Well, the DSN dishes used are 34 and 70 meters, and I think that the size does matter in this case:) I don't know if it's possible with today's electronics to pick up those signals with a backyard dish. Fore more info:
I seem to remember people getting worried about the whole MS SQL Server DTS fiasco. I thought someone said they might request license fees from infracting users.
That would be a great way to prevent someone from making copies of something: use the EURion constellation as page header/footer art and watch library copiers lock up left and right:)
All my friends overseas just pity us for having to put up with a chimpanzee in cowboy gear. Every time he says "nukular" my head hurts; anybody in his position who would not attempt proper pronunciation is either lazy or proud of their ignorance.
Sadly, all of the songs I really want tend to not be major label, so they typically don't appear. Heck, I even tried Frank Zappa: while it came up with an entry for him, clicking the link gave me a "page not found":)
I have a feeling that the important systems on the ship are completely isolated from anything with Internet access. I knew a guy who installed servers at military bases and each person would have two computers at their desk, one connected to the Internet (through a firewall and some other stuff), and one on the sensitive side. Also something like the screen on the sensitive side had wallpaper like "Danger!Danger!Danger!Danger!", etc.
You can get really good enlargements out of slide film, but it is extremely slow and is very unforgiving of incorrect exposures. You can sometimes find really cheap 120 TLRs (Twin Lens Reflex), especially some of the old soviet ones. They make great enlargements, and are almost always manual everything. I use my grandfather's old Voigtlander and it takes incredible pictures.
OK, that's a little worse. Regardless, my beef is with the fact that he's either not using a source control system or he neglected to check in for at least two weeks. Either way that's not good development practise.
OK, first of all, I work both as a network engineer and a developer. There are great admins out there, just like there are great developers. Likewise, there are horrible admins and horrible developers. I don't think either group has a monopoly on excellence or ineptitude.
That being said, The two jobs are really intertwined: admins should be contributing to the design stages of software just as developers should be keeping in mind deployment, administration and security factors when they're writing code. Sadly, I've met people on both sides that basically say "not my job" and move on. Those are the ones that cause problems.
BTW, I don't have a lot of pity for the author. He tries to make a point by saying his roving profile got deleted and it caused him to lose 2 weeks of work. Let me just say in my experience I have never gone that long without a commit. The rule I've always gone with is that if the build isn't broken it gets committed. There's really not an excuse, even in early development phases, to not be comitting often. This just sounds lazy.
It sounds like they just went with what Gartner spoonfed them. If I ran MIT's IT department I would sack the planning department and hire a work study student to make decisions by reading gartner reports. Instant $2 million savings...
Right, those usually aren't called Smart Cards, they're called tokens or OTP (One-Time Password) generators. SecureID and CryptoCard are both big names there...
Actually, Foundry and Extreme kick Cisco's but for layer 3 (IP) switching, too. Unless you have some really esoteric needs you're better off just saving Cisco for your WAN.
Nevermind the fact that Bank of America communicates with its ATMs via VPN over a network (not sure if it's the Internet or some private net). That's why they were DoS when one of these worms came out recently.
How about the fact that in October NSI is going to start offering a service where you can "reserve" a domain and if someone forgets to renew it the domain is yours for a nominal fee. How is this legitimate?
See here
Derek
Well, for one, being on the VPN allows them access (however limited) to internal hosts. I can't believe you let random Joe Internet User *any* access to your internal hosts, so right there you have a pretty significant increase in permissions. Not filtering your VPN users is a bad idea. We're actually writing software in-house for our RAS VPN so that every time someone gets connected they're automatically vulnerability scanned (via the Internet, not the VPN) to make sure they're meeting our mandated firewall protection standards.
Actually, not just Jython, but IBM created the Bean Scripting Framework, which will let you host a number of different scripting languages, Python, Tcl, etc. Either your java classes can call out to scripts, or your scripts can run and use java classes. Sadly, it looks like it's been a while since anyone updated this, so I don't know what the current status is.
Well, I don't know about rechargables, but I've actually found a great deal on lithium AA batteries in the lesat likely place I could think of: the local supermarket. At Albertson's here in Denver they sell a 4 pack for about a dollar more than a 2 pack at Target or Radio Shack. I don't know what is going on, but I'm stocking up!
I don't know why they would say that, unless it's part of some special functionality in the KMail client. The server side is built on top of Postfix and Cyrus:
http://www.kroupware.org/faq/faq.html
Interesting. I was actually thinking more along the lines of automatic compensation, but I hadn't even thought about gyroscopes vs. impulse jets. I poked around a little on the hubble site for the instrumentation and flight computer and I found the handbooks for the instruments at this site. Appearently, the gyroscopes are used for coarse motion detection and the FGS uses constellational guidance. The manuals actually make a pretty interesting read.
On a side note, a constellational guidance is related to how head mount displays like UNC's HiBall work.
3.4 day exposure? Even for a space-based platform, that has to be really stable to produce a good image. Does anyone out there have any info on how they maneuver the telescope to keep it pointing at the same point while minimizing shifts in the field?
Well, I'm less concerned with the interception aspects (just encrypt) than with the potential for abuse. Depending on how it is implemented, this could be a great DoS tool; if someone gets access to a router they could potentially set up large numbers of bogus intercepts for *all* traffic. Not only would this saturate the router's links (cutting out any paths through it), but it could be used as a focused attack on networks.
Hear, hear! ValueNet is awesome for the price. I've used valuenet since DSL was available in my CO and it's been great. I've only ever had one outage and it was caused by SBC misterminating the DS-3 into ValueNet's DSLAM. The guy who runs ValueNet is always available for support and knows his stuff. I'm going to miss it if I move. ZoneEdit is great, too. I've been so happy with their service I donated a credit even though I'm way under the usage limits.
Well, I actually like the idea. I don't have huge hands, but I'm not a small guy (6'4"). I used to have a Toshiba Libretto (even smaller) that was the best thing ever for me. I am currently a network engineer and I basically built a troubleshooting kit on the Libretto with RedHat: TFTP server, emacs for ACL editing, sniffers, analyzers, IDS, ROM images, configs, etc. It even had a serial port so I could console into routers,etc. So when we had problems at our offices around the country, instead of having to lug around a huge laptop I could just throw the little thing and a couple of cables in my backpack and head out. I really miss it. The keyboard may have been small, but I wasn't using it to type a novel.
Does anyone know how much the scores count towards admissions? I'm sure there are some number-oriented schools out there, but I would assume they're also taking a good look at your academic achievements and personal statement, as well as your general GRE scores.
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Well, the DSN dishes used are 34 and 70 meters, and I think that the size does matter in this case :) I don't know if it's possible with today's electronics to pick up those signals with a backyard dish. Fore more info:
http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/Derek
I seem to remember people getting worried about the whole MS SQL Server DTS fiasco. I thought someone said they might request license fees from infracting users.
Derek
That would be a great way to prevent someone from making copies of something: use the EURion constellation as page header/footer art and watch library copiers lock up left and right :)
Derek
All my friends overseas just pity us for having to put up with a chimpanzee in cowboy gear. Every time he says "nukular" my head hurts; anybody in his position who would not attempt proper pronunciation is either lazy or proud of their ignorance.
Derek
Sadly, all of the songs I really want tend to not be major label, so they typically don't appear. Heck, I even tried Frank Zappa: while it came up with an entry for him, clicking the link gave me a "page not found" :)
Derek
I have a feeling that the important systems on the ship are completely isolated from anything with Internet access. I knew a guy who installed servers at military bases and each person would have two computers at their desk, one connected to the Internet (through a firewall and some other stuff), and one on the sensitive side. Also something like the screen on the sensitive side had wallpaper like "Danger!Danger!Danger!Danger!", etc.
Derek
I was going to suggest just asking Darl what size he wears...
You can get really good enlargements out of slide film, but it is extremely slow and is very unforgiving of incorrect exposures. You can sometimes find really cheap 120 TLRs (Twin Lens Reflex), especially some of the old soviet ones. They make great enlargements, and are almost always manual everything. I use my grandfather's old Voigtlander and it takes incredible pictures.
Derek
OK, that's a little worse. Regardless, my beef is with the fact that he's either not using a source control system or he neglected to check in for at least two weeks. Either way that's not good development practise.
Derek
OK, first of all, I work both as a network engineer and a developer. There are great admins out there, just like there are great developers. Likewise, there are horrible admins and horrible developers. I don't think either group has a monopoly on excellence or ineptitude.
That being said, The two jobs are really intertwined: admins should be contributing to the design stages of software just as developers should be keeping in mind deployment, administration and security factors when they're writing code. Sadly, I've met people on both sides that basically say "not my job" and move on. Those are the ones that cause problems.
BTW, I don't have a lot of pity for the author. He tries to make a point by saying his roving profile got deleted and it caused him to lose 2 weeks of work. Let me just say in my experience I have never gone that long without a commit. The rule I've always gone with is that if the build isn't broken it gets committed. There's really not an excuse, even in early development phases, to not be comitting often. This just sounds lazy.
Derek
It sounds like they just went with what Gartner spoonfed them. If I ran MIT's IT department I would sack the planning department and hire a work study student to make decisions by reading gartner reports. Instant $2 million savings...
Derek
Right, those usually aren't called Smart Cards, they're called tokens or OTP (One-Time Password) generators. SecureID and CryptoCard are both big names there...
Derek
Actually, Foundry and Extreme kick Cisco's but for layer 3 (IP) switching, too. Unless you have some really esoteric needs you're better off just saving Cisco for your WAN.
Derek
Nevermind the fact that Bank of America communicates with its ATMs via VPN over a network (not sure if it's the Internet or some private net). That's why they were DoS when one of these worms came out recently.
Derek
How about the fact that in October NSI is going to start offering a service where you can "reserve" a domain and if someone forgets to renew it the domain is yours for a nominal fee. How is this legitimate?
See here
Derek
Well, for one, being on the VPN allows them access (however limited) to internal hosts. I can't believe you let random Joe Internet User *any* access to your internal hosts, so right there you have a pretty significant increase in permissions. Not filtering your VPN users is a bad idea. We're actually writing software in-house for our RAS VPN so that every time someone gets connected they're automatically vulnerability scanned (via the Internet, not the VPN) to make sure they're meeting our mandated firewall protection standards.
Derek
Actually, not just Jython, but IBM created the Bean Scripting Framework, which will let you host a number of different scripting languages, Python, Tcl, etc. Either your java classes can call out to scripts, or your scripts can run and use java classes. Sadly, it looks like it's been a while since anyone updated this, so I don't know what the current status is.
Derek
Well, I don't know about rechargables, but I've actually found a great deal on lithium AA batteries in the lesat likely place I could think of: the local supermarket. At Albertson's here in Denver they sell a 4 pack for about a dollar more than a 2 pack at Target or Radio Shack. I don't know what is going on, but I'm stocking up!
Derek
I don't know why they would say that, unless it's part of some special functionality in the KMail client. The server side is built on top of Postfix and Cyrus:
http://www.kroupware.org/faq/faq.html
Derek
Interesting. I was actually thinking more along the lines of automatic compensation, but I hadn't even thought about gyroscopes vs. impulse jets. I poked around a little on the hubble site for the instrumentation and flight computer and I found the handbooks for the instruments at this site. Appearently, the gyroscopes are used for coarse motion detection and the FGS uses constellational guidance. The manuals actually make a pretty interesting read.
On a side note, a constellational guidance is related to how head mount displays like UNC's HiBall work.
Derek
3.4 day exposure? Even for a space-based platform, that has to be really stable to produce a good image. Does anyone out there have any info on how they maneuver the telescope to keep it pointing at the same point while minimizing shifts in the field?
Derek
Well, I'm less concerned with the interception aspects (just encrypt) than with the potential for abuse. Depending on how it is implemented, this could be a great DoS tool; if someone gets access to a router they could potentially set up large numbers of bogus intercepts for *all* traffic. Not only would this saturate the router's links (cutting out any paths through it), but it could be used as a focused attack on networks.
Derek
Hear, hear! ValueNet is awesome for the price. I've used valuenet since DSL was available in my CO and it's been great. I've only ever had one outage and it was caused by SBC misterminating the DS-3 into ValueNet's DSLAM. The guy who runs ValueNet is always available for support and knows his stuff. I'm going to miss it if I move. ZoneEdit is great, too. I've been so happy with their service I donated a credit even though I'm way under the usage limits.
Derek
Well, I actually like the idea. I don't have huge hands, but I'm not a small guy (6'4"). I used to have a Toshiba Libretto (even smaller) that was the best thing ever for me. I am currently a network engineer and I basically built a troubleshooting kit on the Libretto with RedHat: TFTP server, emacs for ACL editing, sniffers, analyzers, IDS, ROM images, configs, etc. It even had a serial port so I could console into routers,etc. So when we had problems at our offices around the country, instead of having to lug around a huge laptop I could just throw the little thing and a couple of cables in my backpack and head out. I really miss it. The keyboard may have been small, but I wasn't using it to type a novel.
Derek
Does anyone know how much the scores count towards admissions? I'm sure there are some number-oriented schools out there, but I would assume they're also taking a good look at your academic achievements and personal statement, as well as your general GRE scores.
Derek