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by Swannie 14y ago
Currently using it daily for Citrix/Juniper "Java Secure Application Manager" for remote XenDesktop access into a customer.
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by Swannie 14y ago
Sorry for the naivety, but what should be done against the TFTP arp poisoning? This is a non-provisioned phone, it doesn't know who it's owner is. OK, in the case this is registered, and you know the SSH password, then yes, I agree the phon
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by Swannie 14y ago
Big-corps: almost none. Contractors/System Integrators who "body shop" for Big-corps: a lot more.
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by Swannie 14y ago
In the UK the Open University has been doing distance learning for many years. They approach this with distance learning materials, exercises regularly marked by real people giving feedback, IIRC regular monthly opportunities to go and spea
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by Swannie 14y ago
Yes. Physical access to devices is usually considered "game over" anyway. This is just proving that devices other than PCs are vulnerable to having their firmware overwritten if you have physical access. However, there are a number of items
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by Swannie 14y ago
They should know and should care. At least in the UK, a CC attracts the processing fee of ~=2.5%. The Debit card, does not, or charges a fixed processing fee. Many web retailers/vendors pass on this processing fee. The bigger you are, the l
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by Swannie 14y ago
Ditto. I noticed that Entropia Universe added a gangnam style dance to their in-game emotes last year. And it's been advertised all Winter on UK TV for some console dance game. I wonder if this is one of the most motion-captured/implemented
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by Swannie 14y ago
I'm sure this is on their website, but: They accept bitcoins, they pay in local currency. Where are they acquiring their local currency? Are they: - Selling bit coins to consumers? - Selling bit coins on open exchanges? - - If they are sell
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by Swannie 14y ago
"Several consultations and meetings later, however, the company’s board faced a dilemma. We had to make a decision. The costs of pursuing the case would simply exceed any compensation from winning it. So, should we then pursue the case?" Ma
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by Swannie 14y ago
I think it's many teenage boys fantasy to be a spy, or to run a spy ring. Many create their own secret societies, etc. Some get into computer security and hacking, and are part of real secret societies. So you're super rich, seriously into
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by Swannie 14y ago
Yes. This goes around every year Earth Hour comes up. It's a 1 hour shut down. If people actually did this, then yes, the coal power would stay on. Some would be stored (pumped hydro), but most will be burned off. National Grid do have very
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by Swannie 14y ago
Excellent excellent post. I worked in Western Power (Western Australia's distribution power utility) for a short while. The thing with the smelting plants is that they are usually located far away from population centres, and close to a por
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by Swannie 14y ago
Agreed. And let's not forget that Tablet PCs, with stylus, WiFi, etc. running full Windows, much like the much touted Yoga, were championed by Microsoft in 2001 - 2002. (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP/Compaq_TC1000 ).
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by Swannie 14y ago
Very nice article. My primary question: when I need to document the process, how do I best encode the culture and values into the document? Should I aim to explain the values that we're upholding (code quality, documentation quality, test q
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by Swannie 14y ago
Flight attendants will have encountered turbulence. Most of them will have seen a major injury because someone didn't have their seat belt on when they were instructed to (usually due to turbulence). Not to mention countless minor injuries.
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by Swannie 14y ago
I think the confusion comes from the term 'consulting'. In my opinion: Freelancing is not consulting. Technical problem solving (e.g. scaling db, infrastructure improvement, assisting in migrating to a more recent version of a framework, et
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by Swannie 14y ago
This is one anecdote of many. The thing is, if you work in a gym daily, I'd expect you to have intermediate knowledge of a lot of things: cycling, running, rowing, free weights, warm up exercises, safe stretching techniques, nutrition. The
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by Swannie 14y ago
Yes, trainers in a "Globo" gym are incentivized on membership sales, repeat personal sessions, and importantly: running classes. The more classes they are "trained" to run, the more valuable they are as an employee.
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by Swannie 14y ago
Stick with it. After your first year, if you're any good (and you should be if University level stuff was easy and you did well) some interesting work should start to come your way. I'd go with some consulting. I personally found that worki
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by Swannie 14y ago
Congratulations. You got lucky, and got a great trainer. The sad reality is this is the exception. I take my office gym for example - I don't go there, but a colleague does. We've discussed fitness over lunch a few times, he gets it. Guess
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by Swannie 14y ago
Ditto. Poor salary to working conditions to peer respect ratios... let alone the senior management being clueless...
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by Swannie 14y ago
IIRC the guys behind OpenBTS ran a small cell at Burning Man, letting attendees call each other. Pretty robust!
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by Swannie 14y ago
IIRC OpenBTS was developed by a small group of GSM software experts, with many years GSM experience between them, and GSM essentially being a frozen standard now. Still an achievement, sure... makes me wonder why pico cells aren't everywher
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by Swannie 14y ago
PR stunt. Clearly a good one! I remember reading of people running openBTS and FreeSwitch/Asterisk on an android phone, connected to USRP, so this very much isn't a surprise to me!
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by Swannie 14y ago
They are? Cool, I've not heard of this one. Any references?
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by Swannie 14y ago
Agreed. If you can under pay by an amount that is less than the perceived pain of looking elsewhere, that's sane if you have a short term view. Other option you'll see in big corps is to use old technologies only. This gives them an excuse
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by Swannie 14y ago
No only the position. Having worked in two multi-nationals, they generally have a band or grade system. For the given band there's a min, max and midpoint. But, this is broken down by country, and in the USA often broken down by Bay Area, N
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by Swannie 14y ago
You're at the top end in terms of Average Revenue Per User of your SP (ARPU). USA is ~$60 per month. You're suggesting you're probably in the $100+. I'd suggest that the costs to your provider over an above the average user are absolutely m
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by Swannie 14y ago
You're confusing cost with price. The cost is $1000 - $2000 per household. The price of your mobile plan may be $1000+ for 2 years. The cost of your mobile plan is probably $300 for the handset, and $100 for the service. As you usually en
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by Swannie 14y ago
I'm thinking: - Air based, but near the ground - The vehicle is concord shaped - Vehicle is launched into the air via rail gun (like a fighter jet on a ship: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Aircraft_Launch... ) - Lots of boost

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