Lets look at the guy who mops the bathrooms at mcdonalds
Option one is to work at location A with manager A who is a real A hole. "Clock out for your bathroom breaks" or "I told you to do this 3 seconds ago why are you still here filling your water cup" or similar.
Same job, same pay, store B across town with manager B who simply says "You've been doing this for more than a week, you know the routine, you know what I expect of you I can pretty much leave you alone to do your job". Job still sucks, but it sucks less than at store A.
So... different job, different employer, etc. if you *really* dread going to work.
If you dread going to work every day with no bright points, you really do need a different job or different employer.
For example, I have to deal with whiney instructors who don't follow directions, who check out completely 3 months of the year (and are proud of it), and who ignore emails or manage the work related messages they have after returning from 3 months off by saying "there were too many so I just deleted them all".
But, I also get to play in our teaching zoo, work on setting up webcams, experiment with the way a planetarium projects, influence lab exercises and projects the programming and networking students do, and teach Linux as an adjunct. Without all of this, the job really would suck.... but there is enough balance for me to enjoy it for the most part.
Which is funny, because my health policy company (whatever BCBS in Florida is called this month - FloridaBlue I think?) sends me a statement every month of what was charged, what was paid, what I paid. And at the end of the year they send a nice summary for tax filing purposes. Heck, hte pharmacy the family uses - Publix - has a "year to date" on each receipt we get for prescriptions.... so, it obviously isn't impossible, or even too hard....
With corporations, unless they are some group like the EFF and "profits be damned we'll fight for our customers rights" the various legal requests, etc. will make fighting it so expensive that they eventually comply...
Unfortunately, when it comes down to the individual, things happen.
"Anonymous drug tip" results in a SWAT raid at 3am where you are shot. Or your family is shot. Same with "anonymous terrorist tip". Or "opps wrong address".
Ok, I'll turn down the paranoia...
"Sir, we'd really like to check things out but don't have time to get a Warrant. Do you have something to hide?"
or
"Well we know we can't legally get a warrant, but we can harass him with various criminal charges until his lawyer fees bankrupt him or until he complies".
Or I'll turn the geek paranoia back up
Slowly but surely over a number of years a back door has made it into GCC and other critial parts of the compiling tool chain that those "terrorists and criminals who use black terminals wtih white text instead of Windows Vista" use... and between access at your ISPs end and exploits that are now present on your computer, via kernel or userland stuff, and they manufacture the evidence or just suck it all off your computer.
Try working for a small community college or county school board.... we've been trying to hire someone to teach our cisco classes, but HR and Administration won't let them make more than a starting English teacher - about $49k/yr
Gotta have a masters or 18 hours post grad classes in certain technology fields, plus various Cisco certs. Do you honestly think we can fill that position? We've been trying for ages... the last person in the position didn't mind the pay since he had already retired once and teaching the courses were a hobby for him...
I've made keys for a simple Master brand lock using a Xerox copy of the key (yes, it was made on a Xerox machine). And yes, the cloned key worked.
Here at work we have these weird keys that don't have teeth - they have variable diameter and depth partial spheres cut out of the sides. Heard the last locksmith mumbling something about having to send them off to some place in Germany that still has dwarves working by the light of a lava flow from a volcano to get them duplicated... will be sending this article to the new locksmith who seems more competent but mumbles a lot anyway.
The only things I've done wiht my (camera-less and microphone-less) Samsung Smart TV is watch the occasional youtube video with the kids and use the netflix built into it.
And since if the kids get into Netflix it eats my bandwidth so I can't play Xonotic, I usually just leave the TV's network cable unplugged. Fairly secure, no?
they still sell phone switchboard systems that by default can be accessed by telnet with no password I disagree.
Not sure how I feel about this. Is no password better than "admin" or "password" or "1234" for the default password? Lets face it, each device that ships is going to have a default way of accessing it for configuration.... The problem really lies with the people that *leave* it at that configuration.
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Skeet/trap clays take 7 or so pellets hitting it to break nicely. Competitive trap shooters with great handicaps stand 27 yards back from the bunker, clay isn't visible above the bunker until it has traveled another 5 or 6 yards... And it is moving at about 60mph out of the gate. Then ya gotta find it, get a good sight picture, and then shoot it. Granted, the target is flying mostly away from you, not complete left to right (or right to left) like the center stations when shooting skeet.
Using a larger shot size 50 to 60 yards isn't unreasonable for a practiced shooter to get enough hits to damage a drone. Damage enough to bring it down? Dunno... but multiple shots would almost guarantee it.
Probably wanted to avoid "Holy Grail" since it would make the thread devolve into a Monty Python quote fest... not that there is anything wrong with that.
Yup, and if I remember the post from when I was banned from their forums for giving instructions on how to set a root password to enable su or even direct login they do it for security reasons...
Only if you are offering new versions of stuff or offering support of new stuff. The hardware certainly hasn't changed, and as long as you are only offering support/updates for the version of the OS that was current at the time, then the patches/updates/etc. all still work fine.
Now, if someone is using old hardware with newest releases of software, I see a problem with it working, and yes, it would cost some company money to support it - someone would need to write the code or modify the existing. But even then, hardware obsolescence may take care of the issue for you. Windows 7 doesn't need drivers or firmware for a 3com network card plugged into a MCA slot 'cause no computer with MCA slots is capable of running any version of Windows... they could barely crawl with Windows 2.0.
Buddy of mine would put on porn tapes of just snippets of action during parties - no lighting effects, no music, just 10 to 30 second clips of raw hard farking in various gender combinations. Then mute TV, play at 2x speed, and crank the stereo up. Seemed to work well.
It actually isn't even the app store's fault - the blame rests on the marketing/development/sales folks who had the engineers who designed the OS software lock it down to only getting applications from one particular source. It is part of their operating model - they aren't just selling a physical device, or some bits on a disk, they are selling an end user experience. And in order to make that happen the way they envision it, they have to maintain as much control as possible.
Little Brother used encryption and other geekery to fight their battles. Not too long ago, "exporting" certain types of encryption out of the US was a big no-no. Homeland has them using drones.
Either way, both books are about citizens fighting back against a corrupt government. And with Mikey in SF and other parts of California, I wouldn't expect firearms to be involved.
WVO 2M, driven by the 3rd incarnation (Pertwee?) - don't recall Tom Baker driving. And all of Peter Davidson's driving is stuck in my head from All Creatures Great and Small
But then the last time I watched an episode was in '86 or so, and then it was only up to the 5th incarnation.
including code optimizations for that specific workload that border on cheating
You mean that if you had some sort of massive production db your application(s) that use it wouldn't be as optimized for what they do and how they do it as much as you possibly could optimize them?
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Lets look at the guy who mops the bathrooms at mcdonalds
Option one is to work at location A with manager A who is a real A hole. "Clock out for your bathroom breaks" or "I told you to do this 3 seconds ago why are you still here filling your water cup" or similar.
Same job, same pay, store B across town with manager B who simply says "You've been doing this for more than a week, you know the routine, you know what I expect of you I can pretty much leave you alone to do your job". Job still sucks, but it sucks less than at store A.
So... different job, different employer, etc. if you *really* dread going to work.
See this is why you retain copyright but give a permissive license like creative commons, etc.
If you dread going to work every day with no bright points, you really do need a different job or different employer.
For example, I have to deal with whiney instructors who don't follow directions, who check out completely 3 months of the year (and are proud of it), and who ignore emails or manage the work related messages they have after returning from 3 months off by saying "there were too many so I just deleted them all".
But, I also get to play in our teaching zoo, work on setting up webcams, experiment with the way a planetarium projects, influence lab exercises and projects the programming and networking students do, and teach Linux as an adjunct. Without all of this, the job really would suck.... but there is enough balance for me to enjoy it for the most part.
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Which is funny, because my health policy company (whatever BCBS in Florida is called this month - FloridaBlue I think?) sends me a statement every month of what was charged, what was paid, what I paid. And at the end of the year they send a nice summary for tax filing purposes. Heck, hte pharmacy the family uses - Publix - has a "year to date" on each receipt we get for prescriptions.... so, it obviously isn't impossible, or even too hard....
With corporations, unless they are some group like the EFF and "profits be damned we'll fight for our customers rights" the various legal requests, etc. will make fighting it so expensive that they eventually comply...
Unfortunately, when it comes down to the individual, things happen.
"Anonymous drug tip" results in a SWAT raid at 3am where you are shot. Or your family is shot. Same with "anonymous terrorist tip". Or "opps wrong address".
Ok, I'll turn down the paranoia...
"Sir, we'd really like to check things out but don't have time to get a Warrant. Do you have something to hide?"
or
"Well we know we can't legally get a warrant, but we can harass him with various criminal charges until his lawyer fees bankrupt him or until he complies".
Or I'll turn the geek paranoia back up
Slowly but surely over a number of years a back door has made it into GCC and other critial parts of the compiling tool chain that those "terrorists and criminals who use black terminals wtih white text instead of Windows Vista" use... and between access at your ISPs end and exploits that are now present on your computer, via kernel or userland stuff, and they manufacture the evidence or just suck it all off your computer.
Lets hope he's got all his tax documents in line with the BATFE ....
Try working for a small community college or county school board.... we've been trying to hire someone to teach our cisco classes, but HR and Administration won't let them make more than a starting English teacher - about $49k/yr
Gotta have a masters or 18 hours post grad classes in certain technology fields, plus various Cisco certs. Do you honestly think we can fill that position? We've been trying for ages... the last person in the position didn't mind the pay since he had already retired once and teaching the courses were a hobby for him...
Right, which is why you hire no one, wait a week, repost job with slightly different title or description and a super low pay rate.
I've made keys for a simple Master brand lock using a Xerox copy of the key (yes, it was made on a Xerox machine). And yes, the cloned key worked.
Here at work we have these weird keys that don't have teeth - they have variable diameter and depth partial spheres cut out of the sides. Heard the last locksmith mumbling something about having to send them off to some place in Germany that still has dwarves working by the light of a lava flow from a volcano to get them duplicated... will be sending this article to the new locksmith who seems more competent but mumbles a lot anyway.
The only things I've done wiht my (camera-less and microphone-less) Samsung Smart TV is watch the occasional youtube video with the kids and use the netflix built into it.
And since if the kids get into Netflix it eats my bandwidth so I can't play Xonotic, I usually just leave the TV's network cable unplugged. Fairly secure, no?
they still sell phone switchboard systems that by default can be accessed by telnet with no password I disagree.
Not sure how I feel about this. Is no password better than "admin" or "password" or "1234" for the default password? Lets face it, each device that ships is going to have a default way of accessing it for configuration.... The problem really lies with the people that *leave* it at that configuration.
Skeet/trap clays take 7 or so pellets hitting it to break nicely. Competitive trap shooters with great handicaps stand 27 yards back from the bunker, clay isn't visible above the bunker until it has traveled another 5 or 6 yards... And it is moving at about 60mph out of the gate. Then ya gotta find it, get a good sight picture, and then shoot it. Granted, the target is flying mostly away from you, not complete left to right (or right to left) like the center stations when shooting skeet.
Using a larger shot size 50 to 60 yards isn't unreasonable for a practiced shooter to get enough hits to damage a drone. Damage enough to bring it down? Dunno... but multiple shots would almost guarantee it.
Probably wanted to avoid "Holy Grail" since it would make the thread devolve into a Monty Python quote fest... not that there is anything wrong with that.
Whether we pay too much in taxes or too little, for sure we aren't getting our moneys worth
Yup, and if I remember the post from when I was banned from their forums for giving instructions on how to set a root password to enable su or even direct login they do it for security reasons...
Only if you are offering new versions of stuff or offering support of new stuff. The hardware certainly hasn't changed, and as long as you are only offering support/updates for the version of the OS that was current at the time, then the patches/updates/etc. all still work fine.
Now, if someone is using old hardware with newest releases of software, I see a problem with it working, and yes, it would cost some company money to support it - someone would need to write the code or modify the existing. But even then, hardware obsolescence may take care of the issue for you. Windows 7 doesn't need drivers or firmware for a 3com network card plugged into a MCA slot 'cause no computer with MCA slots is capable of running any version of Windows... they could barely crawl with Windows 2.0.
Buddy of mine would put on porn tapes of just snippets of action during parties - no lighting effects, no music, just 10 to 30 second clips of raw hard farking in various gender combinations. Then mute TV, play at 2x speed, and crank the stereo up. Seemed to work well.
It actually isn't even the app store's fault - the blame rests on the marketing/development/sales folks who had the engineers who designed the OS software lock it down to only getting applications from one particular source. It is part of their operating model - they aren't just selling a physical device, or some bits on a disk, they are selling an end user experience. And in order to make that happen the way they envision it, they have to maintain as much control as possible.
Little Brother used encryption and other geekery to fight their battles. Not too long ago, "exporting" certain types of encryption out of the US was a big no-no. Homeland has them using drones.
Either way, both books are about citizens fighting back against a corrupt government. And with Mikey in SF and other parts of California, I wouldn't expect firearms to be involved.
Again, the reasoning behind the 2nd amendment here in the US.
If "they" won't be good for the right reasons, then fear is a good motivator.
That said, how about a more recent book or pair of books? Little Brother and Homeland both by Cory Doctorow @ craphound.com
WVO 2M, driven by the 3rd incarnation (Pertwee?) - don't recall Tom Baker driving. And all of Peter Davidson's driving is stuck in my head from All Creatures Great and Small
But then the last time I watched an episode was in '86 or so, and then it was only up to the 5th incarnation.
Or dedicated everythings - a router, a switch, and an AP
Yup, if my 3 year old can start her cartoons in Netflix on our Samsung TV, I'm sure your parents can do it.
including code optimizations for that specific workload that border on cheating
You mean that if you had some sort of massive production db your application(s) that use it wouldn't be as optimized for what they do and how they do it as much as you possibly could optimize them?