Consuemrs have been socially engineered by their Windows firewalls to click "Yes" any time an application wants network access. Windows firewalls are no longer a good metric for evaluating security.
After witnessing how easily most consumer firewalls were abused by Sony's DRM I'd say that firewalls are no longer an indicator of computer security. At least on the Windows platform.
When two plausible explanations are provided choose the simpler. This can be viewed as a two-phase attack or it can be viewed as the natural progression. Abused children run away to find a more tolerable home. Criminals run away to find a new home to escape capture. The act of running away to find a new home, however, does not imply a criminal.
In the vast majority of cancers there is a problem not directly related to the cancerous tissue itself. The cancerous tissue is a symptom. Usually the problem is with a malfunctioning immune system.
In my own lame lay terms it maybe that cancer cells loose the chemical markers that tell them to play nice and fit in
Interesting choice of words in that it demonstrates a "blame the victim" mentality. Repeated physical aggravation and repeated chemical imbalance are major factors in determining the probability of cancerous formation. With that in hand it's much more appropriate to say,"Cells which have been routinely beat up are no longer content with their surroundings."
There is biological premise for that. When a cancer forms to any significant extent it begins to recruit new vasculature. This process is known as angiogenesis and describes the legitimate formation of new vasculature as well as the formation initiated by a tumor.
Cancerous cells are cells which are malfunctioning. The lack of plentiful oxygen contributes to their state of distress and causes them to malfunction further. A tumor puts out a cocktail of cell signaling molecules which translates, in English, to "We need more air!" The bodies' natural response is to provide more vasculature. This is two fold: more vasculature allows the immune system greater access to the area to assess the problem and, if oxygen deprivation is truly the only problem, more vasculature solves it.
The prevailing question still is: why is the immune system not recognizing or not properly responding to the problem? I find it hard to believe that the systems of the body are into playing taunting games with each other.
I'm surprised that so many researchers still view cancer as a sentient malicious being living within a biological system.
Cells have a language that they use to communicate. They communicate with the cells in the other tissues around them. They communicate with the blood cells as they pass by. They communicate with the various cells of the immune system. This communication is constant. Every cell is constantly emitting and absorbing a matrix of cytokines, lymphokines, and other chemokines. It is from the interpretation of all of these different levels that a cell adapts and responds to its environment.
Cancerous cells are simply responding to their environment. In many ways a cancerous cell is malfunctioning. In many ways the set of chemokines which it emits acknowledges that it's malfunctioning. In a body with a healthy immune system the immune response is properly recruited and the cancerous cells are put out of their misery. This is why babies can grow so quickly with so little chance for deformity. The cells are communicating properly and the body ensures that any malfunctioning cells are removed.
In a cancer, when a cell begins malfunctioning, the immune system is not notified of the problem. The surrounding cells, when exposed to the proper levels of the signaling molecules, may be programmed to imitate the same behavior. I believe that this is part of a larger process that's supposed to work to increase the intensity of the signal and attract the immune system. If the immune system is not properly recruited, though, then the originating cells divide and become more and more degenerate and the increased level, intensity, and garbled nature of the signal aggravates even more cells in the area. When sufficiently aggravated without any response to attenuate the signals from the malfunctioning cells then more and more proper cells will begin to show signs of chemical stress and become cancerous, necrotic, or apoptotic.
In some cases the original cancerous cell may not be technically malfunctioning. That cell may be responding appropriately to surrounding tissue which has become numb and nonfunctional. This can be seen in bone cancers where the osteoblast count is at extreme low levels. The remaining osteoblasts are tired, overworked, stressed, and more than a little frightened by the absence of their comrades. Those cells begin exhibiting chemical signs of that stress meant to recruit the repropagation of other osteoblasts. If the situation isn't remedied, however, it's very easy to think that the osteoblast is evilly trying to metastasize. In tissues of high cell censity (kidney, pancreas, stomach, intestine, brain) it's most likely that the cancer is a result of a malfunctioning immune system. In a tissue of low cell density (bone) it's most likely that the cancer is a result of a deficiency in the tissue itself--maybe a logical sign of natural aging.
At any given point in time any one of us has a number of cancerous cells in our body. They're not sentiently floating around looking for tissue to victimize--they're doing what they've been programmed to do: survive.
The real question has always been: Why isn't the immune system responding appropriately? In most cancers the immune system is responding improperly or flat-out ignoring the problem. The studies of immunologists on the pathways of intercell signaling is very important research but sorely underfunded because research and study rarely leads to quick quarterly profit. There are easily hundreds of different intercell signaling molecules all tailored for their own specific message. The field is so complex that it's very difficult to quantify progress in the eyes of the business managers who have no conceptual understanding of the task or the technology.
the first person you need to talk to is your boss and you really need to talk.
What advice would you give when your boss is an intimidating and confrontational person who looks forward to verbal confrontations and argument?
I don't know about you but I have absolutely no desire to argue uselessly with my manager for 60 minutes. Nothing is going to change and I don't see why I should be subjected to the stress test.
it is much easier to get hired if you already have a job
In many highly technical industries, unless you have a social connection at a prospective employer or are a highly influential member of your industry, companies won't talk to you while you're still employed. They're well aware that bargaining for salary is much easier with the unemployed.
There is no good way to approach this situation. The employer, obviously, holds all the cards. The best thing you can do is be as polite and professional as possible and pray that the company gives you a fair severance package. Unless you can show discrimination based upon a federally protected definition (race, religion, minority, age, disability, etc.) with reams and reams of legally documented material then the employer is well within their legal rights to leave you out in the breeze. While I don't believe it's right you are lucky to have been paid for those two weeks.
For all the talk of rights there's only one thing true at the end of the day: If you're an at-will employee then you are completely at the mercy of the employer.
I heard a live version of that tune where they actually changed the lyrics (can't remember to what) just so that it wouldn't be so easy to misinterpret.:)
If you have the time and expertise you can install it within a virtual machine or WINE and monitor network traffic from the host environment. I wouldn't write that $400 off so quickly.
You're probably right. It's the parent poster's point that any programmer should know to not do that and, if they did, it was probably done on purpose.
Tell me, honestly, how often does a Windows XP computer not running Roxio CD Creator crash?
After ten years of dicking around applying band-aids one would hope that they've finally made a stable OS. Now we're stuck with a bloated ball of band-aids.
And, should the court find in favor of the institution, then the government shall have been aiding an abridgement of free speech.
The court system is set up to resolve disputes of law. If the court finds in favor of the institution then it's just a matter of time until the court's decision is codified into law. The court should not make a decision which sets a precedent to write an unconstitutional law.
The first amendment only protects you from the government taking action against you.
If this case should ever be appealed to a federal court, then, then court must find in favor of the student as the government is required to protect the student's right to free speech.
Outside of the court system, though, yes, the school can do whatever it likes.
In a perfect Soviet Russia the patent system would work. The government would be able to remain fair, honest, unbiased, beholden to their charter documents, and unfluenced by the allure of corporate money.
I think everyone knows just how well that worked out.
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Absolutely. The most effective firewall that I have is a not wireless four port home router that sits between the cable modem and my NAT box.
Consuemrs have been socially engineered by their Windows firewalls to click "Yes" any time an application wants network access. Windows firewalls are no longer a good metric for evaluating security.
After witnessing how easily most consumer firewalls were abused by Sony's DRM I'd say that firewalls are no longer an indicator of computer security. At least on the Windows platform.
When two plausible explanations are provided choose the simpler. This can be viewed as a two-phase attack or it can be viewed as the natural progression. Abused children run away to find a more tolerable home. Criminals run away to find a new home to escape capture. The act of running away to find a new home, however, does not imply a criminal.
In the vast majority of cancers there is a problem not directly related to the cancerous tissue itself. The cancerous tissue is a symptom. Usually the problem is with a malfunctioning immune system.
There is biological premise for that. When a cancer forms to any significant extent it begins to recruit new vasculature. This process is known as angiogenesis and describes the legitimate formation of new vasculature as well as the formation initiated by a tumor.
Cancerous cells are cells which are malfunctioning. The lack of plentiful oxygen contributes to their state of distress and causes them to malfunction further. A tumor puts out a cocktail of cell signaling molecules which translates, in English, to "We need more air!" The bodies' natural response is to provide more vasculature. This is two fold: more vasculature allows the immune system greater access to the area to assess the problem and, if oxygen deprivation is truly the only problem, more vasculature solves it.
The prevailing question still is: why is the immune system not recognizing or not properly responding to the problem? I find it hard to believe that the systems of the body are into playing taunting games with each other.
I'm surprised that so many researchers still view cancer as a sentient malicious being living within a biological system.
Cells have a language that they use to communicate. They communicate with the cells in the other tissues around them. They communicate with the blood cells as they pass by. They communicate with the various cells of the immune system. This communication is constant. Every cell is constantly emitting and absorbing a matrix of cytokines, lymphokines, and other chemokines. It is from the interpretation of all of these different levels that a cell adapts and responds to its environment.
Cancerous cells are simply responding to their environment. In many ways a cancerous cell is malfunctioning. In many ways the set of chemokines which it emits acknowledges that it's malfunctioning. In a body with a healthy immune system the immune response is properly recruited and the cancerous cells are put out of their misery. This is why babies can grow so quickly with so little chance for deformity. The cells are communicating properly and the body ensures that any malfunctioning cells are removed.
In a cancer, when a cell begins malfunctioning, the immune system is not notified of the problem. The surrounding cells, when exposed to the proper levels of the signaling molecules, may be programmed to imitate the same behavior. I believe that this is part of a larger process that's supposed to work to increase the intensity of the signal and attract the immune system. If the immune system is not properly recruited, though, then the originating cells divide and become more and more degenerate and the increased level, intensity, and garbled nature of the signal aggravates even more cells in the area. When sufficiently aggravated without any response to attenuate the signals from the malfunctioning cells then more and more proper cells will begin to show signs of chemical stress and become cancerous, necrotic, or apoptotic.
In some cases the original cancerous cell may not be technically malfunctioning. That cell may be responding appropriately to surrounding tissue which has become numb and nonfunctional. This can be seen in bone cancers where the osteoblast count is at extreme low levels. The remaining osteoblasts are tired, overworked, stressed, and more than a little frightened by the absence of their comrades. Those cells begin exhibiting chemical signs of that stress meant to recruit the repropagation of other osteoblasts. If the situation isn't remedied, however, it's very easy to think that the osteoblast is evilly trying to metastasize. In tissues of high cell censity (kidney, pancreas, stomach, intestine, brain) it's most likely that the cancer is a result of a malfunctioning immune system. In a tissue of low cell density (bone) it's most likely that the cancer is a result of a deficiency in the tissue itself--maybe a logical sign of natural aging.
At any given point in time any one of us has a number of cancerous cells in our body. They're not sentiently floating around looking for tissue to victimize--they're doing what they've been programmed to do: survive.
The real question has always been: Why isn't the immune system responding appropriately? In most cancers the immune system is responding improperly or flat-out ignoring the problem. The studies of immunologists on the pathways of intercell signaling is very important research but sorely underfunded because research and study rarely leads to quick quarterly profit. There are easily hundreds of different intercell signaling molecules all tailored for their own specific message. The field is so complex that it's very difficult to quantify progress in the eyes of the business managers who have no conceptual understanding of the task or the technology.
I don't know about you but I have absolutely no desire to argue uselessly with my manager for 60 minutes. Nothing is going to change and I don't see why I should be subjected to the stress test.
There is no good way to approach this situation. The employer, obviously, holds all the cards. The best thing you can do is be as polite and professional as possible and pray that the company gives you a fair severance package. Unless you can show discrimination based upon a federally protected definition (race, religion, minority, age, disability, etc.) with reams and reams of legally documented material then the employer is well within their legal rights to leave you out in the breeze. While I don't believe it's right you are lucky to have been paid for those two weeks.
For all the talk of rights there's only one thing true at the end of the day: If you're an at-will employee then you are completely at the mercy of the employer.
HAHAHA!
:)
I heard a live version of that tune where they actually changed the lyrics (can't remember to what) just so that it wouldn't be so easy to misinterpret.
What's to say Nero and Roxio aren't doing it, too? :)
The world is ending. This is a sign of the apocolypse. Abandon all hope ye who enter here.
CDs have a boot sector.
If you have the time and expertise you can install it within a virtual machine or WINE and monitor network traffic from the host environment. I wouldn't write that $400 off so quickly.
You're probably right. It's the parent poster's point that any programmer should know to not do that and, if they did, it was probably done on purpose.
And, should the court find in favor of the institution, then the government shall have been aiding an abridgement of free speech.
The court system is set up to resolve disputes of law. If the court finds in favor of the institution then it's just a matter of time until the court's decision is codified into law. The court should not make a decision which sets a precedent to write an unconstitutional law.
Hehe. Actually, I was.
I'm already quite adept at achieving the downwards adjustment... way down... to zero.
Outside of the court system, though, yes, the school can do whatever it likes.
Agreed.
In a perfect Soviet Russia the patent system would work. The government would be able to remain fair, honest, unbiased, beholden to their charter documents, and unfluenced by the allure of corporate money.
I think everyone knows just how well that worked out.
And then hope that one year's wages turns into a lifetime because, after a lawsuit, very few employers will ever hire you again.