It seems entirely arbitrary to require a degree - any degree - to teach. I wonder if that puts anyone else off? Personally, I think 20+ years work experience trumps a 3-year degree.
It sounds like you're trying to achieve two separate goals here :
1. To limit time spent on websites that are potentially not work-related / time wasting / etc
2. To block websites that are potentially dangerous to your network (infected)
To implement the bosses suggestion you need a different system to handle each and a way to categorise the blocked sites - or a system that allows more fine grained control.
Stepping back a bit...
More importantly though, your boss should want to demonstrate that he trusts his employees to use their work time sensibly. By blocking websites for reasons other than network security and creating little bureaucratic procedures to unblock them you send a clear signal to the employee that they are not to be trusted with a basic resource like web browsing. Expect them to respond in kind.
How long before Mozilla integrates a TOR client, available by default, for browsing to.onion addresses? It could also have an "Unblock this site" toolbar button which adds a blocked site to a "browse-over-tor" list and refreshes the page. If that's not been done already, that'd make a great plugin.
Why do you Americans put up with this awful service? Why is it legal for medical providers to behave in this way? Who is looking after the interests of the consumer to ensure they are not ripped off? Who is regulating the market so that it remains healthy allowing proper price discovery instead of the outright fraudulent practices that you have described? What do you pay your taxes for?
This puts America in an entirely new light for me. I am genuinely disgusted.
How about open wifi over Tor - that would allow you to share but avoid problems associated with liability for actions done on your connection and an ISP would have a job proving you were sharing their network capacity too.
All you need is a router that supports multiple SSID's and segmentation of them, a couple of clever firewall rules and Tor's Transparent Proxy support.
NEWB: I have . How do I solve it?
List doesn't reply within 10 minutes. NEWB: Look, I have to have this fixed by Monday. How do I solve it? If you don't solve it for me then I have to move to.
List doesn't reply within 10 minutes. NEWB gets angry NEWB: Its such a simple issue. I can't belive nobody can solve it. (Oh the irony). Bump bump bump. List: STFU NEWB.
Don't expect support-contract-like behaviour from a list - remember they're volunteers, there's no "SLA" and they don't work for you.
Some simple steps for success: Make the effort to properly describe your problem and the steps you took to try and solve it. Make doubley sure you're posting to the correct list - many projects have development and user lists. And always be polite.
"but I thought they used a private/public key system for identity verification."
There is plenty public key cryptography in both TOR and Bitcoin - but none of these uses establishes a permanent identity on the network. For TOR getting a new identity is as easy as picking a new path through the TOR network.
For bitcoin a different key is used for every transaction.
Does Silk road implement some other use that provides the 'identity verification' properties you mention?
To ensure the judges get the "right" result instead of focusing on theory.
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Ok I'm paraphrasing quite liberally there but am I the only one that finds the kind of access these.*AA's have to the judiciary more than a little disturbing?
Or is this just the latest manifestation of the corporatocracy that's dominating western politics.
Javascript keywords are English words but it's quite a leap to suggest you need to know English to learn Javascript!
In fact, it might be an advantage to have the keywords as foreign words because they represent abstract concepts that ought to be considered apart from their real world meanings. IMHO.
"The increased secrecy from the company was demonstrated best last week, when it unveiled its first-ever tablet, the Surface, but left many questions unanswered, including the price, sales date, and even the hardware's battery life."
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Taking a leaf out of Apples playbook then. I wonder if Apple patented it?
IANAL but one might argue that "copper wire" isn't a telecommunication system either.
But, like free space (or air as you put it) it might form part of one.
The act doesn't specify how the network is established - only that intercepting communications on it would be in contravention of Section 7 of that Act.
IANAL but the mobile system is connected to the landline system (series of systems) which together make up the telecommunications network. I would conclude therefore that the mobile telephone network is not excluded by this provision. An example of an excluded system might be a taxi radio control system or air traffic control.
In Australia, the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 explicitly prohibits this activity. Section 7 - Telecommunications not to be intercepted
A person shall not:
(a) intercept;
(b) authorize, suffer or permit another person to intercept; or
(c) do any act or thing that will enable him or her or another person to intercept;
a communication passing over a telecommunications system.
This seems like a pretty clear violation to me. (note, that even though it is data traffic between the phone and the cell and not voice, it still violates the above.)
The whole thing seems a bit one sided.
Given that Gizmodo knowingly paid for stolen goods, where is their equivalent fine, community service and probation?
"But is it worth chasing lesser quantities that would result in zero or minimal damage?"
If 10X of a bad substance is your damage threshold and 2X is your detection threshold then all Terry Terrorist has to do is smuggle X ten times.... stashing it somewhere after security.
On the 10th time he picks up 10X after passing security and boards a plane.
Boom.
"...and was shocked that people would believe it to be unseemly and even objectionable that a government was using modern technology to help its citizens in noble tasks like avoiding becoming roadkill when their motorocycles break down or keep track of potential jobs without being stuck at home all day -- the very things you'd want government to do with your tax dollars"
I can't imagine why anyone would object to spending £10000 on an app to make a flashing light. And I have to wonder how many unemployed people who own an expensive iPhone will be using government jobs websites...
Lets face facts here. The iPhone is a heavily locked down platform run by control freaks in California and owned by a very small percentage of the population. Tell me again why should my tax go towards supporting that platform?
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I've had relatively productive experiences with the TSA sans a few minor run-ins,
I think you've missed a piece. He didn't say the piece you quoted was productive!
It seems entirely arbitrary to require a degree - any degree - to teach. I wonder if that puts anyone else off? Personally, I think 20+ years work experience trumps a 3-year degree.
It sounds like you're trying to achieve two separate goals here :
To implement the bosses suggestion you need a different system to handle each and a way to categorise the blocked sites - or a system that allows more fine grained control.
Stepping back a bit...
More importantly though, your boss should want to demonstrate that he trusts his employees to use their work time sensibly. By blocking websites for reasons other than network security and creating little bureaucratic procedures to unblock them you send a clear signal to the employee that they are not to be trusted with a basic resource like web browsing. Expect them to respond in kind.
How long before Mozilla integrates a TOR client, available by default, for browsing to .onion addresses? It could also have an "Unblock this site" toolbar button which adds a blocked site to a "browse-over-tor" list and refreshes the page. If that's not been done already, that'd make a great plugin.
I have only questions :
Why do you Americans put up with this awful service? Why is it legal for medical providers to behave in this way? Who is looking after the interests of the consumer to ensure they are not ripped off? Who is regulating the market so that it remains healthy allowing proper price discovery instead of the outright fraudulent practices that you have described? What do you pay your taxes for?
This puts America in an entirely new light for me. I am genuinely disgusted.
How about open wifi over Tor - that would allow you to share but avoid problems associated with liability for actions done on your connection and an ISP would have a job proving you were sharing their network capacity too.
All you need is a router that supports multiple SSID's and segmentation of them, a couple of clever firewall rules and Tor's Transparent Proxy support.
Except often it goes like this:
NEWB: I have . How do I solve it? .
List doesn't reply within 10 minutes.
NEWB: Look, I have to have this fixed by Monday. How do I solve it? If you don't solve it for me then I have to move to
List doesn't reply within 10 minutes. NEWB gets angry
NEWB: Its such a simple issue. I can't belive nobody can solve it. (Oh the irony). Bump bump bump.
List: STFU NEWB.
Don't expect support-contract-like behaviour from a list - remember they're volunteers, there's no "SLA" and they don't work for you.
Some simple steps for success: Make the effort to properly describe your problem and the steps you took to try and solve it. Make doubley sure you're posting to the correct list - many projects have development and user lists. And always be polite.
Your logical fallacy is: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-authority
"but I thought they used a private/public key system for identity verification."
There is plenty public key cryptography in both TOR and Bitcoin - but none of these uses establishes a permanent identity on the network. For TOR getting a new identity is as easy as picking a new path through the TOR network.
For bitcoin a different key is used for every transaction.
Does Silk road implement some other use that provides the 'identity verification' properties you mention?
Given that you can buy a completely functioning computer for about £30/$50 then I would say they've just begun again!
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Ok I'm paraphrasing quite liberally there but am I the only one that finds the kind of access these .*AA's have to the judiciary more than a little disturbing?
Or is this just the latest manifestation of the corporatocracy that's dominating western politics.
Javascript keywords are English words but it's quite a leap to suggest you need to know English to learn Javascript! In fact, it might be an advantage to have the keywords as foreign words because they represent abstract concepts that ought to be considered apart from their real world meanings. IMHO.
No further comment.
"The increased secrecy from the company was demonstrated best last week, when it unveiled its first-ever tablet, the Surface, but left many questions unanswered, including the price, sales date, and even the hardware's battery life."
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Taking a leaf out of Apples playbook then. I wonder if Apple patented it?
You do know how hydraulic brakes work?
I guess the fluid stays in the pipes and they work as normal. (until the servo assist runs out then you have to stamp harder)
and electric steering work, right?
That's what batteries are for.
Many new cars don't have one.
In their place they have an RF proximity key and a start/stop button.
Pressing the start/stop button whilst the car is moving does nothing.
I did wonder what would happen if I chucked the key out the window whilst moving though...
IANAL but one might argue that "copper wire" isn't a telecommunication system either.
But, like free space (or air as you put it) it might form part of one.
The act doesn't specify how the network is established - only that intercepting communications on it would be in contravention of Section 7 of that Act.
IANAL but the mobile system is connected to the landline system (series of systems) which together make up the telecommunications network. I would conclude therefore that the mobile telephone network is not excluded by this provision. An example of an excluded system might be a taxi radio control system or air traffic control.
Section 7 - Telecommunications not to be intercepted
A person shall not:
a communication passing over a telecommunications system.
This seems like a pretty clear violation to me. (note, that even though it is data traffic between the phone and the cell and not voice, it still violates the above.)
The whole thing seems a bit one sided. Given that Gizmodo knowingly paid for stolen goods, where is their equivalent fine, community service and probation?
"But is it worth chasing lesser quantities that would result in zero or minimal damage?" If 10X of a bad substance is your damage threshold and 2X is your detection threshold then all Terry Terrorist has to do is smuggle X ten times.... stashing it somewhere after security. On the 10th time he picks up 10X after passing security and boards a plane. Boom.
If you can hold it in your left hand without a complete loss of signal... you'll have a better phone than a real iPhone!
For 220V :
I also installed this at work on 3-phase.
Cost:
"...and was shocked that people would believe it to be unseemly and even objectionable that a government was using modern technology to help its citizens in noble tasks like avoiding becoming roadkill when their motorocycles break down or keep track of potential jobs without being stuck at home all day -- the very things you'd want government to do with your tax dollars" I can't imagine why anyone would object to spending £10000 on an app to make a flashing light. And I have to wonder how many unemployed people who own an expensive iPhone will be using government jobs websites... Lets face facts here. The iPhone is a heavily locked down platform run by control freaks in California and owned by a very small percentage of the population. Tell me again why should my tax go towards supporting that platform?
When PXE works with wireless I'm all there! Otherwise the environment is cluttered with cables - even worse than a small USB disk IMHO.