One of my older passwords for important stuff was an Office 2000 key I learned by heart. 25 characters, letters mixed with numbers, not including dashes. If special characters were required, then I'd use dashes, otherwise not. Save for VL keys, they were unique so the chances of someone guessing that were very, very slim.
And just for kicks I wrote a password manager which allowed you to use any key on the keyboard, including ctrl, shift, alt, caps lock, Win key, you name it. How about using ctrl, shift+num*, backspace, backspace, F1, Esc, Scroll Lock, Winkey as a password?:) (the only problem was that if you fatfingered a key you would have to wait for the 10 second cool off and try again when prompted) The application could also be configured to give you a "wrong password" result if you entered the right password, with a configurable delay during which you were expected to do nothing to go through. There was no visual feedback when pressing the keys, only sound. But a regular user would be driven mad by such a login method, heh-heh.
There are many ways to make an environment secure password-wise. But Average Joe wants it quick and easy, so as long as people aren't educated, nothing would really be secure enough.
If it's followed by a verb, then yes, you're right: "Bans people from using your stuff." If it's followed by a noun, then it's correct: "Bans people your stuff". It doesn't sound right, and, as stated, there are better alternatives, but... oh fuck it, yeah, they should pay more attention next time!:)
It's kind of convoluted but still technically correct. "bans BitTorrent users your local sub-net" = "prohibits them your local sub-net." = "forbids them your local sub-net." = "forbids your subnet to them".
I agree it could have been reworded but it's not a complete fuck-up.
The GP question was whether they can do it, not whether they could do it by themselves. My response wasn't denying the importance of the discovery, merly was pointing out that a broad statement (can an animal draw?) can be easily proved wrong.
Chimps can, elephants can, even dogs can. Draw, that is. Sometimes their drawings make sense because our brains force otherwise random lines into known shapes. Or they actually do draw... better than me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Wow, he really did that, single-handedly? Did he personally alter every distro by threatening their developers at gunpoint or something like that? Quick, someone hire this guy as the Angel of Justice.
It could connect through infrared or bluetooth or firewire or whatever connectivity you'd prefer. Nothing prevents a mouse from communicating through any imaginable protocol. Most mice use USB bus to work because it's convenient and ubiquitous, nothing more.
Anecdotical counter-evidence: my uncle lost his sense of smell back in '94, arguably because he was smoking too much. He quit smoking in '95 and is still alive and well, 19 years later. He's born in 1942, if anyone cares to know.
I got a bit smarter and here's how I set up my desktop.
I have two folders created on my Desktop, one called "Software" and another called "Games". All software shortcuts go into the former, and all games shortcuts go into the latter. I then create two toolbars on my taskbar which point to those two folders, basically obtaining a slimmed down start menu which works the same way but doesn't have all the extra shit I don't need (e.g. Uninstall shortcuts, heinous list of subfolders, etc). Most used applications are also pinned to Taskbar.
So I am two clicks away from any application/game in my computer, all without having to use the Start Menu. With Win8, I actually didn't miss the start menu, I missed the taskbar and all the functionality it offered. Yes, I know it exists, but with the Windows button acting differently depending on which applications you have started and the need to press Alt+F4 to make sure an application is closed, it was diminishing my performance.
Your company is like an actor in a serious movie. In serious movies, you don't see actors defecating, scratching their balls, etc (there are exceptions, of course). Bugs are just like those activities that everybody does but nobody exposes.
Please don't open that particular can of worms:) The reasons why some people go through this effort of manually putting together reports is unreasonable management demands. They want powerpoint slides in that specific format, using those specific fonts, having that specific logo in that specific place, using data sources which are not connected to each other, and God forbid if you put that graph 2 millimeters to the right. It would be the end of the world.
I can create reports really quickly, but they don't satisfy specific constraints, so results need to be exported and babysat to appease the powers that be. Formatting it accordingly is a PITA and no automated reporting can do the job.
Not to mention data sources which are not integrated for plenty of reasons: - someone doesn't want to grant access to their data source for automation ("only PDF outputs, no DB access!") - someone felt like using a DB was "too difficult" so they have spreadsheets for their data - someone has an ancient, non-standard spaghetti code script set up and don't feel like leaving the 80s.
Sprinkle all that with political games that happen between teams and groups and you're proper fucked.
Agreed with everything you said. I guess I was focusing more on the idea of online reporting versus document-based reporting. A PDF export is something that's static and quickly slips into obsolescence, also it's an uncontrolled document which might or might not be relevant a day, a week or a month from now. I had plenty discussions with people who used to export reports to PDF and challenge the online reporting after a couple months when, due to inherent changes in the DB data, the online report would no longer exactly match the PDF export they had.
Oh yeah, add 5 minutes of work for a director (50 dollars lost) and remove 100 employees' man hours (1000 dollars gained), I see how that doesn't make any sense...
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One of my older passwords for important stuff was an Office 2000 key I learned by heart. 25 characters, letters mixed with numbers, not including dashes. If special characters were required, then I'd use dashes, otherwise not.
Save for VL keys, they were unique so the chances of someone guessing that were very, very slim.
And just for kicks I wrote a password manager which allowed you to use any key on the keyboard, including ctrl, shift, alt, caps lock, Win key, you name it. How about using ctrl, shift+num*, backspace, backspace, F1, Esc, Scroll Lock, Winkey as a password? :)
(the only problem was that if you fatfingered a key you would have to wait for the 10 second cool off and try again when prompted)
The application could also be configured to give you a "wrong password" result if you entered the right password, with a configurable delay during which you were expected to do nothing to go through. There was no visual feedback when pressing the keys, only sound.
But a regular user would be driven mad by such a login method, heh-heh.
There are many ways to make an environment secure password-wise. But Average Joe wants it quick and easy, so as long as people aren't educated, nothing would really be secure enough.
Thoughts?
I got nothing.
If it's followed by a verb, then yes, you're right: "Bans people from using your stuff." :)
If it's followed by a noun, then it's correct: "Bans people your stuff". It doesn't sound right, and, as stated, there are better alternatives, but... oh fuck it, yeah, they should pay more attention next time!
110% because my manager says that's what we have to give for the company.
It's kind of convoluted but still technically correct.
"bans BitTorrent users your local sub-net" = "prohibits them your local sub-net." = "forbids them your local sub-net." = "forbids your subnet to them".
I agree it could have been reworded but it's not a complete fuck-up.
The GP question was whether they can do it, not whether they could do it by themselves. My response wasn't denying the importance of the discovery, merly was pointing out that a broad statement (can an animal draw?) can be easily proved wrong.
Chimps can, elephants can, even dogs can. Draw, that is. Sometimes their drawings make sense because our brains force otherwise random lines into known shapes.
Or they actually do draw... better than me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Fuck yeah, headbangers!
Wow, he really did that, single-handedly? Did he personally alter every distro by threatening their developers at gunpoint or something like that?
Quick, someone hire this guy as the Angel of Justice.
It could connect through infrared or bluetooth or firewire or whatever connectivity you'd prefer. Nothing prevents a mouse from communicating through any imaginable protocol. Most mice use USB bus to work because it's convenient and ubiquitous, nothing more.
Anecdotical counter-evidence: my uncle lost his sense of smell back in '94, arguably because he was smoking too much. He quit smoking in '95 and is still alive and well, 19 years later. He's born in 1942, if anyone cares to know.
Next step: abolish all laws.
Pigeon Molesters!
IIRC we don't really survive it as the same species.
I got a bit smarter and here's how I set up my desktop.
I have two folders created on my Desktop, one called "Software" and another called "Games". All software shortcuts go into the former, and all games shortcuts go into the latter. I then create two toolbars on my taskbar which point to those two folders, basically obtaining a slimmed down start menu which works the same way but doesn't have all the extra shit I don't need (e.g. Uninstall shortcuts, heinous list of subfolders, etc). Most used applications are also pinned to Taskbar.
So I am two clicks away from any application/game in my computer, all without having to use the Start Menu. With Win8, I actually didn't miss the start menu, I missed the taskbar and all the functionality it offered. Yes, I know it exists, but with the Windows button acting differently depending on which applications you have started and the need to press Alt+F4 to make sure an application is closed, it was diminishing my performance.
Your company is like an actor in a serious movie. In serious movies, you don't see actors defecating, scratching their balls, etc (there are exceptions, of course).
Bugs are just like those activities that everybody does but nobody exposes.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
It's not about the size of the boat, but the motion in the ocean!
They meant this dude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...
Compared to "it doesn't work at all under Linux"...
Please don't open that particular can of worms :)
The reasons why some people go through this effort of manually putting together reports is unreasonable management demands.
They want powerpoint slides in that specific format, using those specific fonts, having that specific logo in that specific place, using data sources which are not connected to each other, and God forbid if you put that graph 2 millimeters to the right. It would be the end of the world.
I can create reports really quickly, but they don't satisfy specific constraints, so results need to be exported and babysat to appease the powers that be. Formatting it accordingly is a PITA and no automated reporting can do the job.
Not to mention data sources which are not integrated for plenty of reasons:
- someone doesn't want to grant access to their data source for automation ("only PDF outputs, no DB access!")
- someone felt like using a DB was "too difficult" so they have spreadsheets for their data
- someone has an ancient, non-standard spaghetti code script set up and don't feel like leaving the 80s.
Sprinkle all that with political games that happen between teams and groups and you're proper fucked.
Geez, mate.
OK, the shade of PINK. The shade of GREY. The width of a line. The size of this font.
Better now?
Agreed with everything you said.
I guess I was focusing more on the idea of online reporting versus document-based reporting. A PDF export is something that's static and quickly slips into obsolescence, also it's an uncontrolled document which might or might not be relevant a day, a week or a month from now. I had plenty discussions with people who used to export reports to PDF and challenge the online reporting after a couple months when, due to inherent changes in the DB data, the online report would no longer exactly match the PDF export they had.
Yes, as a matter of fact I did, it was part of the new implementation BRD.
Let me know if you have other questions.
Oh yeah, add 5 minutes of work for a director (50 dollars lost) and remove 100 employees' man hours (1000 dollars gained), I see how that doesn't make any sense...