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According to Davis, such devices are meant to provide wireless Internet access by connecting to a valid IP address. The devices can then provide access to nearby computers by distributing “fake” IP addresses, which are not valid on their...
Problems arise when students connect the wrong port of the device to their ethernet jack, causing these “fake” IP addresses to be broadcast over the wired network...
...IP, a neurosis that affects only those who have achieved success, is a peculiar blend of insecurities. Its victims privately denigrate their professional abilities and think that their success is the result of superficial qualities like good looks or charm. Some are workaholics who believe that they have made it only because they work harder than others. Most have difficulty accepting compliments. What distinguishes IP victims from other shy or insecure people is an enormous drive to achieve worldly position coupled with an inability to enjoy acclaim. Most strivers experience anxiety when faced with a difficult challenge, but usually feel...
Readers of these books may wonder why anyone should care about the chief executives and movie stars who get sweaty palms every time they undertake a new task. The answer, according to Clance and Harvey, is that IP fears can trigger illness and debilitating emotional trauma in sufferers, and cause additional problems for others who depend upon them. Consider, for example, the hyped-up physician who told Clance about his long battle to keep his fears under control. "It was wearing me out pretending to be a doctor," he confided. He eventually realized that his unfounded obsession with imminent failure...
Occasionally, IP victims devise make-shift methods for coping with their problems. One high-priced middle-age executive believes deep down that he is a child masquerading as an adult. His solution: after an arduous day of pretending to be a grownup, he rushes home to eat Popsicles and play video games. It works for him, but for most IP sufferers Clance and Harvey would prescribe more standard measures: therapy, self-help groups and understanding friends. Clance also suggests that her patients remember a useful observation of W. Somerset Maugham's: "Only a mediocre person is always at his best...