I am with you there, finding out more of the facts, the guy didn't deserve prison time, but he definitely was being stupid about handling the situation.
Not all government contractors are like Halliburton or you would hear much more about it. Some government contractors actually employee competent people and get the job done on a daily basis.
I have heard it said previously, but have not seen any sources for it. Supposedly there was a password database, but Childs was let go between changing the passwords and the database getting updated.
Except that Childs would have been breaking the law to hand over his password to his supervisor as that is directly addressed in the password policy for San Francisco.
"Password Policy" As such, all County employees (including contractors, vendors, and temporary staff with access to County systems) are responsible for taking the appropriate steps, as outlined below, to select and secure their passwords. All system-level passwords (e.g., root, enable, NT admin, application administration accounts, etc.) must be changed on at least a monthly basis" "Do not share County passwords with anyone, including administrative assistants or secretaries.
All passwords are to be treated as sensitive, confidential County information.
Here is a list of things to avoid -Telling your boss your password. -Talking about a password in front of others. -Telling your co-workers your passwordwhile on vacation."
"Password Policy" As such, all County employees (including contractors, vendors, and temporary staff with access to County systems) are responsible for taking the appropriate steps, as outlined below, to select and secure their passwords. All system-level passwords (e.g., root, enable, NT admin, application administration accounts, etc.) must be changed on at least a monthly basis" "Do not share County passwords with anyone, including administrative assistants or secretaries.
All passwords are to be treated as sensitive, confidential County information.
Here is a list of things to avoid -Telling your boss your password. -Talking about a password in front of others. -Telling your co-workers your passwordwhile on vacation."
All you have said is accurate. He was also proved right about the incompetence of the people replacing him. The Fiber WAN ran perfectly fine until the passwords were given over, and then the new admins managed to crash it.
Rather difficult to create another admin account when they haul you off to jail instead. He was hauled off immediately after being requested for his password in a manner that was extremely suspect. Also, you have NO requirement to provide anything to your former employer after they have fired you.
I have an EE degree. What's a good 2nd degree to get? CMP ENG or Comp Sci? I can't decide.
Comp Eng would be more along the lines of the EE, you learn some comp sci, and it teaches you more about the low level like device drivers; also you probably already have half the credits.
Can you be charged for stealing something or for receiving stolen goods after you have actually returned the item? In that case, I would like to see the police officer recovering a stolen car, then returning it to the owner as being liable for receiving stolen goods. He knew it was stolen when he recovered it, why did he touch it to return it?
Actually, the support tech that took the call has already come forward about it. At this point I would call it pretty much fact that the guy called Apple. The support tech just assumed it was a Chinese knock-off and ignored the call.
Zooming out some on that image, It looks like it is on the edge of the city. This would make sense to keep transmission lines to a minimum while still being away from most of the city. I see this one every morning, though in this image it doesn't look like it is running:
Actually, according to a few sources, the original person who found the item attempted to contact Apple, and he was ignored. No stolen property if you attempt to return and the owner doesn't want it.
I believe the attempt by Giz was to help the guy by making it public. The idea is that if many people know who he was, then Apple can't quietly fire him. They would take quite a hit for firing him at this point and it would look petty.
I used to use a WinMo phone, I found that it crashed often enough when a call would come in to be an annoyance, and the phone was quite slow. The slow could have easily been fixed with a faster proc, which is getting better on newer phones, but the random crashes were quite annoying. I now have a BlackBerry Storm which has the same lock up issues, though not as often.
I also agree with the posters argument, but look at it from another perspective. Why is it you have a selection of resolutions in laptops, all the way up to 1920x1200 in a 17" form factor, but when you look at desktop screens, you have to go all the way to 24" to get that same resolution? Why can't I find a 24" with the same display technology as the laptop to give the same resolution as a current 30" screen? Resolution makes a big difference in many things, but my main use is seeing more of my screen when playing games. I play EvE and find that the chat windows and the overview windows take up more of the screen then the actual ship view, this annoys me and would work much better at higher resolutions. I have good eyes, and have no problems with high resolution, and there is obviously a market if they offer laptops with the increased resolution in a small package.
These things may not be what you are looking for, but there are many of us who are looking for them.
Seconded. I have an IPS display at home, and it is wonderful to look at. The Apple displays are also very good, but no longer offered in DVI which can be a pain.
The problem is, Childs was asked for the passwords in a room with law enforcement officers and other people who didn't need to know, by people on the other end of a speakerphone who were unidentified. Would you give the keys to the kingdom in this circumstance? I know I wouldn't. If the person authorized to receive the passwords asks me in a closed room with no one else in it, sure, I'll give them up. Nothing less. You should absolutely not give your passwords in front of people who aren't supposed to know the passwords. This is basic security and he is being treated like a witch in Salem for it.
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I am with you there, finding out more of the facts, the guy didn't deserve prison time, but he definitely was being stupid about handling the situation.
Not all government contractors are like Halliburton or you would hear much more about it. Some government contractors actually employee competent people and get the job done on a daily basis.
I have heard it said previously, but have not seen any sources for it. Supposedly there was a password database, but Childs was let go between changing the passwords and the database getting updated.
Except that Childs would have been breaking the law to hand over his password to his supervisor as that is directly addressed in the password policy for San Francisco.
"Password Policy"
As such, all County employees (including contractors, vendors, and temporary staff with access to County systems) are responsible for taking the appropriate steps, as outlined below, to select and secure their passwords.
All system-level passwords (e.g., root, enable, NT admin, application administration accounts, etc.) must be changed on at least a monthly basis"
"Do not share County passwords with anyone, including administrative assistants or secretaries.
All passwords are to be treated as sensitive, confidential County information.
Here is a list of things to avoid
-Telling your boss your password.
-Talking about a password in front of others.
-Telling your co-workers your passwordwhile on vacation."
http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/dtis/coit/Policies_Forms/CCISDA_security.pdf
"Password Policy"
As such, all County employees (including contractors, vendors, and temporary staff with access to County systems) are responsible for taking the appropriate steps, as outlined below, to select and secure their passwords.
All system-level passwords (e.g., root, enable, NT admin, application administration accounts, etc.) must be changed on at least a monthly basis"
"Do not share County passwords with anyone, including administrative assistants or secretaries.
All passwords are to be treated as sensitive, confidential County information.
Here is a list of things to avoid
-Telling your boss your password.
-Talking about a password in front of others.
-Telling your co-workers your passwordwhile on vacation."
http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/dtis/coit/Policies_Forms/CCISDA_security.pdf
All you have said is accurate. He was also proved right about the incompetence of the people replacing him. The Fiber WAN ran perfectly fine until the passwords were given over, and then the new admins managed to crash it.
Rather difficult to create another admin account when they haul you off to jail instead. He was hauled off immediately after being requested for his password in a manner that was extremely suspect. Also, you have NO requirement to provide anything to your former employer after they have fired you.
Oh, it was that kind of cock, I was trying to figure out how you can suck a male chicken :)
I have an EE degree. What's a good 2nd degree to get? CMP ENG or Comp Sci? I can't decide.
Comp Eng would be more along the lines of the EE, you learn some comp sci, and it teaches you more about the low level like device drivers; also you probably already have half the credits.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voil%C3%A0
it is supposed to be voila. The AC just doesn't know how to spell it, and I don't know how to make the accent work in slashcode.
Can you be charged for stealing something or for receiving stolen goods after you have actually returned the item? In that case, I would like to see the police officer recovering a stolen car, then returning it to the owner as being liable for receiving stolen goods. He knew it was stolen when he recovered it, why did he touch it to return it?
Actually, the support tech that took the call has already come forward about it. At this point I would call it pretty much fact that the guy called Apple. The support tech just assumed it was a Chinese knock-off and ignored the call.
Except where applicable law makes it so...
Sounds like Scientology...
Doh, my comment about the image was refering to a maps.google.com url that I removed:
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=9891548025180463408&q=herbert+a.+wagner+generating+station&hl=en&cd=1&cad=src:pplink&ei=JPbRS4WsEZD8zASv_cDJBA
and its sister plant I linked to above
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=7577988005272051506&q=herbert+a.+wagner+generating+station&hl=en&cd=1&cad=src:pplink&ei=uPbRS53uO5u0zASylqSIBQ
Zooming out some on that image, It looks like it is on the edge of the city. This would make sense to keep transmission lines to a minimum while still being away from most of the city. I see this one every morning, though in this image it doesn't look like it is running:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Shores_Generating_Station
Hell of a ugly plume to see in the winter.
Actually, according to a few sources, the original person who found the item attempted to contact Apple, and he was ignored. No stolen property if you attempt to return and the owner doesn't want it.
I believe the attempt by Giz was to help the guy by making it public. The idea is that if many people know who he was, then Apple can't quietly fire him. They would take quite a hit for firing him at this point and it would look petty.
I used to use a WinMo phone, I found that it crashed often enough when a call would come in to be an annoyance, and the phone was quite slow. The slow could have easily been fixed with a faster proc, which is getting better on newer phones, but the random crashes were quite annoying. I now have a BlackBerry Storm which has the same lock up issues, though not as often.
I also agree with the posters argument, but look at it from another perspective. Why is it you have a selection of resolutions in laptops, all the way up to 1920x1200 in a 17" form factor, but when you look at desktop screens, you have to go all the way to 24" to get that same resolution? Why can't I find a 24" with the same display technology as the laptop to give the same resolution as a current 30" screen? Resolution makes a big difference in many things, but my main use is seeing more of my screen when playing games. I play EvE and find that the chat windows and the overview windows take up more of the screen then the actual ship view, this annoys me and would work much better at higher resolutions. I have good eyes, and have no problems with high resolution, and there is obviously a market if they offer laptops with the increased resolution in a small package.
These things may not be what you are looking for, but there are many of us who are looking for them.
Seconded. I have an IPS display at home, and it is wonderful to look at. The Apple displays are also very good, but no longer offered in DVI which can be a pain.
start -> run -> shutdown -a
Bull
http://www.google.com/search?q=mac+virus
Which very conveniently are in the Quran as well as it is a "derivative work"
The problem is, Childs was asked for the passwords in a room with law enforcement officers and other people who didn't need to know, by people on the other end of a speakerphone who were unidentified. Would you give the keys to the kingdom in this circumstance? I know I wouldn't. If the person authorized to receive the passwords asks me in a closed room with no one else in it, sure, I'll give them up. Nothing less. You should absolutely not give your passwords in front of people who aren't supposed to know the passwords. This is basic security and he is being treated like a witch in Salem for it.