That product shipped, and I decided it was time for something different, so I became a news producer at a mid-size market TV station.
The point? It doesn't matter what you major in. Make sure you're well educated, and can adapt to new environments. Learning how to learn is the best education of all.
As a local TV news producer, I love the thought of having lots of people with FMV capabilities on their cell phone. It takes what CNN has done with videophone technology, and puts it in everyone's hands.
In a breaking news situation, ordinarily we have to send a camera crew and live truck to the scene, wait for them to raise their mast or dish, then set up a microwave or satellite signal to get on the air. That's 30 minutes on a good day, with good traffic, and good weather.
Imagine if any 13 year old geek with a camcorder and a cell phone could be the first on the scene, and we just dial into their cell phone. It turns everyone into a potential live reporter.
Of course, with judicious use of the seven second delay.:-)
Microsoft itself is a major problem when it comes to security...
Let's give some credit where credit is due. Criminals are a major problem when it comes to security. Yes, it should be Microsoft's responsibility to produce a secure product, just as it should be every CIO's responsibility to make sure their deployments are secure.
But it's also law enforcement's responsibility to track down and punish those who get around -- or even attempt to get around -- any security holes.
If I build a vault, then accidentally drop the combination out on the street, you're still breaking the law if you come and steal something from it.
If I build an incredibly secure vault, and someone finds you outside it with a crowbar and explosives, you'll still get arrested even if you didn't steal anything.
Yet there's very little discussion here of what law enforcement agencies do (or don't do) to track down and punish e-criminals.
Is it a lack of faith in the ability of law enforcement?
Or an assumption that e-criminals are somehow exempt from laws guarding property?
You'd expect the police to do everything in their power to catch someone who burned down your home... why not expect the same if they crack your servers?
In the front we've got 4 input controller slots, the eject button, and the off button. That's it. No USB, FireWire, or otherwise. I can understand why there's no USB, and it's going to be a recurring theme.
Partially true. The controller ports are actually USB ports, only with resized connectors so you have to plug in XBox-specific (and licensed) controllers. A very reasonable thing to do, since you need standardized controllers on a game platform, but it means they didn't have to rip out or rewrite too much USB code from DirectX 8.
This, in theory, means someone could come up with a USB->XBox adapter... and then have to write the software to support it.
As long as we're being anal about it, a PVR wouldn't let you record only 47 minutes per episode... you get all 60 regardless of whether you watch the ads.
And don't forget the pilot episode!
So (5*22)+1 = 111 hours
Flamebait: But why would you want all 111 hours of B5 anyway??
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I went to a medium-sized liberal arts college where I majored in theater. While there, I worked in tech support and eventually managed the helpdesk.
After graduation, I got a job at a large software company as a Program Manager on a ubiquitous productivity suite.
That product shipped, and I decided it was time for something different, so I became a news producer at a mid-size market TV station.
The point? It doesn't matter what you major in. Make sure you're well educated, and can adapt to new environments. Learning how to learn is the best education of all.
As a local TV news producer, I love the thought of having lots of people with FMV capabilities on their cell phone. It takes what CNN has done with videophone technology, and puts it in everyone's hands.
:-)
In a breaking news situation, ordinarily we have to send a camera crew and live truck to the scene, wait for them to raise their mast or dish, then set up a microwave or satellite signal to get on the air. That's 30 minutes on a good day, with good traffic, and good weather.
Imagine if any 13 year old geek with a camcorder and a cell phone could be the first on the scene, and we just dial into their cell phone. It turns everyone into a potential live reporter.
Of course, with judicious use of the seven second delay.
Microsoft itself is a major problem when it comes to security...
Let's give some credit where credit is due. Criminals are a major problem when it comes to security. Yes, it should be Microsoft's responsibility to produce a secure product, just as it should be every CIO's responsibility to make sure their deployments are secure.
But it's also law enforcement's responsibility to track down and punish those who get around -- or even attempt to get around -- any security holes.
If I build a vault, then accidentally drop the combination out on the street, you're still breaking the law if you come and steal something from it.
If I build an incredibly secure vault, and someone finds you outside it with a crowbar and explosives, you'll still get arrested even if you didn't steal anything.
Yet there's very little discussion here of what law enforcement agencies do (or don't do) to track down and punish e-criminals.
Is it a lack of faith in the ability of law enforcement?
Or an assumption that e-criminals are somehow exempt from laws guarding property?
You'd expect the police to do everything in their power to catch someone who burned down your home... why not expect the same if they crack your servers?
Partially true. The controller ports are actually USB ports, only with resized connectors so you have to plug in XBox-specific (and licensed) controllers. A very reasonable thing to do, since you need standardized controllers on a game platform, but it means they didn't have to rip out or rewrite too much USB code from DirectX 8.
This, in theory, means someone could come up with a USB->XBox adapter... and then have to write the software to support it.
And don't forget the pilot episode!
So (5*22)+1 = 111 hours
Flamebait: But why would you want all 111 hours of B5 anyway??