...started with a phone interview a couple of years back (2006 maybe?). I was asked some run-of-the-mill questions, then the bombshell: An obscure question about an obscure RFC that had to do with big integer number representations. I told the interviewer that I really didn't know, and would she like me to wing an answer or get back to her on it? She told me to wing an answer. So I did. Later, I looked up the RFC and saw that I was more wrong than right.
Strangely, they offered to fly me to Mountain View for a second interview. Not so strangely, I declined. And I've never regretted the decision.
The code you developed for your client was most likely never yours to begin with. Despite well-meaning suggestions made here, you really have no right to go back to the client and demand anything. Present the code as your own to prospective clients, explain the situation, and leave it at that.
We all have fantasies of getting back at assholes like the one you described, but in the real world, you just need to take the high road and let it go. From the description you gave, it sounds like you're new to the game. Focus your creative energies on your work, not on vengeance. Your integrity and professionalism will remain intact, which is much more important than striking back at some perceived slight.
Array and vector mathematics for graphics and 3D modelling.
Statistics for the financial industry, simulations, and supply chain programming.
Calculus for physics modelling, sound wave propagation calculations, and a host of other things.
Set theory for in-depth understanding and use of RDBMS servers.
Only problem is that these aren't exactly "advanced" areas of mathemical knowledge. Unless we are collectively dumbing down our domain of mathematics and now consider mastery of these subjects as "advanced."
As someone mentioned earlier, take a course in Galois theory. Then let's talk about "advanced" math topics.
Sometimes the order in which you execute the math operations from that equation the PhD gave you makes a difference.
I'm pretty sure the poster was talking about higher math...I don't consider order of operations "higher math." I don't consider statistics higher math either. PDEs? Someone has already derived the steps necessary to solve these. Linear algebra should be included in any decent CS degee program.
So I stand by my assertion that CS people don't need to know higher math. I never said they didn't need math. But is the ability to solve proofs in set theory or understand properties of f(S) necessary to most CS types? I doubt it.
CS is about algorithm development, not application of higher math concepts. I spent several years writing C++ for satellite image processing, and can tell you that I truthfully do not know all of the ins and outs of the mapping functions, projections, etc. That's why the company has a couple of PhD's working on this. They do the hard number crunching and then articulate what we need to do in terms that a non-math-major can understand.
I see no reason why you should spend money getting yet another credential. You should be learning for the sake of learning. If the advanced mmath doesn't interest you, don't sweat it. You'll do fine.
Combinations of words, such as the famous "horsebatterystaple" or the lesser known "walruspusflange", while suggested to extend the length of a password and reduce its susceptibility to brute forcing techniques, may nevertheless leave it vulnerable to directory combining attacks. Common passwords attached to each other sometimes reveal other passwords.
A silly and false assertion. Assume standard passwords in use. Your "dictionary" would consist of a list of characters ([A-Za-z]), digits ([0-9]), and punctuation. I don't know how many tokens that is, but let's say it's less than a 100. So you end up with a "dictionary" of 100 tokens.
The passphrase "dictionary" at Diceware consists of 7776 tokens. There is simply no way the argument can be made that a "dictionary" of 100 tokens is somehow more secure than a "dictionary" of 7776 tokens, provided that tokens are selected randomly from either dictionary. That's the key, randomness. Not what you use as your tokens.
That first sentence should have read "such an obscene amount of money." Just to be clear that I'm not ranting about people with money, or money in general, but those like Bloomberg with an obscene amounts of money who think because of it they are entitled to what they want when they want it.
Here's a man with so much obscene money than he has a right to, and thinks he can buy what he wants if he can't get it any other way. First it's gun control, then it's a police state, and now it's his own taxi monopoly (along with whatever kickback he and his cronies are getting from this backroom deal). Bloomberg is a plague on society, a grown man who is prone to throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way, and enough money in his pocket to crush anyone that stands in his way.
I can't wait until the feds get enough hair on their balls to take him down. Anyone with that much money is bound to have broken some law, somewhere, sometime.
We made nitrogen triiodide and copper acetylide...both very explosive, both very fun to play with. No one got hurt, no one got arrested either. Science now in schools is so watered down that they don't even have chemistry lab anymore in most public schools...instead, students watch the teacher do the lab and then write about it. Hardly a robust science education...and everyone wonders why we can't get more students involved in science?
...a Larry Page channel so I can filter this shit out? How many more articles about Larry Page will be shoved down our collective throats before the week (month? year?) is out?
...if I have voluntary given up my personal info to have a passport and driver's license, yet act incensed about all this?
In principle, the very act of collecting data on us goes against every moral fiber in my body. Yet if I think about it, I've already given in by securing a passport and DL. I am sure there are pockets of people in this country who want to remain "off the grid," and I respect that and even support their right to do so. But realistically, discounting this very small minority, is there really anything left to fight for given that most of us have voluntarily given up this information to the government in the first place?
...that AV apps not tested (such as avast!) are immune from this problem, and the authors only chose to report on those AV programs that failed their tests?
That's how you end up being PHP. Python 3 fixes core mistakes made in earlier versions of the language, and makes it harder to write bad code. That's a good thing, and the last thing you want is a language full of 20 ways to do something, 18 of which are deprecated. Removing backwards compatibility for the 3.x line was a good idea.
And this is the very reason why I abhor Python: Every update seems to break legacy code, to the point where it becomes rather painful to even bother upgrading.
...I flew to Australia recently. DFW TSA was not a hassle. I got chewed out by an Auzzie customs officer for filling out my declaration in purple ink. Then, another irate officer got pissed at us stupid Americans for following the signs to the line that was indicated...he waltzed over, picked up the sign and plopped it down in the ez-pass lanes and said "You guys need to go here." Looking over at all the Auzzies and Kiwis standing in line to get into their own country (well, not the Kiwis' country, obviously, but they had to stand in line too). Then got pulled out of line, made to stand on a red line for about 15 minutes while no more than 3 dogs sniffed at our luggage, multiple passes.
Flew into LAX on stopover, no problem with TSA there either. The mm wave scanner was broken, so they just told us to pass through the metal detector. I forgot about a bottle of water in my carry-on, no big deal.
All in all, I got more grief from the Auzzies than the Americans.
One thing I did notice: People are stupid. The TSA repeatedly told us to remove EVERYTHING from our pockets. I can't tell you how many people tried to pass through without doing that, then held the fucking line up while they were put through again. I posit that there are individuals who just make trouble for themselves by not following simple directions. Yeah, I know about rebellion. Standing in line at the airport isn't the place to be rebellious.
he claimed that students at Galileo Academy had difficulty with the HTML image tag
OK, repeat after me: Computer science is not about programming/scripting languages. It is about the methodology and theory of developing programs, applications, and computational systems. To tell you the truth, I don't cover HTML in my computer science curriculum (and yes, Texas has a full-blown CS curriculum), mainly because CS isn't web development.
If gambling is already illegal...why do they need another law? Perhaps they need to fix their gambling statute instead.
The same reason why gun laws prohibit felons from owning guns, etc...yet the need is seen to pass more laws. They don't need to fix the statute, they need to enforce the laws that are already on the books.
I use it for all my Windows encryption stuff. Not tied to hardware, can encrypt partitions as files or partitions in situ, you can even make hidden encrypted volumes for plausible deniability's sake. Oh, and it's open source. Enough said.
Really, does it take 4 (or is it 5 now!) years to train people to be file clerks?
That's not the point. High school diplomas have become so watered down now (IAAT) that they really serve no purpose: Teachers are coming under increased pressure to pass students, administrators side with parents of failing students, and even state legislators lower the bar of standardized testing to the point where the tests themselves are meaningless as a measuring stick of success.
Businesses are starting to recognize that a high school diploma is really a meaningless piece of paper, and that public schools are churning out young people without good work ethics, perseverence, sense of self-worth, or intrinsic motivation. Not only do I teach, but I'm a business owner as well, and see what the schools are producing on both sides.
I submit to you that despite the insinuation in TFA that recruiters and HR types are basically lazy, they have raised the bar on prospective employees by requiring a degree that shows at least some level of perseverence and the ability to focus on something for more than five minutes at a time without demanding or requiring instant gratification.
You want to fix this problem? Then fix the education system. I'm doing the best I can, but I need some help here, as I can only fix it 180 students at a time.
He believes the LAPD ruined his life, because he accused his trainer of beating up a civilian while he was doing his first week mentorship, and those charges were dropped after an investigation revealed that they were false. The "ruining his life" part comes because the LAPD then dismissed him for making a false charge: they felt he was a risk to have on the force.
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...started with a phone interview a couple of years back (2006 maybe?). I was asked some run-of-the-mill questions, then the bombshell: An obscure question about an obscure RFC that had to do with big integer number representations. I told the interviewer that I really didn't know, and would she like me to wing an answer or get back to her on it? She told me to wing an answer. So I did. Later, I looked up the RFC and saw that I was more wrong than right.
Strangely, they offered to fly me to Mountain View for a second interview. Not so strangely, I declined. And I've never regretted the decision.
Interestingly enough, a quick search of the Wayback Machine no longer returns copies of this site. Oh wait, let's look at who funds Internet Archive:
http://archive.org/about/credits.php
Enough said.
http://servv89pn0aj.sn.sourcedns.com/~gbpprorg/guerrilla.net/
Time to bring this back to life...
with a proper encrypted signal
If Volvo has their way they will be sole provider of said service. Enough said...
The code you developed for your client was most likely never yours to begin with. Despite well-meaning suggestions made here, you really have no right to go back to the client and demand anything. Present the code as your own to prospective clients, explain the situation, and leave it at that.
We all have fantasies of getting back at assholes like the one you described, but in the real world, you just need to take the high road and let it go. From the description you gave, it sounds like you're new to the game. Focus your creative energies on your work, not on vengeance. Your integrity and professionalism will remain intact, which is much more important than striking back at some perceived slight.
Array and vector mathematics for graphics and 3D modelling.
Statistics for the financial industry, simulations, and supply chain programming.
Calculus for physics modelling, sound wave propagation calculations, and a host of other things.
Set theory for in-depth understanding and use of RDBMS servers.
Only problem is that these aren't exactly "advanced" areas of mathemical knowledge. Unless we are collectively dumbing down our domain of mathematics and now consider mastery of these subjects as "advanced."
As someone mentioned earlier, take a course in Galois theory. Then let's talk about "advanced" math topics.
Sometimes the order in which you execute the math operations from that equation the PhD gave you makes a difference.
I'm pretty sure the poster was talking about higher math...I don't consider order of operations "higher math." I don't consider statistics higher math either. PDEs? Someone has already derived the steps necessary to solve these. Linear algebra should be included in any decent CS degee program.
So I stand by my assertion that CS people don't need to know higher math. I never said they didn't need math. But is the ability to solve proofs in set theory or understand properties of f(S) necessary to most CS types? I doubt it.
The implication that "algorithm development" =! "application of higher math concepts" is hilarious.
What's hilarious about using numerical analysis (algorithms) to solve complex mathematical processes?
The idea that all computer scientists are also math experts is laughable though.
CS is about algorithm development, not application of higher math concepts. I spent several years writing C++ for satellite image processing, and can tell you that I truthfully do not know all of the ins and outs of the mapping functions, projections, etc. That's why the company has a couple of PhD's working on this. They do the hard number crunching and then articulate what we need to do in terms that a non-math-major can understand.
I see no reason why you should spend money getting yet another credential. You should be learning for the sake of learning. If the advanced mmath doesn't interest you, don't sweat it. You'll do fine.
Combinations of words, such as the famous "horsebatterystaple" or the lesser known "walruspusflange", while suggested to extend the length of a password and reduce its susceptibility to brute forcing techniques, may nevertheless leave it vulnerable to directory combining attacks. Common passwords attached to each other sometimes reveal other passwords.
A silly and false assertion. Assume standard passwords in use. Your "dictionary" would consist of a list of characters ([A-Za-z]), digits ([0-9]), and punctuation. I don't know how many tokens that is, but let's say it's less than a 100. So you end up with a "dictionary" of 100 tokens.
The passphrase "dictionary" at Diceware consists of 7776 tokens. There is simply no way the argument can be made that a "dictionary" of 100 tokens is somehow more secure than a "dictionary" of 7776 tokens, provided that tokens are selected randomly from either dictionary. That's the key, randomness. Not what you use as your tokens.
FTFA:
PayPal requires that those reporting bugs have a verified PayPal account.
The kid didn't have one. Claim denied. What's the story here? (The age thing? That's irrelevant...)
That first sentence should have read "such an obscene amount of money." Just to be clear that I'm not ranting about people with money, or money in general, but those like Bloomberg with an obscene amounts of money who think because of it they are entitled to what they want when they want it.
Here's a man with so much obscene money than he has a right to, and thinks he can buy what he wants if he can't get it any other way. First it's gun control, then it's a police state, and now it's his own taxi monopoly (along with whatever kickback he and his cronies are getting from this backroom deal). Bloomberg is a plague on society, a grown man who is prone to throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way, and enough money in his pocket to crush anyone that stands in his way.
I can't wait until the feds get enough hair on their balls to take him down. Anyone with that much money is bound to have broken some law, somewhere, sometime.
We made nitrogen triiodide and copper acetylide...both very explosive, both very fun to play with. No one got hurt, no one got arrested either. Science now in schools is so watered down that they don't even have chemistry lab anymore in most public schools...instead, students watch the teacher do the lab and then write about it. Hardly a robust science education...and everyone wonders why we can't get more students involved in science?
...a Larry Page channel so I can filter this shit out? How many more articles about Larry Page will be shoved down our collective throats before the week (month? year?) is out?
...if I have voluntary given up my personal info to have a passport and driver's license, yet act incensed about all this?
In principle, the very act of collecting data on us goes against every moral fiber in my body. Yet if I think about it, I've already given in by securing a passport and DL. I am sure there are pockets of people in this country who want to remain "off the grid," and I respect that and even support their right to do so. But realistically, discounting this very small minority, is there really anything left to fight for given that most of us have voluntarily given up this information to the government in the first place?
...that AV apps not tested (such as avast!) are immune from this problem, and the authors only chose to report on those AV programs that failed their tests?
That's how you end up being PHP. Python 3 fixes core mistakes made in earlier versions of the language, and makes it harder to write bad code. That's a good thing, and the last thing you want is a language full of 20 ways to do something, 18 of which are deprecated. Removing backwards compatibility for the 3.x line was a good idea.
And this is the very reason why I abhor Python: Every update seems to break legacy code, to the point where it becomes rather painful to even bother upgrading.
I bought two Pi B's from Allied just before Christmas. Am enjoying both of them right now. What, exactly, is the point of this story?
...I flew to Australia recently. DFW TSA was not a hassle. I got chewed out by an Auzzie customs officer for filling out my declaration in purple ink. Then, another irate officer got pissed at us stupid Americans for following the signs to the line that was indicated...he waltzed over, picked up the sign and plopped it down in the ez-pass lanes and said "You guys need to go here." Looking over at all the Auzzies and Kiwis standing in line to get into their own country (well, not the Kiwis' country, obviously, but they had to stand in line too). Then got pulled out of line, made to stand on a red line for about 15 minutes while no more than 3 dogs sniffed at our luggage, multiple passes.
Flew into LAX on stopover, no problem with TSA there either. The mm wave scanner was broken, so they just told us to pass through the metal detector. I forgot about a bottle of water in my carry-on, no big deal.
All in all, I got more grief from the Auzzies than the Americans.
One thing I did notice: People are stupid. The TSA repeatedly told us to remove EVERYTHING from our pockets. I can't tell you how many people tried to pass through without doing that, then held the fucking line up while they were put through again. I posit that there are individuals who just make trouble for themselves by not following simple directions. Yeah, I know about rebellion. Standing in line at the airport isn't the place to be rebellious.
...does not prove anything.
he claimed that students at Galileo Academy had difficulty with the HTML image tag
OK, repeat after me: Computer science is not about programming/scripting languages. It is about the methodology and theory of developing programs, applications, and computational systems. To tell you the truth, I don't cover HTML in my computer science curriculum (and yes, Texas has a full-blown CS curriculum), mainly because CS isn't web development.
If gambling is already illegal...why do they need another law? Perhaps they need to fix their gambling statute instead.
The same reason why gun laws prohibit felons from owning guns, etc...yet the need is seen to pass more laws. They don't need to fix the statute, they need to enforce the laws that are already on the books.
I use it for all my Windows encryption stuff. Not tied to hardware, can encrypt partitions as files or partitions in situ, you can even make hidden encrypted volumes for plausible deniability's sake. Oh, and it's open source. Enough said.
Really, does it take 4 (or is it 5 now!) years to train people to be file clerks?
That's not the point. High school diplomas have become so watered down now (IAAT) that they really serve no purpose: Teachers are coming under increased pressure to pass students, administrators side with parents of failing students, and even state legislators lower the bar of standardized testing to the point where the tests themselves are meaningless as a measuring stick of success.
Businesses are starting to recognize that a high school diploma is really a meaningless piece of paper, and that public schools are churning out young people without good work ethics, perseverence, sense of self-worth, or intrinsic motivation. Not only do I teach, but I'm a business owner as well, and see what the schools are producing on both sides.
I submit to you that despite the insinuation in TFA that recruiters and HR types are basically lazy, they have raised the bar on prospective employees by requiring a degree that shows at least some level of perseverence and the ability to focus on something for more than five minutes at a time without demanding or requiring instant gratification.
You want to fix this problem? Then fix the education system. I'm doing the best I can, but I need some help here, as I can only fix it 180 students at a time.
He believes the LAPD ruined his life, because he accused his trainer of beating up a civilian while he was doing his first week mentorship, and those charges were dropped after an investigation revealed that they were false. The "ruining his life" part comes because the LAPD then dismissed him for making a false charge: they felt he was a risk to have on the force.
He should have just applied for a job with Dallas PD.