I am a member of InfraGard. In the past, our local FBI office has asked members of our chapter to self-identify their expertise in a particular IT specialty. I and others did so, and subsequently assisted them in a couple of criminal investigations. I think the FBI just wants to broaden and formalize their inventory of IT subject matter experts.
Thanks for reminding me of that particular voodoo. At the time I felt very foolish invoking it, but it worked. Speaking of Macs, does anybody recall the voodoo involved in getting multiple SCSI devices working? Often you'd have to break the rules of termination or randomly switch IDs around until it worked. Coaxial ethernet termination also seemed not to play by the rules.
I will preface this by saying that I manage a municipality's web presence, and have delegated management of the police department site to a dedicated and competent citizen volunteer, although I still retain control over and bear responsibility for his actions. Likewise, everything I do is subject to oversight and control by several layers of bureaucracy, ultimately ending with the voters. It's a good system.
Both parties in this dispute have grievances which could be legitimate; that will be up to a civil court to decide. I really doubt a criminal case will result from this dispute.
One only needs to glance at the new site and archived copies of the old site to realize both parties are quite clueless about what's involved in web publishing. Pox on them both for their stupidity, I say.
The original article says that the web guy was "a former reserve deputy in the sheriff's marine division." That raises a red flag to me, and perhaps it should have with the sheriff's department. I'm always suspicious of the motives of these "wannabe cop" type people. I wonder if a background check was ever done on him before he was given these "reserve deputy" duties.
The example given was for a staffing company looking to place a candidate somewhere. Such companies typically don't know what any of the skills they are asking for really are. They simply toss out a bunch of acronyms and hope that their lame buzzword-mining software will give them a "hit."
Employers and potential employees alike are best off avoiding such staffing companies, I think. It is a sad state of affairs when people actually think those charlatans will accomplish anything good.
I agree, the file looks auto-generated, and poorly done at that. I think we're just seeing incompetence on the part of the robots.txt author..
What I'd really like to see -- something which would be way more telling -- is the site's.htaccess file.
I run a government web site and and routinely redirect obsolete URLs to what I consider reasonable replacements. Mostly to help visitors arriving via search engines or bookmarks. I could massively abuse that ability to redirect, I know, but have no interest in deceiving the citizens who pay my salary.
Legitimate search engines update their indexes when given a proper redirect. Keeping them out of a directory or forbidding a file is pretty pointless -- they will have already crawled the content and indexed it for posterity by the time you dream up an appropriate disallow rule.
To Netgear's credit, on their main support page they are strongly suggesting that owners of affected models update their firmware. If you follow the link given there, they do sort of explain what problems they are addressing with the updates. I can bet the corporate lawyers went over that explanation with a fine-toothed comb before it was released.
And yes, they are now doing ntp serving for their customers.
It varies by state to state here is CT you have to dot he breathalizer...
Indeed, you will. Hope you are more articulate than you've shown in this post when you get your ass dragged in for DWI.
And, getting back on topic a little, let me point out you will be photographed while attempting to pass your sobriety tests. That's a good thing for all concerned, I think. For you, it will show that the police treated you fairly. Likewise, the cops will have a record demonstrating their impartial evaluation. Thirdly, your lawyer, upon viewing the tape, will be too embarrassed to give a judge some fabricated story about your innocence. Thus society will be spared the risk of another drunk let loose on the road. So everybody wins, I think.
I spend much of my working day in a Connecticut municipal police department headquarters. Every word I speak on the telephone or radio is recorded, and pretty much all my moves are recorded on video. I don't have the slightest problem with it. We are, after all, public servants, and we should be held accountable for everything we do.
As far as snooping on classrooms, I'm not convinced it's a good idea.
Accessibility benefits everyone, not just the disabled. I recall back when wheelchair accesibility was first made a requirement for public places. I remember thinking to myself, "we have to spend all this money just for a few cripples?" Since then, I've raised a few children who I pushed around in strollers, and I was mighty glad for simple accessibility features such as sloping curb cuts in sidewalks.
The w3c guidelines are mostly common-sense hints about what not to do. Many barriers to access are unintentional; the w3c is doing web developers a service by pointing them out.
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There used to be a company with the name "United Nuclear" located in Norwich, Connecticut. They closed up shop and disappeared about five or ten years ago. When they left, they donated some very cool stuff to worthy outfits; our local Fire Department received a hazardous gas sniffing device, which was quite advanced at the time.
I think the original company is gone, and someone else has adopted their name.
The original company used to also own property in Uncasville, Connecticut. That property was later bought for the construction of the Mohegan Sun Indian Casino. I have been told the main gaming floor sits directly above where radioactive materials used to be stored in an underground bunker. Don't know it that's accurate.
Am I the first to do a whois search of ChewPlastic.com?
Administrative,TechnicalContact: Jordan,Jessejo rdaj@rpi.edu DeadlyblowTechnologies 3336MurdockA ve. Oceanside,NY11572 US 516-764-6038
Between the name "Deadlyblow Technologies" and the Dad's apparent happiness with $12,000 being vaporized, I see some hidden agenda being played out here.
Wrong. The normal OS X license is for use on just one computer. Apple does offer an advantageous price on a 5-user "Family Pack." However, the terms of that license prohibit its use in an office setting -- it's only for use at home.
I agree that it won't work and that it's just more "feelgood" regulation.
The reason I know it won't work is because of my recent experience with the incompetence of the people who carry out license renewals. The last time I renewed my Connecticut driver's license the person taking my picture held up the line for 20 minutes because she couldn't get a good picture of me. Seems like the reflections from my eyeglasses were causing her trouble. I finally took off my glasses so as she could get a picture which would satisfy her, even though the resulting picture looks less like me.
I have a Connecticut Pistol Permit as well, which I generally find easier to maintain.
Even the little logo is reminiscent of a Linux-styled version of the NeXT logo.
It's very much like the NeXT logo, but also quite similar to the SGI logo. Am I the first person to notice this? I would have a greater appreciation for the man's very skilled handiwork if he had created a more unique logo.
The State of Connecticut until recently maintained a registry of sex offenders which was accesible online. It was an extension of the "Megan's Law" idea of letting citizens known when a child molester lives next door to you. You could search the database by location and be presented with a list, complete with addresses and photos, of area registered sex offenders.
This program, understandably, was controversial from the start, with good arguments being made both for and against it. A Federal judge ordered the site shut down earlier this year. I wouldn't be surprised, however, if that decision won't be later overturned.
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I am a member of InfraGard. In the past, our local FBI office has asked members of our chapter to self-identify their expertise in a particular IT specialty. I and others did so, and subsequently assisted them in a couple of criminal investigations. I think the FBI just wants to broaden and formalize their inventory of IT subject matter experts.
Thanks for reminding me of that particular voodoo. At the time I felt very foolish invoking it, but it worked. Speaking of Macs, does anybody recall the voodoo involved in getting multiple SCSI devices working? Often you'd have to break the rules of termination or randomly switch IDs around until it worked. Coaxial ethernet termination also seemed not to play by the rules.
I will preface this by saying that I manage a municipality's web presence, and have delegated management of the police department site to a dedicated and competent citizen volunteer, although I still retain control over and bear responsibility for his actions. Likewise, everything I do is subject to oversight and control by several layers of bureaucracy, ultimately ending with the voters. It's a good system.
Both parties in this dispute have grievances which could be legitimate; that will be up to a civil court to decide. I really doubt a criminal case will result from this dispute.
One only needs to glance at the new site and archived copies of the old site to realize both parties are quite clueless about what's involved in web publishing. Pox on them both for their stupidity, I say.
The original article says that the web guy was "a former reserve deputy in the sheriff's marine division." That raises a red flag to me, and perhaps it should have with the sheriff's department. I'm always suspicious of the motives of these "wannabe cop" type people. I wonder if a background check was ever done on him before he was given these "reserve deputy" duties.
The example given was for a staffing company looking to place a candidate somewhere. Such companies typically don't know what any of the skills they are asking for really are. They simply toss out a bunch of acronyms and hope that their lame buzzword-mining software will give them a "hit."
Employers and potential employees alike are best off avoiding such staffing companies, I think. It is a sad state of affairs when people actually think those charlatans will accomplish anything good.
I agree, the file looks auto-generated, and poorly done at that. I think we're just seeing incompetence on the part of the robots.txt author..
.htaccess file.
What I'd really like to see -- something which would be way more telling -- is the site's
I run a government web site and and routinely redirect obsolete URLs to what I consider reasonable replacements. Mostly to help visitors arriving via search engines or bookmarks. I could massively abuse that ability to redirect, I know, but have no interest in deceiving the citizens who pay my salary.
Legitimate search engines update their indexes when given a proper redirect. Keeping them out of a directory or forbidding a file is pretty pointless -- they will have already crawled the content and indexed it for posterity by the time you dream up an appropriate disallow rule.
To Netgear's credit, on their main support page they are strongly suggesting that owners of affected models update their firmware. If you follow the link given there, they do sort of explain what problems they are addressing with the updates. I can bet the corporate lawyers went over that explanation with a fine-toothed comb before it was released.
And yes, they are now doing ntp serving for their customers.
Indeed, you will. Hope you are more articulate than you've shown in this post when you get your ass dragged in for DWI.
And, getting back on topic a little, let me point out you will be photographed while attempting to pass your sobriety tests. That's a good thing for all concerned, I think. For you, it will show that the police treated you fairly. Likewise, the cops will have a record demonstrating their impartial evaluation. Thirdly, your lawyer, upon viewing the tape, will be too embarrassed to give a judge some fabricated story about your innocence. Thus society will be spared the risk of another drunk let loose on the road. So everybody wins, I think.
I spend much of my working day in a Connecticut municipal police department headquarters. Every word I speak on the telephone or radio is recorded, and pretty much all my moves are recorded on video. I don't have the slightest problem with it. We are, after all, public servants, and we should be held accountable for everything we do.
As far as snooping on classrooms, I'm not convinced it's a good idea.
Accessibility benefits everyone, not just the disabled. I recall back when wheelchair accesibility was first made a requirement for public places. I remember thinking to myself, "we have to spend all this money just for a few cripples?" Since then, I've raised a few children who I pushed around in strollers, and I was mighty glad for simple accessibility features such as sloping curb cuts in sidewalks.
The w3c guidelines are mostly common-sense hints about what not to do. Many barriers to access are unintentional; the w3c is doing web developers a service by pointing them out.
I think the original company is gone, and someone else has adopted their name.
The original company used to also own property in Uncasville, Connecticut. That property was later bought for the construction of the Mohegan Sun Indian Casino. I have been told the main gaming floor sits directly above where radioactive materials used to be stored in an underground bunker. Don't know it that's accurate.
Between the name "Deadlyblow Technologies" and the Dad's apparent happiness with $12,000 being vaporized, I see some hidden agenda being played out here.
Wrong. The normal OS X license is for use on just one computer. Apple does offer an advantageous price on a 5-user "Family Pack." However, the terms of that license prohibit its use in an office setting -- it's only for use at home.
I agree that it won't work and that it's just more "feelgood" regulation.
The reason I know it won't work is because of my recent experience with the incompetence of the people who carry out license renewals. The last time I renewed my Connecticut driver's license the person taking my picture held up the line for 20 minutes because she couldn't get a good picture of me. Seems like the reflections from my eyeglasses were causing her trouble. I finally took off my glasses so as she could get a picture which would satisfy her, even though the resulting picture looks less like me.
I have a Connecticut Pistol Permit as well, which I generally find easier to maintain.
The State of Connecticut until recently maintained a registry of sex offenders which was accesible online. It was an extension of the "Megan's Law" idea of letting citizens known when a child molester lives next door to you. You could search the database by location and be presented with a list, complete with addresses and photos, of area registered sex offenders.
This program, understandably, was controversial from the start, with good arguments being made both for and against it. A Federal judge ordered the site shut down earlier this year. I wouldn't be surprised, however, if that decision won't be later overturned.