I need to do a sanity check on your numbers. The U.S. population is just over 300 million, including all ages, jobs, employed, unemployed, retired, disabled, imprisoned, with or without internet, etc. Out of this entire number, you are claiming that 1/3 are on linked in? That would mean that the majority of people that have jobs, have a LinkedIn account and I find that very hard to believe.
No, in an ideal world you wouldn't. But, the founders of our country knew the biggest threats would always come from the government itself. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." I pay the EFF to be vigilant for me, just like members of the NRA do.
I have been doing web work for a decade, and I can tell you this happens all the time. In fact, older employees in marketing have told me horror stories about 800 numbers and mailing addresses that were never set up, misprinted, or never updated.
I always tell clients that they should set up emails that describe the job/function, like marketing@example.com and webmaster@example.com, and make sure that those emails go to a distribution list that goes to at least two people.
You wouldn't believe how often critical accounts and webforms are only accessible with the email addresses of Sally the Secretary or William the Webmaster. When they leave, no one knows there is a problem, until it is a big problem.
It's only a matter of time until a private company provides this service.
I thought of doing this years ago.
At the time, I imagined paying people to install cameras in vehicles, and selling access to the database to law enforcement, employers, spouses, etc. Now, that probably isn't necessary. The company could just scan the millions of photos and videos that are posted publicly every day.
If some company isn't already experimenting with this, I would be amazed.
In the end, this will be done, either by the government or a company; probably both.
'If you're under 40, you've not seen this stuff before.'
I'm 43, and I've seen it. I was on top of Mt. Lincoln in -50 degree wind chill in late November more than a decade ago. There was a tiny gap between my facemask and my ski googles, and I got 2nd-3rd degree frostbite on a small part of the skin on my cheekbone in less than an hour. I still have some nerve damage there.
The danger to someone who isn't prepared is very real.
1. Do you offer a specific Drupal distribution that you manage, or do you just give the customer a LAMP stack and let them set up Drupal any way they want?
2. How much do you charge?
Drupal can be set up to be extremely scalable, but someone has to do that setup.
If you offer a Drupal distribution and it doesn't scale, that is your fault. If making it stable and scalable is "too much work", charge more.
On the other hand, if your customers are setting up Drupal by themselves, then it isn't your problem if they don't set it up correctly. If you don't want cheap customers that hire cheap agencies, charge more.
I know this sounds glib, but you wouldn't believe how often I have seen talented people bogged down with problems because they simply weren't willing to ask for the money they were worth. Higher rates = more money = less clients = less work. It may seem scary, but if you really are good, the good clients will stick with you despite the cost, and the problem clients will go be a problem for your competition.
What about Dentopolis (or whatever it was called) under attack from The Cavity Creeps? That would have been an incredible SimCity mod. We make holes in teeth! I would ~pay~ for that.
Last month, my mother went on a business trip to London, England. We have a plan with AT&T. Our plan features said that we already had international calling. However, when I tried to call my mother, I got a message saying that I had to sign up for international calls, which I thought I already had. After literally hours on hold, I finally got hold of a person. I asked him why I had to get "permission" to make international calls several times, and he was unable to give me an answer. I was thinking about later, and I realized...
...They have a database of who is making international calls.
I made my donation today. Please, please, please make yours.
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There is evidence that diverse teams are more productive: http://www.forbes.com/sites/le...
You start with the assumption that having a diverse team has a built-in cost. That may not actually be true.
https://xkcd.com/810/
Seriously, it is still better than most of the crap out there: https://xkcd.com/397/
I wouldn't count on it. Boehner is famous for crying: http://www.ibtimes.com/john-bo...
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/ar...
In a Colony Collapse (almost) all the bees die in a very short period. 40% of colonies dying off in one year is well above the norm.
I need to do a sanity check on your numbers. The U.S. population is just over 300 million, including all ages, jobs, employed, unemployed, retired, disabled, imprisoned, with or without internet, etc. Out of this entire number, you are claiming that 1/3 are on linked in? That would mean that the majority of people that have jobs, have a LinkedIn account and I find that very hard to believe.
Just don't bring up Roko's Basilisk: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/R...
Archive.org has a special exception to copyright. Ironically, this came out of the DMCA: http://archive.org/about/dmca....
http://xkcd.com/978/
No, in an ideal world you wouldn't. But, the founders of our country knew the biggest threats would always come from the government itself. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." I pay the EFF to be vigilant for me, just like members of the NRA do.
I pay them every month. If you are reading this, are you paying your share?
I have been doing web work for a decade, and I can tell you this happens all the time. In fact, older employees in marketing have told me horror stories about 800 numbers and mailing addresses that were never set up, misprinted, or never updated.
I always tell clients that they should set up emails that describe the job/function, like marketing@example.com and webmaster@example.com, and make sure that those emails go to a distribution list that goes to at least two people.
You wouldn't believe how often critical accounts and webforms are only accessible with the email addresses of Sally the Secretary or William the Webmaster. When they leave, no one knows there is a problem, until it is a big problem.
HAH! Ah, hah, hah! Hah, hah, hah, hah, hah. Hee.
Wait, wut, where you serious?
It's only a matter of time until a private company provides this service.
I thought of doing this years ago.
At the time, I imagined paying people to install cameras in vehicles, and selling access to the database to law enforcement, employers, spouses, etc. Now, that probably isn't necessary. The company could just scan the millions of photos and videos that are posted publicly every day.
If some company isn't already experimenting with this, I would be amazed.
In the end, this will be done, either by the government or a company; probably both.
Older technologies (almost) never actually go away.
For instance, there is a working telegraph within a block of my house. It is a fire alarm call box, and as far as I know it is still working.
I spent days researching a sub-string problem like this six years ago:
http://irolo.net/mambo_and_sex
Try spelling JavaScript as one word and you will see something very different: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=ruby%2C%20python%2C%20javascript&cmpt=q
'If you're under 40, you've not seen this stuff before.'
I'm 43, and I've seen it. I was on top of Mt. Lincoln in -50 degree wind chill in late November more than a decade ago. There was a tiny gap between my facemask and my ski googles, and I got 2nd-3rd degree frostbite on a small part of the skin on my cheekbone in less than an hour. I still have some nerve damage there.
The danger to someone who isn't prepared is very real.
1. Do you offer a specific Drupal distribution that you manage, or do you just give the customer a LAMP stack and let them set up Drupal any way they want?
2. How much do you charge?
Drupal can be set up to be extremely scalable, but someone has to do that setup.
If you offer a Drupal distribution and it doesn't scale, that is your fault. If making it stable and scalable is "too much work", charge more.
On the other hand, if your customers are setting up Drupal by themselves, then it isn't your problem if they don't set it up correctly. If you don't want cheap customers that hire cheap agencies, charge more.
I know this sounds glib, but you wouldn't believe how often I have seen talented people bogged down with problems because they simply weren't willing to ask for the money they were worth. Higher rates = more money = less clients = less work. It may seem scary, but if you really are good, the good clients will stick with you despite the cost, and the problem clients will go be a problem for your competition.
What about Dentopolis (or whatever it was called) under attack from The Cavity Creeps? That would have been an incredible SimCity mod. We make holes in teeth! I would ~pay~ for that.
That would be the Cave module: http://drupal.org/project/cave
Lynx nothing! Do you know what lint is?
Let me tell you a story...
Last month, my mother went on a business trip to London, England. We have a plan with AT&T. Our plan features said that we already had international calling. However, when I tried to call my mother, I got a message saying that I had to sign up for international calls, which I thought I already had. After literally hours on hold, I finally got hold of a person. I asked him why I had to get "permission" to make international calls several times, and he was unable to give me an answer. I was thinking about later, and I realized...
I made my donation today. Please, please, please make yours.
Life imitates art... http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/3/26/