Threats of lawsuits are mostly idle. Call his bluff and see what happens when the ACLU gets involved and crowfunding his defense sends the principal looking for a new job..
My read so far based on the video blogpost I saw on http://beta.watchmybit.com last night is that there is a lot of circumstantial evidence and not a lot of hard facts.
Also, the agent who worked Chicago border control seems to know an aweful lot about IT and TOR that makes me wonder why he's working packaged duty.
Starting to smell like a lot of planted evidence...
Bitcoin for all its technical sophistication is more of a threat to "stock exchanges" or "equity allocation" than it ever will be to "currencies"
It is not suitable to a "drive-thru" transactions due to the number of "confirms" required to have veracity in the exchange.
However, it is VERY WELL SUITED to the exchange of equity -- and is, given the current settlement times, much more of a threat to public ledgers like TORRENS (property exchange logs) -- or stock/ownership exchanges.
While touted as replacements for traditional dead tree varieties, ebook book owners should have the same rights to lend and transfer on a 1:1 basis as they see fit.
Perhaps look at how the BitCoin "public transaction" model works to manage the lending (DRM) ??
I don't want to be "that old guy" -- but I didn't qualify for student loans in the 80's & early 90's because my parents were in that bracket where they were supposed to be able to contribute, but just couldn't.
I had up to three part-time jobs while doing my undergrad, and I definitely wanted the education -- I found that as "consumer" I demanded more from my instructors for my hard earned cash.
In the end it made me who I am, and I subsequently went on to get both an MS in Software Engineering and an MBA recently -- both paid for with cash that I earned and saved.
Sure it took a little longer to finish the degree's and barring Alzheimer's, the lessons learned all around will be mine for life!
Apotheker has to be one of the worst appointments I've seen in 20 years.
At least Chain-saw Al Dunlap was hired for the express purpose of being a major league a-hole.
Apotheker showed a shocking poverty of understanding of the empire he was entrusted to run that it makes me seriously question the competency of the people that vetted him?
I tried changing my bank account info and when I called to ask them to reverse a pending charge on the wrong/old account I was told that I would have to close/cancel my service with them, and then restart service at a new higher rate!
So I cancelled. Completely.
Now I have to play the "contest the charge on the credit card game" even though I cancelled on the 9th the charge still showed up on the 11th.
You'd think they would be doing anything to just maintain their current customers, but evidently not.
The consulting company McKinsey has knowledge management and transfer down to a T -- pairing and making available ANY older expert anywhere in the world available to any younger (really any) consultant.
The US Navy also excels in their job short-term job rotation -- how does a entire carrier operate (as a system) with so many new people in roles they've never held before.....think about it....
Uhm....if you are clever enough to use encryption -- I would also think that you would already have an encrypted code-word or phrase that you would use to notice your pals that you've been compromised ???
You're not going to run out and say "hey I'm being forced to give up my keys"
You'll instead tweet out something like "I prefer Mr. Pibb over Dr. Pepper". Because OBVIOUSLY something has gone horribly wrong......
I completely concur with the sentiment and posts regarding the ability to "navigate a complex system" -- the OTHER important part of the degree is follow-through. It shows that you're goal oriented.
I can tell you from first hand experience that, unless you start your own consulting firm or IT company, you'll hit a glass ceiling. You'll likely never ascend into the CxO ranks.
The lack of degree will likely become an albatross around your neck, and the older you get the heavier it becomes.
You will find that your access to social circles will diminish, and you'll likely be passed over for ANY candidate that has one.
But if you want to be the equivalent of an electronic custodian for the rest of your life, go for it. The world always NEEDS you...it just doesn't have to pay you what you think you're worth.
I'm 40, have a BA in CS, an MS in Software Engineering, and in a few months my MBA. They have made ALL the difference in terms of opportunity (and starting salary).
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Threats of lawsuits are mostly idle. Call his bluff and see what happens when the ACLU gets involved and crowfunding his defense sends the principal looking for a new job..
I'm sure there is a whole set of robot eyes watching for pastebin urls on IRC / Twitter et al
My read so far based on the video blogpost I saw on http://beta.watchmybit.com last night is that there is a lot of circumstantial evidence and not a lot of hard facts.
Also, the agent who worked Chicago border control seems to know an aweful lot about IT and TOR that makes me wonder why he's working packaged duty.
Starting to smell like a lot of planted evidence...
"anyone willing to pay" -- you mean like an FBI agent with a credit card?
This is the same tech refresh upgrade every big bank is in flight doing.
Using simple magnets the windows could self clean in the same way someone can clean the inside of a fishtank
Bitcoin for all its technical sophistication is more of a threat to "stock exchanges" or "equity allocation" than it ever will be to "currencies"
It is not suitable to a "drive-thru" transactions due to the number of "confirms" required to have veracity in the exchange.
However, it is VERY WELL SUITED to the exchange of equity -- and is, given the current settlement times, much more of a threat to public ledgers like TORRENS (property exchange logs) -- or stock/ownership exchanges.
The transactions are BY DESIGN to subsume the block reward and will handily make mining worth the price of admission.
EOL.
So what's the sentiment around using GPG/PGP for email ?
While touted as replacements for traditional dead tree varieties, ebook book owners should have the same rights to lend and transfer on a 1:1 basis as they see fit.
Perhaps look at how the BitCoin "public transaction" model works to manage the lending (DRM) ??
Either it was not the case in the mid 80's or my parents couldn't co-sign.
I don't want to be "that old guy" -- but I didn't qualify for student loans in the 80's & early 90's because my parents were in that bracket where they were supposed to be able to contribute, but just couldn't.
I had up to three part-time jobs while doing my undergrad, and I definitely wanted the education -- I found that as "consumer" I demanded more from my instructors for my hard earned cash.
In the end it made me who I am, and I subsequently went on to get both an MS in Software Engineering and an MBA recently -- both paid for with cash that I earned and saved.
Sure it took a little longer to finish the degree's and barring Alzheimer's, the lessons learned all around will be mine for life!
Apotheker has to be one of the worst appointments I've seen in 20 years.
At least Chain-saw Al Dunlap was hired for the express purpose of being a major league a-hole.
Apotheker showed a shocking poverty of understanding of the empire he was entrusted to run that it makes me seriously question the competency of the people that vetted him?
I tried changing my bank account info and when I called to ask them to reverse a pending charge on the wrong/old account I was told that I would have to close/cancel my service with them, and then restart service at a new higher rate!
So I cancelled. Completely.
Now I have to play the "contest the charge on the credit card game" even though I cancelled on the 9th the charge still showed up on the 11th.
You'd think they would be doing anything to just maintain their current customers, but evidently not.
Say hello to RedBox !
Clearly he can't be trusted -- with the exception of course of furthering his own interests...
Oh wait, it didn't.
In Minnesota an in classroom system called DISCOURSE had this in the early 90's -- should be an easy patent to knock down.
:V (the dots were above it) -- was a cross platform byte-code compiled language used for voice processing applications (DOS & Unix)
The consulting company McKinsey has knowledge management and transfer down to a T -- pairing and making available ANY older expert anywhere in the world available to any younger (really any) consultant.
The US Navy also excels in their job short-term job rotation -- how does a entire carrier operate (as a system) with so many new people in roles they've never held before.....think about it....
Uhm....if you are clever enough to use encryption -- I would also think that you would already have an encrypted code-word or phrase that you would use to notice your pals that you've been compromised ???
You're not going to run out and say "hey I'm being forced to give up my keys"
You'll instead tweet out something like "I prefer Mr. Pibb over Dr. Pepper". Because OBVIOUSLY something has gone horribly wrong......
This is nothing new. Boston Scientific (formerly Guidant) Latitude system has been working wirelessly in exactly this manner for nearly five years.
And "researchers" have been trying to hack the protocol -- mainly by reverse engineering the wanded communication.
Gradma is in more danger of a "pillow-attack" for the inheritance than someone trying to tweak her pacing.
Make sure the group has management in it as well -- need a Lead By Example person.
Also, you'll need to understand the interoperability comfort level, as your clients and business partners will continue to use M$oft.
I think you're missing the point -- its not that the degree automatically proves you have more capacity to learn or do more than the autodidact
Its that its been VALIDATED by a host of instructors in a variety of areas and signed off by the school or university.
They are vouching for the persons capacity at that point in time.
I would take it on their authority over the candidates any day.
I completely concur with the sentiment and posts regarding the ability to "navigate a complex system" -- the OTHER important part of the degree is follow-through. It shows that you're goal oriented.
I can tell you from first hand experience that, unless you start your own consulting firm or IT company, you'll hit a glass ceiling. You'll likely never ascend into the CxO ranks.
The lack of degree will likely become an albatross around your neck, and the older you get the heavier it becomes.
You will find that your access to social circles will diminish, and you'll likely be passed over for ANY candidate that has one.
But if you want to be the equivalent of an electronic custodian for the rest of your life, go for it. The world always NEEDS you...it just doesn't have to pay you what you think you're worth.
I'm 40, have a BA in CS, an MS in Software Engineering, and in a few months my MBA. They have made ALL the difference in terms of opportunity (and starting salary).