Seriously. When sites and places ask for personal information ("where were you born", "first car", "first person you dated"), use false facts, but simply remember them. I've started doing that now with nonsense answers. If I'm stupid enough forget my password and can't remember the nonsense, I'll call the place or email them. If they don't have something in place beyond that, they don't deserve my time and information.
I'm a privacy guy, too, or at least I was until things like Facebook and blogs come around.
Now, instead of trying to keep everything secret, I think it's easier to assume that everything is known. Some things simply have access controls to modify them or see extended information or are otherwise secured by information that assuredly only I know: passphrases (not passwords).
There's also a key element here: I don't do anything illegal and I'm honest with friends and family. One might say, "What happens when you do?" to which I will reply, "Then I guess I'm going to jail like I should." If someone comes to me with beef about something I wrote, then it's up to me to defend my position.
If I want to pass or store information securely, I'll use PGP or other virtually impenetrable encryption with good secret key protection practices, such as keeping them in my head.
Howsabout books or sites on Python threaded programming? I'm going to be working on a project in a short while which will require the use of GTK and twisted together in a sort of network scanner system with asynchronous results.
We need to continue drilling the McCain campaign on economic issues. Neither McCain nor Palin has addressed the economy in an intelligent, organized manner.
We need to continue drilling Obama on the constitutionality of the things he wants to do. Social healthcare is prominent unconstitutional issue and it must be drilled.
We need to continue drilling the media to get more focus on the third party candidates and the up to 10% of the vote they have in some states, especially swing states like Ohio.
Our dirty tricks--we the geeks--can be to FLOOD iReport, Digg, Reddit, and such with third party coverage. They need to be inundated with it.
I'm running 8 GB of RAM and haven't used a swap file in a year in Linux. I keep it around in Windows because Windows likes to have it, but even then, it's only 2 GB.
?: ternary is fantastic for short clauses, such as $foo = isset($_GET['id']) ? sanitize($_GET['id']) : 0;.
The logical sequence for this is a and b or c, or isset($_GET['id']) && sanitize($_GET['id']) || 0;, but ignore the PHP 'cause PHP won't handle it this way (it'll put a boolean in $foo).
PDF is essentially a compressed, higher ability Postscript, right? Postscript is a language, and that therefore would be how malware writers exploit it--they exploit bugs in the readers, which are essentially compilers--to compromise a system.
If it's simply for the user's information, why not make it open in a tab when the browser is opened for the first time, not an obtrusive dialog box like it is now? It would be like the tab which spawns where there's an automatic update.
This way, Mozilla can have its "EULA sans mandatory agreement" and the users can simply close the tab if they're not interested in reading the lengthy open source licenses or a summary thereof.
I had a Sager 5680 (3.2 GHz P4, Radeon 9600, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB 4200 RPM HDD) Sept 2003 to Jan 2006 and it played everything I threw at it at 1600x1200. Granted, I spent $3,150 on it at a time when I could have build the same in a desktop for approx $2,000.
This is the problem with a federal agency being in charge of things! In order to upgrade the system, the taxpayer will have to pay additional taxes, or lose out because money has been re-budgeted from one project to another.
This is at the expense of every taxpayer, not just the ones who utilize the air travel.
The system should be privatized, but set to certain statutory standards of operation and interoperability. I'm not saying that airlines have to run it, but it should not be the FAA.
YouTube for exposure, Revver and Blip.tv for revenue and format diversity. If you've got something crazy HD, distribute it via BitTorrent--the market will respond if it's popular, and you might only have to seed for a few days.
IT would be able to bargain for fair treatment, regular hours, and other expectations.
However, one of the primary topics of discussion in unions is seniority, and the seniority scale would almost always need to favor the middle for IT, rather than the experienced or the newbs.
Licensing would kill the industry. CompTIA, Cisco, and Microsoft certifications and their ilk aren't helping, even though, in most cases, they are actually beneficial. I was passed over for a job a few years ago because I lacked HP certification, even though I was outstandingly overqualified in every other aspect (in retrospect, I'm glad I didn't get that job).
A local union might be acceptable and work for some businesses. However, a union on the scale of the AMA, UAW, AFL-CIO, and whatnot would be detrimental to the industry.
The most effective thing a geek can do in November is cast an educated, confident vote.
This means that each and ever geek needs to do his or her civic duty and research the candidates using information from a wide variety of sources and people. Personality of the candidates is not as big of a factor as the media makes it out to be. Look at the policies each candidate would like to establish or disestablish, and ponder how if affects you, your family, and your neighbors and friends. Ponder how it affects people in other countries and our soldiers abroad.
Study the history, study the sociological reports, and study the hypothetical fiction which extrapolates these policies.
Considering these policies, think of what is best for you and your family but still fair to other people and their families. This is called liberty, and it should be every geek's goal.
Consider this the most important thing that any geek can do up to November 4: educate him- or herself, and educate others. It's a heavy burden, but we geeks are mentally prepared for the vast knowledge it takes to cast an educated vote.
Seriously. The establishment played dirty with the media, let the geeks play dirty with the proprietary voting machine companies with no method of peer review;-)
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Seriously. When sites and places ask for personal information ("where were you born", "first car", "first person you dated"), use false facts, but simply remember them. I've started doing that now with nonsense answers. If I'm stupid enough forget my password and can't remember the nonsense, I'll call the place or email them. If they don't have something in place beyond that, they don't deserve my time and information.
I'm a privacy guy, too, or at least I was until things like Facebook and blogs come around.
Now, instead of trying to keep everything secret, I think it's easier to assume that everything is known. Some things simply have access controls to modify them or see extended information or are otherwise secured by information that assuredly only I know: passphrases (not passwords).
There's also a key element here: I don't do anything illegal and I'm honest with friends and family. One might say, "What happens when you do?" to which I will reply, "Then I guess I'm going to jail like I should." If someone comes to me with beef about something I wrote, then it's up to me to defend my position.
If I want to pass or store information securely, I'll use PGP or other virtually impenetrable encryption with good secret key protection practices, such as keeping them in my head.
Howsabout books or sites on Python threaded programming? I'm going to be working on a project in a short while which will require the use of GTK and twisted together in a sort of network scanner system with asynchronous results.
We need to continue drilling the McCain campaign on economic issues. Neither McCain nor Palin has addressed the economy in an intelligent, organized manner.
We need to continue drilling Obama on the constitutionality of the things he wants to do. Social healthcare is prominent unconstitutional issue and it must be drilled.
We need to continue drilling the media to get more focus on the third party candidates and the up to 10% of the vote they have in some states, especially swing states like Ohio.
Our dirty tricks--we the geeks--can be to FLOOD iReport, Digg, Reddit, and such with third party coverage. They need to be inundated with it.
Lack of full control = no control.
I'd never subject my children to such an unsafe vehicle system, just as I'd never buy them an iPod for the same reason.
I believe it's already legal in PA!
I'm running 8 GB of RAM and haven't used a swap file in a year in Linux. I keep it around in Windows because Windows likes to have it, but even then, it's only 2 GB.
Coming Winter 2010.....
SNOW!
?: ternary is fantastic for short clauses, such as $foo = isset($_GET['id']) ? sanitize($_GET['id']) : 0;.
The logical sequence for this is a and b or c, or isset($_GET['id']) && sanitize($_GET['id']) || 0;, but ignore the PHP 'cause PHP won't handle it this way (it'll put a boolean in $foo).
PDF is essentially a compressed, higher ability Postscript, right? Postscript is a language, and that therefore would be how malware writers exploit it--they exploit bugs in the readers, which are essentially compilers--to compromise a system.
If you don't control it, you don't own it.
An oldie but goodie. Been using it as my forum avatar since while I was still in college.
Best. Post. Ever.
I'm glad someone in that company can.
Harsh?
What be a pirate's favorite data structure? The Arrrrrrrrreh!
If it's simply for the user's information, why not make it open in a tab when the browser is opened for the first time, not an obtrusive dialog box like it is now? It would be like the tab which spawns where there's an automatic update.
This way, Mozilla can have its "EULA sans mandatory agreement" and the users can simply close the tab if they're not interested in reading the lengthy open source licenses or a summary thereof.
I had a Sager 5680 (3.2 GHz P4, Radeon 9600, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB 4200 RPM HDD) Sept 2003 to Jan 2006 and it played everything I threw at it at 1600x1200. Granted, I spent $3,150 on it at a time when I could have build the same in a desktop for approx $2,000.
True gaming laptops are a luxury.
It won't be physicists that create a black hole at the LHC. It will be some idiot script kiddie from half the world away!
This is the problem with a federal agency being in charge of things! In order to upgrade the system, the taxpayer will have to pay additional taxes, or lose out because money has been re-budgeted from one project to another.
This is at the expense of every taxpayer, not just the ones who utilize the air travel.
The system should be privatized, but set to certain statutory standards of operation and interoperability. I'm not saying that airlines have to run it, but it should not be the FAA.
I paid more for my first computer in 2003 than I did for my 5 year old 200SX in 2005.
YouTube for exposure, Revver and Blip.tv for revenue and format diversity. If you've got something crazy HD, distribute it via BitTorrent--the market will respond if it's popular, and you might only have to seed for a few days.
IT would be able to bargain for fair treatment, regular hours, and other expectations.
However, one of the primary topics of discussion in unions is seniority, and the seniority scale would almost always need to favor the middle for IT, rather than the experienced or the newbs.
Licensing would kill the industry. CompTIA, Cisco, and Microsoft certifications and their ilk aren't helping, even though, in most cases, they are actually beneficial. I was passed over for a job a few years ago because I lacked HP certification, even though I was outstandingly overqualified in every other aspect (in retrospect, I'm glad I didn't get that job).
A local union might be acceptable and work for some businesses. However, a union on the scale of the AMA, UAW, AFL-CIO, and whatnot would be detrimental to the industry.
The DRM will be broken as soon as the first reasonably intelligent person gets his or her hands on one.
The most effective thing a geek can do in November is cast an educated, confident vote.
This means that each and ever geek needs to do his or her civic duty and research the candidates using information from a wide variety of sources and people. Personality of the candidates is not as big of a factor as the media makes it out to be. Look at the policies each candidate would like to establish or disestablish, and ponder how if affects you, your family, and your neighbors and friends. Ponder how it affects people in other countries and our soldiers abroad.
Study the history, study the sociological reports, and study the hypothetical fiction which extrapolates these policies.
Considering these policies, think of what is best for you and your family but still fair to other people and their families. This is called liberty, and it should be every geek's goal.
Consider this the most important thing that any geek can do up to November 4: educate him- or herself, and educate others. It's a heavy burden, but we geeks are mentally prepared for the vast knowledge it takes to cast an educated vote.
Seriously. The establishment played dirty with the media, let the geeks play dirty with the proprietary voting machine companies with no method of peer review ;-)