Anything with a sufficiently low signal to noise ratio could be considered steganography. For example, slashdot is a huge steganographic source. I hear that some people hide news for nerds among all the links to goat se* and first posts.
I've been putting my secret communiques on slashdot for years. They get modded down as offtopic and are quickly hidden from the every prying eyes of my enemies. I just email my cohorts the message ID's and they go look them up.
Since I starting web development 5 years ago, I have been on the receiving end of the layoffs that happen when a company hits hard times.
Its my experience that upper management doesn't really understand what you do so when they need to pinch a penny, you are the first to go. I'm at my 5 company in as many years, and they have just announced a 5% pay cut for all full-time employees. I'm sure that it won't be long before I'll be on Monster again.
I think that the problem is worsened by middle managers who put IT resources into "cool" pet projects instead of delivering money-making or money-saving solutions.
It is hard to find a job that is technically challenging. You will spend a lot of time realigning things on websites, or making the same data look different. You will occasionally get to start a new project that lets you do some architecture and solve some medium-hard problems, but it will be rare. Anything challenging seems to be done by C/C++ programmers.
Your job is to make your boss/company/industry look good. This is way more important than doing things right.
Right now, 50% of jobs are for Java and its variants, 40% Microsoft, and 10% Perl/PHP.
It is much harder to find a job today than it has been for the past 5 years.
The hardest part of the job is managing time-frames, not technology. You will often be asked for something nebulous like "an order management system" which will be followed by "how long would that take?"
All and all, I find myself disallusioned by the overall medicrity that is accepted in web programming.
I would have to disagree with you there. I've called them on several occasions and they are quick to think you have done something wrong (or not done something right) rather than think it is a bug in their software.
To track down a bug costs them money, to help you with your 'issue' makes them money.
What is that email address for security warnings? I've never seen it.
The letter is very well written and I agree with the author. My only critiscsm is that Microsoft does not have a good system for accepting such advisories. Its always been my experience that you have to pay Microsoft to listen to your complaints/concerns about their software.
Maybe eEye tried to tell them but they didn't listen?
If you are running a node, it is quite possible that you have illegal material encrypted on your hard drive. Not only that, but you also have keys and software necessary to decrypt it. So if law enforcement gets a hold of your computer, they can find the illegal material. It was on your computer, running as part of a P2P network, so technically you were distributing it.
Until there is a way around that, you won't catch me running a node!
I would disagree. Its like saying that for the government to implement left-turn arrows on traffic lights would take as long as adopting traffic lights in the first place.
The manufacturers are already making devices capable of decompressing and playing digital music, for them to incorporate a new file format is much simpler than to have created the device in the first place.
The main problem with Ogg-Vorbis as I see it is that MP3's are just too easy. You can get a decent encoder bundled with most CDRW drives, so why go through the hassle of switching? (Ok, I know its the 'right' thing to do, but people are lazy, well I am anyways).
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Since the current (or previous) version was GPL'd aren't we licensed to take it and continue modifying it even though there is now a version that doesn't allow that?
I went and paid an Accountant/Business Advisor to help me out with this. I paid her $150 for a one hour conversation where she basically pitched her $500 incorporation package.
I decided to go it alone, and I'm pretty much happy with it. There can be _alot_ of paperwork though. I'll share with you my biggest (only?) pitfall.
Getting a bank account. If you live in a city/county that requires occupational licensing, START NOW. I have like $4000 in checks made out to my business that I can't cash. To get the bank account, I need a County License, to get a County License, I need a City License, to get a city License I need (1) A floorplan of my aparment showing where I plan to work. (2) A notorized letter from my landlord saying its ok for me to operate a business there.
So its doable, this paperwork is just hard to keep track of if you are already working like 40-50 hours a week.
Actually he'll be going way slower than spacecraft which are in orbit. See they are not only falling, but mostly going really fast AROUND the earth as well. This from the nasa.gov FAQ:
How fast does a Space Shuttle travel? What is its altitude? How much fuel does it use?
Like any other object in low Earth orbit, a Shuttle must reach speeds of about 17,500 mph (28,000 kilometers per hour) to remain in orbit.
Reading the arbitration, it appears that ereferee did win! It says that the complaintant must prove these conditions:
1. The domain names registered by the Respondent are identical or confusingly
similar to a trademark or service mark or service mark in which the
Complainant has rights;
2. The Respondent has no legitimate interest in respect of the domain name; and
3. The domain names have been registered and used in bad faith.
And then in the end it says:
15) Under the circumstances, and on balance, I find for the Respondent as to the three Domain names and deny the Petition.
This means that they AREN'T going to change the domain ownership just because this guy has trademarked "Referee".
I think M$ will do everything in its power to reduce the market share of its competitors. If they can create and cause the creation of pages which show the limits of Netscape, then they would do it.
My point is that a majority of NN failures come from one of the following:
Bad HTML
Lack of support of a M$only _expansion_ of the standard
I'm surprised that they didn't say anything about Microsoft's Embrace and Extend program. I've seen Netscape get a bad rap ALOT because it poorly renders poorly written code.
I'd say it does the right thing alot and guesses a lot less at what the developer was trying to do. But the way it looks to the average user is "This site works in IE, but not in Netscape, Netscape must suck." Usually its the page that sucks in my experience.
Now I think that somethings could be done better, but we get these developers who write everything only looking at IE and then when their code doesn't work in Netscape, again Netscape gets a bad rap. But doesn't Netscape hold developers to a higher standard than IE?
Couldn't the whole thing be solved a lot more simply?
All we have to do is dig on the sun-side of the earth and put it on the far side. The chinese have been getting ready for this for a long time. You see they have been building a huge population and a huge sidewalk (actually meant to span half the earth). Then they are planning on setting up a gigantic chinese fireline to pass buckets of earth from China to the western tip of Africa.
Actually, JavaScript was originally called "LiveScript" until someone at Netscape decided it would be beneficial to capitalize on the current Java wave, so the name was changed. At the time, Java and JavaScript were completely unrelated [footnote]. Now, however, well defined interfaces exist between the two separate languages.
I just got done transferring a domain from an ISP who was trying to hold the domain hostage. If you are the registrant, you can change anything you want by fax (with Network Solutions, at least). It is a pain in the ass, but it works. Look at Network Solutions Forms for more info.
Another thing to consider is that Poe had to write all of the right-side-up letters first, leaving blanks for the upside-down letters. Then he had to take the paper out of the typewriter and write the upside-down letters. You can notice how he didn't quite align everything properly between the 3rd and 2nd to last letters on the second line (a small-caps u and a upside-down/backwards lower-case c). I would vote against the guy who said to separate the letters by their type (like a 3d puzzle) because Poe wouldn't have gone to all that trouble just to have the letters be easily separated. Wouldn't it be naughty if the orientation/case was meant to mean something like the following:
LC: leave in current position UC: Move one space away. SmallCap: Move two spaces away. Orientation Normal: Move to the right. Orientation Reversed: Move to the left.
After you do all that, then you are left with a regular cipher.
Slashdot Mirror
Anything with a sufficiently low signal to noise ratio could be considered steganography. For example, slashdot is a huge steganographic source. I hear that some people hide news for nerds among all the links to goat se* and first posts.
I've been putting my secret communiques on slashdot for years. They get modded down as offtopic and are quickly hidden from the every prying eyes of my enemies. I just email my cohorts the message ID's and they go look them up.
MUHAHAHAA!
Since I starting web development 5 years ago, I have been on the receiving end of the layoffs that happen when a company hits hard times.
Its my experience that upper management doesn't really understand what you do so when they need to pinch a penny, you are the first to go. I'm at my 5 company in as many years, and they have just announced a 5% pay cut for all full-time employees. I'm sure that it won't be long before I'll be on Monster again.
I think that the problem is worsened by middle managers who put IT resources into "cool" pet projects instead of delivering money-making or money-saving solutions.
Orlando, FL
All and all, I find myself disallusioned by the overall medicrity that is accepted in web programming.
The parent of this reply should get modded up....its important to all the slashdotters who just read comments and not the sources of stories.
rofl :)
Does everyone realize that my email is not valuable to anybody but me? I don't email people my credit card numbers!
Plus, any lowlife can get a job washing dishes where he has access to a trashcan full of old receipts with my number on it anyways.
I would have to disagree with you there. I've called them on several occasions and they are quick to think you have done something wrong (or not done something right) rather than think it is a bug in their software.
To track down a bug costs them money, to help you with your 'issue' makes them money.
What is that email address for security warnings? I've never seen it.
The letter is very well written and I agree with the author. My only critiscsm is that Microsoft does not have a good system for accepting such advisories. Its always been my experience that you have to pay Microsoft to listen to your complaints/concerns about their software.
Maybe eEye tried to tell them but they didn't listen?
If you are running a node, it is quite possible that you have illegal material encrypted on your hard drive. Not only that, but you also have keys and software necessary to decrypt it. So if law enforcement gets a hold of your computer, they can find the illegal material. It was on your computer, running as part of a P2P network, so technically you were distributing it.
Until there is a way around that, you won't catch me running a node!
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I would disagree. Its like saying that for the government to implement left-turn arrows on traffic lights would take as long as adopting traffic lights in the first place.
The manufacturers are already making devices capable of decompressing and playing digital music, for them to incorporate a new file format is much simpler than to have created the device in the first place.
The main problem with Ogg-Vorbis as I see it is that MP3's are just too easy. You can get a decent encoder bundled with most CDRW drives, so why go through the hassle of switching? (Ok, I know its the 'right' thing to do, but people are lazy, well I am anyways).
If found, please return this sig to lostsig@stardotstar.org
Since the current (or previous) version was GPL'd aren't we licensed to take it and continue modifying it even though there is now a version that doesn't allow that?
Read page 23 of http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/guides/ 24920301.pdf
I went and paid an Accountant/Business Advisor to help me out with this. I paid her $150 for a one hour conversation where she basically pitched her $500 incorporation package.
I decided to go it alone, and I'm pretty much happy with it. There can be _alot_ of paperwork though. I'll share with you my biggest (only?) pitfall.
Getting a bank account. If you live in a city/county that requires occupational licensing, START NOW. I have like $4000 in checks made out to my business that I can't cash. To get the bank account, I need a County License, to get a County License, I need a City License, to get a city License I need (1) A floorplan of my aparment showing where I plan to work. (2) A notorized letter from my landlord saying its ok for me to operate a business there.
So its doable, this paperwork is just hard to keep track of if you are already working like 40-50 hours a week.
And then in the end it says:
This means that they AREN'T going to change the domain ownership just because this guy has trademarked "Referee".
Check out FutureQuest.
My point is that a majority of NN failures come from one of the following:
I'm surprised that they didn't say anything about Microsoft's Embrace and Extend program. I've seen Netscape get a bad rap ALOT because it poorly renders poorly written code.
I'd say it does the right thing alot and guesses a lot less at what the developer was trying to do. But the way it looks to the average user is "This site works in IE, but not in Netscape, Netscape must suck." Usually its the page that sucks in my experience.
Now I think that somethings could be done better, but we get these developers who write everything only looking at IE and then when their code doesn't work in Netscape, again Netscape gets a bad rap. But doesn't Netscape hold developers to a higher standard than IE?
Couldn't the whole thing be solved a lot more simply? All we have to do is dig on the sun-side of the earth and put it on the far side. The chinese have been getting ready for this for a long time. You see they have been building a huge population and a huge sidewalk (actually meant to span half the earth). Then they are planning on setting up a gigantic chinese fireline to pass buckets of earth from China to the western tip of Africa.
I just got done transferring a domain from an ISP who was trying to hold the domain hostage. If you are the registrant, you can change anything you want by fax (with Network Solutions, at least). It is a pain in the ass, but it works. Look at Network Solutions Forms for more info.
Isn't it odd that the acronym for the encode scheme of asian domains is called RACE? Who's in charge over there at Verisign, the Klu Klux Klan?
The words are written backwards, but you still start the message in the upper-left hand corner. There is no word-delimiting symbol.
Another thing to consider is that Poe had to write all of the right-side-up letters first, leaving blanks for the upside-down letters. Then he had to take the paper out of the typewriter and write the upside-down letters. You can notice how he didn't quite align everything properly between the 3rd and 2nd to last letters on the second line (a small-caps u and a upside-down/backwards lower-case c).
I would vote against the guy who said to separate the letters by their type (like a 3d puzzle) because Poe wouldn't have gone to all that trouble just to have the letters be easily separated.
Wouldn't it be naughty if the orientation/case was meant to mean something like the following:
LC: leave in current position
UC: Move one space away.
SmallCap: Move two spaces away.
Orientation Normal: Move to the right.
Orientation Reversed: Move to the left.
After you do all that, then you are left with a regular cipher.