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Re: Is XACML the only fine grained authz standard ?

topperge — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:15:33 -0000

Right, it's a PEP API, that then calls native providers. I don't think we can categorize it as a XACML PDP. Just a fascade that can be embedded into applications to call multiple vendor PDPS through a single interface.

Re: Is XACML the only fine grained authz standard ?

topperge — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:07:54 -0000

Correct me if I'm wrong but I though OpenAZ was just a PEP API whereby you embed the OpenAZ calls in your application and with configuration files you can point it to vendor specific PDPs without having to do slow native XACML calls.

Re: Oracle Social Network Developer Challenge at OpenWorld 2012

topperge — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:37:39 -0000

I'm coming out on Monday morning, last minute addition to the speaker list. Any chance we can stream the introduction on Sunday night?

Re: Oracle Social Network Developer Challenge at OpenWorld 2012

topperge — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:01:48 -0000

Looking forward to playing around with this. Any chance you can toss up some links to developer 101 on this stuff? How to get access, how to speed up the approval process, where are the APIs, etc. Going to try and build something out of this.

Re: Help Me Plan a Developer Event for OpenWorld

topperge — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:41:06 -0000

So far I'm not heading to OOW this year, but for me the best part about hackathon are the people and access to the people who wrote the APIs. Getting key product developers from big O to hang around would be really helpful. Being able to meet others in meat space that work on the same type of stuff and want to build something completely different and unexpected. We've talked in the past about connecting the web world to the physical world with blinking lights especially when enterprise software APIs are involved is always fun and unexpected. Get Noel to bring a bunch of his Arduino stuff or some stuff from the maker shed and lets see what can be built.

I think if there was any way to open the space 24 hours and let people "stop by" to hack when they can during the week. Even if that means moving it to a hotel lobby if Moscone wants to kick people out at night.

Drinks, extension cords, power strips and solid wifi are also always must. Lack of power always seems to be a limiting factor on the first day of a hackathon. Food, comfortable seats, real desks (or just folding tables) to keep people there. We don't want people dropping out the first day because their backs hurt.If you guys need support I'll figure out how I can swing out there for a week and man the night shift.

Oh, and an all expenses paid trip to Uncle Larry's new personal island for the coolest solution would be great too.
Maybe a couple different categories for solutions, mobile, physical, web app, etc. would be nice too.

I wonder if you could make it in a place you don't need an Oracle conference pass to attend, might get some of the local startup crowd there to help out.

Re: Larry Ellison Joins Twitter

topperge — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:52:45 -0000

I'll be watching the Oracle job boards for a new PR position to open shortly ;-)

Re: Self-Reward: New Macbook Pro

topperge — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:55:52 -0000

I picked up a new iMac right before I left big O for the new company. 27" Quad core 3.4GHz w/ 16GB of ram. The thing runs just about anything I can throw at it. The only thing I miss from my MBP is the SSD. I have to figure out how to crack this monster open and get a 256GB drive in there. I didn't believe what a difference it would make but performance is night and day.

Enjoy the new toy, surprised you didn't use Oracle's EEP discount. It's 8% on hardware and 12% on the Apple Care plans. Comes really close to the refurb price I found on Apple.com or MacMall type sites.

Re: No File Transfer for Galaxy Tab 10.1 LE?

topperge — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:13:01 -0000

I like this device but I'm quite happy I didn't pay anything for it. I'm hoping that it'll get better as we get closer to the public launch date. The other thing I've noticed is that when you listen to the built in speakers it's either blaring or its off, nothing in between.

Re: Amazon Web Services Lets You Rent Oracle Database Services by the Hour

topperge — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:19:58 -0000

These discussions were in process with Amazon long before the Database.com announcement. The original announcement was made at Oracle World last year: http://blogs.oracle.com/dev... Look for more option for things like WebLogic and Oracle's Apps stacks coming in the future.

Re: How is Geekery Like Bank Robbery?

topperge — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:48:56 -0000

I only hire people to my team that have this itch. I feel that its essential to a rockstar resource. I've been known to sit someone down in front of a "broken" Linux machine and say "fix it." The guys who give up after 10 minutes never get hired.

Re: Online Passwords Could Be a Map

topperge — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:03:33 -0000

Are you trying to call me out of my cave? His justification that a hacker can't snoop your location on the map is BS. Google renders the images for the squares on the map with static file names. If the hacker has control of your browser and the position of your mouse click within it he most definitely can capture all the inbound images and all of your mouse clicks and paths to slip the map round the screen to figure out the location you're clicking on. It's a good idea and stronger than most peoples passwords, but just as hackable as capturing keystrokes and mouse clicks. I prefer one time use passwords that send me a text on my phone and PKI certificates, but that's just me.

Re: Trim your SIM to Fit a MicroSIM Port

topperge — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:04:47 -0000

Ugh no discussions about SIM cards please. I had a co-worker tell me her nokia had been acting funny a couple days ago with an error message about the SIM. I tore it apart to find mold growing on the SIM card. At that point was when she says "Oh that must have been from when my daughter dropped it in the toilet a couple weeks ago"

Re: Adventures with Android

topperge — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:27:20 -0000

Hmm, now you have me thinking. Should Google implement oAuth as the authorization mechanism for your phone so that you can disable access to your gAccount if you lose it? Will have to noodle some more on how that would effect usability.

Re: Follow Friday: Clay Shirky

topperge — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:15:01 -0000

Direct download access:
http://audio.sxsw.com/2010/...

Re: Tweaking WebCenter

topperge — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:24:34 -0000

Congrats guys, I was monkeying with it earlier in the week and everything looks and functions great!

Re: More on @Anywhere

topperge — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:31:38 -0000

Just block the http://platform.twitter.com... URL with something like ad block plus.

Re: We’re Gearing up for Chirp

topperge — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:58:04 -0000

The bot pops online from time to time still, I test to see if its back and sadly get the "Temporarily Unavailable" message back.

Re: We’re Gearing up for Chirp

topperge — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:23:30 -0000

I'll give you that, I have unlimited texts so I don't think about it.

Re: We’re Gearing up for Chirp

topperge — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:58:44 -0000

Isn't the all you need is to tweet app called the SMS interface? Just send out a text message directly to twitter's short code? Or are you thinking something more?

Re: Product Managers Should Know How to Write Code

topperge — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:23:14 -0000

Agreed, I owe that guy a beer (again) at OOW.

Re: Product Managers Should Know How to Write Code

topperge — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:19:50 -0000

He just said you need to know how to program, nothing about programming in a worthwhile language. Like he said, he knows PLSQL. ;-)

Re: We’ll Be at Chirp

topperge — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:55:10 -0000

I've been thinking about a stupid simple Twitter app. I swear its gotta exist but can't find it. All I want to do is track a hashtag on twitter (streaming API) and automatically create a list under my account. For example if I go to a conference and want to track the conference tag (i.e. #wire) it'll automatically create a list with all the people who tweet with the #wire hashtag and can continue / follow the conversation after the conference. Should be pretty simple to kick out but have been buried with internal work lately.

Re: My iPhone Dilemma

topperge — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:32:52 -0000

Have you tried the Nintendo trick?
http://www.blogcadre.com/fi...
You might want to try turning it off and cleaning the connectors with an alcohol swab (steal one from your local wings place, double score) or rubbing alcohol on a cut qtip. Leave it off overnight to make sure the alcohol dries. If that doesn't work RapidRepair can sell you a dock connector replacement for $70. If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself they'll overnight it and install it both ways for $60. I can send you my Nokia N95 to borrow while its out of town if you need, you can swap a sim into that all day.

Re: My Thoughts on the Apple Tablet

topperge — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:08:00 -0000

I'm guessing that we're going to be starting the migration with music files so podcasts make sense. They'll use the power within your home network (or sell you an airport if you don't have one) to sync the "in-play" files between your networked devices. I think we are a ways off with HD content streaming over 3G and 4G networks. The video files will have have to loaded before you go. Audio may be capable of streaming, we're already seeing car headunits that control Pandora streamed through your iPhone over blue tooth. Books are a no brainer, it'll be interesting to see what publishers they have on day 1.

Re: My Thoughts on the Apple Tablet

topperge — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:48:39 -0000

We've been talking about this a lot lately and all I can come up with to make this usable is a killer application that needs to marry with it. There are two pieces that will make this a killer device.
The first is cloud based storage for all your media. Using cloud based storage should be a no brainer for Apple. They sell one copy of a song thousands of times over and all they need to do is set an ACL on the server side. This way you can access your music where ever you are on the go and Apple provides your backup solution. This would finally make their MobileMe service useful to consumers. The only problem with this I can see is how to you share your collection with your family easily.
This is the first step, but what I really see as making the tablet a killer device is what I'm calling MediaSync for lack of a better term. Imagine linking all your devices together, your iPod/iPhone, laptop, iSlate and Apple TV. Apple through their cloud service manages all the media between the devices and based on your usage patterns automatically loads the device with your most utilized media. With the iPhone or at home you can stream anything that isn't stored locally in your collection. So now you're sitting at home with your iSlate on your lap with the TV running in the background, tell your wife "Hey, check out this YouTube video", flip on your Apple TV and now you're playing it live in your living room for your wife. You get up from the office and start a podcast on your iPhone listening all the way home. Pause it as you pull in the driveway, turn on the Apple TV and continue to listen in the exact place you left off in the car. Your wife gets home and wants to watch last nights Grey's Anatomy so you're forced to pull out your iSlate and continue listening right where the AppleTV left off.
This is really the only killer component that would make the iSlate useful to most consumers. You're also able to play all the games and apps from your iPhone on the iSlate, but without the MediaSync capabilities you're just going to see another me too device with no real purpose. I guess we'll all just find out in 17 days.