Good IT people are ALSO programmers. Check out the SAGE job descriptions... Even for Junior System Administrators, one of the "desired" skills is "Programming experience in any applicable language." Beyond Junior level, it's a "required" skill. I wouldn't put a junior person on a major deployment project other than at a mentoring level (which should be done - how else are they going to get beyond "junior"?.) I think it is a travesty that some educational institutions are pumping out degreed IT people that can't write one line of code.
IT should be able to work around most deployment issues, and ensure that any minor fixes needed to the code / process are communicated back upstream. After all, this is the "real world" where deadlines are real, and money is at stake. A top notch IT team is critical to the success of a huge portion of the modern business world. There is very little room for incompetence at senior levels.
That would also force the Dev Team to write a good documentation and spec.
This works in theory. In practice, Management / the customer will be asking why the project is taking 3 months longer than planned - IT says Dev hasn't completed the docs. Dev will say the system is done and IT is just whining. Management dictates that the software get installed anyway, and tell Dev to get you the docs soon (don't hold your breath.)
Been there, done that.
It comes down to Money. If company income is on the line, best practices get tossed mighty quickly. About the only time this actually works is in Very large companies where projects can afford to be late, and where development is part of IT.
The right is implied, as in I bought a bag that contained a loaf of bread. I have the right to eat that bread, process it, and shit it out in a slightly altered state.
The twisted and mangled part applies much more to Windows as it does Unix due to the origins - it just took less time. Do you really want to go into the gory details of all the twisting and mangling that has gone into windows in order to attempt to bolt on security and networking after the fact while trying to remain mostly backwards compatible?
You can accept the message and then drop it on the floor (avoiding the part where you spam the person in the From: field with a rejection notice), but then you're completely breaking e-mail.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be what earthlink is doing, hence the FA.
You sir, are 100% correct. Any kind of anti-spam / anti-virus system should NEVER EVER issue bounces - either accept or reject the message during the initial SMTP transaction. Bouncing spam and viruses to forged addresses is likely to get you blacklisted. Bouncing causes collateral damage (as does callout sender verification - just ask anyone who has been joe-jobbed.)
If you don't want shit service it's going to cost you. The old saying "you get what you pay for" applies. If you don't need to run servers, have a static IP, or a better TOS, then don't pay for them. If you do, then it's not free. Obviously the market supports the extra cost.
But back on topic here, earthlink has had email problems for YEARS. The only difference now is that the problem is worse than it was and more people are noticing.
The spam problem really has gotten bad. Most of the traditional anti-spam mechanisms are not nearly as effective as they used to be - especially with image spam. Blacklists with spamassassin and greylisting used to get 99% of spam, but the effectiveness has dropped to something like 95% or less, which still leaves an annoying level.
As much as I detest C/R systems (Challenge / Response,) maybe it's time for it. Obviously you would want a very restrictive system that would only issue a CR for suspicious emails from first-time senders.
No system is perfect - they all suck to some degree. Some just suck less.
The DirectTV Tivo is tied to satellite service - the raw MPEG from satellite is stored right on the disk via integrated dual sat tuners. There are no models that have DVD recorders. The RS-TX20 is a stand-alone tivo.
I'll respond to this a bit... I have 2 DirectTivo's - a series 1 and a series 2.
I DO like my Tivo, but it is showing it's age. It's slow, and the feature you mention as "commercial skip" isn't (it's a 30 second skip.) I also want the ability to get programs off it (which I'll probably add a cache+net card to do on the S1.) At this point, after using tivo for about 5 years now, I want more. I want more flexibility, speed, features (play MP3's, photos, etc.) and storage. The Tivo has served me well, but it's time for Myth with my modded series 1 behind it to feed it. My noisy myth server with a pile of drives will sit in the nice cool basement, and I'll use some cheap desktops (or maybe even mac minis) on a few front-ends around the house.
USAF should either stop using the frequency or offer to refund a retrofit of existing doors
Um, who do you think FUNDS the USAF? Why should I, as a taxpayer, be forced to pay more taxes because some boneheaded garage door opener manufacturer used frequencies assigned to the military???
No, the obligation falls on the manufacturer 100%.
I don't expect anyone other than MS fanbois to run out and buy Vista upgrades because it won't be needed. XP works just fine for most (I'd say 99.99%) people. Also keep in mind that since Vista will most likely require hardware upgrades (RAM at least,) that significantly increases the cost.
Vista will roll out via new hardware and corporate upgrades. I wouldn't expect many corps to start upgrading for at LEAST another year (sp1 or 2 out). A huge number are still on 2000. Considering how well it works, I wouldn't expect them to stop using it until 2000 is in the final EOL stage - a few more years yet.
Frankly, this whole "constantly checking for a license server" BS will turn a lot of corps off.
There are many, many tools for automatically scanning Unix based hosts for malware of various types... tripwire, rkhunter and clamav to name a few. There is no need to do anything manually. Running Snort on your network would have also found your issue well before your ISP found it.
Our colo ISP (in San Jose) uses nLayer, and we ran into a problem where Verizon had a broken route to our east coast office for several weeks (looping between two Verizon routers.) Verizon was totally non-responsive, so nLayer manually advertised an alternate route that got things flowing again within a few minutes of reporting the problem.
As a sidenote, everydns hosts macports.org which was affected by the DDOS. Even though macports also had two other working DNS servers besides the 4 from everydns, I had to manually query them to get the IP and use the IP instead. Having multiple DNS servers does not give you as much redundancy as it really should.:-(
Yeah, I can confirm that this is the case. The bags may be scanned for sorting purposes, but that scan doesn't seem to be connected back to a tracking database. I had a big argument with someone several levels up in United about this. United's stance was that they are NOT in the luggage shipping business, they are in the people moving business. Luggage is an "oh yeah, I guess we have to take your luggage too" category rather than being equally important.
I no longer fly United. In my opinion, (and I do a fair amount of travel - at LEAST one round trip a month, usually more) there is no worse airline than United.
I strongly suggest that you look up the words conservative and conservatism on webster.com, as they (along with millions of Americans) seem to disagree with you. While there isn't a "Conservitive" party in the US at the moment, there has been conservative groups for years - see http://www.conservative.org/ for one example. Wikipedia has a nice article too.
The gov gave the $1 coin a very crappy introduction. They SHOULD have said that all $1 bills will be pulled from circulation in 5 or 10 years. I have only seen the modern $1 coin in circulation ONCE - and it was because some individual gave one to me. I have never been to a business or used a machine gave them out in change.
You hand them your card when you order your first drink. You get it back when you're done and you pay.
I would NEVER EVER hand anyone my card to anyone for an extended period of time - especially in a situation as you described. In fact, I have never even heard of that practice.
It drives me NUTS to be behind someone who uses plastic to buy a pack of gum. A 5-10 second transaction for $1.25 now takes 60 seconds or more. Yes, this happens. Happened several times in a row while I was waiting in line at an airport shop. I don't go anywhere without at least SOME cash for incidental purchases.
The problem isn't that machine to handle different sized bills is hard, it's that you would have to replace ALL the hunderds of thousands / millions of machines that are currently in use which will cost tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. I agree that multi-colored money would be good, but that doesn't address the problem for blind people.
The next time I see a blind person prepaying $5 for gas, I'll be sure to let you know...:-)
But seriously, you are 100% correct. There is a rather large population in the US that just can't / won't work with plastic money. That said, redesigning all US bills for a very small percentage of the population also doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I would think that impressing ridges somewhere on the bill would be fairly easy, but could open the door to fraud (false impressions.) Changing size would create a real problem for automation systems. I like the idea of a reader device - for the few "legally blind" people out there, they should be able to get one for little or nothing from the government / local bank / etc.
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Good IT people are ALSO programmers. Check out the SAGE job descriptions... Even for Junior System Administrators, one of the "desired" skills is "Programming experience in any applicable language." Beyond Junior level, it's a "required" skill. I wouldn't put a junior person on a major deployment project other than at a mentoring level (which should be done - how else are they going to get beyond "junior"?.) I think it is a travesty that some educational institutions are pumping out degreed IT people that can't write one line of code.
IT should be able to work around most deployment issues, and ensure that any minor fixes needed to the code / process are communicated back upstream. After all, this is the "real world" where deadlines are real, and money is at stake. A top notch IT team is critical to the success of a huge portion of the modern business world. There is very little room for incompetence at senior levels.
That would also force the Dev Team to write a good documentation and spec.
This works in theory. In practice, Management / the customer will be asking why the project is taking 3 months longer than planned - IT says Dev hasn't completed the docs. Dev will say the system is done and IT is just whining. Management dictates that the software get installed anyway, and tell Dev to get you the docs soon (don't hold your breath.)
Been there, done that.
It comes down to Money. If company income is on the line, best practices get tossed mighty quickly. About the only time this actually works is in Very large companies where projects can afford to be late, and where development is part of IT.
The right is implied, as in I bought a bag that contained a loaf of bread. I have the right to eat that bread, process it, and shit it out in a slightly altered state.
I don't think you really want to go there...
The twisted and mangled part applies much more to Windows as it does Unix due to the origins - it just took less time. Do you really want to go into the gory details of all the twisting and mangling that has gone into windows in order to attempt to bolt on security and networking after the fact while trying to remain mostly backwards compatible?
You can accept the message and then drop it on the floor (avoiding the part where you spam the person in the From: field with a rejection notice), but then you're completely breaking e-mail.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be what earthlink is doing, hence the FA.
You sir, are 100% correct. Any kind of anti-spam / anti-virus system should NEVER EVER issue bounces - either accept or reject the message during the initial SMTP transaction. Bouncing spam and viruses to forged addresses is likely to get you blacklisted. Bouncing causes collateral damage (as does callout sender verification - just ask anyone who has been joe-jobbed.)
If you don't want shit service it's going to cost you. The old saying "you get what you pay for" applies. If you don't need to run servers, have a static IP, or a better TOS, then don't pay for them. If you do, then it's not free. Obviously the market supports the extra cost.
But back on topic here, earthlink has had email problems for YEARS. The only difference now is that the problem is worse than it was and more people are noticing.
Throw HTML at Lotus Notes and THEN you see just how bad HTML email can be.
The spam problem really has gotten bad. Most of the traditional anti-spam mechanisms are not nearly as effective as they used to be - especially with image spam. Blacklists with spamassassin and greylisting used to get 99% of spam, but the effectiveness has dropped to something like 95% or less, which still leaves an annoying level.
As much as I detest C/R systems (Challenge / Response,) maybe it's time for it. Obviously you would want a very restrictive system that would only issue a CR for suspicious emails from first-time senders.
No system is perfect - they all suck to some degree. Some just suck less.
The DirectTV version of the tivo S2 does not. DirectTivo != Standalone Tivo.
The DirectTV Tivo is tied to satellite service - the raw MPEG from satellite is stored right on the disk via integrated dual sat tuners. There are no models that have DVD recorders. The RS-TX20 is a stand-alone tivo.
I'll respond to this a bit... I have 2 DirectTivo's - a series 1 and a series 2.
I DO like my Tivo, but it is showing it's age. It's slow, and the feature you mention as "commercial skip" isn't (it's a 30 second skip.) I also want the ability to get programs off it (which I'll probably add a cache+net card to do on the S1.) At this point, after using tivo for about 5 years now, I want more. I want more flexibility, speed, features (play MP3's, photos, etc.) and storage. The Tivo has served me well, but it's time for Myth with my modded series 1 behind it to feed it. My noisy myth server with a pile of drives will sit in the nice cool basement, and I'll use some cheap desktops (or maybe even mac minis) on a few front-ends around the house.
USAF should either stop using the frequency or offer to refund a retrofit of existing doors
Um, who do you think FUNDS the USAF? Why should I, as a taxpayer, be forced to pay more taxes because some boneheaded garage door opener manufacturer used frequencies assigned to the military???
No, the obligation falls on the manufacturer 100%.
I don't expect anyone other than MS fanbois to run out and buy Vista upgrades because it won't be needed. XP works just fine for most (I'd say 99.99%) people. Also keep in mind that since Vista will most likely require hardware upgrades (RAM at least,) that significantly increases the cost.
Vista will roll out via new hardware and corporate upgrades. I wouldn't expect many corps to start upgrading for at LEAST another year (sp1 or 2 out). A huge number are still on 2000. Considering how well it works, I wouldn't expect them to stop using it until 2000 is in the final EOL stage - a few more years yet.
Frankly, this whole "constantly checking for a license server" BS will turn a lot of corps off.
There are many, many tools for automatically scanning Unix based hosts for malware of various types... tripwire, rkhunter and clamav to name a few. There is no need to do anything manually. Running Snort on your network would have also found your issue well before your ISP found it.
Our colo ISP (in San Jose) uses nLayer, and we ran into a problem where Verizon had a broken route to our east coast office for several weeks (looping between two Verizon routers.) Verizon was totally non-responsive, so nLayer manually advertised an alternate route that got things flowing again within a few minutes of reporting the problem.
:-(
As a sidenote, everydns hosts macports.org which was affected by the DDOS. Even though macports also had two other working DNS servers besides the 4 from everydns, I had to manually query them to get the IP and use the IP instead. Having multiple DNS servers does not give you as much redundancy as it really should.
Wouldn't be as bad as naquadria...
The log lady being an expert witness?
Well, he sure has the stereotypical thugish scowl and looks. If he was on a movie set, he definately would be playing the part of a villin.
Yeah, I can confirm that this is the case. The bags may be scanned for sorting purposes, but that scan doesn't seem to be connected back to a tracking database. I had a big argument with someone several levels up in United about this. United's stance was that they are NOT in the luggage shipping business, they are in the people moving business. Luggage is an "oh yeah, I guess we have to take your luggage too" category rather than being equally important.
I no longer fly United. In my opinion, (and I do a fair amount of travel - at LEAST one round trip a month, usually more) there is no worse airline than United.
there is no such thing as a conservative
I strongly suggest that you look up the words conservative and conservatism on webster.com, as they (along with millions of Americans) seem to disagree with you. While there isn't a "Conservitive" party in the US at the moment, there has been conservative groups for years - see http://www.conservative.org/ for one example. Wikipedia has a nice article too.
The gov gave the $1 coin a very crappy introduction. They SHOULD have said that all $1 bills will be pulled from circulation in 5 or 10 years. I have only seen the modern $1 coin in circulation ONCE - and it was because some individual gave one to me. I have never been to a business or used a machine gave them out in change.
You hand them your card when you order your first drink. You get it back when you're done and you pay.
I would NEVER EVER hand anyone my card to anyone for an extended period of time - especially in a situation as you described. In fact, I have never even heard of that practice.
It drives me NUTS to be behind someone who uses plastic to buy a pack of gum. A 5-10 second transaction for $1.25 now takes 60 seconds or more. Yes, this happens. Happened several times in a row while I was waiting in line at an airport shop. I don't go anywhere without at least SOME cash for incidental purchases.
The problem isn't that machine to handle different sized bills is hard, it's that you would have to replace ALL the hunderds of thousands / millions of machines that are currently in use which will cost tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. I agree that multi-colored money would be good, but that doesn't address the problem for blind people.
The next time I see a blind person prepaying $5 for gas, I'll be sure to let you know... :-)
But seriously, you are 100% correct. There is a rather large population in the US that just can't / won't work with plastic money. That said, redesigning all US bills for a very small percentage of the population also doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I would think that impressing ridges somewhere on the bill would be fairly easy, but could open the door to fraud (false impressions.) Changing size would create a real problem for automation systems. I like the idea of a reader device - for the few "legally blind" people out there, they should be able to get one for little or nothing from the government / local bank / etc.