Some may wonder why only Princeton has reported this problem. Some may believe that because other sites are not reporting it, the problem must be due to a problem with Princeton's network.
Princeton detected this issue because we take a very pro-active stance to monitor for certain kinds of common network problems, including this one. Our network monitoring includes comparing actual IP address usage to DHCP server lease assignments on a daily basis. This allows us to detect some devices using IP addresses not assigned for their use. This is a degree of monitoring that many sites do not perform. We also monitor our DHCP servers very closely for any problems they detect, including when they see DHCP-leased IP addresses in-use when they should not be, or when a client tries to SELECT an offer that was not made to it, or when a client tries to renew or rebind an IP address after the client's lease on that IP address has already expired.
As a result, Princeton tends to learn about some kinds of bugs in DHCP client implementations sooner and more often than do many other sites.
It's not just Google search included in the stats though, from the article...
"That just barely surpassed the 39.8 million minutes, or 9.6 percent, people spent on all of Google Inc.'s sites combined, including YouTube, the free Gmail e-mail program, Google news and other content sites."
I like it because it's very simple and just sits there and doesn't do any special launching stuff. It has a nice "squish" animation and handles custom icons nicely. More than anything else it was the main one around when I first got one and I've stuck with it, Docky didn't offer enough benefit for me to make the transition.
You describe the problems of asymmetric information about the "quality" of a worker, but there are ways to overcome these difficulties. With monitoring and proper contracts you can go some way to solving the problems Akerlof describes. Part of the reason there are so many college graduates is because having a degree signals to employers that you're a peach rather than a lemon. The problem with college is it's a very long and expensive process for what is still a noisy signalling method.
The worth of a marketing drone is hundreds or thousands of times that of a sewer worker to companies. Not everybody being able to do these jobs is the precise reason those who can seek a higher wage. If you can do the job of the "privileged douchebag" for less then I'm sure his employer would be happy to speak to you. The market does not treat labour any differently from capital. If labour had a higher value than its market price then a firm would stand to gain by hiring more workers, eventually pushing price up to equilibrium (assuming we can overcome the "credit rationing" problem you describe)
You're bringing fairness into the picture by saying that people are different to capital and everybody in society has a right to a certain level of respect and a minimum standard of living. That's fine, but redistributing wealth brings with it another set of hurdles and you may end up making society worse off than when you leave it to the "invisible hand".
What part of this couldn't be achieved with a website? Is there really any reason to be developing iPhone apps for a service like this rather than letting us all use it?
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I believe he's using "the button" to draw a parallel between an attack over the internet and somebody launching nuclear attack.
I didn’t take it to mean that hackers can easily control the systems capable of launching a nuclear attack.
Sounds more like he's looking to replace lots of little crimes with one big crime. I guess it could cut his workload dramatically.
Some may wonder why only Princeton has reported this problem. Some may believe that because other sites are not reporting it, the problem must be due to a problem with Princeton's network.
Princeton detected this issue because we take a very pro-active stance to monitor for certain kinds of common network problems, including this one. Our network monitoring includes comparing actual IP address usage to DHCP server lease assignments on a daily basis. This allows us to detect some devices using IP addresses not assigned for their use. This is a degree of monitoring that many sites do not perform. We also monitor our DHCP servers very closely for any problems they detect, including when they see DHCP-leased IP addresses in-use when they should not be, or when a client tries to SELECT an offer that was not made to it, or when a client tries to renew or rebind an IP address after the client's lease on that IP address has already expired.
As a result, Princeton tends to learn about some kinds of bugs in DHCP client implementations sooner and more often than do many other sites.
Here's the original article Tekgoblin refers to... http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/iphone-4-survives-1000-foot-tumble-from-plane/
Does anybody know if streaming BBC news in this manner requires you to have a license fee?
I think the position, at least on the BBC's own site, is that while you can play pre-recorded shows without one, a license is required to stream BBC programs live which was clarified with the release of smartphone apps.
Their post confirming it was fixed came out about that time
http://status.twitter.com/post/1161435117/xss-attack-identified-and-patched
I treat it more as an RSS feed. A lot of people use it to link to full articles, and as a means of just sharing links to information it's great.
It's not just Google search included in the stats though, from the article...
"That just barely surpassed the 39.8 million minutes, or 9.6 percent, people spent on all of Google Inc.'s sites combined, including YouTube, the free Gmail e-mail program, Google news and other content sites."
I use Avant Window Navigator or AWN.
https://launchpad.net/awn
I like it because it's very simple and just sits there and doesn't do any special launching stuff. It has a nice "squish" animation and handles custom icons nicely. More than anything else it was the main one around when I first got one and I've stuck with it, Docky didn't offer enough benefit for me to make the transition.
It's more akin to OSX than Windows, here's what my desktop looks like...
http://stepdown.deviantart.com/#/d2te728
From their blog... "We are deeply concerned about the seriousness of these allegations. We the people behind WikiLeaks think highly of Julian and and he has our full support. While Julian is focusing on his defenses and clearing his name, WikiLeaks will be continuing its regular operations." http://blog.wikileaks.org/2010/08/allegations-against-wikileaks-founder-and-spokesperson-julian-assange.html
You describe the problems of asymmetric information about the "quality" of a worker, but there are ways to overcome these difficulties. With monitoring and proper contracts you can go some way to solving the problems Akerlof describes. Part of the reason there are so many college graduates is because having a degree signals to employers that you're a peach rather than a lemon. The problem with college is it's a very long and expensive process for what is still a noisy signalling method.
The worth of a marketing drone is hundreds or thousands of times that of a sewer worker to companies. Not everybody being able to do these jobs is the precise reason those who can seek a higher wage. If you can do the job of the "privileged douchebag" for less then I'm sure his employer would be happy to speak to you. The market does not treat labour any differently from capital. If labour had a higher value than its market price then a firm would stand to gain by hiring more workers, eventually pushing price up to equilibrium (assuming we can overcome the "credit rationing" problem you describe)
You're bringing fairness into the picture by saying that people are different to capital and everybody in society has a right to a certain level of respect and a minimum standard of living. That's fine, but redistributing wealth brings with it another set of hurdles and you may end up making society worse off than when you leave it to the "invisible hand".
You missed a vowel, it should read "mydAUght3rwAsbOrnInmArch"
Reminds me of that "Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard" story from The Onion. http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary?utm_source=embedded_video
What part of this couldn't be achieved with a website? Is there really any reason to be developing iPhone apps for a service like this rather than letting us all use it?
I thought nobody's aim would be that bad, then I noticed the splash-back on the label.