Not your next door neighbor (particularly if you are in an apartment). You need a friend who is far enough away that the same disaster that hits your home will probably not hit your friend's home.
You can ignore this advice in cases of asteroid impact, zombie apocalypse, super volcano or robot uprising.
The bulk of programming jobs have nothing at all to do with math beyond the high school level. Its mostly counting beans and keeping records. Really, it is.
Which is also why there is a lot of high school level code out there.
If you never learn more than you need then you'll never know if you have learned as much as you need.
Learning more math won't always make you a better programmer. But it will show you whether you can do something better than someone who knows less math.
I am not demanding proof of anything. I am merely pointing out that at this time we do not know wither way.
Yes you are. Because to "know" is proof. Which is why science is based around an hypothesis that is supported by observations and repeatable experiments.
My analogy is not flawed, BTW, the question is just of whether with more research we will find the brain is more like a television (think badly calibrated analog TV that distorts the signal) or whether it is self-contained.
You analogy is flawed because there has not been a single repeatable experiment that indicated that the "signal" came from anywhere other than the brain itself.
But there is an entire medical field that repeatedly demonstrates that changing the brain changes the personality / perception / etc.
Both an interface and a self-contained unit can change its observable behavior at its external interface when manipulated.
And, again, there has not been a single, repeatable experiment that indicated that the signal originated anyone except in the brain itself.
You are demanding to prove a negative. And you keep demanding it.
It isn't about evidence that an outside signal does NOT exist.
YOU have to describe a repeatable experiment that shows that an outside signal DOES exist.
Your TV analogy is massively flawed because there are ways to prevent the TV from receiving the signal AND to detect the signal AND to alter the signal.
There is nothing equivalent with the brain. So there is no evidence to support the hypothesis that anything can "survive" death.
But there is lots of evidence (and repeatable) that shows that changes to the brain change the personality of the person.
You are, essentially, demanding "proof" of a negative. And that usually indicates that you've lost the thread.
Neil Gaiman talked about it at one of his readings. Hollywood so far as not been able to wrap its head around the concept of a single character who delivers good dreams AND nightmares.
So the scripts he sees keep having a "bad" Sandman character in addition to Morpheus. The "bad" Sandman only delivers nightmares.
The world is much smaller place than many people realize, and even if you don't end up back at the same company there is a good chance you might end up with some of the same co-workers one day.
The co-workers who were decent probably had the same experience you had. So they can swap horror stories over beer with you.
The other ones are ones you probably don't want to work with anyway.
After almost 30 seconds of fishing around in BIOS, I noticed that UEFI was enabled. Switched it to legacy, and boom; problem solved.
But do you know WHY that setting was that important?
The best admins learn that tweaking individual machines is a fast way to burn out. Standardization is best. Even if it means that some systems are considered "defective" because they don't meet the standard.
And if one of your external servers is cracked then you SHOULD distrust all the systems on that system. If they're all on the same VM host then you have a big problem.
If they were segmented then the problem domain is reduced.
Just because it can be done does not mean it is good practice to do it.
I think you're on the right track there. It isn't about how many machines... or whether they're virtual or physical... it's about the cat5 connections. (or cat6 or whatever)
If you cannot manage the firewall so that the traffic over the data cables that are connected to it is handled correctly then find someone who can.
It's all about correctly designing the network and segmenting the systems. Do NOT put your external servers on the same VM host as your DMZ servers and/or your internal servers. (Yes, I have seen companies do that.)
I guarantee that the vast majority have had to open a shell to fix something, usually following the instructions some Linux-for-dummies web site.
Possibly.
But you do realize that you are talking about a small segment of the Linux-using population, right? Smart phones, DVR's, etc. Those all seem to be just fine for the end-user without a command line.
And even that small segment that you described, if using Ubuntu or some other end-user-friendly distribution, would not NEED to use the command line.
The people who use the command line on Linux use it because they want the increased flexibility that it offers. With the command line they can expand the system to do more than the basic operations covered by the GUI.
The light-switch is one of the end-user interfaces for electricity in the house.
That's the whole point. What percentage of the light switches currently in use are NOT operated by some kind of switch?
He's advocating for something that has been solved and implemented years ago.
Graphical user interfaces have become the de-facto end-user interface to modern computing devices, to information, to the Internet, etc.
Yep. So he's advocating that what has already happened... happen? How many people have used the command line on their smart phones? Already solved. Already implemented. No need to claim that it SHOULD be done.
The sooner software developers realize this, the better it is for everyone involved.
They have realized it. They have implemented it. It is already done.
We shouldn't expect that a product for the masses should require in-depth knowledge or even expose an interface that is not really useful for every day users.
Again, already realized, designed, implemented, shipped and sold.
"... but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via CLI, he says."
"... but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via soldiering iron, he says."
"... but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via distillation, he says."
"... but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via (fill in the blank), he says."
Now ask yourself what percentage of home users have ever used the command line on their phones. Or have opened up a device to re-soldier parts of it. And when was the LAST time something like that needed to be done.
Perhaps for the same reason known Soviet spies were not arrested; they're easier to watch.
But this is about when they leave the country.
Even if everything else is correct (and I find it difficult to believe that Al Qaeda has that many operatives who could fit into US society) what difference does it make when they are leaving the country?
For example, if a TSA operation deploys VIPR teams at public transportation centers and suspected Al Qaeda operatives leave the US afterwards, the operation is considered successful.
So there are people we SUSPECT are Al Qaeda... but we're not going to arrest them when they try to leave the country.
I mean, what possible information could they have that would be useful?
They've just mostly given up trying to educate those who view evolution as one concept, because anyone who dares to question the unproven "how life began" part of evolution as unprovable is shouted down by those who wave about the fossil record as proof -- of the "change over time" meaning of evolution.
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They do nothing to prove that life evolved from a primordial soup of random chemicals, which is what you'd need to disprove a belief in a creator that created the life originally.
"Proof" only exists in mathematics. For the other branches of science, there are theories, predictions, experiments and observations.
So far, all the evidence does point to a "primordial soup of random chemicals".
Now, you can claim that "God" put those specific chemicals in that specific soup... and also "designed" all the apparently random interactions since then... resulting in such things as "intelligently designed hemorrhoids"... but those are your claims.
Claiming that science cannot "prove" that your unfalsifiable claims are false... do you see the problem with your logic there?
All the current, known "living fossils" can be traced through fossils in multiple sediment layers. Logically, because they were alive during the years those sediment layers were laid down.
But that contradicts their "theory" that the sediment layers all formed during the same period (the "Flood").
So if they can find a single species that still exists but where the only fossils are in a specific sediment layer then it must "prove" that the Biblical account of Noah and The Flood is correct and evolution is wrong because "God did it".
That is because it would "disprove" the scientific theory (despite all supporting evidence) that the sediment layers formed over hundred of millions of years. Because they were all laid down within several weeks.
As I argue in my recently released book, The End of Cheap China, Chinese parents are acutely aware that the Chinese educational system focuses too much on rote memorization and doesnâ(TM)t give students enough training in morality and extracurricular activity.
So those parents send their kids to US schools to learn "morality"?
If you'd read, it's not that either. It's that companies are only looking for perfect candidates for the particular thing they want done, as that saves them time and effort, and allows them to downsize as soon as the requirement is done.
That's the point.
From TFA:
We canâ(TM)t do that, so youâ(TM)ve got to be able to do the job perfectly from day one. The only people that can do that are people who are currently doing the same job someplace else.
So the companies complaining are really complaining that the people they want to hire FROM THEIR COMPETITORS are not willing to take a PAY CUT to work for them.
Imagine getting a call from a head hunter who wants you to leave your current job to go to work for another company (doing the exact same thing) for either less money or the same money.
You wouldnâ(TM)t say, for example, that thereâ(TM)s a shortage of diamonds. Diamonds are very expensive. They cost a lot, but you can buy all the diamonds you want as long as youâ(TM)re willing to pay.
There is no skill shortage. There is no worker shortage. The companies complaining are just refusing to pay the wages to get the skilled people.
Which is why those companies want more visas for cheap, foreign workers.
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Not your next door neighbor (particularly if you are in an apartment). You need a friend who is far enough away that the same disaster that hits your home will probably not hit your friend's home.
You can ignore this advice in cases of asteroid impact, zombie apocalypse, super volcano or robot uprising.
Which is also why there is a lot of high school level code out there.
If you never learn more than you need then you'll never know if you have learned as much as you need.
Learning more math won't always make you a better programmer. But it will show you whether you can do something better than someone who knows less math.
Yes you are. Because to "know" is proof. Which is why science is based around an hypothesis that is supported by observations and repeatable experiments.
You analogy is flawed because there has not been a single repeatable experiment that indicated that the "signal" came from anywhere other than the brain itself.
But there is an entire medical field that repeatedly demonstrates that changing the brain changes the personality / perception / etc.
And, again, there has not been a single, repeatable experiment that indicated that the signal originated anyone except in the brain itself.
You are demanding to prove a negative.
And you keep demanding it.
It isn't about evidence that an outside signal does NOT exist.
YOU have to describe a repeatable experiment that shows that an outside signal DOES exist.
Your TV analogy is massively flawed because there are ways to prevent the TV from receiving the signal AND to detect the signal AND to alter the signal.
There is nothing equivalent with the brain. So there is no evidence to support the hypothesis that anything can "survive" death.
But there is lots of evidence (and repeatable) that shows that changes to the brain change the personality of the person.
You are, essentially, demanding "proof" of a negative.
And that usually indicates that you've lost the thread.
It depends upon how much you're being charged for cable and for Internet and what you watch.
YMMV
Void where prohibited
Neil Gaiman talked about it at one of his readings.
Hollywood so far as not been able to wrap its head around the concept of a single character who delivers good dreams AND nightmares.
So the scripts he sees keep having a "bad" Sandman character in addition to Morpheus. The "bad" Sandman only delivers nightmares.
Fuck Hollywood is stupid.
The co-workers who were decent probably had the same experience you had. So they can swap horror stories over beer with you.
The other ones are ones you probably don't want to work with anyway.
Who cares unless he will be your boss in that future time.
In which case, you already know how it's going to end so don't get stuck with him as a boss again.
Just skip the exit interview and get on with your life.
Look up Alan Turing and what he was prosecuted for by the SECULAR government.
Look up how the Catholic church has treated scientists throughout its history.
Look up the Protestants in the USofA right now to see how they are trying to hide parts of history that they don't like.
This is more about a party in power trying to re-write history LIKE MOST PARTIES IN POWER DO than it is about evil Muslims being all evil and Muslim.
Let me expand that a bit.
If your family absolutely needs the information MAKE SURE IT IS IN A PHYSICAL FORMAT and stored in a secure location.
Electronic formats are not reliable enough for critical information. Particularly if your family members are not sufficiently tech savvy.
Exactly.
From TFA:
But do you know WHY that setting was that important?
The best admins learn that tweaking individual machines is a fast way to burn out. Standardization is best. Even if it means that some systems are considered "defective" because they don't meet the standard.
Because it puts you in danger from "VLAN hopping" attacks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLAN_hopping
And if one of your external servers is cracked then you SHOULD distrust all the systems on that system. If they're all on the same VM host then you have a big problem.
If they were segmented then the problem domain is reduced.
Just because it can be done does not mean it is good practice to do it.
I think you're on the right track there. It isn't about how many machines ... or whether they're virtual or physical ... it's about the cat5 connections. (or cat6 or whatever)
If you cannot manage the firewall so that the traffic over the data cables that are connected to it is handled correctly then find someone who can.
It's all about correctly designing the network and segmenting the systems. Do NOT put your external servers on the same VM host as your DMZ servers and/or your internal servers. (Yes, I have seen companies do that.)
Possibly.
But you do realize that you are talking about a small segment of the Linux-using population, right? Smart phones, DVR's, etc. Those all seem to be just fine for the end-user without a command line.
And even that small segment that you described, if using Ubuntu or some other end-user-friendly distribution, would not NEED to use the command line.
The people who use the command line on Linux use it because they want the increased flexibility that it offers. With the command line they can expand the system to do more than the basic operations covered by the GUI.
Not because it is required for basic operation.
That's the whole point. What percentage of the light switches currently in use are NOT operated by some kind of switch?
He's advocating for something that has been solved and implemented years ago.
Yep. So he's advocating that what has already happened ... happen? How many people have used the command line on their smart phones? Already solved. Already implemented. No need to claim that it SHOULD be done.
They have realized it. They have implemented it. It is already done.
Again, already realized, designed, implemented, shipped and sold.
Been there. Done that. Ten years ago.
"... but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via CLI, he says."
"... but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via soldiering iron, he says."
"... but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via distillation, he says."
"... but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via (fill in the blank), he says."
Now ask yourself what percentage of home users have ever used the command line on their phones. Or have opened up a device to re-soldier parts of it. And when was the LAST time something like that needed to be done.
Given that they haven't switched their tactics yet I don't think that is the reason.
Getting a bomb onto a plane is a bit difficult.
It is much easier to get a few guns and go shoot up a mall or school or whatever.
But this is about when they leave the country.
Even if everything else is correct (and I find it difficult to believe that Al Qaeda has that many operatives who could fit into US society) what difference does it make when they are leaving the country?
Why not arrest them on the way out?
So there are people we SUSPECT are Al Qaeda ... but we're not going to arrest them when they try to leave the country.
I mean, what possible information could they have that would be useful?
None of this makes any sense.
and
"Proof" only exists in mathematics.
For the other branches of science, there are theories, predictions, experiments and observations.
So far, all the evidence does point to a "primordial soup of random chemicals".
Now, you can claim that "God" put those specific chemicals in that specific soup ... and also "designed" all the apparently random interactions since then ... resulting in such things as "intelligently designed hemorrhoids" ... but those are your claims.
Claiming that science cannot "prove" that your unfalsifiable claims are false ... do you see the problem with your logic there?
All the current, known "living fossils" can be traced through fossils in multiple sediment layers. Logically, because they were alive during the years those sediment layers were laid down.
But that contradicts their "theory" that the sediment layers all formed during the same period (the "Flood").
So if they can find a single species that still exists but where the only fossils are in a specific sediment layer then it must "prove" that the Biblical account of Noah and The Flood is correct and evolution is wrong because "God did it".
That is because it would "disprove" the scientific theory (despite all supporting evidence) that the sediment layers formed over hundred of millions of years. Because they were all laid down within several weeks.
And , therefore, evolution is a lie. God did it.
He specifically took action to create a destination for the incorrectly addressed emails.
If he had not done that then the emails would have been rejected by the sender's system and kicked back to the sender.
And the way he did that was to register misspellings of legitimate email domains.
He is responsible because he chose to do that.
From TFA:
So those parents send their kids to US schools to learn "morality"?
That's the point.
From TFA:
So the companies complaining are really complaining that the people they want to hire FROM THEIR COMPETITORS are not willing to take a PAY CUT to work for them.
Imagine getting a call from a head hunter who wants you to leave your current job to go to work for another company (doing the exact same thing) for either less money or the same money.
Why would you do that?
From TFA:
There is no skill shortage.
There is no worker shortage.
The companies complaining are just refusing to pay the wages to get the skilled people.
Which is why those companies want more visas for cheap, foreign workers.