Dave, the CEO of NetApp had a very interesting blog posting about patents last summer. Especially interesting since NetApp and Sun are now in a Patent lawsuit battle royale.
And right after that, we'll start educating the public about how they can maintain their brakes and engine, in order to prevent accidents.
Oh, wait, those require "experts" that are either licenced, or can prove their knowledge with "certifications"? The general public doesn't care about computer security. Just like they don't care about how the camshaft in their engine works. The push the gas, the engine goes. Why would they be expected to know more? Thats why they hire experts.
Not to mention that their software runs on many different OS's (java, directory server, etc), their OS runs on different hardware (opensolaris), and their hardware will run anything (Intel, sparc, and AMD processors) Its always been a Dell shop at the office here. Sun is starting to look much, much better. (and cheaper in many cases!)
I've seen the errors and crap that go into a very small database, holding records on a few thousand people. I would be scared to death to entrust anything to a much larger one. The thing that really scares me is the "private" databases. I can do a FOIA request against the federal databases to make sure my info is correct, I can get a copy of my credit report if I am denied credit because of my report, but what the hell recourse do I have if I am denied employment because the HR person ran me through a "private screening database" and saw that I (erronously) had a bad/criminal record? When is the last time an employer told you why you weren't getting hired? How would you know who to contact to ensure it was accurate?
There was a guy running for a local office a few years ago in Oregon. On his web site, under hobbies, he listed "watching boys play". MY GOD he got hammered left and right.. He meant it coming from the fact that he coached 3 kids sports, but everyone assumed (there's that word)he was a pedo. Couldn't have been a more stand up guy, coach, active in church, always kept his word, etc.
I completely agree. A previous poster did mention that the "PX" address is a.com, i didn't know that. I'm really not sure about how the militaries domains work, I guess I just assumed. I totally agree with the annualcreditreport.gov, but in Experian's defence, if you were making millions a month, and someone said, "Bad person, here is a $50,000 fine, and if you do it again, we'll fine you in a few months for the same amount!" would you change?
I was hired to admin for a "dot-com" back in the day that was 35 developers. My GOD it was horrible. They would install any little program that they found, piracy everywhere, thought that one MSDN subscription was good for the whole office, cause it cost alot, it must have been a site license. Oh, and my favoritte part was the complaints about the network going down. They had 6 "mini-hubs" thrown around on different peoples desks, with very long, kinked cables between them that their chars would roll over, doors would close on, etc..
That is horrible even if you do manage, license, and track all software installed. What happens if your employee copies a bunch of MP3's to the PC, since they like to listen to music. Hell, what if they accidentally have Windows Media player set to automatically copy all music CD's to the "my music folder". You then have a company owned computer, that is storing music that is not owned by the company.. OOPS.
One would think the military would have an easier time than most. You and I cannot register.mil addresses. Shouldn't the people have been looking out for http://mwr.army-support.mil/ instead of http://mwr.army-support.com/ (the link in the email?) Or does the army use.com addresses for some things, cause that seems silly. One would think they could tweak the source in firefox to change the address bar a different color for.mil addresses or something..
I'm torn on this. I would like to think that the software could not "decide" to make something available for you, but on the other hand, Those silly "trespassing on wireless" stories are usually counteracted by the someone stating that their laptop asking the router for permission, and the router granting that permission is okay. Is it possible to be in favor of one, without being in favor of the other?
So, 50% of the people that use my local hospital in Oregon do not pay their medical bills. That means, for the hospital to be able to pay doctors, bills, etc, I have to pay twice as much for my bills. (and you wondered why asprin cost $9). So, if we have mandatory medical care, first off, there will be no more people skipping their bills, which will drop my hospital bill in half (other parts of the state might have different "deadbeat rates").
Emergency rooms have to take everyone that comes in. Many people in my part of Oregon don't have insurance, and can't afford a doctor, so they wait until a problem becomes critical; or sometimes simple things like a cough and people go to the emergency room, when its not an emergency. By them having insurance, first, they can catch the problem earlier, saving huge amounts of time and money, and having a much better chance of getting it fixed. Secondly, the hospitals don't have to keep as many staff at the emergency room decreasing costs, and can respond much quicker, since it will be actual emergencies..
I totally agree. I mean just the other day, I wanted to change the MTU of XP, and turn off the "master browser" feature. why would I want to google and find something.. I just deleted one line out of my registry at a time until I got what I wanted. BTW, for some reason, I had to re-install...
but would you be paying an extra $5 a month so that you can download all your music, or would you be paying so that it was still illegal, but the RIAA would not sue your ISP, but only you!? Don't count on them doing the "right" thing. Also, I'm curious, would this be considered "taxes and fees" so that the prices would stay the same, IE, $40/month + taxes and fees (they never say its $10)
Most DBA's don't use the included tools anyways, they are pretty much crap compared to others.. Look for DBArtisan (One I have seen and used, not sure if its the best, there are many others out there.. Works with every major database, Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL, MYSQL, Postgres, etc. Last I looked it up for our DBA, it was about $7500 per database type.. IE, manage as many Oracle Databases as you want for one price..
The funny thing is that they never mention nuclear fusion. I mean, in the 60's, it was only 20 years out.. (and in every decade since) obviously they didn't have faith in that science progressing..
How sad.. I really liked the promise of WinFS for a file system. How cool would it be to be able to type something along the lines of "Select * from ALL_DOMAIN_COMPUTERS where file = "x.dll" and version = "2.33.5" Not to mention being able to do updates!
Um, this is good.. Your CS program is getting you ready for real world CS jobs. Go find a medium sized company where you can understand everyone. Makes it hard to sympathize with the apparent "H1-B" shortage!
Just think, in a few more years, as the value of the dollar drops, India, china, Costa Rica, etc, will start outsourcing to us, since we are so cheap. These will be your bosses!
Myamar? The riots of the people in Myamar earlier this year are a good example of how the internet is changing the world. Without the internet, word would not have gotten out about the huge protests, monks getting killed, etc. The country had a clampdown on all other media (and thought it did on the internet), so we would not have heard anything about it.
Now the fact that nobody did anything other than to say pretty words is a completely different topic.
That could actually be a selling point.. Having it change the channel if your wife wakes up and walks into the room in the middle of the night... Might save your butt..;)
Its not even so much being laid off to help the bottom line, its being laid off to help this quarter's bottom line, because investors want to see immediate profits. It is simply amazing to me how many companies can't see past a quarter or two. There are a few that really plan ahead, and push R&D, but not many any more.
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Dave, the CEO of NetApp had a very interesting blog posting about patents last summer. Especially interesting since NetApp and Sun are now in a Patent lawsuit battle royale.
And right after that, we'll start educating the public about how they can maintain their brakes and engine, in order to prevent accidents.
Oh, wait, those require "experts" that are either licenced, or can prove their knowledge with "certifications"? The general public doesn't care about computer security. Just like they don't care about how the camshaft in their engine works. The push the gas, the engine goes. Why would they be expected to know more? Thats why they hire experts.
Not to mention that their software runs on many different OS's (java, directory server, etc), their OS runs on different hardware (opensolaris), and their hardware will run anything (Intel, sparc, and AMD processors) Its always been a Dell shop at the office here. Sun is starting to look much, much better. (and cheaper in many cases!)
I've seen the errors and crap that go into a very small database, holding records on a few thousand people. I would be scared to death to entrust anything to a much larger one. The thing that really scares me is the "private" databases. I can do a FOIA request against the federal databases to make sure my info is correct, I can get a copy of my credit report if I am denied credit because of my report, but what the hell recourse do I have if I am denied employment because the HR person ran me through a "private screening database" and saw that I (erronously) had a bad/criminal record? When is the last time an employer told you why you weren't getting hired? How would you know who to contact to ensure it was accurate?
There was a guy running for a local office a few years ago in Oregon. On his web site, under hobbies, he listed "watching boys play". MY GOD he got hammered left and right.. He meant it coming from the fact that he coached 3 kids sports, but everyone assumed (there's that word)he was a pedo. Couldn't have been a more stand up guy, coach, active in church, always kept his word, etc.
I completely agree. A previous poster did mention that the "PX" address is a .com, i didn't know that. I'm really not sure about how the militaries domains work, I guess I just assumed. I totally agree with the annualcreditreport.gov, but in Experian's defence, if you were making millions a month, and someone said, "Bad person, here is a $50,000 fine, and if you do it again, we'll fine you in a few months for the same amount!" would you change?
I was hired to admin for a "dot-com" back in the day that was 35 developers. My GOD it was horrible. They would install any little program that they found, piracy everywhere, thought that one MSDN subscription was good for the whole office, cause it cost alot, it must have been a site license. Oh, and my favoritte part was the complaints about the network going down. They had 6 "mini-hubs" thrown around on different peoples desks, with very long, kinked cables between them that their chars would roll over, doors would close on, etc..
That is horrible even if you do manage, license, and track all software installed. What happens if your employee copies a bunch of MP3's to the PC, since they like to listen to music. Hell, what if they accidentally have Windows Media player set to automatically copy all music CD's to the "my music folder". You then have a company owned computer, that is storing music that is not owned by the company.. OOPS.
One would think the military would have an easier time than most. You and I cannot register .mil addresses. Shouldn't the people have been looking out for http://mwr.army-support.mil/ instead of http://mwr.army-support.com/ (the link in the email?) Or does the army use .com addresses for some things, cause that seems silly. One would think they could tweak the source in firefox to change the address bar a different color for .mil addresses or something..
I'm torn on this. I would like to think that the software could not "decide" to make something available for you, but on the other hand, Those silly "trespassing on wireless" stories are usually counteracted by the someone stating that their laptop asking the router for permission, and the router granting that permission is okay. Is it possible to be in favor of one, without being in favor of the other?
long live the "People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms" cards!
Wool.
Shave a sheep, cover yourself in the shavings. You'll stay warm, even if you get wet. How cool is that!?
Emergency rooms have to take everyone that comes in. Many people in my part of Oregon don't have insurance, and can't afford a doctor, so they wait until a problem becomes critical; or sometimes simple things like a cough and people go to the emergency room, when its not an emergency. By them having insurance, first, they can catch the problem earlier, saving huge amounts of time and money, and having a much better chance of getting it fixed. Secondly, the hospitals don't have to keep as many staff at the emergency room decreasing costs, and can respond much quicker, since it will be actual emergencies..
I totally agree. I mean just the other day, I wanted to change the MTU of XP, and turn off the "master browser" feature. why would I want to google and find something.. I just deleted one line out of my registry at a time until I got what I wanted. BTW, for some reason, I had to re-install...
but would you be paying an extra $5 a month so that you can download all your music, or would you be paying so that it was still illegal, but the RIAA would not sue your ISP, but only you!? Don't count on them doing the "right" thing. Also, I'm curious, would this be considered "taxes and fees" so that the prices would stay the same, IE, $40/month + taxes and fees (they never say its $10)
Most DBA's don't use the included tools anyways, they are pretty much crap compared to others.. Look for DBArtisan (One I have seen and used, not sure if its the best, there are many others out there.. Works with every major database, Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL, MYSQL, Postgres, etc. Last I looked it up for our DBA, it was about $7500 per database type.. IE, manage as many Oracle Databases as you want for one price..
The funny thing is that they never mention nuclear fusion. I mean, in the 60's, it was only 20 years out.. (and in every decade since) obviously they didn't have faith in that science progressing..
How sad.. I really liked the promise of WinFS for a file system. How cool would it be to be able to type something along the lines of "Select * from ALL_DOMAIN_COMPUTERS where file = "x.dll" and version = "2.33.5" Not to mention being able to do updates!
Um, this is good.. Your CS program is getting you ready for real world CS jobs. Go find a medium sized company where you can understand everyone. Makes it hard to sympathize with the apparent "H1-B" shortage!
Just think, in a few more years, as the value of the dollar drops, India, china, Costa Rica, etc, will start outsourcing to us, since we are so cheap. These will be your bosses!
Myamar?
The riots of the people in Myamar earlier this year are a good example of how the internet is changing the world. Without the internet, word would not have gotten out about the huge protests, monks getting killed, etc. The country had a clampdown on all other media (and thought it did on the internet), so we would not have heard anything about it.
Now the fact that nobody did anything other than to say pretty words is a completely different topic.
That could actually be a selling point.. Having it change the channel if your wife wakes up and walks into the room in the middle of the night... Might save your butt.. ;)
Not to be picky, but NAS is "Network Attached Storage" You have an external hard drive.
Where I get my car serviced, I know both guys who might be behind the desk, and they both know me, my wife, and son.
But not everyone drives a ford!
You do know what happens when you threaten the stability of oil deliveries to mainland US, don't you? You will be expected to greet us as liberators..
Its not even so much being laid off to help the bottom line, its being laid off to help this quarter's bottom line, because investors want to see immediate profits. It is simply amazing to me how many companies can't see past a quarter or two. There are a few that really plan ahead, and push R&D, but not many any more.