For large-scale custom deployments there is the "Security Exploit Advanced Server Enterprise Edition Resource Kit and SDK". This is suitible for users needing to deploy internet-wide worms, industrial espionage, cyberterrorism, and similar applications.
One big difference between Microsoft platforms and UNIX is how widespread the knowledge of how to properly lock down a box is.
In the UNIX world the basic lockdown steps for internet servers are quite well known and widely published, to the point that I have been asked to go over them in job interviews before. Most experienced UNIX admins are familiar with basic system and network security.
In the Windows world the basic steps needed to lockdown an Internet servers are not widely known and some effort is required to track them down. Even quite compitent and experienced windows admins usually aren't familiar with the steps involved. These people do know what it takes to lock down a Windows LAN environment but that is quite different from what you need to lock down an IIS, SQL, Exchange, or 2000 DNS server for public internet use.
It is interesting to note the NeXT was designed with a 2 button mouse instead of a 1 button mouse. Some early NeXT PR fluff claimed this was found to be the "optimal" number in a bunch of human-factors research.
On the other hand some decent wikis have had many problems with assholes blowing away the entire knowledge base on a regular basis because they could. In most cases the admins had decent backups and the data was restored quickly, but it is still a massive annoyance.
Sort of like tagger behavior, never underestimate the power of being able to point at something stupid and destructive and say "I did that"
Well we just found a chemical weapons plant, Iraq admitted on the eve of war to having mobile biological weapons labratories, and we've found terrorist camps within Iraq. Seems like most of the administration's justification for the war is proving to be true.
BTW the US and UK forces seem to be going to extreme lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Iraq, most of those killed so far have been Iraqi government higher-ups or soldiers who were trying to kill our soldiers.
The job of any military is to kill people and break things. You don't send the military somewhere because you plan on handing out teddy bears and lollypops.
I suppose you are one of those people who believe that "civilized" nations don't need to be armed with anything more lethal than police with tasers.
I read a story recently (sorry can't remember where) about how many soldiers are carrying/using civilian GPS units instead of the PLGR units. Apparently the civilian units have more features, are lighter, smaller, have longer battery life, and are almost as rugged. The only real advantage the military units have is increased accuracy when SA is turned on.
Old aircraft aren't necessarily any more dangerious than new ones as long as they are properly maintained. On the other hand older aircraft will require much more maintenance per operational hour than new aircraft.
People who trade files, rip MP3s, or make "mix" tapes are terrorists out to destroy the American way of life pure and simple. These crimes should be enough to classify one as a terrorist under the USA PATRIOT act. Hell the police should just shoot you if they suspect you of file trading.
In Seattle there has been a big problem with stucco exteriors on condos. Several condo associations have had to deal with very expensive exterior sealing/finish replacement projects. Typically the condo owners are ultimately responsible for the expense. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with stucco as an exterior finish, but it doesn't work real well with whatever construction techniques the fly-by-night condo developers were using in this area 5-15 years ago.
Before you buy a condo be sure to have it inspected by someone with expertese in spotting moisture infiltration problems.
Cheaper is only better if the system provides better performance on the applications you are trying to run.
I have a 200Mhz Ultra 1 that will totaly whip my 2Ghz Athlon on disk I/O and multitasking. Why? The Sun has SCSI disks, a much better bus and memory architecture, and the Ultra Sparc processor is much better than x86 processors at context switches.
Maybe my numbers were a bit off but in actual use where the overall system design will affect performance Apple systems at a given clock speed are faster than typical PCs at the same clock speed.
I will agree that the fastest Intel CPUs are far faster than the fastest Motorola processors. Perhaps Apple made a mistake in deciding not to buy PowerPC chips from IBM. (The latest IBM CPUs do quite well compared to Intel processors)
It's the "convince X app authors" thing that is a problem. Now KDE and Gnome are doing a lot to make sure there is a working object cut-and-paste between applications written using their libraries but compared to Mac, Windows, BeOS, or NeXT Linux just isn't there yet.
On the other hand I so rarely cut and paste anything other than plain text I don't really notice, but I don't expect my usage is typical.
What's really sad is a 1GHz G4 is actually 1.5x-2x faster than a 1GHz P3.
I really wish people would understand clock speed has nothing to do with how fast a processor can perform a given task. It is as absurd as measuring car performance by engine displacement or RPM.
Not really if most users (those who just want email/web browsing/word processing/etc) can do everything they need in a well done GUI and the power users still have a command line/config file/script interface you can have the best of both worlds.
NeXTStep did a VERY good job of this. OS X is not too bad either but I don't like how Apple has "tarted" it up. I find the "in your face eye-candy" annoying and the brushed-metal apps are broken by design. In my opinon Apple made a mistake in going away from the simplicity and elegance of the classic NeXT or Mac interfaces in order to appeal to hyperactive 3-year-olds on acid.
But don't you see? Those companies are owned and controlled by the rich. It's that simple. The companies that farm out jobs overseas because it's cheaper, are run by the rich, and in fact, are legally obligated to maintain the "best interests" of stockholders, who are also the rich. It's not going to change while there's still monopoly capital. It's that simple. Revolting, but simple.
Companies are owned and controlled by shareholders. Shareholders are anyone who happens to buy at least 1 share of stock. The vast majority of company shares are actually held directly or indirectly by median income earners. That's you and me. Our IRA, 401k, pension funds, and other accounts own most corprate stock.
I think the ideal world for most companies would be one where everyone except the Board and senior executives worked for free or minimal wages ($0.10/day).
I'm sorry but most IT jobs are a tad bit more complicated than "cashier". For that matter most IT jobs other than entry-level are a bit more complicated than "Technician II".
As a highly skilled senior system administrator the only way I'm going to work for $10/hour or less is if: a) I'm working for a charity I'd be willing to volunteer time for anyway. b) I'm doing a personal favor for friends or family. c) I'm a co-founder. or d) It's not an IT job.
Since I can get a brainless $12-$17/hour non-IT job fairly easily, why the heck should I deal with the stress and long hours for less pay?.
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You forget the USMC "toys for tots" program.
Ok, you got me there. But I wouldn't say "toys for tots" is the primary job of the USMC nor the reason they are sent into hostile territory.
Last time I checked there were still plenty of Crackers in Alabama.
For large-scale custom deployments there is the "Security Exploit Advanced Server Enterprise Edition Resource Kit and SDK". This is suitible for users needing to deploy internet-wide worms, industrial espionage, cyberterrorism, and similar applications.
One big difference between Microsoft platforms and UNIX is how widespread the knowledge of how to properly lock down a box is.
In the UNIX world the basic lockdown steps for internet servers are quite well known and widely published, to the point that I have been asked to go over them in job interviews before. Most experienced UNIX admins are familiar with basic system and network security.
In the Windows world the basic steps needed to lockdown an Internet servers are not widely known and some effort is required to track them down. Even quite compitent and experienced windows admins usually aren't familiar with the steps involved. These people do know what it takes to lock down a Windows LAN environment but that is quite different from what you need to lock down an IIS, SQL, Exchange, or 2000 DNS server for public internet use.
"All your base belong to us"
It is interesting to note the NeXT was designed with a 2 button mouse instead of a 1 button mouse. Some early NeXT PR fluff claimed this was found to be the "optimal" number in a bunch of human-factors research.
On the other hand some decent wikis have had many problems with assholes blowing away the entire knowledge base on a regular basis because they could. In most cases the admins had decent backups and the data was restored quickly, but it is still a massive annoyance.
Sort of like tagger behavior, never underestimate the power of being able to point at something stupid and destructive and say "I did that"
Sort of like the old joke:
Give a grunt 3 1-inch steel ball bearings, one will be lost, one will get broken, and one will end up back at his apartement.
Well we just found a chemical weapons plant, Iraq admitted on the eve of war to having mobile biological weapons labratories, and we've found terrorist camps within Iraq. Seems like most of the administration's justification for the war is proving to be true.
BTW the US and UK forces seem to be going to extreme lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Iraq, most of those killed so far have been Iraqi government higher-ups or soldiers who were trying to kill our soldiers.
The job of any military is to kill people and break things. You don't send the military somewhere because you plan on handing out teddy bears and lollypops.
I suppose you are one of those people who believe that "civilized" nations don't need to be armed with anything more lethal than police with tasers.
I read a story recently (sorry can't remember where) about how many soldiers are carrying/using civilian GPS units instead of the PLGR units. Apparently the civilian units have more features, are lighter, smaller, have longer battery life, and are almost as rugged. The only real advantage the military units have is increased accuracy when SA is turned on.
Old aircraft aren't necessarily any more dangerious than new ones as long as they are properly maintained. On the other hand older aircraft will require much more maintenance per operational hour than new aircraft.
People who trade files, rip MP3s, or make "mix" tapes are terrorists out to destroy the American way of life pure and simple. These crimes should be enough to classify one as a terrorist under the USA PATRIOT act. Hell the police should just shoot you if they suspect you of file trading.
In Seattle there has been a big problem with stucco exteriors on condos. Several condo associations have had to deal with very expensive exterior sealing/finish replacement projects. Typically the condo owners are ultimately responsible for the expense. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with stucco as an exterior finish, but it doesn't work real well with whatever construction techniques the fly-by-night condo developers were using in this area 5-15 years ago.
Before you buy a condo be sure to have it inspected by someone with expertese in spotting moisture infiltration problems.
Cheaper is only better if the system provides better performance on the applications you are trying to run.
I have a 200Mhz Ultra 1 that will totaly whip my 2Ghz Athlon on disk I/O and multitasking. Why? The Sun has SCSI disks, a much better bus and memory architecture, and the Ultra Sparc processor is much better than x86 processors at context switches.
Maybe my numbers were a bit off but in actual use where the overall system design will affect performance Apple systems at a given clock speed are faster than typical PCs at the same clock speed.
I will agree that the fastest Intel CPUs are far faster than the fastest Motorola processors. Perhaps Apple made a mistake in deciding not to buy PowerPC chips from IBM. (The latest IBM CPUs do quite well compared to Intel processors)
It's the "convince X app authors" thing that is a problem. Now KDE and Gnome are doing a lot to make sure there is a working object cut-and-paste between applications written using their libraries but compared to Mac, Windows, BeOS, or NeXT Linux just isn't there yet.
On the other hand I so rarely cut and paste anything other than plain text I don't really notice, but I don't expect my usage is typical.
What's really sad is a 1GHz G4 is actually 1.5x-2x faster than a 1GHz P3.
I really wish people would understand clock speed has nothing to do with how fast a processor can perform a given task. It is as absurd as measuring car performance by engine displacement or RPM.
Not really if most users (those who just want email/web browsing/word processing/etc) can do everything they need in a well done GUI and the power users still have a command line/config file/script interface you can have the best of both worlds.
NeXTStep did a VERY good job of this. OS X is not too bad either but I don't like how Apple has "tarted" it up. I find the "in your face eye-candy" annoying and the brushed-metal apps are broken by design. In my opinon Apple made a mistake in going away from the simplicity and elegance of the classic NeXT or Mac interfaces in order to appeal to hyperactive 3-year-olds on acid.
She also has a Journal here at Slashdot.
But don't you see? Those companies are owned and controlled by the rich. It's that simple. The companies that farm out jobs overseas because it's cheaper, are run by the rich, and in fact, are legally obligated to maintain the "best interests" of stockholders, who are also the rich. It's not going to change while there's still monopoly capital. It's that simple. Revolting, but simple.
Companies are owned and controlled by shareholders. Shareholders are anyone who happens to buy at least 1 share of stock. The vast majority of company shares are actually held directly or indirectly by median income earners. That's you and me. Our IRA, 401k, pension funds, and other accounts own most corprate stock.
No problems with this but I think we need to look into foriegn outsourcing and H1B programs for lawyers, managers, accountants, marketing, and sales.
No one is paying programmers $1/hr.
Yet. They would if they could.
I think the ideal world for most companies would be one where everyone except the Board and senior executives worked for free or minimal wages ($0.10/day).
I'm sorry but most IT jobs are a tad bit more complicated than "cashier". For that matter most IT jobs other than entry-level are a bit more complicated than "Technician II".
As a highly skilled senior system administrator the only way I'm going to work for $10/hour or less is if:
a) I'm working for a charity I'd be willing to volunteer time for anyway.
b) I'm doing a personal favor for friends or family.
c) I'm a co-founder.
or d) It's not an IT job.
Since I can get a brainless $12-$17/hour non-IT job fairly easily, why the heck should I deal with the stress and long hours for less pay?.