... or until you start using them for some organizations whom you help out with their computer stuff. Then you suddenly need an organizational validation, which is $60 per organization...
And if google really wanted to seriously fight spam, they'd make it easier to complain about the spam sent by the user, and close their accounts swiftly.
So, in other words, you were ok with this VIP handing his password to the corporate intranet to google? All the while using what was effectively an unsecured connection (until google insisted on using real certificates). Good to know, so we don't need to spearfish you, a small bribe to your provider (or any provider on the path from google to you) to install a small MITM device, and we're in.
Trust me, for something like this, resources are not going to be an issue.
... and then, after having spent all this effort, they'll find that the hard drive was full of one single phrase, repeated all over again: "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"...
IMHO, most people around here (Belgium, strict laws) play with guns for a hobby, few have it for self-defence. AFAIK.
The reason for this may be that it's illegal to acquire a gun for the purpose of self-defence (but obviously, it is legal to use a gun for self-defence which you happened to have lying around after having gotten it for "sports" purposes...)
==> so anybody who thinks he might need a gun for self-defence (because living at a remote location, which has already been burgled a couple of times) will just lie through his teeth to get one...
You could use the same algorithm to derive credibility indicators for any language and region and use multiple verified events and facts to train the system.
But what if its results leak, and bird song adapts to meet expectation, but without actually being more reliable?
Realize that politics and sociology of most businesses makes such embarrassments a very high priority to resolve, especially if they're chump change to the organization in question. http://macwhiz.com/blog/art-of-turboing/
Probably because the OP does not have anywhere near enough time to spare setting up and maintaining a custom domain name and SMTP account for every relative.
Why not set up one domain name and SMTP server for all of them?
most modern "legitimate" email providers won't deliver without SPF
Apparently, the uncle's provider does... which allowed the fraudulent e-mail to get through in the first place. So that would be the first piece of advice: get a provider who knows his stuff. Because, without SPF checking, anybody can just put whatever he wants into the envelope From field.
Well, it requires the ability to create named files. That could happen through a Wiki upload page, by extraction of an archive to a temporary folder for processing, etc.
... or worse, web caches which preserve original file names...
Even worse, if you are stopped by police, they will have you blow into your own thing, and even if it doesn't show any alcool content in your breath, you still get a fine as you now no longer have one (unless you were smart enough to have 2. But most motorists aren't that foresighted)
Also, do you have two reflective vests in the cabin of your vehicle? No? MASSIVE FINE. Thanks France.
The vests are for all of Europe. France are the officially-sanctioned one-time alcohol-detection penii, which you need to have in your car at all times, so that you can blow them in case you're wondering whether you're still sober enough to drive. Of course, there is only one company manufacturing these, they quadrupled the price since they became mandatory, and are now making much dough over this. I wonder whether someone within the French administration has been nicely rewarded by the company for this windfall?
I imagine it would be technically trivial to simply require that *both* numbers link to emergency services. It would be easy to do, and would make things a lot safer for visitors in either America or Europe who may only be familiar with one or the other.
Sensible idea alert. If you actually dared to speak this out during one of those meetings, security would show up before you had finished your sentence, and escort you out of the door. How dare you shortcuts hours of "collegial" small talk about phone numbers by solving the problem with one small but brilliant idea. After all, the purpose of these meetings is to drag on and on and on, while outside the window the seasons go by (all 4 of them...), and to waste as much otherwise productive work time of highly paid representatives as possible. But let's look at the bright side of this: as long as you've got your laptop with you, this is an excellent opportunity to catch on on any documentation work that you may have to do for other projects, all the while charging your time on ITU...
Do any slashdotters know of a situation where an update-able view would be handy/ideal?
Two pre-existing applications accessing the same data, and each of them expects the data to be laid out in a (slightly different) schema.
So, define tables with a common physical representation of the data, and then define views to map that representation to each one of the application's expectations.
O, and only automatically updatable views have restrictions that make them useless. The INSTEAD OF trigger allows to make almost any view updatable, but you need to tell the DB how.
I'm on your side, but please realize that the views of the/. community do not necessarily reflect that of the entire population, who may or may not "hate their guts" or even care much about them, provided they're even aware of BPI or the MAFIAA cartels.
That's why he said "... knowing a majority of the population who know you exist... hate your guts..."
The premise-- that Macs somehow are immune to viruses-- is utterly ridiculous.
You know, there are other OSes out there than just Windows and MacOS... So the rest all falls down from this...
And I don't need to worry whether the fire extinguisher that I keep next to my bed is still current on its inspections, and all that other complicated stuff, because I simply don't smoke in bed.
The only problem is that thermite not only gets rid of the visible traces of any artificially induced failure, but also of the to-be-failed object itself... Hardy to get a warranty replacement for a heap of ashes...
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... or until you start using them for some organizations whom you help out with their computer stuff. Then you suddenly need an organizational validation, which is $60 per organization...
And if google really wanted to seriously fight spam, they'd make it easier to complain about the spam sent by the user, and close their accounts swiftly.
So, in other words, you were ok with this VIP handing his password to the corporate intranet to google? All the while using what was effectively an unsecured connection (until google insisted on using real certificates). Good to know, so we don't need to spearfish you, a small bribe to your provider (or any provider on the path from google to you) to install a small MITM device, and we're in.
Trust me, for something like this, resources are not going to be an issue.
... and then, after having spent all this effort, they'll find that the hard drive was full of one single phrase, repeated all over again: "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"...
IMHO, most people around here (Belgium, strict laws) play with guns for a hobby, few have it for self-defence. AFAIK.
The reason for this may be that it's illegal to acquire a gun for the purpose of self-defence (but obviously, it is legal to use a gun for self-defence which you happened to have lying around after having gotten it for "sports" purposes...)
==> so anybody who thinks he might need a gun for self-defence (because living at a remote location, which has already been burgled a couple of times) will just lie through his teeth to get one...
You could use the same algorithm to derive credibility indicators for any language and region and use multiple verified events and facts to train the system.
But what if its results leak, and bird song adapts to meet expectation, but without actually being more reliable?
Realize that politics and sociology of most businesses makes such embarrassments a very high priority to resolve, especially if they're chump change to the organization in question. http://macwhiz.com/blog/art-of-turboing/
Just be careful not to get the receptionist's blood on your hand...
No, he will just turn into a zombie. And, as everybody knows, zombies feel no pain.
Probably because the OP does not have anywhere near enough time to spare setting up and maintaining a custom domain name and SMTP account for every relative.
Why not set up one domain name and SMTP server for all of them?
most modern "legitimate" email providers won't deliver without SPF
Apparently, the uncle's provider does... which allowed the fraudulent e-mail to get through in the first place. So that would be the first piece of advice: get a provider who knows his stuff. Because, without SPF checking, anybody can just put whatever he wants into the envelope From field.
Well, it requires the ability to create named files. That could happen through a Wiki upload page, by extraction of an archive to a temporary folder for processing, etc.
... or worse, web caches which preserve original file names...
Yes, but unfortunately the Brits are driving on the wrong hand side of the road...
Even worse, if you are stopped by police, they will have you blow into your own thing, and even if it doesn't show any alcool content in your breath, you still get a fine as you now no longer have one (unless you were smart enough to have 2. But most motorists aren't that foresighted)
Also, do you have two reflective vests in the cabin of your vehicle? No? MASSIVE FINE. Thanks France.
The vests are for all of Europe. France are the officially-sanctioned one-time alcohol-detection penii, which you need to have in your car at all times, so that you can blow them in case you're wondering whether you're still sober enough to drive. Of course, there is only one company manufacturing these, they quadrupled the price since they became mandatory, and are now making much dough over this. I wonder whether someone within the French administration has been nicely rewarded by the company for this windfall?
You can also use 112 in the UK.
But that only works if you hold your phone in your left hand...
I imagine it would be technically trivial to simply require that *both* numbers link to emergency services. It would be easy to do, and would make things a lot safer for visitors in either America or Europe who may only be familiar with one or the other.
Sensible idea alert. If you actually dared to speak this out during one of those meetings, security would show up before you had finished your sentence, and escort you out of the door. How dare you shortcuts hours of "collegial" small talk about phone numbers by solving the problem with one small but brilliant idea. After all, the purpose of these meetings is to drag on and on and on, while outside the window the seasons go by (all 4 of them...), and to waste as much otherwise productive work time of highly paid representatives as possible. But let's look at the bright side of this: as long as you've got your laptop with you, this is an excellent opportunity to catch on on any documentation work that you may have to do for other projects, all the while charging your time on ITU...
What the fuck has "do no evil" got to do with being a US company?
If it were an Iraqi company (or a North Korean one), it would be "do no good". Or did I just get that backwards?
I'm not sure the prostitutes would bother staying "open" for business
So, go to the sauna instead. You do have your towel with you, do you?
Do any slashdotters know of a situation where an update-able view would be handy/ideal?
Two pre-existing applications accessing the same data, and each of them expects the data to be laid out in a (slightly different) schema.
So, define tables with a common physical representation of the data, and then define views to map that representation to each one of the application's expectations.
O, and only automatically updatable views have restrictions that make them useless. The INSTEAD OF trigger allows to make almost any view updatable, but you need to tell the DB how.
I'm on your side, but please realize that the views of the /. community do not necessarily reflect that of the entire population, who may or may not "hate their guts" or even care much about them, provided they're even aware of BPI or the MAFIAA cartels.
That's why he said "... knowing a majority of the population who know you exist... hate your guts..."
he had the ability to start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone.
Yeah, really, how could law enforcement be so dumb to mix up Kevin Mitnick and Captain Crunch?
The premise-- that Macs somehow are immune to viruses-- is utterly ridiculous.
You know, there are other OSes out there than just Windows and MacOS... So the rest all falls down from this...
And I don't need to worry whether the fire extinguisher that I keep next to my bed is still current on its inspections, and all that other complicated stuff, because I simply don't smoke in bed.
The only problem is that thermite not only gets rid of the visible traces of any artificially induced failure, but also of the to-be-failed object itself... Hardy to get a warranty replacement for a heap of ashes...
PS: What is a fleshlight? Is it just 'flashlight' as pronounced by 'Her Mejesty'?
I think he means this...
And the "anything is possible" would be usefull to insert any bugs into your software, so you can get repeat business fixing them.