There was a larger effect than spying: missiles. The same technology which launches someone into orbit and makes them land in the correct location is "easily" retrofitted to carry a bomb instead of a human. We see the dawn of ICBM's and the race to make them as accurate as possible.
Given National pride for your own country - a race starts to get humans in orbit. All the time the military is laughing all the way to the bank since a "civilian" agency is footing the bill to develop the technology.
Why do you think Republicans hated Clinton so much for "giving" rocket technology to the Chinese? (Apart from all the other reasons Clinton was hated by republicans)
What causes one to kill while another under the same circumstances does not? It is an outlet. For some this is parents, for others - this is friends, for others it may be a hobby. But everyone who gets picked and doesn't use violence as the solution has had an outlet to turn to. It seems the more outlets the better. Have some good friends and loving parents, your odds are better that you won't resort to violence.
Unfortunately, this doesn't explain it all. There are still the nature vs nuture tendencies out there. By nature, some personalities are more violent than others. By the way we are raised we may be more or less tolerant of others.
But the more outlets one has - the better the chance one may reach a nonviolent solution.
If you think you are underpaid, then shop around and compare your pay/benefits for the job you do. Otherwise, ask yourself the following questions before you may dig yourself a hole:
What happens if you contract ends - are you fired from your firm or do they pay you even though you may not be billing for a day, week or month?
Does your employer still pay you while they find you a new position? At what rate?
What if your new contract doesn't pay as much? In some areas of programming - this is happening.
In a nutshell, if you expect your pay to be proportional to your charging rate - be prepared for possible consequences.
It says radio interference is less but isn't the radio signal strength just spread over a larger spectrum? Instead of the whole chip broadcasting at 1 (really 3 or 4 because of the buses) strong signal, we actually have an unpredictable spread across multiple frequencies? Might that be more of a problem than a predictable frequency?
Oooh, 4 whole megabytes! The pictures of my friends could take up more than that.
That's what hosting companies are for. Schools are in not the business for hosting your web site.
And the policies say "personal homepages only", I guess I can't mention my web design business.
Go ahead and mention it. But don't expect the school (and possible taxpayer money) to pay for you network admin/bacndwidth needs to support your business. If you are hosting something worthy - the University should be able to make an exception. Or maybe someone else will notice its worthiness and host it for you.
What? I can't recieve that patch because the university truncates large attachments
If someone is sending something that big - shouldn't it be hosted somewhere? If that someone is on campus - they could still host their own ftp server for you to see.
Databases are unlikely
Most people don't let their database bases open for connections from anywhere. Your student subnet should be plenty.
ssh is impossible when you're off-campus for the weekend or on a job/project With that net setup - you should be able to SSH out - not in, no problem there.
I would say more power to 'em if they got that to work. Then you'd start getting into a nice little cat-mouse chase (hopefully) between the true hackers and the "hey can I copy your code" people?
The blocking is done on student subnets. That means anything you wish to post must be on a machine admin'd by the University. If what you are posting is worthwhile - this should be no problem. For every school I've seen, each student gets their own space for HTML content and many let the student with lots of CGI and/or Java access.
This is a smart move by the Universtity to keep their network under some control.
If you are at a respectable school, some of your professors will be able to guide you to which classes you should take. If they can't, are you really at a respectable school?
Print media and libraries are not an issue today. Why? Once something is checked out, it cannot be used by anyone else until it is checked back in. If multiple people want the same item, they either have to wait or the library will need to buy multiple copies.
With digital media, I can check something out but I am getting a copy. So someone else may also check it out even though I am still using the resource. The library doesn't need to buy multiple copies anymore. Sales drop(?) for the media comapany but readership is drastcially up. But the media company is not making less money on more readers. A new business model needs to be made to keep the media company in business, otherwise the media company will stop printing the widely read item and everyone will be pissed.
What will compound this problem more is libraries will (want to) place content on line for free including their digital media they subscribe to making it accessable to everyone (or at least the patrons for that library). This scenario would be very scary for media outlets because content is being given away for free from a gov't entity. That is a hard competitor to fight in market driven by capitalism.
Leo: I cracked RSA! Ron: How about some details. Leo: Here are some. Blah, blah... Ron: How about some details. Leo: Here is an example. Blah, blah... Ron: Silly rabbit, trix are for kids. You've proved to yourself that this is a "hard problem". Everyone else in this field already knows this. But good try and keep up the good work. Leo: I think you are wrong and my method is faster. Half of Slashdot Crowd: What an idiot! Other Half of Slashdot Crowd: I think he's onto something! Troll: Look at my goatse.cx link hidden as an informative link!
The ability to know that I will be seen when I am scheduled for an appointment.
Personally, everything else is secondary. I don't need to see my charts and meds on-line. Other doctors or specialists might, I don't need on-line video conferencing or email - and I doubt "you" would either. Why? There is a good chance that more time will be spent setting up/maintaining/playing/fixing/teaching the technology then helping the patient.
When I see a doctor-I want to physically see the doctor on time. If possible, give me a accurate diagnosis, then I can be on my way doing whatever I need to do to get better.
There not meant to. If a server is in a position where it can go into a power saving mode, then someone has not done a good job on the server farm. Consolidate any boxes that have that light of load so light that they may frequently go to sleep. With consilidation: you save on administration (less boxes) and you should be more secure since there are less boxes to administer AND you'd be saving power because you are using less boxes.
But lets say you need a box that needs to be on its own and has the ability(time) to spin down. I personally would not want this not because of the extra time for the spin up, but because the spin up is hard work on a motor and for a server - once that hard drive is spinning - keep it spinning. There is much less wear on the motor to keep it spinning than spinn up process. This should give a more predictable life to the drive.
Of course having a set finger prints may not be bad either if the child happens to go missing. Finger printing children (while not required?) is generally encoured so if the child goes missing/abducted/etc, there is a somewhat reliable way to identify the child when he/she is found.
Since you are going against a database and need formatted fields, going with a java Applet may be the way to go. You still can do formatting in Javascript - its just that you are reinventing the wheel doing so and praying the client can handle the Javascript without crashing.
Personally, I would look into using a java Applet and use some EJBs for the data access and session management. Keep as much logic as possible out of the applet and keep it in the bean. You'll have the advanatage later on of possibly converting the Applet to a series of html pages and the business logic is still confined to the bean.
This really drives which direction to go. Also - what is your target audience? If your audience is confined to (gasp!) IE 5. Then you will be amazed at what you can do with Javascript and how much control you have of the client - changing table cells on the fly/adding drop down boxes/etc. Of course this also works with Netscape 4+ but getting the syntax to work on both machines is not fun.
If your application is just presentation like where the data stands by itself (customize a {fill in the blank}) once it is launched - then Flash may be the way to go since all the data can be confined to the Flash applet. Flash can talk to the external world also in a worst case scenario - its just the degree of difficulty of programming goes up.
OK, you have a product. Realistically, not everyone wants your product. First determine who would be interested in your product. Determine age, location, and other demographics. Determine the areas where your potential customers are most likely to be and not be. (For example: the wassup beer commercial makes no sense on the Lifetime network).
From there, start a targeted ad campaign. Use Banner ads from specific web sites (not very effective to get click throughs but the mere presence over time will verify brand eventually). Go to a TV medium or Radio for ads. Try running a contest or publicity stunt which increases exposure but does not damage brand name or image.
Work on building a home grown mailing list of customers who you could "spam" but it is targeted in such a manner that it is not as "spammy" as the "make money fasts!".
It takes time to build a brand an patience will be most important.
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Given National pride for your own country - a race starts to get humans in orbit. All the time the military is laughing all the way to the bank since a "civilian" agency is footing the bill to develop the technology.
Why do you think Republicans hated Clinton so much for "giving" rocket technology to the Chinese? (Apart from all the other reasons Clinton was hated by republicans)
Unfortunately, this doesn't explain it all. There are still the nature vs nuture tendencies out there. By nature, some personalities are more violent than others. By the way we are raised we may be more or less tolerant of others.
But the more outlets one has - the better the chance one may reach a nonviolent solution.
This article.
What happens if you contract ends - are you fired from your firm or do they pay you even though you may not be billing for a day, week or month?
Does your employer still pay you while they find you a new position? At what rate?
What if your new contract doesn't pay as much? In some areas of programming - this is happening.
In a nutshell, if you expect your pay to be proportional to your charging rate - be prepared for possible consequences.
FYI: While some may think the above post is informative, it is anti-semitic.
It says radio interference is less but isn't the radio signal strength just spread over a larger spectrum? Instead of the whole chip broadcasting at 1 (really 3 or 4 because of the buses) strong signal, we actually have an unpredictable spread across multiple frequencies? Might that be more of a problem than a predictable frequency?
Schools need money.
The software can keep stats of site usage.
Company was selling data.
People got angry. Company stopped selling data
School still needs money.
Company goes back to selling data, school gets a cut of the gross sale.
School district doesn't raise taxes because of new revenue and silently ignores the loss of privacy.
Of course ... could this work for the bad guys too?
That's what hosting companies are for. Schools are in not the business for hosting your web site.
And the policies say "personal homepages only", I guess I can't mention my web design business.
Go ahead and mention it. But don't expect the school (and possible taxpayer money) to pay for you network admin/bacndwidth needs to support your business. If you are hosting something worthy - the University should be able to make an exception. Or maybe someone else will notice its worthiness and host it for you.
What? I can't recieve that patch because the university truncates large attachments
If someone is sending something that big - shouldn't it be hosted somewhere? If that someone is on campus - they could still host their own ftp server for you to see.
Databases are unlikely
Most people don't let their database bases open for connections from anywhere. Your student subnet should be plenty.
ssh is impossible when you're off-campus for the weekend or on a job/project
With that net setup - you should be able to SSH out - not in, no problem there.
I would say more power to 'em if they got that to work. Then you'd start getting into a nice little cat-mouse chase (hopefully) between the true hackers and the "hey can I copy your code" people?
This is a smart move by the Universtity to keep their network under some control.
Not like there are any news sites like that out there.
Maybe the end of the XFiles movie wasn't as absurd as we thought? Great big space ship taking off from the antarctic.
I'm not saying that MS will do what IBM did in the last 5 years. But big companies with an active large market share do not die easily.
If you are at a respectable school, some of your professors will be able to guide you to which classes you should take. If they can't, are you really at a respectable school?
Use some glue and magnets.
With digital media, I can check something out but I am getting a copy. So someone else may also check it out even though I am still using the resource. The library doesn't need to buy multiple copies anymore. Sales drop(?) for the media comapany but readership is drastcially up. But the media company is not making less money on more readers. A new business model needs to be made to keep the media company in business, otherwise the media company will stop printing the widely read item and everyone will be pissed.
What will compound this problem more is libraries will (want to) place content on line for free including their digital media they subscribe to making it accessable to everyone (or at least the patrons for that library). This scenario would be very scary for media outlets because content is being given away for free from a gov't entity. That is a hard competitor to fight in market driven by capitalism.
Leo: I cracked RSA!
Ron: How about some details.
Leo: Here are some. Blah, blah...
Ron: How about some details.
Leo: Here is an example. Blah, blah...
Ron: Silly rabbit, trix are for kids. You've proved to yourself that this is a "hard problem". Everyone else in this field already knows this. But good try and keep up the good work.
Leo: I think you are wrong and my method is faster.
Half of Slashdot Crowd: What an idiot!
Other Half of Slashdot Crowd: I think he's onto something!
Troll: Look at my goatse.cx link hidden as an informative link!
Personally, everything else is secondary. I don't need to see my charts and meds on-line. Other doctors or specialists might, I don't need on-line video conferencing or email - and I doubt "you" would either. Why? There is a good chance that more time will be spent setting up/maintaining/playing/fixing/teaching the technology then helping the patient.
When I see a doctor-I want to physically see the doctor on time. If possible, give me a accurate diagnosis, then I can be on my way doing whatever I need to do to get better.
But lets say you need a box that needs to be on its own and has the ability(time) to spin down. I personally would not want this not because of the extra time for the spin up, but because the spin up is hard work on a motor and for a server - once that hard drive is spinning - keep it spinning. There is much less wear on the motor to keep it spinning than spinn up process. This should give a more predictable life to the drive.
Oops, that was already done.
Of course having a set finger prints may not be bad either if the child happens to go missing. Finger printing children (while not required?) is generally encoured so if the child goes missing/abducted/etc, there is a somewhat reliable way to identify the child when he/she is found.
Personally, I would look into using a java Applet and use some EJBs for the data access and session management. Keep as much logic as possible out of the applet and keep it in the bean. You'll have the advanatage later on of possibly converting the Applet to a series of html pages and the business logic is still confined to the bean.
If your application is just presentation like where the data stands by itself (customize a {fill in the blank}) once it is launched - then Flash may be the way to go since all the data can be confined to the Flash applet. Flash can talk to the external world also in a worst case scenario - its just the degree of difficulty of programming goes up.
From there, start a targeted ad campaign. Use Banner ads from specific web sites (not very effective to get click throughs but the mere presence over time will verify brand eventually). Go to a TV medium or Radio for ads. Try running a contest or publicity stunt which increases exposure but does not damage brand name or image.
Work on building a home grown mailing list of customers who you could "spam" but it is targeted in such a manner that it is not as "spammy" as the "make money fasts!".
It takes time to build a brand an patience will be most important.