1998. But LTCM wasn't purely quantitative. They went and got information that they thought would be useful to them other than the quantitative data... whether it be for their fixed income or equity trades.
HIV can be transmitted from the mother to baby, but only during birth where fluids might exchange. Mother and child have separate, isolated blood systems during pregnancy. If the mother is clean, so is the baby.
In most cases, engineers with MBAs are engineers who sold out and/or couldn't cut a real Master's degree in engineering. Note, I said *most* cases. Not all MBA engineers are like this, but it's far too often what I see. Done appropriately, yes, the two could be a valuable pair. But it shouldn't just be a second choice degree.
bachelor's degree in Physics from Johns Hopkins University master's degree in aerospace science from Catholic University of America Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California master's degree in applied physics from Johns Hopkins University master's degree in business administration from Loyola College master's degree in Civil Engineering from George Washington University
Yea, he has an MBA, but I think he leverages it with everything else.
From the high end they'll sell you a server environment (Xserve + RAID + OS X Server)
Just as a point of clarification... Apple's solutions in this arena are more like mid end. The high mid end, at best.
The problem with Apple's SAN offerings is that while there is some redundancy in the box, you can't connect the same array to two SAN fabrics. This is a serious drawback for any true "high end" work.
Most good math majors would have already gotten their calculus out of way in high school
Are you crazy? The most you can generally do in high school is Calc 1 and Calc 2 (differential and integral calculus, respectively). Above and beyond that I've taken Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, and classes for Laplace Transforms, Fourier Series, and Partial Differential Equations. I will graduate with a minor in Mathematics. Among other things, if I satisified all the major requirements (I will have more math credits than math majors, but not the "right" classes), I would have to take Real Analysis I which is officially called "Advanced Calculus I." So that's basically 5 calculus classes above and beyond what you can do in high school. Rutgers' Math Department's requirements are pretty stringent.
NAMEREMOVED# sh hard Cisco Storage Area Networking Operating System (SAN-OS) Software
...
This supervisor carries Pentium processor with 1028768 kB of memory Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU at - with 32 KB L2 Cache Rev: Family 6, Model 11 stepping 4 512K bytes of non-volatile memory. 500736 blocks of internal bootflash (block size 512b)
Just because it has a PC processor in it doesn't mean it doesn't have ASICs on board. The Cisco MDS 9500 series is an excellent switch, yet it's the ASICs and proprietary hardware that make the difference--not the Pentium III.
Really? I think I'd sleep better knowing that (for the same price) I got MULTIPLE PC/software routers, setup in a zero-downtime failover cluster, with replacement parts trivially easy to get anywhere at anytime, and have full access to the source code if ever necessary.
There is no such thing as zero-downtime. Even the best engineered systems fail unexpectedly. I recall when our Cisco 12000 GSR core failed, running DPT/SRP. The thing is never supposed to fail, even under multiple hardware failures and fiber cuts. Well guess what? One faulty piece of equipment brought the whole ring down in one fell-swoop. Was that how it's designed? No. Did it happen? Yes. I doubt you'd be able to QA your home-brew setup more than Cisco does their routers that they sell for $1 Million a piece with cards. If they miss stuff, you would too.
After years of doing systems administration, I've realized this career path is a deadend. IT is becoming a utility, and most of these positions (systems admin, database admin, programming, etc.) will become the gas station mechanic and plumber positions of tomorrow.
It's obvious you're not working at the right company. At truly excellent companies, you will realize that technology is not a commodity. It's a business advantage. Having the best and brightest of everything means you will excel that much more. Of course no one wants to be stuck in a low level technical job. However, people who are truly passionate about technology find ways to leverage and expand their technical skillset and grow vertically... not just give up and shift into management.
Years ago, you could climb the corporate ladder to become a manager/director/CTO/CIO. You can't do this anymore. Many positions are revolving doors, and it's almost impossible to make your mark in companies that are always in flux. Just like more decent businesses won't accept you unless you have a college degree (bare minimum), most businesses won't accept managers who haven't got an MBA. It's the current reality of business and you'll just have to get used to it. -- From earlier post
*Sigh* It's just not true. Once again, you're not working at a smart enough company. Good companies don't care if their managers have MBAs; they'd rather know that they excel in actually doing their job.
(The company I work for has a neat solution, but I am not allowed to talk about it(!!))
Good, you wouldn't want to embarrass them. You know, servers can't exactly ride wireless. Where I work, we have more servers than desktops. In fact, we have more servers than employees (tens of thousands). So even if all desktops could use wireless (they can't), you still have 35,000 or so servers to deal with. Managing 35,000 switchports is not much better than 75,000. You still need processes and management software.
I can't say who I work for, aside from the fact that it's financial services, but something is wrong. With regards to "I was also working with a Citrix engineer about a month ago who was testing out the same very thing you are talking about," it seems your engineer is unaware of the solutions Citrix is supporting with some of its biggest and best clients.
I spend so much time in MATLAB that if my use of it had to be comfined to the lab, I would go out of mind. It's not just one part of the year. It's constant. Nearly day in and day out.
Okay, if you can hardly see a difference between HDTV and standard TV, something is very very wrong. I'm not sure which part of the flow from reality to your eyes is the problem, but a problem does exist.
I'll grant that's a bad idea, but I think 95%+ of threats come over the network these days.
So what? All the same principles apply. Saying "study cryptography" is good, but it's really more useful to study information theory and security in general. A little broader thinking on the matter will let you apply the knowledge to cryptography as well as security of, well, anything. Just read all about Claude Shannon for a fun time.
Slashdot Mirror
Headlines read: COMPUTERS PREDICT ROULETTE ROLLS WITH MATH!!!!!
Actually, this has been done. Effectively. No, seriously, it has. Read Fortune's Formula.
I agree this is old news. LTCM and 1988, anyone?
1998. But LTCM wasn't purely quantitative. They went and got information that they thought would be useful to them other than the quantitative data... whether it be for their fixed income or equity trades.
I really find it funny that people force themselves to suffer with Word, etc. when LaTeX does everything a sane person could possibly desire.
Please don't quibble about learning curve. You don't see carpenters complaining that they have to learn how to use a square to be effective.
HIV can be transmitted from the mother to baby, but only during birth where fluids might exchange. Mother and child have separate, isolated blood systems during pregnancy. If the mother is clean, so is the baby.
In most cases, engineers with MBAs are engineers who sold out and/or couldn't cut a real Master's degree in engineering. Note, I said *most* cases. Not all MBA engineers are like this, but it's far too often what I see. Done appropriately, yes, the two could be a valuable pair. But it shouldn't just be a second choice degree.
That's just how it is--unless you're this guy.
Michael Griffin holds the following degrees:
bachelor's degree in Physics from Johns Hopkins University
master's degree in aerospace science from Catholic University of America
Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland
master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California
master's degree in applied physics from Johns Hopkins University
master's degree in business administration from Loyola College
master's degree in Civil Engineering from George Washington University
Yea, he has an MBA, but I think he leverages it with everything else.
From the high end they'll sell you a server environment (Xserve + RAID + OS X Server)
Just as a point of clarification... Apple's solutions in this arena are more like mid end. The high mid end, at best.
The problem with Apple's SAN offerings is that while there is some redundancy in the box, you can't connect the same array to two SAN fabrics. This is a serious drawback for any true "high end" work.
Most good math majors would have already gotten their calculus out of way in high school
Are you crazy? The most you can generally do in high school is Calc 1 and Calc 2 (differential and integral calculus, respectively). Above and beyond that I've taken Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, and classes for Laplace Transforms, Fourier Series, and Partial Differential Equations. I will graduate with a minor in Mathematics. Among other things, if I satisified all the major requirements (I will have more math credits than math majors, but not the "right" classes), I would have to take Real Analysis I which is officially called "Advanced Calculus I." So that's basically 5 calculus classes above and beyond what you can do in high school. Rutgers' Math Department's requirements are pretty stringent.
I was thinking Ethernet over Ethernet. TCP/IP packets encapsulated within themselves...
Pretty impressive... considering Ethernet has no knowledge nor concept of TCP/IP.
My comment wasn't direct at that particular box, per se. I'm just saying sometimes it can be both. I'm not surprised that's how the F5 is.
Really? I think I'd sleep better knowing that (for the same price) I got MULTIPLE PC/software routers, setup in a zero-downtime failover cluster, with replacement parts trivially easy to get anywhere at anytime, and have full access to the source code if ever necessary.
There is no such thing as zero-downtime. Even the best engineered systems fail unexpectedly. I recall when our Cisco 12000 GSR core failed, running DPT/SRP. The thing is never supposed to fail, even under multiple hardware failures and fiber cuts. Well guess what? One faulty piece of equipment brought the whole ring down in one fell-swoop. Was that how it's designed? No. Did it happen? Yes. I doubt you'd be able to QA your home-brew setup more than Cisco does their routers that they sell for $1 Million a piece with cards. If they miss stuff, you would too.
It would be RIGHT (in an idealistic sense) for Apple to sell their computers witout OS X.
You mean like they do already?
We typically take the view that one server itself is not very valuable. If it dies, another takes over what it was doing.
Yep, in general, where I am, servers have 1 production, 1 RIB, and 1 backup (as in data backup) connection at a minimum.
After years of doing systems administration, I've realized this career path is a deadend. IT is becoming a utility, and most of these positions (systems admin, database admin, programming, etc.) will become the gas station mechanic and plumber positions of tomorrow.
It's obvious you're not working at the right company. At truly excellent companies, you will realize that technology is not a commodity. It's a business advantage. Having the best and brightest of everything means you will excel that much more. Of course no one wants to be stuck in a low level technical job. However, people who are truly passionate about technology find ways to leverage and expand their technical skillset and grow vertically... not just give up and shift into management.
Years ago, you could climb the corporate ladder to become a manager/director/CTO/CIO. You can't do this anymore. Many positions are revolving doors, and it's almost impossible to make your mark in companies that are always in flux. Just like more decent businesses won't accept you unless you have a college degree (bare minimum), most businesses won't accept managers who haven't got an MBA. It's the current reality of business and you'll just have to get used to it. -- From earlier post
*Sigh* It's just not true. Once again, you're not working at a smart enough company. Good companies don't care if their managers have MBAs; they'd rather know that they excel in actually doing their job.
(The company I work for has a neat solution, but I am not allowed to talk about it(!!))
Good, you wouldn't want to embarrass them. You know, servers can't exactly ride wireless. Where I work, we have more servers than desktops. In fact, we have more servers than employees (tens of thousands). So even if all desktops could use wireless (they can't), you still have 35,000 or so servers to deal with. Managing 35,000 switchports is not much better than 75,000. You still need processes and management software.
I can't say who I work for, aside from the fact that it's financial services, but something is wrong. With regards to "I was also working with a Citrix engineer about a month ago who was testing out the same very thing you are talking about," it seems your engineer is unaware of the solutions Citrix is supporting with some of its biggest and best clients.
I spend so much time in MATLAB that if my use of it had to be comfined to the lab, I would go out of mind. It's not just one part of the year. It's constant. Nearly day in and day out.
(Free/Open/DietBSD etc. seem to be immune to this, not sure why.)
Obviously you haven't been in #openbsd.
It's a joke, laugh! Note: I haven't been there in some 8 or so years. Wow. That's scary that it's been that long.
Quotation marks are your friend. Use them.
Those of TJ Eckleburg, of course.
Okay, if you can hardly see a difference between HDTV and standard TV, something is very very wrong. I'm not sure which part of the flow from reality to your eyes is the problem, but a problem does exist.
I'm curious as to whether there are any reliable stats out there about the availability of IPv4 address space and how it has changed over time.
Be careful what you wish for. That is a link to an article on IPv4 Address Utilization from the Internet Protocol Journal.
I'll grant that's a bad idea, but I think 95%+ of threats come over the network these days.
So what? All the same principles apply. Saying "study cryptography" is good, but it's really more useful to study information theory and security in general. A little broader thinking on the matter will let you apply the knowledge to cryptography as well as security of, well, anything. Just read all about Claude Shannon for a fun time.
Cryptography Class Rule #1
Don't trust the professor unless the PDFs available were obviously typeset in LaTeX.
Of course, I'm kidding. But here's some more crypto material from one of my professors.