My first thought was "whats the percentage of sites run by Nuke's, Joomla's, Mambo's and such CMS systems". I mean, when PHPBB gets hacked (again) it affects a HUGE number of sites.
My employer recently had a security audit and they found out what most of us developers have been telling them for a while...they had consultants build things, decrease timelines while increasing scope creep...things got fudged and now they don't understand why our sites failed. I look at some of the stuff I inherited and just look at it and say WTF?
I built a little CMS for myself, a few people downloaded it and use it, it's grown and I just experienced my first real exploit in my 10 year career in web dev. it was a REAL learning experience for me. I know all the theory of security and all that, but practicing it is another matter when people want things yesterday it makes it hard resist cutting that little corner.
I only step in when people need customizations to the CMS's I set up for them, I let them handle the content management and crap that I don't want to deal with. I don't think the webmaster is gone, I think the term is antiquated, but I also think the role has evolved to a more background brains type of role, not the more front of house content drudging crap...
But didn't Microsoft try a login in once login to all type thing called passport or something and everybody cried foul?
Memory may be wrong here, but I think I remember correctly... everyone is a pillar unto themselves, and it'll stay that way in an effort for everybody to retian their own client base.
Personally, I think social networking is stupid to the level of MySpace, but who am I against a billion people that seem to love it...
PageRank is worthless in terms of SEO. What it can do is tell you if there is a problem, if you have a PR of 0 or 1 or something, but thinking it somehow affects your SERPs is a dillusion far to many people fall in to. Concentrate on SERPs, not PR, ASAP for SEO on the WWW.
I tried it, I gotta say, I don't get, I had the conversation with my wife...exactly how many blades is needed? Is more better? And she said she's used single blade disposables on her legs for years and never had a problem...
I have to say it's gotta just be the "more is better" mentality marketers are playing on, cuz it gave no better of a shave, no quicker and no smoother...
I got a bogus AdWords account, just never added billing info. I have considered trying AdWords and paying for it with my AdSense money, they should have that as a payment option, to just take it from AdSense...
For web site analysis I use WebCEO anyway, but I can't help but want to check out a new tool, overall, I love the direction Google is going, I use Google Office, just used their photo album thing to show friends vacation pics, use analytics for traffic analysis...it's cool stuff.
"eagally, if a power tool manufacturer added this to their existing line of table saws, it *COULD* be taken as an admission of guilt that their previous models were not safe, any accident cases (no matter how stupid) would then have another chance at a successful suit."
Isn't that what they said about seat belts in cars once too?
I immediately discount the crediblity of the case. WHile fromt he reading the case has merit and most anyone that fights the RIAA has my support, but the ACLU is a group I dispise almost as much as the RIAA...so it's sorta like watching my two worst enemies in a fist fight, I am torn as to which one I hope wins.
Thats interesting, I used IE for a long time, started using Firefox a couple years ago and found it to be a very easy transition, my wife uses Opera and I could just never get into that interface.
A couple weeks ago I created a MySpace, more just to learn how it works since everybody I know uses it...I have built a friends networks, left messages, built my silly little profile...
I dunno about everybody else, but to me it seems very poorly done, has a horrible UI that is very unintuitive...seems to me this relatively simply concept could be done MUCH better...
...The Geek Squad was a respected, high end technical company, hiring only computer professionals with certifications to show it. I managed a small computer store that was part chain of franchises. When the franchisee went backrupt they were all looking for work (I had gotten a new job shortly before). I was writing a few letters of recommendation and such and was told that all these good technicians wouldn't even be talked to by the Geek Squad due to only a couple years experience and no certs.
Then BestBuy bought them, needed to hire dozens, hell hundreds, of techs, and from reports I have heard, their name is kind of a joke now...
That being said, it's been so many years since I have had to bring my computer to a tech I'd probably melt if I ever had to now...
hehehe, OK, I can accept that, it'as the only labor unions I have dealt with, and quite frankly, I place most of the blame of the failing US economy squarely on their shoulders.
The RIAA is just like labor unions, they were a decent idea, but they have gotten too big and too powerful and have grown themselves into a counterproductive entity that is hurting those that they profess to help and profit from them a great deal, which is also the exact reason they will never go away.
don't make the kid hold any responsibility for her own actions, hell, she will only start driving next year, don't hold the parent responsible for not supervising her kid's use of the internet or social activities...do what every other red blooded American socialist, "I'm a victim" type liberal would do...SUE the bastards!
Man, I tell ya, I run a web site for home recording musicians, and I am sooooooo tired of all this piracy, DRM, illegal downloads and crap...this isn't news, it's extortion by big media, plain and simple, if anyone builds a better mousetrap, big media sues them or gets their asses in court somehow. Isn't this getting old to anyone else?
The beauty and irony of the story is that the music that big media runs is the worst fabricated crap that music has to offer. If people want good music, without the worry of being hunted down by big media like a rabid dog, look around some of these indie music sites where bands make great music and just want you to listen to it...to strings attached. Download and share to your hearts content. Listen to real music written by real musicians, recorded, mixed and produced by the same people that wrote it, no interference from big media.
toss a good text editor (i.e. Word knockoff) and I'll have everything I need to replace what I use Office or OpenOffice for...for people with simple uses, not making big use of Macro's and such, this is very cool, or COULD be very cool anyway...there are a few spreadsheets I have that I wouldn't mind having stored within my Gmail login like my calendar and contact info now is...as long as it's not sensitive info, I think it rocks.
They are ages 5 and 8, so yes, quite young to try to overpower an adult, but, learning good skills to build on as they grow...along with many good life skills in general. Heck, sitting and watching TV is why I started them about a year and a half ago...I remember that summer, looking around a seeing the number of overweight kids and adults and saw my belly growing and thought "nope, not letting that happen to me or my family"...and so far, it's been a blast. And you haven't lived until you have "sparred" with a 5 year old:-)
As for the adults, well, we go quite a lot harder...great anger management, stress relief and just general workout.
The only anger I have is people that automatically assume if you fight recreationally in controlled environments that you are some sort of idiot...that has to be an "ism" or "phobia" of some sort...
We all train in Kenpo, Brazilian (Gracie) JiuJitsu and Kickboxing...
I agree about the light and fun sparring, that obviously isn't real world self defense, but, it is a slow, gentle way to teach kids how to use the skills they are learning, practicing technique rather than power...with young children, who don't have the power to take an adult, well, that's where the "run away" lessons come into play, cuz that should always be the first option for a kid...
That said, the techniques and sparring they are learning at a young age is good, mix the previously learned technique as they age and gain power and muscle control and you have some seriously skilled young adults.
Outside of the light and fun sparring they also practice (as much as realistically possible) eye gouges, groin kicks, throat punches, etc...and beyond the martial skill, they have also gained confidence, coordination, patience and more...which are even more skills that help in life in general.
Besides, before bed the nightly ritual is letting the girls take punches at my stomach and thai kicks to my legs, and I have noticed substantial power improvement in the last 6 months or so:-)
Yeah, I guess I can see your point there, much like NASCAR drivers feel safer on the track than on the streets where all the amatuers are...that said, however, it is highly unlikely that an unskilled Jerry Springer style fighter can do much real damage to anyone unless they get an extremely lucky shot...
Look at the pic, they have face protection and headgear on, some small MMA style gloves...one thing they seem to have forgotten or overlooked is shinpads...as someone who has collided shins before, that hurts worse than a good shot to the noggin.
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My first thought was "whats the percentage of sites run by Nuke's, Joomla's, Mambo's and such CMS systems". I mean, when PHPBB gets hacked (again) it affects a HUGE number of sites. My employer recently had a security audit and they found out what most of us developers have been telling them for a while...they had consultants build things, decrease timelines while increasing scope creep...things got fudged and now they don't understand why our sites failed. I look at some of the stuff I inherited and just look at it and say WTF? I built a little CMS for myself, a few people downloaded it and use it, it's grown and I just experienced my first real exploit in my 10 year career in web dev. it was a REAL learning experience for me. I know all the theory of security and all that, but practicing it is another matter when people want things yesterday it makes it hard resist cutting that little corner.
I only step in when people need customizations to the CMS's I set up for them, I let them handle the content management and crap that I don't want to deal with. I don't think the webmaster is gone, I think the term is antiquated, but I also think the role has evolved to a more background brains type of role, not the more front of house content drudging crap...
But didn't Microsoft try a login in once login to all type thing called passport or something and everybody cried foul? Memory may be wrong here, but I think I remember correctly... everyone is a pillar unto themselves, and it'll stay that way in an effort for everybody to retian their own client base. Personally, I think social networking is stupid to the level of MySpace, but who am I against a billion people that seem to love it...
PageRank is worthless in terms of SEO. What it can do is tell you if there is a problem, if you have a PR of 0 or 1 or something, but thinking it somehow affects your SERPs is a dillusion far to many people fall in to. Concentrate on SERPs, not PR, ASAP for SEO on the WWW.
but terrorist controlled societies aren't ethical...
5 months isn't a "prison" sentence, it's a little county jail sentence where he may get out to go to work...
I tried it, I gotta say, I don't get, I had the conversation with my wife...exactly how many blades is needed? Is more better? And she said she's used single blade disposables on her legs for years and never had a problem...
I have to say it's gotta just be the "more is better" mentality marketers are playing on, cuz it gave no better of a shave, no quicker and no smoother...
Stupid.
I got a bogus AdWords account, just never added billing info. I have considered trying AdWords and paying for it with my AdSense money, they should have that as a payment option, to just take it from AdSense... For web site analysis I use WebCEO anyway, but I can't help but want to check out a new tool, overall, I love the direction Google is going, I use Google Office, just used their photo album thing to show friends vacation pics, use analytics for traffic analysis...it's cool stuff.
"eagally, if a power tool manufacturer added this to their existing line of table saws, it *COULD* be taken as an admission of guilt that their previous models were not safe, any accident cases (no matter how stupid) would then have another chance at a successful suit." Isn't that what they said about seat belts in cars once too?
I immediately discount the crediblity of the case. WHile fromt he reading the case has merit and most anyone that fights the RIAA has my support, but the ACLU is a group I dispise almost as much as the RIAA...so it's sorta like watching my two worst enemies in a fist fight, I am torn as to which one I hope wins.
Thats interesting, I used IE for a long time, started using Firefox a couple years ago and found it to be a very easy transition, my wife uses Opera and I could just never get into that interface.
A couple weeks ago I created a MySpace, more just to learn how it works since everybody I know uses it...I have built a friends networks, left messages, built my silly little profile...
I dunno about everybody else, but to me it seems very poorly done, has a horrible UI that is very unintuitive...seems to me this relatively simply concept could be done MUCH better...
...The Geek Squad was a respected, high end technical company, hiring only computer professionals with certifications to show it. I managed a small computer store that was part chain of franchises. When the franchisee went backrupt they were all looking for work (I had gotten a new job shortly before). I was writing a few letters of recommendation and such and was told that all these good technicians wouldn't even be talked to by the Geek Squad due to only a couple years experience and no certs. Then BestBuy bought them, needed to hire dozens, hell hundreds, of techs, and from reports I have heard, their name is kind of a joke now... That being said, it's been so many years since I have had to bring my computer to a tech I'd probably melt if I ever had to now...
hehehe, OK, I can accept that, it'as the only labor unions I have dealt with, and quite frankly, I place most of the blame of the failing US economy squarely on their shoulders.
Well, all we can do is hope, because it's certainly proven that any action from the consumer market won't do anything...
The RIAA is just like labor unions, they were a decent idea, but they have gotten too big and too powerful and have grown themselves into a counterproductive entity that is hurting those that they profess to help and profit from them a great deal, which is also the exact reason they will never go away.
don't make the kid hold any responsibility for her own actions, hell, she will only start driving next year, don't hold the parent responsible for not supervising her kid's use of the internet or social activities...do what every other red blooded American socialist, "I'm a victim" type liberal would do...SUE the bastards!
:::yawn::: - sorry, just isn't exciting, and isn't really news...
Man, I tell ya, I run a web site for home recording musicians, and I am sooooooo tired of all this piracy, DRM, illegal downloads and crap...this isn't news, it's extortion by big media, plain and simple, if anyone builds a better mousetrap, big media sues them or gets their asses in court somehow. Isn't this getting old to anyone else?
The beauty and irony of the story is that the music that big media runs is the worst fabricated crap that music has to offer. If people want good music, without the worry of being hunted down by big media like a rabid dog, look around some of these indie music sites where bands make great music and just want you to listen to it...to strings attached. Download and share to your hearts content. Listen to real music written by real musicians, recorded, mixed and produced by the same people that wrote it, no interference from big media.
toss a good text editor (i.e. Word knockoff) and I'll have everything I need to replace what I use Office or OpenOffice for...for people with simple uses, not making big use of Macro's and such, this is very cool, or COULD be very cool anyway...there are a few spreadsheets I have that I wouldn't mind having stored within my Gmail login like my calendar and contact info now is...as long as it's not sensitive info, I think it rocks.
They are ages 5 and 8, so yes, quite young to try to overpower an adult, but, learning good skills to build on as they grow...along with many good life skills in general. Heck, sitting and watching TV is why I started them about a year and a half ago...I remember that summer, looking around a seeing the number of overweight kids and adults and saw my belly growing and thought "nope, not letting that happen to me or my family"...and so far, it's been a blast. And you haven't lived until you have "sparred" with a 5 year old :-)
As for the adults, well, we go quite a lot harder...great anger management, stress relief and just general workout.
The only anger I have is people that automatically assume if you fight recreationally in controlled environments that you are some sort of idiot...that has to be an "ism" or "phobia" of some sort...
Fightism, perhaps...
We all train in Kenpo, Brazilian (Gracie) JiuJitsu and Kickboxing... I agree about the light and fun sparring, that obviously isn't real world self defense, but, it is a slow, gentle way to teach kids how to use the skills they are learning, practicing technique rather than power...with young children, who don't have the power to take an adult, well, that's where the "run away" lessons come into play, cuz that should always be the first option for a kid... That said, the techniques and sparring they are learning at a young age is good, mix the previously learned technique as they age and gain power and muscle control and you have some seriously skilled young adults. Outside of the light and fun sparring they also practice (as much as realistically possible) eye gouges, groin kicks, throat punches, etc...and beyond the martial skill, they have also gained confidence, coordination, patience and more...which are even more skills that help in life in general. Besides, before bed the nightly ritual is letting the girls take punches at my stomach and thai kicks to my legs, and I have noticed substantial power improvement in the last 6 months or so :-)
"Maybe if parents tried actually raising their children, the kids wouldn't have so many issues."
Amen, brutha!
Those are the same parents that will look at each other (if they are still together) 10-20 years down the road and wonder where they went wrong...
Yeah, I guess I can see your point there, much like NASCAR drivers feel safer on the track than on the streets where all the amatuers are...that said, however, it is highly unlikely that an unskilled Jerry Springer style fighter can do much real damage to anyone unless they get an extremely lucky shot... Look at the pic, they have face protection and headgear on, some small MMA style gloves...one thing they seem to have forgotten or overlooked is shinpads...as someone who has collided shins before, that hurts worse than a good shot to the noggin.