I saw an old Mythbusters episode the other day about various items they put in an open fire to see what happens. Bullets was one of the items. The results obtained there is very similar to what happened here with the only difference the cause.
It's confirmed then - there is no medicine for stupidity:-)
You are grasping at straws and your conclusions doesn't make any sense. I think once you actually do something like this in practice (interview, background check, searching on the web etc.) you will see that you need to put together all the parts to get the whole picture. Obviously you can't make conclusions just on one source of information - or do we need to spell that out to you every time?
That simply says to me that the person doesn't have balance in his/her life. It also says a lot about things like passion and the ability to see projects through.
As an employer myself I use the web searches as an extension of the background/reference checks. I do however prefer potential employees to give me reference sites - especially things like open source projects they are busy with. Checking their code on public projects is almost better then a test:-)
To some extend we all have control of what information we ourselves put on the web about us. The difficult part to control is what other people put on the web about you. That's almost impossible to control.
As an alternative (and this has worked for me previously) is to point your potential (or current) employer to sites that you do have some control over - like LinkedIn, your SF projects etc. These sites also extend your CV to a certain point - if you manage it properly.
Although it might not prevent them from digging deeper, at least they can look at your serious/positive side without you risking them "stumbling" on all the wrong information only.
I see there are already a ton of good advice here, so when you have your kit set-up, post a link so that we can load test your config:-)
It's called the slashdot effect and if anything, you will at least know when things break and how your configuration handle these fail over conditions.
PS: This is cheaper then buying load testing kit and software:-)
It seems so, as I have one account with an ISP in South Africa that uses the enterprise mail solution from Google. It was down as well, and I noticed my browser was trying to contact mail.google.com (I assume some part of the auth is done on Google it self?).
But first an observation - for me IMAP did not work (using my Nokia E61)...
Now, since my home business can not afford all the fancy and expensive BCM strategies that corporates implement, what alternative is there to GMail that would (a) give me fairly large mailboxes; (b) have a little more redundancy built in?
PS: In all fairness to Google, even though I currently use them for e-mail for my business I accept I can not expect too much from a free service.
She's 14 years old... And now she has a criminal record for something really stupid.
So I guess you have to ask yourself: what was actually achieved here?
It would be nice to see actual numbers - like how many people used Notebook on a day to day bases. Somehow they must be able to justify the actions only if they know the true impact. I agree that from a business point of view it would not be wise to rely on these services, but how many individual users found these services useful?
And for them to point out that we should rather ise Docs? No - I kinda liked my little FF plugin for taking quick notes.
O well - I see at least we can still use notebook for some time to come.
At least I can see Google Notebook allows you to export your data to Docs. But will everybody be so lucky with all the other little tit-bits of information lying around?
Yes - price was never going to be low on these devices. I think I can understand the "why" part. Question now is "when" will the prices come down to the "normal" persons budget:-)
Remember war dialling? Well, as soon as you know the SMS string, you can now start walking through number ranges and "lock" laptops - a whole new DoS attack:-) Cool:-)
I don't think this is so great... He has made his money. What we need is for the rest of the musicians to follow the example - now that will make a difference.
If you don't have a degree, but the job spec in the advertisement demands one, then there's no point in applying...
However, when the add says something like "a degree will be advantageous" it means IT pro's without degrees could apply and (hopefully) they will be evaluated based on metrics like experience and perhaps some other certifications.
Example: For a Linux sysadmin job, a RHCE certification with some experience could do. But, if this sysadmin has to also run a department or a group of sysadmins, a degree qualified individual would probably have a better change in landing the job.
Personally, I do not have a degree and I work in a Sysadmin/DBA/Developer role. I was lucky - timing was perfect etc. But - the company owns me. I basically can not go outside and perform the same line of work for the salary I get now without a degree. So, in order for me to position myself better (especially in the light of possibly some tough times ahead), I have decided to do a degree from next year. I can just hope I am not too late:-)
1) Most people (even the very poor) in SA has a cellphone. Keep in mind the bank pays for the SMS to the client, so even if they are on pre-paid with a zero balance, they can still get their SMS.
2) On the low end phones (which is still in volume out there) this may not be such a big problem right now, but I see where this is going:-)
3) In SA, research has shown that most people keep their cellphones with them. In fact, it was found that people report their phones stolen on average up to 8 hours before reporting their banking cards as stolen - probably because they realize the latter only much later.
4) Personally I too fail to see how smart cards will/can make a difference. I think the banking industry was conned into thinking that it will be more secure (read: clever sales people).
My bank uses a combination of Digitag and SMS notification as added layers of security.
In South Africa, everyone with a bank account by law has to undergo a KYC process (know your client). This basically means that you as a client have to verify your ID at a branch (in person) with ID documents and some of your monthly bills. Your cellphone number is then captured to which all notifications of activity on your accounts are sent.
The Digitag is used during online authentication. As a further backup, a one time pin (OTP) is send to your cellphone. This OTP is required for certain transactions like once off payments.
Granted the system is not perfect (there is still human stupidity), but I would like to hear your comments on these tpye of systems, as they are becoming more and more part of our lives.
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I saw an old Mythbusters episode the other day about various items they put in an open fire to see what happens. Bullets was one of the items. The results obtained there is very similar to what happened here with the only difference the cause.
It's confirmed then - there is no medicine for stupidity :-)
making copies of games and putting it on torrents should be perfectly legal. Payment on activation anyone?
You are grasping at straws and your conclusions doesn't make any sense. I think once you actually do something like this in practice (interview, background check, searching on the web etc.) you will see that you need to put together all the parts to get the whole picture. Obviously you can't make conclusions just on one source of information - or do we need to spell that out to you every time?
That simply says to me that the person doesn't have balance in his/her life. It also says a lot about things like passion and the ability to see projects through.
As an employer myself I use the web searches as an extension of the background/reference checks. I do however prefer potential employees to give me reference sites - especially things like open source projects they are busy with. Checking their code on public projects is almost better then a test :-)
To some extend we all have control of what information we ourselves put on the web about us. The difficult part to control is what other people put on the web about you. That's almost impossible to control.
As an alternative (and this has worked for me previously) is to point your potential (or current) employer to sites that you do have some control over - like LinkedIn, your SF projects etc. These sites also extend your CV to a certain point - if you manage it properly.
Although it might not prevent them from digging deeper, at least they can look at your serious/positive side without you risking them "stumbling" on all the wrong information only.
When will FF get a grammar check?
I see there are already a ton of good advice here, so when you have your kit set-up, post a link so that we can load test your config :-)
It's called the slashdot effect and if anything, you will at least know when things break and how your configuration handle these fail over conditions.
PS: This is cheaper then buying load testing kit and software :-)
It seems so, as I have one account with an ISP in South Africa that uses the enterprise mail solution from Google. It was down as well, and I noticed my browser was trying to contact mail.google.com (I assume some part of the auth is done on Google it self?).
But first an observation - for me IMAP did not work (using my Nokia E61)...
Now, since my home business can not afford all the fancy and expensive BCM strategies that corporates implement, what alternative is there to GMail that would (a) give me fairly large mailboxes; (b) have a little more redundancy built in?
PS: In all fairness to Google, even though I currently use them for e-mail for my business I accept I can not expect too much from a free service.
She's 14 years old... And now she has a criminal record for something really stupid. So I guess you have to ask yourself: what was actually achieved here?
I know what you mean. MS Vista went live with only one outstanding defect - Vista...
Still KDE 3.5 - so perhaps this will be the KDE user's distro of choice?
...can you seriously just trust a script to change stuff on your production box?
It would be nice to see actual numbers - like how many people used Notebook on a day to day bases. Somehow they must be able to justify the actions only if they know the true impact. I agree that from a business point of view it would not be wise to rely on these services, but how many individual users found these services useful? And for them to point out that we should rather ise Docs? No - I kinda liked my little FF plugin for taking quick notes. O well - I see at least we can still use notebook for some time to come.
At least I can see Google Notebook allows you to export your data to Docs. But will everybody be so lucky with all the other little tit-bits of information lying around?
Yes - price was never going to be low on these devices. I think I can understand the "why" part. Question now is "when" will the prices come down to the "normal" persons budget :-)
Thanks - that was a really interesting review.
http://www.fusionio.com/ - why are we not hearing so much of them any more, or is there some other reason why nobody seems to mention them?
Remember war dialling? Well, as soon as you know the SMS string, you can now start walking through number ranges and "lock" laptops - a whole new DoS attack :-) Cool :-)
I don't think this is so great... He has made his money. What we need is for the rest of the musicians to follow the example - now that will make a difference.
However, when the add says something like "a degree will be advantageous" it means IT pro's without degrees could apply and (hopefully) they will be evaluated based on metrics like experience and perhaps some other certifications.
Example: For a Linux sysadmin job, a RHCE certification with some experience could do. But, if this sysadmin has to also run a department or a group of sysadmins, a degree qualified individual would probably have a better change in landing the job.
Personally, I do not have a degree and I work in a Sysadmin/DBA/Developer role. I was lucky - timing was perfect etc. But - the company owns me. I basically can not go outside and perform the same line of work for the salary I get now without a degree. So, in order for me to position myself better (especially in the light of possibly some tough times ahead), I have decided to do a degree from next year. I can just hope I am not too late :-)
Maybe you can just copy and paste some wording of another "similar" patent and wait that the system rejects the patent...
1) Most people (even the very poor) in SA has a cellphone. Keep in mind the bank pays for the SMS to the client, so even if they are on pre-paid with a zero balance, they can still get their SMS.
2) On the low end phones (which is still in volume out there) this may not be such a big problem right now, but I see where this is going :-)
3) In SA, research has shown that most people keep their cellphones with them. In fact, it was found that people report their phones stolen on average up to 8 hours before reporting their banking cards as stolen - probably because they realize the latter only much later.
4) Personally I too fail to see how smart cards will/can make a difference. I think the banking industry was conned into thinking that it will be more secure (read: clever sales people).
Thanks for the comments.
In South Africa, everyone with a bank account by law has to undergo a KYC process (know your client). This basically means that you as a client have to verify your ID at a branch (in person) with ID documents and some of your monthly bills. Your cellphone number is then captured to which all notifications of activity on your accounts are sent.
The Digitag is used during online authentication. As a further backup, a one time pin (OTP) is send to your cellphone. This OTP is required for certain transactions like once off payments.
Granted the system is not perfect (there is still human stupidity), but I would like to hear your comments on these tpye of systems, as they are becoming more and more part of our lives.