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by gregd 13y ago
Not entirely sure any of these can be attributed to Ballmer but Microsoft has been entirely successful in the enterprise. Active Directory (copied, but marketed better than Novell), Group Policies, Visual Studio (arguably the best IDE avail
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by gregd 13y ago
The time for toning it down has passed.
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by gregd 13y ago
Jesus, it's only two, short sentences in, "The owner of Lavabit tells us that he's stopped using email and if we knew what he knew, we'd stop too. There is no way to do Groklaw without email. Therein lies the conundrum.
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by gregd 13y ago
Facebook already has the ability to create test accounts: https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/accounts/
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by gregd 13y ago
I post, therefore, I am.
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by gregd 13y ago
He was interesting. It's a shame how much he was ostracized by the very same people who used him to get to the atomic bomb. The book does his life and his life's work justice. It's an extremely interesting and well written
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by gregd 13y ago
I also highly recommend reading the book, American Prometheus. http://www.amazon.com/American-Prometheus-Triumph-Tragedy-Op...
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Ask HN: Secure email? What about cotse.net?
1 points by gregd 13y ago|0 comments
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by gregd 13y ago
There's also: https://www.cotse.net/
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by gregd 13y ago
I did this exact thing. Wanted to see what statuspage.io was all about. Clicked logo and wouldn't you know it..they only blog.
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If Bruce Schneier ran the NSA, he’d ask a basic question: “Does it do any good?”(arstechnica.com)
8 points by gregd 13y ago|0 comments
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by gregd 13y ago
Yes.
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by gregd 13y ago
I'm afraid that I know where American Apathy(tm) comes from. What can we do about this? I've written to my Senators, who, incidentally, are very critical of this NSA debacle and we've seen no change. I've donated money
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by gregd 13y ago
The problem with downvotes is that they're wholly subjective. While you may not downvote someone based on disagreeing with them, others will and can.
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by gregd 13y ago
When you view the world as being filled with incompetent idiots, you're seeing the world through your own filter...not anybody elses. Realize that everybody on the face of the planet has their own filter. Human relationships are buil
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by gregd 13y ago
I'm making a huge leap here and assuming that English isn't your first language based on grammatical and other types of errors throughout the site. It would really be to your advantage to have a native English speaker make recomm
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by gregd 13y ago
Spelling errors don't inspire confidence. This is a particularly egregious violation: (All Job offers: receive all job offers by email, Based on your Location: recevie job offers oly from that (or near-by) location, None: do not recei
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by gregd 13y ago
It's interesting to me that #5 indicates the price was $100. I look at the site 4 hours later and the price has dropped to $49, with little to no indication that this is an introductory price, more like a permanent price drop. This af
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by gregd 13y ago
"My boss is comfortable saying "this didn't work, that's fine, let's figure out why it didn't work and make something that does."" The taxpayer is much less forgiving about "failures" and te
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by gregd 13y ago
Oh boy. In 1993 handwriting wasn't the only option. And we're talking about 911 dispatching, not just police. Fire, medics, police, dog catchers, tow trucks etc., are all involved now.
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by gregd 13y ago
You mention Sprint as leading the charge and they've got issues of their own. I can't find an article at the moment, but Sprint is a provider of PTT/cell phone services to a local Portland, OR area police force and that pol
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by gregd 13y ago
"but almost every project I've seen had kept on trucking to meet an arbitrary deadline regardless of how poorly any of the testing goes, then the system hits the floor" And the reason for this is simple..the one person who ca
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by gregd 13y ago
Have you ever been in a 911 call center? Many, many, many things are computer driven, not the least of which is interfacing with the various agencies one may have to deal with on a per call basis. Then there's "whose jurisdictio
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by gregd 13y ago
I'm not entirely sure this type of disruption CAN happen because this whole process starts and ends with the Legislature, at least at the State level. I was mired in so much bureaucracy it felt like trying to run in molasses. We certa
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by gregd 13y ago
"This does not have to be a very complicated system at all. It's basically a real-time workflow system. Information comes in, is assigned a type and other data, and depending on the values is routed to various other people, which
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by gregd 13y ago
This is generally not true. What it generally boils down to with government contracts is a really sweet dog and pony show from the RFP process. Generally people lack the critical thinking skills necessary to determine if a company can rea
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by gregd 13y ago
Having been involved in long, arduous government procurement processes, I can assure you that it will leave you shaking your head and wondering how ANYTHING in government gets done. The trip from RFP to signed contract is maddening and has
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by gregd 13y ago
Well I would certainly put a "tour" in because it's not at all clear why I should spend $2.50 a month on this.
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by gregd 13y ago
It's not very clear to me how one goes about getting the job. I understand that you can reply to posts, but can you PM through Bidpeek? Where can I list my credentials? My hourly rate? My contact info?
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by gregd 13y ago
Well I agree with you based on the 2nd agreement only . But really what I should have said was we could see a LOT more use of the FOUR agreements out of everyone. Being impeccable with your word takes the "burden" off of the rec

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