In Melbourne late one night driving home from a late night at work. A guy doing a line of coke while driving over the Westgate freeway. Head dissapears into lap, suddenly whips back, swerve across 3 lanes of traffic, before playing with his GPS. Honestly had no regard for any other traffic on the road.
Non Disclosure Agreements and Really Good Lawyers, that's what it's all about. And if you think it's too much of a risk, just turn the job down. Big fat contracts are look appealing when they arrive on your doorstep, but if they come with massive provisions which are too risky for your business then don't be scared in turning them down. Especially when it's your business, your life and your way of thinking/sanity which is exposed.
Of course, there is the bargaining position of if they are really in need of your software, then you could be in a good position to strike up a trust and maybe negotiate your way out of being audited.
I've done a few defence contracts where they've demanded the same type of auditing, and in a few I've managed to get out of the auditing process for non-mission-critical systems by negotiation.
For the most part, it always requires less skill to break something than to get something working
I think this is true for just breaking an application, but to make a successful exploit you are also creating something which can take advantage of the break. Finding a buffer overflow maybe in the reach of the average cracker, but then to make something which can steer the process, catch the PC at the right spot and then proceed to infect the computer requires a little more talent.
Kit form, bought for 79 quid. Didn't take long to build. It was interesting as it was advertised as a Zilog 80 chip, which it wasn't. It was some NEC Z80 compatible knock-off. I'm guessing Sir Clive bought a backlot of these on the cheap and then designed the rest of the electronics around whatever he got. It did actually have 1Kb of RAM and 4Kb of ROM space. I still have the ROM reference manuals for the ZX-80, ZX-81, and the 48K ZX-Spectrum on my bookshelf!
My dentist owned a C5. He was mad about it, driving around his carpark. Quite an intuitive three wheeler, steered well, a little bit of power.
Totally agree with this. VC's are in the business of purely making money from your idea without a care about how you do it, and when you don't follow their advice on any issues it becomes a major thing, even if you're fighting for your own business ethics they just bully you into submission.
There are people called Business Angels who are similar to VC's in terms of investment, but they are totally willing to guide the business in accordance to your wishes.
And the business plan is a must. Spend plenty of time on it, even after it's been accepted by an investor because it can become the guiding light when things become stuck in a rut or you become disinterested for some reason or another. I update mine all the time, and it includes everything, yacht, car, house, investments etc.
I used to sell the odd PC to people through word of mouth when I was working south of Sydney and a few times had brushes with local celebrities (well known tv anchorman, news reporter, singer). And they were a pain in the ass to deal with because they thought they were the business. Two of them attempted to not pay the invoice (I actually got the line "do you know who I am??"), but paid well into 120 days after my persistance. The singer used to go out in public wearing big dark sunglasses and covered almost every part of herself with clothing to try and cover up her identity. I wouldn't be surprised if she had a balaclava in her purse for when she does the weekly groceries.
On the other hand, I used to live on the same road as Eric Bana in Melbourne. Top bloke. Never did computer work for him, but you could tell he'd pay his invoices on time.
I used to skateboard around with a 1 litre bottle of water during the day, not just to re-hydrate during the hot days but because it seemed to dull the odd knocks and scrapes.
Mind you, skateboarding drunk removes quite a lot more pain, but also increases the number of painful events.
I remember one surreal moment when I took the "axe" along with me to Bournemouth while attending a re-enactment of a battle for the english civil war society. We got dressed up in our cavalier kit, did a day of rehearsals, went to the local pub, got smashed and rode through Poole at 2am. It was like I was flying.
Loaded. In his house is a giant walk in wardrobe with a long line of turtle-neck sweaters, you fight through it all and at the back is a snow filled landscape where iPods grow on trees.
You see Steve Wozniak talking to a CGI lion on the technical production of blue boxes. In the background is a giant Intel factory, where little orange men are packing new iMacs into crates marked Nigeria...
As a kid I always liked the notion that there was something hidden behind the sun that rotates at a certain speed so as it is constantly hidden from us.
Slashdot Mirror
Torrents for Jurassic Beavers 2 & 3 already on line...
duh, posted without thinking.
Still an optimist, ocean is still 30% full of sharks...
* tumbleweed rolls across post.
That's an ocean that's still 70% full of sharks...
In Melbourne late one night driving home from a late night at work. A guy doing a line of coke while driving over the Westgate freeway. Head dissapears into lap, suddenly whips back, swerve across 3 lanes of traffic, before playing with his GPS. Honestly had no regard for any other traffic on the road.
Non Disclosure Agreements and Really Good Lawyers, that's what it's all about. And if you think it's too much of a risk, just turn the job down. Big fat contracts are look appealing when they arrive on your doorstep, but if they come with massive provisions which are too risky for your business then don't be scared in turning them down. Especially when it's your business, your life and your way of thinking/sanity which is exposed.
Of course, there is the bargaining position of if they are really in need of your software, then you could be in a good position to strike up a trust and maybe negotiate your way out of being audited.
I've done a few defence contracts where they've demanded the same type of auditing, and in a few I've managed to get out of the auditing process for non-mission-critical systems by negotiation.
For the most part, it always requires less skill to break something than to get something working
I think this is true for just breaking an application, but to make a successful exploit you are also creating something which can take advantage of the break. Finding a buffer overflow maybe in the reach of the average cracker, but then to make something which can steer the process, catch the PC at the right spot and then proceed to infect the computer requires a little more talent.
Cane toads really need to evolve into something that can avoid cars, I ran over one last night...
Took a long time to complete, but I collected everything and got to go to bed at the end.
That and Knightlore. Ultimate, play the game.
Kit form, bought for 79 quid. Didn't take long to build. It was interesting as it was advertised as a Zilog 80 chip, which it wasn't. It was some NEC Z80 compatible knock-off. I'm guessing Sir Clive bought a backlot of these on the cheap and then designed the rest of the electronics around whatever he got. It did actually have 1Kb of RAM and 4Kb of ROM space. I still have the ROM reference manuals for the ZX-80, ZX-81, and the 48K ZX-Spectrum on my bookshelf!
My dentist owned a C5. He was mad about it, driving around his carpark. Quite an intuitive three wheeler, steered well, a little bit of power.
Not only do they think in dupes, but they get to see the dupes in reverse and twice the speed!
Totally agree with this. VC's are in the business of purely making money from your idea without a care about how you do it, and when you don't follow their advice on any issues it becomes a major thing, even if you're fighting for your own business ethics they just bully you into submission.
There are people called Business Angels who are similar to VC's in terms of investment, but they are totally willing to guide the business in accordance to your wishes.
And the business plan is a must. Spend plenty of time on it, even after it's been accepted by an investor because it can become the guiding light when things become stuck in a rut or you become disinterested for some reason or another. I update mine all the time, and it includes everything, yacht, car, house, investments etc.
WoW has been doing this for a while. They get you to meet up with a guy at the crossroads at midnight.
That when they find out that String Theory is String Fact, they'll find out that the string was placed there to keep the nano-kittens occupied.
Not licking all the worlds problems. Seriously, you don't know where they've been.
I used to sell the odd PC to people through word of mouth when I was working south of Sydney and a few times had brushes with local celebrities (well known tv anchorman, news reporter, singer). And they were a pain in the ass to deal with because they thought they were the business. Two of them attempted to not pay the invoice (I actually got the line "do you know who I am??"), but paid well into 120 days after my persistance. The singer used to go out in public wearing big dark sunglasses and covered almost every part of herself with clothing to try and cover up her identity. I wouldn't be surprised if she had a balaclava in her purse for when she does the weekly groceries.
On the other hand, I used to live on the same road as Eric Bana in Melbourne. Top bloke. Never did computer work for him, but you could tell he'd pay his invoices on time.
I used to skateboard around with a 1 litre bottle of water during the day, not just to re-hydrate during the hot days but because it seemed to dull the odd knocks and scrapes.
Mind you, skateboarding drunk removes quite a lot more pain, but also increases the number of painful events.
I remember one surreal moment when I took the "axe" along with me to Bournemouth while attending a re-enactment of a battle for the english civil war society. We got dressed up in our cavalier kit, did a day of rehearsals, went to the local pub, got smashed and rode through Poole at 2am. It was like I was flying.
After referencing the Common Nerd (Homo-Startrekkus), I find reference to the rarer Lesser Spotted Nerd (Homo-Clearasillus).
There's always AOLism. The severe condition where the child is unable to converse with other humans without resorting to emotional acronyms.
LOL!
Think of the children!
If you manage a lot of desktops, Microsoft's System Management Server (SMS) is a good way to go. You get used to writing scripts for it after a while.
I'm pretty sure SMS is still an up to date product from Microsoft, unless they've developed something else in the last couple of years...
Notepad
Seriously, we need a contender to vi
Is currently flashing its LED's furiously to the sound of Orbital. It clearly has good taste.
Being normal is overrated.
Loaded. In his house is a giant walk in wardrobe with a long line of turtle-neck sweaters, you fight through it all and at the back is a snow filled landscape where iPods grow on trees.
You see Steve Wozniak talking to a CGI lion on the technical production of blue boxes. In the background is a giant Intel factory, where little orange men are packing new iMacs into crates marked Nigeria...
As a kid I always liked the notion that there was something hidden behind the sun that rotates at a certain speed so as it is constantly hidden from us.