When I was taking electrostatics (over 20 years ago) the class was structured such that if you missed every test but handed in all homework and labs you would pass (barely) but if you only did the labs and test you would fail (even scoring 100 % on every test).
Additionally there were two types of tests.
Basic tests were every chapter/unit fill in the pencil scanner tests (aka multiple guess)
Advanced tests were every other chapter/unit and the answers were required to be in a format termed "3D BE SNUB" by the professors teaching the course. 3D BE SNUB is a mnemonic (which did not survive 20 years of neglect). However, I have found two almostidentical explanations of it, one from a HS physics teacher, the other from someone who received it from his HS physics teacher.
The sadistic side of me says forbid all electronics. Allow them access to log tables, text book, their own notes (or perhaps a 'cheat sheet' below a specified size) and whatever pen or pencil they want. However, even I wouldn't try this for a survey course.
Bruce Schneier has a couple of essays that you might want to have your daughter check out. (Hopefully she already knows the info in the first, but....)
Here is his imput on how to get into the crypto field.
If you or she aren't so keen on working with a local college/university math/CS department, I second the advice to hit up Phil Zimmermann. His site lists a number of ways to contact him. It also talks about his current project. (I found Mr. Zimmermann to be very gracious. I think the worst he would do is say no. More likely he would either agree or suggest someone as a alternative.)
Yes, and - they do exist. And they're often hiring. They're everywhere, but they're usually small companies, and you wouldn't know about them unless you knew people already working there.
I work for http://verio.com/Verio in the VPS tech support center in Orem. I love where I work. I love what I do. I like the people I work with. However, the MOST important factor is that the company's values and goals are consistant with mine. I used to work for http://sento.com/Sento. While there I was horribly dissatisfied and burned out. So far as the previous employer went, I was a disposable cog in their machine.
Verio is hiring by the way. I don't know what working in the data centers or other locations is like, I just know that I currently have the best benefits package I've ever seen and had a 70% base pay increase when I changed jobs. I also moved to a position where I learn something new and relevant every day (as opposed to maybe finding out how to manually remove yet another Windows virus).
Not that it provides the details I was looking for (like which metal or allow they are talking about) but it does give a little bit more info (How the motor works, a slightly more details schematic of such a system).
I think I'll start asking my chemist friends if they can deduce which metal we're talking about here.
At one point I worked for a security company. Frequently we would get "Penetration testing" scans from nessus. All of them had a number of false positives (i.e., the scanner would report a vulnerability bases solely on reported software version number). Additionally because our box proxied another, half of the results were not for our box in the first place. The bad news was that our own sales engineers and the reseller's sales engineers thought the raw output from the scanner was gold. The most useful thing I found was going through item by item and listing why/how it had already been addressed.
What I would have preferred would have been to have the people doing the testing verify a whole/vulnerability before it got bounced to me. This, IMO, is what they should be selling, not the raw output of some scanner, but the service of running the scan and then verifying/interpreting the results. (Of course this takes actually having a clue as to the relvance of the results.)
For the most part, people don't realize there are other options. (Check any number of previous/. discussions.) In certain instances they don't know they have other options. Dell/HP/Compaq/Gateway don't offer Linux. They tell you they include Windows.
In other cases they literally do NOT have a choice. My brother in law is headed to medical shcool. He was presented with a list of requirements for his computer. One of those is that the computer have Windows XP Professional installed. Half of the requirements are to prevent the students' computers from bringing down the school's network. All of those could be met by using a Mac or installing Linux. Neither is presented as an option. It will take considerably more effort on my brother in law's part to find out if he can use a Linux computer than it would to just click on the "purchase here" link.
I've strongly suggested that he make the effort to see if he can use Linux and avoid having to purchase the software they recommend (which cost more than the hardware). However, he isn't so interested in that effort or the effort the might be required in running a linux box.
I have no question why he thinks his only option is a Windows computer. He wants to be a physical therapist, not a computer expert.
So far as IE6 SP1 goes, my interest is more
for the Win9x systems I end up working on. They don't have service packs. (Yes, I end up doing maintenance on the local family computers.)
Because several have run into problems recently, I have started on an "Armor" CD as mentioned in the Seccom artilcle that was slashdotted a while back. I also know that it is far from complete. =(
My problem with the Microsoft downloads is that they make it sooo difficult to get the "network install". Their assumption is that you will be connected to the internet as you try to run most of these patches and updates.
I managed to find the network install for WinXP SP1a. However, the I could not find such packages for IE6, Media Player or Direct X. I remember being as irritated by this same thing with an installer for Netscape at one point.
I even understand the though behind doing the small initial download. It just makes it much more difficult to appropriately configure a system _before_ having to expose it to the internet.
I agree. I have done similar things a number of times. No way I'm going to give them the stuff I've been working on since 1994. There was even a time when I have refused to sign things that were presented to me after hiring.
When I started there was no dress code. A couple of months later the "geniuses" in CA decided we should all wear shirt and tie and that we would agree to any changes they decided to make and they didn't need to tell us. I protested the clauses and didn't sign the thing. Nothing ever came of it, in part because my boss felt the same way I did. Turns out the "policy" was something they came up with for "Due Diligence" when they were fantasizing about an IPO (Back in 2000).
Philip R.Zimmerman is currently both on the technical advisory board of PGP corp (http://www.pgp.com/company/tab.html) and a reseller of the product. The current (desktop) version does have published source code. Mr Zimmermann's comments (which do not support your statements above) can be found on his website here http://www.philzimmermann.com/findpgp.shtml
I beg to differ. Both David Weber's and Lois McMaster Bujod's (two of Baen's authors) latest books made the NYT bestseller lists. David Weber's book was available in eBook format before it hit the stands. (And was reviewed here on/.) Both authors are featured in baen's free library.
I won't go so far as to say that David Weber or Lois McMaster Bujold have the name recognition of Steven King or Robert Ludlum, but to relegate NYT bestselling authors to:
authors that the average person has never heard of and would never run across anything by them at their local bookstore.
is to grossly misstate the actual sales volumes and market penetration of said authors.
One of the things Eric Flint (another Baen author) talks about in his 'why are we doing this' intro to the library is that most people have little to no desire to steal.
All that being said, I don't condone or advocate stealing books. I do think it is a good idea to allow people to obtain such things in a format they thing convenient. I think it an even better idea to do so in a way that gives feedback to publishers and authors as to what the end customer actually wants to read. The best thing is to have some way to pay the author for their work, even if you can't find a physical copy of their work in a first sale retail book store. (The only place that has even a chance of showing up on the publisher's radar.)
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When I was taking electrostatics (over 20 years ago) the class was structured such that if you missed every test but handed in all homework and labs you would pass (barely) but if you only did the labs and test you would fail (even scoring 100 % on every test). Additionally there were two types of tests. Basic tests were every chapter/unit fill in the pencil scanner tests (aka multiple guess) Advanced tests were every other chapter/unit and the answers were required to be in a format termed "3D BE SNUB" by the professors teaching the course. 3D BE SNUB is a mnemonic (which did not survive 20 years of neglect). However, I have found two almost identical explanations of it, one from a HS physics teacher, the other from someone who received it from his HS physics teacher. The sadistic side of me says forbid all electronics. Allow them access to log tables, text book, their own notes (or perhaps a 'cheat sheet' below a specified size) and whatever pen or pencil they want. However, even I wouldn't try this for a survey course.
Just thought I'd toss in my few cents.
Bruce Schneier has a couple of essays that you might want to have your daughter check out. (Hopefully she already knows the info in the first, but....)
Here is his imput on how to get into the crypto field.
Why is crypto so hard .
If you or she aren't so keen on working with a local college/university math/CS department, I second the advice to hit up Phil Zimmermann. His site lists a number of ways to contact him. It also talks about his current project. (I found Mr. Zimmermann to be very gracious. I think the worst he would do is say no. More likely he would either agree or suggest someone as a alternative.)
I work for http://verio.com/Verio in the VPS tech support center in Orem. I love where I work. I love what I do. I like the people I work with. However, the MOST important factor is that the company's values and goals are consistant with mine. I used to work for http://sento.com/Sento. While there I was horribly dissatisfied and burned out. So far as the previous employer went, I was a disposable cog in their machine.
Verio is hiring by the way. I don't know what working in the data centers or other locations is like, I just know that I currently have the best benefits package I've ever seen and had a 70% base pay increase when I changed jobs. I also moved to a position where I learn something new and relevant every day (as opposed to maybe finding out how to manually remove yet another Windows virus).
By being patient and browsing their marketing/sales site I found http://www.nanocoolers.com/technology_liquid.php
Not that it provides the details I was looking for (like which metal or allow they are talking about) but it does give a little bit more info (How the motor works, a slightly more details schematic of such a system).
I think I'll start asking my chemist friends if they can deduce which metal we're talking about here.
At one point I worked for a security company. Frequently we would get "Penetration testing" scans from nessus. All of them had a number of false positives (i.e., the scanner would report a vulnerability bases solely on reported software version number). Additionally because our box proxied another, half of the results were not for our box in the first place. The bad news was that our own sales engineers and the reseller's sales engineers thought the raw output from the scanner was gold. The most useful thing I found was going through item by item and listing why/how it had already been addressed.
What I would have preferred would have been to have the people doing the testing verify a whole/vulnerability before it got bounced to me. This, IMO, is what they should be selling, not the raw output of some scanner, but the service of running the scan and then verifying/interpreting the results. (Of course this takes actually having a clue as to the relvance of the results.)
Isn't your elbow the only thing it is safe to stick in your ear?
For the most part, people don't realize there are other options. (Check any number of previous /. discussions.) In certain instances they don't know they have other options. Dell/HP/Compaq/Gateway don't offer Linux. They tell you they include Windows.
In other cases they literally do NOT have a choice. My brother in law is headed to medical shcool. He was presented with a list of requirements for his computer. One of those is that the computer have Windows XP Professional installed. Half of the requirements are to prevent the students' computers from bringing down the school's network. All of those could be met by using a Mac or installing Linux. Neither is presented as an option. It will take considerably more effort on my brother in law's part to find out if he can use a Linux computer than it would to just click on the "purchase here" link.
I've strongly suggested that he make the effort to see if he can use Linux and avoid having to purchase the software they recommend (which cost more than the hardware). However, he isn't so interested in that effort or the effort the might be required in running a linux box.
I have no question why he thinks his only option is a Windows computer. He wants to be a physical therapist, not a computer expert.
Thanks for the directions!
So far as IE6 SP1 goes, my interest is more for the Win9x systems I end up working on. They don't have service packs. (Yes, I end up doing maintenance on the local family computers.)
Because several have run into problems recently, I have started on an "Armor" CD as mentioned in the Seccom artilcle that was slashdotted a while back. I also know that it is far from complete. =(
My problem with the Microsoft downloads is that they make it sooo difficult to get the "network install". Their assumption is that you will be connected to the internet as you try to run most of these patches and updates. I managed to find the network install for WinXP SP1a. However, the I could not find such packages for IE6, Media Player or Direct X. I remember being as irritated by this same thing with an installer for Netscape at one point. I even understand the though behind doing the small initial download. It just makes it much more difficult to appropriately configure a system _before_ having to expose it to the internet.
I agree. I have done similar things a number of times. No way I'm going to give them the stuff I've been working on since 1994. There was even a time when I have refused to sign things that were presented to me after hiring.
When I started there was no dress code. A couple of months later the "geniuses" in CA decided we should all wear shirt and tie and that we would agree to any changes they decided to make and they didn't need to tell us. I protested the clauses and didn't sign the thing. Nothing ever came of it, in part because my boss felt the same way I did. Turns out the "policy" was something they came up with for "Due Diligence" when they were fantasizing about an IPO (Back in 2000).
Philip R.Zimmerman is currently both on the technical advisory board of PGP corp (http://www.pgp.com/company/tab.html) and a reseller of the product. The current (desktop) version does have published source code. Mr Zimmermann's comments (which do not support your statements above) can be found on his website here http://www.philzimmermann.com/findpgp.shtml
I beg to differ. Both David Weber's and Lois McMaster Bujod's (two of Baen's authors) latest books made the NYT bestseller lists. David Weber's book was available in eBook format before it hit the stands. (And was reviewed here on /.) Both authors are featured in baen's free library.
I won't go so far as to say that David Weber or Lois McMaster Bujold have the name recognition of Steven King or Robert Ludlum, but to relegate NYT bestselling authors to:
is to grossly misstate the actual sales volumes and market penetration of said authors.One of the things Eric Flint (another Baen author) talks about in his 'why are we doing this' intro to the library is that most people have little to no desire to steal.
All that being said, I don't condone or advocate stealing books. I do think it is a good idea to allow people to obtain such things in a format they thing convenient. I think it an even better idea to do so in a way that gives feedback to publishers and authors as to what the end customer actually wants to read. The best thing is to have some way to pay the author for their work, even if you can't find a physical copy of their work in a first sale retail book store. (The only place that has even a chance of showing up on the publisher's radar.)