If this guy was running a malicious botnet using all of the servers in the datacenter, I would say "Sure! Nail the bastard!". But if this turns-out to be the FBI running an errand for the MPAA, this guy has ground for all kinds of civil lawsuits. Of the least of them, trouncing his daisies.
OK. First think about how much money was lost by the movie being leaked.... Alright. Got a figure in your head?
Now think about how much this raid is costing tax payers, legitimate businesses and individuals in downtime and labor-costs for fail-over... Got a figure in your head for that?
If you think the first number is larger than the second, please forfeit your right to be called a sane, competent individual.
The WORKPRINT release is just that: a work in progress. You can see tether wires, the cgi is basically conceptual and not anywhere near finished, the lighting is off in many scenes, and you can tell when there is a greenscreen in the background. Still good movie.
I don't miss built-in foreign keys as much as I miss composite keys. I usually enforce quasi-constraints similar to foreign keys in code and it can get annoying at times and I can see where a nice, rigid constraint in the query would come in handy. I see where you're coming from.
Amen. PHP/MySQL has been a defacto standard for how long now? I mean, it just works. And if there is a problem, it's well-documented. So ubiquitous, well-documented and free... Why would I choose use anything else?
As an admin of computer labs, I both welcome and dread the day that the computer lab becomes extinct.
First off, I welcome the end of it because then my department no longer has to be for capital funds or pry lab fees out of someone's hands in order to get new equipment that would suffice for the applications used.
Also the headache of constantly tweaking Active Directory and monitoring home directories for "forbidden filetypes" would be a thing of the past. I could easily reduce the amount of servers by half overnight. When all you need is DNS and DHCP, why would I need to keep all of those file servers and AD servers running?
I could also get much more fluent in IOS since we are a Cisco campus and the Cisco devices would be the one's that require my energy.
Secondly, I dread the day when computer labs are a thing of the past. I would hate to have a line of 20 or so students standing outside my office with laptops in hand that are barely able to run XP, let alone whatever resource-hungry application that they need help installing. What a nightmare that would be.
Also, I would be constantly bothered by students who don't know how to set-up the communal printers (if those still exist). I see students all the time who barely know where the on button is, let alone what a PCL-6 driver is.
Lastly, I think I would miss the old (current) way of business. I can interact with students and meet new people while offering my help instead of it being expected of me. Sure the current set-up has it's drawbacks; but the extinction of computer labs relegates my admin job to more of a helldesk position.
I remember thinking I was pimp shit for spending $500 and getting 4GB of RAM for my gaming setup 4-5 years ago. Obviously I wasn't thinking far enough ahead in the future. Now 4GB is nothing and also costs somewhere around $40.
Also, I forgot to add, VMs defeat the purpose of clustering if the physical hardware fails. Meaning: one physical machine down, n nodes in the cluster down.
For modeling something like RAC, a dual-core anything with tons of RAM would be necessary.
However, the devil's advocate in me is saying to not go virtual with this project unless you have some speedy-fast fiber channel SAN at your disposal. Reason being: you aren't going to see the same performance in the VMs as you would with physical hardware. Especially with the database backend that is constantly thrashing your drives depending on load.
The answer to this, and many such sticky situations in IT, is to update your resume` and leave town.
The way I see it, you're screwed if you throttle, and you're screwed if you don't throttle. Some of the solutions given sound good and well on paper. But then again, so does communism.
Fraternities and other student organizations encourage networking. Most of which is with unemployed people who still receive an allowance from mom and dad.
I always had a job in IT through college. It taught me that humility, rather than narcissism, is rewarded. If you're a good programmer/tech let your work speak for you instead of your words.
Where are my mod points when I need them? I streamed 3 movies tonight using my POS local cable provider and it was perfectly fine. I think I ought to quit bitching about my cable provider now. This guy showed me things could be worse.
I don't really have a problem with it. The only issue I have is that the old version supported dual monitors better. I like to watch movies on one screen and do stuff on the other simultaneously. One click on the non-Netflix screen and I'm back to browser view. WTF? I mean even CBS figured that one out.
Currently writing this reply from my eeebuntu-powered eee 701. It works great. And everything just plain works right out of the box. What more could you ask for?
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First the Wolverine story from yesterday, now this? I find it hard to believe that this is really over some unpaid bills.
If this guy was running a malicious botnet using all of the servers in the datacenter, I would say "Sure! Nail the bastard!". But if this turns-out to be the FBI running an errand for the MPAA, this guy has ground for all kinds of civil lawsuits. Of the least of them, trouncing his daisies.
OK. First think about how much money was lost by the movie being leaked.... Alright. Got a figure in your head?
Now think about how much this raid is costing tax payers, legitimate businesses and individuals in downtime and labor-costs for fail-over... Got a figure in your head for that?
If you think the first number is larger than the second, please forfeit your right to be called a sane, competent individual.
The WORKPRINT release is just that: a work in progress. You can see tether wires, the cgi is basically conceptual and not anywhere near finished, the lighting is off in many scenes, and you can tell when there is a greenscreen in the background. Still good movie.
I've been seeing this pattern for years now! I use lynx for everything! Even youtube!
Agent of The Man abusing his power. Still isn't right.
Does an American have the right to post political opinion online anonymously?
Yes. And anywhere else for that matter.
May a government official breach that anonymity absent a compelling state interest?
No. See The Constitutional Amendment #1. Yes, that old thing is still kicking around these days.
I don't miss built-in foreign keys as much as I miss composite keys. I usually enforce quasi-constraints similar to foreign keys in code and it can get annoying at times and I can see where a nice, rigid constraint in the query would come in handy. I see where you're coming from.
Amen. PHP/MySQL has been a defacto standard for how long now? I mean, it just works. And if there is a problem, it's well-documented. So ubiquitous, well-documented and free... Why would I choose use anything else?
Politics and Religion: two argument topics where noone wins but the Slashdot karma black hole.
As an admin of computer labs, I both welcome and dread the day that the computer lab becomes extinct.
First off, I welcome the end of it because then my department no longer has to be for capital funds or pry lab fees out of someone's hands in order to get new equipment that would suffice for the applications used.
Also the headache of constantly tweaking Active Directory and monitoring home directories for "forbidden filetypes" would be a thing of the past. I could easily reduce the amount of servers by half overnight. When all you need is DNS and DHCP, why would I need to keep all of those file servers and AD servers running?
I could also get much more fluent in IOS since we are a Cisco campus and the Cisco devices would be the one's that require my energy.
Secondly, I dread the day when computer labs are a thing of the past. I would hate to have a line of 20 or so students standing outside my office with laptops in hand that are barely able to run XP, let alone whatever resource-hungry application that they need help installing. What a nightmare that would be.
Also, I would be constantly bothered by students who don't know how to set-up the communal printers (if those still exist). I see students all the time who barely know where the on button is, let alone what a PCL-6 driver is.
Lastly, I think I would miss the old (current) way of business. I can interact with students and meet new people while offering my help instead of it being expected of me. Sure the current set-up has it's drawbacks; but the extinction of computer labs relegates my admin job to more of a helldesk position.
I remember thinking I was pimp shit for spending $500 and getting 4GB of RAM for my gaming setup 4-5 years ago. Obviously I wasn't thinking far enough ahead in the future. Now 4GB is nothing and also costs somewhere around $40.
... ribbon on a new 4.5 petabyte data center [CC] housed in a metal shipping container that sits outside.
I knew it! The internet is a big truck you can throw stuff in! What's this series of tubes business?
What? Others don't do clustering at home? I must be the only one.
Also, I forgot to add, VMs defeat the purpose of clustering if the physical hardware fails. Meaning: one physical machine down, n nodes in the cluster down.
For modeling something like RAC, a dual-core anything with tons of RAM would be necessary.
However, the devil's advocate in me is saying to not go virtual with this project unless you have some speedy-fast fiber channel SAN at your disposal. Reason being: you aren't going to see the same performance in the VMs as you would with physical hardware. Especially with the database backend that is constantly thrashing your drives depending on load.
The answer to this, and many such sticky situations in IT, is to update your resume` and leave town.
The way I see it, you're screwed if you throttle, and you're screwed if you don't throttle. Some of the solutions given sound good and well on paper. But then again, so does communism.
Fraternities and other student organizations encourage networking. Most of which is with unemployed people who still receive an allowance from mom and dad.
I always had a job in IT through college. It taught me that humility, rather than narcissism, is rewarded. If you're a good programmer/tech let your work speak for you instead of your words.
Where are my mod points when I need them? I streamed 3 movies tonight using my POS local cable provider and it was perfectly fine. I think I ought to quit bitching about my cable provider now. This guy showed me things could be worse.
I used that same tool on another virus. Haven't had an issue since!
I think you should not have linked his picture... for our protection...
Unless it's diseased, most of your liver can grow back on it's own.
I don't really have a problem with it. The only issue I have is that the old version supported dual monitors better. I like to watch movies on one screen and do stuff on the other simultaneously. One click on the non-Netflix screen and I'm back to browser view. WTF? I mean even CBS figured that one out.
Currently writing this reply from my eeebuntu-powered eee 701. It works great. And everything just plain works right out of the box. What more could you ask for?
What weak points? Their body is made out of armor!