I actually went to the website, and if you read the FAQ:
"Q. What does this pilot cost and what is the projected additional revenue expected? A. NISD will spend approximately $261,000 on this pilot for the two schools and expects to realize $2 million in additional revenues."
I always LOVED that car, and yes, I'm old enough for it to be the definitive Batmobile.
I'd love to pull a Bat-turn on I-10 one day.........again, but in that car rather than my own.
It's the definitive Batmobile to me also. I was old enough to still enjoy the (first rounds of) re-runs, and see it in an "antique" auto museum close to the area I grew up. I remember making a point of touching it, to see if it was a real car. Ah, the good old days.
I'm 48, self-employed, and spend a good deal of time putting out security fires, and/or filling in the gaps that the younger, (very) less experienced guys didn't think through their solutions.
As one of my roles, I am the "go-to" guy for organizations which have development staff, but only have 1/2 of the required talent, if that makes any sense.
The more companies begin to understand / evolve online, the more open their eyes will be when they realize they've had their first SQL injection, etc. This is when people like us come in -- but the key to our success is keeping up with constantly changing technology, and doing it well.
It seems the pendulum is swinging back towards Microsoft. If you live long enough, it will swing back (or away from MSFT) again.
It reminds me of the days when data was stored on main-frames, mini's, etc. with distributed green-screens... it went to PC's (stored locally), and now the cloud, then...
I'm 48, and wish I had another 24 years to do all of the things I want to do coding-wise alone. I haven't learned it all yet, and still want to know how everything works.
It's a great lifestyle after all this time. I own my own firm, work from my home office, get out to the boat on Fridays and work from there if needed (during summer), and make my own time to work on my own terms.
Don't forget about lighting, and some of the REALLY cool things you can do with LED's.
For about $25 (US), you can pick up 16 foot reels of bright LED RGB lights (30-60 LED's/meter). They come with remotes, so you can control color, brightness, effects, etc.
I've done some very cool access lighting in strategic places around the house, and it's pretty awesome.
The low-hanging-fruit, of course would be in the kitchen with under-cabinet lighting. It's even cheaper with one-color (white) LED's... It took about 30 minutes to "install", and the ROI is huge. Especially with the wife.
Why not impose a tax on smokers... somehow affecting their paycheck?
Don't create more laws making nicotine illegal. We've had enough liberties taken from us. Personal responsibility is going out the window, imho.
Randomly test employees (or somehow find a way to separate the smokers from the non), and penalize the smokers via a "tax". Smokers still have the choice, but also have incentives to quit. The additional cost to health care, and testing would be covered by the tax.
Perhaps not realistic, but certainly more mature than simply making everything illegal, and eliminating yet another choice.
In the early 90's (1993 or so) I started a small ISP in the midwest (playing out of my house) which grew fairly quickly. After about a year, I brought on partners, and hired employees, as well as found office space.
I had a couple of high school and college age guys who came by to help us out, and play with our large amount of bandwidth. They convinced us (1995/1996) to try Linux (Slackware, I believe) for our DNS and mail. After many attempts to show us how stable, and great it was. Eventually, we began to use it in production, and it was terrific for so many reasons.
Eventually I had to learn command-line, and how it all worked, and I spend much time learning the 'right' way to do things. Joe (the text editor) became a good friend.
From there, we eventually sold the ISP, and I went to work for the company that purchased us. I've been heavily involved in Linux administration and development ever since.
As an independent web application developer. I receive visual mockups from a designer (in Illustrator, Photoshop for example), and convert them (by hand) into maintainable web pages, as far as the HTML/CSS is concerned.
It takes a little longer to create the initial HTML layouts and CSS, but in the end, it's much easier for me to quickly update and maintain over time. Things are 'built' and formatted exactly as you need them to be, and keeps things much more efficient in a number of ways.
It seems to depend on what your needs are, and how complex the design/app you're working with, etc.
This is the type of thing that every user on Facebook should know about. Every communication is being scanned and evaluated. You opted into that, so you need to be aware that it's going to happen to you.
It's a good thing our own government doesn't do such things, because it wouldn't be a choice to opt out of that kind of evil behavior. Oh... wait.
I fear they are going to get seriously out of control.
We're waaaay past "seriously out of control" already. Perhaps a segment of the population is beginning to wake up to it, but it could be far too late to find a way to take action to stop the madness.
Open source hardware totally makes sense in the hobbyist world. Its going like gangbusters at places like Adafruit, Sparkfun, etc.
Remains to be seen how well it works at the big corporate level,...
I remember the days of Slackware, and trying to convince the boss why Linux was a good solution to a lot of our ISP-related server software issues. This sounds very familiar. I hope Open Compute has the same type of success as Linux.
Thank goodness, some actual common sense. Seriously.
Also, if this had happened to a white kid, would the media be on this at all? Maybe? How about you? Does reverse racism somehow affect your attitude here? If so, then you're as bad or worse that who you are accusing.
How about we wait until all the facts are in, and make our own decisions, rather than the attitude of the Black Panthers, and mod rule.
Then we paid for it through our taxes. There is no sane argument to make citizens pay for it again.
Why not? The Obama administration would like to raise the estate tax (death tax), tax on dividends, etc.
You've already paid taxes on the things you own, and when you die, they tax your family so much, they may not be able to own the things you left for them.
With dividends, you've paid the tax on your income, and when you retire, and need the income from your own money, you'll get a nice percentage of that taken too.
With that logic, I see no reason to pay for things twice, and again. Obama is pushing hard for this. Fair or not. I'll stick with the bush tax cuts. They do affect me, and I am by no means rich. Just wait until Obama keeps creeping down the road until he gets to you.
The TSA was a generally "good" idea... To provide safety for transportation, I thought, but it turns out that it is a typical example of what happens when the government takes control of something it shouldn't.
I truly thought this administration would do exactly the opposite of what it has been doing the last 3 years, and I regret to say that it's as bad, or arguably worse, than the proceeding administration. Make no mistake, the administration is acutely aware of the details of what is happening — It has been behind the scanners, pat downs, and other infringements of its own citizens. A grand marketing campaign, with little substance.
I am not taking sides, but pointing out the obvious, I guess.
I am sure your point is a part of the problem, but in my (many years) of experience, this has a lot more to do with a myriad of factors, none of which really outweigh the other by much.
I am an independent developer who works on projects with security in mind from the ground up. Time/budget be damned, as it's my reputation on the line. If they can't pay for what it is worth, I tell them to find another developer.
They tend to learn the hard way — it was a better option to stick with a security minded developer in the first place. 85% of them return as customers.
The problem seems to be that most of the developers I have worked with, be it corporate employees, or indy's like myself, are one of two things, in general: (very general)
1. Lacking knowledge of how to deal with the most common security threats.
2. Lazy, and don't care enough to implement safeguards, etc.
Most of the other excuses boil down to one of the above.
That's my experience out there in the field, working with lots and lots of diverse companies. Of course profit and time to complete enter the picture, but over time, this can be overcome with a lot of experience and a lot of [code] libraries which can be easily implemented, no time lost.
In my experience as a developer who has managed a department, trained "jr' developers on our product(s), and was "loyal to the end", I can tell you that you need to do what is best for you, now and down the road.
I put my time (too many hours), heart and soul into my job(s), and was close with upper management, etc.
What I found is: In the end, the company will do what it needs to, to survive/thrive at [almost] any expense -- including you and your job.
What you must do is find what is the best scenario for you to survive/thrive, and mostly enjoy going to work each day. Of course you want to balance your decision with factors such as burning bridges, making sure your new position has long-term stability, etc.
I wish you the best in your decision. I can only offer that you do what's best for you, and don't look back.
Slashdot Mirror
I actually went to the website, and if you read the FAQ:
"Q. What does this pilot cost and what is the projected additional revenue expected?
A. NISD will spend approximately $261,000 on this pilot for the two schools and expects to realize $2 million in additional revenues."
I always LOVED that car, and yes, I'm old enough for it to be the definitive Batmobile.
I'd love to pull a Bat-turn on I-10 one day.........again, but in that car rather than my own.
It's the definitive Batmobile to me also. I was old enough to still enjoy the (first rounds of) re-runs, and see it in an "antique" auto museum close to the area I grew up. I remember making a point of touching it, to see if it was a real car. Ah, the good old days.
Well, damn... while glancing over the headlines, I somehow got it in my mind this was a Black Friday deal, and was about to avoid it.
I'm 48, self-employed, and spend a good deal of time putting out security fires, and/or filling in the gaps that the younger, (very) less experienced guys didn't think through their solutions.
As one of my roles, I am the "go-to" guy for organizations which have development staff, but only have 1/2 of the required talent, if that makes any sense.
The more companies begin to understand / evolve online, the more open their eyes will be when they realize they've had their first SQL injection, etc. This is when people like us come in -- but the key to our success is keeping up with constantly changing technology, and doing it well.
It seems the pendulum is swinging back towards Microsoft. If you live long enough, it will swing back (or away from MSFT) again.
It reminds me of the days when data was stored on main-frames, mini's, etc. with distributed green-screens... it went to PC's (stored locally), and now the cloud, then...
It's the pendulum.
... and still coding
/ Very nice!
I'm 48, and wish I had another 24 years to do all of the things I want to do coding-wise alone. I haven't learned it all yet, and still want to know how everything works.
It's a great lifestyle after all this time. I own my own firm, work from my home office, get out to the boat on Fridays and work from there if needed (during summer), and make my own time to work on my own terms.
Coding at 48 is great!
Don't forget about lighting, and some of the REALLY cool things you can do with LED's.
For about $25 (US), you can pick up 16 foot reels of bright LED RGB lights (30-60 LED's/meter). They come with remotes, so you can control color, brightness, effects, etc.
I've done some very cool access lighting in strategic places around the house, and it's pretty awesome.
The low-hanging-fruit, of course would be in the kitchen with under-cabinet lighting. It's even cheaper with one-color (white) LED's... It took about 30 minutes to "install", and the ROI is huge. Especially with the wife.
Why not impose a tax on smokers... somehow affecting their paycheck?
Don't create more laws making nicotine illegal. We've had enough liberties taken from us. Personal responsibility is going out the window, imho.
Randomly test employees (or somehow find a way to separate the smokers from the non), and penalize the smokers via a "tax". Smokers still have the choice, but also have incentives to quit. The additional cost to health care, and testing would be covered by the tax.
Perhaps not realistic, but certainly more mature than simply making everything illegal, and eliminating yet another choice.
Still aghast that this could be coming from someone in such an influential position.
The kicker is that this could actually happen. After what's gone on over the last 11 years, not much surprises me anymore.
Then Redhat then centos
Exactly the same there, with a short detour into BSD somewhere down the line.
They're just making sure you actually *read* the article before commenting.
In the early 90's (1993 or so) I started a small ISP in the midwest (playing out of my house) which grew fairly quickly. After about a year, I brought on partners, and hired employees, as well as found office space.
I had a couple of high school and college age guys who came by to help us out, and play with our large amount of bandwidth. They convinced us (1995/1996) to try Linux (Slackware, I believe) for our DNS and mail. After many attempts to show us how stable, and great it was. Eventually, we began to use it in production, and it was terrific for so many reasons.
Eventually I had to learn command-line, and how it all worked, and I spend much time learning the 'right' way to do things. Joe (the text editor) became a good friend.
From there, we eventually sold the ISP, and I went to work for the company that purchased us. I've been heavily involved in Linux administration and development ever since.
I got rid of all WYSIWYG a long time ago.
As an independent web application developer. I receive visual mockups from a designer (in Illustrator, Photoshop for example), and convert them (by hand) into maintainable web pages, as far as the HTML/CSS is concerned.
It takes a little longer to create the initial HTML layouts and CSS, but in the end, it's much easier for me to quickly update and maintain over time. Things are 'built' and formatted exactly as you need them to be, and keeps things much more efficient in a number of ways.
It seems to depend on what your needs are, and how complex the design/app you're working with, etc.
This is the type of thing that every user on Facebook should know about. Every communication is being scanned and evaluated. You opted into that, so you need to be aware that it's going to happen to you.
It's a good thing our own government doesn't do such things, because it wouldn't be a choice to opt out of that kind of evil behavior. Oh... wait.
I fear they are going to get seriously out of control.
We're waaaay past "seriously out of control" already. Perhaps a segment of the population is beginning to wake up to it, but it could be far too late to find a way to take action to stop the madness.
Open source hardware totally makes sense in the hobbyist world. Its going like gangbusters at places like Adafruit, Sparkfun, etc.
Remains to be seen how well it works at the big corporate level, ...
I remember the days of Slackware, and trying to convince the boss why Linux was a good solution to a lot of our ISP-related server software issues. This sounds very familiar. I hope Open Compute has the same type of success as Linux.
The ambiguities and intentional non-specifics involve a lot of trust for anyone not to abuse it.
It will be abused, and eventually, so often, that it is the foundation for the next set of freedom-crushing laws.
Is it time to begin a mass exodus of Facebook?
Thank goodness, some actual common sense. Seriously.
Also, if this had happened to a white kid, would the media be on this at all? Maybe? How about you? Does reverse racism somehow affect your attitude here? If so, then you're as bad or worse that who you are accusing.
How about we wait until all the facts are in, and make our own decisions, rather than the attitude of the Black Panthers, and mod rule.
Then we paid for it through our taxes. There is no sane argument to make citizens pay for it again.
Why not? The Obama administration would like to raise the estate tax (death tax), tax on dividends, etc.
You've already paid taxes on the things you own, and when you die, they tax your family so much, they may not be able to own the things you left for them.
With dividends, you've paid the tax on your income, and when you retire, and need the income from your own money, you'll get a nice percentage of that taken too.
With that logic, I see no reason to pay for things twice, and again. Obama is pushing hard for this. Fair or not. I'll stick with the bush tax cuts. They do affect me, and I am by no means rich. Just wait until Obama keeps creeping down the road until he gets to you.
They then started a petition to rename Uranus to Urectum.
Urectum? I didn't know Uknewum?
Couldn't resist...
So we begin on the path to building an intersect. "I know kung foo"
The TSA was a generally "good" idea... To provide safety for transportation, I thought, but it turns out that it is a typical example of what happens when the government takes control of something it shouldn't.
I truly thought this administration would do exactly the opposite of what it has been doing the last 3 years, and I regret to say that it's as bad, or arguably worse, than the proceeding administration. Make no mistake, the administration is acutely aware of the details of what is happening — It has been behind the scanners, pat downs, and other infringements of its own citizens. A grand marketing campaign, with little substance.
I am not taking sides, but pointing out the obvious, I guess.
I am sure your point is a part of the problem, but in my (many years) of experience, this has a lot more to do with a myriad of factors, none of which really outweigh the other by much.
I am an independent developer who works on projects with security in mind from the ground up. Time/budget be damned, as it's my reputation on the line. If they can't pay for what it is worth, I tell them to find another developer.
They tend to learn the hard way — it was a better option to stick with a security minded developer in the first place. 85% of them return as customers.
The problem seems to be that most of the developers I have worked with, be it corporate employees, or indy's like myself, are one of two things, in general: (very general)
1. Lacking knowledge of how to deal with the most common security threats.
2. Lazy, and don't care enough to implement safeguards, etc.
Most of the other excuses boil down to one of the above.
That's my experience out there in the field, working with lots and lots of diverse companies. Of course profit and time to complete enter the picture, but over time, this can be overcome with a lot of experience and a lot of [code] libraries which can be easily implemented, no time lost.
In my experience as a developer who has managed a department, trained "jr' developers on our product(s), and was "loyal to the end", I can tell you that you need to do what is best for you, now and down the road.
I put my time (too many hours), heart and soul into my job(s), and was close with upper management, etc.
What I found is: In the end, the company will do what it needs to, to survive/thrive at [almost] any expense -- including you and your job.
What you must do is find what is the best scenario for you to survive/thrive, and mostly enjoy going to work each day. Of course you want to balance your decision with factors such as burning bridges, making sure your new position has long-term stability, etc.
I wish you the best in your decision. I can only offer that you do what's best for you, and don't look back.
joe & bash shell