We have seen oh so many Micropayment schemes. Millicent, Digicash, Cybercoin, etc. etc. Before you think you can do it better, read this to not repeat mistakes from the past...
Natural Language Interpretation is, afaik, a pretty narrow specialization, but that should not stop a well rounded individual from finding work. Do you think that the issue for you to find a related job is because of pay or because of applying to jobs where you find other, more qualified, candidates competing for the same position? I am sure if you have the skills and maybe are willing to move to another city/state you can find a job. Leaving that aside, the company I work for actually might have a position open in your field. Please leave me a way to contact you here.
There is only one thing I can add to this excellent posting: Not all H1's are "brown skinned" or anything like this. And it does not matter. We (and I am one of them) are just humans. Working in another country than their home country. Period. None of the larger companies would hire H1's for lower wages. It will just bite you in the end. You seek the best talent for the job. And if this guy happens to come from another country, well, so be it.
Just some points on H1: First of all, being German, having a degree in CS from a German University and more than 7 years of experience on top of that does not seem to fit the profile that many of the posters here shoot for, but maybe it is still relevant. I came to the US on top of the Technology boom and, guess what, the start-up I joined was later sold, people were laid off, etc. etc. Well known story. I then, within one week, joined another, this time very large, software company. The practice in this company is that the interviewers do not know and are not allowed to ask about an applicant's visa status. Evaluation is based only on the applicant's experience and ability to do the job. H1's are not paid any different than US citizens and are not preferred etc. etc. I personally think that the US benefits from the H1 (at least most of them) candidates. I was educated in another country, after school I went through my "learning years" at different companies in Europe, and then I decided to come to the US. So what you got is a guy in his 30s, educated without the US paying a dime for it, specializing in a field that is in high demand (Security and Cryptography). You forget that people like me help US companies to stay ahead and therefore create jobs for Americans. Another example: Recently we had 3 positions open in my group (same skills needed) and it took us more than 4 months(!!) to fill these positions. And this is not because we would pay badly. We had way too many candidates with skills like "car sales man turned HTML Front Page author and wants to do Security now". So where are all the high skilled Americans?
my Spam filter in Yahoo catches way, way, more than the one at hotmail. It is always surprising to me when you open a new hotmail account that it takes only like a week to be flooded with Spam. A week of doing nothing with the account but initially opening it. *sigh*
Travel, live in other countries, get to appreciate other people's point of view, strengths, learn from their weaknesses. For me personally there is no better thing than learning about other people. Your house can burn down, your money can be taken away (you might do something stupid like investing into Enron with it), but your memories and your experience will always stay. And when I say experience I don't mean job related experience but experience in life. Just my $.02
remain of my father who died when I was 4. I have sevaral "flashbacks" seeing him playing with me, giving me a fabulous birthday gift, a car ride, a vacation at the Sea where I smashed a Window, and a car accident. Not too much for somebody who would have been very significant in my life but still maybe more than others. This might be because he died, because he was gone, and those memories were not "replaced" by others of my father. Funny enough, the earliest memories of my mom start later...
I would like to see your answer if this was a Microsoft bug. Everybody would laugh their asses off. Hypocrites. Everybody should see it as what it is: Sun tried to do security and they screwed up. Big time. *grrrrrr*
Let's blame H1-B because they are all underpaid. Well, I am one of them. And believe me I am not underpaid. I lost my job earlier last year (after 9/11) during some of the worst times. It took me a week to find a new job, and I even got a signing bonus. Hmmmmm, why would they do this, since they can so nicely underpay me? Could it be because I am more qualified than the other computer science wannabes that make up a huge portion of the so-called IT unemployed? Could it be that a degree and experience matters again all of a sudden? That people actually look for skills and not "I am a car-sales man and I can program some Visual Basic and I also did the webpage for my used car sales lot". And did it occur to you that real skills are still hard to find?
and in other news: this is what IBM, Microsoft, Lotus, Oracle, etc. etc. find through testing every day. They find some, they miss some. Somebody found one in Mozilla. Why is this news?
Everybody who is depending on their IT has geographically separated backup locations. 9/11 actually is a pretty good example of this. Most of the corporations in the two Towers were IT wise up and running within ours after disaster struck. For example, if I remember it correctly, it took Deutsche Bank about 3 hours to be up and running on their NJ site.
It runs on Irix and Massive is being ported to Linux. Quote: From the beginning of preproduction, Weta Digital has also used the IRIX OS-based Octane visual workstations to write extensions to Maya and create proprietary technology. This technology includes Massive, a custom-built crowd animation or "artificial ecology" system developed on IRIX and now ported to Linux that draws from a huge database of motion-capture data. (see here).
I don't know what the others think but for me a game is not only about gfx. I still play Half-Life (OZ mod that is) and yes, the gfx and levels are not that great but the multiplayer experience is still the best (for me). Why do we have to go further and further with gfx, new levels, etc when the old games still have their challenge? So it will be more realistic to shoot up monsters, more realistic sound, creepier levels, etc., but does that really make for a better game? Just wondering...
Acutally, I disagree on this. The best selling games of all time include The Sims and Myst. Those two are not really violent. I do not mean to agree with not creating something like Doom (or Half-Life which I still play quite actively). But maybe someone should think about controlling it a little bit better. I will look into it once my child comes to the age of playing computer games.
Yes, go, enjoy life, girls (or boys for whatever you are or like), alcohol, drugs, parties, etc. Life will suck you in way, way too fast. Believe me, I am 30 and I miss those days like hell. But maybe your way is better. I might not have known what I am missing...
and let me tell you I am certainly not cheaper than others. I worked at a startup and, of course, this one went belly up. It took me less than 1 week(!) at the beginning of this year(!!), when times were the worst, to find a new job. I work at one of the largest Software Companies in the country and believe me, nobody gave a shit how much my salary is, they were just interested in my qualification. And the market is tough. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I am pretty much known in my field (crypto & security), wrote papers and a book, worked for 10+ years in the industry and have a MS/CS from Germany. Without trying to sound arrogant, could it be that I was just more qualified than other candidates!? Does it occur to the people voting for this bill that there might be good education in other countries, too? Does it occur to them that me being here benefits the US? Just my $.02...
This is known as 3D Secure or verified by Visa. Just because MS is offering the client piece (and this is what they do) they do not have access to all your personal information. Here is how it works: When you choose to pay through 3D Secure you enter your credit card # at the merchant, the merchant talks to his acquirer, the acquirer figures out whether the Issuer who gave you your credit card is enrolled in 3D Secure (by talking to the so-called Visa directory) and then they redirect you to the Issuer of your credit card. Now the Issuer (and last time I checked MS is NOT an Issuer) will have to identify you. This is where Passport comes into play. Passport does the auth piece for you (Kerberos in Passport's case if I am not mistaken) and sends the ticket to the Issuer. The Issuer compares whether the auth piece and the CC number match and generates a response token for the merchant. This response token gets transmitted back to the merchant (by the means of standard passport auth I suppose), the merchant takes this response token and sends it to his merchant acquirer. The merchant acquirer now sends it through the Visa Directory back to the Issuer and the Issuer compares whether this is a replay or whether this is a valid token. If it was a valid token the transaction is authorized. So, bottom line is, Passport is the authentication piece. Whether you trust MS Passport or not is one thing, but they do not get access to your CC data. And by hijacking a passport you still cannot go shopping on behalf of the account owner. Check your facts guys.
What you should do is carefully examine your current responsibilities. Do they only offer you the money because you need to finish a certain high profile project? Is your work kind of seasonal, a lot of high stress followed by a lot of little work? If so you chances are that you will be booted out after your current project fails. However, as I wrote in the headline, I made a different experience. In my case I directly went to the CEO explaining the reasons for why I might be leaving. I told him that I do not have any other reasons than a 40% pay raise to leave. That I don't know what to do because it is just unrealistic to not take that kind of money at another respected company, no dot.gone company. He then almost matched the offer (35% raise) and it turned out good for me. Good luck!
Are obviously the most valuable ones. Especially the ones that authenticate themselves (Chipcards, Digicash, etc). Break one and put your value of choice in there.
Yes, he is very mistaken. Pro/E is one of the most complete CAD packages in Mechanical Engineering out there. It plays in the same league as ME10 and Solid Designer from CoCreate (a former HP division). There are companies that are actually undertaking the effort to put a meta format which does not loose Database links on top of the native CAD formats. One of them is CEA. Check it out, it is an interesting concept. If you do not want to buy such a product you can go with DXF or others.
You might want to consider hardware based crypto like nCipher. This way you do the key storage and en/decrypt functionality in (supposedly) tamper resistant hardware. HOWEVER, if someone hacks your system and is able to access/copy your code and get the right privileges to talk to the nCipher box you are screwed anyway. But it would certainly raise the bar...
According to the article "The work was performed with a photonic crystal operating in the mid-infrared range". Though the author states further that there are no known obstacles to downgrade into the visible light range, why did they start in the Infrared spectrum to begin with?
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We have seen oh so many Micropayment schemes. Millicent, Digicash, Cybercoin, etc. etc. ...
Before you think you can do it better, read this to not repeat mistakes from the past
Natural Language Interpretation is, afaik, a pretty narrow specialization, but that should not stop a well rounded individual from finding work. Do you think that the issue for you to find a related job is because of pay or because of applying to jobs where you find other, more qualified, candidates competing for the same position? I am sure if you have the skills and maybe are willing to move to another city/state you can find a job.
Leaving that aside, the company I work for actually might have a position open in your field. Please leave me a way to contact you here.
There is only one thing I can add to this excellent posting: Not all H1's are "brown skinned" or anything like this. And it does not matter. We (and I am one of them) are just humans. Working in another country than their home country. Period. None of the larger companies would hire H1's for lower wages. It will just bite you in the end. You seek the best talent for the job. And if this guy happens to come from another country, well, so be it.
Just some points on H1: First of all, being German, having a degree in CS from a German University and more than 7 years of experience on top of that does not seem to fit the profile that many of the posters here shoot for, but maybe it is still relevant. I came to the US on top of the Technology boom and, guess what, the start-up I joined was later sold, people were laid off, etc. etc. Well known story. I then, within one week, joined another, this time very large, software company. The practice in this company is that the interviewers do not know and are not allowed to ask about an applicant's visa status. Evaluation is based only on the applicant's experience and ability to do the job. H1's are not paid any different than US citizens and are not preferred etc. etc.
I personally think that the US benefits from the H1 (at least most of them) candidates. I was educated in another country, after school I went through my "learning years" at different companies in Europe, and then I decided to come to the US. So what you got is a guy in his 30s, educated without the US paying a dime for it, specializing in a field that is in high demand (Security and Cryptography). You forget that people like me help US companies to stay ahead and therefore create jobs for Americans.
Another example: Recently we had 3 positions open in my group (same skills needed) and it took us more than 4 months(!!) to fill these positions. And this is not because we would pay badly. We had way too many candidates with skills like "car sales man turned HTML Front Page author and wants to do Security now". So where are all the high skilled Americans?
my Spam filter in Yahoo catches way, way, more than the one at hotmail. It is always surprising to me when you open a new hotmail account that it takes only like a week to be flooded with Spam. A week of doing nothing with the account but initially opening it. *sigh*
Travel, live in other countries, get to appreciate other people's point of view, strengths, learn from their weaknesses. For me personally there is no better thing than learning about other people. Your house can burn down, your money can be taken away (you might do something stupid like investing into Enron with it), but your memories and your experience will always stay. And when I say experience I don't mean job related experience but experience in life.
Just my $.02
remain of my father who died when I was 4. I have sevaral "flashbacks" seeing him playing with me, giving me a fabulous birthday gift, a car ride, a vacation at the Sea where I smashed a Window, and a car accident. Not too much for somebody who would have been very significant in my life but still maybe more than others. This might be because he died, because he was gone, and those memories were not "replaced" by others of my father. Funny enough, the earliest memories of my mom start later ...
I would like to see your answer if this was a Microsoft bug. Everybody would laugh their asses off. Hypocrites. Everybody should see it as what it is: Sun tried to do security and they screwed up. Big time. *grrrrrr*
Let's blame H1-B because they are all underpaid. Well, I am one of them. And believe me I am not underpaid. I lost my job earlier last year (after 9/11) during some of the worst times. It took me a week to find a new job, and I even got a signing bonus. Hmmmmm, why would they do this, since they can so nicely underpay me? Could it be because I am more qualified than the other computer science wannabes that make up a huge portion of the so-called IT unemployed? Could it be that a degree and experience matters again all of a sudden? That people actually look for skills and not "I am a car-sales man and I can program some Visual Basic and I also did the webpage for my used car sales lot". And did it occur to you that real skills are still hard to find?
and in other news: this is what IBM, Microsoft, Lotus, Oracle, etc. etc. find through testing every day. They find some, they miss some. Somebody found one in Mozilla. Why is this news?
Everybody who is depending on their IT has geographically separated backup locations. 9/11 actually is a pretty good example of this. Most of the corporations in the two Towers were IT wise up and running within ours after disaster struck. For example, if I remember it correctly, it took Deutsche Bank about 3 hours to be up and running on their NJ site.
It runs on Irix and Massive is being ported to Linux. Quote: From the beginning of preproduction, Weta Digital has also used the IRIX OS-based Octane visual workstations to write extensions to Maya and create proprietary technology. This technology includes Massive, a custom-built crowd animation or "artificial ecology" system developed on IRIX and now ported to Linux that draws from a huge database of motion-capture data. (see here).
I don't know what the others think but for me a game is not only about gfx. I still play Half-Life (OZ mod that is) and yes, the gfx and levels are not that great but the multiplayer experience is still the best (for me). Why do we have to go further and further with gfx, new levels, etc when the old games still have their challenge? So it will be more realistic to shoot up monsters, more realistic sound, creepier levels, etc., but does that really make for a better game? Just wondering ...
Acutally, I disagree on this. The best selling games of all time include The Sims and Myst. Those two are not really violent.
I do not mean to agree with not creating something like Doom (or Half-Life which I still play quite actively). But maybe someone should think about controlling it a little bit better. I will look into it once my child comes to the age of playing computer games.
Yes, go, enjoy life, girls (or boys for whatever you are or like), alcohol, drugs, parties, etc. Life will suck you in way, way too fast. Believe me, I am 30 and I miss those days like hell. But maybe your way is better. I might not have known what I am missing ...
and let me tell you I am certainly not cheaper than others. I worked at a startup and, of course, this one went belly up. It took me less than 1 week(!) at the beginning of this year(!!), when times were the worst, to find a new job. I work at one of the largest Software Companies in the country and believe me, nobody gave a shit how much my salary is, they were just interested in my qualification. And the market is tough. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I am pretty much known in my field (crypto & security), wrote papers and a book, worked for 10+ years in the industry and have a MS/CS from Germany. Without trying to sound arrogant, could it be that I was just more qualified than other candidates!? Does it occur to the people voting for this bill that there might be good education in other countries, too? Does it occur to them that me being here benefits the US? Just my $.02 ...
Remember Packetstorm was related to Securify. And they lost quite some money on it afaik.
This is known as 3D Secure or verified by Visa. Just because MS is offering the client piece (and this is what they do) they do not have access to all your personal information. Here is how it works: When you choose to pay through 3D Secure you enter your credit card # at the merchant, the merchant talks to his acquirer, the acquirer figures out whether the Issuer who gave you your credit card is enrolled in 3D Secure (by talking to the so-called Visa directory) and then they redirect you to the Issuer of your credit card. Now the Issuer (and last time I checked MS is NOT an Issuer) will have to identify you. This is where Passport comes into play. Passport does the auth piece for you (Kerberos in Passport's case if I am not mistaken) and sends the ticket to the Issuer. The Issuer compares whether the auth piece and the CC number match and generates a response token for the merchant. This response token gets transmitted back to the merchant (by the means of standard passport auth I suppose), the merchant takes this response token and sends it to his merchant acquirer. The merchant acquirer now sends it through the Visa Directory back to the Issuer and the Issuer compares whether this is a replay or whether this is a valid token. If it was a valid token the transaction is authorized. So, bottom line is, Passport is the authentication piece. Whether you trust MS Passport or not is one thing, but they do not get access to your CC data. And by hijacking a passport you still cannot go shopping on behalf of the account owner. Check your facts guys.
I am sure you can help yourself with that ...
What you should do is carefully examine your current responsibilities. Do they only offer you the money because you need to finish a certain high profile project? Is your work kind of seasonal, a lot of high stress followed by a lot of little work? If so you chances are that you will be booted out after your current project fails. However, as I wrote in the headline, I made a different experience. In my case I directly went to the CEO explaining the reasons for why I might be leaving. I told him that I do not have any other reasons than a 40% pay raise to leave. That I don't know what to do because it is just unrealistic to not take that kind of money at another respected company, no dot.gone company. He then almost matched the offer (35% raise) and it turned out good for me. Good luck!
Are obviously the most valuable ones. Especially the ones that authenticate themselves (Chipcards, Digicash, etc). Break one and put your value of choice in there.
Yes, he is very mistaken. Pro/E is one of the most complete CAD packages in Mechanical Engineering out there. It plays in the same league as ME10 and Solid Designer from CoCreate (a former HP division). There are companies that are actually undertaking the effort to put a meta format which does not loose Database links on top of the native CAD formats. One of them is CEA. Check it out, it is an interesting concept. If you do not want to buy such a product you can go with DXF or others.
You might want to consider hardware based crypto like nCipher. This way you do the key storage and en/decrypt functionality in (supposedly) tamper resistant hardware. HOWEVER, if someone hacks your system and is able to access/copy your code and get the right privileges to talk to the nCipher box you are screwed anyway. But it would certainly raise the bar ...
I guess it was because they were selling the software in the United States.
According to the article "The work was performed with a photonic crystal operating in the mid-infrared range". Though the author states further that there are no known obstacles to downgrade into the visible light range, why did they start in the Infrared spectrum to begin with?