So you are saying that it IS"an excess in freedom of speech and freedom of thought, by means of the dissemination of information" to compare the business model of Microsoft to the business model of Microsoft?
The words may come from the Brazilian Press Law but Microsoft is the one saying it applies in this instance.
An while it may be the law in Brazil, we can still judge an American company's actions in Brazil by our own views of Freedom of Speech. It certainly seems that Microsoft's respect for that freedom isn't very high at the moment.
The best way to combat social engineering is to have
policies in place AND allow people to enforce them. The second biggest hurdle is security people afraid of some uppity VP getting upset because you aren't giving him "special consideration".
If the minimum wage plus a couple of bucks guard can prevent the blustering VP of Operations who forgot his security pass from entering the building WITHOUT repercussions AND the guard knows it; you have a chance of social engineering not working.
There's a probably apocryphal story of one of the von Siemens being stopped from getting into one their own buildings by some old German guard. The punch line is the old guy saying "Yes, I admit you LOOK a lot like von Siemens and you PROBABLY are von Siemens but without papers you are not getting into this building". von Siemens thought about it for a while, settled down and gave the old guy a big bonus. The story was passed around to everyone as how security should be done.
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My first encounter with a group using UML was when I was called in to review the design of a medical imaging system. I learned UML, thought it was pretty cool, and then reviewed the design.
I found a significant design flaw with a pattern that they were using everywhere and raised it as an issue. Turns out they knew about the flaw but didn't want to fix it since they would have to redo all their UML diagrams for the bulk of the project.
Then they had the nerve to ask me to signoff on the design. Further they had the nerve to ask me to use UML on my next project!
UML is really great for communication of designs. But if you invest too much into the UML you end up "coding" the proposed design and it becomes too hard to modify.
Where UML really shines is in HUGE projects, where systems analysts design the system in UML and programmers write the code. Anything else it's a little bit of overkill and a little dangerous.
For the same reason it doesn't stop traffic jams. The individual is not directly penalised.
The traffic light idea is interesting. In theory it precisely punishes the offender. You speed, you get stopped.
I think you see the same effect here -- the speeder is at the head of the pack stopped at the light and gets an apparent jump on everybody else. As far as he concerned he's winning.
Every night I drive home on the 401 here in Toronto.
Every night people weave, cut people off, pull off into the
merge lanes and then cut back in at the last possible moment.
All of these behaviours SLOW traffic down and make everybody later to get home by several minutes each.
So if these light thingys would work in the real world via negative reinforcement how come it doesn't work on the 401?
Don't listen to music ...
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... unless you are running paths. It's not recommended by any
serious runner. You don't realize how much you depend on your hearing for navigating traffic filled streets until you don't have it.
The number of runners who die every because they can't hear the cars coming and automatically step out in front of one...
Because you can't feed a family of 4 using "worth" that is measured in other denominations.
Not a troll, I use open source software and have contributed back, just I have a family to feed as well. This is why I prefer the BSD license to the GPL...
Morning people? I'm a morning person and if you think I like to waste the most productive hours of my day in meetings...
I think it's the sadists that schedule morning meetings -- gets the night owls up too early and interrupts the flow of the morning persons work day; everybody is surly.
I always help -- I guess I "get" the concept that I can lift more than almost any woman -- something about testosterone and being a lumberjack in my youth.
But if you can't lift more than they can, by all means send them along to somebody that can.
Oh, and just because they are using a trick on you doesn't mean they don't need your help. Just smile and say "Sure, but next time just ask instead of playing the mind games." Being a jerk doesn't allow you to change behaviour -- or get dates for that matter.
Exactly: this decision by the courts has changed "would have been obvious" to "had been obvious". This changes the whole thing into a redundant "prior art" claus. Idiots.
I have a love/hate relationship with the appellant courts:-)
Well if the patent office followed their own rules about not being "obvious to an ordinary practioner of the art" and about "being new and original" I'm not sure there WOULD be a problem with patents.
The number of patents that are being granted that are obvious solutions to a problem (eg. 1 click patent) or not original (eg. this one) is staggering.
I've been looking for a full sized keyboard without
the numeric keypad and all those other junk keys
I never use. I find it really annoying to have to
skip over 8 inches of crap to get to the mouse.
I looks like the Kinesis Maxim fits the bill.
Anybody try this out? The review is a little scant on details such as feel (cupped keys?, huh?) and
clicketyness...
I haven't seen this theory before but I don't read ever article posted on this topic:-)
I think what happened is this:
Some bright intern in SCO legal came across the IBM contract and said "Ah ha!, I bet IBM forgot about this clause."
Some old timer in Legal says, "Hey, we have a bunch of code in escrow from the MERCED, I bet those IBM dummies put some of it into Linux"
Some technical manager is asked to check to see if there is any code in both MERCED and in Linux. Answers "Yes" because he's a climber or is too stupid to know what is or isn't actionable.
SCO launches it's lawsuit.
SCO's real lawyers get the evidence.
Boies, and by deduction everybody else, finds out IBM never forgets when it comes to IP. Never. There is nothing actionable in MERCED that made it into Linux or there isn't enough to make a real lawsuit out of it.
SCO can't find evidence in the source they have so they start requesting source that may have actionable items.
Boies finds out that IBM's lawyers are on to this when they demand real evidence before turning over anything.
The tap dancing begins...
Now things are going to get nasty for SCO. What I'm surprised about is how people keep getting surprised by IBM's "Ninja Lawyers" and how tight their IP controls are. It's a long running industry gag.
I don't think they are being harsh. I have a 9 year old Lego maniac and lot's of nephews and nieces who love this stuff and I see first hand the frustration they feel:
Too many bionicles -- every six months there is a new, different "big bad guy" and a dozen new assorted good guys and bad guys.
Movie tie ins with movies 4-6 year olds can't watch -- like Spiderman or Star Wars.
Movie tie ins with BAD movies -- like the Chamber of Secrets or the Attack of the Clones.
No bricks -- my son has almost 100 lego sets (all he wants for Birthdays and Christmas is Lego) and he still can't build a
decent house with his basic bricks. There is only one or two FreeStyle sets and they are pretty thin on useful pieces.
Like they said -- the target market is 0-7 but the "interests" they base the sets on are 10-14. If you get them addicted to lego at 6 they'll still be playing with it at 12 -- you can't hook them at 12.
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The words may come from the Brazilian Press Law but Microsoft is the one saying it applies in this instance.
An while it may be the law in Brazil, we can still judge an American company's actions in Brazil by our own views of Freedom of Speech. It certainly seems that Microsoft's respect for that freedom isn't very high at the moment.
- CAD/CAM (and I do mean both)
- Medical Imaging
- Genetics
- B2B/Database
- Internet Security Applications
A good programmer is good no matter what they do -- they just need a bit of time to ramp up on the problem domain.I've noticed some interesting things about my access:
Conspiracy!
Why would we expect a cable companies VOIP be any different?
If wrote on my resume "While at Company X, I took the initiative creating the WhizBang 2000", which would anybody reading my resume assume:
If you picked option 2. you are either an idiot or a Gore apologist.
I don't need it to stop me posting to /. or anything like that.
Ah ha! You're exactly right -- we're misunderestimating the complexity of the problem!
If the minimum wage plus a couple of bucks guard can prevent the blustering VP of Operations who forgot his security pass from entering the building WITHOUT repercussions AND the guard knows it; you have a chance of social engineering not working.
There's a probably apocryphal story of one of the von Siemens being stopped from getting into one their own buildings by some old German guard. The punch line is the old guy saying "Yes, I admit you LOOK a lot like von Siemens and you PROBABLY are von Siemens but without papers you are not getting into this building". von Siemens thought about it for a while, settled down and gave the old guy a big bonus. The story was passed around to everyone as how security should be done.
I found a significant design flaw with a pattern that they were using everywhere and raised it as an issue. Turns out they knew about the flaw but didn't want to fix it since they would have to redo all their UML diagrams for the bulk of the project.
Then they had the nerve to ask me to signoff on the design. Further they had the nerve to ask me to use UML on my next project!
UML is really great for communication of designs. But if you invest too much into the UML you end up "coding" the proposed design and it becomes too hard to modify.
Where UML really shines is in HUGE projects, where systems analysts design the system in UML and programmers write the code. Anything else it's a little bit of overkill and a little dangerous.
I think you see the same effect here -- the speeder is at the head of the pack stopped at the light and gets an apparent jump on everybody else. As far as he concerned he's winning.
Every night people weave, cut people off, pull off into the merge lanes and then cut back in at the last possible moment.
All of these behaviours SLOW traffic down and make everybody later to get home by several minutes each.
So if these light thingys would work in the real world via negative reinforcement how come it doesn't work on the 401?
The number of runners who die every because they can't hear the cars coming and automatically step out in front of one ...
And then I read the article, HP is *supporting* Novell in their efforts to ...
Love the spin on the intro. Was this an HP marketing guy who submitted the story?
Not a troll, I use open source software and have contributed back, just I have a family to feed as well. This is why I prefer the BSD license to the GPL ...
I think it's the sadists that schedule morning meetings -- gets the night owls up too early and interrupts the flow of the morning persons work day; everybody is surly.
These idiots have forgotten the basic rule of dealing with spammers (and other mail miscreants) which is:
They lie in the HELO, they lie in the MAIL FROM:, in the headers, etc. etc. etc.Any method that depends on this kind of data is doomed to a quick failure in the real world.
Well, not many is true. But they get laid a *lot* more than assertive assholes.
Too bad I discovered how to be assertive after getting married :-)
Actually assertive guys get laid, be they assertive assholes or assertive nice guys.
The "sure, but just ask" sends the dual message "not a sap" AND "not an ass".
But if you can't lift more than they can, by all means send them along to somebody that can.
Oh, and just because they are using a trick on you doesn't mean they don't need your help. Just smile and say "Sure, but next time just ask instead of playing the mind games." Being a jerk doesn't allow you to change behaviour -- or get dates for that matter.
I have a love/hate relationship with the appellant courts :-)
MikeRoweSoft LynnDoeOS
Now we just need to hook Mike up with this Lynn Doe chick and Bill is done like dinner!
The number of patents that are being granted that are obvious solutions to a problem (eg. 1 click patent) or not original (eg. this one) is staggering.
I looks like the Kinesis Maxim fits the bill.
Anybody try this out? The review is a little scant on details such as feel (cupped keys?, huh?) and clicketyness ...
I think what happened is this:
Now things are going to get nasty for SCO. What I'm surprised about is how people keep getting surprised by IBM's "Ninja Lawyers" and how tight their IP controls are. It's a long running industry gag.
Like they said -- the target market is 0-7 but the "interests" they base the sets on are 10-14. If you get them addicted to lego at 6 they'll still be playing with it at 12 -- you can't hook them at 12.