The problem is that usually people can type in the URL from a suspicious looking email and prevent phishing attacks. In this case, typing in the URL took to you precisely the same site. All the anti-phishing advice you've been giving your family and friends would prove useless under these circumstances.
It looks like the page has been replaced with a message warning about viruses and spyware. I looked at the page earlier (from Reddit.com) and the login page looked very legit--scary indeed.
If you put in a username and password, he didn't store it but he echoed it back to your browser. Even though he didn't store it, my concern was that the password was still being transmitted via plaintext...
Actually, I was thinking it might work better with a small Bluetooth device without a display. You plug but and it will send data to your computer/PDA/phone so you can examine the power consumption at all enabled outlets on a significantly larger and more convenient (and more controllable) interface. It would allow easy data aggregation and comparison. The device could even have a memory for storing a few hours or days of data, so you won't have to leave a computer on to monitor it.
It's low power, compact, has a nice interface, and after removing most of the buttons & LCD, it may end up being cheaper. If someone is willing to back it with capital (because affordable Bluetooth hardware happens only in large quantities), this could be a viable business opportunity. I'm game...
I'll second that. I bought a Zaurus (Collie, 5500) on Ebay for $100, and it came with a wifi card, 2 compact flash cards, SD card, and charger + cradle.
Some of the nice things about it:
-Keyboard is built in under a slide-out panel, for those of us who don't like graffiti input methods. -Trivial to flash with a new ROM (such as OPIE or GPE)...but I'd recommend either having two CF cards or a CF card reader/writer on your computer so you can get yourself out of sticky situations. -You can either plug in the charger directly to the Zaurus or via the cradle, which add immeasurably to the convenience, because you can charge it an use it at the same time without being at your computer. -Lots of nice programs for free, such as VNC viewer & server, PDF reader, etc. -Headphone jack for listening to music, either from songs stored on the Zaurus or streaming from a computer connected wirelessly. -The translucent plastic flip-cover can be removed easily.
Did I mention it runs Linux?
The only downside I've come across is that the battery life isn't the best in the world, but personally I rarely have problems with an empty battery. Also, it requires a little technical proficiency to get everything (like an internet browser) running well on the non-defaul ROM.
I can't speak for the newer Zauruses, but they look even nicer than the one I have.
First, how do you define cost effective? Is it just minimizing waste costs, or trying to recruit on a small budget? There are smart ways of recruiting and there are cheap ways, and it's fine to spend money if the recruiting is done in a smart way.
The most powerful thing to do is to make your company attractive to prospective employees. This is, unfortunately, something difficult for a recruiter to control. You can make the company look bad, but it's hard to make it look better than it is. Because you are on a recruiting drive, the business can't be all that bad, so that's +1 already for the company.
If you're looking for good communicators and techies, the internet is probably a good place to start. If they post on a blog, you can already get an idea about their ability to communicate by writing. They'll also list their interests and possibly a resume, which makes things easy for you. Google's Blog search might be a good place to start--I can't say I've ever been contacted by this means, but if I were, it would indicate immediately that Company X is personally interested in me (regardless of whether or not I get a job offer).
Another thing to try is use events where your hiring base might exist. I recall distinctly when I was on a solar car race, and a solar cell manager from a national lab walked around visiting with teams, handing out his business card with the express invitation "feel free to contact me when you start looking for a place to work". He knew that the best and brightest would work on their stuff even if they weren't paid to--and I have yet to meet anyone on a university solar car team that was paid to do their job. Indeed, often such work resulted in a slight detriment to their grades in unrelated courses. Regardless, I kept that card in my wallet for two years until I began looking for a job, and when it came time, I pulled out my card and contacted him. I knew he really wanted good employees, and he knew that I cared enough to keep his business card (and remembered to actually use it).
Another possible method: contact university professors. This is especially useful if you want to hire graduate students. Find a professor who teaches a relevant subject, and see if there's any way you canc work with them. If there are enough graduate students around, give a presentation about who you are and what you do. Maybe even fund some research at the university. When the graduate students finally graduate, they'll probably know whether or not they want to continue working for you, and you'll know if you want them to work for you.
Actually, that's not a bad idea. In addition to a govenment entity that protects the rights of certain individuals, it might be advantageous to have an opposite entity that ensures the freedoms of everyone else.
Essentially, it would be the equivalent to the Free Software Foundation, but more generalized and government backed. It would have to supercede the USPTO, and a standard or process with it would be immune from patent violations (because it falls under the domain of "obviousness").
This would likely spur innovation even more, much like the GPL and FSF have resulted in a large amount of software being written.
Given the choice of Inigo and Westley, I clearly cannot choose the one in front of me. Therefore...LOOK BEHIND YOU! (points behind you, and swaps the two names)...I choose Westley.
(Types the comment into Slashdot, clicks submit, and promptly dies)
Ok, you got me. I concede--I thought for sure it was Westley, but it appears I was completely wrong. Thanks for the correction
When it comes to molar decisions like like this, one should not feel indentured to the whims of private institutions. He should not follow this route of cavity and giving in, because it could become his crown achievement. It's issues like this that really plaque our society.
Sure it can, but you have to cover the transportation and construction costs yourself. Let's see them try to stop you when you set up your own sovereign state on the moon. You can even call it "Moonland"
Good luck getting a decent internet connection though.
Thanks to the "good old Schrodinger equation", even if we did bury you, we couldn't be certain that you would both stay underground AND that you were even there to begin with.
It's more a matter of airflow. If you have high airflow, it can matter. For example, if you drive your car towards or against the wind, either way you get where you're going, but it just takes more energy to fight the wind.
Granted, this is 70mph wind stuff we're talking about, so it likely wouldn't apply in a datacenter environment. Although it'd be fun to imagine losing certain co-workers getting sucked into the hurricane-force winds. Tune in tonight at 7 for "When Datacenters Attack!"
Ahh, you're correct, I stopped a digit too early. However, I think you have a flaw too...with 12 bits, you max out at 4095, which gives away the first digit as between 0 to 4. Better yet would be to go with 14 bits.
Of course, then you're trading two flips of a coin for the need to convert four 4-bit numbers instead of one 14-bit number. I suppose I'd have to agree with the great-grandparent poster, since I'd much rather do four smaller numbers.
Actually, assuming the tens place is dropped when converting from binary to decimal, I can probably guess it ok. The range of results will be from 0 to 15, which means that two-thirds of the time, your digit will be between 0 and 5.
Instead of flipping that coin 16 times for a four digit number, true geekdom is achieved when you only flip it 10 times, because those 10 bits will produce all possible four digit combinations.
The only problem with that is that there is a slight statistical probability that you'll be using the numbers 0 through 23 more often than the rest. But that seems to have better chances than yours: statistics say that I have slightly better odds of guessing your combinations if I use mostly low numbers (0 through 5) because they'll come up on two thirds of your flips (assuming you simply drop the tens place when you do your binary-to-hex conversions).
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The problem is that usually people can type in the URL from a suspicious looking email and prevent phishing attacks. In this case, typing in the URL took to you precisely the same site. All the anti-phishing advice you've been giving your family and friends would prove useless under these circumstances.
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It looks like the page has been replaced with a message warning about viruses and spyware. I looked at the page earlier (from Reddit.com) and the login page looked very legit--scary indeed.
If you put in a username and password, he didn't store it but he echoed it back to your browser. Even though he didn't store it, my concern was that the password was still being transmitted via plaintext...
The hard part is getting it to boot
Actually, I was thinking it might work better with a small Bluetooth device without a display. You plug but and it will send data to your computer/PDA/phone so you can examine the power consumption at all enabled outlets on a significantly larger and more convenient (and more controllable) interface. It would allow easy data aggregation and comparison. The device could even have a memory for storing a few hours or days of data, so you won't have to leave a computer on to monitor it.
It's low power, compact, has a nice interface, and after removing most of the buttons & LCD, it may end up being cheaper. If someone is willing to back it with capital (because affordable Bluetooth hardware happens only in large quantities), this could be a viable business opportunity. I'm game...
I'll second that. I bought a Zaurus (Collie, 5500) on Ebay for $100, and it came with a wifi card, 2 compact flash cards, SD card, and charger + cradle.
Some of the nice things about it:
-Keyboard is built in under a slide-out panel, for those of us who don't like graffiti input methods.
-Trivial to flash with a new ROM (such as OPIE or GPE)...but I'd recommend either having two CF cards or a CF card reader/writer on your computer so you can get yourself out of sticky situations.
-You can either plug in the charger directly to the Zaurus or via the cradle, which add immeasurably to the convenience, because you can charge it an use it at the same time without being at your computer.
-Lots of nice programs for free, such as VNC viewer & server, PDF reader, etc.
-Headphone jack for listening to music, either from songs stored on the Zaurus or streaming from a computer connected wirelessly.
-The translucent plastic flip-cover can be removed easily.
Did I mention it runs Linux?
The only downside I've come across is that the battery life isn't the best in the world, but personally I rarely have problems with an empty battery. Also, it requires a little technical proficiency to get everything (like an internet browser) running well on the non-defaul ROM.
I can't speak for the newer Zauruses, but they look even nicer than the one I have.
First, how do you define cost effective? Is it just minimizing waste costs, or trying to recruit on a small budget? There are smart ways of recruiting and there are cheap ways, and it's fine to spend money if the recruiting is done in a smart way.
The most powerful thing to do is to make your company attractive to prospective employees. This is, unfortunately, something difficult for a recruiter to control. You can make the company look bad, but it's hard to make it look better than it is. Because you are on a recruiting drive, the business can't be all that bad, so that's +1 already for the company.
If you're looking for good communicators and techies, the internet is probably a good place to start. If they post on a blog, you can already get an idea about their ability to communicate by writing. They'll also list their interests and possibly a resume, which makes things easy for you. Google's Blog search might be a good place to start--I can't say I've ever been contacted by this means, but if I were, it would indicate immediately that Company X is personally interested in me (regardless of whether or not I get a job offer).
Another thing to try is use events where your hiring base might exist. I recall distinctly when I was on a solar car race, and a solar cell manager from a national lab walked around visiting with teams, handing out his business card with the express invitation "feel free to contact me when you start looking for a place to work". He knew that the best and brightest would work on their stuff even if they weren't paid to--and I have yet to meet anyone on a university solar car team that was paid to do their job. Indeed, often such work resulted in a slight detriment to their grades in unrelated courses. Regardless, I kept that card in my wallet for two years until I began looking for a job, and when it came time, I pulled out my card and contacted him. I knew he really wanted good employees, and he knew that I cared enough to keep his business card (and remembered to actually use it).
Another possible method: contact university professors. This is especially useful if you want to hire graduate students. Find a professor who teaches a relevant subject, and see if there's any way you canc work with them. If there are enough graduate students around, give a presentation about who you are and what you do. Maybe even fund some research at the university. When the graduate students finally graduate, they'll probably know whether or not they want to continue working for you, and you'll know if you want them to work for you.
Actually, that's not a bad idea. In addition to a govenment entity that protects the rights of certain individuals, it might be advantageous to have an opposite entity that ensures the freedoms of everyone else.
Essentially, it would be the equivalent to the Free Software Foundation, but more generalized and government backed. It would have to supercede the USPTO, and a standard or process with it would be immune from patent violations (because it falls under the domain of "obviousness").
This would likely spur innovation even more, much like the GPL and FSF have resulted in a large amount of software being written.
He could even make a motion to donate to some charity or something...
Given the choice of Inigo and Westley, I clearly cannot choose the one in front of me. Therefore...LOOK BEHIND YOU! (points behind you, and swaps the two names)...I choose Westley.
(Types the comment into Slashdot, clicks submit, and promptly dies)
Ok, you got me. I concede--I thought for sure it was Westley, but it appears I was completely wrong. Thanks for the correction
You keep using the name "Inigo Montoya". I do not think you know who atually said that line.
Also, you might want to check out abandonia.com, they've got a bunch of good ol' abandonware games you may have missed from years ago.
Better yet, burn them to a CD and give that to your friends/family--and don't tell them how much it cost you to get a "classic game pack"
When it comes to molar decisions like like this, one should not feel indentured to the whims of private institutions. He should not follow this route of cavity and giving in, because it could become his crown achievement. It's issues like this that really plaque our society.
Shame on you people, joking at a time like this. Don't you understand the gravity of the situation?
Sure it can, but you have to cover the transportation and construction costs yourself. Let's see them try to stop you when you set up your own sovereign state on the moon. You can even call it "Moonland"
Good luck getting a decent internet connection though.
Brooklyn? That's nothing, I got a great deal on a bridge over in Alaska...
Thanks to the "good old Schrodinger equation", even if we did bury you, we couldn't be certain that you would both stay underground AND that you were even there to begin with.
It's more a matter of airflow. If you have high airflow, it can matter. For example, if you drive your car towards or against the wind, either way you get where you're going, but it just takes more energy to fight the wind.
Granted, this is 70mph wind stuff we're talking about, so it likely wouldn't apply in a datacenter environment. Although it'd be fun to imagine losing certain co-workers getting sucked into the hurricane-force winds. Tune in tonight at 7 for "When Datacenters Attack!"
Lowered ceilings. To justify the cost, just say you need it for the recessed lighting.
I thought the raised flooring was just to make the people working there look taller and more impressive, kinda like how they do with pharmacists.
Ahh, you're correct, I stopped a digit too early. However, I think you have a flaw too...with 12 bits, you max out at 4095, which gives away the first digit as between 0 to 4. Better yet would be to go with 14 bits.
Of course, then you're trading two flips of a coin for the need to convert four 4-bit numbers instead of one 14-bit number. I suppose I'd have to agree with the great-grandparent poster, since I'd much rather do four smaller numbers.
What about PalmOS and it's kin? Given the scarcity of resources on smaller platforms, it'd imagine it's pretty common to come up with new OSes...
correction: I meant binary-to-decimal conversion
Actually, assuming the tens place is dropped when converting from binary to decimal, I can probably guess it ok. The range of results will be from 0 to 15, which means that two-thirds of the time, your digit will be between 0 and 5.
Instead of flipping that coin 16 times for a four digit number, true geekdom is achieved when you only flip it 10 times, because those 10 bits will produce all possible four digit combinations.
The only problem with that is that there is a slight statistical probability that you'll be using the numbers 0 through 23 more often than the rest. But that seems to have better chances than yours: statistics say that I have slightly better odds of guessing your combinations if I use mostly low numbers (0 through 5) because they'll come up on two thirds of your flips (assuming you simply drop the tens place when you do your binary-to-hex conversions).