A friend and I got pulled over cross the border from the US back into Canada years ago and had the truck searched and they had a very close look at the set of T-connectors covered with dried cola in the ashtray area of the front seat. In retrospect it DID look much like a well used hash pipe.
It probably didn't help that we both had long hair and were coming back from attending some Grateful Dead shows:-)
I have to admit my first thought when I saw the title was that they dropped it because the atmosphere (with the PATRIOT act etc) meant that they didn't need to go to any real effort to protect privacy. Just call it a national security issue and get a warrant to do what they like - or don't bother with the warrant and justify it after the fact.
Maybe I'm just paranoid and pissed off about stuff.
And what the hell - I left the country anyway. Not that I think that Australia is a lot better, at least it's not so in your face. And as an expat, I at least have plausible deniability
This looks interesting in a general way, but it's not really a sniffer is it?
When I see sniffer I think something that captures packets and does at least a basic protocol decode on them (ie. SnifferPro - overpriced though it is, or Ethereal - great free package).
Am I missing something or is this just a OSS tool to enumerate wireless networks?
I have to agree - I bought a Palm IIIx and then a first generation Handspring - but still ended up going back to a paper calendar and notepad within six months. I couldn't take notes fast enough with graphiti to not need a notepad in meetings - and trying to sketch designs just isn't feasible.
I keep thinking about trying the lastest PDA, but I just don't think I'd use it past the first couple of months and given the price I could buy myself any number of nice foutain or rollerball pens (liquid ink is SO much nicer to write with than ball point gel).
There may at some point be a PDA type device that does enough to get me back into it, but I haven't seen it yet. I'd want small (comfortably in shirt pocket), phone, decent screen, 801.11, and PocketPC functionality.
Until then - I'll stick with paper - as you say it doesn't break when you (or the kids) drop it!
...If you want to get a degree and then go find a job - then just having the degree is the important thing. If you want to go and do graduate work after your first degree, then the school your degree is from can matter.
In my experience, in the corporate world (unless you are going into consulting) the school you got your degree from doesn't really matter - it's the training and discipline you get from doing the degree that matters (I have two degrees, neither in CS and went straight into an IT role out of school).
On the other hand, if you want to do onto graduate work, a first degree from a good school does make a difference. Not only in getting into grad school, but in getting grants etc once you are in. My SO is an academica and has sat on admissions and grant committees and has repeatedly told me that in general those groups weigh a 3.0 from a top teir school much higher than a 4.0 from an unknown school.
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A friend and I got pulled over cross the border from the US back into Canada years ago and had the truck searched and they had a very close look at the set of T-connectors covered with dried cola in the ashtray area of the front seat. In retrospect it DID look much like a well used hash pipe.
It probably didn't help that we both had long hair and were coming back from attending some Grateful Dead shows :-)
Maybe I'm just paranoid and pissed off about stuff.
And what the hell - I left the country anyway. Not that I think that Australia is a lot better, at least it's not so in your face. And as an expat, I at least have plausible deniability
Not to mention the console cable...
When I see sniffer I think something that captures packets and does at least a basic protocol decode on them (ie. SnifferPro - overpriced though it is, or Ethereal - great free package).
Am I missing something or is this just a OSS tool to enumerate wireless networks?
I keep thinking about trying the lastest PDA, but I just don't think I'd use it past the first couple of months and given the price I could buy myself any number of nice foutain or rollerball pens (liquid ink is SO much nicer to write with than ball point gel).
There may at some point be a PDA type device that does enough to get me back into it, but I haven't seen it yet. I'd want small (comfortably in shirt pocket), phone, decent screen, 801.11, and PocketPC functionality.
Until then - I'll stick with paper - as you say it doesn't break when you (or the kids) drop it!
In my experience, in the corporate world (unless you are going into consulting) the school you got your degree from doesn't really matter - it's the training and discipline you get from doing the degree that matters (I have two degrees, neither in CS and went straight into an IT role out of school).
On the other hand, if you want to do onto graduate work, a first degree from a good school does make a difference. Not only in getting into grad school, but in getting grants etc once you are in. My SO is an academica and has sat on admissions and grant committees and has repeatedly told me that in general those groups weigh a 3.0 from a top teir school much higher than a 4.0 from an unknown school.
Just my view, your mileage may vary.