There are reoccurring patterns clearly, but some some things (like numbers) seem to be completely unencrypted... For example, "cbe" seems to be an age identifier of some sort...
I wonder what the age of his family members are ??? 71, 74, and 75 maybe?? We need to know more of the background of this guy.. Was he a loner? A paranoid?? Where was he that night?? Where did he work... If he was "street smart" then solving his little unique puzzle will most likely require understanding what type of person he is and try to determine how he saw the world...
Guys like in the article only exist when there is cheap a free money... They demonstrate the ignorance that exists in the VC world... Programming is not a black art. Its simply what do you want to build, what is the best technology to the task, and build a plan/strategy for controlling risk and project creeps...
Give it another year to watch the pension funds collapse which is who feeds these idiots, and people like him will go back under the rock where they came from...
What??? Almost all corporate offices are VoIP now... If you are having problems with congestion, then you might want to hire someone who knows how to setup a network.
I agree with you.. by the way.. But I admit I am partial to C#... Bad taste left by old legacy VB6 customers...
However, with the current.NET framework it really does not matter. Yes, VB.NET classes definitions are an eye sore (too verbose in my opinion), but it doesnt take long to swap between one or the other... Meaning it really does not matter.
On the Silverlight... Never been there because I personally feel as a consultant that Silverlight died when Android and iOS came on the scene... Meaning, moving forward it makes more sense to push a rich enviroment to client devices than on a browser.
From a current iPhone user... I dont think it really matters....
I have an iPhone for work, as well as a Verizon MiWi. I constantly get 1 bar in various buildings with my iPhone, but love the MiWi service. If getting the iPhone thru Verizon can solve the problems I have now with the AT&T setup, I will definitely give them a try.
My only grip is Verizon not even offering the full price option. I hate the idea of the 2 year contract, and would rather just pay the full cost to not have to deal with it. Hopefully Apple can do some arm twisting like they did with the iPad...
iSSH on the iPhone might not be the best out there, but it does what it needs to do. I have a 3 watt cellular repeater on my car, which gives me 5 bars no matter where I am....
If the Heretic was so smart, then why would he reveal the idiots? Consultants make a living preying on dumb (and dieing) companies everyday. n fact, you can alway tell a dieing company because they lay off their employees and "outsource" high paid consultants to run their business.
A smart Heretic I would think would quietly high them drive their company in the ground and make lots of money in the process...
I think Amazon (or the vendor) is realizing now that a $0.02 resistor is cheaper than using paint as a resistor.
I am biased I admit, but this also might be what you get when you engineer products using the lowest paid bidder. I mean by the time you get thru all of the layers of middlemen down to the designer, it ends up being a kid just out of college saying "oops.... Sorry about that boss. I never thought about what would happen if the paint came off"...
The problem with the above argument is what I run into on a daily basis... The person with the idea knows the business, but the consultant (programmer) typically just understands the implementation side of it. That is why high paid consultants (in their chosen industry) are worth their weight in gold. Someone else have paid to train them up on the industry (and paid for their learning curve as well).
Also, if it is one lesson I have learned (several times actually) about doing consulting for the last decade, it would be that a good spec doc up front that is written by someone who knows exactly what needs to be built and has a "knack" for attention to detail. Programmers are supposed to be implementers and nothing more. The ideas should have already been flushed out... If this happens, then the projects typically go well. If not, then who knows what will happen
In my opinion, the real issue is the current technology on passwords. Everything should be implemented with smart card command / challenge implementation. Passwords are by the very nature insecure
I am not going to disagree that some platforms are easier than others, but when you are paid to develop software for a living, if makes learning allot easier. Meaning, if you are not good at it, then you don't eat.:)
Other than simple "hello world" type development, most of the time the way you really learn a new platform is by getting a new project and then learning it as you go. Pretty much any senior developer can pickup new platforms with only a slight impact (mostly late nights) in the overall timeline.
For me personally, I have not been able to get any clients to bite on iOS development, but I found early on that android is an almost ideal OI for industrial automation. Hence, why I currently am only doing android development at the moment until I can find someone to fund a iOS project.
Let me guess.... Actually, what this is really about is that the head of NSA is upset that he cannot currently stream HD 1080p porn directly to his desk from another government friend employee. I mean, it is just sooooo choppy. A new network must be made immediately!!!
He apparently seems to have a misunderstanding on what a VPN is as well...
Also, the problem is not "the internet". The problem is people in general. If you only allow a system to be modified by a physical person in front of a unix/linux/vxworks (or similar) terminal with no network connection, then it makes "hacking" something like pretty much impossible unless a person is physically present.
My guess is that it shows the level of frustration Microsoft is having with OSS.
OSS is never on the edge of innovation. In fact, it is almost universally behind the times. However, it forces the industry to innovate to survive, which is great for technology as a whole.
I am guessing we will see allot more efuse (Droid) type approaches in the future. Considering this current ruling, I wound if the vender is held legally responsable for damaging (aka bricking) a device if the intent is to prevent it from being tampered with?
Ummm.... It depends what you are doing. Yes, if you want a basic browser with flash, go down to walmart and buy a computer. If you are building a group of opencv (computer vision) frame processing servers, then linux is the only way to go.
Overall, though, I agree with you that the thought of pushing linux desktop PCs is a little puzzling. It is not really what they are best at, and the only reason I ever use one for browsing is because I vertigo anytime I look at a Vista / Windows 7 desktop.
I think you would agree that performance no longer is a problem is most cases... Meaning, those HP desktops most likely will perform just as well (and long) as the new ones of today. Pretty sad if you think about it...
I dont know about him, but my reason is because those *cheap* phones are exactly as they are described. Cheap.... I dont care to have a shell on my iphone, and I sure as heck dont want to waste time modding it. What I want from a phone is allot of functionality, but functionality that is quick and intuitive to pickup. Meaning, I will spend all day screwing around and configuring linux (debian/gentoo/centOS) servers, but the last thing I want is this functionality on my phone.
I understand your frustration. I am an electrical and computer engineer, and really like most (not all) apple products. The problem is that if you talk anything positive about apple, then you must be a "ignorant apple fan boy", which is far from the case. The reality (for me) is that need products that are extremely reliable and integrate well because of the business I am in. Could I use Android? Sure, but it would be be sync'd seamlessly (contacts/emails/etc) with my macbookpro or my iPad.
"Narcotics", such as morphine or other opium derivatives, are generally considered sedatives (not stimulants). Meaning, you dont get a "high" off of heroin/morphine. Meaning, narcotics (sedatives) and methylamphetamines (stimulants) are two different categories of drugs.
Some might be in denial, but a huge part of this is simply marketing firms being paid to try to spread bad information on the iPhone in hopes of selling competitor phones. Not many people out of over 2 million are reporting what Consumer Reports is saying. Also, I own one of those "flawed" phones, and cant make it reduce bars no matter how I hold it...
I agree as long as that person has innocent intent. Consumer Reports clearly created this article to sell copies rather than push factual information. Also, the reality is that a good amount of this type of "information" that was on the newsgroups was being put there by marketing firms who are being paid to push a certain agenda. The article "Is the Iphone 4 Apple's Vista" comes to mind here...
Lets cut to the chase... If Apple is so concerned about negative information on the iPhone 4, do you honestly think that there would be a 3 week lead time on shipping the of the phone? No, they would not. Also, the antenna issue is completely overblown, and I am sure Consumer Reports knows this internally...
In my opinion, it has always been my experience that...
Real money is made on Windows Real work is done on Linux..
In short, I do not develop.NET because it is the best development environment. I do it because their seems to be an unlimited number of businesses that will pay obscene amounts to develop for on this platform. Add in the fact that MS's incompetence has already conditioned these people to expect support contracts, and you have a nice consulting/career option.
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There are reoccurring patterns clearly, but some some things (like numbers) seem to be completely unencrypted... For example, "cbe" seems to be an age identifier of some sort...
I wonder what the age of his family members are ??? 71, 74, and 75 maybe?? We need to know more of the background of this guy.. Was he a loner? A paranoid?? Where was he that night?? Where did he work... If he was "street smart" then solving his little unique puzzle will most likely require understanding what type of person he is and try to determine how he saw the world...
Guys like in the article only exist when there is cheap a free money... They demonstrate the ignorance that exists in the VC world... Programming is not a black art. Its simply what do you want to build, what is the best technology to the task, and build a plan/strategy for controlling risk and project creeps...
Give it another year to watch the pension funds collapse which is who feeds these idiots, and people like him will go back under the rock where they came from...
What??? Almost all corporate offices are VoIP now... If you are having problems with congestion, then you might want to hire someone who knows how to setup a network.
I agree with you.. by the way.. But I admit I am partial to C#... Bad taste left by old legacy VB6 customers...
However, with the current .NET framework it really does not matter. Yes, VB.NET classes definitions are an eye sore (too verbose in my opinion), but it doesnt take long to swap between one or the other... Meaning it really does not matter.
On the Silverlight... Never been there because I personally feel as a consultant that Silverlight died when Android and iOS came on the scene... Meaning, moving forward it makes more sense to push a rich enviroment to client devices than on a browser.
From a current iPhone user... I dont think it really matters....
I have an iPhone for work, as well as a Verizon MiWi. I constantly get 1 bar in various buildings with my iPhone, but love the MiWi service. If getting the iPhone thru Verizon can solve the problems I have now with the AT&T setup, I will definitely give them a try.
My only grip is Verizon not even offering the full price option. I hate the idea of the 2 year contract, and would rather just pay the full cost to not have to deal with it. Hopefully Apple can do some arm twisting like they did with the iPad...
iSSH on the iPhone might not be the best out there, but it does what it needs to do. I have a 3 watt cellular repeater on my car, which gives me 5 bars no matter where I am....
If the Heretic was so smart, then why would he reveal the idiots? Consultants make a living preying on dumb (and dieing) companies everyday. n fact, you can alway tell a dieing company because they lay off their employees and "outsource" high paid consultants to run their business.
A smart Heretic I would think would quietly high them drive their company in the ground and make lots of money in the process...
I think Amazon (or the vendor) is realizing now that a $0.02 resistor is cheaper than using paint as a resistor.
I am biased I admit, but this also might be what you get when you engineer products using the lowest paid bidder. I mean by the time you get thru all of the layers of middlemen down to the designer, it ends up being a kid just out of college saying "oops.... Sorry about that boss. I never thought about what would happen if the paint came off"...
The problem with the above argument is what I run into on a daily basis... The person with the idea knows the business, but the consultant (programmer) typically just understands the implementation side of it. That is why high paid consultants (in their chosen industry) are worth their weight in gold. Someone else have paid to train them up on the industry (and paid for their learning curve as well).
Also, if it is one lesson I have learned (several times actually) about doing consulting for the last decade, it would be that a good spec doc up front that is written by someone who knows exactly what needs to be built and has a "knack" for attention to detail. Programmers are supposed to be implementers and nothing more. The ideas should have already been flushed out... If this happens, then the projects typically go well. If not, then who knows what will happen
In my opinion, the real issue is the current technology on passwords. Everything should be implemented with smart card command / challenge implementation. Passwords are by the very nature insecure
I am not going to disagree that some platforms are easier than others, but when you are paid to develop software for a living, if makes learning allot easier. Meaning, if you are not good at it, then you don't eat. :)
Other than simple "hello world" type development, most of the time the way you really learn a new platform is by getting a new project and then learning it as you go. Pretty much any senior developer can pickup new platforms with only a slight impact (mostly late nights) in the overall timeline.
For me personally, I have not been able to get any clients to bite on iOS development, but I found early on that android is an almost ideal OI for industrial automation. Hence, why I currently am only doing android development at the moment until I can find someone to fund a iOS project.
Let me guess.... Actually, what this is really about is that the head of NSA is upset that he cannot currently stream HD 1080p porn directly to his desk from another government friend employee. I mean, it is just sooooo choppy. A new network must be made immediately!!!
He apparently seems to have a misunderstanding on what a VPN is as well...
Also, the problem is not "the internet". The problem is people in general. If you only allow a system to be modified by a physical person in front of a unix/linux/vxworks (or similar) terminal with no network connection, then it makes "hacking" something like pretty much impossible unless a person is physically present.
My guess is that it shows the level of frustration Microsoft is having with OSS.
OSS is never on the edge of innovation. In fact, it is almost universally behind the times. However, it forces the industry to innovate to survive, which is great for technology as a whole.
This is great news actually..
I am guessing we will see allot more efuse (Droid) type approaches in the future. Considering this current ruling, I wound if the vender is held legally responsable for damaging (aka bricking) a device if the intent is to prevent it from being tampered with?
Ummm.... It depends what you are doing. Yes, if you want a basic browser with flash, go down to walmart and buy a computer. If you are building a group of opencv (computer vision) frame processing servers, then linux is the only way to go.
Overall, though, I agree with you that the thought of pushing linux desktop PCs is a little puzzling. It is not really what they are best at, and the only reason I ever use one for browsing is because I vertigo anytime I look at a Vista / Windows 7 desktop.
I think you would agree that performance no longer is a problem is most cases... Meaning, those HP desktops most likely will perform just as well (and long) as the new ones of today. Pretty sad if you think about it...
I dont know about him, but my reason is because those *cheap* phones are exactly as they are described. Cheap.... I dont care to have a shell on my iphone, and I sure as heck dont want to waste time modding it. What I want from a phone is allot of functionality, but functionality that is quick and intuitive to pickup. Meaning, I will spend all day screwing around and configuring linux (debian/gentoo/centOS) servers, but the last thing I want is this functionality on my phone.
I understand your frustration. I am an electrical and computer engineer, and really like most (not all) apple products. The problem is that if you talk anything positive about apple, then you must be a "ignorant apple fan boy", which is far from the case. The reality (for me) is that need products that are extremely reliable and integrate well because of the business I am in. Could I use Android? Sure, but it would be be sync'd seamlessly (contacts/emails/etc) with my macbookpro or my iPad.
You know... Making sounds illegal is soooo 8th century BC...
I am a little confused by the article.....
"Narcotics", such as morphine or other opium derivatives, are generally considered sedatives (not stimulants). Meaning, you dont get a "high" off of heroin/morphine. Meaning, narcotics (sedatives) and methylamphetamines (stimulants) are two different categories of drugs.
Some might be in denial, but a huge part of this is simply marketing firms being paid to try to spread bad information on the iPhone in hopes of selling competitor phones. Not many people out of over 2 million are reporting what Consumer Reports is saying. Also, I own one of those "flawed" phones, and cant make it reduce bars no matter how I hold it...
I agree as long as that person has innocent intent. Consumer Reports clearly created this article to sell copies rather than push factual information. Also, the reality is that a good amount of this type of "information" that was on the newsgroups was being put there by marketing firms who are being paid to push a certain agenda. The article "Is the Iphone 4 Apple's Vista" comes to mind here...
Lets cut to the chase... If Apple is so concerned about negative information on the iPhone 4, do you honestly think that there would be a 3 week lead time on shipping the of the phone? No, they would not. Also, the antenna issue is completely overblown, and I am sure Consumer Reports knows this internally...
In my opinion, it has always been my experience that...
Real money is made on Windows
Real work is done on Linux..
In short, I do not develop .NET because it is the best development environment. I do it because their seems to be an unlimited number of businesses that will pay obscene amounts to develop for on this platform. Add in the fact that MS's incompetence has already conditioned these people to expect support contracts, and you have a nice consulting/career option.