my credit union has the following login safeguards:
-I must approve any new device I sign on with via text message or voice authentication on a phone number I have previously registered before I can log on to my accounts -I must enter my login and password on separate pages (I must submit my login name first, then next page for password) -My password must be a certain minimum length and shares the Microsoft domain default of uppercase+lowercase+nonlettercharacter -session inactivity timeouts are 10 minutes long before automatically being ended at the server
Then again, they're dumb enough that my car loans don't even show up in my bill pay list, I have to remember on my own if I paid them or not, so there's that.
Also, free water and cookies any time I visit the branch:)
I would give you all 15 mod points I just spent if I could. I get this all too often - and I especially hate the sites that PROHIBIT the use of non-alphanumeric characters.
don't confuse commodities with utilities. The internet is not a utility, and if you want it to improve above and beyond the 100+ year-old pipes in most cities, you'll want to make sure it stays not being a utility.
it's not sold, it's licensed, and the Federal government already manages the spectrum, in exactly the way you probably think they should. The term "buyback" would apply to existing licenses which have not yet expired. Its current use is contested because a large number of spectrum users never actually paid for the portion they've licensed out to begin with, so to have the government pay those licensees to abandon the license is a hotly debated topic.
But to pull the plug on licensees without giving them a viable alternative is highly disruptive to commerce. If hardware already exists which was designed for a certain band, and that band is suddenly pulled because of some bureaucrat's hardon for "free" wifi, then the infrastructure that is already in place would become useless without modification. The "buyback" funds are a way to encourage the infrastructure owners to go along with the relicensing; they would have the funds provided to convert or update the infrastructure to adapt to the spectrum change. Again, it might not be the best way to go about doing things, but it doesn't mean that pulling the rug out from under everyone is any better.
the Sausage Master is right. Single provider = single point of control, and that's not a good thing. Competition (and by that, I mean *real* competition, none of this "we'll create health care exchanges that cut off private companies at the knees so the only thing left is the government option" bullshit) breeds innovation and lower costs. Best thing the government could do for truly stimulating competition for low cost internet (not free internet, mind you, as that's a red herring) would be to sponsor some sort of X-Prize style competition to design and implement some regional or multi-state test platform for a currently underserved area, like the Midwest or parts of the South. Hell, the government doesn't even really need to do this - it could be sponsored by the Bill Gates foundation or something similar. I'm not an infrastructure guy, so I'm sure there are caveats that would need to be spelled out in advance, but having the FCC in charge would make something as stupid as the Janet Jackson Nipplegate thing seem like the most worthwhile undertaking ever.
I'm on unlimited data still, but my wife is not, and we can't add a new phone to the plan without converting the ENTIRE family plan to the stupidly low total transfer cap. My only recourse, when my daughter gets old enough to get a phone (which is probably this year) is to start up a new contract for my wife and family, and keep my phone on my own plan... or, change to another provider with worse coverage. (I use data a lot for my business, and given the currently usury data prices Verizon charges, I can't be without unlimited data, but my wife uses very little.)
I figure if I don't convert, the more the Verizon bean counters will see that I'm not falling for the new scheme. I'm hoping that a large number of folks will do the same and eventually prompt Verizon to offer an unlimited data plan again, or at least charge a lot less than what they think is reasonable now. If coverage weren't an issue where I live, I'd switch providers and tell Verizon why.
came for the Risk reference, leaving a little disappointed. Could have easily been a joke about armies being wiped out, and an invasion from Alaska coming as soon as reinforcements from Alberta and the Western United States can arrive. Oh, well.
"Hey there, I'm Gary Wilson. I'd like to get more information about this petition you're circulating, but I'm running late to class... can you email me more info?" "Sure, Gary. Thanks for your interest. What's your email address? Gary.Wilson@myuniversity.edu?" "No, it's generated using a salted hashing algorithm, it's actually 8msMWlk09$1)_23@myuniversity.edu" "uh...... yeah, why don't I just give you my card, you can contact me later."
I worked at AOL for about 3 years in their tech support queue (this was straight out of high school) and the metrics for support staff were something along the lines of maintaining a 7.5 minute call time and 90% satisfaction rating from callers.
My average was about 9 minutes, but I routinely got 100% satisfaction ratings quarter after quarter. My boss told me to stop being so nice so I could take one more call per hour. I ended up moving to the DSL queue which had no time limit, and that's just about the only reason I was able to stay for so long. The average turnover was 300% for regular support. You read that right, they turned over their entire support staff 3 times per year, on average. There were some days that I was helping train someone new and they would leave for lunch on day 1 and never come back - and this happened several times.
But I gotta tell you, when I moved to the "no call time limit" queue, it was an instantaneous leap forward in my overall job satisfaction. No more pressure to dump calls, I could actually take the necessary time to solve the problem, which made me very happy. Then the AOL-Time Warner merger happened, I saw the handwriting on the wall, and I sold all my stock options almost exactly at the peak of $165 and never looked back. I honestly miss that job sometimes.
when comparing between countries, standardized tests are used to gain statistical relevance... it's not about accomplishing anything per se, it's about comparison, which is what the GP was spouting off about.
instead of a lame attempt at comedy by improper use of "dripping sarcasm", perhaps you should try critical thinking.
America has always been about self determination. If you are at a job where you don't like the situation, you have many choices. Here are a few of them, listed in increasing risk/reward order: You can join or form a union (even in non-union states, most of the time you can unionize even if it's a right-to-work state.) You can speak up and try to change the culture of your workplace. You can find a different job with the same skillset. You can move to another city with better economic prospects. You can increase your skillset through training and education and then find another job. Or you can start your own company and run it however you want.
And before you think you can get away with linking job satisfaction with education, remember that government-run schools are the ones you're complaining about. In the aggregate, private, parochial, and home-schooled kids rank far better on standardized tests than the schools you're excoriating. Think about that. The parents that follow the path of self-determination for their kids are exceeding the average, just like the people who start their own businesses do. As for lifespan and health, that's partly genetic, partly cultural (fast food, etc.), but has almost nothing to do with workplace satisfaction. Look at Japan, where they have arguably some of the worst job hours and stress in the world, but their average lifespan is higher than the US. If we were to conclude that job satisfaction correlates with lifespan and health, Japan should be doing much worse overall than the US, which isn't true.
There already exist a number of tablets which have Win 8 Pro installed. They're just not made by Microsoft. Surface Pro is (will be) the first tablet *to be made by Microsoft* with Win 8 Pro.
Even today you can install whatever you want on a Win 8 Pro tablet that doesn't have secure boot restrictions not already overcome by drivers.
So, yes, he could have been more wrong. He could have said what you said.
I actually thought of that when I posted, but it's really quite a different thing to take policing action at a violent, arson-fueled riot than it would be to invade Denver with tanks, as had been suggested in a post above. Would there be a few hotheads in fear of their lives claiming self defense, like at Kent? Sure, probably... but a planned "invasion" against Americans? Not gonna happen. Cooler heads would prevail.
wait, who said that members of the military would actually be *willing* to fight a war against other Americans? I'd wager you'd see the shortest war in history as the front line troops would simply refuse to fire. Key leaders would resign before giving the orders to fight, and the infrastructure would then either A. fall into unmanageable chaos or B. constrict and lock down into a state of paralysis. Either way, it's not going to be an effective force, even if it gets far enough to (unconsitutionally) deploy troops.
If you'll notice, government agencies (and schools) are exempt from the "protection", as you call it. Any time you pay the State of Texas for anything via credit card, you'll get a surcharge.
not to threadjack or anything (you started it!), but you can't possibly mean that the social utopias of Europe actually enforce immigration laws while expecting us to not enforce ours, do you?
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my credit union has the following login safeguards:
-I must approve any new device I sign on with via text message or voice authentication on a phone number I have previously registered before I can log on to my accounts
-I must enter my login and password on separate pages (I must submit my login name first, then next page for password)
-My password must be a certain minimum length and shares the Microsoft domain default of uppercase+lowercase+nonlettercharacter
-session inactivity timeouts are 10 minutes long before automatically being ended at the server
Then again, they're dumb enough that my car loans don't even show up in my bill pay list, I have to remember on my own if I paid them or not, so there's that.
Also, free water and cookies any time I visit the branch :)
I would give you all 15 mod points I just spent if I could. I get this all too often - and I especially hate the sites that PROHIBIT the use of non-alphanumeric characters.
tl;dr
don't confuse commodities with utilities. The internet is not a utility, and if you want it to improve above and beyond the 100+ year-old pipes in most cities, you'll want to make sure it stays not being a utility.
it's not sold, it's licensed, and the Federal government already manages the spectrum, in exactly the way you probably think they should. The term "buyback" would apply to existing licenses which have not yet expired. Its current use is contested because a large number of spectrum users never actually paid for the portion they've licensed out to begin with, so to have the government pay those licensees to abandon the license is a hotly debated topic.
But to pull the plug on licensees without giving them a viable alternative is highly disruptive to commerce. If hardware already exists which was designed for a certain band, and that band is suddenly pulled because of some bureaucrat's hardon for "free" wifi, then the infrastructure that is already in place would become useless without modification. The "buyback" funds are a way to encourage the infrastructure owners to go along with the relicensing; they would have the funds provided to convert or update the infrastructure to adapt to the spectrum change. Again, it might not be the best way to go about doing things, but it doesn't mean that pulling the rug out from under everyone is any better.
the Sausage Master is right. Single provider = single point of control, and that's not a good thing. Competition (and by that, I mean *real* competition, none of this "we'll create health care exchanges that cut off private companies at the knees so the only thing left is the government option" bullshit) breeds innovation and lower costs. Best thing the government could do for truly stimulating competition for low cost internet (not free internet, mind you, as that's a red herring) would be to sponsor some sort of X-Prize style competition to design and implement some regional or multi-state test platform for a currently underserved area, like the Midwest or parts of the South. Hell, the government doesn't even really need to do this - it could be sponsored by the Bill Gates foundation or something similar. I'm not an infrastructure guy, so I'm sure there are caveats that would need to be spelled out in advance, but having the FCC in charge would make something as stupid as the Janet Jackson Nipplegate thing seem like the most worthwhile undertaking ever.
I'm on unlimited data still, but my wife is not, and we can't add a new phone to the plan without converting the ENTIRE family plan to the stupidly low total transfer cap. My only recourse, when my daughter gets old enough to get a phone (which is probably this year) is to start up a new contract for my wife and family, and keep my phone on my own plan... or, change to another provider with worse coverage. (I use data a lot for my business, and given the currently usury data prices Verizon charges, I can't be without unlimited data, but my wife uses very little.)
I figure if I don't convert, the more the Verizon bean counters will see that I'm not falling for the new scheme. I'm hoping that a large number of folks will do the same and eventually prompt Verizon to offer an unlimited data plan again, or at least charge a lot less than what they think is reasonable now. If coverage weren't an issue where I live, I'd switch providers and tell Verizon why.
damnit, I just ran out of mod points, too... +infinity for you.
came for the Risk reference, leaving a little disappointed. Could have easily been a joke about armies being wiped out, and an invasion from Alaska coming as soon as reinforcements from Alberta and the Western United States can arrive. Oh, well.
"Hey there, I'm Gary Wilson. I'd like to get more information about this petition you're circulating, but I'm running late to class... can you email me more info?"
"Sure, Gary. Thanks for your interest. What's your email address? Gary.Wilson@myuniversity.edu?"
"No, it's generated using a salted hashing algorithm, it's actually 8msMWlk09$1)_23@myuniversity.edu"
"uh...... yeah, why don't I just give you my card, you can contact me later."
This. So much of this.
I worked at AOL for about 3 years in their tech support queue (this was straight out of high school) and the metrics for support staff were something along the lines of maintaining a 7.5 minute call time and 90% satisfaction rating from callers.
My average was about 9 minutes, but I routinely got 100% satisfaction ratings quarter after quarter. My boss told me to stop being so nice so I could take one more call per hour. I ended up moving to the DSL queue which had no time limit, and that's just about the only reason I was able to stay for so long. The average turnover was 300% for regular support. You read that right, they turned over their entire support staff 3 times per year, on average. There were some days that I was helping train someone new and they would leave for lunch on day 1 and never come back - and this happened several times.
But I gotta tell you, when I moved to the "no call time limit" queue, it was an instantaneous leap forward in my overall job satisfaction. No more pressure to dump calls, I could actually take the necessary time to solve the problem, which made me very happy. Then the AOL-Time Warner merger happened, I saw the handwriting on the wall, and I sold all my stock options almost exactly at the peak of $165 and never looked back. I honestly miss that job sometimes.
when comparing between countries, standardized tests are used to gain statistical relevance... it's not about accomplishing anything per se, it's about comparison, which is what the GP was spouting off about.
instead of a lame attempt at comedy by improper use of "dripping sarcasm", perhaps you should try critical thinking.
America has always been about self determination. If you are at a job where you don't like the situation, you have many choices. Here are a few of them, listed in increasing risk/reward order: You can join or form a union (even in non-union states, most of the time you can unionize even if it's a right-to-work state.) You can speak up and try to change the culture of your workplace. You can find a different job with the same skillset. You can move to another city with better economic prospects. You can increase your skillset through training and education and then find another job. Or you can start your own company and run it however you want.
And before you think you can get away with linking job satisfaction with education, remember that government-run schools are the ones you're complaining about. In the aggregate, private, parochial, and home-schooled kids rank far better on standardized tests than the schools you're excoriating. Think about that. The parents that follow the path of self-determination for their kids are exceeding the average, just like the people who start their own businesses do. As for lifespan and health, that's partly genetic, partly cultural (fast food, etc.), but has almost nothing to do with workplace satisfaction. Look at Japan, where they have arguably some of the worst job hours and stress in the world, but their average lifespan is higher than the US. If we were to conclude that job satisfaction correlates with lifespan and health, Japan should be doing much worse overall than the US, which isn't true.
cue obligatory self-congratulatory "any other country is better" in 3...2...1...
I always thought the French had the fashion industry to themselves, not the Canadians. Learn something new every day on /.
you could start by deleting the leftover installation source files
There already exist a number of tablets which have Win 8 Pro installed. They're just not made by Microsoft. Surface Pro is (will be) the first tablet *to be made by Microsoft* with Win 8 Pro.
Even today you can install whatever you want on a Win 8 Pro tablet that doesn't have secure boot restrictions not already overcome by drivers.
So, yes, he could have been more wrong. He could have said what you said.
yeah, I'm pretty sure the 3,000 players compared to what you had "back in those days" is not actually anything "new".
aaaaand... we're done in one.
I actually thought of that when I posted, but it's really quite a different thing to take policing action at a violent, arson-fueled riot than it would be to invade Denver with tanks, as had been suggested in a post above. Would there be a few hotheads in fear of their lives claiming self defense, like at Kent? Sure, probably... but a planned "invasion" against Americans? Not gonna happen. Cooler heads would prevail.
wait, who said that members of the military would actually be *willing* to fight a war against other Americans? I'd wager you'd see the shortest war in history as the front line troops would simply refuse to fire. Key leaders would resign before giving the orders to fight, and the infrastructure would then either A. fall into unmanageable chaos or B. constrict and lock down into a state of paralysis. Either way, it's not going to be an effective force, even if it gets far enough to (unconsitutionally) deploy troops.
then use a debit card. or did you not read the part where this is for credit card fees, not debit card fees?
don't bother - the anti-Texas derp is strong at slashdot. Ignorance prompts bigotry.
If you'll notice, government agencies (and schools) are exempt from the "protection", as you call it. Any time you pay the State of Texas for anything via credit card, you'll get a surcharge.
not to threadjack or anything (you started it!), but you can't possibly mean that the social utopias of Europe actually enforce immigration laws while expecting us to not enforce ours, do you?