You start by saying that this is why outsourcing mission critical system is wrong, but then you say, *because* it was outsourced, that it wasn't really Microsoft's fault.
If you're excusing MS because they outsourced, then how can you criticize others for doing the same?
It varies from state to state. In my state of Virginia, you don't need a permit or pass any test to own a handgun or open carry. However, to carry concealed, you must obtain a permit which requires proof that you've passed a basic handgun safety course, as well as a criminal background check. Proceedures for obtaining a conceal carry permit vary by city.
I live not too far from a heavily industrialized area. By "not too far", I mean "just across town". Looking at the satelite imagry, most of the industrial areas are not blurred. However, large chunks of non-industrialized areas are.
For example...
Honewell industrial park (zoom in one click for proper framing) Just to the west of the park is the Virginia American Water Company complex. Look for the three blueish circles that look like radar screens.
So, what's up with that? In fact, the border of the clean/blurred image runs just two blocks from my house. There is nothing of interest in those large blocks of blurred area. And, in fact, as you pull back, you find that more of Virginia is blurred out than is not.
Which makes me wonder why I can't record an RDP session somehow. This would serve two purposes: a) it would let me replay what a vendor had done later when it is more convenient and b) it would give me some proof if I later have to go blast a vendor for doing something absurdly stupid.
Video card with a composite/S-Video out ran to a VCR? It's not a super fancy solution. But, it would beat taking notes. The biggest downside I can think of right off would be the inability to run insane desktop resolutions on the server in question. Anything more than 800x600 likely would not come out on tape very well.
I can't stand people who bash Bill and his foundation. Sure bash Microsoft if you must, but why the foundation?
Perhaps due to the strings attached to The Gates Foundations' "gifts"?
My roommate spent 2 years working as the network admin at a public library. During her employment there, a number of machines were donated by the Gates Foundation. More than they could use, in fact.
She proposed taking the extra machines and loading Linux on them to try it out in a few services they were having trouble with. Most notably, an aging Exchange server which was requiring almost weekly reboots at 15 minute a reboot. They weren't using any of the workgroup functions of Exchange. Any basic mail exchanger would've sufficed.
In any event, upon pursuing this project, she was shot down immediatly. Apparently, the agreement that the library signed as a condition of receiving these "gifts" stated that they must not load any other OS software on the machines. If they did so, all support, including warranty for failed hardware, would be pulled for all donated systems.
So, even through The Gates Foundation's "generosity", it's clearly has an agenda to protect and extend the Microsoft Monopoly.
They were able to come up with a work-around, if you will. They invested in an additional set of hard drives for one of the extra Gates machines on which Linux was loaded and a mail server set up. The original hard drives were static wrapped and stored away so that, in the event of a hardware failure on that machine, they could be replaced for the purposes of tech support and diagnostics.
The truely frightening part is the grip that Microsoft still had on the administrative personel there. Even after 6 months of flawless mail operation with no downtime, administration was still considering spending over $2000 on the latest Exchange Server and Outlook for all the workstations. *shakes head*
I used to think Weather.com was the coolest thing since sliced bread. Of course, it took Firefox's popup blocking along with the Adblock extension to make browsing it tolerable.
However, since discovering the following resources, I don't even bother with Weather.com anymore.
Right now, it would be more like a "suspended domain" icon. Go ahead. Check it out. The Goat Man is no more.
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3) When I want to buy new hardware, how the heck do I know if I can get driver support from Linux? Any hardware I look at tells me on the box if it will work with Windows or not.
No... It tells you on the box if the hardware manufacturer paid Microsoft's fee for the privilege of using the fancy logo. That logo is, in no way, indicative of the actual compatiblity with Windows or reliability of said product.
Maybe it would be even better to run the electronic voting at the same time, requiring mail-in ballots and compare the results and not count the electronic voting until it's proven itself. Mail-in ballots aren't anonymous votes, so it should be easy enough to compare.
True. But, what's to prevent voters from intentionally throwing the comparison by voting one way by mail and another way electronically?
For what it's worth, back when WC3 was released, me and about a half dozen of my gaming buddies were discussing what next game to all invest in. We had narrowed it down to Warcraft 3 or Neverwinter Nights. After explaining to everyone what was going on and how Blizzard were being pricks over the whole bnetd project, we settled on NWN.
Six sales Blizzard lost. Certainly not even a scratch in their sales. But, the point is, some people do take boycotts seriously.
Hey, I would love to play WC3. But, I am strong enough to resist temptation, even if the hypocrits that you point out aren't.
IMO, The fact that ICQ uses numbers to identity users is probably part of the reason that people prefer other instant messenger services. Which would you have a better time remebering: 57544362769 or mynickname? When AOL took much of Compuserve's market it was because people loved the way AOL used names for their users and not numbers, as Compuserve did. The first step in making something user friendly is making what they use, easy to remember.
MidnightThunder57544362769... Oh yeah. Much easier to remember. *shakes head*
think I'm full of it? Go post on some of the pro audio newsgroups, or check the forums at www.prosoundworld.com. Heck, even ask around on some of the home theater groups. Or ask the folks at FOH magazine. People that make their bread & butter dealing with sound. People who have real equipment that can accurately measure system response. People who do real research.
Think about the precident this could set and damage this could do to Microsoft. The next time Microsoft wants to prosecute someone for using software without a license, this occurance could be used as evidence that Microsoft does not have a firm and uniform policy on the importance of software licensing.
This, from the company who's entire - let me repeat that - ENTIRE business model is built around the assertion that possesion of little certificate is proof that one have the right to use their product. And, who's EULA reserves them the right to pop surprise inspections on their customers and fine them for software who's certificate can not be produced.
If pursued, this could have lasting repurcussions.
If this is anything but a zero-budget cynical cash grab by Clearchannel, a separate CD mix will be created by splitting every audio feed prior to the sound reinforcement mix. This can be done with a dedicated sound console or by creating a submix on the house console, much as is already done for the foldback mix the musicians hear on stage.
Any show large enough to have these CDs sold at would most certainly have one or more dedicated monitor consoles with one or more monitor engineers per console up on stage (off to sides, of course) with the band. In fact, only hole-in-the-wall sound companies working local bar gigs would be running monitors (foldback) from the FOH (front of house) console.
Point being, channel splits and multiple auxiliary consoles are already done. Adding another wouldn't be a big deal. It wouldn't be far fetched to consider that the masters for these CDs would be mixed in a dedicated, sound proofed, air conditioned trailor nearby.
A couple of years ago, I would've looked at this and said "WTF does anyone need a dual screen laptop for?".
Anymore, though, nothing surprises me. Seems that the industry does anything and everything they can for about the same reasons that my redneck friend Jerry will do a 10 minute burnout in his driveway, smoking up the whole damn neighborhood; "because they can".
OK, serious question here. Now, I realize this might not even be an issue considering that the service currenty has to be purchased for a year in advance.
But, when it does become month-to-month for whatever fee they decide upon, what happens to the billing of said account once it's banned for trying to be used with a modded Xbox?
Does billing cease at that time? Or will M$ continue to charge the credit card of the user for a service he/she cannot use? And, what are the legal ramifications if that happens?
There is a difference between writing a security patch that happens to break an application, and a security patch that is designed to break an application.
The thing is, with Microsoft, how do you tell the difference? It certainly wouldn't be the first time they broke a competitors product and then said, "oooops".
If you mean "why don't people use ftp to transfer files to a third, intermediary system that acts as a drop box"...well, that's doing exactly what you're doing with SMTP. Why *not* do it with SMTP?
Because it's wasteful. Encoding binary files for transfer via SMTP makes them 25% larger.
Exactly - 8 million people didn't have the idea of naming a website slashdot.org, and no one had the idea for the usernames "TheOnlyCoolTim" and "varebel."
Not on Slashdot, no. However, there is at least one other "varebel" currently registered on ICQ. For more common names, like "Joe", you end up with "Joe1", "Joe2",... "Joe712631", etc...
You have to admit, "TheOnlyCoolTim" and "varebel" are not very common names.
What I'm trying to say is that ICQ's underlying numbering system does have an advantage in that there can be more that one "varebel", as the UIN is the unique identifier.
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No, that's "crack' ass crack-uh". Get it right.
*shakes head*
Whatever happened to good ol' IRC? When nobody really cared what you did or chatted about so long as you weren't bothering the other users.
They have a video game console?
If there was any question about Earthlings being the rednecks of the universe, that image of us rootin' up the martian surface oughta clear it up.
Lock the hubs and put 'er in low lock. YEE HAH!!
SamMichaels speak with forked tongue.
You start by saying that this is why outsourcing mission critical system is wrong, but then you say, *because* it was outsourced, that it wasn't really Microsoft's fault.
If you're excusing MS because they outsourced, then how can you criticize others for doing the same?
I'm not normally a violent person. But, I think I would have had to beat his ass.
It varies from state to state. In my state of Virginia, you don't need a permit or pass any test to own a handgun or open carry. However, to carry concealed, you must obtain a permit which requires proof that you've passed a basic handgun safety course, as well as a criminal background check. Proceedures for obtaining a conceal carry permit vary by city.
For more info, check out http://www.packing.org./
I live not too far from a heavily industrialized area. By "not too far", I mean "just across town". Looking at the satelite imagry, most of the industrial areas are not blurred. However, large chunks of non-industrialized areas are.
For example...
Honewell industrial park (zoom in one click for proper framing) Just to the west of the park is the Virginia American Water Company complex. Look for the three blueish circles that look like radar screens.
More industrial park just to the NW
Yet, pull back a bit...
Wider view of area
So, what's up with that? In fact, the border of the clean/blurred image runs just two blocks from my house. There is nothing of interest in those large blocks of blurred area. And, in fact, as you pull back, you find that more of Virginia is blurred out than is not.
Which makes me wonder why I can't record an RDP session somehow. This would serve two purposes: a) it would let me replay what a vendor had done later when it is more convenient and b) it would give me some proof if I later have to go blast a vendor for doing something absurdly stupid.
Video card with a composite/S-Video out ran to a VCR? It's not a super fancy solution. But, it would beat taking notes. The biggest downside I can think of right off would be the inability to run insane desktop resolutions on the server in question. Anything more than 800x600 likely would not come out on tape very well.
When I shop at Amazon instead of driving to a local bookstore just to see if they have what I want in stock, I am voting with my wallet
Perhaps we value our time differently.
What? You're too good to pick up the phone and call the local store?
I can't stand people who bash Bill and his foundation. Sure bash Microsoft if you must, but why the foundation?
Perhaps due to the strings attached to The Gates Foundations' "gifts"?
My roommate spent 2 years working as the network admin at a public library. During her employment there, a number of machines were donated by the Gates Foundation. More than they could use, in fact.
She proposed taking the extra machines and loading Linux on them to try it out in a few services they were having trouble with. Most notably, an aging Exchange server which was requiring almost weekly reboots at 15 minute a reboot. They weren't using any of the workgroup functions of Exchange. Any basic mail exchanger would've sufficed.
In any event, upon pursuing this project, she was shot down immediatly. Apparently, the agreement that the library signed as a condition of receiving these "gifts" stated that they must not load any other OS software on the machines. If they did so, all support, including warranty for failed hardware, would be pulled for all donated systems.
So, even through The Gates Foundation's "generosity", it's clearly has an agenda to protect and extend the Microsoft Monopoly.
They were able to come up with a work-around, if you will. They invested in an additional set of hard drives for one of the extra Gates machines on which Linux was loaded and a mail server set up. The original hard drives were static wrapped and stored away so that, in the event of a hardware failure on that machine, they could be replaced for the purposes of tech support and diagnostics.
The truely frightening part is the grip that Microsoft still had on the administrative personel there. Even after 6 months of flawless mail operation with no downtime, administration was still considering spending over $2000 on the latest Exchange Server and Outlook for all the workstations. *shakes head*
I used to think Weather.com was the coolest thing since sliced bread. Of course, it took Firefox's popup blocking along with the Adblock extension to make browsing it tolerable.
However, since discovering the following resources, I don't even bother with Weather.com anymore.
http://www.weather.gov/
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://weather.unisys.com/
These sites offer much more in-depth technical information and are not funded by ad revenue.
Right now, it would be more like a "suspended domain" icon. Go ahead. Check it out. The Goat Man is no more.
3) When I want to buy new hardware, how the heck do I know if I can get driver support from Linux? Any hardware I look at tells me on the box if it will work with Windows or not.
No... It tells you on the box if the hardware manufacturer paid Microsoft's fee for the privilege of using the fancy logo. That logo is, in no way, indicative of the actual compatiblity with Windows or reliability of said product.
Maybe it would be even better to run the electronic voting at the same time, requiring mail-in ballots and compare the results and not count the electronic voting until it's proven itself. Mail-in ballots aren't anonymous votes, so it should be easy enough to compare.
True. But, what's to prevent voters from intentionally throwing the comparison by voting one way by mail and another way electronically?
For what it's worth, back when WC3 was released, me and about a half dozen of my gaming buddies were discussing what next game to all invest in. We had narrowed it down to Warcraft 3 or Neverwinter Nights. After explaining to everyone what was going on and how Blizzard were being pricks over the whole bnetd project, we settled on NWN.
Six sales Blizzard lost. Certainly not even a scratch in their sales. But, the point is, some people do take boycotts seriously.
Hey, I would love to play WC3. But, I am strong enough to resist temptation, even if the hypocrits that you point out aren't.
IMO, The fact that ICQ uses numbers to identity users is probably part of the reason that people prefer other instant messenger services. Which would you have a better time remebering: 57544362769 or mynickname? When AOL took much of Compuserve's market it was because people loved the way AOL used names for their users and not numbers, as Compuserve did. The first step in making something user friendly is making what they use, easy to remember.
MidnightThunder57544362769... Oh yeah. Much easier to remember. *shakes head*
think I'm full of it? Go post on some of the pro audio newsgroups, or check the forums at www.prosoundworld.com. Heck, even ask around on some of the home theater groups. Or ask the folks at FOH magazine. People that make their bread & butter dealing with sound. People who have real equipment that can accurately measure system response. People who do real research.
I believe you mean prosoundweb.com, specifically, the Live Audio Board. Prosoundworld.com does not exist.
Nobody here seems to "get it".
Think about the precident this could set and damage this could do to Microsoft. The next time Microsoft wants to prosecute someone for using software without a license, this occurance could be used as evidence that Microsoft does not have a firm and uniform policy on the importance of software licensing.
This, from the company who's entire - let me repeat that - ENTIRE business model is built around the assertion that possesion of little certificate is proof that one have the right to use their product. And, who's EULA reserves them the right to pop surprise inspections on their customers and fine them for software who's certificate can not be produced.
If pursued, this could have lasting repurcussions.
If this is anything but a zero-budget cynical cash grab by Clearchannel, a separate CD mix will be created by splitting every audio feed prior to the sound reinforcement mix. This can be done with a dedicated sound console or by creating a submix on the house console, much as is already done for the foldback mix the musicians hear on stage.
Any show large enough to have these CDs sold at would most certainly have one or more dedicated monitor consoles with one or more monitor engineers per console up on stage (off to sides, of course) with the band. In fact, only hole-in-the-wall sound companies working local bar gigs would be running monitors (foldback) from the FOH (front of house) console.
Point being, channel splits and multiple auxiliary consoles are already done. Adding another wouldn't be a big deal. It wouldn't be far fetched to consider that the masters for these CDs would be mixed in a dedicated, sound proofed, air conditioned trailor nearby.
A couple of years ago, I would've looked at this and said "WTF does anyone need a dual screen laptop for?".
Anymore, though, nothing surprises me. Seems that the industry does anything and everything they can for about the same reasons that my redneck friend Jerry will do a 10 minute burnout in his driveway, smoking up the whole damn neighborhood; "because they can".
OK, serious question here. Now, I realize this might not even be an issue considering that the service currenty has to be purchased for a year in advance.
But, when it does become month-to-month for whatever fee they decide upon, what happens to the billing of said account once it's banned for trying to be used with a modded Xbox?
Does billing cease at that time? Or will M$ continue to charge the credit card of the user for a service he/she cannot use? And, what are the legal ramifications if that happens?
There is a difference between writing a security patch that happens to break an application, and a security patch that is designed to break an application.
The thing is, with Microsoft, how do you tell the difference? It certainly wouldn't be the first time they broke a competitors product and then said, "oooops".
If you mean "why don't people use ftp to transfer files to a third, intermediary system that acts as a drop box"...well, that's doing exactly what you're doing with SMTP. Why *not* do it with SMTP?
Because it's wasteful. Encoding binary files for transfer via SMTP makes them 25% larger.
Exactly - 8 million people didn't have the idea of naming a website slashdot.org, and no one had the idea for the usernames "TheOnlyCoolTim" and "varebel."
Not on Slashdot, no. However, there is at least one other "varebel" currently registered on ICQ. For more common names, like "Joe", you end up with "Joe1", "Joe2", ... "Joe712631", etc...
You have to admit, "TheOnlyCoolTim" and "varebel" are not very common names.
What I'm trying to say is that ICQ's underlying numbering system does have an advantage in that there can be more that one "varebel", as the UIN is the unique identifier.