at http://www.secure-computing.net/files/gt_1k.txt for use with john, etc.
As you already said, we secretly test on production in such cases.
I don't disagree with your point, but my argument was the line in the article claiming that someone was doing this with the intent of stopping a wrong doing. The intent is to make a boat load of cash. The result *may be* a discontinuance of the behavior, but if you read above, it's not likely such will happen.
These class-action lawsuits only serve one purpose - to make the lawfirm originating the class action a boatload of cash.