If your security people haven't banned Windows Phone from your network it means they aren't scanning it properly. Most likely just looking at O/S level problems and assuming that because more problems are known on Android that means it's actually worse.
The security model on Windows Phone is actually more secure than Android. You can't write an app that will stay running in the background "forever" and your apps can't cross over to mess with other apps. So were I a security guy, I'd be more likely to approve a Windows Phone on my network than an Android phone. And with the smaller market share there are a whole lot less people even trying to attack the platform which makes it that much better (though it isn't really a security measure).
Azure and AWS aren't that expensive, either.....a single core VM on Azure is $0.09/hr. Not quite as cheap as some sliver of thousands of machines, but not as shady.
I even have a battery that includes a wi-fi hub for sharing data (unfortunately, it doesn't include a network jack and the wireless network it creates is local and only useful for file sharing).....but those batteries are really easy to find. Most of them will even fully charge a phone two or three times.
Probably because you need to drain power to the clock and a hard reset doesn't do that? When the clock resets, it probably goes back to the equivalent of 1/1/1980 that PCs used to default to.
I'm ready for a system where I don't have to bother filing taxes........either a flat tax that is taken out of each paycheck or a national sales tax where it's taken at the register or whatever. I know taxes are needed to pay for stuff for the greater good, but holy cow, taxes are a pain. I'll pay my fair share (emphasis on fair), just make it easier for me.
They could file a return with faked data indicating "you" are to get a refund and even go so far as to receive the money. Then, when you go to file, either for your refund or to pay your taxes, you're screwed since "you" have already filed taxes.
In the "times long ago", the answers were only available for paid access (or changing your User Agent string).....but Google started ranking them lower for serving up different content to the spiders than to the real people, so they moved the answers all the way to the bottom and just obscuring them. So it isn't as bad now as it used to be.
At least it's not Expert Sex Change links where people have a similar problem and people post answers, but you can't see them because you don't pay for their service. Those days were the worst.
[Actually, today what sucks is all of the foreign sites that are scraping forums and Stack Overflow and just reposting the exact same content. You think "oh, another place that might have a different answer than the one on SO that wasn't quite what I wanted" when in reality, it's just some hack taking revenue away from SO.]
So, Microsoft is expected to make everything that worked on Windows 3.1 continue to work on any and all future versions of their OS and gets blasted when they don't, but Apple gets a free pass any time they EOL support for anything.
I listen to / watch many podcasts. Due to the data volumes, I download most of them over wi-fi at home so I can consume the content on the go. An SD card is essential for a consumer like me. Even a 16GB phone is quickly overwhelmed when you've got over 80 active podcast subscriptions. I'm "current", so I only have episodes that were released last night and I'm sitting at almost 8GB of space consumed. Considering that my 16GB phone doesn't have 16GB of space, that's over half of the available space.
And more of the video podcasts are trying to go to 4K (why, I don't know --- 720p for a podcast is a good balance between content, video quality, and file size). One of the podcasts I watch released a 2.3GB file the other day (not included in the 8GB above). So, even with phones going to 32GB and more, the content is expanding to consume all of that new space.
So, while YOU may not want an SD card, I certainly do. But I also realize that not everyone uses their phone the same way. That's why there aren't just one model of each manufacturer's phone.
You forgot the other bonus that you know the work won't be sent overseas where intellectual property is harder to defend. If you contract out with a company and give them remote access, who's to say that the work wouldn't be done in China where all knowledge is "public". At least by controlling the work environment, you minimize the impact. Provide the consultants with hardware you control (and lock down the USB ports) and restrict them to only certain areas of the network. If possible, even limit them to only portions of the code that they need to access and not the entire project/repository. If a developer can only see a single module but not the "wiring" and can only run builds created and deployed by a build server, you've kept as much secret sauce in the vault as you can. NDA and Lawyers protect the rest......so invest well.
The closed-ness or openness of the code doesn't make the bug easier or harder to fix. It just makes fixing it more public with a potentially larger pool of people looking for the bug.
I think court fees should be like hospital bills. As long as you make a (reasonable?) payment, they generally won't send it to collections. Otherwise, hospitals would only treat people with money and/or insurance. Courts should have similar rules that as long as you are making a (reasonable?) payment towards your fines it's all good.
As an FYI, Texas has no state income tax. The best they could do would be to garnish wages, but that assumes the person with the fine actually has a job and is paid above board.
Have you tried VS Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/) over Sublime? It's cross platform (Win, OSX, and Linux) and free. Plus, it recognizes your SLN solution. It's based on the same code that runs on TFS Online (it's actually a web application that runs in NWJS (formerly Node-Webkit - http://nwjs.io/).
Actually, it isn't the easiest to use......otherwise when you search "how do I _____ in git?" you'd get a bunch of links with the exact same basic answer instead of 15 links to 25 different combinations of commands........
Having passion means that it's the only thing you do all-day every-day in spite of other obligations. It means that when you talk about the subject, you get excited. It means that when facing new technology, you don't shy away.
If you want people that have no passion for their job, they're going to do the minimum...they'll fly under the radar......they'll never be "rock stars".....maybe not even "good" but just "meh".
I have a family, cook meals, chauffeur kids, etc.....but it's a passion for me. That means that I stay abreast of industry trends....I read sites like Slashdot (marginal, I know)....I play with technology in my spare time. But I also don't shirk my other duties. Passion isn't time bound but a state of mind.
I get really frustrated when searching for an answer and about 15 or 20 of the results are from sites that have just screen scraped Stack Overflow and republished the content in a "forum" style post. So yeah, even Stack Overflow doesn't have any control over the content.
I'm not opposed to including links to some of the more obscure answers, but for more common code that could have been found in numerous other sources, I don't see the point.
The main thing I look for is not experience (unless there is a time-sensitive need) but passion for the job. Someone who goes out of their way to explore technology and play with the latest trends on their own time are much more likely to be self-starters and capable of taking on any task I give them.
Here is an actual e-mail I sent to our recruiters to help them train people screening candidates (formatting is lost, but you should get the gist):
I take a different approach to interviewing than most technical people, I thinkâ¦â¦
Iâ(TM)ve been in numerous technical interviews where they wind up being more or less like taking a certification exam. I think these are HORRIBLE interviews. Good/advanced developers donâ(TM)t know all of the ins and outs of what they are working on to that level ---- they understand the concepts and know the âoemagic wordsâ and then just throw them into a search engine to get a Stack Overflow link where they can copy and paste from the example. What makes them good is the understanding of what they need to do and knowing how to quickly find what they need. None of this makes them great test takers (they may be â" but that is a different skill from being a good consultant). Also, Iâ(TM)ve had plenty of candidates who have studied for the exam (but might not have ever worked with a technology) score âoebetterâ than someone who knows their stuff because they could give those book answers.
So, then, how do I interview? I ask a lot of the same type of questions that a non-technical person doesâ¦..Iâ(TM)m just looking for knowledge and understanding instead of team dynamics or personality. I also try to make the interview more of a conversation and less of a âoequestion 1, question 2â â" this allows them to open up a lot faster. Iâ(TM)ll scan through their resume and look for one of the more recent projects / roles / jobs and ask open ended questions about that project (and usually try to hit on more than one of them over the course of the interview). As the interview goes on, Iâ(TM)ll tailor the questions based on whether they appear to be more junior or more senior as well as the type of role they are looking for.
These questions are not asked word for word, but represent the sentiment of the question. Iâ(TM)m also assuming that a high-level description and a list of technologies were included on the resume; if not, I might ask for some of that background just to help direct questions. Example question Key things Iâ(TM)m looking for in the answer How big was the project X team? Iâ(TM)m just trying to determine how relevant the experience is. If the project was rather small or was a team of 1, it might not have followed any best practices or even any of the latest techniques. Depending on the role being interviewed for, I may move on to another project from their resume. What was your role on project X? Which team were you on? Iâ(TM)m trying to gauge how senior they are. The lead on a 10-man team says more than being the lead over a single intern. Iâ(TM)m also feeling out whether they have experience interactive with PMs or Testing team or DBAs, etc.
The next few questions are where I get âoetechnicalâ. After these questions, I might probe into specific technologies and how they relate to the project, but only high level probing for understanding of the technology. Describe the application architecture of project X. Iâ(TM)m looking for understanding of patterns (MVC, MVVM, etc.) as well as descriptions of how the application was divided in terms of layers (database, business tier, UI, etc.) Who was responsible for the architecture of project X? For senior candidates, I expect them to either have been responsible or for having had significant input. For junior candidates, Iâ(TM)m looking for a description of how well they interac
The problem is that @ opacity 0%, it's still being rendered and the software believes it to be visible.....it's just that it's as visible as good quality glass covering a picture....it's there, but you eyes look through it.
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If your security people haven't banned Windows Phone from your network it means they aren't scanning it properly. Most likely just looking at O/S level problems and assuming that because more problems are known on Android that means it's actually worse.
The security model on Windows Phone is actually more secure than Android. You can't write an app that will stay running in the background "forever" and your apps can't cross over to mess with other apps. So were I a security guy, I'd be more likely to approve a Windows Phone on my network than an Android phone. And with the smaller market share there are a whole lot less people even trying to attack the platform which makes it that much better (though it isn't really a security measure).
They want you to sign up because they need more credentials to leak on the DARK NET.
Azure and AWS aren't that expensive, either.....a single core VM on Azure is $0.09/hr. Not quite as cheap as some sliver of thousands of machines, but not as shady.
I even have a battery that includes a wi-fi hub for sharing data (unfortunately, it doesn't include a network jack and the wireless network it creates is local and only useful for file sharing).....but those batteries are really easy to find. Most of them will even fully charge a phone two or three times.
Probably because you need to drain power to the clock and a hard reset doesn't do that? When the clock resets, it probably goes back to the equivalent of 1/1/1980 that PCs used to default to.
There have been instances where a government entity refused to take cash........personal anecdote.
I'm ready for a system where I don't have to bother filing taxes........either a flat tax that is taken out of each paycheck or a national sales tax where it's taken at the register or whatever. I know taxes are needed to pay for stuff for the greater good, but holy cow, taxes are a pain. I'll pay my fair share (emphasis on fair), just make it easier for me.
They could file a return with faked data indicating "you" are to get a refund and even go so far as to receive the money. Then, when you go to file, either for your refund or to pay your taxes, you're screwed since "you" have already filed taxes.
IRS PIN codes are 5 digits. Your file is worthless. I, on the other hand, have the 100,000 entry file that you need.
In the "times long ago", the answers were only available for paid access (or changing your User Agent string).....but Google started ranking them lower for serving up different content to the spiders than to the real people, so they moved the answers all the way to the bottom and just obscuring them. So it isn't as bad now as it used to be.
At least it's not Expert Sex Change links where people have a similar problem and people post answers, but you can't see them because you don't pay for their service. Those days were the worst.
[Actually, today what sucks is all of the foreign sites that are scraping forums and Stack Overflow and just reposting the exact same content. You think "oh, another place that might have a different answer than the one on SO that wasn't quite what I wanted" when in reality, it's just some hack taking revenue away from SO.]
That would have been a meaty-orite......
So, Microsoft is expected to make everything that worked on Windows 3.1 continue to work on any and all future versions of their OS and gets blasted when they don't, but Apple gets a free pass any time they EOL support for anything.
I wonder if the OP tried something similar to this: http://answers.microsoft.com/e...
I listen to / watch many podcasts. Due to the data volumes, I download most of them over wi-fi at home so I can consume the content on the go. An SD card is essential for a consumer like me. Even a 16GB phone is quickly overwhelmed when you've got over 80 active podcast subscriptions. I'm "current", so I only have episodes that were released last night and I'm sitting at almost 8GB of space consumed. Considering that my 16GB phone doesn't have 16GB of space, that's over half of the available space.
And more of the video podcasts are trying to go to 4K (why, I don't know --- 720p for a podcast is a good balance between content, video quality, and file size). One of the podcasts I watch released a 2.3GB file the other day (not included in the 8GB above). So, even with phones going to 32GB and more, the content is expanding to consume all of that new space.
So, while YOU may not want an SD card, I certainly do. But I also realize that not everyone uses their phone the same way. That's why there aren't just one model of each manufacturer's phone.
Shhhh......you're ruining another excuse to swordfight in rolly chairs.
http://xkcd.com/303/
You forgot the other bonus that you know the work won't be sent overseas where intellectual property is harder to defend. If you contract out with a company and give them remote access, who's to say that the work wouldn't be done in China where all knowledge is "public". At least by controlling the work environment, you minimize the impact. Provide the consultants with hardware you control (and lock down the USB ports) and restrict them to only certain areas of the network. If possible, even limit them to only portions of the code that they need to access and not the entire project/repository. If a developer can only see a single module but not the "wiring" and can only run builds created and deployed by a build server, you've kept as much secret sauce in the vault as you can. NDA and Lawyers protect the rest......so invest well.
The closed-ness or openness of the code doesn't make the bug easier or harder to fix. It just makes fixing it more public with a potentially larger pool of people looking for the bug.
I think court fees should be like hospital bills. As long as you make a (reasonable?) payment, they generally won't send it to collections. Otherwise, hospitals would only treat people with money and/or insurance. Courts should have similar rules that as long as you are making a (reasonable?) payment towards your fines it's all good.
As an FYI, Texas has no state income tax. The best they could do would be to garnish wages, but that assumes the person with the fine actually has a job and is paid above board.
Have you tried VS Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/) over Sublime? It's cross platform (Win, OSX, and Linux) and free. Plus, it recognizes your SLN solution. It's based on the same code that runs on TFS Online (it's actually a web application that runs in NWJS (formerly Node-Webkit - http://nwjs.io/).
Actually, it isn't the easiest to use......otherwise when you search "how do I _____ in git?" you'd get a bunch of links with the exact same basic answer instead of 15 links to 25 different combinations of commands........
Having passion means that it's the only thing you do all-day every-day in spite of other obligations. It means that when you talk about the subject, you get excited. It means that when facing new technology, you don't shy away.
If you want people that have no passion for their job, they're going to do the minimum...they'll fly under the radar......they'll never be "rock stars".....maybe not even "good" but just "meh".
I have a family, cook meals, chauffeur kids, etc.....but it's a passion for me. That means that I stay abreast of industry trends....I read sites like Slashdot (marginal, I know)....I play with technology in my spare time. But I also don't shirk my other duties. Passion isn't time bound but a state of mind.
I get really frustrated when searching for an answer and about 15 or 20 of the results are from sites that have just screen scraped Stack Overflow and republished the content in a "forum" style post. So yeah, even Stack Overflow doesn't have any control over the content.
I'm not opposed to including links to some of the more obscure answers, but for more common code that could have been found in numerous other sources, I don't see the point.
The main thing I look for is not experience (unless there is a time-sensitive need) but passion for the job. Someone who goes out of their way to explore technology and play with the latest trends on their own time are much more likely to be self-starters and capable of taking on any task I give them.
Here is an actual e-mail I sent to our recruiters to help them train people screening candidates (formatting is lost, but you should get the gist):
The problem is that @ opacity 0%, it's still being rendered and the software believes it to be visible.....it's just that it's as visible as good quality glass covering a picture....it's there, but you eyes look through it.