Don't look down on those questions. The day You try You will realize that designing good problems is *much* harder than solving them.
That all depends on how the questions were presented. Was it a fill in the blank style question which really is trivia, or did it ask the participant to analyze actual code and determine the complexity himself? My hunch tells me it was a memorization type question, in which case his answer was pretty clever.
IBM abandoned the PC market because they thought it was a fad and "beneath" them. They focused on bigger and better things. Obviously Microsoft isn't "too good" for the tablet market, but if they think it's a fad then why waste the money?
Presumably, gainfully employed miners making a wage with real money.
Now go read the linked article before you try to be too smart by half.
The linked article is about the parallels of the newest Star Trek movie to modern society. That's nice. I don't see how it is relevant to the current discussion, even after I pointed out I have no interest in Star Trek. Are you implying that materials used to make CFLs will be harvested from slave labor? I know that China alone produces a majority of the worlds' Tungsten. I don't know the conditions of their mine workers' well-being, but anecdotal evidence based on stories of their coal mines suggest it's not what you might expect.
Sometimes the interests of a group should supersede the rights of some of its members. I really don't care who makes money off of light bulbs, whether it's incandescent or CFL manufacturers. I don't even know if they're mutually exclusive. The overall demand for lighting isn't going to rise artificially, if anything it's going to go down since CFLs last longer. And, like most new technology, over time, and as demand rises, the price of that technology goes down. I won't disagree that incandescent bulbs are better than CFLs in some situations (for instance, LEDs in traffic lights can't melt snow), but I will argue the overall benefits of CFLs over incandescents.
Really? Are you picturing some Snidely Whiplash type lightbulb baron, sitting in his leather chair in the CFL Bulb, Inc. boardroom, smoking an El Presidente as he celebrates the completion of his master plan to get rid of his competition through an "energy efficiency law." He cackles maniacally as the money starts pouring through the vents...
Or maybe your bit about patents is full of shit. A quick look on the CFL wiki article shows that the patent on the very common spiral CFL bulb expired already. This isn't about corporate profits, it's about pushing the public towards better lighting. It's the same reason we have minimum emissions standards for vehicles.
Its these bloody sideways keyboard things that the cool kids have that baffle me.
It wouldn't baffle you if you ever played an MMORPG. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of commands you can use. Being able to map the most common ones to your mouse keys makes playing the game that much more efficient, and really can "make or break" a battle.
The extra buttons ones I guess serve a purpose if you are incapable of using modifiers or are some kind of Octopi
There's always room for more buttons. When gaming there's no reason to devote dozens of keys to your left hand, and only two buttons to the right. Even just for general use, more buttons make for more a better experience. Ever try using an Apple mouse? Ever try using a mouse without a scroll wheel? It's a pain because we're used to more buttons.
Do yourself a favor. Go out and buy a mouse with extra thumb buttons, and don't look back.
I might be ok with this, but only if they include vehicle weight in the tax calculation. My 3000lb Prius does less damage to road infrastructure than a 5000 lb truck. The same goes for speeding tickets. The amount you pay should be a factor of your momentum, not your speed.
My point was that they're trying to decide what kind of light-bulbs to use when they should be trying to eliminate light-bulb use and make more use of the sun. Humans have actual physiological responses to sunlight.
It's true. Windows and sunlight are reserved for the benefit of managers. And yes, the sun might not be out for very long in some places, but the cubicle farms are some of the most unproductive workplaces. The least they could do is try to include ambient sunlight into the workspace instead of glaring the same fluorescent bulbs from 8-5 in a sad, depressing stink hole where 4-5 consultants work in the same 12x12 space devoid of any color save for the shirt on your chest and whatever Windows theme you happen to choose.
that they must submit it the information, in my opinion it should be submitted to the person directly above them and that person should decide whether to submit it to the government or not. I just want full disclosure. If some security researcher is collecting information about me, shouldn't I know that they might give it to the government if the government asks for it?
How delusional are you? You pretty much waive this right when you willfully submit that information to the public. If I see evidence of you doing something illegal and then you post a video of yourself committing a crime in Youtube, you've pretty much waived all rights to disclosure.
If you saw people breaking into a home wouldn't you report it? Or would the stigma of "confidential informant" be to much?
That depends on whose home it is. If it's a rich assholes home, probably not. If it's my friends home, most definitely. If it's a complete strangers home, probably not because the complete stranger could be an even bigger crook than the burglars in the end.
Ok...but in this case it's more like breaking into the hospital to steal drugs...
It likely has less to do with their title and more to do with who they work for. If they work for the federal government directly, at an agency, they might be compelled to submit this information. If they work for a government funded, third party organization, perhaps it's in a contract. They may work for a totally private organization or free-lance in which case they likely have full discretion. Or maybe the "informant" was just a disgruntled acquaintance.
Has "security researcher" become the code for for confidential informant? Why else would the "researcher" go out of his way to "inform" the FBI?
If you saw people breaking into a home wouldn't you report it? Or would the stigma of "confidential informant" be to much?
Why do articles even call them "security researchers"? Now if this guys job is to investigate hackers, then he should be called a "cyber crime investigator". It's disingenuous to call an a cyber crime investigator/cybercop detective a security researcher. What is with this trend?
Who cares if the person was a "security researcher" or "cybercop detective"? What's it matter?
And what is the official function of a security researcher? Are they informants? I'd think maybe not if they aren't pretending to be outlaw/blackhats, so I cannot put them in the obvious informant/snitch category that albert gonzalez is in. An informant/snitch generally is someone who is a criminal hacker or member of a crew, who betrays his or her own crew to provide information to another crew (usually the police). Albert Gonzalez fits the definition of a snitch, the worst kind.
You took the term "security researcher", substituted your own definition of "confidential informant", and then hinted that the person might be a snitch...
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Don't look down on those questions. The day You try You will realize that designing good problems is *much* harder than solving them.
That all depends on how the questions were presented. Was it a fill in the blank style question which really is trivia, or did it ask the participant to analyze actual code and determine the complexity himself? My hunch tells me it was a memorization type question, in which case his answer was pretty clever.
IBM abandoned the PC market because they thought it was a fad and "beneath" them. They focused on bigger and better things. Obviously Microsoft isn't "too good" for the tablet market, but if they think it's a fad then why waste the money?
And the iProduct marketing
Presumably, gainfully employed miners making a wage with real money.
Now go read the linked article before you try to be too smart by half.
The linked article is about the parallels of the newest Star Trek movie to modern society. That's nice. I don't see how it is relevant to the current discussion, even after I pointed out I have no interest in Star Trek. Are you implying that materials used to make CFLs will be harvested from slave labor? I know that China alone produces a majority of the worlds' Tungsten. I don't know the conditions of their mine workers' well-being, but anecdotal evidence based on stories of their coal mines suggest it's not what you might expect.
I've never watched an episode of Star Trek in my life. But you tell me; Who mines the tungsten used for incandescent filaments?
Incandescent bulbs powered by coal release way more mercury than CFLs
Err, that's what you meant...right?
Sometimes the interests of a group should supersede the rights of some of its members. I really don't care who makes money off of light bulbs, whether it's incandescent or CFL manufacturers. I don't even know if they're mutually exclusive. The overall demand for lighting isn't going to rise artificially, if anything it's going to go down since CFLs last longer. And, like most new technology, over time, and as demand rises, the price of that technology goes down. I won't disagree that incandescent bulbs are better than CFLs in some situations (for instance, LEDs in traffic lights can't melt snow), but I will argue the overall benefits of CFLs over incandescents.
Really? Are you picturing some Snidely Whiplash type lightbulb baron, sitting in his leather chair in the CFL Bulb, Inc. boardroom, smoking an El Presidente as he celebrates the completion of his master plan to get rid of his competition through an "energy efficiency law." He cackles maniacally as the money starts pouring through the vents...
Or maybe your bit about patents is full of shit. A quick look on the CFL wiki article shows that the patent on the very common spiral CFL bulb expired already. This isn't about corporate profits, it's about pushing the public towards better lighting. It's the same reason we have minimum emissions standards for vehicles.
I've got one with 2 thumb buttons etc.
Its these bloody sideways keyboard things that the cool kids have that baffle me.
It wouldn't baffle you if you ever played an MMORPG. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of commands you can use. Being able to map the most common ones to your mouse keys makes playing the game that much more efficient, and really can "make or break" a battle.
The extra buttons ones I guess serve a purpose if you are incapable of using modifiers or are some kind of Octopi
There's always room for more buttons. When gaming there's no reason to devote dozens of keys to your left hand, and only two buttons to the right. Even just for general use, more buttons make for more a better experience. Ever try using an Apple mouse? Ever try using a mouse without a scroll wheel? It's a pain because we're used to more buttons.
Do yourself a favor. Go out and buy a mouse with extra thumb buttons, and don't look back.
I might be ok with this, but only if they include vehicle weight in the tax calculation. My 3000lb Prius does less damage to road infrastructure than a 5000 lb truck. The same goes for speeding tickets. The amount you pay should be a factor of your momentum, not your speed.
My point was that they're trying to decide what kind of light-bulbs to use when they should be trying to eliminate light-bulb use and make more use of the sun. Humans have actual physiological responses to sunlight.
FTFY
FTFY
It's true. Windows and sunlight are reserved for the benefit of managers. And yes, the sun might not be out for very long in some places, but the cubicle farms are some of the most unproductive workplaces. The least they could do is try to include ambient sunlight into the workspace instead of glaring the same fluorescent bulbs from 8-5 in a sad, depressing stink hole where 4-5 consultants work in the same 12x12 space devoid of any color save for the shirt on your chest and whatever Windows theme you happen to choose.
Did they just give up on the idea of a window for actual sun-light?
INTO brush. Isn't this going to be true of most gadgets with no moving parts?
In all seriousness, that would be a pretty significant discovery if we found life living close to the mantle.
They're just trying to show the public how much "lost revenues" "pirating" has cost them.
Apparently some people didn't notice the invisible sarcasm tags
that they must submit it the information, in my opinion it should be submitted to the person directly above them and that person should decide whether to submit it to the government or not. I just want full disclosure. If some security researcher is collecting information about me, shouldn't I know that they might give it to the government if the government asks for it?
How delusional are you? You pretty much waive this right when you willfully submit that information to the public. If I see evidence of you doing something illegal and then you post a video of yourself committing a crime in Youtube, you've pretty much waived all rights to disclosure.
The stigma of being a "confidential informant" is quite hazardous. Why do you think there's a Witness Protection Program?
We're not talking about the mafia. This is a dumbass script kiddie.
If you saw people breaking into a home wouldn't you report it? Or would the stigma of "confidential informant" be to much?
That depends on whose home it is. If it's a rich assholes home, probably not. If it's my friends home, most definitely. If it's a complete strangers home, probably not because the complete stranger could be an even bigger crook than the burglars in the end.
Ok...but in this case it's more like breaking into the hospital to steal drugs...
That's not that bad. People could get much worse for having the police catch them with crack in their home!
Yeah, and in countries where they cut off your hands for stealing, you should be grateful they don't just cut off your head like in other places!
It likely has less to do with their title and more to do with who they work for. If they work for the federal government directly, at an agency, they might be compelled to submit this information. If they work for a government funded, third party organization, perhaps it's in a contract. They may work for a totally private organization or free-lance in which case they likely have full discretion. Or maybe the "informant" was just a disgruntled acquaintance.
Has "security researcher" become the code for for confidential informant? Why else would the "researcher" go out of his way to "inform" the FBI?
If you saw people breaking into a home wouldn't you report it? Or would the stigma of "confidential informant" be to much?
Why do articles even call them "security researchers"? Now if this guys job is to investigate hackers, then he should be called a "cyber crime investigator". It's disingenuous to call an a cyber crime investigator/cybercop detective a security researcher. What is with this trend?
Who cares if the person was a "security researcher" or "cybercop detective"? What's it matter?
And what is the official function of a security researcher? Are they informants? I'd think maybe not if they aren't pretending to be outlaw/blackhats, so I cannot put them in the obvious informant/snitch category that albert gonzalez is in. An informant/snitch generally is someone who is a criminal hacker or member of a crew, who betrays his or her own crew to provide information to another crew (usually the police). Albert Gonzalez fits the definition of a snitch, the worst kind.
You took the term "security researcher", substituted your own definition of "confidential informant", and then hinted that the person might be a snitch...
They're just trying to show the public how much "lost revenues" "pirating" has cost them.