A black hole is an object so dense and with a gravitational force so intense that nothing, not even light, can escape its pull once within its boundary.
Actually, I believe Hawking determined that information could escape from a black hole. So that means that something can escape, as opposed to nothing.
HD-DVD fits three times more information on a disc than DVD techniques - but because the manufacturing process is similar to existing ones, the new discs will be inexpensive and quick to produce.
So what the studios will do is put a movie on, fill up the rest of the data space with low-budget crap and advertising, then charge $40 for an HD-DVD.
"But --" [rubbing hands evilly] "look at all the additional content you're getting!"
When I was a kid, I found a box of about 50 78rpms in the basement. At the time, me and my friends were fooling around with tape recording a lot. Those 78s sound just like breaking glass when you shatter them.
Ohhh, it's just a book review. Because from reading the article title on the RSS feed, I thought there was a specific "insider threat" being reported on.
That would be great for the regional ISP, yes, but the payment would be from the collection agency to the ISP. Then the collection agency would have to go after the spammer for the money, which would still never get paid.
The IRS, on the other hand, would be going after the spammer for a much greater sum of money, and if the spammer refuses to pay, someone can go to jail for tax evasion.
I know, I know, most tax payment cases are usually settled by the tax ower paying a tiny tiny sum to the IRS. But still, I'd rather see the threat of jailtime hanging over a spammers head than just some schmuck at a collection agent sending mean letters with big red type on them.
You/.'ers from the IRS, please take note of the above!
I think forgiving the gigantic debt and generating a humongous tax burden instead is the best thing to do. There's no way that Dinky ISP in Iowa is going to be able to put enough pressure on that guy to collect. But I bet the IRS could.
Flashy because of its insanely combustible hydrogen filling. I'm pretty sure no one uses hydrogen to inflate dirigibles anymore. They use helium, which is insanely inert.
1-Midday to midday = a 24 hour day rotation. 2-Sundown to sundown = a 24 hour day rotation. 3-Midnight to midnight = a 24 hour day rotation. 4-Sunup to sunup = a 24 hour day rotation. ... All 4/24 hour days occur within 1 Earth rotation.
Actually, they would occur within two Earth rotations.
I switched to using gmail as my primary email account because of its usefulness, and spartan layout. I'm very happy, and never looked back. So far as I know, no other email client/web service allows you to put a single email in more than one folder. Gmail does, with "labels." Thank you, Google, for allowing me to file things in a non-linear fashion.
Oh and, if you still desire to use a POP client, your inbound *and outbound* email stays on the gmail server for you to access anywhere.
Now I'm also using it for work, since my job's mail host only allows 20mb and the web interface is virtually useless. I forward everything from my work POP to my gmail address, apply a filter to file it, and set up an alternate from address to send from.
No one will ever ask for personal information via email unless you have solicited the request yourself. If anyone asks unsolicited, do not give it.
I know, I know. This means we're going to have to make another sticker with the definitions of "solicited" and "unsolicited" on it. And with LCD monitors all the rage, there's hardly room around the edge of the screen for two stickers and a Post-It with your username and password.
I agree that email is a great form of communication, and that it is often used to transmit personal information from one place to another. The only time that's valid is when I (the end user) initiate the exchange.
Back to technology, I think the limitations of SMTP make it easier for phishing, etc., to work. There's currently no way to easily verify the identity of the sender. Easily, I say, because I know there are S/MIME certs, but how many end users even understand those? Either some new email protocol needs to be developed which demands that the sender is verified, or something like SenderID needs to be glommed onto SMTP. That would stem the tide of all sorts of ill-begotten emails, not just phishing.
Or, if you cannot acquire a life through normal channels, even if you are young, unmarried and childless.
If only the internet had been around when I was young, unmarried and childless, I may have enjoyed its life-substitute qualities. And not now be an old, married parent.
I've worked for a company with 1000 employees in 72 locations in the US. Financial services company. If that's not bureaucratic, I don't know what is.
I think, generally speaking, much time is spent trying to prevent social engineering attacks with technological methods. Phishing is not an attack against a technological resource; it's an attack against a person using technology. The weakness being exploited is in the person, not in the computer system. Trying to protect a computer system from phishing is like trying to protect a bank teller from being robbed. It's not the bank teller being robbed, it's the money in the bank. Sure, the bank teller is a conduit through which robbery can occur, and by that logic, protecting the bank teller will reduce the risk of robbery. But a better way is to protect the money by putting it in a vault. I don't know of any banks that don't have vaults.
Reducing people's weakness to phishing by telling them - over and over, or with a sticker - that no legitimate company will request personal information via email is like putting the bank's money in a vault.
Personally, I find the work fun. Remove all of the obstacles from my accomplishing what needs to be accomplished, and I am thrilled:
1. Less meetings 2. No covering for other people's screwups 3. No giving me tasks that aren't in my job description (especially if they're in someone else's) 4. Tell me what you want the end result environment to behave like, and let me figure out the best way to get from here to there (don't micromanage)
Basically, let your employees do the jobs they've been tasked with, and get the hell out of the way. No "office olympics" or other diversions required.
I know I'm wrong, and it's just an evil trick of English punctuation - but:
"... run for its money..."
Doesn't the "money" in this sentence belong to "it?" Being that "it" possesses the "money," shouldn't the apostrophe be used to indicate the possessive?
Not having to build things from source code definitely helps.
There are a few different levels of expertise with computing (in the context of this article):
1. End user. Knows how to use already installed applications on an already configured system (usually!) 2. Desktop engineer. Knows how to configure and use already installed applications, can do some app installation, and some system configuration. 3. Mid-level engineer. Knows how to install, configure and use operating systems and applications. 4. Server engineer. Knows how to install, configure and use server and domain operating systems. 5. Operating system developer. Knows how to write operating systems.
For a long time, Linux has been very useful for people at level 4.5 or higher, and painfully difficult for those under 4.5.
I know how to build a car from parts, at least in theory, enough that if I was given all the parts and some instructions and tools, I could manage it. I do not know how to machine the parts of the car from raw metal, and I doubt that I would be able to even if given tools and instructions.
Before the Linux users smack me down, yes I have heard of KPackage (though, not having a Linux machine at home, I have never seen it). I know that installing apps on Linux today is much easier than it was two years ago. Without that knowledge, I would not at all consider Linux again.
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It's only illegal if they do it anonymously. Since they've used their real names, they may annoy you with impunity.
A black hole is an object so dense and with a gravitational force so intense that nothing, not even light, can escape its pull once within its boundary.
Actually, I believe Hawking determined that information could escape from a black hole. So that means that something can escape, as opposed to nothing.
HD-DVD fits three times more information on a disc than DVD techniques - but because the manufacturing process is similar to existing ones, the new discs will be inexpensive and quick to produce.
So what the studios will do is put a movie on, fill up the rest of the data space with low-budget crap and advertising, then charge $40 for an HD-DVD.
"But --" [rubbing hands evilly] "look at all the additional content you're getting!"
When I was a kid, I found a box of about 50 78rpms in the basement. At the time, me and my friends were fooling around with tape recording a lot. Those 78s sound just like breaking glass when you shatter them.
Ohhh, it's just a book review. Because from reading the article title on the RSS feed, I thought there was a specific "insider threat" being reported on.
That would be great for the regional ISP, yes, but the payment would be from the collection agency to the ISP. Then the collection agency would have to go after the spammer for the money, which would still never get paid.
The IRS, on the other hand, would be going after the spammer for a much greater sum of money, and if the spammer refuses to pay, someone can go to jail for tax evasion.
I know, I know, most tax payment cases are usually settled by the tax ower paying a tiny tiny sum to the IRS. But still, I'd rather see the threat of jailtime hanging over a spammers head than just some schmuck at a collection agent sending mean letters with big red type on them.
You /.'ers from the IRS, please take note of the above!
I think forgiving the gigantic debt and generating a humongous tax burden instead is the best thing to do. There's no way that Dinky ISP in Iowa is going to be able to put enough pressure on that guy to collect. But I bet the IRS could.
Flashy because of its insanely combustible hydrogen filling. I'm pretty sure no one uses hydrogen to inflate dirigibles anymore. They use helium, which is insanely inert.
No offense, but --
Hey Mods! "Insightful?" Come on, that's "Troll" if I ever saw it.
Perhaps this is a byproduct of his putting his bum on them.
1-Midday to midday = a 24 hour day rotation.
...
... never mind.
2-Sundown to sundown = a 24 hour day rotation.
3-Midnight to midnight = a 24 hour day rotation.
4-Sunup to sunup = a 24 hour day rotation.
All 4/24 hour days occur within 1 Earth rotation.
Actually, they would occur within two Earth rotations.
Oooops
I switched to using gmail as my primary email account because of its usefulness, and spartan layout. I'm very happy, and never looked back. So far as I know, no other email client/web service allows you to put a single email in more than one folder. Gmail does, with "labels." Thank you, Google, for allowing me to file things in a non-linear fashion.
Oh and, if you still desire to use a POP client, your inbound *and outbound* email stays on the gmail server for you to access anywhere.
Now I'm also using it for work, since my job's mail host only allows 20mb and the web interface is virtually useless. I forward everything from my work POP to my gmail address, apply a filter to file it, and set up an alternate from address to send from.
What's not to like?
Okay so how about modifying my sticker to read:
No one will ever ask for personal information via email unless you have solicited the request yourself. If anyone asks unsolicited, do not give it.
I know, I know. This means we're going to have to make another sticker with the definitions of "solicited" and "unsolicited" on it. And with LCD monitors all the rage, there's hardly room around the edge of the screen for two stickers and a Post-It with your username and password.
I agree that email is a great form of communication, and that it is often used to transmit personal information from one place to another. The only time that's valid is when I (the end user) initiate the exchange.
Back to technology, I think the limitations of SMTP make it easier for phishing, etc., to work. There's currently no way to easily verify the identity of the sender. Easily, I say, because I know there are S/MIME certs, but how many end users even understand those? Either some new email protocol needs to be developed which demands that the sender is verified, or something like SenderID needs to be glommed onto SMTP. That would stem the tide of all sorts of ill-begotten emails, not just phishing.
Or, if you cannot acquire a life through normal channels, even if you are young, unmarried and childless.
If only the internet had been around when I was young, unmarried and childless, I may have enjoyed its life-substitute qualities. And not now be an old, married parent.
You are right on. I would also point out that the skills you list apply to any job in any industry, not just IT.
I've worked for a company with 1000 employees in 72 locations in the US. Financial services company. If that's not bureaucratic, I don't know what is.
I think, generally speaking, much time is spent trying to prevent social engineering attacks with technological methods. Phishing is not an attack against a technological resource; it's an attack against a person using technology. The weakness being exploited is in the person, not in the computer system. Trying to protect a computer system from phishing is like trying to protect a bank teller from being robbed. It's not the bank teller being robbed, it's the money in the bank. Sure, the bank teller is a conduit through which robbery can occur, and by that logic, protecting the bank teller will reduce the risk of robbery. But a better way is to protect the money by putting it in a vault. I don't know of any banks that don't have vaults.
Reducing people's weakness to phishing by telling them - over and over, or with a sticker - that no legitimate company will request personal information via email is like putting the bank's money in a vault.
Remote to a machine at home, do everything I want from there.
Put a sticker above the screen on every monitor that reads:
"No one will ever ask for personal information via email. If anyone does, do not give it."
Personally, I find the work fun. Remove all of the obstacles from my accomplishing what needs to be accomplished, and I am thrilled:
1. Less meetings
2. No covering for other people's screwups
3. No giving me tasks that aren't in my job description (especially if they're in someone else's)
4. Tell me what you want the end result environment to behave like, and let me figure out the best way to get from here to there (don't micromanage)
Basically, let your employees do the jobs they've been tasked with, and get the hell out of the way. No "office olympics" or other diversions required.
... that non-video blogs suck.
Note to self: Read the article before posting.
... the strangest theory was spooky action at a distance.
Ah wait, I just figured it out.
Adding " 's " to the end of a noun makes it possessive. Adding " 's " to the end of a pronoun makes it a contraction.
I'dn't've been able to guess that if English was not my first language.
I know I'm wrong, and it's just an evil trick of English punctuation - but:
..."
"... run for its money
Doesn't the "money" in this sentence belong to "it?" Being that "it" possesses the "money," shouldn't the apostrophe be used to indicate the possessive?
Not having to build things from source code definitely helps.
There are a few different levels of expertise with computing (in the context of this article):
1. End user. Knows how to use already installed applications on an already configured system (usually!)
2. Desktop engineer. Knows how to configure and use already installed applications, can do some app installation, and some system configuration.
3. Mid-level engineer. Knows how to install, configure and use operating systems and applications.
4. Server engineer. Knows how to install, configure and use server and domain operating systems.
5. Operating system developer. Knows how to write operating systems.
For a long time, Linux has been very useful for people at level 4.5 or higher, and painfully difficult for those under 4.5.
I know how to build a car from parts, at least in theory, enough that if I was given all the parts and some instructions and tools, I could manage it. I do not know how to machine the parts of the car from raw metal, and I doubt that I would be able to even if given tools and instructions.
Before the Linux users smack me down, yes I have heard of KPackage (though, not having a Linux machine at home, I have never seen it). I know that installing apps on Linux today is much easier than it was two years ago. Without that knowledge, I would not at all consider Linux again.