Lots of software companies will either hire you on staff or contract with you as a freelancer to do remote quality assurance on their products.
You can pitch your writing & communication skills as an asset here. Instead of saying: this doesn't work, you can write reasonable, reproducible, clear defect and quality reports.
I stick in more advanced stuff into my code when I can, but that is always on the sly
Please don't do this. Resist the urge to get clever for the sake of being clever. This will almost always come back to bite you (or more likely a coworker) later in time.
With software, less is definitely more so try to write as little code as possible to solve te problem at hand.
Perhaps this announcement explains why the Popcorn Hour C-200 is such a disaster. I had such high hopes for that device but it seems like Syabas spent little to no time on QA. They advertised wireless capability and shipped the device without a driver, the blu-ray drive they "approved" is EOL and there is a list of issues as long as my arm.
To me, it appears they were busy with the PopBox and didn't spend enough time on the C-200. I'll pass on anything from these guys in the future
How has [sic] the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration...
Why was the sic added to this statement? I'm not an English major but I don't find that sentence to use any archaic or incorrect spellings nor do I find the grammar to be wrong.
From reading the actual BAA, it sounds like this is not an effort to replace IP networks but to supplement them with additional protocols. In fact, the requirements explicitly state that MNP must carry legacy IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.
Why aren't classified information on a separate network, not connected to the Net
It is, in fact there are multiple, separate networks.
Other than the author repeating the word "sensitive" over and over again, there wasn't anything concrete in the article about whether the information was actually classified. I suspect it wasn't.
If this interests you, check out the book, The Sword and the Shield which is compiled from the notes of a KGB archivist who smuggled documents from KGB archives for about 20 years.
I'll share my personal story to show how quickly a thriving democracy can turn into an oppresive regime, here in the US.
...
I had published a couple of letters to the editors in the San Jose Mercury News, discussing politics. I was reading foreign media which were hinting that US intelligence on Iraq WMD was bogus. Guess what? I stood very quiet, very silent. Who knows who was listening and how far the goverment was willing to go to silence dissent. If it had been just me, I would have stood up and fought for my rights, but with my family in mind, I decided to cave.
How does that story show anything other than your own paranoia?
Showing one image a day for 25 days is a great way to generate repeat traffic for your blog and increase page views, especially if your blog is picked up by Slashdot!
Or you could skip the middle man and go directly to the source and get as many beautiful HST images as you want... right now.
Because thats what an advent calendar is!
I understand that being skeptical of blog postings is tradition (and a good way to get mod points) on Slashdot but trust me, the Big Picture does just fine without needing to troll Slashdot for hits
No more fancy signatures and html crap will cause a 60-80% drop in volume if not more.
I know you hate it when your mom or the boss' secretary at work sends out a cutesy formatted email but some people can actually use HTML email effectively in lieu of sending a document or a link
Mandate the Usenet way with replies after the original, (it will) teach people to cut irrelevant repeats.
Irrelevant repeats for you may be important context for someone else.
Stop the addition of stupid and ineffective disclaimers.
Often times, those disclaimers are required by law. Most people don't add them for fun or to make themselves feel important.
Teach the use of (ftp) servers for sharing large documents, no more Microsoft sized attachments, send a link.
FTP? Are you serious? Sending documents by carrier pigeon is more secure and reliable than FTP
First off, please realize that custom software development is likely to be a 5-figure investment. Just because you want to open source the end product doesn't mean that it will be cheaper to do. You may find someone to quote you a really cheap price but I guarantee you that you won't be happy with the end product and you'll probably end up spending more over the long run than if you had paid up front to do it correctly.
With that in mind, there are plenty of quality software consulting firms that will do this for you. To your developers, it shouldn't make a difference what you do with the end product. If you want to open source it, thats your business because you've paid for it.
If you don't have the money to pay someone else to do it, I'd start learning to write software and/or reach out to other lab rats in your field who may want to help
I was going to bitch about the submitter advertising his company in the summary but after reading the article, I say that he has earned it. I didn't much care about this company but the whole detective process was quite fascinating.
I think your best bet for finding programming talent would be to talk to people you know. If you've been in the software industry for 10 years, you must know at least one guy who likes to work on stuff in his spare time. If the idea is cool enough, some people can be persuaded with as little as a case of good beer.
I would be very surprised if you setup an empty project on SF and it actually attracted some talen to you.
If you EVER want to combat man in the middle attacks and phishing sites, this is the best solution. Sites whining that people are being scared away??!? Get a fucking grip, and get a real certificate from a real certificate authority so your users can actually trust you
What about the military?
You forget that software applications for the military nearly always use SSL and those SSL certificates are signed by some root CA at the DOD. That cert is not in your browser nor will it be any time soon.
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Lots of software companies will either hire you on staff or contract with you as a freelancer to do remote quality assurance on their products.
You can pitch your writing & communication skills as an asset here. Instead of saying: this doesn't work, you can write reasonable, reproducible, clear defect and quality reports.
Please don't do this. Resist the urge to get clever for the sake of being clever. This will almost always come back to bite you (or more likely a coworker) later in time.
With software, less is definitely more so try to write as little code as possible to solve te problem at hand.
SIPRNet only allows SECRET information and below. You need to be on JWICS to access Top Secret information.
If they're not quite the same thing, why bother comparing them at all?
I believe its worth noting that SAIC was behind the disaster that was the FBI's Virtual Case File project.
Consumer Reports seems to think so (with some caveats). They covered it in this months issue.
Perhaps this announcement explains why the Popcorn Hour C-200 is such a disaster. I had such high hopes for that device but it seems like Syabas spent little to no time on QA. They advertised wireless capability and shipped the device without a driver, the blu-ray drive they "approved" is EOL and there is a list of issues as long as my arm.
To me, it appears they were busy with the PopBox and didn't spend enough time on the C-200. I'll pass on anything from these guys in the future
From the summary:
How has [sic] the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration...
Why was the sic added to this statement? I'm not an English major but I don't find that sentence to use any archaic or incorrect spellings nor do I find the grammar to be wrong.
From reading the actual BAA, it sounds like this is not an effort to replace IP networks but to supplement them with additional protocols. In fact, the requirements explicitly state that MNP must carry legacy IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.
Why aren't classified information on a separate network, not connected to the Net
It is, in fact there are multiple, separate networks.
Other than the author repeating the word "sensitive" over and over again, there wasn't anything concrete in the article about whether the information was actually classified. I suspect it wasn't.
Have you ever release a large piece of software to a large group of users before? How about a small piece of software to a small group of users?
Something always goes wrong and there is usually a good reason for it. It should be a neat learning experience for all involved
If this interests you, check out the book, The Sword and the Shield which is compiled from the notes of a KGB archivist who smuggled documents from KGB archives for about 20 years.
I'll share my personal story to show how quickly a thriving democracy can turn into an oppresive regime, here in the US.
...
I had published a couple of letters to the editors in the San Jose Mercury News, discussing politics. I was reading foreign media which were hinting that US intelligence on Iraq WMD was bogus. Guess what? I stood very quiet, very silent. Who knows who was listening and how far the goverment was willing to go to silence dissent. If it had been just me, I would have stood up and fought for my rights, but with my family in mind, I decided to cave.
How does that story show anything other than your own paranoia?
Showing one image a day for 25 days is a great way to generate repeat traffic for your blog and increase page views, especially if your blog is picked up by Slashdot! Or you could skip the middle man and go directly to the source and get as many beautiful HST images as you want... right now.
Because thats what an advent calendar is!
I understand that being skeptical of blog postings is tradition (and a good way to get mod points) on Slashdot but trust me, the Big Picture does just fine without needing to troll Slashdot for hits
No more fancy signatures and html crap will cause a 60-80% drop in volume if not more.
I know you hate it when your mom or the boss' secretary at work sends out a cutesy formatted email but some people can actually use HTML email effectively in lieu of sending a document or a link
Mandate the Usenet way with replies after the original, (it will) teach people to cut irrelevant repeats.
Irrelevant repeats for you may be important context for someone else.
Stop the addition of stupid and ineffective disclaimers.
Often times, those disclaimers are required by law. Most people don't add them for fun or to make themselves feel important.
Teach the use of (ftp) servers for sharing large documents, no more Microsoft sized attachments, send a link.
FTP? Are you serious? Sending documents by carrier pigeon is more secure and reliable than FTP
If you value your time, don't even bother to RTFA
What an odd thing to post to Slashdot
First off, please realize that custom software development is likely to be a 5-figure investment. Just because you want to open source the end product doesn't mean that it will be cheaper to do. You may find someone to quote you a really cheap price but I guarantee you that you won't be happy with the end product and you'll probably end up spending more over the long run than if you had paid up front to do it correctly.
With that in mind, there are plenty of quality software consulting firms that will do this for you. To your developers, it shouldn't make a difference what you do with the end product. If you want to open source it, thats your business because you've paid for it.
If you don't have the money to pay someone else to do it, I'd start learning to write software and/or reach out to other lab rats in your field who may want to help
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I was going to bitch about the submitter advertising his company in the summary but after reading the article, I say that he has earned it. I didn't much care about this company but the whole detective process was quite fascinating.
Cheers
Indeed. We voted paper here in Arlington. In fact, the election officials were encouraging people to vote paper as it made the lines move faster.
We arrived at 6:20 (polls opened at 6) and it took us just under 2 hours to complete the process
We use ExtJS and were able to do file uploads quite easily using a combination of their Ajax form submit and Commons FileUpload.
If Dojo has a control to submit a form asynchronously, you should be able to pull this off. Feel free to contact me for more details
Try C-SPAN
I think your best bet for finding programming talent would be to talk to people you know. If you've been in the software industry for 10 years, you must know at least one guy who likes to work on stuff in his spare time. If the idea is cool enough, some people can be persuaded with as little as a case of good beer.
I would be very surprised if you setup an empty project on SF and it actually attracted some talen to you.
If you EVER want to combat man in the middle attacks and phishing sites, this is the best solution. Sites whining that people are being scared away??!? Get a fucking grip, and get a real certificate from a real certificate authority so your users can actually trust you
What about the military?
You forget that software applications for the military nearly always use SSL and those SSL certificates are signed by some root CA at the DOD. That cert is not in your browser nor will it be any time soon.