Wow. Nice April fools joke on my hosting provider - the site lasted all of about 60 seconds after the article went public. ...
Here's a nicely formatted version of the article text (compared to that pretty poor effort above... thanks for the effort, but if you're going to repost the article text, perhaps at least remove the piles of whitespace mmkay?)
Maybe if you didn't have all that white space in your page your server load wouldn't be so high. Did you ever think of that? Well, did you??
Personal data need to be treated as government certification of Secret documents
First, I think you mean classification, not certification.
Second, there is a reason and a definition behind each classification. For example, the definition of SECRET according to the Defense Security Service (available here (scroll down)) is as follows:
SECRET. The designation that shall be applied only to information or material the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause serious damage to the national security that the original classification authority is able to identify or describe. (emphasis mine)
Nutshell: yes, personal information should be protected; no, it does not warrant the same protection as classified information.
or at least give it Collateral classification level treatment
Finally, Collateral is not a classification; it is a category of information classification. Our friends at DSS clarify the issue here:
The current classification system starts with three levels of classification (Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret), often referred to collectively as collateral.
Please do some research before providing erroneous information. (For many years I worked in positions where I was required to know these things.)
it'd be like attaching a Jato unit to their public relations problem...
I understand what you were trying to say, but there are two small issues to consider:
JATO is an acronym for Jet Assisted Take Off and should be capitalized. It is used to help heavily loaded aircraft generate enough linear thrust (and thus lift) to take off on runways that would otherwise be too short. There is a neat picture here of a C-130 deploying a JATO.
Attaching an accelerating device to a problem just accelerates the problem (as in Interix's PR problem). No one likes a fast-moving problem.:-) And just for fun, here is the link to the Snopes debunking of the alleged Darwin Award winner. The stories aren't true but perhaps they should be...
Then the reality of empty, meaningless lives hits the people when they remember they aren't famous or "stars". Aspire to be yourself, not a TV character.
Well put. *goes off to RTFJE* Also well put.
The root cause of all this me-me-me silliness seems to be a blistering lack of self-confidence in the general populace, creating a need to conform. One might think that the extraordinary (and IMO ridiculous) efforts society puts into ensuring no one's widdle feewings are hurt might help people believe they are in fact worthwhile humans (however misguided that viewpoint might be in some cases). I guess we have inadvertently created a nation of shallow, vapid, me-mongers who need to be reassured every second that they really are unique and beautiful snowflakes. Oopsie.
My apologies - I must be wearing the cynical hat today...
I don't know if you omitted the close-italic tag intentionally to make a point or if you did so unintentionally, in which case that adage about 'throwing stones' probably applies.
Sure, most guys looking over the resumes aren't going to recognize the name, but there's got to be a company or two out there that actualy does the background checks.
I think a bigger problem would arise if (background check) == (Google search). I strongly suspect that route would turn up more info [vis a vis this situation] than would a traditional background check. In any case I believe you are right: this individual has committed a CLM*.
I can remember my teachers in high school - most of them were the most boring people you would care to meet. A select few would enlighten and invoke interesting discussion and methods to achieve success on the course.
I suspect that you are not the same person now that you were in high school. I am willing to bet that if you met these teachers now (e.g. socially or in a night course) you might have a very different opinion of them. In general we appreciate different things as we grow up.
Of course (interesting person) does not necessarily == (interesting teacher), so your point about wash out the teachers who aren't interesting is well taken.
The problem with being an American, you dont know what other choices are, unless you travel or spend a week surfing google
I was lucky enough to be an exchange student in Germany *mumble* years ago and got to experience Ritter Sport first hand. My host family ensured I went home with at least two kilos of the good stuff.:-)
"We are disrespectful to cable of girth. Can you see that we are serious? Join me or die. Can you do any less? For special lucky data, use Elecom LD-VAPF/SV05 network cabling."
..but wouldn't it be even better if it was hyper-multi-threading?
Of course - all things are better when they're hyper*. Of course they tend to jump from A to B so quickly everything becomes blurry. Besides, jumping into hyper-multi-threading [isn't] like dusting crops, boy!
Does anyone really use PDA-type devices? I work for a large organization and run around to meetings and all that jazz, but I never have the use for one.
Ah, yes - the "I am the world" fallacy. You are not a statistically significant sample set, so your assessment of something as !useful does not actually mean that the item is !useful.
Anecdotal evidence: observe other people in the meetings; examine the sales statistics for PDA vendors; observe the myriad PDA options at your local electronics or office-supply store. Obviously there is a market for PDAs, and here is why:
Laptop: the most features; more weight; larger footprint; generally shorter battery life [compared to PDAs or phones]
Phone: far fewer features than laptops; much less weight than a laptop
PDA: in most categories (features, weight, size, power consumption) the PDA occupies a niche between laptop and phone
standardize your damn directory structures and startup scripts. Or at least come up with some sort of virtual linking scheme to provide one consistant view. "Well, *BSD puts it here, but on Linux it would be there and SYS 5 doesn't have one..."
You have managed to complain about characteristics (in bold above) that make each flavor unique; you should have grumbled about device naming conventions, too, and gone for the trifecta. You may as well complain about the variations in fruit: "well, the banana has a peel that must be removed prior to consumption, while grapes come in bunches, and don't get me started on pomegranates, etc."
The BSDs are generally do things in a similar manner. This is largely historical; it is the BSD Way(tm).
One really shouldn't just say "SYS 5". Not only is the nomenclature wrong - it should be SVR* - one should indicate which revision is under discussion, e.g. SVR3 or SVR4.
News flash: Linux is very much like SVR4. You can do some things (e.g. ps) in BSD style if you like but most practical purposes Linux is ~SVR4.
Solaris >=2 is SVR4-based, as is HP-UX. AIX (IIRC) is SVR3, but AIX administration is (or at least was) its own form of pain so the historical influence is basically a footnote.
For those of you in the audience, the items quoted above are from a game called football, despite the fact that only one guy on the team actually touches the ball with his foot. (See 'British English' footie for a proper definition.)
This game is primarily played outside (i.e. in The Big Blue Room (not IBM, btw)) which may explain its relative obscurity on/..
Anyway, the poster above made a hackneyed (i.e. N0n-1337) reference to a movie that is ancient (i.e. more than 4 years old). The parent poster pointed this out gently by indicated that the use of the OldMovRef is cause for forfeiture of some karma points (i.e. manna for/.-ers). I am not sure what the &$*^ a first down is; presumably is is something one of the players or teams did not have before.
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[OP] This is a 16MB Handheld PDA w/Built-in 56K Modem people!
[billstewart] But it's really a $100 device that didn't sell
The following tidbit may indicate why these things are such a bargain:
Notes
This product was tested and it may crash your ISP...
...connection or amount of email you may have received.
Any explicit mention of potential ISP issues should raise a red flag.
Wow. Nice April fools joke on my hosting provider - the site lasted all of about 60 seconds after the article went public.
...
Here's a nicely formatted version of the article text (compared to that pretty poor effort above... thanks for the effort, but if you're going to repost the article text, perhaps at least remove the piles of whitespace mmkay?)
Maybe if you didn't have all that white space in your page your server load wouldn't be so high. Did you ever think of that? Well, did you??
Geez, some people... *grumble grumble mutter*
Personal data need to be treated as government certification of Secret documents
First, I think you mean classification, not certification.
Second, there is a reason and a definition behind each classification. For example, the definition of SECRET according to the Defense Security Service (available here (scroll down)) is as follows:
SECRET. The designation that shall be applied only to information or material the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause serious damage to the national security that the original classification authority is able to identify or describe. (emphasis mine)
Nutshell: yes, personal information should be protected; no, it does not warrant the same protection as classified information.
or at least give it Collateral classification level treatment
Finally, Collateral is not a classification; it is a category of information classification. Our friends at DSS clarify the issue here:
The current classification system starts with three levels of classification (Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret), often referred to collectively as collateral.
Please do some research before providing erroneous information. (For many years I worked in positions where I was required to know these things.)
My abject apologies.
No apologies necessary - I'm just goofing around (and being a little pedantic, no doubt).
ITYM Microsoft's PR problem. Interix would be part of the solution, not part of the precipitate.
ITY are correct - my abject apologies to you.
(Bonus points for the chem reference...)
it'd be like attaching a Jato unit to their public relations problem...
I understand what you were trying to say, but there are two small issues to consider:
JATO is an acronym for Jet Assisted Take Off and should be capitalized. It is used to help heavily loaded aircraft generate enough linear thrust (and thus lift) to take off on runways that would otherwise be too short. There is a neat picture here of a C-130 deploying a JATO.
Attaching an accelerating device to a problem just accelerates the problem (as in Interix's PR problem). No one likes a fast-moving problem. :-)
And just for fun, here is the link to the Snopes debunking of the alleged Darwin Award winner. The stories aren't true but perhaps they should be...
Then the reality of empty, meaningless lives hits the people when they remember they aren't famous or "stars". Aspire to be yourself, not a TV character.
Well put. *goes off to RTFJE* Also well put.
The root cause of all this me-me-me silliness seems to be a blistering lack of self-confidence in the general populace, creating a need to conform. One might think that the extraordinary (and IMO ridiculous) efforts society puts into ensuring no one's widdle feewings are hurt might help people believe they are in fact worthwhile humans (however misguided that viewpoint might be in some cases). I guess we have inadvertently created a nation of shallow, vapid, me-mongers who need to be reassured every second that they really are unique and beautiful snowflakes. Oopsie.
My apologies - I must be wearing the cynical hat today...
I don't know if you omitted the close-italic tag intentionally to make a point or if you did so unintentionally, in which case that adage about 'throwing stones' probably applies.
Either way I got a chuckle. Thanks!
Sure, most guys looking over the resumes aren't going to recognize the name, but there's got to be a company or two out there that actualy does the background checks.
I think a bigger problem would arise if (background check) == (Google search). I strongly suspect that route would turn up more info [vis a vis this situation] than would a traditional background check. In any case I believe you are right: this individual has committed a CLM*.
* Career Limiting Move
I just read that so called op-ed piece and I think my ears may be bleeding from the sheer amount of marketing speak.
Next time don't read the article aloud - just move your lips as you go.
HTH. HAND.
Q. Once upon a time a mouse became trapped in a Russian cathedral; how did he escape?
A. He clicked on an icon and opened a window.
(I can't claim credit for that one...)
David Benioff?
My heart soars like a brick.
Take heart: it could be David Hasselhoff.
I can remember my teachers in high school - most of them were the most boring people you would care to meet. A select few would enlighten and invoke interesting discussion and methods to achieve success on the course.
I suspect that you are not the same person now that you were in high school. I am willing to bet that if you met these teachers now (e.g. socially or in a night course) you might have a very different opinion of them. In general we appreciate different things as we grow up.
Of course (interesting person) does not necessarily == (interesting teacher), so your point about wash out the teachers who aren't interesting is well taken.
Could happen. Hey, it worked for these guys.
Complete with nifty headline:
Ask Jeeves if it's been bought
The problem with being an American, you dont know what other choices are, unless you travel or spend a week surfing google
I was lucky enough to be an exchange student in Germany *mumble* years ago and got to experience Ritter Sport first hand. My host family ensured I went home with at least two kilos of the good stuff.
"Hi, I'm Troy McClure! You might remember me from such Tolkien epics as Hobbit 2: There and Back Again, Again and Dial M for Mordor..."
/ Oh, my god - I was wrong:
/ It was Frodo all along...
"We are disrespectful to cable of girth. Can you see that we are serious? Join me or die. Can you do any less? For special lucky data, use Elecom LD-VAPF/SV05 network cabling."
You can't go wrong with Ritter Sport. All kinds of Schokolade goodness in 100g squares...
/drool
It does not matter if the government has actually abused citizens via the Patriot Act. The only thing that matters is that it can.
It doesn't matter if I actually punch you in the nose. The only thing that matters is that I can.
Of course - all things are better when they're hyper*. Of course they tend to jump from A to B so quickly everything becomes blurry. Besides, jumping into hyper-multi-threading [isn't] like dusting crops, boy!
* See Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net.
I, on the other hand, prefer to use my mobile phone only while sitting in a bird-sanctuary, on a weathered rock, warmed by the sun's rays.
True, but if you are one of those gits who needs to SHOUT into the mobile you will have very few friends in the bird sanctuary.
Does anyone really use PDA-type devices? I work for a large organization and run around to meetings and all that jazz, but I never have the use for one.
Ah, yes - the "I am the world" fallacy. You are not a statistically significant sample set, so your assessment of something as !useful does not actually mean that the item is !useful.
Anecdotal evidence: observe other people in the meetings; examine the sales statistics for PDA vendors; observe the myriad PDA options at your local electronics or office-supply store. Obviously there is a market for PDAs, and here is why:
Laptop: the most features; more weight; larger footprint; generally shorter battery life [compared to PDAs or phones]
Phone: far fewer features than laptops; much less weight than a laptop
PDA: in most categories (features, weight, size, power consumption) the PDA occupies a niche between laptop and phone
standardize your damn directory structures and startup scripts. Or at least come up with some sort of virtual linking scheme to provide one consistant view. "Well, *BSD puts it here, but on Linux it would be there and SYS 5 doesn't have one..."
You have managed to complain about characteristics (in bold above) that make each flavor unique; you should have grumbled about device naming conventions, too, and gone for the trifecta. You may as well complain about the variations in fruit: "well, the banana has a peel that must be removed prior to consumption, while grapes come in bunches, and don't get me started on pomegranates, etc."
The BSDs are generally do things in a similar manner. This is largely historical; it is the BSD Way(tm).
One really shouldn't just say "SYS 5". Not only is the nomenclature wrong - it should be SVR* - one should indicate which revision is under discussion, e.g. SVR3 or SVR4.
News flash: Linux is very much like SVR4. You can do some things (e.g. ps) in BSD style if you like but most practical purposes Linux is ~SVR4.
Solaris >=2 is SVR4-based, as is HP-UX. AIX (IIRC) is SVR3, but AIX administration is (or at least was) its own form of pain so the historical influence is basically a footnote.
his discontempt ? So he actually admired their practices ?
Now is the winter of our discontempt
Made glorious summer by this sun of York^W Mark...
In your face, Billy Bard-y! I bite my thumb at Stratford-Upon-Avon!
**WHISTLE**
Offensive foul!
Overused refrence to played out movie!
5 karma point penalty!
First down!
For those of you in the audience, the items quoted above are from a game called football, despite the fact that only one guy on the team actually touches the ball with his foot. (See 'British English' footie for a proper definition.)
This game is primarily played outside (i.e. in The Big Blue Room (not IBM, btw)) which may explain its relative obscurity on
Anyway, the poster above made a hackneyed (i.e. N0n-1337) reference to a movie that is ancient (i.e. more than 4 years old). The parent poster pointed this out gently by indicated that the use of the OldMovRef is cause for forfeiture of some karma points (i.e. manna for
HTH. HAND.