I have Password Safe installed on my PDA, as well as my USB Flash drive. I use that to manage my passwords. It's a bit of a pain to keep the two in sync, but not too bad. I used Diceware to generate a fairly secure master passphrase.
Does anyone out there read books on PDA's? How do you find it compared to reading from the computer or reading from a dead-tree book?
I have a Visor that I read a fair number of books on. It's certainly more convenient than lugging the printed book around, but I've found that it causes me to read much more slowly. I'm not sure why, but I think it's because I usually "skim" a bit when reading in a larger format (paper on full size monitor) but you can't do that well on a 160x160 screen.
I didn't mean to imply that, but I see how it might have sounded that way. I don't get any solicited liberal political email, so I don't know how Yahoo treats it. I suppose it would be easy to test. If it turns out that the most jaded conspiracy nuts are right, I'll let you know.
I just thought it was interesting that the original story described a problem with a porn filter blocking legitimate political messages, but Yahoo's filter seems to explicitly filter at least some strictly political messages.
Perhaps it's coincidental, but the Yahoo spam filter consistently marks conservative political email I receive as spam (GOA, Texas GOP, Federalist, stuff like that).
It sounds like the U-238 remains:
So material now treated as waste could be used as fuel. The problem of disposing of spent fuel will remain, but CAESAR is, in effect, a form of waste storage that produces electricity.
I recommend first looking for them online. I use irc.bookwarez.net #bw and have found many computer books (of course, I only download the ones I own.;-) )
software development of complete systems... not one off scripts
I agree, there is a significant difference between simple development of web pages, scripts, etc., and the design and implementation of larger projects.
In my experience, coders who teach themselves are generally quite able to develop something with the proper guidance: Write a class X, it must have public methods Y and Z, etc. But it generally takes formal education (more than Teach Yourself XYZ in 21 days or a week long training class) to gain the understanding needed to do real design work.
Call it snobbish, but I think there are plenty of analogous careers where we all accept the need of formal training. Neither experience nor education alone is enough. There may be the occasional genius who is indeed self-taught, but that's the exception instead of the rule.
evolutionary development results in poorly designed code
I disagree that this is always true. I've seen plenty of well-designed open source software. But I think if you look at those who are guiding the design, they will have the education and experience needed to design large systems.
But when I got home, I worked non-stop on the computer, learning networking, Windows NT, C++ programming, etc. I spent 8 hours at work and 8 hours at home studying.
tell your family to "FUCK OFF! I'm working my ass off so that we can all have a better life!"
It may just be me, but I'm not sure that your description of your home life constitutes "a better life", no matter how you slice it.
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I have Password Safe installed on my PDA, as well as my USB Flash drive. I use that to manage my passwords. It's a bit of a pain to keep the two in sync, but not too bad. I used Diceware to generate a fairly secure master passphrase.
Good point. In certain countries, maybe stampeding herds of pigs through mine fields would be extra effective?
I denounce China's unilateral decision to cancel its moon mission and build a space station! Has the UN been consulted about this?
They should stampede a herd of cows through the mine field instead.
Here in Texas, we always called it "the other day".
I have a Visor that I read a fair number of books on. It's certainly more convenient than lugging the printed book around, but I've found that it causes me to read much more slowly. I'm not sure why, but I think it's because I usually "skim" a bit when reading in a larger format (paper on full size monitor) but you can't do that well on a 160x160 screen.
Every bit of it.
I just thought it was interesting that the original story described a problem with a porn filter blocking legitimate political messages, but Yahoo's filter seems to explicitly filter at least some strictly political messages.
Perhaps it's coincidental, but the Yahoo spam filter consistently marks conservative political email I receive as spam (GOA, Texas GOP, Federalist, stuff like that).
Couldn't we just compost the nuclear waste? ;-)
It sounds like the U-238 remains: So material now treated as waste could be used as fuel. The problem of disposing of spent fuel will remain, but CAESAR is, in effect, a form of waste storage that produces electricity.
http://www.slack.net/~hermit/ebook/- 4-1.html
http://www.slack.net/~hermit/ebook/documents/page
I recommend first looking for them online. I use irc.bookwarez.net #bw and have found many computer books (of course, I only download the ones I own. ;-) )
I agree, there is a significant difference between simple development of web pages, scripts, etc., and the design and implementation of larger projects.
In my experience, coders who teach themselves are generally quite able to develop something with the proper guidance: Write a class X, it must have public methods Y and Z, etc. But it generally takes formal education (more than Teach Yourself XYZ in 21 days or a week long training class) to gain the understanding needed to do real design work.
Call it snobbish, but I think there are plenty of analogous careers where we all accept the need of formal training. Neither experience nor education alone is enough. There may be the occasional genius who is indeed self-taught, but that's the exception instead of the rule.
evolutionary development results in poorly designed code
I disagree that this is always true. I've seen plenty of well-designed open source software. But I think if you look at those who are guiding the design, they will have the education and experience needed to design large systems.
But when I got home, I worked non-stop on the computer, learning networking, Windows NT, C++ programming, etc. I spent 8 hours at work and 8 hours at home studying.
tell your family to "FUCK OFF! I'm working my ass off so that we can all have a better life!"
It may just be me, but I'm not sure that your description of your home life constitutes "a better life", no matter how you slice it.
SECS: SEMI Equipment Communication Standard. We frequently develop "SECS drivers". It really goes downhill fast.