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Microsoft “tag” sucks!
What is Microsoft “tag”?
“tag” is a proprietary barcode format, developed by Microsoft.
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Abstract
This document outlines a method for encoding, storing, and transmitting a file to one or more recipients securely by creating multiple bit streams that essentially contain no viable content, but by which the recipient can re-construct the original content.
This is achieved by using a symmetric operation to decompose a “high value” byte sequence (such as a file containing confidential data) in to blocks of random bit strings, and using hash “label” values to retrieve known bit blocks in order to reconstruct the original high-value byte sequence, based on instructions and label values contained in a “blueprint” string sequence.
Technical Assertions:
- A symmetric bitwise operation, such as XOR or EQV can be used to split a high-value bit sequence in to two random sequences that can be recombined in to the original sequence
- A hash function can be used to generate hash “label” values for a given bit sequence, that can be used as an index for storing and retrieving a specific bit sequence.
- Salt Data can be used to generate multiple, unique hash values for the same bit sequence, and can be used to generate multiple, unique index functions.
- A blueprint string containing hash values and assembly instructions can be used to locate, download, transform, and assemble various blocks of random bit strings in order to reconstruct the original high-value bit sequence.
- Using overlapping hash indices, multiple equivalent blueprints can be constructed that represent the same original bit sequence. This allows mutation and randomization when sharing blueprints.
Problem:
How to embed a PDF or other type of document inside of a WordPress post.
Additional Information:
There are multiple WordPress plugins that use Google Doc Viewer or some other third party to display PDF content. Each (modern) browser has PDF viewing capability built in, or there is a browser plugin that can view the content inline. For example, both Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader have the capability to view a PDF document if you paste the URL in to the address bar.
In the event that the browser does not have PDF viewing capability, the user will simply be prompted to download the PDF
There has been more written on Telecommunications Etiquette than one could publish in a single volume, or even perhaps in ten.
This post is an attempt to frame out, at a high level, how to politely and professionally engage and communicate with someone electronically, and call out several major “DOs” and “DON’Ts”.
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Summary: PowerShell is a tool without a mission.
PowerShell is Microsoct’s Command Line tool for management and monitoring, circa 2007 onward.
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Remind me why PowerShell exists again?
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Thesis: Microsoft is innovating beyond their market relevance.
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Some fun things to occupy your time:
- Find the center of a circle
- Make some quiche
- Enumerate permutations of things
- Have some laughs here, here, here, here, or here.
Problem:
As of this writing, no correct, detailed instructions exist for integrating the WebSphere plugin in to Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.
iPlanet, originally a Netscape product, was acquired by Sun and renamed SunOne Web Server, and later Java System Web Server. After Sun was acquired by Oracle, the product was renamed to Oracle iPlanet Web Server.
WebSphere refers to iPlanet by the older name, SunOne Web Server, and the native integration scripts do not work correctly, necessitating a manual configuration (see procedure below). Once configured, the pluging works as expected.
Who is Dvorak, and why do we care?
Wikipedia: John C Dvorak
I read Dvorak through the late 80’s and early 90’s. This particular response refers to Dvorak’s principle of the “Killer App”
In response to:
“Downgrading your computer – Why less is more”
Scott Raymond, 8/18/2010 on zdnet.com
Thesis: You don’t need the latest and greatest hardware for most computing needs
(Comments and feedback welcome)
Just as with any industry, Information Technology has a common cultural basis. Just as doctors and lawyers from different parts of the country watch the same TV shows and read the same books, IT people have a common cultural basis.
IT culture is formed by movies (IT people generally watch a LOT of movies) and technology, and ironically, by movies ABOUT technology. The goal of this list (“required reading (movie) list”) is to expose a person to all the basic memes (A “meme” is a cultural element) common in IT culture. This is not a “all the cool movies in the universe” list, as numerous fanboys already have dozens of those, and spend countless hours presumably arguing about them.