The fun part about that company was that they got their start from two products that programmers had brought with them from other companies. (There were even faxes to one programmer at his old job that he'd taken with him that were still in the files. Idiots.)
And always make sure that you keep a copy of any NDA you sign. I've worked for companies that were reasonable in the beginning, but grew more absurd over time. Sometimes they have the idea that they can revise the agreement over time without further agreement from you. (Make sure that there's no clause allowing them to do that.) One place even had the weird idea that they could forbid people from making a copy of a contract that they wanted people to sign.
You get strange situations like where the new company wants you to sign one of those NDAs, but expects you to break the old one. If you don't like NDAs, don't sign any of them.
Of course if you show them something too big, complete and serious, they'll wonder if you're just looking for work until you can round up backers and vulture caps. Oh wait, that was the '90s...
Does it really keep a list of TLDs including countries or does it just tack on.com and try again when it fails? (That's easy enough to test, but I can't be bothered right now. I guess looking at the code would be cheating?:)
Not so! I created my own TLD and it works quite well. Of course, people away from my LAN have trouble finding it, but that's not my problem. (I guess I could always put a spare P233/MMX on the net as an alternative top-level name server for everyone else. How much load could there be?;)
Firefox is playing silly buggers behind your back. When www.jobs doesn't answer (try ping), Firefox adds.com and tries again. www.jobs.com is owned by Monster. Firefox should update the URL you typed in to let you know that it fixed it for you. (Can't remember what IE does.)
It only seems to do that on domains that are entered by hand. It didn't do that when clicking on the URL that you posted.
The really sneaky thing is that whenever a.jobs server goes down or there's a typo, Monster will get the traffic instead, and will no warning (in Firefox) to the user.
.com is valuable because the browsers fall back to it if a web server at the URL you enter doesn't answer. I'm not sure of the exact rules that IE and Firefox use, but Firefox will tack on.com to the domain and try again. (As well as www. on the front.)
Note: If a web server doesn't answer. If awful.jobs resolves to an IP address, but the server goes down, the site at awful.jobs.com will get the traffic. So the owners of jobs.com could grab all.jobs scatter from typos or servers down.
I love the detailed description that documents exactly which gates are being used to control the process. This certainly isn't a software patent (didn't exist back then). Other OSs like GECOS already had permission bits to do most of what the abstract mentions. (It's been a while, I could be wrong.)
This is your 2005 wake-up call. At least some of the FBI is in the Department of Homeland Security now, along with secret service, imigration, customs, coast guard, FEMA, whatever. It's the ominous omnibus organization.
Definite overkill and possibly hard to bring to bear on very small, scant metal, slow but maneuvering targets. (Do they even have software for targets like that?) Squads of marines with shotguns might be better.
Due process and conviction apply to criminal law. A licence dispute might end up in civil court involving contract law to get a judgement to enforce either cancelling the revocation or stop the shipping of unlicenced product.
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And you'll QA that bandit easter egg how exactly? ;)
The fun part about that company was that they got their start from two products that programmers had brought with them from other companies. (There were even faxes to one programmer at his old job that he'd taken with him that were still in the files. Idiots.)
And always make sure that you keep a copy of any NDA you sign. I've worked for companies that were reasonable in the beginning, but grew more absurd over time. Sometimes they have the idea that they can revise the agreement over time without further agreement from you. (Make sure that there's no clause allowing them to do that.) One place even had the weird idea that they could forbid people from making a copy of a contract that they wanted people to sign.
You get strange situations like where the new company wants you to sign one of those NDAs, but expects you to break the old one. If you don't like NDAs, don't sign any of them.
Of course if you show them something too big, complete and serious, they'll wonder if you're just looking for work until you can round up backers and vulture caps. Oh wait, that was the '90s...
You must have the cereal killer worm. (Gagh, part of this complete breakfast.)
Does it really keep a list of TLDs including countries or does it just tack on .com and try again when it fails? (That's easy enough to test, but I can't be bothered right now. I guess looking at the code would be cheating? :)
Why attack? Artifical food has been part of a complete breakfast for decades.
Not so! I created my own TLD and it works quite well. Of course, people away from my LAN have trouble finding it, but that's not my problem. (I guess I could always put a spare P233/MMX on the net as an alternative top-level name server for everyone else. How much load could there be? ;)
Obviously not an Apple fan!
It only seems to do that on domains that are entered by hand. It didn't do that when clicking on the URL that you posted.
The really sneaky thing is that whenever a .jobs server goes down or there's a typo, Monster will get the traffic instead, and will no warning (in Firefox) to the user.
Note: If a web server doesn't answer. If awful.jobs resolves to an IP address, but the server goes down, the site at awful.jobs.com will get the traffic. So the owners of jobs.com could grab all .jobs scatter from typos or servers down.
Squatters on .jobs? Sounds a bit rude.
Protoplasm. Quiet Protoplasm. I like quiet protoplasm.
Damn! I read that story .. many lots .. of years ago. The Last Weapon?
I love the detailed description that documents exactly which gates are being used to control the process. This certainly isn't a software patent (didn't exist back then). Other OSs like GECOS already had permission bits to do most of what the abstract mentions. (It's been a while, I could be wrong.)
It's tangled.
I doubt an opposition party will be spearheading too many distractions right now, especially with juicy Liberal corruption news from Quebec.
This is your 2005 wake-up call. At least some of the FBI is in the Department of Homeland Security now, along with secret service, imigration, customs, coast guard, FEMA, whatever. It's the ominous omnibus organization.
Oh yeah, and we've got some bad news about Superman too.
And the aliens won't be too happy about it either!
Or a place where eevil sword and sorcery wizards come from. The dreaded Saag Gosht of Mandriva! (Thunder sfx)
Definite overkill and possibly hard to bring to bear on very small, scant metal, slow but maneuvering targets. (Do they even have software for targets like that?) Squads of marines with shotguns might be better.
Due process and conviction apply to criminal law. A licence dispute might end up in civil court involving contract law to get a judgement to enforce either cancelling the revocation or stop the shipping of unlicenced product.
I imagine that NASA grey tape has also been rated for a wider temp range and maybe tested in vacuum and unfiltered sunlight.
Didn't you read the EULA? You opted in. And don't even try to uninstall!