>> The White House staffer -- who also apparently does advance work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign -- is named Ian Mellul.
The one thing the dox's have in common is that they show the Democratic party trying to have a democracy/debate-free transition of power from Obama to Clinton. And this dual-employed "staffer" would seem to fit the profile.
The group most pissed about the attempted coronation has been Bernie supporters, i.e., anyone leaning left and under 45. That also happens to be most of the IT security gurus I know. (The rest tend to be intelligent and right-leaning and have therefore tuned out both remaining candidates.) So...why are people trying to say "the Russians" when it seems more likely that the hackers are Bernie supporters ticked off that the Democrats kneecapped the only viable progressive in a generation?
If you've ever been part of a large company and then watched someone divert all traffic to your main site because they social engineered the company in charge of your DNS you might appreciate a little friction.
>> received an estimated $580 million in federal money (aka taxpayer dollars)
Heh - as if what we paid came close to what the Feds spent. If you're going to use snide-ness, why not try "a.k.a. yet more debt"?
On the other hand, where do you think all those "job training" dollars that a lot of people keep demanding go? The Feds feel pressured to spend them on...well...something...regardless of actual results.
Until repair/refuel/replenish is automated...you don't have to worry about more than a first strike. Of course, you aren't hooking the nukes up to these, are you? (nervous silence)
This only makes sense if it was sourced by Google's PR team, who might be trying to make as much noise about their offering now they're convinced that they won't win the PayPal account. (Normally, a customer name-dropped during a confidential evaluation process would be pissed off enough to drop the vendor who name-dropped. The vendors still in the game wouldn't normally dare publish the name of a customer considering them now.)
For a guy who recently turned 40...it kind of is. I was just old enough to remember this news and it spurred a five-year obsession with astronomy and rocketry.
NASA has ALWAYS been about the pork and the distribution of federal funds.
Check out the history of the early years (e.g., https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/sql01). For example, why would you build a space center in Texas? Because the VP and a high-ranking member of Congress's budget committee were from Texas, of course.
"On September 19, 1961, Administrator James E. Webb of NASA formally announced that the new Manned Spacecraft Center would be built in southeastern Harris County, Texas, about twenty-five miles from downtown Houston, at the edge of Clear Lake, an inlet of Galveston Bay. Rice University was to transfer a 1,000-acre tract to the federal government for the construction of the center. Civic leaders and congressmen from other states doubted that Houston and environs met all of NASA's official criteria, at least any more than their towns did. They inquired about the roles of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, chairman of the high-level National Aeronautics and Space Council, and Representative Albert Thomas, also a Democrat and Texan and chairman of the Independent Offices Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, in the choice of the Harris County site."
Nah - the attitude is half the reason we got on board in the early nineties, and it's why Linux remains relatively cruft-less today.
Related: here's why the University of Chicago is one of my favorite universities I never attended: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-university-of-chicago-safe-spaces-letter-met-20160825-story.html
>> It's not like their incompetence isn't already legend.
I took part in a state-wide effort to avoid hiring Accenture for some kind of state voting system about ten years, based on their demonstrated inability to complete that kind of project (they were getting sued by other governments during bidding) and their 3-4x run-up of costs at the same time. Guess what happened? The state hired Accenture anyway...got screwed with a system they couldn't use...and got charged about 3x what they were told. Unfortunately as I got older, I noticed that this happens all the time.
I trust Wikileaks a whole lot more than the average Associated Press news story full of random bullshit attributed to "sources speaking anonymously because they were not authorized." We're not dumb, we don't want a filter and "think of the children" is how dictators often climb to power.
>> High-Quality Online Education: While college tuition skyrockets, anyone with a smartphone can study almost any topic online, accessing educational content that is mostly free and increasingly high-quality.
This has been true of libraries and the early days of the Internet as well: there's PLENTY of free material available to those who want to learn something. However, most people still spend most of their time consuming pop/political lit or playing games instead of learning or contributing anything worthwhile.
And...you'll still need a degree to get a job, and what you learn online isn't going to help there except to let you skate through a class or two at the university.
I thought that place folded in the late 1990's. Did somebody buy the rights or has Fast Company just been quietly publishing to some invisible niche for the past 16 years?
Most people who still watch/read old media (CBS/CNN/NBC/ABC/FOX) are over 40. Just about all non-conservative people under 40 supported Sanders over Clinton, and it's hard to find many under-40 conservatives excited about Trump. So, if you're telling me that without old media we wouldn't have Clinton vs. Trump, well then old media can't die soon enough.
If competitor safety was really the priority, wouldn't it be smarter to put them in little rubber boats with fishing nets to scoop the floaters out of the bay?
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>> The White House staffer -- who also apparently does advance work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign -- is named Ian Mellul.
The one thing the dox's have in common is that they show the Democratic party trying to have a democracy/debate-free transition of power from Obama to Clinton. And this dual-employed "staffer" would seem to fit the profile.
The group most pissed about the attempted coronation has been Bernie supporters, i.e., anyone leaning left and under 45. That also happens to be most of the IT security gurus I know. (The rest tend to be intelligent and right-leaning and have therefore tuned out both remaining candidates.) So...why are people trying to say "the Russians" when it seems more likely that the hackers are Bernie supporters ticked off that the Democrats kneecapped the only viable progressive in a generation?
If you've ever been part of a large company and then watched someone divert all traffic to your main site because they social engineered the company in charge of your DNS you might appreciate a little friction.
Try "accuracy" next time. That's like listening to an asshat who uses "betterment" in conversation.
>> received an estimated $580 million in federal money (aka taxpayer dollars)
Heh - as if what we paid came close to what the Feds spent. If you're going to use snide-ness, why not try "a.k.a. yet more debt"?
On the other hand, where do you think all those "job training" dollars that a lot of people keep demanding go? The Feds feel pressured to spend them on...well...something...regardless of actual results.
Until repair/refuel/replenish is automated...you don't have to worry about more than a first strike. Of course, you aren't hooking the nukes up to these, are you? (nervous silence)
Er...two hour flight delays are now Slashdot-worthy? Let me tell you about every other trip I've taken through Chicago then.
...an editor who knew how to summarize shit like this.
>> I think it's safe to say that wrapping databases in UI is not going to keep being a $100k+ skill for much longer.
:)
Thank {{DEITY}} there's the "business logic" layer and "security" to keep us all over-employed then.
>> 100% less intrusive bullshit
Solved: I quit using Facebook years ago after posting "here's how to contact me" pics and descriptions on my profile.
>> can't name your source
This only makes sense if it was sourced by Google's PR team, who might be trying to make as much noise about their offering now they're convinced that they won't win the PayPal account. (Normally, a customer name-dropped during a confidential evaluation process would be pissed off enough to drop the vendor who name-dropped. The vendors still in the game wouldn't normally dare publish the name of a customer considering them now.)
If you're on SlashDot and driving a Hyundai, your time might be better spent upgrading your skills and/or switching jobs.
>> The rest of the article is worth a read as well.
Not if it's as annoying as the summary. Besides, this is SlashDot: RTFA is for noobs.
>> USC reported that President Obama was kept briefed on efforts to challenge media's stereotypical portrayals
:)
Aha - so THAT'S what he was doing when the terrorists overran Benghazi...
For a guy who recently turned 40...it kind of is. I was just old enough to remember this news and it spurred a five-year obsession with astronomy and rocketry.
NASA has ALWAYS been about the pork and the distribution of federal funds.
Check out the history of the early years (e.g., https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/sql01). For example, why would you build a space center in Texas? Because the VP and a high-ranking member of Congress's budget committee were from Texas, of course.
"On September 19, 1961, Administrator James E. Webb of NASA formally announced that the new Manned Spacecraft Center would be built in southeastern Harris County, Texas, about twenty-five miles from downtown Houston, at the edge of Clear Lake, an inlet of Galveston Bay. Rice University was to transfer a 1,000-acre tract to the federal government for the construction of the center. Civic leaders and congressmen from other states doubted that Houston and environs met all of NASA's official criteria, at least any more than their towns did. They inquired about the roles of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, chairman of the high-level National Aeronautics and Space Council, and Representative Albert Thomas, also a Democrat and Texan and chairman of the Independent Offices Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, in the choice of the Harris County site."
Nah - the attitude is half the reason we got on board in the early nineties, and it's why Linux remains relatively cruft-less today.
Related: here's why the University of Chicago is one of my favorite universities I never attended:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-university-of-chicago-safe-spaces-letter-met-20160825-story.html
Mdsolar is that you again?
>> How do they get contracts?
Golf maybe?
>> It's not like their incompetence isn't already legend.
I took part in a state-wide effort to avoid hiring Accenture for some kind of state voting system about ten years, based on their demonstrated inability to complete that kind of project (they were getting sued by other governments during bidding) and their 3-4x run-up of costs at the same time. Guess what happened? The state hired Accenture anyway...got screwed with a system they couldn't use...and got charged about 3x what they were told. Unfortunately as I got older, I noticed that this happens all the time.
I trust Wikileaks a whole lot more than the average Associated Press news story full of random bullshit attributed to "sources speaking anonymously because they were not authorized." We're not dumb, we don't want a filter and "think of the children" is how dictators often climb to power.
>> testing new ways to fund training for computer careers
Gravy train...enabled. Kickbacks...online.
>> companies should stop having people constantly change their passwords
The security community is finally warming up to that concept. E.g.,
https://www.wired.com/2016/03/want-safer-passwords-dont-change-often/
>> High-Quality Online Education: While college tuition skyrockets, anyone with a smartphone can study almost any topic online, accessing educational content that is mostly free and increasingly high-quality.
This has been true of libraries and the early days of the Internet as well: there's PLENTY of free material available to those who want to learn something. However, most people still spend most of their time consuming pop/political lit or playing games instead of learning or contributing anything worthwhile.
And...you'll still need a degree to get a job, and what you learn online isn't going to help there except to let you skate through a class or two at the university.
>> Fast Company blah blah...
I thought that place folded in the late 1990's. Did somebody buy the rights or has Fast Company just been quietly publishing to some invisible niche for the past 16 years?
Most people who still watch/read old media (CBS/CNN/NBC/ABC/FOX) are over 40. Just about all non-conservative people under 40 supported Sanders over Clinton, and it's hard to find many under-40 conservatives excited about Trump. So, if you're telling me that without old media we wouldn't have Clinton vs. Trump, well then old media can't die soon enough.
Whad'ya expect from an island of criminals and reprobates?
If competitor safety was really the priority, wouldn't it be smarter to put them in little rubber boats with fishing nets to scoop the floaters out of the bay?