I can think of at least half a dozen enterprise applications (Avaya UCM, TripWire Enterprise, Juniper Netscreen WebUI, etc) off the top of my head, latest versions of which require Firefox 3.6 to run (with disclaimers, warnings, broken functionality an all). They sort of work with FF9, sometimes, and absolutely don't with IE. This is going to suck.
Windows Vista / 7's UAC tend to mitigate a lot of the damage, which has been a compelling reason to recommend it to clients.
Ok, I will agree that UAC is a good idea, but 99% of users tend do disable it because "it's annoying". And you can use HIPS on XP for much of the same effect.
Very controversial notion, granted, but again it wouldn't work - with new technologies, laws need to change to accommodate them, or you will end-up having to apply telegraph-era laws to quantum computing (or in a more recent scenario - export laws to cloud computing)... The problem is not with creating laws in itself, it's with not having qualified subject-matter experts involved in creating said laws. Goes for granting patents as well, as far as I'm concerned.
Easy. Cost of upgrading to Windows 7 vs benefit it brings. XP does everything I need it to do at home (Netflix, Gmail, Slashdot); and at work (Office, LiveMeeting, Telnet, Photoshop, AutoCAD, etc). Why would I bother upgrading if there is no real driver to do so? What, the viruses? That's what antivirus, firewalls, NoScript and common sense are for. So I got hit by one 0-day worm in last 10 years, really does not justify the thousand bucks to upgrade each system for either me or my company, especially since it's not like there isn't going to be any more 0-days on Windows 7. In fact, you are more likely to see a 0-day on a newer OS...
I suggest putting a GPS tracker on St. Louis judge's car and posting any questionable locations he frequents for the world to see. Think he would care then?
Oh, wait, AC above just suggested the same thing... oh well, I already typed this up.
Also, a virus by definition installs software on a machine without the owner's consent.
Well, technically, by definition, viruses don't install anything - they inject themselves into existing host files/applications/processes. You're thinking of worms... which is technically, by definition, what this is:) But regardless, yes, this is a bad idea.
They'll just wait until one of these things accidentally collides with a GPS or Glonass satellite and gets nuked off the orbit in retaliation for this obviously extrimist act of aggression...
On the plus side, somebody on the "care team" gets to wipe his ass once or twice a day.
What I see is "Make sure your job contract does not state "and other duties" in small print". Also, the paycheck is miniscule... $18.50 an hour for someone who has IT and electrical engineering knowledge? He obviously agrees with Sheldon Cooper's view on engineers:)
It is a witch hunt when the target is a small bully as in this instance. Take a large bully, like Verizon, who consistently does awful things to their customers, and you just don't see the same effort, vitriol, or results. It is the weak banding together to go after the mildly more powerful, while the truly powerful continue to act as they please.
Perhaps, but more often than not the IT manager is not directly involved in either the day-to-day operations of the IT department or the said business decisions. It's all budget planning, vendor relationships and issue escalations for them... and thus the disconnect between the business decision makers and IT grunts having to live with them.
Agreed, I think that's the only functional model for IT - make it a separate unit funded through charge-backs to other units, as opposed to company budget allocation. Every budgeted IT team I've worked for was overlooked and perpetually underfunded. Chargebacks help distribute the costs across userbase and increase visibility into actual IT costs. Otherwise - IT is an unnecessary, non-money-generating department that hemorrhages money and creates downtimes for maintenance of stuff that works anyways.
You know, the only reason I didn't buy a Galaxy S II this boxing day is because it doesn't have ICS... Just refreshed my CrackBerry instead. Samsung should get moving if they don't want to lose customers (though the sales person swore that ICS will be out for S II by January 2012).
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G-Form *cha-ching* 'Extreme Edge' *cha-ching*...
Fair enough, but new laptops usually come with new OS (with price "bundled in"), so it's not much of a choice :)
First thing I thought of, when I saw "NewsRight". That, and Einstein's definition of insanity.
If all your woman wants from you is your sperm, you're doing it wrong.
I can think of at least half a dozen enterprise applications (Avaya UCM, TripWire Enterprise, Juniper Netscreen WebUI, etc) off the top of my head, latest versions of which require Firefox 3.6 to run (with disclaimers, warnings, broken functionality an all). They sort of work with FF9, sometimes, and absolutely don't with IE. This is going to suck.
Windows Vista / 7's UAC tend to mitigate a lot of the damage, which has been a compelling reason to recommend it to clients.
Ok, I will agree that UAC is a good idea, but 99% of users tend do disable it because "it's annoying". And you can use HIPS on XP for much of the same effect.
Very controversial notion, granted, but again it wouldn't work - with new technologies, laws need to change to accommodate them, or you will end-up having to apply telegraph-era laws to quantum computing (or in a more recent scenario - export laws to cloud computing)... The problem is not with creating laws in itself, it's with not having qualified subject-matter experts involved in creating said laws. Goes for granting patents as well, as far as I'm concerned.
I don't think this is possible in human society. Even anarchists have laws.
Easy. Cost of upgrading to Windows 7 vs benefit it brings. XP does everything I need it to do at home (Netflix, Gmail, Slashdot); and at work (Office, LiveMeeting, Telnet, Photoshop, AutoCAD, etc). Why would I bother upgrading if there is no real driver to do so? What, the viruses? That's what antivirus, firewalls, NoScript and common sense are for. So I got hit by one 0-day worm in last 10 years, really does not justify the thousand bucks to upgrade each system for either me or my company, especially since it's not like there isn't going to be any more 0-days on Windows 7. In fact, you are more likely to see a 0-day on a newer OS...
So, would you care to do it right then? Just playing devil's advocate here...
I suggest putting a GPS tracker on St. Louis judge's car and posting any questionable locations he frequents for the world to see. Think he would care then?
Oh, wait, AC above just suggested the same thing... oh well, I already typed this up.
Also, a virus by definition installs software on a machine without the owner's consent.
Well, technically, by definition, viruses don't install anything - they inject themselves into existing host files/applications/processes. You're thinking of worms... which is technically, by definition, what this is :) But regardless, yes, this is a bad idea.
P.S. Yay, my story got posted.
They must have some sort of law prohibiting lobbyists from being sponsored by evil corporations.
They'll just wait until one of these things accidentally collides with a GPS or Glonass satellite and gets nuked off the orbit in retaliation for this obviously extrimist act of aggression...
"'no cause of action may be brought' against a provider of an "interactive computer service" based upon information provided by a 3rd party."
So... This here is called legal precedence, right? Oh if only RightHeaven was still around! Luckily we'll still have the SOPA clowns...
Ah, never mind, I sent myself to http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=1%261+sopa and found it. Good, now I don't have to move my domains.
Does anybody know where 1&1 is on the whole SOPA thing?
Funny :)
Everything new is something old that has been creatively forgotten? Something like that.
On the plus side, somebody on the "care team" gets to wipe his ass once or twice a day.
What I see is "Make sure your job contract does not state "and other duties" in small print". Also, the paycheck is miniscule... $18.50 an hour for someone who has IT and electrical engineering knowledge? He obviously agrees with Sheldon Cooper's view on engineers :)
It is a witch hunt when the target is a small bully as in this instance. Take a large bully, like Verizon, who consistently does awful things to their customers, and you just don't see the same effort, vitriol, or results. It is the weak banding together to go after the mildly more powerful, while the truly powerful continue to act as they please.
Give it time, give it time... *looks at Sony*
Perhaps, but more often than not the IT manager is not directly involved in either the day-to-day operations of the IT department or the said business decisions. It's all budget planning, vendor relationships and issue escalations for them... and thus the disconnect between the business decision makers and IT grunts having to live with them.
As long as that mentality changes as your shop grows, you may have a point.
Agreed, I think that's the only functional model for IT - make it a separate unit funded through charge-backs to other units, as opposed to company budget allocation. Every budgeted IT team I've worked for was overlooked and perpetually underfunded. Chargebacks help distribute the costs across userbase and increase visibility into actual IT costs. Otherwise - IT is an unnecessary, non-money-generating department that hemorrhages money and creates downtimes for maintenance of stuff that works anyways.
You know, the only reason I didn't buy a Galaxy S II this boxing day is because it doesn't have ICS... Just refreshed my CrackBerry instead. Samsung should get moving if they don't want to lose customers (though the sales person swore that ICS will be out for S II by January 2012).