This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
As I’ve continued importing data, 4HowTo.com has now passed 30,000 articles in its database. Much as I’ve expected, the software is still stable and working normally, all seems to be scaling rather nicely. Hopefully I’ll get all of the data imported in the next week, though importing over 100,000 lines of SQL is rather time consuming.
I’ve also started planning out what I’d like to complete for 1.0 dev.2, this release should address some of the usability issues and hopefully correct the post-counts that have been thrown off by my importing data directly into the database. But don’t get too excited, I’m expecting it’ll be some time before I’ll be making a public release, there’s still a long way to go.
This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
Wow, the summer’s over and I’m finally home!
After spending the last five months in New York (quite a difference from my native Florida), I’ve finally made it back home. Much has happened while I’ve been away, not the least of which is the death of Imspire and a few related projects. While giving up on these dreams has been difficult, I believe the result will be for the best.
There are two ways to implement security:
Real security, based on empirical evidence and analysis. Checklist security, based on the latest checklist somebody says is important. When security is based on real evidence and analysis, policies are enacted based on real gain and measured against the business impact. Risks are considered, and the costs versus benefits are well understood so that policy choices are based on real, useful information.
On the other hand there’s security by checklist.
Update 3: In 2014 the FTC filed a complaint against Snapchat for their failure to provide the level of security they promised. The findings listed below were sent to the founders of Snapchat, that email was quoted in the FTC compliant as proof that Snapchat was aware of these issues.
Update 2: The Snapchat API has changed to address the issues I pointed out to them – and the new API has issues as well.
When I buy something, I expect support. When I buy something expensive, I expect really good support. That may be asking too much, but that’s just how I think. Now, when I contact the vendor for support, I expect to talk to somebody that understands the product. When I bring up an issue that gets me on a conference call with a Vice President and a Project Manager, I expect them to give me accurate data.
This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
I was actually rather lucky to have this brand of WinModem, as the good people over at Linuxant.com offer a very high quality driver that makes installation a breeze! But, they have recently changed their marketing methods and charge $15 for the driver, so these really lives no viable, free alternative (a rarity to say the least for linux).
