Assuming, of course, that the Supreme Court takes the case. They are not obligated in any way to take any case, and they usually take only cases concerning Constitutional Rights of lack thereof.
Every year, hundreds of cases have the opportunity to go before the SC. The SC decides whether to hear a case only if it is in their interests. They are free to pick and choose which statements they wish to make about the Constitutionality of any case.
Another option is that the SC delegates the case to a District Appellate, a more likely situation, because the case is not Constitution-based and therefore not the job of the SC. The SC does have such authority.
Don't get so melodramatic. The NSA is not spying on you.
For starters, it is illegal for the NSA and the NIC (National Intelligence Community) to spy on American Persons, they being defined as an American Citizen or a company with a majority of holdings in the USA, unless authorized by the US Attorney General. Knowing J Reno's track record, I would believe that she would be into that sort of thing, but only with due cause.
This is illegal because intelligence organizations were slammed seriously for their invasions of privacy during the 50's and 60's, so it was outlawed.
Out of respect for the countries of NATO, we probably don't spy on them either.
At any rate, what makes you think that the government really cares about spying on you, unless A) you advocate the violent overthrow of the government B) you are armed (Geeks with Guns doesn't count) C) you are selling illegal substances. Most targets for intelligence collection are either military or political, it's just common sense.
If you are so worried about the government trying to spy on you, why don't you build your own sniffer to filter IP traffic looking for references to yourself?
In short, you are more likely to be spied on by that socially-inept kid across the alley who got a pair of binos for his birthday.
Sounds like another book to make lots of money on "Buzzword Compliance". Last year, it was e-commerce. I think it all has something to do with the slick IBM e-business commercials floating around.
There are millions of managers out there looking for a silver bullet to solve all their problems, hopefully with the intent that they get the credit. When you're just a small-medium company in a sea of similiar companies, you look for the one thing that will set you over the top and enhance your competitiveness. Alot of people are seeing e-business as a means to do this.
Not that that's bad. The US Army tried the same things during its Force XXI testing. All the weapons systems (Tanks, IFV's, Artillery pieces)were linked via wireless. That enabled commanders to focus their forces to kill the most "Charlies" out there.
So, the thinking goes, why not my company?
ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning, is a big part of the plan. We use it at my company, and it works fairly well. It is a good tool for the average non-techie to check inventory, order parts, send bills, and other things like that.
The problem is that technology has gotten to the point where the "average" boss or middle manager thinks that they are fairly proficient at computers and can implement their own ERP system.
So, one day your CEO comes in and says, "Hey, can you look into getting some of this e-business thing that I've been hearing about at my country club?" Then the manager goes out and buys this book. Is it any good as a book? Consider the audience that the book was intended for.
I think that most of the ERP applications can be copied by a good ODBC or JDBC programmer. All they are is a GUI to interface a database (most likely MS SQL, though some Linux and Un*x versions are available)
Tempest is just a stadard that is used by the NSA amd DOD to ensure that nobody monitors their electronic activity from outside a facitity.
Contrary to popular belief, it it **NOT** a device to spy on you. I offer the following:
A) It is illegal for the US Intelligence community to spy on any US citizen or corporation unless authorized by the Attorney General (although I bet she's big on that, given her track record)
B) Do you think that the NSA really cares about your love letters to you five girlfriends around the world?
C) It takes a very concerted effort to get emission collectors close enough to a site to be effective. These collectors don't fit in a briefcase, they are just too complicated and have too many parts. Also, if you are going to keep up surveilance, you have to change out shifts and vehicles, and people have to eat. That kind of activity generates notice.
How about a server with/usr and all the other good directories exported via NFS? Maybe you could even have a directory for each client that has the specifics for that machine.
That way, all you have to do is mount the directories and you have great functionality.
This would make better use of your disk space, since it would be stored centrally, an only part of the boxen would be using disk space at a time.
However, for what the price of memory and processors go for nowadays, I prefer to have that stuff on the client boxen and not on the server, like I understand is the current trend.
Doesn't Microsoft make money because of the slashdot effect?
They sell advertising on a per-hit rate, so if they make up whatever news about MS getting cracked or anything Un*x or Linux, millions of Slashdotters flock there to fill their already-full coffers.
Slashdot Mirror
Assuming, of course, that the Supreme Court takes the case. They are not obligated in any way to take any case, and they usually take only cases concerning Constitutional Rights of lack thereof.
Every year, hundreds of cases have the opportunity to go before the SC. The SC decides whether to hear a case only if it is in their interests. They are free to pick and choose which statements they wish to make about the Constitutionality of any case.
Another option is that the SC delegates the case to a District Appellate, a more likely situation, because the case is not Constitution-based and therefore not the job of the SC. The SC does have such authority.
Tempest can mean two things. First, as the NSA uses it, it is just a standard for testing emissions of electronic devices.
As the layperson uses it, it is the device that spies on these electronic devices.
Don't get so melodramatic. The NSA is not spying on you.
For starters, it is illegal for the NSA and the NIC (National Intelligence Community) to spy on American Persons, they being defined as an American Citizen or a company with a majority of holdings in the USA, unless authorized by the US Attorney General. Knowing J Reno's track record, I would believe that she would be into that sort of thing, but only with due cause.
This is illegal because intelligence organizations were slammed seriously for their invasions of privacy during the 50's and 60's, so it was outlawed.
Out of respect for the countries of NATO, we probably don't spy on them either.
At any rate, what makes you think that the government really cares about spying on you, unless A) you advocate the violent overthrow of the government B) you are armed (Geeks with Guns doesn't count) C) you are selling illegal substances. Most targets for intelligence collection are either military or political, it's just common sense.
If you are so worried about the government trying to spy on you, why don't you build your own sniffer to filter IP traffic looking for references to yourself?
In short, you are more likely to be spied on by that socially-inept kid across the alley who got a pair of binos for his birthday.
Sounds like another book to make lots of money on "Buzzword Compliance". Last year, it was e-commerce. I think it all has something to do with the slick IBM e-business commercials floating around.
There are millions of managers out there looking for a silver bullet to solve all their problems, hopefully with the intent that they get the credit. When you're just a small-medium company in a sea of similiar companies, you look for the one thing that will set you over the top and enhance your competitiveness. Alot of people are seeing e-business as a means to do this.
Not that that's bad. The US Army tried the same things during its Force XXI testing. All the weapons systems (Tanks, IFV's, Artillery pieces)were linked via wireless. That enabled commanders to focus their forces to kill the most "Charlies" out there.
So, the thinking goes, why not my company?
ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning, is a big part of the plan. We use it at my company, and it works fairly well. It is a good tool for the average non-techie to check inventory, order parts, send bills, and other things like that.
The problem is that technology has gotten to the point where the "average" boss or middle manager thinks that they are fairly proficient at computers and can implement their own ERP system.
So, one day your CEO comes in and says, "Hey, can you look into getting some of this e-business thing that I've been hearing about at my country club?" Then the manager goes out and buys this book. Is it any good as a book? Consider the audience that the book was intended for.
I think that most of the ERP applications can be copied by a good ODBC or JDBC programmer. All they are is a GUI to interface a database (most likely MS SQL, though some Linux and Un*x versions are available)
Tempest is just a stadard that is used by the NSA amd DOD to ensure that nobody monitors their electronic activity from outside a facitity.
Contrary to popular belief, it it **NOT** a device to spy on you. I offer the following:
A) It is illegal for the US Intelligence community to spy on any US citizen or corporation unless authorized by the Attorney General (although I bet she's big on that, given her track record)
B) Do you think that the NSA really cares about your love letters to you five girlfriends around the world?
C) It takes a very concerted effort to get emission collectors close enough to a site to be effective. These collectors don't fit in a briefcase, they are just too complicated and have too many parts. Also, if you are going to keep up surveilance, you have to change out shifts and vehicles, and people have to eat. That kind of activity generates notice.
How about a server with /usr and all the other good directories exported via NFS? Maybe you could even have a directory for each client that has the specifics for that machine.
That way, all you have to do is mount the directories and you have great functionality.
This would make better use of your disk space, since it would be stored centrally, an only part of the boxen would be using disk space at a time.
However, for what the price of memory and processors go for nowadays, I prefer to have that stuff on the client boxen and not on the server, like I understand is the current trend.
Or is this a semi-thin client?
Maybe he will file for his own IPO.
He fits the filter for the latest IPO-frenzy:
1) Loads of IT talent and potential
2) Name recognition
3) Not much in the way of profits to show for all this
Hi all
Doesn't Microsoft make money because of the slashdot effect?
They sell advertising on a per-hit rate, so if they make up whatever news about MS getting cracked or anything Un*x or Linux, millions of Slashdotters flock there to fill their already-full coffers.