Right, as opposed to all those investors saying, "Hey, don't worry so much about making a profit as long as you're doing the right thing."
Well, I'm sure that keeping within the bounds of the law is quite a bit weaker than "doing the right thing". You can't justify illegal activity like that.
We might have 13 innocent people still alive today if the parents of Harris and Klebold had any idea what their kids were up to.
They'd be alive if the parents simply paid attention - they left gun parts and crap lying around for months. Hell, what about the cops? They got a tip off a month in advance and blew it off.
I suspect if enough people complain they'll put some hack in place for customer service to resolve these problems. But they'll probably create a few cranky people in the mean time.
That's easy - allow them to create account keys that lack a free month.
Now, yes (and theoretically), giving the option to buy at a discounted price to a preferred purchaser (an employee) means the company loses the opportunity to issue a share at market price. But that "opportunity cost" makes no more sense to book as an expense than any other opportunity cost a buisness faces.
This is exactly the point - stock options are a real cost for a business, but accounting for them is tricky. You basically have an outstanding obligation for each share in the amount of min(0, market-strike price). These obligations are either callable now or in the future, and should be accounted for in a 10Q.
They have gotten in trouble for using accounting tricks to even out their numbers, though. Also, there is speculation that MS would look a whole lot different if all the cost of stock options were figured in.
I mean, take for example, the following hypothetical situation. You meet someone at a conference, you put down their contact info in your palm pilot so you can talk buisness/collaborate/etc at some later time. You've just violated copyright law? What you say ? they gave you permission. Well that's all well and good, but what if they didnt ? What if you just happened to somehow get hold of a buisness card of a speaker without actually meeting them ?
Well, you can't copyright facts, so your situation is totally safe.
Those are two instances which are clearly not in the best interests of Orbitz.
Who cares if it's in their interests or not? So long as it isn't deceptive, they should get no legal protection.
Perhaps Orbitz should be allowed to do this. After all, it is their site.
The problem is that it isn't. They seek to constrain the actions of others on their respective sites. Let them try to foil deep links, give them no legal clout to enforce it.
Identity cards and identity numbers have been implemented successfully in many other countries. The trick, of course, is that everyone understands that the ID is not a secret, but just an identifier. It cannot be used to verify someone's identity by just producing the number.
Well, there are two problems I see: first, ID cards will be accepted as valid, so forged cards will be that much more useful. Second, whether you like it not, people will use the number as an identifier, and demand it all over, just like with the SSN - if you don't change the behavior, the introduction of a card will do little to help things.
But with computers, it is the same network security people who cause the problems. How many people learn about security by sniffing around, doing war driving, hacking into websites and computers, then after they learn enough, they go looking for a job? That is why states have to regulate computer and network security professionals.
They all look the same to you, don't they? The people who crack networks these days are doing it for their own reasons, not as job training. Those of us who do computer security read the cracker sites, but, as a rule, we don't break into networks.
Frequently database designers key off of SSN, because it is an easy, pre-existing unique ID for a person.
Of course, the problem here is that SSNs arent unique unless you also add a birthdate, which most people don't do. I'd probably use a sequence number for enumerating peoples' db records.
The problem is the database is just too big for all the data. There must be over a million customers in the database, and most of those customers in the database have nothing to do with my region.
Sounds like a partitioned key and some judicious where clauses would help a lot.
that's a nice position to be in, but you can't really apply that logic to remote servers where there is no one on-site to fix it if it breaks. some servers also serve customers in different timezones so you can't schedule them with the rest.
What's the big deal? If there's nobody onsite, either arrange for failover or don't guarantee more than 99% uptime. All of your critical servers should be accessible to admins, especially during a maintenance window. Anything less is a time bomb.
don't get me wrong, i cringe every time there's a security bulletin for the linux kernel, it's a PAIN to fix. even worse than windows in my opinion (since linux servers aren't rebooted as often, you're never sure if the system will come back up properly due to changed lilo/kernel build options/little evil fairie)
That's an admin problem. Reboot your servers every month or so and you'll find all the gotchas on your own time.
The insides of the catalytic converter were designed to collapse as they burnt out.
I've got an MR2. Current plan is to replace the exhaust manifold (no cats) and the main cat (highflow cat). Add a turbo, apply a decent fuel map, and go. Sure, it isn't a ULEV anymore, but I don't really care.
So, are you saying you should be allowed to cut off your catalytic converters and drive around polluting?
I wanna kill my precats - they're 5 inches from the exhaust port and have a tendency to collapse, killing my engine. As for the other cats, I'd be happy to leave one on, just write the laws to make that ok to do.
Perhaps it isn't actually Mutually Assured Destruction, but you have to admit, pointing those nukes at Seoul and Tokyo and then saying "Hey US, stay the F**K out of my country or I push the button!" could be rather persuasive.
Why would he bother with Seoul? He's already got enough artillery to flatten the place in 5 minutes.
The government of Iraq failed to meet the terms of the cease fire and applicable UN resolutions. Bad idea.
Like that made any difference.
They wouldn't have been in this situation if not for their decision to invade Kuwait.
In Saddam's defense, he cleared the invasion with Bush41 to prevent US anger, and he does have a valid claim on Kuwait, insofar as it's only been 50 or so years since Kuwait was part of Iraq.
Also, once a password is compromised, ALL of your servers are at risk...not just the LDAP server
Nah, only the servers that password has access to are compromised.
Make sure your users call you the SECOND that they think someone is doing something wrong or the SECOND that they forget their password or realize that it's in the wrong hands.
Forget that. Get some behavior analysis software and use that. By and large, no user can be trusted to act like that. either they don't know, don't care, or they'll fer punishment.
I gave several pleas to free up some money to acquire some faster, more robust servers, thereby reducing X, allowing us to handle more Y.
But as IT is commonly held as a cost center, I got the usual "we don't have the money".
What the hell were they doing with all the revenue from those customers? Seriously, did you ask them? In those words? IT is not a cost center when your core product is IT.
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Right, as opposed to all those investors saying, "Hey, don't worry so much about making a profit as long as you're doing the right thing."
Well, I'm sure that keeping within the bounds of the law is quite a bit weaker than "doing the right thing". You can't justify illegal activity like that.
We might have 13 innocent people still alive today if the parents of Harris and Klebold had any idea what their kids were up to.
They'd be alive if the parents simply paid attention - they left gun parts and crap lying around for months. Hell, what about the cops? They got a tip off a month in advance and blew it off.
I suspect if enough people complain they'll put some hack in place for customer service to resolve these problems. But they'll probably create a few cranky people in the mean time.
That's easy - allow them to create account keys that lack a free month.
Now, yes (and theoretically), giving the option to buy at a discounted price to a preferred purchaser (an employee) means the company loses the opportunity to issue a share at market price. But that "opportunity cost" makes no more sense to book as an expense than any other opportunity cost a buisness faces.
This is exactly the point - stock options are a real cost for a business, but accounting for them is tricky. You basically have an outstanding obligation for each share in the amount of min(0, market-strike price). These obligations are either callable now or in the future, and should be accounted for in a 10Q.
They've never had a bad quarter yet either.
They have gotten in trouble for using accounting tricks to even out their numbers, though. Also, there is speculation that MS would look a whole lot different if all the cost of stock options were figured in.
I mean, take for example, the following hypothetical situation. You meet someone at a conference, you put down their contact info in your palm pilot so you can talk buisness/collaborate/etc at some later time. You've just violated copyright law? What you say ? they gave you permission. Well that's all well and good, but what if they didnt ? What if you just happened to somehow get hold of a buisness card of a speaker without actually meeting them ?
Well, you can't copyright facts, so your situation is totally safe.
Those are two instances which are clearly not in the best interests of Orbitz.
Who cares if it's in their interests or not? So long as it isn't deceptive, they should get no legal protection.
Perhaps Orbitz should be allowed to do this. After all, it is their site.
The problem is that it isn't. They seek to constrain the actions of others on their respective sites. Let them try to foil deep links, give them no legal clout to enforce it.
Identity cards and identity numbers have been implemented successfully in many other countries. The trick, of course, is that everyone understands that the ID is not a secret, but just an identifier. It cannot be used to verify someone's identity by just producing the number.
Well, there are two problems I see: first, ID cards will be accepted as valid, so forged cards will be that much more useful. Second, whether you like it not, people will use the number as an identifier, and demand it all over, just like with the SSN - if you don't change the behavior, the introduction of a card will do little to help things.
But with computers, it is the same network security people who cause the problems. How many people learn about security by sniffing around, doing war driving, hacking into websites and computers, then after they learn enough, they go looking for a job? That is why states have to regulate computer and network security professionals.
They all look the same to you, don't they? The people who crack networks these days are doing it for their own reasons, not as job training. Those of us who do computer security read the cracker sites, but, as a rule, we don't break into networks.
Frequently database designers key off of SSN, because it is an easy, pre-existing unique ID for a person.
Of course, the problem here is that SSNs arent unique unless you also add a birthdate, which most people don't do. I'd probably use a sequence number for enumerating peoples' db records.
The problem is the database is just too big for all the data. There must be over a million customers in the database, and most of those customers in the database have nothing to do with my region.
Sounds like a partitioned key and some judicious where clauses would help a lot.
that's a nice position to be in, but you can't really apply that logic to remote servers where there is no one on-site to fix it if it breaks. some servers also serve customers in different timezones so you can't schedule them with the rest.
What's the big deal? If there's nobody onsite, either arrange for failover or don't guarantee more than 99% uptime. All of your critical servers should be accessible to admins, especially during a maintenance window. Anything less is a time bomb.
don't get me wrong, i cringe every time there's a security bulletin for the linux kernel, it's a PAIN to fix. even worse than windows in my opinion (since linux servers aren't rebooted as often, you're never sure if the system will come back up properly due to changed lilo/kernel build options/little evil fairie)
That's an admin problem. Reboot your servers every month or so and you'll find all the gotchas on your own time.
the quote from my roommate: "i didnt install anything." he had been using ie and running as administrator. let's see them patch that.
Uh huh. They always say that. He just clicked on some annoying dialogs, the nforgot about the whole thing.
The insides of the catalytic converter were designed to collapse as they burnt out.
I've got an MR2. Current plan is to replace the exhaust manifold (no cats) and the main cat (highflow cat). Add a turbo, apply a decent fuel map, and go. Sure, it isn't a ULEV anymore, but I don't really care.
So, are you saying you should be allowed to cut off your catalytic converters and drive around polluting?
I wanna kill my precats - they're 5 inches from the exhaust port and have a tendency to collapse, killing my engine. As for the other cats, I'd be happy to leave one on, just write the laws to make that ok to do.
They search everyone's car for alcohol, make people take breathalizers, search for drugs, all of it.
What happens if you're riding in a cab and refuse the breathalyzer?
what's next, outlaw speaking any language but French?
If they do that, I will go there just so I can speak german.
Perhaps it isn't actually Mutually Assured Destruction, but you have to admit, pointing those nukes at Seoul and Tokyo and then saying "Hey US, stay the F**K out of my country or I push the button!" could be rather persuasive.
Why would he bother with Seoul? He's already got enough artillery to flatten the place in 5 minutes.
The government of Iraq failed to meet the terms of the cease fire and applicable UN resolutions. Bad idea.
Like that made any difference.
They wouldn't have been in this situation if not for their decision to invade Kuwait.
In Saddam's defense, he cleared the invasion with Bush41 to prevent US anger, and he does have a valid claim on Kuwait, insofar as it's only been 50 or so years since Kuwait was part of Iraq.
If by "another North Korea" you mean a country prepared to stand up to outrageous american threats then we could do with a few more North Koreas.
It's a sad day when Kim's rhetoric actually makes sense, although I bet we could take over then whole country with a couple of Krogers.
Meanwhile, the IT processing power remained at a constant while IT staffing actually was cut. Interesting times...
Screw 'em. They get what they deserve.
People program for the Windows shell?
No, people program the windows shell. You know, the desktop, shortcuts, notifications, and so on?
Also, once a password is compromised, ALL of your servers are at risk...not just the LDAP server
Nah, only the servers that password has access to are compromised.
Make sure your users call you the SECOND that they think someone is doing something wrong or the SECOND that they forget their password or realize that it's in the wrong hands.
Forget that. Get some behavior analysis software and use that. By and large, no user can be trusted to act like that. either they don't know, don't care, or they'll fer punishment.
I gave several pleas to free up some money to acquire some faster, more robust servers, thereby reducing X, allowing us to handle more Y.
But as IT is commonly held as a cost center, I got the usual "we don't have the money".
What the hell were they doing with all the revenue from those customers? Seriously, did you ask them? In those words? IT is not a cost center when your core product is IT.