We got way too sensitive. If we don't nip this thing in the bud quickly, the next thing you know, people on the street will be smiling at you for no reason and asking "how are you", like they do in America. And the next thing you know, there will be large men wearing heels, carrying tampons in their purses, like they do in America...
Spamming is a technical problem with a technical solution. On a personal level, I feel deeply suspicious of people who take it upon themselves to act in what they assume might as well be my best interests. There are laws controlling spam and there are law enforcement agencies (God knows the US has no shortage of those). Silverstein should find a new hobby, like suing his neighbors for not trimming their lawns on time or failing to scoop dog shit.
These anti-spam crusaders are getting annoying. Seriously, people have nothing better to do with their time. They fancy themselves nothing short of Nazi hunters. Get a spam filter or open a gmail account.
Obviously, the "no reboot" dude operates in a generously staffed environment, allowing him plenty of time to dick around with stale NFS mountpoints and memory leaks. Most of us don't have the luxury of time.
Err...they didn't look the other way. They were willing to do whatever it takes to rescue Goldman Sachs too.
If they didn't rescue Goldman Sachs, who would have given Facebook the billion dollars? Thanks to the prompt response by the Federal government, I may finally get a working Facebook app for my iPhone. So think before you talk!
So, security-wise, how is this LED transceiver different from a regular WiFi access point? You know they both use EM waves. Just different frequencies. It should be more secure because it is more directional and short-range. And you can always close the curtains if you need privacy. And there is no interference from a hundred other WiFi systems in your office building.
Really, who cares how they spell things in Oregon? Personally, I find all this talk about improving our education system quite unpatriotic. How would the US survive if its population became well-educated? Who would fight wars? Who would overpay taxes? Who would bother to vote? Who would watch TV, do Christmas shopping, eat fast food, or shop at Walmart? Oregon can't sustain our entire economy, you know. We all need to pitch in. Good education is a privilege, not a right.
I happen to have something put up to block your view into my bedroom... are you familiar with the concept of curtains or blinds?
So you are advocating doing away with windows as a concept?
Would I be upset if you used some sort of technology (i.e. the night vision) to help you see more than a reasonable person would expect someone to see?
And what would a reasonable person expect to see in a photo of your bedroom or backyard online?
There's quite a difference between going out of your way to photograph something, or semi-randomly from the middle of a public road.
You mean it is OK to photograph everything, but not OK to photograph something? And what do you mean by "going out of my way"? I just happen to have a night vision camera, so it's no trouble at all.
with no attempt made to shield said location from the public view
Let's say your girlfriend's naked ass showering in your bathroom is visible to my naked eye from a public place (at the end of your driveway, where I parked my cherry picker). I just happen to have brought a pair of Celestron SkyMaster zoom binoculars for no particular reason. Perhaps I am an amateur asstronomer.
Common sense says taking a picture from a publically accessable location is fair game.
You'd be surprised how much of your private life can be glimpsed from a public place. Would you get upset if I used a telephoto lens with night vision to film you shagging in your bedroom and posted it online along with your address? Naturally, I would only be filming you from a publicly accessible location. Or will you now expand your "common sense" point of view to include a limitation on equipment and intent?
By "good" sysadmin I don't mean a doormat. Sysadmins are also people, but not all managers treat them as such. Sometimes they confuse "servers" with "servants". So, yes, it is entirely conceivable that even a mistreated good sysadmin, upon departure, may want to enhance his former employer's systems even more. This is why no employer should ever fire his last good sysadmin. Otherwise there will be nobody left to appreciate all this hard work.
Really, I think this just highlights something I've said for years: If you don't trust your IT people, they shouldn't be your IT people.
And if you decided to fire them, make sure you terminate their access to your network in a timely manner. Somehow I seriously doubt Ms. Fowler actually "hacked" their systems. It is far more likely that after four days she discovered her remote access account still works and she took full advantage of this.
As of 10am EST this morning I have completely secured the Internet. The NSA director and my immediate management have been notified. I closed the ticket.
This is hilarious. A company specializing in identity theft prevention could not safeguard personal data of its own employees. The problem, of course, is not that some bigwig mistakenly sent a spreadsheet with names and SSNs. The problem is that such a spreadsheet existed in the first place and how it was released is really a secondary issue. I assume the guy just downloaded this information from HR database and put it in a spreadsheet for his personal managerial convenience. Probably so he can make pretty pie charts of the upcoming layoffs. This medieval approach to storing and transmitting employee PII suggests a possibility that KCI treats personal information of its customers in a similar manner.
My whole point? We are so caught up in ascribing motives that we can't even argue about the real substance - the legislation itself.
I agree and I blame the comic book industry's irresponsible, apolitical position on the issue. I think more comics should be dedicated to in-depth discussion of new legislation. Who owns the copyright on the character of the Socialistman?
I understand that there are many jobs in IT that seem more attractive than teaching, but surely that goes for maths, or chemistry, or whatever, too.
It doesn't, actually. It is much easier for an "OK" programmer, sysadmin, network admin, etc. working as a teacher in school to find a better paying job in the industry than it is for an "OK" mathematician, chemist, or physicist. Unless you work at the Max Plank Institute for Physics or the Fermilab, chances are most commercial organizations have more IT staff than they do scientists.
You also need to consider what education your teachers received themselves. Physics, math, chemistry have well-established curricula at most colleges. Comp Sci, on the other hand, is still very much work in progress. As every other problem with our education system, low quality of IT education in schools is caused by a combination of factors. I attended school in USSR. I had programming classes and the teacher sucked. In every other respect the school was top-notch. Entry-level teaching positions back in those days paid much better than similar engineering positions.
I think the most important factor is lack of established college programs that teach IT education, as opposed to just IT. Being a brilliant mathematician, for example, doesn't necessarily qualify one as a good math teacher. I consider myself a proficient programmer and sysadmin, but when someone asks me to explain something to them, after a couple of minutes I just want to punch him in the face. So, probably, a teaching career would not be the optimal choice for me.
Internet breaks things sometimes, but in this case they weren't even 'conducting business in Il' any more than a mail order company would by mailing purchases there.
Incidentally, if you run a business that mails purchases to IL, that means you have customers there, ergo, you conduct business in the state. Not a complicated concept.
Lenovo is not breaking any new ground here. My 1.5-year-old Toshiba Qosmio can with face-recognition software. The software works equally well with my face or a 1:1 photo of my face - either color or b/w. I think I will stick with passwords for now.
Let me guess, you feel slighted because you're in an area slighted by the survey?
Let me also make a guess, you don't think you are a moron, do you? From my personal experience of living next to a well-respected university for the past fifteen years - after graduating from that same university - this is just a place were people who think they are smart naturally congregate. The people who are in fact smart prefer to congregate at the Cote d'Azure. Hopefully, one of these days I will finally do something smart that will allow me to sell my house in New Jersey to someone in need of proximity to the academia. And I will settle for groping silicone tits at some Mediterranean resort.
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We got way too sensitive. If we don't nip this thing in the bud quickly, the next thing you know, people on the street will be smiling at you for no reason and asking "how are you", like they do in America. And the next thing you know, there will be large men wearing heels, carrying tampons in their purses, like they do in America...
Spamming is a technical problem with a technical solution. On a personal level, I feel deeply suspicious of people who take it upon themselves to act in what they assume might as well be my best interests. There are laws controlling spam and there are law enforcement agencies (God knows the US has no shortage of those). Silverstein should find a new hobby, like suing his neighbors for not trimming their lawns on time or failing to scoop dog shit.
These anti-spam crusaders are getting annoying. Seriously, people have nothing better to do with their time. They fancy themselves nothing short of Nazi hunters. Get a spam filter or open a gmail account.
Obviously, the "no reboot" dude operates in a generously staffed environment, allowing him plenty of time to dick around with stale NFS mountpoints and memory leaks. Most of us don't have the luxury of time.
Err...they didn't look the other way. They were willing to do whatever it takes to rescue Goldman Sachs too.
If they didn't rescue Goldman Sachs, who would have given Facebook the billion dollars? Thanks to the prompt response by the Federal government, I may finally get a working Facebook app for my iPhone. So think before you talk!
So, security-wise, how is this LED transceiver different from a regular WiFi access point? You know they both use EM waves. Just different frequencies. It should be more secure because it is more directional and short-range. And you can always close the curtains if you need privacy. And there is no interference from a hundred other WiFi systems in your office building.
Really, who cares how they spell things in Oregon? Personally, I find all this talk about improving our education system quite unpatriotic. How would the US survive if its population became well-educated? Who would fight wars? Who would overpay taxes? Who would bother to vote? Who would watch TV, do Christmas shopping, eat fast food, or shop at Walmart? Oregon can't sustain our entire economy, you know. We all need to pitch in. Good education is a privilege, not a right.
I happen to have something put up to block your view into my bedroom... are you familiar with the concept of curtains or blinds?
So you are advocating doing away with windows as a concept?
Would I be upset if you used some sort of technology (i.e. the night vision) to help you see more than a reasonable person would expect someone to see?
And what would a reasonable person expect to see in a photo of your bedroom or backyard online?
There's quite a difference between going out of your way to photograph something, or semi-randomly from the middle of a public road.
You mean it is OK to photograph everything, but not OK to photograph something? And what do you mean by "going out of my way"? I just happen to have a night vision camera, so it's no trouble at all.
with no attempt made to shield said location from the public view
Let's say your girlfriend's naked ass showering in your bathroom is visible to my naked eye from a public place (at the end of your driveway, where I parked my cherry picker). I just happen to have brought a pair of Celestron SkyMaster zoom binoculars for no particular reason. Perhaps I am an amateur asstronomer.
Common sense says taking a picture from a publically accessable location is fair game.
You'd be surprised how much of your private life can be glimpsed from a public place. Would you get upset if I used a telephoto lens with night vision to film you shagging in your bedroom and posted it online along with your address? Naturally, I would only be filming you from a publicly accessible location. Or will you now expand your "common sense" point of view to include a limitation on equipment and intent?
Who at the bank inspects the underwear ?
It's Switzerland. They do have gnomes, you know.
My bud Joe Lieberman will jump right on it. I think we will also bring the Swedes into this. I am sure that sheriff's been sleeping around...
By "good" sysadmin I don't mean a doormat. Sysadmins are also people, but not all managers treat them as such. Sometimes they confuse "servers" with "servants". So, yes, it is entirely conceivable that even a mistreated good sysadmin, upon departure, may want to enhance his former employer's systems even more. This is why no employer should ever fire his last good sysadmin. Otherwise there will be nobody left to appreciate all this hard work.
Imagine this: an operating environment where neither the users nor user applications can modify the system. What a novel idea.
Really, I think this just highlights something I've said for years: If you don't trust your IT people, they shouldn't be your IT people.
And if you decided to fire them, make sure you terminate their access to your network in a timely manner. Somehow I seriously doubt Ms. Fowler actually "hacked" their systems. It is far more likely that after four days she discovered her remote access account still works and she took full advantage of this.
Every time I see news like this, it certainly makes me suffer: a good sysadmin would not get caught. For a sysadmin, incompetence is the worst crime.
NSA Director Says the US Must Secure the Internet
As of 10am EST this morning I have completely secured the Internet. The NSA director and my immediate management have been notified. I closed the ticket.
This is hilarious. A company specializing in identity theft prevention could not safeguard personal data of its own employees. The problem, of course, is not that some bigwig mistakenly sent a spreadsheet with names and SSNs. The problem is that such a spreadsheet existed in the first place and how it was released is really a secondary issue. I assume the guy just downloaded this information from HR database and put it in a spreadsheet for his personal managerial convenience. Probably so he can make pretty pie charts of the upcoming layoffs. This medieval approach to storing and transmitting employee PII suggests a possibility that KCI treats personal information of its customers in a similar manner.
My whole point? We are so caught up in ascribing motives that we can't even argue about the real substance - the legislation itself.
I agree and I blame the comic book industry's irresponsible, apolitical position on the issue. I think more comics should be dedicated to in-depth discussion of new legislation. Who owns the copyright on the character of the Socialistman?
I understand that there are many jobs in IT that seem more attractive than teaching, but surely that goes for maths, or chemistry, or whatever, too.
It doesn't, actually. It is much easier for an "OK" programmer, sysadmin, network admin, etc. working as a teacher in school to find a better paying job in the industry than it is for an "OK" mathematician, chemist, or physicist. Unless you work at the Max Plank Institute for Physics or the Fermilab, chances are most commercial organizations have more IT staff than they do scientists.
You also need to consider what education your teachers received themselves. Physics, math, chemistry have well-established curricula at most colleges. Comp Sci, on the other hand, is still very much work in progress. As every other problem with our education system, low quality of IT education in schools is caused by a combination of factors. I attended school in USSR. I had programming classes and the teacher sucked. In every other respect the school was top-notch. Entry-level teaching positions back in those days paid much better than similar engineering positions.
I think the most important factor is lack of established college programs that teach IT education, as opposed to just IT. Being a brilliant mathematician, for example, doesn't necessarily qualify one as a good math teacher. I consider myself a proficient programmer and sysadmin, but when someone asks me to explain something to them, after a couple of minutes I just want to punch him in the face. So, probably, a teaching career would not be the optimal choice for me.
Your point is...?
Internet breaks things sometimes, but in this case they weren't even 'conducting business in Il' any more than a mail order company would by mailing purchases there.
Incidentally, if you run a business that mails purchases to IL, that means you have customers there, ergo, you conduct business in the state. Not a complicated concept.
Lenovo is not breaking any new ground here. My 1.5-year-old Toshiba Qosmio can with face-recognition software. The software works equally well with my face or a 1:1 photo of my face - either color or b/w. I think I will stick with passwords for now.
Let me guess, you feel slighted because you're in an area slighted by the survey?
Let me also make a guess, you don't think you are a moron, do you? From my personal experience of living next to a well-respected university for the past fifteen years - after graduating from that same university - this is just a place were people who think they are smart naturally congregate. The people who are in fact smart prefer to congregate at the Cote d'Azure. Hopefully, one of these days I will finally do something smart that will allow me to sell my house in New Jersey to someone in need of proximity to the academia. And I will settle for groping silicone tits at some Mediterranean resort.