Logs outputted to a line printer cannot be altered by a clever program/hacker. This is actually a pretty standard trick, and I believe it's required for any B or A level of Orange Book certification. But I could be wrong on that last bit.
The examples you cite (car, FedEx account) both actually have some cost to the company that's significantly greater than zero. An employee spending some time on the web does not--if he weren't surfing, he'd be doing something else to slack off, and if he doesn't produce, as the capitalist toadies here have pointed out numerous times already, he can be fired.
Well, HOT DAMN! CPU cycles and Internet bandwidth are ZERO COST?! Then WHAT the HELL am I paying for them for?
Cartman: "First, I kick you in the nuts, as hard as I can. Then, you kick me in the nuts, as hard as YOU can. We go back, and forth, until somebody gives up."
Kyle(I think) "Ok."
Cartman: *HOOF!*
Kyle: *incoherant screams of agony*
Kyle: "Ok, my turn."
Cartman: "That's OK, you can have your stupid toy."
A good percentage of the show attendees will see this happening and ask why. And everyone will tell them "Microsoft made them leave".
Yeah, and Sony 'surrendering' to Microsoft is going to make them lose a LOT of face in certain circles.
And Microsoft has fingers in the proverbial commercial pie far beyond the world of console gaming systems.
Actually, it's probably in there so that they have more things to bring up against a hacker. They're on a security kick, remember?
That, or, seeing as how it popped up around NT4 Terminal Server Edition, it's to prevent multi-user useage; simply 'exporting the UI' would render monitors illegal.
Yes.
Remember, this was back when the phrase 'IBM-PC or compatible' meant something, and if you DIDN'T own an IBM, you ran the very serious risk of software just not running correctly.
This was back when the gov't was seriously considering breaking up IBM, exactly the same way they're thinking of breaking up MS.
And where as MS tried to lock in OEMs, IBM tried to lock OUT OEMs. Remember MCA? No? There's a reason.
Our cinphony ACD system ran on OS/2. It was great; boot to the desktop, bring up the task list, select 'acdmaster' and there it is. And this is current equipment, available for sale. Runs on a single-board P100, 32 megs RAM, and a hard drive. Wall mount.
If they're that flexible, then centrifugal force, when they're spinning, should keep them nice and straight. hell, the ends might be higher than the center if it's spinning fast enough.
Certifications can at least demonstrate that someone has a minimum set of working knowledge. That goes a long way for a third-party in evaluating a long list of applicants which they can't really objectively measure.
I would agree with you here, if you add in the caveat 'Certifications that have a physical/lab component.'
I've been saying on Slashdot for several years, now, that IT should be an apprentice trade. Thats how I came up, in the form of a co-op college course.
Having a bachleorate or masters in Computer Science will not make you a good sys admin, any more than having a bachleorate or masters in Metalurgy will make you a good blacksmith.
It's more accurate to say that the title 'engineer' holds legal weight in Canada. You cannot be an 'Engineer' unless you possess given qualifications. If you ARE an 'Engineer' in Canada, you have the right to add 'P.E.' to your name.
Simple. They didn't trademark "Bob." They trademarked "Microsoft Bob."
Similarly, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is in the public domain, and one can do as they will with it. However, "Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is NOT in the public domain, and is protected.
There's a big difference between one random email, as per your example, and an ongoing discussion of several emails, back and forth, that clearly show a consensus being reached and agreed to, by both parties.
And also points out the utter stupidity of mass transit systems; a terrorist, upon seeing the mass of security around the airport, isn't going to think to himself "Gee, I'll take the train. They don't even do baggage checks!"
You should be able to get the BTU rating for any servers you're running; multiply the totals by 1.5, and get an air conditioner that can 'cruise' at that level.
Have at least two plugs for every piece of equipment you want; surface mounts are your friends.
Raised floors, if you can get them, are your friends.
Leave space, if you at all can, for at least one full empty rack. You'd be surprised how quickly stuff can mount up.
How do you figure that? IBM (and others) introduced pay-as-you-go hardware in an effort to keep the entry prices of their systems down while giving their customers then-unheard-of flexibility in upgrading. It's really pretty cool: you place a phone call, and suddenly you have more processors. No muss, no fuss.
Besides, how many pieces of software can you think of that operate like this? Most of them. Download a piece of server software, type in the CD Key, and the CD Key will tell the software what mode to operate in. Single processor, multiprocessor, whatever. Need to upgrade? Call the company, type in your new key, and boom.
Yes, and as any high school physics student will tell you, if you have no fuel, then the only way you have to stop, rather than flipping end for end and applying thrust, is to hit something.
Any high school physics student will also tell you that you WANT constant acceleration, NOT constant velocity, because you'll get to your destination faster. After all, all you need do is flip end for end at the half-way point to your destination, and turn your engines back on.
Or, put another way, the sudden stop at the end of a fall at Earth normal gravity doesn't hurt because you're travelling at 9.8 meters per second; a one second fall will leave you bruised. No, the sudden stop hurts because you're accelerating 9.8 m/s per second.
Although I don't speak to the validity of this particular bill, I'll point out that Canadians get quite a few gov't services that Americans don't; not the least of which being a social health care system.
Actually, I'd say this is more like finding out that the vast majority of barn doors can be opened by knocking in a certain pattern, and knowing for a damn fact that most farmers won't bother to install the new latch that's being given away for free.
My point mainly is that while having armies of college students coding is wonderful in some respects, it's horrible in other respects.
If the strength of Linux is closing the barn doors after the horses have ran amok, I think I'll investigate BSD, where they, you know, actively audit the code.
Every time I hear the phrase 'forbidden love' as the title of the trailer, I have this sudden mental image of Anakin at lightsabre practice. He's dueling with the remote (a-la Luke in A New Hope) and not doing so well. Obi-Wan comes in, and says 'Here, let me show you.' Then he steps behind Anakin, reaches around to adjust his grip, incidentally hugging him from behind in the process. Their eyes meet, cue the Star Wars love music, then it fades out to the words 'Forbidden Love.'
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Logs outputted to a line printer cannot be altered by a clever program/hacker. This is actually a pretty standard trick, and I believe it's required for any B or A level of Orange Book certification. But I could be wrong on that last bit.
Cartman: "First, I kick you in the nuts, as hard as I can. Then, you kick me in the nuts, as hard as YOU can. We go back, and forth, until somebody gives up."
Kyle(I think) "Ok."
Cartman: *HOOF!*
Kyle: *incoherant screams of agony*
Kyle: "Ok, my turn."
Cartman: "That's OK, you can have your stupid toy."
Actually, it's probably in there so that they have more things to bring up against a hacker. They're on a security kick, remember? That, or, seeing as how it popped up around NT4 Terminal Server Edition, it's to prevent multi-user useage; simply 'exporting the UI' would render monitors illegal.
Yes. Remember, this was back when the phrase 'IBM-PC or compatible' meant something, and if you DIDN'T own an IBM, you ran the very serious risk of software just not running correctly. This was back when the gov't was seriously considering breaking up IBM, exactly the same way they're thinking of breaking up MS. And where as MS tried to lock in OEMs, IBM tried to lock OUT OEMs. Remember MCA? No? There's a reason.
Our cinphony ACD system ran on OS/2. It was great; boot to the desktop, bring up the task list, select 'acdmaster' and there it is. And this is current equipment, available for sale. Runs on a single-board P100, 32 megs RAM, and a hard drive. Wall mount.
If they're that flexible, then centrifugal force, when they're spinning, should keep them nice and straight. hell, the ends might be higher than the center if it's spinning fast enough.
I've been saying on Slashdot for several years, now, that IT should be an apprentice trade. Thats how I came up, in the form of a co-op college course. Having a bachleorate or masters in Computer Science will not make you a good sys admin, any more than having a bachleorate or masters in Metalurgy will make you a good blacksmith.
It's more accurate to say that the title 'engineer' holds legal weight in Canada. You cannot be an 'Engineer' unless you possess given qualifications. If you ARE an 'Engineer' in Canada, you have the right to add 'P.E.' to your name.
Yes, but it's Iron Clad(tm) when you throw on a modifier or two.
Simple. They didn't trademark "Bob." They trademarked "Microsoft Bob." Similarly, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is in the public domain, and one can do as they will with it. However, "Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is NOT in the public domain, and is protected.
There's a big difference between one random email, as per your example, and an ongoing discussion of several emails, back and forth, that clearly show a consensus being reached and agreed to, by both parties.
And also points out the utter stupidity of mass transit systems; a terrorist, upon seeing the mass of security around the airport, isn't going to think to himself "Gee, I'll take the train. They don't even do baggage checks!"
I'm not sure that you have the authority to say that, at that point, as you could constitute a threat to the airport and it's occupants.
Or pretty much any server with 66 megahertz PCI slots.
You should be able to get the BTU rating for any servers you're running; multiply the totals by 1.5, and get an air conditioner that can 'cruise' at that level. Have at least two plugs for every piece of equipment you want; surface mounts are your friends. Raised floors, if you can get them, are your friends. Leave space, if you at all can, for at least one full empty rack. You'd be surprised how quickly stuff can mount up.
Yes, and as any high school physics student will tell you, if you have no fuel, then the only way you have to stop, rather than flipping end for end and applying thrust, is to hit something. Any high school physics student will also tell you that you WANT constant acceleration, NOT constant velocity, because you'll get to your destination faster. After all, all you need do is flip end for end at the half-way point to your destination, and turn your engines back on. Or, put another way, the sudden stop at the end of a fall at Earth normal gravity doesn't hurt because you're travelling at 9.8 meters per second; a one second fall will leave you bruised. No, the sudden stop hurts because you're accelerating 9.8 m/s per second.
Although I don't speak to the validity of this particular bill, I'll point out that Canadians get quite a few gov't services that Americans don't; not the least of which being a social health care system.
Actually, I'd say this is more like finding out that the vast majority of barn doors can be opened by knocking in a certain pattern, and knowing for a damn fact that most farmers won't bother to install the new latch that's being given away for free. My point mainly is that while having armies of college students coding is wonderful in some respects, it's horrible in other respects.
If the strength of Linux is closing the barn doors after the horses have ran amok, I think I'll investigate BSD, where they, you know, actively audit the code.
Every time I hear the phrase 'forbidden love' as the title of the trailer, I have this sudden mental image of Anakin at lightsabre practice. He's dueling with the remote (a-la Luke in A New Hope) and not doing so well. Obi-Wan comes in, and says 'Here, let me show you.' Then he steps behind Anakin, reaches around to adjust his grip, incidentally hugging him from behind in the process. Their eyes meet, cue the Star Wars love music, then it fades out to the words 'Forbidden Love.'
How is it unsafe? It's encryption technology. It's used to hide things. How can this 'be made safe?'