My boss at my last job owned the business, but he hired someone to take care of the business aspects that he didn't care for or didn't have the skills to do. In the end, he was still the boss, he ran the company but he also stayed immersed in the tech enough to his satisfaction. Of course, some people just need a boss to guide them even if they're great at the actually technical skills - in that case, starting a business won't work unless you grow it just enough to sell it with a clause keeping you employed.
I'm on my third career-relevant jobs (including an internship) since graduating from college in 2010. The only time I go back further than those three jobs in my employment history is when they ask for it - then I'll include being an RA in college, being a dishwasher/delivery driver summers during college and highschool, etc. Even then, I almost never go back to my first "real" job at age 14. Every interview I've been at, they've been far more interested in projects (or even hobbies) I've done relevant to the position rather than every little bit of job and education history I have. I often omit the networking course I did during high school too just because it's small cheese compared to my more recent history and just wastes valuable space I could use for listing projects I've done more recently instead.
I agree. I rather enjoy listening to a well-formed opposing viewpoint. If someone makes a statement and can answer follow-up questions (particularly, "Why?"), it's usually a statement worth considering. It's unfortunate how many people can't explain why they believe something (especially in politics, but that's wandering off the point), but are still unwilling to listen to other viewpoints.
Mine was much the same way. I was allowed to live at home as long as I was going to school/college. Once I was done with my education, I had six months to move out. It worked well for both of us and it's the same thing I'll probably do when I have kids.
This was a about 10 years ago, I don't recall needing any special sticker/permit to gain access to the road, but that could have been handled by the driver while we were at a lower altitude (we stopped at a base station of some sort). This was probably before they started adding GPS units to most rental cars. I wouldn't be surprised if that practice is less common in Hawaii anyway as there are relatively few places to take a stolen car. While our rental was sputtering along, we did encounter other smaller cars that were going up and down the road with no problem.
Mauna Loa is about 13,000ft above sea level at the peak. I was the only one that didn't have a problem breathing, but our rental SUV barely made it up... it was choking on the thin oxygen most of the last quarter of the way up. Might be one of the reasons we weren't supposed to go up the mountain according to our rental agreement.
I thought 98 and 2000 were decent OSes. 95, however, had some issues. Also, how do you determine if Vista, XP, Me, NT and CE are even or odd numbered? You can't go by the marketing name. And you can't go by the internal version number, as Vista and 7 are both version 6 (8 may be as well, I haven't looked).
It seems that by taking five days, just to find an infected svchost and then nuke it, you've successfully answered zero of those questions that you didn't already know within the first hour or two. Granted, if MBAM passes the results to their servers, it may help a tiny bit for them to study, but not really.
Malwarebytes isn't much different than other anti-virus products... as far as I'm aware, it uses pretty much the same methods to detect and remove. Also, the free version is only much use once the system is already infected (at least that was the case last time I checked) - you have to pay for any sort of real-time monitoring.
The "best" malware are the ones designed to be undetectable for years. Some even go so far as to play the role of an anti-virus to keep other infections out of its host. Given that most users don't bother to make sure their AV product is up to date (if working at all), it's no surprise these infections are never detected because they're actually making the computer run better (from the user's perspective) just so they can continue their own agenda undisturbed. The most advanced malware is more akin to a semi-benign parasite than a biological virus or bacteria.
Well, yes. If you use Google, then you see what they want you to see. If you use Bing/Microsoft, you see what they want you to see. This is true for their search engine, and a hundred times more true for sites they wholly own (IE: YouTube).
With the Chrysler, I opened the door (it was unlocked), got inside, closed the door and turned the key in the ignition. That's when the alarm when off, so I don't think it would be natural to get back out of the car to turn the alarm off.
With my Sonata w/ factory alarm, the only way to turn off the alarm without the remote is to put the key in the door and turn it. However, if I'm inside the car and lock it with the remote, then open the door, the alarm goes off.
My last car was a an older Chrysler and worked the exact same way - had to put the key in the door to turn it off. Found that out the hard way when the alarm went off because I started the car while it was armed and the remote battery was dead... took me five minutes to discover and pissed off the neighbors (fortunately it wasn't at my house).
It's amazing how many people forget to use their key if the remote stops working for any reason, including a dead battery. And from my experience, it's mostly middle-aged people who were driving for decades before remote entry became common.
Just like the President and Congress do not, personally, do most of the things they're credited with. The millions of blue collar workers are the ones who end up doing it. However, there's something to be said for the guy(s) on top who put it all into motion and maintain it at the highest levels.
I bought a car expecting it to go real fast. The reality is that regardless of whether or not it can go real fast, I rarely drive much above the speed limit anyway. I bought a Wii expecting to use it to exercise. The reality is I sit on the couch and play games with wrist flicks. People buy based on expectations, not how they'll actually use it.
My parents have one of them. The Netflix app is nice, but no better or worse than watching Netflix via the Wii. Most other apps are just too clunky to use with the remote control. If they allowed motion sensing like the Wiimote, they'd be a lot more useful. As it is, it's a lot like trying to use modern UIs with just the keyboard and no keyboard shortcuts... it's doable, just a whole lot of tab-tab-tab to get where you want to go.
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My boss at my last job owned the business, but he hired someone to take care of the business aspects that he didn't care for or didn't have the skills to do. In the end, he was still the boss, he ran the company but he also stayed immersed in the tech enough to his satisfaction. Of course, some people just need a boss to guide them even if they're great at the actually technical skills - in that case, starting a business won't work unless you grow it just enough to sell it with a clause keeping you employed.
I'm on my third career-relevant jobs (including an internship) since graduating from college in 2010. The only time I go back further than those three jobs in my employment history is when they ask for it - then I'll include being an RA in college, being a dishwasher/delivery driver summers during college and highschool, etc. Even then, I almost never go back to my first "real" job at age 14. Every interview I've been at, they've been far more interested in projects (or even hobbies) I've done relevant to the position rather than every little bit of job and education history I have. I often omit the networking course I did during high school too just because it's small cheese compared to my more recent history and just wastes valuable space I could use for listing projects I've done more recently instead.
I agree. I rather enjoy listening to a well-formed opposing viewpoint. If someone makes a statement and can answer follow-up questions (particularly, "Why?"), it's usually a statement worth considering. It's unfortunate how many people can't explain why they believe something (especially in politics, but that's wandering off the point), but are still unwilling to listen to other viewpoints.
Mine was much the same way. I was allowed to live at home as long as I was going to school/college. Once I was done with my education, I had six months to move out. It worked well for both of us and it's the same thing I'll probably do when I have kids.
This was a about 10 years ago, I don't recall needing any special sticker/permit to gain access to the road, but that could have been handled by the driver while we were at a lower altitude (we stopped at a base station of some sort). This was probably before they started adding GPS units to most rental cars. I wouldn't be surprised if that practice is less common in Hawaii anyway as there are relatively few places to take a stolen car. While our rental was sputtering along, we did encounter other smaller cars that were going up and down the road with no problem.
Mauna Loa is about 13,000ft above sea level at the peak. I was the only one that didn't have a problem breathing, but our rental SUV barely made it up... it was choking on the thin oxygen most of the last quarter of the way up. Might be one of the reasons we weren't supposed to go up the mountain according to our rental agreement.
I thought 98 and 2000 were decent OSes. 95, however, had some issues. Also, how do you determine if Vista, XP, Me, NT and CE are even or odd numbered? You can't go by the marketing name. And you can't go by the internal version number, as Vista and 7 are both version 6 (8 may be as well, I haven't looked).
It seems that by taking five days, just to find an infected svchost and then nuke it, you've successfully answered zero of those questions that you didn't already know within the first hour or two. Granted, if MBAM passes the results to their servers, it may help a tiny bit for them to study, but not really.
So why didn't he just nuke it five days earlier like most people would do rather than wasting that much time if you're going to nuke it anyway?
Or it may be done by research institutions and governments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet2
You went through all that trouble of finding it, only to nuke the OS anyway once you found something that actually picked it up?
"Of course, this is useful only for the technologically savvy."
That's the one huge, gaping security hole in most modern OSes... the user. Damn hard to patch too, although I have had some success with a crowbar.
Malwarebytes isn't much different than other anti-virus products... as far as I'm aware, it uses pretty much the same methods to detect and remove. Also, the free version is only much use once the system is already infected (at least that was the case last time I checked) - you have to pay for any sort of real-time monitoring.
The "best" malware are the ones designed to be undetectable for years. Some even go so far as to play the role of an anti-virus to keep other infections out of its host. Given that most users don't bother to make sure their AV product is up to date (if working at all), it's no surprise these infections are never detected because they're actually making the computer run better (from the user's perspective) just so they can continue their own agenda undisturbed. The most advanced malware is more akin to a semi-benign parasite than a biological virus or bacteria.
We should just outlaw malware. Then we wouldn't have to worry about it anymore! >_>
Well, yes. If you use Google, then you see what they want you to see. If you use Bing/Microsoft, you see what they want you to see. This is true for their search engine, and a hundred times more true for sites they wholly own (IE: YouTube).
With the Chrysler, I opened the door (it was unlocked), got inside, closed the door and turned the key in the ignition. That's when the alarm when off, so I don't think it would be natural to get back out of the car to turn the alarm off.
With my Sonata w/ factory alarm, the only way to turn off the alarm without the remote is to put the key in the door and turn it. However, if I'm inside the car and lock it with the remote, then open the door, the alarm goes off.
My last car was a an older Chrysler and worked the exact same way - had to put the key in the door to turn it off. Found that out the hard way when the alarm went off because I started the car while it was armed and the remote battery was dead... took me five minutes to discover and pissed off the neighbors (fortunately it wasn't at my house).
It's amazing how many people forget to use their key if the remote stops working for any reason, including a dead battery. And from my experience, it's mostly middle-aged people who were driving for decades before remote entry became common.
Yes, but more often than not the best (or only) way to get the drivers that allows software to support hardware is from the hardware vendor itself.
So you're saying that Windows 8 is fast enough to get the First Post every time? Are you sure you don't work for Microsoft marketing?
Just like the President and Congress do not, personally, do most of the things they're credited with. The millions of blue collar workers are the ones who end up doing it. However, there's something to be said for the guy(s) on top who put it all into motion and maintain it at the highest levels.
I bought a car expecting it to go real fast. The reality is that regardless of whether or not it can go real fast, I rarely drive much above the speed limit anyway. I bought a Wii expecting to use it to exercise. The reality is I sit on the couch and play games with wrist flicks. People buy based on expectations, not how they'll actually use it.
My parents have one of them. The Netflix app is nice, but no better or worse than watching Netflix via the Wii. Most other apps are just too clunky to use with the remote control. If they allowed motion sensing like the Wiimote, they'd be a lot more useful. As it is, it's a lot like trying to use modern UIs with just the keyboard and no keyboard shortcuts... it's doable, just a whole lot of tab-tab-tab to get where you want to go.
So you're saying it's no coincidence the Chinese flag is red?