Hey, cool, I just found this story! Daychilde is my common nickname - I adopted NameWithheld during the time I managed to stay anonymous - I'm Isaac Eiland-Hall. And this story explains why the server load is as high as it is, although we've been featured in a lot of places today.
If you want to see what you guys are doing to my two servers, check out http://namewithheld.us/ - I have live stats up.:)
Here's a quick counter-example: Part of the security of a military base would be the guards at the entrances wielding big scary guns. They're really not obscure, and that's precisely the point.
There may *also* be guards who wish to remain unseen. But there is a significant portion of security (in nearly any application thereof) whose point is precisely to be as unobscured as possible.
Your blanket statements are ill-conceived. You may well have some valid points, but your current argument is flawed, in my opinion.
What's wrong with writing their login details on post-it notes?
Of course, it completely depends on the context... but I'm assuming massive attempts to log in are probably coming from an external source, i.e. across the internet. If people don't have physical access to your workstations, putting the post-it note isn't such a terrible thing.
Now, don't get me wrong - I'm not advocating posting login details and pasting them on the monitor. Instead, write `em down and treat that piece of paper like a thousand-dollar bill. Put it in your wallet or purse. If someone gains access to it - you have worse problems than just your password being taken.
And again - if your hacker is onsite and has physical access - you really have worse problems than a password written down and stuck in a drawer (because I'm really not advocating for sticking it on a monitor).
Which of these sounds more secure: 1) Employees are forced to change their passwords every 90 days, but are discouraged from writing the passwords down anywhere. 2) Employees are forced to change their passwords every 90 days, and are encouraged to keep a written copy in their wallet or purse.
Which of those will tend to allow for more secure passwords, realistically?
There's a ton of things to consider - but it always bugs me when someone argues that writing down passwords is a bad thing. It may seem counter-intuitive at first, but I think it's clearly a Good Thing(tm).:)
B: not many make it a point to treat infrequent customers worse.
Those might be opposites, but they might not.
Consider: If a company treats a certain group of customers a certain way, then improves the treatment, that might be 'treating them better'. If a company treats a certain group of customers a certain way, then crapifies the treatment, that might be 'treating them worse'. A company that had been treating all customers the same way might treat frequent customers better or worse or the same; and it might treat infrequent customers better or worse of the same.
This sounds like a fantastic idea! In fact, there should be some organization to it, otherwise - how would the information be spread? And we should keep the name simple and obvious... so... what would we be trying to accomplish? Well... I suppose we want businesses to be better, right? So... we could call it the Better Business Organization! But wait, I have an even BETTER idea, because alliteration would just MAKE it.
(note: not sarcasm; intended to be a light-hearted pointing out of the BBB:) )
Why do I have the feeling the internal review will come up with the answer that the police didn't use excessive force?
Look, I'm a police supporter - and I wouldn't want to be the officers in a situation like that - but come on... we're becoming a police state, and this is one of so many contributing factors.
Uh... the sub with the exposed propeller is in a dry-dock. It's like if you put your Chevy up on blocks, you could see the underside..... The pic you linked to is in water, where of *course* the propeller is submerged, otherwise it would be an airboat.
But more importantly, someone PLEASE needs to gather up the Recording Ass. of America and Motion Picture Ass. of America folks, and drill this into their skulls.
I don't think anyone has a good answer on the exact impact, but it's definitely not the ultimate-extreme-badness the aforementions Ass.'s claim; and it's clearly not 100% badness-free, as a lot of the geeks (m'self included) try and claim...
It's got some positive and negative side effects...
But the market is changing, whether anyone likes it or not. Legislating it to keep it the way it is is as stupid as trying to protect coal sellers during the transition to electricity a century ago... Times are changing, and you can't stop it. We've got to come up with different ways of rewarding content creators and epople who do, in fact, help distribute that content to the people who will enjoy it.
But as with so many other problems - healthcare, poverty (and the shrinking middle class), racism - there are so many problems, and this is one of the less important ones in the larger scheme of things... why can't we work on solutions? But we throw people in jail for pirating a song. Can't keep a good enough job? If you're unlucky, you might have a downward spiral and lose your home, on the street, into jail for vagrancy... Children growing up in poverty....... I know, this is all disjointed, but I'm compressing a multi-page rant into a paragraph or two...:P
Just seems like our current systems (i.e. governments, companies, society in general) aren't solving the problems that need solving. Take, for example, the original *goals* of Communism or Socialism - great stuff! But in practice, it didn't work out. So-called "Democracy" isn't doing all that hot either...
I'm also going to chime in here. I've used my Logitech Trackmen for years now, and I swear by them. It took a while for me to get used to a thumb-trackball, but the same was true when I switched to my first ergonomic keyboard; but for years, I've spent most of my time at the computer, and I'm pretty sure I'd have problems if I wasn't using both.
The only thing I really wish Logitech would do would be to make a leftie version - I'm mostly ambidextrous with a preference for right hand; when I used a mouse, I'd use a left mouse, because it freed me up to take notes and mouse at the same time; I don't like the center-trackballs; I really like my Trackman; but I wish I could get a leftie version.
I would say I have to pop the ball out of the Trackman about twice a week to push the accrued cat hair and dust and grime off the three points that hold the ball; but even when it builds up, it doesn't affect the tracking, just makes the ball less free, but still quite usable. And that takes all of ten seconds to do...
I've had various of the Microsoft Natural Keyboards (and successors - currently the MS Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000); and I swear by them as well. I miss the old IBM chunky clackers, but as far as usability goes - these are the best.
Everytime I've worked a computer job at some company, I take my second trackball/keyboard to work with me. The advent of USB really made that a lot easier, too.:)
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I can't control what people do with the meme, only my website. By the way, it's still up at http://gb1990.com/ and yes, I'm Isaac Eiland-Hall.
I've never been slashdotted before - just found this thread and it explains why the server load is as high as it is! hehe.
Hey, cool, I just found this story! Daychilde is my common nickname - I adopted NameWithheld during the time I managed to stay anonymous - I'm Isaac Eiland-Hall. And this story explains why the server load is as high as it is, although we've been featured in a lot of places today.
If you want to see what you guys are doing to my two servers, check out http://namewithheld.us/ - I have live stats up. :)
Of course water responds to solar radiation - that's how we get clouds! :-)
I"m trying hard to make a joke about writing down when it happened and referring to that as reverse pole-ish notation, but... I think I'll let it go.
(I should probably post this anonymously, but hey - I stand by my bad puns!)
Here's a quick counter-example: Part of the security of a military base would be the guards at the entrances wielding big scary guns. They're really not obscure, and that's precisely the point.
There may *also* be guards who wish to remain unseen. But there is a significant portion of security (in nearly any application thereof) whose point is precisely to be as unobscured as possible.
Your blanket statements are ill-conceived. You may well have some valid points, but your current argument is flawed, in my opinion.
Heh. But the shuttle is US territory, right? So Region 1, natch. :D
You would be incorrect. It's quite real. I was diagnosed at age 32, and Ritalin has truly changed my life.
Different solutions are better for different people. But ADHD is quite real.
There are arguments that it's over-diagnosed. Well, that may well be, but it doesn't change the fact that it's very real.
As someone who has been diagnosed with ADHD, I have to say that my personal experience with Ritalin has been life-changing.
Wake me up when they use MSPaint... ...on second thought, don't.
What's wrong with writing their login details on post-it notes?
Of course, it completely depends on the context... but I'm assuming massive attempts to log in are probably coming from an external source, i.e. across the internet. If people don't have physical access to your workstations, putting the post-it note isn't such a terrible thing.
Now, don't get me wrong - I'm not advocating posting login details and pasting them on the monitor. Instead, write `em down and treat that piece of paper like a thousand-dollar bill. Put it in your wallet or purse. If someone gains access to it - you have worse problems than just your password being taken.
And again - if your hacker is onsite and has physical access - you really have worse problems than a password written down and stuck in a drawer (because I'm really not advocating for sticking it on a monitor).
Which of these sounds more secure:
1) Employees are forced to change their passwords every 90 days, but are discouraged from writing the passwords down anywhere.
2) Employees are forced to change their passwords every 90 days, and are encouraged to keep a written copy in their wallet or purse.
Which of those will tend to allow for more secure passwords, realistically?
There's a ton of things to consider - but it always bugs me when someone argues that writing down passwords is a bad thing. It may seem counter-intuitive at first, but I think it's clearly a Good Thing(tm). :)
CTRL-C and CTRL-V are difficult???
What?
Two statements:
A: Lots of places treat frequent customers better
B: not many make it a point to treat infrequent customers worse.
Those might be opposites, but they might not.
Consider: If a company treats a certain group of customers a certain way, then improves the treatment, that might be 'treating them better'. If a company treats a certain group of customers a certain way, then crapifies the treatment, that might be 'treating them worse'. A company that had been treating all customers the same way might treat frequent customers better or worse or the same; and it might treat infrequent customers better or worse of the same.
Q: "I meant why Google Analytics, specifically?"
A: "In case you want to be nice to the bloggers..."
This sounds like a fantastic idea! In fact, there should be some organization to it, otherwise - how would the information be spread? And we should keep the name simple and obvious... so... what would we be trying to accomplish? Well... I suppose we want businesses to be better, right? So... we could call it the Better Business Organization! But wait, I have an even BETTER idea, because alliteration would just MAKE it.
:) )
(note: not sarcasm; intended to be a light-hearted pointing out of the BBB
Why do I have the feeling the internal review will come up with the answer that the police didn't use excessive force?
Look, I'm a police supporter - and I wouldn't want to be the officers in a situation like that - but come on... we're becoming a police state, and this is one of so many contributing factors.
"just like the bathroom, you generally need physical access"
:D )
Not me.
BTW, you have email. PISS ON YOU!!!!
(disclaimer: this is intended as humour, not trolling. I'm posting as me, not AC, to help prove this point
The same way I know that lottery ticket I bought earlier today isn't going to win me a million dollars.
Take a sharp enough turn, and it'll roll just fine on the road, too.
Uh... the sub with the exposed propeller is in a dry-dock. It's like if you put your Chevy up on blocks, you could see the underside..... The pic you linked to is in water, where of *course* the propeller is submerged, otherwise it would be an airboat.
"What the hell are they all pointing at?" ...surely, "away from" is more likely...
"Wouldn't that apply to streams also?"
;-)
Just as long as you don't cross them.
(sorry, had to)
Oh, I dunno... I'd settle for a cool billion dollars.
But more importantly, someone PLEASE needs to gather up the Recording Ass. of America and Motion Picture Ass. of America folks, and drill this into their skulls.
:P
I don't think anyone has a good answer on the exact impact, but it's definitely not the ultimate-extreme-badness the aforementions Ass.'s claim; and it's clearly not 100% badness-free, as a lot of the geeks (m'self included) try and claim...
It's got some positive and negative side effects...
But the market is changing, whether anyone likes it or not. Legislating it to keep it the way it is is as stupid as trying to protect coal sellers during the transition to electricity a century ago... Times are changing, and you can't stop it. We've got to come up with different ways of rewarding content creators and epople who do, in fact, help distribute that content to the people who will enjoy it.
But as with so many other problems - healthcare, poverty (and the shrinking middle class), racism - there are so many problems, and this is one of the less important ones in the larger scheme of things... why can't we work on solutions? But we throw people in jail for pirating a song. Can't keep a good enough job? If you're unlucky, you might have a downward spiral and lose your home, on the street, into jail for vagrancy... Children growing up in poverty....... I know, this is all disjointed, but I'm compressing a multi-page rant into a paragraph or two...
Just seems like our current systems (i.e. governments, companies, society in general) aren't solving the problems that need solving. Take, for example, the original *goals* of Communism or Socialism - great stuff! But in practice, it didn't work out. So-called "Democracy" isn't doing all that hot either...
And I bet you NEVER exceed the speed limit by even 1 mph, right? You stinky law breaker!
(and if, in fact, you don't, I bet there's SOME law somewhere you break... most people do...)
I'm also going to chime in here. I've used my Logitech Trackmen for years now, and I swear by them. It took a while for me to get used to a thumb-trackball, but the same was true when I switched to my first ergonomic keyboard; but for years, I've spent most of my time at the computer, and I'm pretty sure I'd have problems if I wasn't using both.
:)
The only thing I really wish Logitech would do would be to make a leftie version - I'm mostly ambidextrous with a preference for right hand; when I used a mouse, I'd use a left mouse, because it freed me up to take notes and mouse at the same time; I don't like the center-trackballs; I really like my Trackman; but I wish I could get a leftie version.
I would say I have to pop the ball out of the Trackman about twice a week to push the accrued cat hair and dust and grime off the three points that hold the ball; but even when it builds up, it doesn't affect the tracking, just makes the ball less free, but still quite usable. And that takes all of ten seconds to do...
I've had various of the Microsoft Natural Keyboards (and successors - currently the MS Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000); and I swear by them as well. I miss the old IBM chunky clackers, but as far as usability goes - these are the best.
Everytime I've worked a computer job at some company, I take my second trackball/keyboard to work with me. The advent of USB really made that a lot easier, too.