Their small. And if your getting mugged...the idea would be to make them leave because they think they might get shot. Of course, why someone with an assult rifle would be walking around listening to an IPod is beyond me.
I don't have to worry about it here...and I wouldn't wear them there. But I bet it might be enough to get them to back off, especially shooting in the face.
"There is a pool of talented engineers working at Walmart and living with their parents,"
I agree. My company has been taping the numberous technical call centers (Sprint, Decision One, etc) for people who can program but can't find a decent job in this depressed market. My town (Tulsa) is very depressed, having gotten hit by the oil bust in 1986 and then the telecom bust. We've lost thousands of jobs...and when your population is only 500,000 that's a signifigant percentage. We will never recover.
Obviously. No one who did would even fathom saying something like that....it's probably a cultural reference (sci-fi liturature, actually) that you just missed. But since your in OZ it's forgivable.
Interesting. The techs are pretty pissed off about it, because they didn't used to have to do it. They don't get any more time to handle phone calls either. They are still guided by the old metric on the call resolution times, and now have to sell things as well.
, I was surprised when many of the end calls would end with the tech asking if there was anything else the customer needed like an scanner or digital camera
Don't be...at the local Sprint PCS call center the techs are now forced to sell over the phone like that. The gateway tech support people where probably forced to sell AND do tech support.
I've only worked in a single call center, but it was an inside-only center for a huge corp. I shudder when I hear the horror stories of people in other real "outsourced" call centers. And Tulsa has quite a few...at least ten different centers in the metro area. We even had VA Linux here for awhile.
It's a reference to the Blues Brothers, one of the greatest movies ever made. If you haven't seen it then you just don't understand the blues.
Jake: "Hey what's goin' on?" Cop: "Oh those bums won their court case so they're marching today" Jake: "What bums?" Cop: "The fucking Nazi party!" Jake: "Illinois Nazis" Elwood: "I hate Illinois Nazis!"
So, if the corp can come in your home, can they hire someone else to go do it for them? Like...a team of Shadowrunners? Yeah, it may be just a game, but there is a reason the genre is called "futureshock". I can see a corp hiring some ex-Gulf vets from Iraq to head up part of their "IP aquisition" team.
If I was in europe, and a corp stormed my house, I wonder if I could shot them. It's not like their police. In the US, the BSA usually comes with Federal Marshalls.
This is bad bad stuff. Like I told my 20 year old stripper girlfriend: "Every time I'm around you I feel I need to get my leather trench lined...with a nice tight kevlar weave."
I can, but one of my best friends boyfriends is a Master Audi Tech, so I have an unfair advantage. Plus my company is almost done developing a low cost laptop-based diagnostic system, so I have two unfair advantages.
"The inventor of the cell phone never thought about the fact that people would be using them constantly and impeding on other people's privacy," he said. "The inventor of the camera phone never thought about the fact that they would be used in locker rooms and other inappropriate places."
Riiiiiiiiight. No one would ever think of using the camera to take secret pictures. I'm sure that is a major selling point.
I'm surpised someone didn't end up in prison. That is a direct violation of HIPAA Privacy rulings...your supposed to have a chain of trust agreement, specifically a Business Associate Contract. This states that your company is HIPAA compliant in all areas where you deal with PHI (protected health information). If you outsource, your company is supposed to get a BAC from the people you outsource to.
Your company could probably get hit with a violation of 42 U.S.C. 1320D-6(a), which is a federal law. If management knew (or should have known) that the chain of trust was supposed to be followed, your Privacy Officer can be hit with a $50,000 fine and/or one year in the federal pen. If it was done "with the intent to sell, transfer, or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm" someone can be hit with a $500,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.
I personally had nothing to do with it. I personally have never written anything that has infected a win 9x box in the wild.
And yes, if I was an anarchist, I would be happy. People upgrade to XP. XP Home edition supports (or at least did) full raw sockets. DDos'ing will be much more painful if and when these are fully utilized, since there is no longer any need to write your trojan to hack the OS itself to spoof the originating IP.
As of January 2nd, 2004 MS dropped support for Win 98. Write worms that exploit holes that will NEVER BE PATCHED BY MS.
bwahahahahaha.
It would seem that as of September 2002 (yeah, it's now 2004) around 77% of the planet uses Win 9X. Yes, you can still d/l old patches, but I don't think any new ones are being made.
Actually, the Japanese would have surrendered before that happen had we agreed to allow them to keep their emperor in the "deity" status. We refused, they refused.
Well, in 50 years I'm sure we'd come up with something, especially if we had developed reliable technology that could transport colonists to Mars. You wouldn't have to take out the entire planet; a single well-placed IPBM (lol) would do fine...like hitting their powerplant.
Tha article memtions a few good reasons: 1) pandemic disease and 2) global war 3) some other extintion-level event (asteroid, ect). Eventually the colony would be self-sustaining by sending more people there. If it went well, within 20-40 years potentially. At least humanity wouldn't be wiped out. That is assuming, of course, that one of the acts of #2 didn't include some nuke being launched at the colony.
Also, humans can do many more experients and studies than robots. If our rover gets stuck, that's all folks. A colony there with the proper manufactoring facilities could potentially do many interesting things, many which couldn't even be conceived at this point.
IMHO, that's the main reason. Sending such a mission would enhance our technology in ways most of us can't even contemplate at the moment. We would have to come up with novel solutions to new problems, and those solutions would undoubtably have applications here on Earth. For example, say the colonists devised a new way to grow crops, or NASA had to design an ultra-safe reactor for the colony. Both of these could have major impact on our civilization. The myrid technologies that would be needed for this to be a reality could greatly enhance the worldwide standard of living.
Finally, I personally feel we should go because we are, at least in America, by tradition frontiersmen without a frontier. Many of us feel a restlessness because there are few places left to go...no more western frontier where we can "make our own". Now, this still wouldn't probably happen in my lifetime (nor probably even in my grandchildrens)...but I would be content with the knowledge that someday one of my decendents could leave this overcrowded place and begin anew in the Martian Colonies.
It's called hope for the future. It's something many of us have lost due to the Patriot Act I & II, our "jobless recovery", our world's biggest prision population, and so on. It's the potential to someday be able to leave if we feel the need. Not me, of course, but someday.
Obviously you haven't heard of the Patriot Act, or the Domestic Security Enhancement Act.
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm? ID =12263&c=206
* The government no longer has to show evidence that the subjects of search orders are an "agent of a foreign power," a requirement that previously protected Americans against abuse of this authority.
* The FBI does not even have to show a reasonable suspicion that the records are related to criminal activity, much less the requirement for "probable cause" that is listed in the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. All the government needs to do is make the broad assertion that the request is related to an ongoing terrorism or foreign intelligence investigation.
* Judicial oversight of these new powers is essentially non-existent. The government must only certify to a judge - with no need for evidence or proof - that such a search meets the statute's broad criteria, and the judge does not even have the authority to reject the application.
* Surveillance orders can be based in part on a person's First Amendment activities, such as the books they read, the Web sites they visit, or a letter to the editor they have written.
* A person or organization forced to turn over records is prohibited from disclosing the search to anyone. As a result of this gag order, the subjects of surveillance never even find out that their personal records have been examined by the government. That undercuts an important check and balance on this power: the ability of individuals to challenge illegitimate searches.
It goes on and on. Where there once was vast amounts of paperwork, now a simple "it's a terrorist judge, sign this" and it's done.
Now, as long as that is used only against what most of us consider a "terrorist" (ie, a person who wishes to physcially and violently attack non-military targets for the sake of influencing political opinion), I don't personally mind too much. In Tulsa, we have a building that is a 1/3 (or somewhere around ther) replica of the World Trade Center (or what used to be the WTC). We also had a terrorist act in OKC. But I have a strong suspicion (backed up by numerous historical incidents) that these powers WILL be abused against our citizens that are not really "terrorists". The problem is that the bill(s) have past, and are now in enforcement.
Not that this really has anything to do with what the FBI did. I applaud them in apprehending this individual, and find is somewhat funny that is was done with such a simple method.
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dude, you made me almost spit out my drink...that's funny as hell.
Their small. And if your getting mugged...the idea would be to make them leave because they think they might get shot. Of course, why someone with an assult rifle would be walking around listening to an IPod is beyond me.
I don't have to worry about it here...and I wouldn't wear them there. But I bet it might be enough to get them to back off, especially shooting in the face.
Airsoft...400 fps 8mm metal bb's, on full auto.
"There is a pool of talented engineers working at Walmart and living with their parents,"
I agree. My company has been taping the numberous technical call centers (Sprint, Decision One, etc) for people who can program but can't find a decent job in this depressed market. My town (Tulsa) is very depressed, having gotten hit by the oil bust in 1986 and then the telecom bust. We've lost thousands of jobs...and when your population is only 500,000 that's a signifigant percentage. We will never recover.
"I don't grok"
...it's probably a cultural reference (sci-fi liturature, actually) that you just missed. But since your in OZ it's forgivable.
Obviously. No one who did would even fathom saying something like that.
Interesting. The techs are pretty pissed off about it, because they didn't used to have to do it. They don't get any more time to handle phone calls either. They are still guided by the old metric on the call resolution times, and now have to sell things as well.
, I was surprised when many of the end calls would end with the tech asking if there was anything else the customer needed like an scanner or digital camera
Don't be...at the local Sprint PCS call center the techs are now forced to sell over the phone like that. The gateway tech support people where probably forced to sell AND do tech support.
I've only worked in a single call center, but it was an inside-only center for a huge corp. I shudder when I hear the horror stories of people in other real "outsourced" call centers. And Tulsa has quite a few...at least ten different centers in the metro area. We even had VA Linux here for awhile.
maybe...I just copied it off a site I found. I haven't seen it in a bit either.
It's a reference to the Blues Brothers, one of the greatest movies ever made. If you haven't seen it then you just don't understand the blues.
Jake: "Hey what's goin' on?"
Cop: "Oh those bums won their court case so they're marching today"
Jake: "What bums?"
Cop: "The fucking Nazi party!"
Jake: "Illinois Nazis"
Elwood: "I hate Illinois Nazis!"
So, if the corp can come in your home, can they hire someone else to go do it for them? Like...a team of Shadowrunners? Yeah, it may be just a game, but there is a reason the genre is called "futureshock". I can see a corp hiring some ex-Gulf vets from Iraq to head up part of their "IP aquisition" team.
If I was in europe, and a corp stormed my house, I wonder if I could shot them. It's not like their police. In the US, the BSA usually comes with Federal Marshalls.
This is bad bad stuff. Like I told my 20 year old stripper girlfriend: "Every time I'm around you I feel I need to get my leather trench lined...with a nice tight kevlar weave."
I can, but one of my best friends boyfriends is a Master Audi Tech, so I have an unfair advantage. Plus my company is almost done developing a low cost laptop-based diagnostic system, so I have two unfair advantages.
"The inventor of the cell phone never thought about the fact that people would be using them constantly and impeding on other people's privacy," he said. "The inventor of the camera phone never thought about the fact that they would be used in locker rooms and other inappropriate places."
Riiiiiiiiight. No one would ever think of using the camera to take secret pictures. I'm sure that is a major selling point.
I'm surpised someone didn't end up in prison. That is a direct violation of HIPAA Privacy rulings...your supposed to have a chain of trust agreement, specifically a Business Associate Contract. This states that your company is HIPAA compliant in all areas where you deal with PHI (protected health information). If you outsource, your company is supposed to get a BAC from the people you outsource to.
2 .pdf ASAP. If you deal with PHI, then you are probably a covered entity.
Your company could probably get hit with a violation of 42 U.S.C. 1320D-6(a), which is a federal law. If management knew (or should have known) that the chain of trust was supposed to be followed, your Privacy Officer can be hit with a $50,000 fine and/or one year in the federal pen. If it was done "with the intent to sell, transfer, or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm" someone can be hit with a $500,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.
Go read this http://www.ehcca.com/presentations/HIPAA3/malone_
I personally had nothing to do with it. I personally have never written anything that has infected a win 9x box in the wild.
And yes, if I was an anarchist, I would be happy. People upgrade to XP. XP Home edition supports (or at least did) full raw sockets. DDos'ing will be much more painful if and when these are fully utilized, since there is no longer any need to write your trojan to hack the OS itself to spoof the originating IP.
As of January 2nd, 2004 MS dropped support for Win 98. Write worms that exploit holes that will NEVER BE PATCHED BY MS.
bwahahahahaha.
It would seem that as of September 2002 (yeah, it's now 2004) around 77% of the planet uses Win 9X. Yes, you can still d/l old patches, but I don't think any new ones are being made.
Actually, the Japanese would have surrendered before that happen had we agreed to allow them to keep their emperor in the "deity" status. We refused, they refused.
lol...the FTC email bombs offending open relays so they can't send any spam out until they fix the problem...
when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Maybe the Martians went and kicked it over or something.
Well, in 50 years I'm sure we'd come up with something, especially if we had developed reliable technology that could transport colonists to Mars. You wouldn't have to take out the entire planet; a single well-placed IPBM (lol) would do fine...like hitting their powerplant.
Tha article memtions a few good reasons: 1) pandemic disease and 2) global war 3) some other extintion-level event (asteroid, ect). Eventually the colony would be self-sustaining by sending more people there. If it went well, within 20-40 years potentially. At least humanity wouldn't be wiped out. That is assuming, of course, that one of the acts of #2 didn't include some nuke being launched at the colony.
Also, humans can do many more experients and studies than robots. If our rover gets stuck, that's all folks. A colony there with the proper manufactoring facilities could potentially do many interesting things, many which couldn't even be conceived at this point.
IMHO, that's the main reason. Sending such a mission would enhance our technology in ways most of us can't even contemplate at the moment. We would have to come up with novel solutions to new problems, and those solutions would undoubtably have applications here on Earth. For example, say the colonists devised a new way to grow crops, or NASA had to design an ultra-safe reactor for the colony. Both of these could have major impact on our civilization. The myrid technologies that would be needed for this to be a reality could greatly enhance the worldwide standard of living.
Finally, I personally feel we should go because we are, at least in America, by tradition frontiersmen without a frontier. Many of us feel a restlessness because there are few places left to go...no more western frontier where we can "make our own". Now, this still wouldn't probably happen in my lifetime (nor probably even in my grandchildrens)...but I would be content with the knowledge that someday one of my decendents could leave this overcrowded place and begin anew in the Martian Colonies.
It's called hope for the future. It's something many of us have lost due to the Patriot Act I & II, our "jobless recovery", our world's biggest prision population, and so on. It's the potential to someday be able to leave if we feel the need. Not me, of course, but someday.
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You need better drugs.
Tons of paperwork?
? ID =12263&c=206
Obviously you haven't heard of the Patriot Act, or the Domestic Security Enhancement Act.
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm
* The government no longer has to show evidence that the subjects of search orders are an "agent of a foreign power," a requirement that previously protected Americans against abuse of this authority.
* The FBI does not even have to show a reasonable suspicion that the records are related to criminal activity, much less the requirement for "probable cause" that is listed in the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. All the government needs to do is make the broad assertion that the request is related to an ongoing terrorism or foreign intelligence investigation.
* Judicial oversight of these new powers is essentially non-existent. The government must only certify to a judge - with no need for evidence or proof - that such a search meets the statute's broad criteria, and the judge does not even have the authority to reject the application.
* Surveillance orders can be based in part on a person's First Amendment activities, such as the books they read, the Web sites they visit, or a letter to the editor they have written.
* A person or organization forced to turn over records is prohibited from disclosing the search to anyone. As a result of this gag order, the subjects of surveillance never even find out that their personal records have been examined by the government. That undercuts an important check and balance on this power: the ability of individuals to challenge illegitimate searches.
It goes on and on. Where there once was vast amounts of paperwork, now a simple "it's a terrorist judge, sign this" and it's done.
Now, as long as that is used only against what most of us consider a "terrorist" (ie, a person who wishes to physcially and violently attack non-military targets for the sake of influencing political opinion), I don't personally mind too much. In Tulsa, we have a building that is a 1/3 (or somewhere around ther) replica of the World Trade Center (or what used to be the WTC). We also had a terrorist act in OKC. But I have a strong suspicion (backed up by numerous historical incidents) that these powers WILL be abused against our citizens that are not really "terrorists". The problem is that the bill(s) have past, and are now in enforcement.
Not that this really has anything to do with what the FBI did. I applaud them in apprehending this individual, and find is somewhat funny that is was done with such a simple method.
Pros: "I'm OS neutral." (though would probably recommend specific OS for specific job)
At my company we prefer "OS-agnostic" as the term...but it's the same idea.