I've always been a big proponent of security through obscurity. That's why my desk is piled a foot deep with papers and junk. Since you can barely see the laptop through the clutter, it's perfectly safe!
It's also important to make sure the sensitive design documents are on individual sheets of paper seeded throughout the mess on your desk and not in one place, like a binder!
There's no way you can open up a notebook computer without leaving little pry-marks around all the clips that hold it together. Even though I wet-sanded the case with 1500 grit afterwards, it still looked like crap.
Dear god, they shouldn't let you within 100 feet of a laptop! You apparently aren't aware that they make a *tool* for opening up laptop cases. Why were you trying to work on a laptop if you didn't know how to do it? If you left pry marks after working on my laptop I would've beat you with it.
Affirmative Action applies to *government* jobs and contracts. There are no hiring quotas imposed on private business unless the private business has a government contract. The only thing private businesses have to comply with are anti-discrimination laws. The federal government has never had the power to mandate specific hiring quotas to private businesses.
Actually, as a completely off topic aside, I noticed the lack of product placements in Dark Angel.
It struck me when Max bought a soda and the machine just had a generic "cold beverage logo". The soda she purchased was an unrecognizable brand. I started looking after that and it looks like they purposefully avoided product placements.
"We're doing some forensic review of the hard drive and determining what is there," Eaton said. "After we finish that review, we will evaluate the amount of substance he was distributing."
Geez, that quote makes him sound like he was running a meth lab or something.
Of the messages marked as flames in Eudora, there are 27 with 2 peppers and 12 with 3 peppers, none of which are even close to being considered flames. One was a newspaper editorial. As far as I can tell, it has multiple criteria, but one of the parameters is if the e-mail contains shit, even once, it's a flame.
US West has been doing this for at least a year. They ship you a modem and say to call if you have trouble. It's pretty brain dead: Plug yellow wire into NIC. Plug grey wire into phone jack. Plug black wire into wall wart. Any questions?:)
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You should actually read the article before you post. It explains quite clearly that older versions installed it without notice (he specifically reinstalled the software to check) and since COPA was enacted, they started asking.
Actually, they do a pretty good job in the hardware department (Those optical mice rock).
I've seen some pretty good things in Visual C++ as well, mainly debugger features like Edit and Continue. Admittedly, I've also seen some pretty horrific things out of that group, like MFC.
They gave us a new UI to Windows 3.1 and called it Windows 95. -They created NT by adding features of VMS and Unix to Windows 3.1.
Now wait a second, let's not get carried away. I'm sure you realize these statements (especially the second one) are false. Windows 95, as horrific as it is, isn't just Windows 3.1 with a new UI. About all you can say is they borrowed some of the code. They are different.
And NT has about 0 to do with Windows 3.1. Hell, Dave Cutler (the architect of NT) didn't want *any* compatibility with Win16 or DOS. The compatibility exists now as a layer on top of NT.
Monitor all titles and artists, log them to a file. Get a file of known artist (or maybe just top 40)
Lar's said: "we came up with the 1.4 million downloads of Metallica music, there was one, one downloading -- one! of an unsigned artist the whole time."
You've given me an extremely inaccurate way of finding titles available for download. You really think that by filtering through their list of known artists they would come up with one artist? And you call me ignorant? Hmmm...
I think he said a couple of dumb things, but his basic thesis---that people should be able to control what they create---is sound. You seem to differ?
Actually I would ignore this whole Napster issue when evaluating Lars' intelligence. It's undeniable that he does have valid points on this issue, and I have no particular problems with how he expresses himself. The problem is that the guy has a long history of being an idiot, which has hurt his credibility in this case. And when he starts throwing around numbers like "one unsigned artist traded on Napster in 48 Hrs" it frankly doesn't help.
since about the only big name band on there is TMBG.
To go off on that tangent, TMBG have always been incredibly enlightened about this sort of thing...ever since dial-a-song (which, last I checked, is still connected) I'd like to hear specifically what they think about Napster and the like.
Not especially suspicious. I've certainly never met anyone who used napster to get music that they couldn't have bought on CD. WEll congratulations...you have now.
It's easy to say he's "not the brightest man I've ever run across". Would you come out any better in a verbatim phone interview? That statement had little to do with this interview. I've never been particularly stricken by his intelligence. And he excerbates the problem by not knowing when to shut up.
And I certainly don't think he's lying. Too far out of character. So you think that a member of Metallica, the epitome of corporate rock, would have any qualms whatsoever about lying to protect their pocketbook? What about their popularity?
The statistic about *ONE* unsigned artist is particularly sobering.
And you aren't the least bit suspicious that that number is cooked up?
Just think for a second about what would be involved in coming up with an accurate number of unsigned bands being traded on Napster. I think he's either a) Ignorant (he isn't the brightest man I've even run across, after all) or b) lying.
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I've always been a big proponent of security through obscurity. That's why my desk is piled a foot deep with papers and junk. Since you can barely see the laptop through the clutter, it's perfectly safe!
It's also important to make sure the sensitive design documents are on individual sheets of paper seeded throughout the mess on your desk and not in one place, like a binder!
--GnrcMan--
Maybe HP or IBM, but they've both already got large Bay Area research facilities
Well there's Xerox's problem right there. They've mistakenly named it Xerox PARC, when it should be Xerox BARF.
(ouch, sorry)
--GnrcMan--
There's no way you can open up a notebook computer without leaving little pry-marks around all the clips that hold it together. Even though I wet-sanded the case with 1500 grit afterwards, it still looked like crap.
Dear god, they shouldn't let you within 100 feet of a laptop! You apparently aren't aware that they make a *tool* for opening up laptop cases. Why were you trying to work on a laptop if you didn't know how to do it? If you left pry marks after working on my laptop I would've beat you with it.
--GnrcMan--
By posting you managed to unmoderate it yourself. :)
--GnrcMan--
You sure are smug for being incorrect.
Affirmative Action applies to *government* jobs and contracts. There are no hiring quotas imposed on private business unless the private business has a government contract. The only thing private businesses have to comply with are anti-discrimination laws. The federal government has never had the power to mandate specific hiring quotas to private businesses.
--GnrcMan--
Actually, as a completely off topic aside, I noticed the lack of product placements in Dark Angel.
It struck me when Max bought a soda and the machine just had a generic "cold beverage logo". The soda she purchased was an unrecognizable brand. I started looking after that and it looks like they purposefully avoided product placements.
--GnrcMan--
"We're doing some forensic review of the hard drive and determining what is there," Eaton said. "After we finish that review, we will evaluate the amount of substance he was distributing."
Geez, that quote makes him sound like he was running a meth lab or something.
--GnrcMan--
Of the messages marked as flames in Eudora, there are 27 with 2 peppers and 12 with 3 peppers, none of which are even close to being considered flames. One was a newspaper editorial. As far as I can tell, it has multiple criteria, but one of the parameters is if the e-mail contains shit, even once, it's a flame.
--GnrcMan--
US West has been doing this for at least a year. They ship you a modem and say to call if you have trouble. It's pretty brain dead: Plug yellow wire into NIC. Plug grey wire into phone jack. Plug black wire into wall wart. Any questions? :)
--GnrcMan--
You should actually read the article before you post. It explains quite clearly that older versions installed it without notice (he specifically reinstalled the software to check) and since COPA was enacted, they started asking.
--GnrcMan--
Steven Brust was a programmer as well.
--GnrcMan--
Actually, they do a pretty good job in the hardware department (Those optical mice rock).
I've seen some pretty good things in Visual C++ as well, mainly debugger features like Edit and Continue. Admittedly, I've also seen some pretty horrific things out of that group, like MFC.
--GnrcMan--
Is there even one core product on the Microsoft line that is an original Microsoft innovation?
Of course there is. Bob.
--GnrcMan--
They gave us a new UI to Windows 3.1 and called it Windows 95.
-They created NT by adding features of VMS and Unix to Windows 3.1.
Now wait a second, let's not get carried away. I'm sure you realize these statements (especially the second one) are false. Windows 95, as horrific as it is, isn't just Windows 3.1 with a new UI. About all you can say is they borrowed some of the code. They are different.
And NT has about 0 to do with Windows 3.1. Hell, Dave Cutler (the architect of NT) didn't want *any* compatibility with Win16 or DOS. The compatibility exists now as a layer on top of NT.
--GnrcMan--
Well, I've changed it... Too bad you're an AC. You'll probably never know.
--GnrcMan--
God man, I'm sorry. I couldn't imagine being without DSL for 2 1/2 weeks! :)
--GnrcMan--
Monitor all titles and artists, log them to a file. Get a file of known artist (or maybe just top 40)
Lar's said: "we came up with the 1.4 million downloads of Metallica music, there was one, one downloading -- one! of an unsigned artist the whole time."
You've given me an extremely inaccurate way of finding titles available for download. You really think that by filtering through their list of known artists they would come up with one artist? And you call me ignorant? Hmmm...
--GnrcMan--
I think he said a couple of dumb things, but his basic thesis---that people should be able to control what they create---is sound. You seem to differ?
Actually I would ignore this whole Napster issue when evaluating Lars' intelligence. It's undeniable that he does have valid points on this issue, and I have no particular problems with how he expresses himself. The problem is that the guy has a long history of being an idiot, which has hurt his credibility in this case. And when he starts throwing around numbers like "one unsigned artist traded on Napster in 48 Hrs" it frankly doesn't help.
--GnrcMan--
Well..my intellect is a discussion best left alone. :)
--GnrcMan--
That's sort of what I meant by "ignorant"...not informed enough to know when he's being told what he wants to hear.
--GnrcMan--
since about the only big name band on there is TMBG.
To go off on that tangent, TMBG have always been incredibly enlightened about this sort of thing...ever since dial-a-song (which, last I checked, is still connected) I'd like to hear specifically what they think about Napster and the like.
--GnrcMan--
Not especially suspicious. I've certainly never met anyone who used napster to get music that they couldn't have bought on CD.
WEll congratulations...you have now.
It's easy to say he's "not the brightest man I've ever run across". Would you come out any better in a verbatim phone interview?
That statement had little to do with this interview. I've never been particularly stricken by his intelligence. And he excerbates the problem by not knowing when to shut up.
And I certainly don't think he's lying. Too far out of character.
So you think that a member of Metallica, the epitome of corporate rock, would have any qualms whatsoever about lying to protect their pocketbook? What about their popularity?
--GnrcMan--
The statistic about *ONE* unsigned artist is particularly sobering.
And you aren't the least bit suspicious that that number is cooked up?
Just think for a second about what would be involved in coming up with an accurate number of unsigned bands being traded on Napster. I think he's either a) Ignorant (he isn't the brightest man I've even run across, after all) or b) lying.
--GnrcMan--
I think that the ability to select up to 9 different camera angles during playback is one of the cooles features !
Watch a lot of porn, do you?
--GnrcMan--
Yes, but remember, we're talking about a country that still hasn't managed to adopt the Metric system.
--GnrcMan--