It's damned convenient... just map it to something useful.
Under enlightenment, (for me) the capslock key maximises the current window vertically - shift capslock maximises it completely.
Very handy.
Re:Waste of time and effort.
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If you're going to make a comparison, make it a decent one.
Improving the airplane to make it do its core task (move from one place to another) better (by one criteria - faster, in your example) is one thing.
Deciding that the whole concept of airplanes doesn't work, and has to be re-written from scratch because a few people are farting excessively (or making the journey unpleasant in some other manner) is another.
If people thrive on challenges like this, good for them. I encourage it. However, I maintain that a technological answer is no answer at all. It simply serves to hide symptoms - and we can do that sufficiently well with existing technologies that don't involve re-writing the core protocols.
Waste of time and effort.
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Technological fix to a social problem.
It's simple. Don't bother.
The problem will remain, it will just shift tactics. By 'fixing' SMTP you're not addressing the problem, you're addressing a symptom of the problem.
Anything we do on the technology side to fix this problem will ultimately do nothing.
That's not to say that SMTP can't be improved on... but improving on it purely to 'stop spam' is a waste.
Personally, I'd argue that since he accepted the job without being made aware of the requirement, they can't get rid of him without bein in breach of contract. If they're saying "Sign this agreement, or lose the job", then calling a lawyer is the right thing to do.
At worst, if a lawyer is the wrong person to call, wouldn't a lawyer be the best person to tell you this?
Personally, on production servers, I don't install a GUI.
Most of them are administered remotely (even if that's only in the machine room across the corridor), some of them over bandwith-limited links - the CLI is cheap to use (bandwidth terms), and standard across all the machines I tend to.
If you're serious about working, you "need" to be prepared to evaluate different tools, and an OS is just a tool.
Not all the time, hell not even a lot of the time.
If a new tool comes along, I'll look at it. I'll evaluate it. If it fits my needs better than the one I currently use, I'll look at changing.
This is the method I used to change from windows and homesite and textpad and photoshop, to debian and enlightenment and gvim and the gimp. It's possible that (for some of my purposes) something else might come along that will allow me to work better, faster, cleaner and happier than I do now.
But, if I'm not prepared to look, I'll never know.
1 out of 100 is 1.00 percent, unless you're dealing with some definition of "percent" which doesn't match with commonly accepted norms (which might be the case on some websites).
What I have in mind, is approaching the client with a line something like "I've had a quick look at the site, and think that there might be some security holes there. I'm not going to look further without your permission, but I think you should get it looked into."
Be honest, admit that you think you could have done a better job, and say that you hope you'll be considered to either fix the existing one, or any future projects.... then just let it go.
You're doing the "right thing" and you're being honest with someone who might be a client in the future.... and, believe it or not, doing the right thing *can* be its own reward.
This would also limit your potential list of questions, to those who are in a timezone that allows them to be awake, and active at the time of the interview.
Living, as I do, in the southern hemisphere, in, in a time zone quite distant from most of the US, this would bug me....
I notice this, on a number of sites.... times are given in EST, (or some other USA based timezone). Would it be hard to convert these to GMT? Especially on sites like/. that already "know" where I am, and give me information in NZT
USA is not the world....even though a large proportion of your users live there. I imagine that a decent proportion are elsewhere....
Hey! those aren't cookies!
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Has anyone else looked *really* closely at that tray?
Am I the only person who thinks that's really cute?
I've found that contracting (short term, and lots of it) is a good way to broaden out your experience.... you get to learn heaps of stuff, but shallowly. I used contracting to know what to avoid.... there's almost nothing that I can't put up with for 3 months... but I won't go back to it. Now, I'm working full time as an employee.... and consolidating what I know and like, learning in more depth. I envisage, in a few years, heading back out contracting again, so I don't get stale, and stuck in a rut..... Learning is life.... if you stop learning, your career dies....
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It's damned convenient... just map it to something useful.
Under enlightenment, (for me) the capslock key maximises the current window vertically - shift capslock maximises it completely.
Very handy.
If you're going to make a comparison, make it a decent one.
Improving the airplane to make it do its core task (move from one place to another) better (by one criteria - faster, in your example) is one thing.
Deciding that the whole concept of airplanes doesn't work, and has to be re-written from scratch because a few people are farting excessively (or making the journey unpleasant in some other manner) is another.
If people thrive on challenges like this, good for them. I encourage it. However, I maintain that a technological answer is no answer at all. It simply serves to hide symptoms - and we can do that sufficiently well with existing technologies that don't involve re-writing the core protocols.
Technological fix to a social problem.
It's simple. Don't bother.
The problem will remain, it will just shift tactics. By 'fixing' SMTP you're not addressing the problem, you're addressing a symptom of the problem.
Anything we do on the technology side to fix this problem will ultimately do nothing.
That's not to say that SMTP can't be improved on... but improving on it purely to 'stop spam' is a waste.
Personally, I'd argue that since he accepted the job without being made aware of the requirement, they can't get rid of him without bein in breach of contract. If they're saying "Sign this agreement, or lose the job", then calling a lawyer is the right thing to do.
At worst, if a lawyer is the wrong person to call, wouldn't a lawyer be the best person to tell you this?
Please, tell me your major isn't in English...
That's not a book.
That's the data that is contained in a book.
There's a difference - atoms vs bits.
Personally, on production servers, I don't install a GUI.
Most of them are administered remotely (even if that's only in the machine room across the corridor), some of them over bandwith-limited links - the CLI is cheap to use (bandwidth terms), and standard across all the machines I tend to.
If you're serious about working, you "need" to be prepared to evaluate different tools, and an OS is just a tool.
Not all the time, hell not even a lot of the time.
If a new tool comes along, I'll look at it. I'll evaluate it. If it fits my needs better than the one I currently use, I'll look at changing.
This is the method I used to change from windows and homesite and textpad and photoshop, to debian and enlightenment and gvim and the gimp. It's possible that (for some of my purposes) something else might come along that will allow me to work better, faster, cleaner and happier than I do now.
But, if I'm not prepared to look, I'll never know.
Basic math failure.
1 out of 100 is 1.00 percent, unless you're dealing with some definition of "percent" which doesn't match with commonly accepted norms (which might be the case on some websites).
Perhaps an *honest* approach might work?
What I have in mind, is approaching the client with a line something like "I've had a quick look at the site, and think that there might be some security holes there. I'm not going to look further without your permission, but I think you should get it looked into."
Be honest, admit that you think you could have done a better job, and say that you hope you'll be considered to either fix the existing one, or any future projects.... then just let it go.
You're doing the "right thing" and you're being honest with someone who might be a client in the future.... and, believe it or not, doing the right thing *can* be its own reward.
Chicks suck.
Guys are ugly.
Pass the kleenex.
This would also limit your potential list of questions, to those who are in a timezone that allows them to be awake, and active at the time of the interview.
Living, as I do, in the southern hemisphere, in, in a time zone quite distant from most of the US, this would bug me....
I notice this, on a number of sites.... times are given in EST, (or some other USA based timezone). Would it be hard to convert these to GMT? Especially on sites like /. that already "know" where I am, and give me information in NZT
USA is not the world....even though a large proportion of your users live there. I imagine that a decent proportion are elsewhere....
Has anyone else looked *really* closely at that tray?
Am I the only person who thinks that's really cute?
I imagine that this sort of thing would be far harder to sue for, internationally.
I've found that contracting (short term, and lots of it) is a good way to broaden out your experience.... you get to learn heaps of stuff, but shallowly. I used contracting to know what to avoid.... there's almost nothing that I can't put up with for 3 months... but I won't go back to it. Now, I'm working full time as an employee.... and consolidating what I know and like, learning in more depth. I envisage, in a few years, heading back out contracting again, so I don't get stale, and stuck in a rut..... Learning is life.... if you stop learning, your career dies....