First, balance the risks. It is a well known fact that most fraud comes from insiders. Close that avenue down first (you are probably the biggest risk yourself!)
Secondly, there are two different ways you might be targeted externally: by someone after YOUR data, or by an opportunist. In the first case, if they really want to get in, they will steal both computers physically, use social engineering, whatever, anyway - whatever you do. In the latter case however, if you are a small company, just make sure there is 'enough protection', and they will move on to an easier target.
Just make sure you don't make the target extra juicy; for example don't post on Slashdot that your system may have vulnerabilities! (p.s. glad no real email address in the front page at least:)
The only asset which might be worth something is the brand name, but if Bertelsmann wants to pay $8M for it, that's fine - to them it is a drop in the ocean. What is not so nice is that the money will probably go to lawyers (worse than *AA IMO).
I keep a few things I want to be able to access from anywhere in my webmail. Perhaps for larger things you could use a version control system, I'm sure people will help recommend one which is usable across different platforms (I haven't found a CVS client for Windows that I like yet, but then again I may not have looked enough).
What I want in the car is mp3 music EXCEPT the news & traffic report from the radio. Since those are usually on the (half) hour, it should be doable with needing a portable PC. But at present I'm cycling the quarter mile to work, so its not such a big issue!
Unless you're paying for your dialup "by-the-byte"
Two things.
1. Unless they've invented infinite bandwidth dialup, every kilobyte takes about a fifth of a second (assuming a good modem).
2. Phone companies in Europe (and elsewhere, excluding USA) charge by the second for local calls. It gets quoted by the minute (e.g. 2 eurocents per minute) but nowadays is calculated by the second (in NL on ISDN at least).
Indeed, radio is changing. Arbitron reports that Americans are listening to it less each year. The ratings service estimates that on average people spend 10 percent less time with it now than in 1996.
Now I realise that a lot of radio is listened to in the car, garden, or workplace, and that won't have changed. But when you can rip your own CD collection to hard disk and find your news and sports at cnn.com or bbc.co.uk, is it really surprising that listeners are down? Especially if a third of the content is advertising!
I combined my lego and my computer. It may not have moved, but that was the whole point. You see, I had a ZX-81 and a 16k RAM pack with a VERY wobbly connection, and lego just did the trick of keeping it in place!
Sorry, I haven't heard of a small company called IBM, nor of one called Sun Microsystems. Wouldn't they kinda be infringing the names of the quite large hardware companies with the same names? I mean, that would be even worse than "McDowell's" in Eddie Murphy's "Coming to America"!
Nice Troll, just a shame it is so untrue. Whether the games are on computer or not, they will continue to thrive. I've played bridge with plenty of pensioners who were certainly enjoying themselves, family games with my grandparents when I was little, and role-playing games with a range of age groups.
Although RSI (or whatever the current phrase is) is certainly a problem, and in fact my body tells me to stop mousing or typing quite often, programmers shouldn't suffer, even if they have learned bad typing habits. Why? The thinking to typing ratio. Even if you are coding some 500 lines in a day, that is still only a line a minute; perhaps a character every 2 seconds on average. Sure it helps if you can do 50-100 wpm, but more haste, less speed. If you are writing anything more than that 500 lines you are probably not thinking about what you're writing! It's the game of MineSweeper or indenting by repeating space-space-down-left-left that is the problem.
Back to the keyboards, in any kind of collaborative (or pair) programming situations, the worst of them can make taking over typing almost impossible for the non-needy. I've been in the situation where it would have been easier to check a source file in and walk around to my own computer (and keyboard) to check it out again. Ok, perhaps it would have been easiest to plug-and-pray my keyboard back and forth.
Thinking of forth, Chuck Moore is in to that keyboard stuff too....
First of all, despite there only being about 20-odd comments here as I write this, the site is/.ed already. Fortunately that doesn't matter to my comment:
I've just bought a new house (previously we rented), and I'd like to the use the TV-out on my GeForce (MX 'cos I also wanted DualHead), SoundBlaster Audigy 5.1 Surround Sound (just above middle of the line), and Hauppauge WinTV Go (the bottom of that line) to provide music and video downstairs. The PC is (PCs are) in the back upstairs room; I have everything except the cables and downstairs speakers.
Now, I'm not an audiophile, just a nerd; I was just a tiny little bit shocked when I saw that audiophiles are willing to pay (presumably) EUR 400 per metre of cabling (those are the prices asked second hand in NL! Gold links, silver wire sure, but still!).
My question: the multimedia components I have are not too expensive and replaceable if they aren't good enough. What to go for as far as cables and speakers are concerned is harder, the sites for audiophiles recommend somewhat too expensive stuff.... Suggestions please!
Providing pleasurable massage sensations without using hands, in the privacy of one's own home.
Image of three intersecting circles, labeled 'Internet connectivity', 'AI', 'ultra-delicate tactile stimulators'
The challenge:
There are two major issues still to be solved: making sure the electrical parts don't get wet and sticky, and hiding the gadgets from the unsuspecting parents.
After the labs recovered from the assault, I tonight tried the surnames of a couple of cricketers: Brian LARA and Robert CROFT. I got the following results:
Blaby,
Coalville,
Zulia,
Nueva Esparta,
Hinckley,
M rida,
Kott,
Murkowski,
Carabobo,
Foster Chair,
Davies,
Sucre.
I was expecting some kind of Tomb Raider stuff maybe, but these?
Perhaps compromise a little, and educate too? I don't know what you consider strong, but if they have to choose and remember passwords like 'xh3*gH!P67' then I can understand why they are upset. Assuming you have full control over the software, why not continue to disallow 'britney', but allow 'brit54ney'. Not strong, can be brute-forced easier than most, but I expect with a little education you can manage this - even senior civil servants aren't that stupid, they simply haven't grown up with this issue at all.
In my view, the real problem lies in the number of web sites which require (free) log in. Say you use 20 services and that they all require logins. Are the punters supposed to remember 20 different name/password combinations? No, they'll often reuse. And what is to stop billg/msft1234 who has logged in at both slashdot and the New York Times being compromised by CmdrTaco to read the NYT for even freer? I personally re-use passwords for sites where there is no risk involved, elsewhere I often create throw-away passwords which I'm happy to have in a cookie but forget before I'm ever asked to use them again (and thus create a new account).
Slashdot Mirror
... I live in Europe
First, balance the risks. It is a well known fact that most fraud comes from insiders. Close that avenue down first (you are probably the biggest risk yourself!)
Secondly, there are two different ways you might be targeted externally: by someone after YOUR data, or by an opportunist. In the first case, if they really want to get in, they will steal both computers physically, use social engineering, whatever, anyway - whatever you do. In the latter case however, if you are a small company, just make sure there is 'enough protection', and they will move on to an easier target.
Just make sure you don't make the target extra juicy; for example don't post on Slashdot that your system may have vulnerabilities! (p.s. glad no real email address in the front page at least :)
There I go complaining about BBC English, and then I write a bit of Slashdot HTML myself. (Wipes egg off face.)
HAL 9000 may have been a who(m) as opposed to a what/which, but crashing was certainly an option for HAL!
The only asset which might be worth something is the brand name, but if Bertelsmann wants to pay $8M for it, that's fine - to them it is a drop in the ocean. What is not so nice is that the money will probably go to lawyers (worse than *AA IMO).
An iMac with two screens. I guess it would look kinda like Mickey Mouse!
I keep a few things I want to be able to access from anywhere in my webmail. Perhaps for larger things you could use a version control system, I'm sure people will help recommend one which is usable across different platforms (I haven't found a CVS client for Windows that I like yet, but then again I may not have looked enough).
Who taught this guy to spell? Taco?
What I want in the car is mp3 music EXCEPT the news & traffic report from the radio. Since those are usually on the (half) hour, it should be doable with needing a portable PC. But at present I'm cycling the quarter mile to work, so its not such a big issue!
Two things.
1. Unless they've invented infinite bandwidth dialup, every kilobyte takes about a fifth of a second (assuming a good modem).
2. Phone companies in Europe (and elsewhere, excluding USA) charge by the second for local calls. It gets quoted by the minute (e.g. 2 eurocents per minute) but nowadays is calculated by the second (in NL on ISDN at least).
TANSTAAFL
Now I realise that a lot of radio is listened to in the car, garden, or workplace, and that won't have changed. But when you can rip your own CD collection to hard disk and find your news and sports at cnn.com or bbc.co.uk, is it really surprising that listeners are down? Especially if a third of the content is advertising!
Am I allowed to say something I did have? Mmmmm - beer good! Oh wait, she in USA, oops, erm.... MMMMMM - Milk good!
I combined my lego and my computer. It may not have moved, but that was the whole point. You see, I had a ZX-81 and a 16k RAM pack with a VERY wobbly connection, and lego just did the trick of keeping it in place!
Sorry, I haven't heard of a small company called IBM, nor of one called Sun Microsystems. Wouldn't they kinda be infringing the names of the quite large hardware companies with the same names? I mean, that would be even worse than "McDowell's" in Eddie Murphy's "Coming to America"!
Lucky for Red Hat there are no bigger OS companies around!
Nice Troll, just a shame it is so untrue. Whether the games are on computer or not, they will continue to thrive. I've played bridge with plenty of pensioners who were certainly enjoying themselves, family games with my grandparents when I was little, and role-playing games with a range of age groups.
Back to the keyboards, in any kind of collaborative (or pair) programming situations, the worst of them can make taking over typing almost impossible for the non-needy. I've been in the situation where it would have been easier to check a source file in and walk around to my own computer (and keyboard) to check it out again. Ok, perhaps it would have been easiest to plug-and-pray my keyboard back and forth.
Thinking of forth, Chuck Moore is in to that keyboard stuff too....
'areal' and 'InSb' are underlined (how twee :)
I've just bought a new house (previously we rented), and I'd like to the use the TV-out on my GeForce (MX 'cos I also wanted DualHead), SoundBlaster Audigy 5.1 Surround Sound (just above middle of the line), and Hauppauge WinTV Go (the bottom of that line) to provide music and video downstairs. The PC is (PCs are) in the back upstairs room; I have everything except the cables and downstairs speakers.
Now, I'm not an audiophile, just a nerd; I was just a tiny little bit shocked when I saw that audiophiles are willing to pay (presumably) EUR 400 per metre of cabling (those are the prices asked second hand in NL! Gold links, silver wire sure, but still!).
My question: the multimedia components I have are not too expensive and replaceable if they aren't good enough. What to go for as far as cables and speakers are concerned is harder, the sites for audiophiles recommend somewhat too expensive stuff.... Suggestions please!
I thought only Linus himself did!
What is the car doing on the bike path?
The big idea:
Providing pleasurable massage sensations without using hands, in the privacy of one's own home.
Image of three intersecting circles, labeled 'Internet connectivity', 'AI', 'ultra-delicate tactile stimulators'
The challenge:
There are two major issues still to be solved: making sure the electrical parts don't get wet and sticky, and hiding the gadgets from the unsuspecting parents.
(I hope I didn't use any naughty words there!)
Blaby, Coalville, Zulia, Nueva Esparta, Hinckley, M rida, Kott, Murkowski, Carabobo, Foster Chair, Davies, Sucre.
I was expecting some kind of Tomb Raider stuff maybe, but these?
In my view, the real problem lies in the number of web sites which require (free) log in. Say you use 20 services and that they all require logins. Are the punters supposed to remember 20 different name/password combinations? No, they'll often reuse. And what is to stop billg/msft1234 who has logged in at both slashdot and the New York Times being compromised by CmdrTaco to read the NYT for even freer? I personally re-use passwords for sites where there is no risk involved, elsewhere I often create throw-away passwords which I'm happy to have in a cookie but forget before I'm ever asked to use them again (and thus create a new account).
Somewhere, in some educational system or other.... :)