Having read this site for years, I don't know of a Government that doesn't get bashed on these pages. And, in my opinion, nobody gets bashed more that the U.S. Government. So, while you certainly have a point that has merit regarding preconceived notions regarding China... implications that when the U.S. Gov't does something nobody says anything, you're flat wrong. In fact, I see more U.S. Gov't bashing than any other group. Beyond that, they not only bash "The Gov't", but particular leaders that they didn't happen to vote for as well as Americans who live their lives in even a minutely different manner than themselves. If I may say so, I think that until a person has visited at least dozen or so countries in a non-tourist mode, I have a hard time listening to them. They don't have enough input to piss and moan.
Anyway, everybody gets bashed and it's nothing new.
This is the kind of crap that both pisses me off and freaks me out.
It's like what's next? A system of delivering electronic information and images over telco voice and data lines? When are we going to get some sanity injected into our wonderful patent office? I shudder, knowing it just ain't going to happen any time soon...
It's like you have to be a fricken jerk to make it in this world. Seems only people like this make it while you and I fight to find that next contract or maybe that next training/cert will convince some non-technical HR person that our skills/ed. actually DO fit the job requirements "and then some".
Now I have to try and get some sleep and I'm all worked up! Crap.
Can I get a show of hands from all the people out there who's moms have installed Windows on there own? That's what i thought... No operating system is designed for the average MOM to install. And if that's the goal, maybe I could suggest a new M$ certification...
New Microsoft sponsored legislation in the House...
"All persons running a none state sponsored OS (with built in state spyware) must wear a large yellow patch of a penguin at all times while in public. Non-compliance is subject to capital punishment."
Seriously though...
This is getting out of hand...
Hmmm... Sorry Uncle Sam, my M$ windurs box crashed and I lost the only copy of my private key! Worse yet, all that pot smoking when I was a teenager has caused me to forget my password too...
Call me paranoid...
When it's just me, I don't want to be responsible for credit card numbers. If I have to develop, deploy, and secure the whole mess at every level (software, system, network)... Forget it!!!
Outsource the credit card part at least for God's sake!!!
The store front resides on your server, connects to your db server, resides behind your firewall, and somebody else takes liability where the money is concerned.
my 2 cents.
What do Teale data center personnel say?
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I know several guys that used to work at the Teale data center (where the compromise occured). They say it's the most anti-unix place they have ever worked. Chances are those records were sitting on unpatched NT/SQL Server boxes. If by some small chance they were on non MS boxes, knowledgable *nix folk are non-existent there (according to them).
They went further to say the level of qualified security savvy personnel is pathetic and that any deployed IDSs are poorly managed...
I know it's all second hand, but I thought their insight was interesting.
I've done work for several dentists and they seem to all be interested in the latest and greatest (while not always excited about paying for it).
From the discussions I've had, they have all said that they would prefer something with a decent size screen that's wireless. When I showed them my PDA's browser, they all seemed to think it was too small.
I think something like this would be more useful. It has a PCI slot allowing a choice of wireless cards, etc. Also the Viewsonic listed above looks nice...
Re:Charges have always been only on outbound calls
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Maybe I'm off base (comment marked funny?), but he may be referring to the fact that in many markets, the person calling the cell phone is charged for the call. The numbers are easily identified by the prefix so the caller knows that they're being charged. Also, if I'm not mistaken, these markets have a much higher market penetration in general (e.g. Greece).
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Having read this site for years, I don't know of a Government that doesn't get bashed on these pages. And, in my opinion, nobody gets bashed more that the U.S. Government. So, while you certainly have a point that has merit regarding preconceived notions regarding China... implications that when the U.S. Gov't does something nobody says anything, you're flat wrong. In fact, I see more U.S. Gov't bashing than any other group. Beyond that, they not only bash "The Gov't", but particular leaders that they didn't happen to vote for as well as Americans who live their lives in even a minutely different manner than themselves. If I may say so, I think that until a person has visited at least dozen or so countries in a non-tourist mode, I have a hard time listening to them. They don't have enough input to piss and moan. Anyway, everybody gets bashed and it's nothing new.
Interesting considering that the Stanford researcher is probably having his salary and most of his research money given to him by "the government".
staking mine and my family's needs in a technical career!
If I only had all the dough I blew on stupid crap "when i was younger"...
hehe
oh well... enjoy your new box!
This is the kind of crap that both pisses me off and freaks me out.
It's like what's next? A system of delivering electronic information and images over telco voice and data lines? When are we going to get some sanity injected into our wonderful patent office? I shudder, knowing it just ain't going to happen any time soon...
It's like you have to be a fricken jerk to make it in this world. Seems only people like this make it while you and I fight to find that next contract or maybe that next training/cert will convince some non-technical HR person that our skills/ed. actually DO fit the job requirements "and then some".
Now I have to try and get some sleep and I'm all worked up! Crap.
"Thees ees horreebal... thees idea." --Samir
Can I get a show of hands from all the people out there who's moms have installed Windows on there own? That's what i thought... No operating system is designed for the average MOM to install. And if that's the goal, maybe I could suggest a new M$ certification...
Microsoft Certified System Mom (MCSM)
As good as it gets.
New Microsoft sponsored legislation in the House...
"All persons running a none state sponsored OS (with built in state spyware) must wear a large yellow patch of a penguin at all times while in public. Non-compliance is subject to capital punishment."
Seriously though...
This is getting out of hand...
Hmmm... Sorry Uncle Sam, my M$ windurs box crashed and I lost the only copy of my private key! Worse yet, all that pot smoking when I was a teenager has caused me to forget my password too...
Guess I'll just "say hi to Bubba".
What a glorious time to be alive... huh?
Call me paranoid... When it's just me, I don't want to be responsible for credit card numbers. If I have to develop, deploy, and secure the whole mess at every level (software, system, network)... Forget it!!! Outsource the credit card part at least for God's sake!!! The store front resides on your server, connects to your db server, resides behind your firewall, and somebody else takes liability where the money is concerned. my 2 cents.
I know several guys that used to work at the Teale data center (where the compromise occured). They say it's the most anti-unix place they have ever worked. Chances are those records were sitting on unpatched NT/SQL Server boxes. If by some small chance they were on non MS boxes, knowledgable *nix folk are non-existent there (according to them).
They went further to say the level of qualified security savvy personnel is pathetic and that any deployed IDSs are poorly managed...
I know it's all second hand, but I thought their insight was interesting.
FTP: Useful for downloading the latest and greatest. Easily setup from packages if needed (special purpose). See you later, maybe.
RSH: Haven't used it in years. Good bye.
Telnet: Client useful for accessing networking equipment in a secure environment. Haven't run the daemon on my boxes in years. Good bye.
This is a good day for security...
I've done work for several dentists and they seem to all be interested in the latest and greatest (while not always excited about paying for it).
From the discussions I've had, they have all said that they would prefer something with a decent size screen that's wireless. When I showed them my PDA's browser, they all seemed to think it was too small.
I think something like this would be more useful. It has a PCI slot allowing a choice of wireless cards, etc. Also the Viewsonic listed above looks nice...
Maybe I'm off base (comment marked funny?), but he may be referring to the fact that in many markets, the person calling the cell phone is charged for the call. The numbers are easily identified by the prefix so the caller knows that they're being charged. Also, if I'm not mistaken, these markets have a much higher market penetration in general (e.g. Greece).