Hell, even well-paid admins could be vulnerable. All kinds of things can result in a need for money. Insurance problem, spouse gets fired, simple greed....
I have been wondering about this for 30 years. End users are not interested in learning how the computer software works, except for how it lets them do their job. On-screen messages, manuals, fax-back systems, wiki pages, they don't care. What they want is to pick up the phone, make a call, and have someone tell them what to do. At first, I thought it was them being lazy. However, I now think it is closer to why programmers don't like to be interrupted in the middle of a task. The user has a mental model built up of their task, and they don't want to risk losing it while they search for information on an error. Making a phone call, and having someone else walk them through the problem solving means they can maintain their task in "main memory". For them, it is more efficient.
I don't like my neighbours because they leave passive-aggressive notes as their SSID.
I AM NOT A HOSEPUNCHER! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
That's the guy that take normal garden hose and makes sprinkler hose out of it by punching
tiny little holes from one end to the other. The previous job description, "leak maker", has been
deprecated.
"Oh, it's an old trick. You did it pretty well - not real well - but pretty well. You feinted with your left shoulder, getting him to go for his gun, while you were goin' for yours with your right hand at the same time. It's an old Arizona trick; but I... I have seen it used as far north as Montana." -- Jason McCullough, "Support Your Local Sheriff"
Any amateur rocket scientists want to help me launch a solar powered radio into space that simply repeats, "I am Rosie O'Donnell from the planet 61752-percion. I have come for your Cheetos. Surrender now or I'll wear sweatpants in public!"
Do it. Anything to stop the sweatpants in public threat.
I live in a small town in east Texas, and the pin-heads throw bottles at me when I mow my lawn. I am sure they see a cyclist as just a more challenging target. So far, I have not been hit, and they are throwing emptys. I don't think they are dumb enough to throw away a full beer, but I worry about a bottle full of piss.
Agreed. Less than three percent of our customers want encrypted data exchange. They not only seem fine with standard FTP, they are hostile to SFTP. Some will ask for an IP address to add to their access control lists, but for most the attitude is, "Have a go, joe!"
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Hell, even well-paid admins could be vulnerable. All kinds of things can result in a need for money. Insurance problem, spouse gets fired, simple greed....
Why do I even waste my time on this site?
The money?
Now the burglars don't even have to "case" my house to see if there is anything worth stealing. Other than a used Google Bot, that is.
I have been wondering about this for 30 years. End users are not interested in learning how the computer software works, except for how it lets them do their job. On-screen messages, manuals, fax-back systems, wiki pages, they don't care. What they want is to pick up the phone, make a call, and have someone tell them what to do. At first, I thought it was them being lazy. However, I now think it is closer to why programmers don't like to be interrupted in the middle of a task. The user has a mental model built up of their task, and they don't want to risk losing it while they search for information on an error. Making a phone call, and having someone else walk them through the problem solving means they can maintain their task in "main memory". For them, it is more efficient.
"Hey, Mister, there's no candy back here, and I think your puppy peed on the mattress."
I don't like my neighbours because they leave passive-aggressive notes as their SSID. I AM NOT A HOSEPUNCHER! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
That's the guy that take normal garden hose and makes sprinkler hose out of it by punching tiny little holes from one end to the other. The previous job description, "leak maker", has been deprecated.
It's okay, September's coming...
What? No United Galaxy Sanitation Cruiser fleet mentioned yet?
Am I the only one that remembers the Bettys?
Lyndon Johnson was not a poorly educated man.
"Gorbachev Sings! Tractor! Buttocks!"
It will cut down on the number of dogs pissing on your tires.
"Oh, it's an old trick. You did it pretty well - not real well - but pretty well. You feinted with your left shoulder, getting him to go for his gun, while you were goin' for yours with your right hand at the same time. It's an old Arizona trick; but I... I have seen it used as far north as Montana." -- Jason McCullough, "Support Your Local Sheriff"
You must not have seen Battle Beyond The Stars. Cowboy died in that movie, and he was the good guy!
And if you didn't see the movie, count yourself as lucky. Not the worst ever made, but close. Very close.
Man, oh, man. You owe the internet an apology for that one.
Actually, I think it was Binkley that said that, not Milo.
Ensign Chekov, is that you?
On the first day you’ll get a boner. On the second you will say wow. On the third you will yawn.
Sounds like my first marriage.
Any amateur rocket scientists want to help me launch a solar powered radio into space that simply repeats, "I am Rosie O'Donnell from the planet 61752-percion. I have come for your Cheetos. Surrender now or I'll wear sweatpants in public!"
Do it. Anything to stop the sweatpants in public threat.
New arrival at ISS: "Does this airlock smell vaguely like chlorine to you?"
A disguised way to protect us all from the looming threat of too much water.
The threat of too much non-distilled water.
I live in a small town in east Texas, and the pin-heads throw bottles at me when I mow my lawn. I am sure they see a cyclist as just a more challenging target. So far, I have not been hit, and they are throwing emptys. I don't think they are dumb enough to throw away a full beer, but I worry about a bottle full of piss.
Cables? I want an M5-tie-in that burns the air between devices.
Agreed. Less than three percent of our customers want encrypted data exchange. They not only seem fine with standard FTP, they are hostile to SFTP. Some will ask for an IP address to add to their access control lists, but for most the attitude is, "Have a go, joe!"
Who could forget the PITA it was to transcribe someones compuserve number, so that they can send a email later?
Or, the nightmare that was EasyLink.
I do not want a single number, because I do not have a single identity.
Exactly. At home, I am a cop. In an internet chat room, I am a 15 year old girl who's parents have gone away for the weekend.