And before hospitals infant and mother mortality rates were astonishingly high. You must be one of those people that assumes that since humans survived until now, they must have done so in comfort.
Actually I've found that Apple products (at least the handheld ones) depreciate FASTER than other brands because the day Apple releases the next version, 75% of the Apple users out there are trying to offload the old one on eBay or craigslist for 1/4 of the price just to try and offset the cost of the new one. If you stay 1 revision behind, portable Apple hardware is actually dirt cheap.
Blueprints are still very common, they just aren't "blue" anymore and are are printed with plotters by CADD designers instead of hand-drawn with onion paper and T-squares (though those are still common in some places). Also, is carbon paper REALLY still used? Then closest I've seen in use in the last 5-10 years is the carbon-less copy paper you see triplicate-forms made with (blue/yellow/pink pages).
Mostly agree except for the carbon copy part. From what I've seen carbon copies are basically extinct and nearly 100% replaced by Carbonless Copy Paper and most people just refer to them as "triplicate makers" or something. Note: the wrench for settings is probably a throwback to when cars were tuned by adjust timing belts and stuff instead of hooking a laptop up to the ECU.
Your timeline doesn't quite work out. You say you're in your 40's (born ~1970?) with around 10 years web and programming experience (implying you started in 2000). Then you say you were a "1980's computer kid", so what happened to that extra 20 years (1980-2000)?
You said you have 10 years in web, scripting and web stuff. How "up to date" is that? If you are still working on website knowledge you acquired even 5 years ago, your skills are now 95% useless as IE6 has died, HTML5 has arrived, python servers have risen and mobile devices have arrived in those 5 years. It may not be your lack of a degree that is holding you back, it may be a lack of NEW knowledge. If you are aprehensive of starting a degree, consider taking nightschool classes in your relevant field.
For web developement (beware the automatic glass ceiling there!) learn python, html5, xml, javascript and user interfaces. iOS/android would also be a good subject to learn if this is the direction you are heading.
If you want to do more conventional desktop software developement consider taking classes in QT, python, cocoa, and what-ever win32 has become (sorry, not a windows dev here).
If you want to do the low-level stuff, look into the kernel API's of the moder linux, windows and apple operating system, ipv6 (this will probably be in high demand in about 5 years) and mesh networking (like smart-meters use). There are also a lot of options in embedded systems like arduino, pic and attiny.
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I was mostly talking about 3rd party applications (firefox, autocadd, WOW, etc) and libraries (QT, OpenGL, etc) not drivers (which Microsoft usually signs anyways).
Actually, open source is in no way a requirement for package managers. Most package managers handle pre-compiled binary packages just fine. In fact, accessing source files is usually an *extra* feature of the package managers. Most distributions perform the compiling themselves for all the open-source software (to ensure sane compile flags and lack of excessive warnings), but even ubuntu distributes various closed-source packages in their official repositories (flash, etc).
Almost all distributions have an option for automatic updates (you can select from auto-download or auto-install) and the rest can be done using cron (those are usually more advanced distros anyways such as arch). In fact many novice-level distributions (where this would be an issue) have automatic updates set by default (or at the very least a prominent notice telling you they are now available).
Package managers only require manually clicking them to update if you set them up that way.
I don't know a whole lot about dnssec, but is there anything stopping a DNS man-in-the-middle from allowing non-dnssec queries to look up false IP's for.secure domains. For example, probably 99.9% of users use their ISP's dns server, if one of them started returning non-dnssec-protected results for "mybank.secure", would anything in a mainstream browser throw up a red flag?
Because that's working so well up here in Canada. We have MOUNTAINS of evidence against the concervatives and all we hear back is "stop trying to slander us, we had nothing to do with it".
This fails the bribbery-prevention test. The #1 reason why they have those secret booths where you make your decisions. Until mind-reading technology is developed, home voting WILL NOT HAPPEN.
In Canada it's actually illegal to even ask. Trust me, I checked after being told I was no longer getting the position because somebody higher up found out a family member also works there.
Lying about ANYTHING on your resume or during an interview is immediate grounds for dismissal. If you feel comfortable working at a company that could fire you the instant they google your name, then go ahead.
That's just dumb. The only way you could use that argument is by TELLING them your password is part of you DNA sequence, in which case you've already serendered a portion of your password.
Microsoft became the gold standard in patch deployment over the past several years
I *actually* laughed when I read that! When Microsoft's updater can update software other than their own, THEN you can TRY saying that again. Until then all the Linux users will just shake their heads at your ignorance.
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And before hospitals infant and mother mortality rates were astonishingly high. You must be one of those people that assumes that since humans survived until now, they must have done so in comfort.
Actually I've found that Apple products (at least the handheld ones) depreciate FASTER than other brands because the day Apple releases the next version, 75% of the Apple users out there are trying to offload the old one on eBay or craigslist for 1/4 of the price just to try and offset the cost of the new one. If you stay 1 revision behind, portable Apple hardware is actually dirt cheap.
Blueprints are still very common, they just aren't "blue" anymore and are are printed with plotters by CADD designers instead of hand-drawn with onion paper and T-squares (though those are still common in some places). Also, is carbon paper REALLY still used? Then closest I've seen in use in the last 5-10 years is the carbon-less copy paper you see triplicate-forms made with (blue/yellow/pink pages).
Mostly agree except for the carbon copy part. From what I've seen carbon copies are basically extinct and nearly 100% replaced by Carbonless Copy Paper and most people just refer to them as "triplicate makers" or something. Note: the wrench for settings is probably a throwback to when cars were tuned by adjust timing belts and stuff instead of hooking a laptop up to the ECU.
I think I still have a VCR in the basement that has a remote control with a 20' wire on it instead of using IR.
Your timeline doesn't quite work out. You say you're in your 40's (born ~1970?) with around 10 years web and programming experience (implying you started in 2000). Then you say you were a "1980's computer kid", so what happened to that extra 20 years (1980-2000)?
You said you have 10 years in web, scripting and web stuff. How "up to date" is that? If you are still working on website knowledge you acquired even 5 years ago, your skills are now 95% useless as IE6 has died, HTML5 has arrived, python servers have risen and mobile devices have arrived in those 5 years. It may not be your lack of a degree that is holding you back, it may be a lack of NEW knowledge. If you are aprehensive of starting a degree, consider taking nightschool classes in your relevant field.
For web developement (beware the automatic glass ceiling there!) learn python, html5, xml, javascript and user interfaces. iOS/android would also be a good subject to learn if this is the direction you are heading.
If you want to do more conventional desktop software developement consider taking classes in QT, python, cocoa, and what-ever win32 has become (sorry, not a windows dev here).
If you want to do the low-level stuff, look into the kernel API's of the moder linux, windows and apple operating system, ipv6 (this will probably be in high demand in about 5 years) and mesh networking (like smart-meters use). There are also a lot of options in embedded systems like arduino, pic and attiny.
And once again, that depends on the user's browser (or what-ever mechanism the browser accesses for DNS information) to enforce DNSSEC.
I wanted to take my kid to the polling place so he could see Democracy Inaction.
It's hard to tell if that's a typo or not. If not, well done!
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I was mostly talking about 3rd party applications (firefox, autocadd, WOW, etc) and libraries (QT, OpenGL, etc) not drivers (which Microsoft usually signs anyways).
Actually, open source is in no way a requirement for package managers. Most package managers handle pre-compiled binary packages just fine. In fact, accessing source files is usually an *extra* feature of the package managers. Most distributions perform the compiling themselves for all the open-source software (to ensure sane compile flags and lack of excessive warnings), but even ubuntu distributes various closed-source packages in their official repositories (flash, etc).
Almost all distributions have an option for automatic updates (you can select from auto-download or auto-install) and the rest can be done using cron (those are usually more advanced distros anyways such as arch). In fact many novice-level distributions (where this would be an issue) have automatic updates set by default (or at the very least a prominent notice telling you they are now available).
Package managers only require manually clicking them to update if you set them up that way.
Yes, but unless the user's browser KNOWS that, any rogue DNS server could still potentially redirect them to a fake .secure site.
I don't know a whole lot about dnssec, but is there anything stopping a DNS man-in-the-middle from allowing non-dnssec queries to look up false IP's for .secure domains. For example, probably 99.9% of users use their ISP's dns server, if one of them started returning non-dnssec-protected results for "mybank.secure", would anything in a mainstream browser throw up a red flag?
And by lunch time everyone's pizza pops will be pre-cooked!
Because that's working so well up here in Canada. We have MOUNTAINS of evidence against the concervatives and all we hear back is "stop trying to slander us, we had nothing to do with it".
This fails the bribbery-prevention test. The #1 reason why they have those secret booths where you make your decisions. Until mind-reading technology is developed, home voting WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Unless they're hashes of some kind (though they don't appear to be md5, sha, etc). Either way, the usernames themselves look like bot names.
Seeing as they screwed up the employee/employer thing farther up as well, that makes sense.
In Canada it's actually illegal to even ask. Trust me, I checked after being told I was no longer getting the position because somebody higher up found out a family member also works there.
Lying about ANYTHING on your resume or during an interview is immediate grounds for dismissal. If you feel comfortable working at a company that could fire you the instant they google your name, then go ahead.
request that they suspend the interview so that you can consult a lawyer.
You'd probably break the record for fastest mid-interview shit-canning.
That's just dumb. The only way you could use that argument is by TELLING them your password is part of you DNA sequence, in which case you've already serendered a portion of your password.
Apt, yum, pacman, etc are all used by thousands of users to update and patch their systems every day. What more could you possibly want?
Microsoft became the gold standard in patch deployment over the past several years
I *actually* laughed when I read that! When Microsoft's updater can update software other than their own, THEN you can TRY saying that again. Until then all the Linux users will just shake their heads at your ignorance.
Or a package manager that keeps ALL your software up to date like Linux has had for years!