Jack, you're way too intelligent to pretend that you don't understand what I'm talking about here.
It's simply common sense - if you're going to hire someone, you should pay them the same amount, within reason, as any other qualified person on your team. "There's increased risk - real and/or perceived - involved in…
I think that's the same thing people say when they pay African Americans less money too.
Yep, about half of ex-cons end up back in the joint. And this is all the more reason, if you're going to hire someone with a criminal record, to try and treat them with the same respect you'd treat any other employee.…
I've only recently discovered the horror that is AT&T U-Verse. Some buildings in Chicago have a contract with them so there's no escaping it. I can't imagine how bad it would be if a whole state only had one provider…
I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't know about half.com. That is pretty cool.
I know how I'd spend the first $100: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/introduction-algorithms I don't know about the other $1.9K.
Mark Russinovich was hired by Microsoft for any number of reasons, not the least among them being the fact that he was easily one of the top Windows hackers out there. I can still remember marveling over the books he…
You're probably already aware of it, but Martin Thompson of LMAX has done a lot of great work on HFT systems and his blog "Mechanical Sympathy" is excellent: http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/ Although a lot of…
The next thing you know, we'll have a Secret Court. Oh, wait.
The whole notion of absolute immunity for government agents, whether it's the mailman or a prosecutor is completely nuts - it seems ridiculous to me that our legal system includes government agents who are allowed to…
Probably. The whole patent system is broken and it is just infuriating to observe the farce. I have simply lost count of all the examples of patents which should never have been granted being used in litigation.
I'm so sick of software patents. The solution seems pretty simple - the approval process for software patents should consist of running the idea past three people off of the street. If they say "Well, duh..." in…
The easiest way to avoid making mistakes in an exit interview is not to participate in one. You're not obligated to do an exit interview, and nobody takes it personally if you don't.
The irony of it was that they already had a whale on the hook. The person whose identity that they had stolen was someone with an incredible net worth. They actually had direct access to his bank account and funded the…
I like digital currency, and at the same time I am somewhat concerned about the idea of moving away from paper currency and over to an electronic system. My main concern is that once we can't buy something with coins or…
It's been a while since I've done an integration with fraud prevention systems, but the credit bureaus do offer functionality like this - for instance, they can give you a red flag back if an address has been used by a…
It's good to see a business sharing stories of having been scammed - a lot of times start-ups are so involved in the process of growing the business and making sales that they forget to remember to train their sales…
I thought Chicago was hilarious - it's the only place I've lived where two people can walk in opposite directions and both still have the wind blowing directly in their faces.
Millenia of History? Hell, that ain't nothin' - we got us a Millenium Falcon!
This. If there's one thing I can't stand about Houston, it's the mold. You could probably make a living selling bleach door to door in this town.
Houston's a tough and gritty place, but it's not without its charms. For instance, a lot of people don't know that Houston is the home of the largest medical center in the world - including M.D. Anderson, which is…
Shhh, you're going to ruin everything. And right when I've got a bunch of investors on the hook with my idea for a healthcare portal run by a former surgeon general.
It's important to remember that many of the security folks at these companies are actually pretty good. This is more of a C-Suite problem than a security team problem - security people can't get much done if senior…
Jack, you're way too intelligent to pretend that you don't understand what I'm talking about here.
It's simply common sense - if you're going to hire someone, you should pay them the same amount, within reason, as any other qualified person on your team. "There's increased risk - real and/or perceived - involved in…
I think that's the same thing people say when they pay African Americans less money too.
Yep, about half of ex-cons end up back in the joint. And this is all the more reason, if you're going to hire someone with a criminal record, to try and treat them with the same respect you'd treat any other employee.…
I've only recently discovered the horror that is AT&T U-Verse. Some buildings in Chicago have a contract with them so there's no escaping it. I can't imagine how bad it would be if a whole state only had one provider…
I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't know about half.com. That is pretty cool.
I know how I'd spend the first $100: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/introduction-algorithms I don't know about the other $1.9K.
Mark Russinovich was hired by Microsoft for any number of reasons, not the least among them being the fact that he was easily one of the top Windows hackers out there. I can still remember marveling over the books he…
You're probably already aware of it, but Martin Thompson of LMAX has done a lot of great work on HFT systems and his blog "Mechanical Sympathy" is excellent: http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/ Although a lot of…
The next thing you know, we'll have a Secret Court. Oh, wait.
The whole notion of absolute immunity for government agents, whether it's the mailman or a prosecutor is completely nuts - it seems ridiculous to me that our legal system includes government agents who are allowed to…
Probably. The whole patent system is broken and it is just infuriating to observe the farce. I have simply lost count of all the examples of patents which should never have been granted being used in litigation.
I'm so sick of software patents. The solution seems pretty simple - the approval process for software patents should consist of running the idea past three people off of the street. If they say "Well, duh..." in…
The easiest way to avoid making mistakes in an exit interview is not to participate in one. You're not obligated to do an exit interview, and nobody takes it personally if you don't.
The irony of it was that they already had a whale on the hook. The person whose identity that they had stolen was someone with an incredible net worth. They actually had direct access to his bank account and funded the…
I like digital currency, and at the same time I am somewhat concerned about the idea of moving away from paper currency and over to an electronic system. My main concern is that once we can't buy something with coins or…
It's been a while since I've done an integration with fraud prevention systems, but the credit bureaus do offer functionality like this - for instance, they can give you a red flag back if an address has been used by a…
It's good to see a business sharing stories of having been scammed - a lot of times start-ups are so involved in the process of growing the business and making sales that they forget to remember to train their sales…
I thought Chicago was hilarious - it's the only place I've lived where two people can walk in opposite directions and both still have the wind blowing directly in their faces.
Millenia of History? Hell, that ain't nothin' - we got us a Millenium Falcon!
This. If there's one thing I can't stand about Houston, it's the mold. You could probably make a living selling bleach door to door in this town.
Houston's a tough and gritty place, but it's not without its charms. For instance, a lot of people don't know that Houston is the home of the largest medical center in the world - including M.D. Anderson, which is…
Shhh, you're going to ruin everything. And right when I've got a bunch of investors on the hook with my idea for a healthcare portal run by a former surgeon general.
It's important to remember that many of the security folks at these companies are actually pretty good. This is more of a C-Suite problem than a security team problem - security people can't get much done if senior…