I agree. But the other option, if the headlines keep telling people you're getting hacked then you need to at least show you are doing something. A case of, if you don't tell people you're fixing things they go to the competition, if you do, you attract hackers, but at least you are still selling stuff and hopefully keeping most of those hackers out at the same time ready for the next evolution in security.
Cleaning the cinema between screenings might be nice too. Last time I was there I was sitting in something sticky (hopefully just spilled coke), but didn't realise it was on the seat till I went to go, but felt it under my shoes the entire time. Also, heaps of popcorn and other crap on the floor... then when the movie was over we left and people were trying to get in for their screening whilst we were leaving. It's like they didn't want to miss the cinema advertising that was about to start. But, I didn't see anyone with a broom or anything even attempt to clean the cinema, and it REALLY needed it. Unfortunately it was a popular movie, so I couldn't even move seats at the time.
He is echoing what they said just before WWI. Tirpitz's 'Risk theory' was that the German Navy was supposed to be big enough that the British wouldn't risk attacking it as it would do significant damage to the British Navy. Didn't happen. Instead they [Europe] had a lot of little 'preventative wars', that were supposed to stop the big one, but ultimately lead to the big one. Now we're supposed to believe that nukes will work using the same 'Risk theory', and we've been watching a lot of small 'preventative wars' that happened after WWII all over the world, and the world almost came to nuclear war between USSR and USA with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat its mistakes.
Rather than going through the pains of getting the source code released, you could do as FreeCiv and FreeCol did, and have a team recreate the game under GPL to run on todays machines. (I am assuming getting source code is like pulling teeth and slightly more difficult and would take longer than starting an OS team, so in the long run would be easier. Where as I can imagine the difficulty in trying to track down the right people within a company with the power to make the decision, then convince them it is a good idea, then to get the legal stuff sorted, provided the company who wrote the game still exists, finding if the company still has the source code somewhere, which it may not, then finding the source code which, in the case of a game 20 years old might be in some archive somewhere on old floppy disks, etc, etc).
It wasn't a Science Fiction book, it was a Documentary by Riddley Scott called 'Gladiator' In the end some Spaniard (who looked remarkably like Russell Crowe) got tired of being bullied by Caesar (who looked remarkably like Joaquin Phoenix) and took him out in one on one combat in the Colosseum.
Get them to go to http://www.udacity.com/ and take the CS101 course. It'll teach them python and the general concepts of programming without being too difficult and it also takes the pressure out of you (or someone else) teaching them... and at the end they can get a signed certificate to say they did the course (it holds no weight for getting a job, but at least it's a nice piece of paper).:-)
Your friend should get a whole heap of paperwork behind them in the form of certification. Certification in some areas is more important than a degree. Example, most Networking positions advertise asking for things like CCNA's and CCNP's (or equivalent), etc. Some ask for degrees as well, but more often depending on the position, a certification will hold more weight than a Comp Sc degree.
For the same reason most of us don't quit our jobs. Usually we need the money and if we don't have a job to go to, we do whatever we can to get by until we can move to a better job.
Except the 'fabled' Robin Hood, according to legend, did rob rich people (in fact, some of the earlier references to him just had him robbing people - basically he was a bandit - outlaw). The Sheriff of Nottingham was not the guy he was robbing, but the guy who was after him because he [Robin] was taking from the people/tax collectors. The Sheriff of Nottingham wasn't a tax collector himself.
... of the time I applied for a position in 1996 as a Java programmer. The advert asked for someone with 5+ years commercial experience programming in Java. In my cover letter I pointed out to the company that Java had only been released in 1995, so it would be impossible to find someone with 5+ years experience (unless they had in fact worked at Sun Microsystems on the Java project). They didn't even give me an interview, but wrote back to tell me that I was incorrect as they had in fact found someone with 5+ years of commercial experience programming in Java. Some people just don't fact check. Maybe they are lazy, or maybe they just don't want to know the truth. I would have loved to have sat in at that interview to see what the '5+ years experience' guy had to say.
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This is just a rip off of Hunger Games and Battle Royale, only with geeks as they fight to the death not to be forced to join Microsoft!
I saw one of your old tubes on a planet with odd socks and pens.
I agree. But the other option, if the headlines keep telling people you're getting hacked then you need to at least show you are doing something. A case of, if you don't tell people you're fixing things they go to the competition, if you do, you attract hackers, but at least you are still selling stuff and hopefully keeping most of those hackers out at the same time ready for the next evolution in security.
Maybe you should change your name to Hideki.
Cleaning the cinema between screenings might be nice too. Last time I was there I was sitting in something sticky (hopefully just spilled coke), but didn't realise it was on the seat till I went to go, but felt it under my shoes the entire time. Also, heaps of popcorn and other crap on the floor ... then when the movie was over we left and people were trying to get in for their screening whilst we were leaving. It's like they didn't want to miss the cinema advertising that was about to start. But, I didn't see anyone with a broom or anything even attempt to clean the cinema, and it REALLY needed it. Unfortunately it was a popular movie, so I couldn't even move seats at the time.
Finally something I can use to keep those awful Kzinti off my lawn!!!!
If you need to ask your not authorised to see such classified information! :-)
He is echoing what they said just before WWI. Tirpitz's 'Risk theory' was that the German Navy was supposed to be big enough that the British wouldn't risk attacking it as it would do significant damage to the British Navy. Didn't happen. Instead they [Europe] had a lot of little 'preventative wars', that were supposed to stop the big one, but ultimately lead to the big one. Now we're supposed to believe that nukes will work using the same 'Risk theory', and we've been watching a lot of small 'preventative wars' that happened after WWII all over the world, and the world almost came to nuclear war between USSR and USA with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat its mistakes.
Rather than going through the pains of getting the source code released, you could do as FreeCiv and FreeCol did, and have a team recreate the game under GPL to run on todays machines. (I am assuming getting source code is like pulling teeth and slightly more difficult and would take longer than starting an OS team, so in the long run would be easier. Where as I can imagine the difficulty in trying to track down the right people within a company with the power to make the decision, then convince them it is a good idea, then to get the legal stuff sorted, provided the company who wrote the game still exists, finding if the company still has the source code somewhere, which it may not, then finding the source code which, in the case of a game 20 years old might be in some archive somewhere on old floppy disks, etc, etc).
Doesn't nec. have to be a country either. Could just be an organisation (crime syndicate/drug cartel etc).
They're heading towards the price of Linux.
It wasn't a Science Fiction book, it was a Documentary by Riddley Scott called 'Gladiator' In the end some Spaniard (who looked remarkably like Russell Crowe) got tired of being bullied by Caesar (who looked remarkably like Joaquin Phoenix) and took him out in one on one combat in the Colosseum.
Get them to go to http://www.udacity.com/ and take the CS101 course. It'll teach them python and the general concepts of programming without being too difficult and it also takes the pressure out of you (or someone else) teaching them ... and at the end they can get a signed certificate to say they did the course (it holds no weight for getting a job, but at least it's a nice piece of paper). :-)
Your friend should get a whole heap of paperwork behind them in the form of certification. Certification in some areas is more important than a degree. Example, most Networking positions advertise asking for things like CCNA's and CCNP's (or equivalent), etc. Some ask for degrees as well, but more often depending on the position, a certification will hold more weight than a Comp Sc degree.
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And what is the cheese sauce needed to make it get adopted quicker?
For the same reason most of us don't quit our jobs. Usually we need the money and if we don't have a job to go to, we do whatever we can to get by until we can move to a better job.
In my experience, you're not generalising. You're just stating a fact. :-)
Except the 'fabled' Robin Hood, according to legend, did rob rich people (in fact, some of the earlier references to him just had him robbing people - basically he was a bandit - outlaw). The Sheriff of Nottingham was not the guy he was robbing, but the guy who was after him because he [Robin] was taking from the people/tax collectors. The Sheriff of Nottingham wasn't a tax collector himself.
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/rh/RH%20Exhibit/text.htm
'... unless you want to transmit uncontrollable random garbage.'
So, at the moment it's a bit like what we see on television! :-)
... of the time I applied for a position in 1996 as a Java programmer. The advert asked for someone with 5+ years commercial experience programming in Java. In my cover letter I pointed out to the company that Java had only been released in 1995, so it would be impossible to find someone with 5+ years experience (unless they had in fact worked at Sun Microsystems on the Java project). They didn't even give me an interview, but wrote back to tell me that I was incorrect as they had in fact found someone with 5+ years of commercial experience programming in Java. Some people just don't fact check. Maybe they are lazy, or maybe they just don't want to know the truth. I would have loved to have sat in at that interview to see what the '5+ years experience' guy had to say.
'Stone the bleeding crows, Frodo mate,' cried Samwise. 'These orcs are comin' at us thicker and faster than blue arsed flies in summer!'
'Strewth!' exclaimed Frodo. 'That ones bigger than me Aunt Nelly's britches.'
'Fair dinkum,' replied Samwise. 'Let's nick off down the pub before someone realises we've seen 'em. Some other mug can handle this mess!'
Would love to Mod you up to a '6' if it was possible.
The earth sucks!
"NP" = "nondeterministic polynomial time." Not Non-polynomial. "P" = "polynomial time" and its problems are a subset of NP.