Being kind..

Grumbling ahead.

I posted some items for sale in one of the infamous forum within the locals here and the selling price given was lower than the market price (2x). I was not selling it for a huge earning through it but rather helping my friends to let go the items. I was expecting for queries on doubt toward the quality of those items on sale due to lower price posted but somehow, got shocked to find out my account on that forum got barred for selling such item. I don’t mind if I was warned and my thread was closed due to some other reasons, but they barred my account. I was like… @_@!

It wasn’t something as bad as selling drugs or any other illegal stuff. Not even a stolen item, but it was something bought in a huge quantity and the price my friend got was low! It felt like I am being hit in the face of offering good stuff(TM)! There is no chance for me to explain further on the source of it or why the price is quoted that way. Argh! I guess being good(TM) is not always applicable!

Moral of the story: Never sell things which is lower than market price as it may reflects the impression of the product.

Written by admin on August 26th, 2009 with no comments.
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When security is pointless

You might have the ultimate security feature in your system. You might have almighty not-hackable security control integrated in your system. But if those features are not put into use in a proper way, or not being used even it is there, it is just pointless to have it there in the first place. This might seems ridiculous to say, but there is still users who ignored the feature to ensure security is playing its’ role.

I came across an article posted in slashdot on “Australian Police Database Lacked Root Password“. Apparently someone gains access to a MySQL database with no root password. Password setting has apparently been put into very light attention as usual. I even bump into users who share their password with their colleagues in mean of sharing access. Is security really means what it meant or it is only a point of self relieve and confident toward the use of a software when the “word” or function is present?

Written by admin on August 19th, 2009 with no comments.
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