I had a similar experience, back in '00. I was one of the few people who excelled at computers all throughout high school, and my teachers knew it. I was often helping them out of some jam or another.
The Library (hah) staff did not like me, because I wouldn't do their bidding. That's also where the main (Novell 4!) server was and things were stupidly locked down.
There were a few of us that made a website for the school (after I got bored of doing it myself). We knew the admin password for the network (admin). Damn, he was a really, really lousy admin. We helped keep things running a little smoother than he could.
Senior year, some other genius also guessed this amazingly secure password and started to have some fun. He made himself a few admin accounts, and played with teachers files...after he was bored of that, he decided to take down the network. He locked it so it would only boot from cd, and corrupted novell somehow, and it took the "admin" over a week to get it working correctly. I believe the kid was eventually suspended, or at least the next year he was 600 mi away living with his dad:-)
Because the staff feared people with more knowledge then they had, I was banned from using the library the last 3-4 months of my senior year of high school. This included the TV studio, where I would take refuge from bad sub teachers and work on electronics projects and watch TV. I was never charged with any wrongdoing, it was just because I had the ability to learn to do those things and I was in the library the day it went down (but hours after it was down!)
Actually, virii *is* the correct spelling, as much as viruses is. It is latin, and has no plural. What are the plurals of Index and Matrix? Any guesses? How many people get those wrong too?
Actuaclly all it does take is a text file. Not an ASCII file, a utf-8 one. The system has built in support for many, many languages. The app needs to be written with localization in mind, yes, but once the localized strings are tagged as such, you only need to translate the messages and put them in their appropriate directories. Just look at all the specific localizations for Safari, for example. These people dont need access to the code, just the localized.strings file.
There is no harm in it, and it might just do some good:-)
Seriously, it's documented many times and in many places, if you are going to work on something on your own time, tell your employer and make them sign something official saying "All your ideas (except this one below) are ours". simple, effective, and surprise! it is the way it (legally) needs to be done. I like/., but please, if you never read your contract, especially if you work in the tech industry, you need to retract any and all posts on this subject until you do.
BTW: All corporations are evil. business is evil. some just happen to be less evil;-)
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I had a similar experience, back in '00. I was one of the few people who excelled at computers all throughout high school, and my teachers knew it. I was often helping them out of some jam or another.
:-)
The Library (hah) staff did not like me, because I wouldn't do their bidding. That's also where the main (Novell 4!) server was and things were stupidly locked down.
There were a few of us that made a website for the school (after I got bored of doing it myself). We knew the admin password for the network (admin). Damn, he was a really, really lousy admin. We helped keep things running a little smoother than he could.
Senior year, some other genius also guessed this amazingly secure password and started to have some fun. He made himself a few admin accounts, and played with teachers files...after he was bored of that, he decided to take down the network. He locked it so it would only boot from cd, and corrupted novell somehow, and it took the "admin" over a week to get it working correctly. I believe the kid was eventually suspended, or at least the next year he was 600 mi away living with his dad
Because the staff feared people with more knowledge then they had, I was banned from using the library the last 3-4 months of my senior year of high school. This included the TV studio, where I would take refuge from bad sub teachers and work on electronics projects and watch TV. I was never charged with any wrongdoing, it was just because I had the ability to learn to do those things and I was in the library the day it went down (but hours after it was down!)
They already do
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Remember: it's a "Microsoft virus", not an "email virus",
a "Microsoft worm", not a "computer worm".
Actually, virii *is* the correct spelling, as much as viruses is. It is latin, and has no plural. What are the plurals of Index and Matrix? Any guesses? How many people get those wrong too?
Actuaclly all it does take is a text file. Not an ASCII file, a utf-8 one. The system has built in support for many, many languages. The app needs to be written with localization in mind, yes, but once the localized strings are tagged as such, you only need to translate the messages and put them in their appropriate directories. Just look at all the specific localizations for Safari, for example. These people dont need access to the code, just the localized.strings file.
*Read* your contract!
:-)
/., but please, if you never read your contract, especially if you work in the tech industry, you need to retract any and all posts on this subject until you do.
;-)
There is no harm in it, and it might just do some good
Seriously, it's documented many times and in many places, if you are going to work on something on your own time, tell your employer and make them sign something official saying "All your ideas (except this one below) are ours". simple, effective, and surprise! it is the way it (legally) needs to be done. I like
BTW: All corporations are evil. business is evil. some just happen to be less evil
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