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By Rebecca Teti
Fridays: Education
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Whether your children attend school or are homeschooled, this is the spot to ask questions about curricula, religious education, parent-teacher relationships, or academic concerns of any kind.
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After hearing that the NY Archdiocese is closing 20 additional schools this year, one of which being the Alma Mater of Justice Sonja Sotomayor, the question remains...what can we do to preserve our educational tradition?
Our educational tradition has already been lost from most Catholic schools. Shortage of nun, priests and brothers means lay people teach which means salaries which means high tuition which means lots of people can't afford Catholic schools. Also Catholic schools today are very secularized. Teachers are certified by the state, textbooks are secular textbooks, curriculum follows state standards, etc. Other than religion class most Catholic schools aren't that different from public schools. And of course, Catholic schools by and large went liberal after Vatican II. Of course there are some very good traditional schools out there but they are in the minority. And many who send their kids to Catholic schools don't even practice the faith or go to church, at least that's the case in our parish. But the Catholic educational tradition is preserved through homeschooling which is growing by leaps and bounds, through Catholic homeschool curriculum providers like Seton, Mother of Divine Grace, Catholic Heritage Curricula, Kolbe Academy, etc. So while Catholic schools may shrink in number Catholic homeschoolers, loyal to the Church, are growing in number.
I have to chime in here. I teach in one of the two dioceses in our nation where we adhere to the stewardship way of life. My two children attend our parish school tuition-free, as we are called to tithe and as long as we are faithful in that tithe, our children are able to attend school. We do have religious in our schools and our priests are active participants in the school community, as well. The educational tradition of our Church is alive and well in Wichita, KS!
Amy, I would love to live in Wichita! :) The nearest Catholic school to us is 2hrs away. How blessed you are! Our oldest will be entering (gulp!) kindergarten this year....
We are thinking of homeschooling. If you homeschool, I would like to know what motivated/motivates you to do it. As a former elem. teacher, I want to homeschool for more control of the curriculum. My husband says that's silly, that details of curriculum don't matter in the big picture (he's a former high school teacher, to his opinion bears weight here, aside from being my husband). He wants to homeschool so we can control our kids' social life, and I think *that's* silly, because I grew up in a very secluded community (trying to stay away from the evil world) and it was just a mess, socially. Teens still excluded each other, but it wasn't based on your make up or hair; it was based on your chapel veil and the plainness of your dress. The rivalries and drama were intense and it was just awful. So now my husband and I (who both dislike the other person's motives) are wondering: why homeschool?? I'd love to hear from those who are doing it!
Wife of a convert-I can honestly see homeschooling due to a bit from your side & your husband's side. Both have very good points. I am curious & I hope you don't mind me asking...and maybe this question is more for your husband due to working with the older kids, but how much do you see social media (Facebook, myspace, twitter, etc.) playing a part in school, disruption of their learning/education?
My kids started out in the public school and in 3rd grade I brought my oldest girl home - I felt that she wasn't being challenged enough. I also brought my 1st grader home because he was crying every night saying the kids were mean to him (he is by far my most sentitive kid). I had also been thinking about the fact that I wanted their curriculum to be more faith centered and learn their faith along with their other subjects. We are lucky that we are able to still participate in the school's activities such as sports and music and drama. I homeschooled the oldest from 3rd to 7th and she decided this year to go back to school. We are in a small school K-8 that only has 80 students. Academically she is above the other students, she has good work habits and is respectful of the teacher and staff (a big problem in her class). She is able to stay away from the influence of the other students because she knows what is right and wrong and has just gotten above the pettiness of the other kids. She does not mind that she has few friends because her world is more than just her friends - it is her faith and her family as well as her future. I think that maybe you should look from the other side. The curriculum per se may be similar in all schools but the skills (working skills) that can be gained from being at home are very important. The work habits and the accountability and work ethics are important - you may not get that in a classroom full of kids. Also, you can teach them to be respectful and get above the pettiness and attitudes of today's kids and teach yours respect and just how to act correctly. That is what I have found. I also love the fact that my kids know their faith so much better than we did (and do in some cases) and they can always rely on it for the right path. I have not kept them exclusively out of thepublic school, but I have gotten the best of both worlds. If you can, see if your kids can participate in school activities such as sports, music and drama and then the academic at home. This might be compromise if you can do it. It is a challenge for me (with 7 kids) but I have really seen the benefits and I don;t feel like we have missed out on anything. sorry for the long response.
Monica, I agree with you on a couple of points, but disagree on some others. I take offense when you say that Catholic schools are like public school because they have certified teachers, have "secular" textbooks and we follow state standards. I know I wanted a good academic education as well as a good Catholic atmosphere when I sent my children to Catholic School. Many of the parents in my school feel the same way. I teach Kindergarten and my students come out knowing their prayers, knowing how to say the rosary, and have knowledge about many other Catholic traditions. I am certainly not saying that "all" Catholic school teachers are like me, but I can say with confidence that our Archdiocese resonates with teachers with good Catholic values. Our students are accepted into many good Catholic High Schools and Colleges. Unless you are "in" the Catholic school system I don't think it is fair to pass judgement.
Catholic School Teacher - I was in the Catholic school system for my entire lifetime including college and graduate school. I have friends and family with kids in Catholic schools. I tutored kids from Catholic schools. Different people are looking for different things. The original poster asked about the traditional Catholic education which is what I responded to. Catholic schools are very different from what they were 50 years ago. Some consider them better, some consider them worse but what they aren't is traditional. So if you are looking for a traditional Catholic education, my opinion is you will find it more in homeschooling. But I did say there are some traditional Catholic schools out there (maybe yours is one) but they are in the minority. There is a traditional Catholic K-8 in my area but it extremely expensive. I am glad if you have a school that is affordable and traditional but there aren't many like that.
Monica, I bet even that "traditional" Catholic school has certified teachers and follows the state standards. I wouldn't send my children to a school that did not have certified teachers. I disagree with you about homeschooling being a more traditional Catholic Education. Religious do not home school children, their parents do. Homeschooling does give the advantage of teaching traditional Catholic values (which is still present in the majority of Catholic schools in my area) and teachings more thoroughly. But homeschooling does not look at all like "traditional Catholic Schools." I too was in the Catholic School system my entire life, including my career, and so I still am. It has changed, but so has the world. God is still present and always will be. That is a constant.
Yes, the traditional Catholic school in my area has some certified teachers and some not. It doesn't matter to me if the teachers are certified or not. What does matter to me is they are competent in what they are teaching and they are coming from a Catholic perspective. Many homeschool curriculums such as Seton use some of the texts that were used 50 years ago (such as grammar, literature, etc.). The whole curriculum is based on a traditional Catholic school curriculum and almost all the books are Catholic. Yes, of course with homeschooling there are lots of differences with schools (which is why people homeschool) but the heart and soul of what Catholic homeschooling does is what Catholic schools used to do: produce saints. Christian formation is the priority. But as I said, different people are looking for different things in a school.
Hi wife of a convert! (I am one, too) When our first child (he's now a senior in high school) was old enough to enter kindergarten, it simply didn't make sense to us to send our child away for his schooling where he would spend the next 13 years under the guidance, care & influence of someone other than his parents. We wanted to be fully present to share in the joys & struggles of learning. We also felt it was our right & responsibility to educate our children, especially in the Faith. 13 years & 6 children later, we realize that - for us - homeschooling is more a way of life than just a way of learning. Speaking for myself, it has been a wonderful adventure & a real blessing for us all. The relationships our children have formed with each other & with us are priceless. I often say that I am now receiving the education (especially in the Faith) that I did not receive growing up in the public school system (& I grew up in a fairly well-to-do area where the school system was considered to be very good - I also came from a solid parish with a decent CCD program). I am grateful for the opportunities our children have had to learn at their own pace, explore their interests, get involved in the community, & remain grounded in Faith & family.
WIFE OF A CONVERT: We began homeschooling 14 years ago when my oldest started K. We now have 8 kids from a college freshman down to a 1 year old. Honestly don't recall what motivated me then, but we knew some home schoolers and thought we'd give it a go. What motivates me to continue? Both of your reasons...controlling the curriculum - and being able to teach to mastery at their pace (sometimes moving faster, sometimes putting extra emphasis on an area someone is struggling with). As well as your dh's reasons...controlling their social lives - but only to a degree. In fact, maybe facilitating would be a much better word. Many of our kids' friends are from families we already know. Many are siblings. (My 3 oldest often go out with 3 kids from another family). They also make friends from activity groups. By being able to surround them with other like minded kids through home school co-ops, etc. I feel we've given them a comfortable space to be themselves as they are growing up. And none of my kids (at least at this point) are all that interested in putting on a facade to fit in with other groups. They have friends of other religions and some with no religion, but my kids have chosen to be their friends because they are good kids and they enjoy being with them, not because there is any pressure to belong in any social group. They have friends who are home schooled, go to private schools, and public schools. Another HUGE reason we continue is family time. The reality is they simply have more time to spend together and get to know one another. I love seeing the smile on one of our older boys' faces (and they don't know I am looking) when they are watching their 1 yr old sister do something cute. Our 18 yr old has chosen to commute to college because she doesn't want to miss seeing her siblings. She is very social and very busy, yet she brightens their day by taking them out for ice cream or simply reads them a book. Would we consider sending our kids to school? Certainly, we review our decision every year. Everything I mentioned above can be achieved whether a family home schools or not. But the time together through homeschooling makes those goals/desires for our family are easier to attain. That's probably the main reason we continue. Good luck with your decision. And remember, whichever route you choose doesn't have to be forever.
Realmom4life, I so enjoyed reading your above comment! What an awesome, busy mama---I love that your 18yr old daughter is so close to her siblings & brings them out for treats! Aw. :)
I just wanted to say "thank you" to Patricia and RealMom4life for writing such beautiful, heart-felt responses. I appreciate hearing honesty from other people on both sides of this issue. Most people seemed to be kind in their responses, but a few, weren't.... I suppose we must, out of single-mindedness and conviction in our own decision, take offense with other's choices. I often read in many responses a sort of anger, or angst and I think that is sad. How much better it is when we all chime in with our ideas and decide to do what is best for our family, and allow others that same chance....? For the record, I used to teach in the public school system for several years, before we were blessed with our own children. Once we began playing together, and reading and cooking and exploring---I did not want to miss it...any of it. It is incredibly scary to be the one in charge of my children's education, and I'm certainly far from perfect. However, I love my children very much, and each day I try to help them be the people God wants them to be. I pray that I do it well, and that I will be open to ideas to help me reach that goal. I smile when all of our kids are talking, working and playing together throughout the day. For now, this is working for us. It's a mix of social and academic reasons, but morally, logistically, and financially we have made this choice as well. For our family, even if there were a great Catholic school close-by, the tuition is more than we could afford, and we tithe, too.


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5 Days Undercover as a Justin Bieber Fan
As an Internet writer, it's my job to have at least some kind of working knowledge of the stuff people are into these days, but sometimes, shit just escapes me. Justin Bieber is one of those things.
I know I'm supposed to inherently dislike Justin Bieber, lest I have my Internet comedy card revoked, but still, I'm not really sure why. Does his music suck? No idea. Is he a dick? Couldn't tell you. I've literally spent my entire life up to this moment completely devoid of any real knowledge of the kid. But that's all about to change.
Lock up your tweens, moms of the world. Because for the next five days, I'm living like a Justin Bieber fan. Here's hoping I don't get arrested.
Day One - Jackin' for Biebs
Clearly, I need to get the dirt on Justin Bieber. I want to read about the hard scrabble youth spent toiling in daddy's saw mill and the wild nights snorting blow off of Usher's well-sculpted abs on the back of a tour bus.
According to Amazon.com, there are some books available that would propose to tell me all I need to know about the world's hottest and reportedly most obnoxious teen sensation, but this is no time to wait on Internet shipping. The public is fickle. By the time that book arrives they could have already moved on to thoughts of dangling Justin Bieber by his ankles from a hotel balcony like so many Vanilla Ice's before him.
A trip to Target yields two Bieber-centric magazines: Bop and M. Next it's on to Barnes and Noble in hopes of finding an actual biography. Instead, I just find another magazine that promises "the real life story." I buy it anyway.
Next, it's time to find some music. Because my strict sense of ethics and overbearing state of poverty forbid me from spending money on music, I instead opt for the Internet piracy route, knowing full well that after years of looting the Internet for countless gigabytes of tunes, this will likely be the one download that prompts the RIAA to toss a stun grenade through my window and sue me for $8.6 million in damages. But it's a risk I must take.
Day Two - My World (Completely Sucks)
After compiling all the research materials necessary, it's time to bone up on Justin Bieber. Christ that came out awful. Learn, is what I mean. Study. Whatever.
Yesterday, I was completely dismayed to find that this young jerk has two full albums. I'm still hoping to get around to showering this week and this kid is cranking out albums every six hours. And now I have to listen to them. Fuck me. Here goes nothing.
I start with My World instead of My World 2.0 because I keep shit chronological whenever possible. Fortunately, the album only has seven songs on it. So I take it back, this kid is lazy as shit. He probably sleeps until noon in the summer and never cleans his room. What a dick.
So how's the album sound? Like the kind of thing R. Kelly would probably jerk it to while fantasizing about urinating on 14-year-old chicks on camera, that's what. It's the kind of pop/R&B concoction that is obnoxious enough in the hands of a 19-year-old girl, let alone a kid who my friend Wikipedia assures me was around 15 or so when the album was recorded. I'm not buying it. He sounds like a 12-year-old kid at best. Or maybe a really well cared for keytar played way up the neck. Have fun following that reference, Bieber fans! The songs themselves are littered with references to lost love and heartbreak and talk of his "favorite girl." How much ass is this kid crushing that he's already got a favorite girl out of "all the girls" he's "ever known"?
But hey, the kids love it. Teen hormones are a mad house. Also a mad house: my nerves. Because this shit is grating on them, and I'm only three songs in. The fourth song, "Bigger," I shit you not begins with some creep whispering the word "mafia." I don't even have the will to investigate why that may be. Maybe the mob gets the royalties from one song per album as protection money. That would be the shit.
Thankfully, the first album goes by rather quickly, what with only having seven songs and all. Good thing too, because it ended with some kind of Frankenstein like amalgam that sounded like "Love Fool" by The Cardigans had sex with "Tainted Love" and gave birth to a baby that speaks only in Autotune.
But the party is only halfway finished. The cleverly titled My World 2.0 is up next and kicks off with that "Baby" song that I somehow manage to hear once per day even if I spend the entire day in total silence. It features a guest verse from Ludacris. Way to keep it street, buddy.
That's better.
"Somebody to Love" would sound perfect over the closing credits to Mannequin 6: The Reckoning. That movie doesn't exist and that sentence isn't very descriptive, but I think you know exactly the kind of song I'm speaking of. I hope you do, because I'm done talking about it.
The rest of the album keeps up at the same pace. Basically, the kind of shit kids go nuts over. By the time it's all over, I guess I understand why the music is so popular, but goddamn "Who Let the Dogs Out" was popular too. I never saw an army of 12-year-old girls lose their shit over the Baha Men. So I'm still at a loss. Maybe a little reading will help.
Day Three - In Which I Regret Ever Learning to Read
Having learned next to nothing after several hours spent celebrating the entire Bieber catalog, it's time to dive into the reading material. Here's what I found out, the results... probably won't shock you.
M Magazine
Right away, M brings the goods. Check it out.
Yep, it's an article all about what the kid's hair feels like. I'm already completely confident that I'd rather go back to listening to the albums including bonus tracks, studio outtakes and demos than to sift through this insanity. But I have a job to do. I'm here to find out everything I can about what the kids are into, and the kids are into Justin Bieber. And his fucking hair, apparently. By the way, sorry to keep you in suspense, the hair - it's soft. Take note for future reference.
M is proving to be ridiculously light in the way of information. But when it comes to fun, they know what people like! For example, check out this poster that allows you to fill in the talk bubble next to the Biebs head!
Pictured: Hours of fun.
I'm also treated to my first bit of real information on page 69 in the form of this chart that assures me that Justin Bieber is compatible with every chick that would ever purchase this magazine.
Judging from those results, I think I even have a shot with the kid. Don't tempt me with a good time, M!
Hopefully Bop will help get this teen pop education kicked into gear. Let's see what they have for me.
Bop Magazine
Right on, now we're learning some shit. For example, did you know Justin Bieber is a total fraud and Nick Cannon really needs a goddamn job?
If you're going to pass yourself off as a bowling pro, at least put your finger in the damn hole. Nobody bowls that way Bieber! FYI, telling a 16-year-old kid to "put their finger in the damn hole" is illegal in 38 states. The other 12, somehow, are all Alabama.
But the information really starts flowing with a section called "Justin A - Z." I've taken the liberty of summarizing some of the highlights. You're welcome.
Life Story Magazine
Life Story proved to be by far the biggest disappointment. It was mostly just a collection of all this same shit, except the entire magazine was dedicated strictly to Justin Bieber. So, basically, I could have saved myself 10 bucks and about two hours of reading and scanning by just buying that one. The rage now bubbling inside me at the realization that I'll never get this time back is only quelled by finding this picture, which strikes me as quite possibly the most adorable thing ever.
Presh. But I still have no clue what the kids see in this dude. Furthermore, I have no idea where to go from here.


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If people could be fooled in life so easily ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/realhustle/ ) then in computing....
So what are the best tips, to persuade a regular user to pay a little more attention to security: e.g.: use HTTPS where available, up-to-date softwares, don't log in@a netcafe, don't click on links that he doesn't trust, use WOT/NoScript plugin, etc.
security: even for creating backups regurarly
Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you!
If people could be fooled in life so easily ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/realhustle/ ) then in computing....
Frankly, I believe the only way to achieve that is to offer no other choice - or at least make doing the right thing much easier than the alternatives. All of the points you raise put a burden on the user to get some aspect (however small) of information security correct: well users are not for the most part information security experts. They are bricklayers, or physics researchers, or project managers: we should let them get on with laying bricks, or researching physics, or managing projects. Those are the things they are expert at: we should be doing the security for them.
To pick on one example, "don't click on links that he doesn't trust". Just how should an administrative assistant, for example, decide whether a link is trustworthy? Look at the WHOIS record for the domain (having ensured that their DNS is being resolved through a 'trusted' channel)? Examine the details of the SSL certificate? Phone the webmaster and verify the key fingerprint? Only, why does he trust the phone number, the phone network, the person on the other end of the phone... It's a ridiculous position to give people hyperlinks that can point anywhere then tell them to make a judgement on using hyperlinks.
So I might be busy ranting, but am I going to suggest an alternative? Yes: stop using backwards compatibility or familiarity with the existing workflow to justify continued use of broken systems. To address the trusted link example, we have two problems:
Point 1 can be easily, if expensively, addressed.
Point 2 is harder: from a technological perspective, you can imagine issuing multiple certs from multiple authorities, but then you have to have UI for examining and evaluating multiple certs; yuck. Or you could imagine a 'web of trust' model where people countersign keys from sites they trust, and people they trust to trust, and so on; but now we're back in the same position we were before, where we have to know who to trust (this is basically what Moxie Marlinspike came to implement in Convergence). Or you could adopt the approach of current web filtering tools, and while you don't trust a vendor to tell you who is good, you trust them enough to declare that some sites are definitely bad.
This rough description fits with what Microsoft's SDL team has called NEAT security UI: the interface should be Necessary, Explained, Actionable and Tested. Compare that with the current UI for trusted websites: you get the interface (the padlock icon) when the trust is OK, i.e. when it's not Necessary. Clicking on that usually lets you see the details of the SSL certificate, but did anyone (and should anyone) explain what all of the fields in an SSL certificate mean to the user? Not Explained. Also, most browsers only stop you proceeding to sites with obviously broken certs, so in many cases the UI is not Actionable either.
The point is that if the UI were NEAT, then it would become more valuable: users would see the UI at the point that they (not we) need to make a decision; they would be told the supporting information relevant to their decision; their decision would have a meaningful outcome; and we would know how they react in both benign and hostile conditions.
I pretty much agree with Graham, security these days is too important to be left to the layman or even to the programmers themselves. It is best to have a dedicated team ensuring conformity to standards including those which could impact the user-side of operations.
On those lines:
Most users do not get imaginative while using software, they generally follow a simple pattern. This may be used to advantage of security or to its disadvantage!
My experience is average Joe's do care about security – hasn't every member of this site been asked by someone outside the computer industry which antivirus software is best? I'm suggesting a question posed beyond a feigned attempt to find some common ground with you, that is, a direct question that clearly indicates they would like to hear what you think they can do to better their situation.
Maybe persuasion is not what's needed.
Maybe easier ways for average Joe's to pick up Internet street knowledge is what's needed.
Many already have security anxiety rooted in not knowing if they're infected, owned, or doing stupid things. That means the power of incentives is already in play. They are just not aware of the plenitude of dangers you alluded to; using open Wi-Fi at Starbucks is crazy*, but that's street knowledge.
Knowing why it's bad to walk down that street or to click that link takes work – you either have to experience it or be learned of it. I wonder if there are any short cuts to gaining such wisdom?
I think most people would be happy to spend a little extra time doing something right (i.e. securely) if they know what that means.
Alexis Conran (co-writer/actor for The Real Hustle) did a couple keynotes for the RSA Security conferences – if I remember right, his advice centered on making yourself more knowledgeable of bad things to avoid getting owned. I guess that's another way of saying to be secure don't be stupid.
(*http://www.immunitysec.com/products-silica.shtml is a Starbucks Wi-Fi auto-owning tool)
Graham's answer is absolutely correct when it comes to the how to educate a user in what the risks are, and how to either help them understand the decisions they make or take the decision away from them where possible.
A related problem is persuading them to care...The biggest problem here is that it really doesn't matter to the vast majority of people, and no matter what we say or do as an industry there will always be that group who will never notice the security impact one way or the other and will ignore us.
I think we can concentrate on certain groups to try and help improve things locally, and hope that there will be an element of grass-roots flow of cultural norms from these groups.
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So how can security be a benefit for the average home user? Simple answer is possibly "It Can't" so while I hate the idea of using Fear as a driver, we certainly should be able to use the publicity around major exploits to help educate.
The only exception I could think of would be:
Useful examples include raids such as the FBI's raid on the home of a (possibly innocent) DDoS'er - depending on how the court case and publicity go, it may become the case that if you don't secure your machine to prevent infection you might be liable. Possibly a long shot, but then Gene Simmons is remarkably litigious so who knows?
Admittedly a student won't care, but companies will - if they are being raided by the FBI.
So, some thoughts:
May I also suggest one more approach (complementary of course to the other great ideas):
Make security "exciting"!
Contrary to other corporate directions IT security has this great inherent advantage. People get introduced to its basic concepts (in a right or wrong way, that's another discussion...) in their every day life and especially in exhilarating moments of their pastime (fiction, movies etc.)
"The Real Hustle" mentioned in the question does a great job in this direction, still there much to be done...
I would see security professionals doing something more than "Corporate Security Awareness Programs". Boring? Just another one in the thousands of office memos?
Here is the challenge: introduce interesting elements, talk about spectacular failures, be part educator, part evangelist, part fiction writer (read "Zero Day"?) Make it interesting to people and they will come. And then show them simple ways they can use to improve things in their every day practice. Make them feel they can make a difference, make them proud they use encryption like in the spy movies.
This is a hard problem since it has a potent enemy: Human nature. It's human nature to trust and everyday experience shows that trust works. You can visit thousands of web sites without a problem. Then one day the servers of your favorite games console get hacked and your digital identity is in danger. There are about a billion people online but even an attack like the one on Sony got only 70 million of them. And Sony-scale attacks are rare.
Even though most companies don't take security really serious. If you analyze the security breaches in recent years, even companies specialized in computer security got hit eventually.
So we have a large gap here: Security should be important but it isn't really that important in everyday life. You can have an insecure web site online for years without getting hit or you can click on a link and get infected with a zero-day exploit that no one could have prevented.
So I think that persuading the average person about security is the wrong approach. Just like in real life, security should not be an issue. No sane person dons a flack jacket before leaving the house in the northern hemisphere (well, you get my drift). Security has to "just work" or it's not security.
It doesn't work because computers aren't smart and powerful enough. My IDE is powerful enough to generate 1.5 million lines of Java code in less than 4 seconds but it's too dumb to tell me that
Todays programming languages offer killer features like CSS styling of the UI but so far, no one cared to create a framework which makes it more simple to write safe code instead of unsafe one. If you start to write Eclipse RCP applications, about 100MB of Java byte code is added to your application and no one in the world can say how many security holes this code might have.
If a firewall gets a packet, most of the time, there is no way to tell where it really came from and whether it contains what it should. It's more important to route a packet around the globe in less than 3ns than making sure an email comes from the sender.
IMO, unless these problems are addressed, it's pointless to educate John Doe about security. We should start to educate the specialists, first. After that, John Doe won't have to care anymore.
[EDIT] I just read that some Android apps transmit the AuthToken for Google's ClientLogin protocol unencrypted. That means anyone can access all Google APIs where you have an account: GMail, Calendar, contacts, private pictures on Picasa, your blog on blogger.com.
So if Google doesn't get something so basic right, what's the point in persuading John Doe that security matters? :-(
We have to have a common language around risk - something that is mostly intuitive and can be explained on a napkin. I don't think we'll ever turn people into subject matter experts, but at least we'll get them thinking critically about a problem once they're made aware of it.
There's a good article on risk literacy form a few years back.
I'd suggest applying gamification to the task. As that Wikipedia article notes, the black hat community already uses games to improve their attacks, partly because it makes the task more fun, and promotes useful practice.
One approach is to educate users using games that help them become aware of the threats and vulnerabilities out there. It is common in many traditional games to make players aware of often arcane security principles of warfare. What games are out there about navigating the risky world of wifi security, phishing attempts, the dangers of using outdated and vulnerable software, the risks of having a larger attack surface than necessary, etc? Why aren't there more?
Another approach is for the general implementor community - incorporate game design principles into software user interfaces of security-related software: "Gamification" of Information Security: Applying Social Game Design Concepts to Information Security | Skype Education
Threats may work. Make users financially and/or legally responsible for the security issues they create. Germany is trying to do that with owner of open WiFi hotspots (at least so pretends this article but it is a legal matter, thus probably riddled with subtleties beyond my understanding).
Unfortunately, today people have to close their doors and they do. Every place that has gone public, today is equipped with alarms, video surveillance and other security systems. Such consciousness came to people through the long time and the value of lost and damaged property. The same is here, in IT industry.
There are usual people that do not really care about security - they are simply not interested in it, but they do care about their data and funds. Everyone closes their doors on lock, these are the basics. However, when one should install security system into the building, we usually call the specialists. I am talking about security transparency and easiness. Average user should not be intimidated by the process of establishing and supporting safe environment. Ideally, once such safe environment is provided, user should just follow simple rules not to break it.
When it comes to the questions like what then those rules are, what software to install and, generally, how to keep this utopian safe environment still working, we often come to dispute and controversy while not receiving accomplished answer. It depends from the needs and aims of computer user, role the computer is taking itself. It does not means that home users definitely cares less than bank operator. But there are costs-to-effectiveness, feedback from invested amount of time and money. Anyway, general tip is to support so-called CIA - confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Explain clearly what can happen if people use stupid passwords such as 123456 or leave their WIFI APs open, and give examples and references.
ie. years in jail and getting on a sex offenders list because their computer was used remotely to download kiddie porn - that should scare the crap out of normal people.
If not, then there's extortion, blackmail, identity theft, bank account theft, ridicule of friends on social networking sites, jealous exes or other enemies spreading lies and rumours for personal gain, revenge, destroying relationships and putting lives in danger etc etc etc. The list goes on.


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I'm still struggling to wrap my mind around closures in JavaScript (for the record, I've read the answer to JavaScript closures here on Stack Overflow, plus the "JavaScript Closures for Dummies" and am still puzzled by them).
My main issue is that I'm having trouble understanding the significance of declaring another function within a function; I get that returning the inner function allows the local variables of the outer function to remain active, but isn't that still the case in this example?
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The local variable, "say" is still being referenced outside of its local scope in the sayJohn() function that I've created. So isn't this still creating a closure?
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This is kind of a rambling question since I don't know how to ask it clearly.
I'm doing some reading on modeling Supply and Demand from economics using a second order differential equation (http://espin086.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/the-second-order-differential-equations-of-dynamic-market-equilibrium/). It's been a while since I've studied this (the DE part) and I have some questions.
This article describes their solution to a differential equation that models price as having 3 solutions:
- A distinct real solution
- A repeating real solution, and
- A complex conjugate.
I presume that if one wanted to use the solutions to the differential equations and calculate expected prices, one would use the distinct real solution.
What's tripping me up though is the repeating real solution. Having plotted it (using graphsketch.com), I don't really see a repeating component in what they describe ($e^{-x}+x*e^{-x}$ is a generalization of the solution).
Logically I don't understand how this fits in to a supply and demand context. Is it something that can be outright ignored? It is a solution after all so that would lead me to day no. The complex conjugate I presume can be discarded entirely since you can't have imaginary money. I remember from my electrical engineering days that imaginary components were very important in calculating magnitudes and this is adding to the confusion.
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What exactly happens at the laboratory in The Divide (2011)? Who are the guys at the laboratory and what do they try to achieve?
It doesn't look like it explains the lab
After exploring the lab, Josh runs back into the shelter after being identified at which point the door is welded shut. This leads me to believe that the lab was setup there for some other purpose other than the occupants of the shelter and may have originally burst in because they intended to occupy it for themselves but after finding resistance they retreated, but not without first taking a test subject.
Being in a post-apocalyptic setting, it's possible that the lab was setup to prevent contamination and the children may have been shaved to get rid of radioactive contamination and placed in the stasis tanks to be protected or cleansed.
Or, the lab was setup to perform experiments on people and that's why suits broke into the shelter to begin with. Who knows. But with the reaction to Josh when they see he isn't supposed to be there, they were either there to do harm or he was just mad about his buddies getting attacked in the previous encounter with the shelter inhabitants.
If you examine the final scene after Eva escapes, she finds the city in ruin. So it doesn't seem as if the lab was actually there for malicious purposes or containment (like in Quarantine).
However, the real reason is not revealed to us and is just there to add an element of terror and explain why they just can't walk out the door. It has even less significance when you consider that once the door was welded shut, the lab and suits were forgotten.
There is a lot of ambiguity and confusion as to the purpose of the lab which suggests it wasn't meant to be explained as part of the story line.
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I'm in middle of davening, and scratch a usually-covered place using my little finger (pinky) on my right hand. This requires me to wash my hand before continuing. Do I have to:
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I'm in middle of davening, and scratch a usually-covered place using my little finger (pinky) on my right hand. This requires me to wash my hand before continuing. Do I have to:
Let us first address a clearly delineated case: There is a law that when urinating in the middle of a meal and using only one hand to clean oneself, one need only wash that hand - Yoma 30a, Shul'han Arukh Ora'h 'Haim 170:1. No differentiation was made regarding the fingers used, so I would assume that in a meal it would be required to still wash the whole hand. So it is clear that you don't need to wash both hands.
Now regarding prayer: Nevertheless for praying as opposed to eating, since the requirement to wash one's hands fully besides once in the morning in order to pray (according to the opinion accepted as halacha) is not restrictive, and only their cleanliness is (ibid. 92:6), despite that a-priori halacha requires washing the whole hand (ibid. 92:5), nevertheless once already in the middle of prayer that one can't move in, an act of cleaning alone is enough. Therefore when in the middle of the "Amidah" it would seem that it would be enough to clean the finger (since we are only concerned with cleanliness and cleaning a clean part of the hand does nothing, as it is already clean). When in a part of prayer that permits walking around, one would have to wash the whole hand (Mishna Berura 92:27) since a priori, more than just "cleaning" is required - "washing". Of course one should not touch the dirty area of the body when in prayer (ram"a 92:7).


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I'm up to the point in my app now where I have to work on a feature where multiple questionnaires can be downloaded via a cms and saved locally, and then altered offline. There can be a number of forms being edited by a single user.
My question is, what would be best for this implementation? Use a single sencha local storage store to store the multiple forms in there and filter it when necessary, or attempt to go at it using this SQLite plugin https://github.com/shepsii/SQLite-Proxy-ST2 ?
Any input would be great as it would greatly help me in the process.
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I am looking at the description of LTI systems in the time domain.
Intuitively, I'd have guessed it would be the composition of the input function and some "system function". $$ y(t) = f(x(t)) = (f\circ x)(t)$$ Where $x(t)$ is the input, $y(t)$ output and $f(x)$ a "system function".
Why is it not that way? Could such a "system function" be found for, say, an R-C-Circuit?
The actual output function y(t), is defined as $$ y(t) = (h * x)(t) $$ Where $h(t)$ is the response to a dirac impulse. This is hard to grasp for me. Why is it so? I have looked at various explanations, drawings of rectangles becoming infinitely narrow, which I sort of understood, but it is still "hard to grasp"! I am looking for a simple explanation in one or two sentences here.


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Thu, Nov 21, 2013
This week we will take a look at three more sites and I will give you my final thoughts.
First we will look at two blogging platforms.
Exhibit Five
Blogger wouldn't allow anyone to use my content, would they?
Answer: Depends on how you define anyone. Google does have rules in place regarding copyright infringement but as you can see below you are pretty much in charge of blowing that whistle on your own. That said, Google themselves retain rights to your posted works.
From the Source:
"We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
We provide information to help copyright holders manage their intellectual property online. If you think somebody is violating your copyrights and want to notify us, you can find information about submitting notices and Google's policy about responding to notices in our Help Center."
Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.
When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing you have added to Google Maps). Some Services may offer you ways to access and remove content that has been provided to that Service. Also, in some of our Services, there are terms or settings that narrow the scope of our use of the content submitted in those Services. Make sure you have the necessary rights to grant us this license for any content that you submit to our Services.
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So Tumlbr protects me better?
Answer: I will let you be the judge. What I do like about their policy is that while some of the verbiage remains the same, they specify the intent. See below.
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Now a quick look at Pinterest.
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Pinterest is basically a free for all, right?
Answer: This answer is a little different because of how we use the service. Most people use Pinterest for what is called "deep linking," your pins link users to specific content in sites you think may be of interest to them. For example, rather than linking to a recipe website you link them directly to the recipe that caught your attention. In this form of use there is no infringement because you are linked to the original source. Here comes the BUT, but you do have the ability to post unique content and when you do the policy is similar to many of the services that claim rights to use your content in a way that supports their service – including the right to modify your content.
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You grant Pinterest and its users a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, store, display, reproduce, re-pin, modify, create derivative works, perform, and distribute your User Content on Pinterest solely for the purposes of operating, developing, providing, and using the Pinterest Products. Nothing in these Terms shall restrict other legal rights Pinterest may have to User Content, for example under other licenses. We reserve the right to remove or modify User Content for any reason; including User Content that we believe violates these Terms or our policies.
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My purpose here was not to throw companies under the bus for their practices. As businesses they have the right to do what is best for their bottom line. My goal was simply to get people thinking. Think about the license agreements you are "signing" though I certainly wouldn't be opposed to companies making it a little bit easier to understand.
What I want people to think about is the real value of what they create. Should it really be free? The severe storm outbreak last weekend is a great example. The media agencies barely had to lift a finger to get the story. Sure they sent a handful of people into the field but we did most of the heavy lifting for them. We stood in harm's way to get the shot of the tornado barreling through the neighborhood tossing houses like toy blocks; filming wind gusts that folded trees in two, in downtown St. Louis. How much in commercial residuals do you think CNN is going to send out to the people who took that footage? Answer: Not a dime. If they are lucky they might get their name mentioned on national television.
Think about your newspaper. How many jobs have they cut? How many have replaced that lost content with blogs? Some would say this is the democratization of information. That is what used to think, until I thought long and hard about who reaps the benefits of this new information economy.
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Fri, Nov 8, 2013
Today we will look at two more services many of you may use and what you give up when you agree to their terms.
Exhibit Three
I love sharing my photos on Flickr, they can't use those, right?
Answer: see highlights below – the upshot is that your photos, video and audio are better protected than anything you write.
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"Yahoo! does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Yahoo! Services. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services, you grant Yahoo! the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:
Section a. omitted – only applies to Yahoo Groups
b. With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services other than Yahoo! Groups, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Yahoo! Services solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Yahoo! Services and will terminate at the time you remove or Yahoo! removes such Content from the Yahoo! Services.
c. With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services other than Yahoo! Groups, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed."
Exhibit Four
Can Facebook use my photos in their advertising?
Answer: Depends on your settings, the upshot is that the more locked down you have your account the less you are giving them permission to use.
From the Source:
"For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (IP License). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it."
Stay tuned. Next week we will be looking at blogging services and Pinterest.
You Don't Need To Pay Me, I Work For Hope
Mon, Nov 4, 2013
I just finished reading a book by Jaron Lanier called "Who Owns the Future" and while this is no way a book review, his book did give me some things to ponder. Lanier's basic argument is that we are all being foolish by giving (and taking) each other's intellectual content for free. He argues that by sharing our works and thoughts we are driving revenue to a smaller and smaller group of elites and destroying the middle class in the process. While I don't necessarily agree with everything he has to say, he does make some compelling arguments and got me questioning whether free information is a good idea.
While I could pontificate on this for hours I will spare you, kind of. Rather than one long-winded post, I am going to break this up into a short series and I am going to try to keep my opinion out of it. Each post will be two examples of licensing agreement language and what it means to you; focusing on sites and services you probably know.
So here we go.
Exhibit One
I just signed up for Google Drive what did I give away?
Answer: pretty much everything
From the Source:
Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.
When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing you have added to Google Maps).
Source: http://www.google.com/policies/terms/
Exhibit Two
I was just asked to speak at a TED Conference, I wonder how much I will be paid? In addition to the live speech my talk will be accessible to all and viewed thousands if not millions of times. That has to be worth something right?
Answer: You'll have to report it to the IRS (your ticket and accommodations have monetary value) but no money will ever see your pocket. TED does not pay its speakers; it does however put them up in a nice hotel and doesn't kick them out of the conference when they are done speaking.
What you are really banking on here is the hope that your talk will be a hit and lead to a more lucrative future. For example, Sir Ken Robinson's first TED talk is one of their most viewed talks of all time. To see him speak live will now cost your organization $50,000 a session. By the way, if you read the second paragraph you will find that your talk isn't even guaranteed to make it on the website.
From the Source:
"TED does not pay speakers. We do, of course, cover travel costs and provide excellent hotel accommodation -- as well as a covetable pass to all four days of TED. Most speakers stay for all four days of the conference, soaking up the inspiration, and connecting with other fascinating attendees, who range from rocket scientists to concert pianists. Other TED goodies include the famous gift bag, the TED Book Club, a beautiful Program Guide with a full page devoted to each full-length speaker, and a virtual-DVD stream of the conference soon afterward. We're committed to creating an experience that's tremendously fulfilling and beneficial on all sides.
An additional benefit of speaking at TED is that your presentation may become a TEDTalk, part of our beautifully produced, broadcast-quality video podcast series. Offered free to the public, TEDTalks have proven extraordinarily effective at spreading ideas."
Source: http://support.ted.com/customer/portal/articles/301777-what-do-you-pay-speakers-
So what are your thoughts so far? Will it change your online behaviors? Will it make you start reading the fine print?
I Can Do This And So Can You
Fri, Aug 16, 2013
There is a growing culture of Makers in our country who are not only expanding and honing their talents but who also want to share their experience and knowledge with you. The result is multiple media streams that demystify projects making them doable for most of us. Maker projects cover almost any topic and vary greatly in their goals; some are artistic expression, others are about saving money and a large subset focus on being environmentally responsible.
Whether it be art, cooking, home improvement projects or just simple crafting I find that too many people don't have enough faith in their abilities to take on the challenges. Most people will just pay someone to do the job for them or admire the talents of others with mumblings of, "I wish I could do something like that." In most cases you can. Of course there are things you may not have the talent to take on but in reality a lot of projects that look complicated are doable once you break them down into smaller bites. So what does this have to do with technology? I'm getting to that.
In the past decade or so we have seen a Maker movement growing in this country, although I think of it more as a Doer movement because we aren't always building from the ground up; sometimes we are fixing things or modifying them to our needs. The recession seems to have magnified this movement as fewer and fewer people can afford more consumerist routes to what they desire. Coupled with and enhancing this movement is the geometric growth of social media. Social media has created a culture where we share everything; sometimes this is very, very bad but sometimes it's fantastic because out of this desire to share has come the sharing of knowledge and processes.
Websites like Instructables.com and Makezine.com create virtual environments where people can share their projects and ideas with others. In the case of Instructables they come with step by step instructions for you to replicate their work. If you knit or crochet there is Ravelry.com, an online community that shares patterns and instruction with the community that helping to keep your motivation up through chat, project swaps and challenges. In addition to the dedicated sites simple searches on YouTube can uncover thousands of how-to videos covering almost any subject. Right now my youngest daughter's favorite is Nerdy Nummies where the host does geek-themed baked goods. The point is that there is something out there for everyone. Of course if you aren't a digital person there is always your local library – I guarantee our catalog is filled with how-tos on nearly every subject under the sun.
In the end each person has to answer for themselves whether the effort and time is worth the cost savings and personal satisfaction. What's important is that people answer that question from the standpoint of their own values, not whether they are up to the task. Support is out there and our digital culture is helping make it more accessible and supportive than ever.
Other maker / crafting websites not mentioned above.
DIY Network - Home Improvement How-To & Remodeling Projects
eHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Discover the expert in you.
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Family Fun With Technology
Thu, Aug 8, 2013
It's August and if you have kids in your home there is a highly likelihood that their favorite phrase at this point in the summer is, "I'm bored." So if you are looking for a relatively affordable way to break the summer boredom and do something that is fun, educational and healthy I might have something for you – have you ever heard of geocaching?
Geocaching is basically a technology based treasure hunt. Using a GPS unit and coordinates provided at the geocaching.com website you can scour the city looking for hidden caches. They come in all a variety of sizes from film canisters all the way up to large ammunition boxes. Right now over 2000 caches reside in the Fox Cities area to keep even the most ambitious family busy for some time, and if you find all of the caches around here there are more scattered all over the world.
It is easy to get started. The first thing you need to do is set up an account. A basic account at geocaching.com is absolutely free and will fill the needs of most users. You may need to purchase is a GPS but if you have a smart phone you can download apps that will turn your phone in to a geocaching machine. I use c:geo, a free Android app, it has a nice interface that makes most things really easy, but it's not perfect. The compass page that acts as your guide is not very accurate. In fairness it may be a problem with my phone and not the app. You can also choose to spend ten bucks and get the official geacaching app which is available to both Android and Apple users.
Many geocachers prefer a dedicated GPS. As I stated earlier the smart phone didn't seem to have great accuracy whereas even our oldest handheld unit works great. The catch with a hand held unit is that coordinates need to be downloaded or manually entered into the units. For what it's worth, you can get a decent handheld GPS unit for about a hundred bucks these days. If you have a car mounted GPS units you can also use that if it has battery power. The problem is that they do not typically have a compass page so you would have to use the actual coordinates to figure out when you were getting close.
Once you have an account and a GPS unit in hand you can start your search. From geocaching.com you can set up your query of local caches. In this case I searched within 25 miles of zip code 54911. After removing the caches we had already found the result was 2188 possible caches. Each cache is listed with size, difficulty, type of terrain and when it was last found to help you choose your targets. There is even a button to click that automatically sends the coordinates to your GPS unit if it is hooked up to the computer via USB.
Here are some recommendations from 8 years of experience geocaching with my family.
1. Look for full size caches. These will have small toys and knick knacks in them that the kids can trade. Since the idea is to trade, not simply take, you will also need a supply of items to take with you. We usually raid the kid's rooms beforehand for Hot Wheel cars, Little People, yo-yos, or happy meal toys. You get the idea, cheap and plentiful things that will not be missed. Pencils and pens are also good swap items.
2. Hike for it. If you are trying to get some health value out of this stay away from car caches. Many geocaches can be found simply by pulling over to the side of the road and hunting within 20 feet of the car – which kind of kills the healthy part. The caches' description will give you an idea of where items are hidden, so choose accordingly.
3. Stick to easy caches your first couple times out so the kids don't get frustrated and the corollary rule, let them find some of the caches.
4. Model behavior. Set an example for your kids. Never dig. Be careful about trouncing on the plants. If you really want to set an example, try a concept called "Cache in Trash out." In other words leave the area better than you found it by carrying out trash that was left in the woods.
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CNN cited the American Immigration Council's recent report ...
The Economics of Immigration: A Resource Page
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I guess Frank wants to go into the half down double digits.
Make up call lol
These refs are courtesy of the Big Ten conference.
Every possession is a turnover.
Backup wing continues to be a problem
Some terrible calls.
Change is neither good or bad, it simply is.
Thats it refs have destroyed this game.
I know it's the Bulls, but I HATE that offensive foul on Taj.
Damn OJ think he is Kobe pass the f**** ball damn it.
Rose does that jump stop on every single shot attempt. OJ gets whistled for the walk. Whatever.
Mahinmi is terrible.
Second group isn't passing the ball.
Lance should have made that.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
where's the d-league refs chants?
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Taj Gibson makes love to us every time we play them. Every time
Is Vogel just trying to teach something to Lance? He's getting killed out there with this lineup.
This is getting really hard to watch.
The worst call of many.
Their problem is that they don't pass the ball is like Frank told them to jack up as many shots as possible or something.
Pretty frustrating to watch right now.
He doesn't but he has to try out the Lance + bench unit. I thought that it would be a fantastic unit but it has failed us in the last two games.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Hey Frank, you see how Thibodeau staggers his lineups? Might wanna try that once.
If Lance keeps up this kind of play with the bench he might convince me that it is better for Danny to come off the bench.
The quarter's half over and we've scored 2 points. This is on Vogel, you can't take a lead like that for granted against the Bulls.
I really don't get all the talk about how we "upgraded our bench." It looks no different than last year to me. Getting worked once again.


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Monday, November 19, 2007
TraderFeed FAQ: Ten Common Questions and Replies
1) Do you exchange links? (No, but if you have something free and educational of special interest to TraderFeed readers, send me the URL and I'll link in a future post.)
2) Do you coach traders? (No, my work is limited to trading firms, including hedge funds, investment banks, and proprietary shops, but I'll be happy to make a referral if you let me know what you want to work on.)
3) Can I publish your posts on my site? (No, I'm not looking for wider exposure, but if you have something free and educational of special interest to TraderFeed readers, send me the URL and I'll link in a future post).
4) What are your advertising rates? (None, this is not a commercial site, but I can recommend fine blogs that do take advertising).
5) Would you mention my (book, software, services, etc.) on your site? (No, I'm swamped with these requests, but if you have an informative Website that describes your offerings, I'd be happy to link in an upcoming post).
6) Could you help me find a job at a trading firm? (No, but I can point you in some general directions if you tell me the kind of firm you're looking for).
7) We have a new service that can get you more exposure... (No, I'm not looking for publicity or exposure, but if you have a free, informative site about your service, I'd be happy to link in an upcoming post).
8) Could you tell me how to compute (chart, interpret, etc.) your market indicator? (No, some of my research is proprietary, but I'll be happy to explain its logic and direct you to posts on the topic).
9) Could you speak to our group of traders? (No, my road schedule has become onerous, but I'd consider doing a Webinar free of charge if you can set it up and publicize).
10) Could I call you (or get together with you)? (No, the number of times in a year that I socialize with people other than my wife and kids fits on one hand; time just doesn't permit. But if you have questions, I'll do my best to answer them electronically).
I do welcome questions about blog posts and trading topics; posting those in the comments section of the blog is the best way to draw upon the expertise of readers. Thanks for your understanding (as I look at my email inbox hit 941).
8 comments:
- BirdMan said...
Dr. Brett:
Ha - and well done! Now about that pro bono speaking engagement on Christmas eve...
- louminn said...
With the exception of #10 this is why I visit this blog multiple times a day... P.S. mom says the turkey will be served at 2PM... Thanks for all your work on this Blog.
- Lugo said...
After the post "What Resources Have Helped Your Trading?", one of the subjects I would like you explore and may be others can share too is the Trading Setup. How do people trade? What they look and what they monitor before, during and after trading hours.
Being a fulltime IT guy for over 14 years and trading after hours for almost one year one of the things I'd love to have it's a kind of operational guide for my daily trading routines. I find very usefull (priceless to be more precise) to learn from others how people trade. I'm not refering to their trading systems but HOW they trade. I can give some examples:
1. How many computers and monitors do you use? What software do you use?
Two monitors, one laptop for emergency; my broker software, TradeStation is coming.
2. What do you have in your screen all the time?
Stock Futures (YM, ES, NQ), Currency Futures (EC, JY, BP), plus Gold, Oil and VIX.
Once in a while I take a look to sector ETFs
Would people mind to share a print screen so that we can see their charts/prices layouts?
3. What timeframe do you monitor those instruments?
M15, M30, H1, H4 with no open trade; plus M1 or M5 if I have one open trade
4. What news sources do you closely monitor?
Bloomberg TV
5. What's your daily routine? Again being an IT guy I'd love to have a kind of operational guide for my daily trading routines.
Of course the answers to these questions will very much depend of the kind of trader (scalping, swing,...) and what they trade (stocks, options, futures, forex,...). But I think it would be very useful special for the rookies as myself to learn from the more experience ones.
Please do add more questions people could share their experience.
Many Thanks,
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Thanks for the comments on the FAQ post. I think it could be interesting to share ideas re: trading setups, what people monitor, etc. For the record, I have two screens and very regularly monitor ES, NQ, ER2 futures, sector indices, NYSE TICK, interest rates, currencies, and Market Delta.
- Big G said...
How to I receive and filter adjusted NYSE tick as youhave recommended to see volume trends at bid/offer? Do Ineed MarketDelta to do the things you recommended? Do these features come with most platforms like Thompson? thanks so much
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi Big G,
NYSE TICK is not a volume measure. To assess volume at bid vs offer, you'd need the Market Delta app.
- Quarrel said...
Hi Brett,
might seem a bit out of place, but what's your Phd in? Your brief bio doesn't seem to mention it and neither does the FAQ.
Was just describing your blog briefly to my wife and mentioned you've got a Phd and suggested it was in psych, but turns out its not easy to find on your sight with a quick glance anyway.
Thanks. I enjoy the blog.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi Quarrel,
Actually, it's a very good and legit question! My Ph.D. is in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas (1982); my baccalaureate degree is from Duke University (1976).


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After editing an answer (someone else answer) to the Great Programming Quotes question no answers are visible when the question page reloads, a la the screenshot below:
Of course the answers are still there, I just have to reload the page to see them again. I have been able to reproduce this 3 times in a row on this question (have not tried others), and if I get the "are you human" page the result is the same, no answers visible when the question page reloads.
I was able to reproduce the bug on this question with 119 answers but not this one with 82 answers, both on SO. So I thought the number of answers might be a factor. But here on meta changing the Jon Skeet Facts questions with it's 272 answers did not reproduce the bug nor did editing an answer to the April Fools question.