I never really understood why a whole new law had to be introduced for cell phones/GPS's. most jurisdictions that I know of have some sort of punishment for "driving without due care and attention". they tend to have heavier consequences than the newer you-can't-touch-a-phone laws...but a car smashing into a biker has the same results whether that driver was napping, or texting..
if you notice, they are calling Apple's version iOS not IOS(note the lower case 'i' character, which is Apple's thing)...and of course, they did get permission.
there is no need for a technical solution..assuming this is for a business, fire anyone who decides to infect a company-owned PC with malware. (make sure your AUP/HR Policies *clearly* state this).
ideally this would let you uninstall any anti-virus on end-user PC's, which will increase performance...you still need to do some checking at the perimeter of course.
a lot of places do this by watching your mouse actions (the right click). if this is the case, and if you are using Windows, another way around it is to use shift-F10 instead of the right-click.
If I sell you a garage for 2 bucks a month, you might wonder but you will probably take the deal. Then you come around and notice that someone else is already standing in the space I sold you, and I tell you that you're allowed to use that space to park your car but only when it's free. Would you be happy? I guess not.
thats a great way to highlight how you should read the contract you sign when purchasing a service. Apparently, the garage you are operating is only for people to stand in, not park cars. I tells ya, I would be some ticked if I rolled into your garage with this huge smile on face because I just found the best deal in the world..monthly parking for 2 bucks!! wooohoo! then as I go to pull into my new spot.. I see that there is a guy standing there. I honk the horn and try to wave him threw..but he just stays..sipping on his coffee and shoots me a dirty look. so I honk again..and he yells 'this spot is taken..find another!'.
(I realize that you probably meant that there is another car parked in my brand new spot..but I just couldn't get that picture out of my head. a guy just standing in a car-sized space in garage. haha)
it sounds a lot more like the AV software was on the "servers"
FTA: she said an investigation showed that votes in at least 11 counties were "dropped" in recent elections when memory cards were uploaded to computer servers.
the voting appliances themselves wouldn't actually run windows.
The US doesn't block this kind of thing on sovereignty grounds -- although to be fair it may be because the current administration doesn't understand that US sovereignty has any geographic limits... oh ya?: snort
If Al Qaeda had their act together, 9/11 would have been a start to a wave.
it was a start to a wave, wasn't it? Try getting on a plane with nail clippers, or a tube of tooth paste. try driving over the hoover dam. etc etc etc.
hard to say if they predicted what was going to happen, but this will defintely go down in history as the most effective terrorist act ever. 'land of the free' seems to no longer apply.
* Could be that we got out of college and started jobs at or below entry level salaries given the economic downturn immediately after 9/11.
fresh out of college *tends* to mean little actual experience, which means entry level position == entry level salary.
* Could be that 5-10 years later the market has changed so dramatically that it's unusual to even find a company with an "IT department" anymore. It's all been outsourced.
a little dramatic...
* Could be that with all this automation we're still checking our Blackberries at 3 AM and rebooting servers. We're always on call (like doctors) but we don't paid like them.
make your script that emails you reboot your failing machines.
* Could be that the "fun" of this industry left long ago. It's no longer hacking away at circuit boards. It's watching server farms blink.
add the above with this next one:
* You want to know why employers are having a touch time retaining us? Could be that we're smart enough to realize the "traditional" career of an IT professional is all but gone and the only real career paths left are through management (hence folks skipping the certifications and going for the MBAs). Alternatively, consulting still proves lucrative. But to chide us because we know that the "IT professional" career is dying is silly.
and you get this:
* Could be that most IT workers are tired of seeing executives get 20% raises and stock options year after year while we get flat 3% annual - or no raises at all.
why the heck would IT staff get anything beyond a cost-of-living increase when all they do is watching blinking lights and reboot servers??
and time in the office is 40 hrs/week but overtime happens at least once a month usually and you don't get PAID overtime, you get "compensatory time off" later which you never have time to use because you are so busy. Most of us have months of vacation / comp time built up.
you're not doing it right then. (you explain why later on in your post)
There are a few good reasons to work for the gov't: 1) you love your city/state/province/country 2) the only thing available at the time 3) you want a place to relax after a long weekend 4) you want a place to bitch about:)
hrm..not seeing how you made the jump to sun being out of the hardware business.
There will still be a need for big honkin' servers in data centers...but data centers are very expensive to run. may as well farm it out to someone who specializes in it, and just buy service/disk space from that company.
(I'd imagine that they would have a certain basis for buying that service from a company that runs on all Sun gear.)
You have this exactly the wrong way round. If I'm using GPL code, I have the right to read, modify, and redistribute it. I, the user, have these freedoms. If, on the other hand, I'm using BSD code, I have no such rights. I have the right to do development with the same code of course, but that's just freedom of the code.
with BSD *code* you have the exact same rights, plus the ability to place it into your own proprietary code. if you are using a *program* (or library) based on BSD licensed code, then you are restricted to what ever license you agreed to with that program.
slow down there cowboy...take a look at what you quoted from me...I'll place it here for you convienience:
current users of software "X" are unaffected by someone taking an open source project proprietary, it is only the code itself which is no longer free (emphasis is mine)
I rather explicitly said "someone", not "some company". so no villans..
Enlighten me, please: how can code be free? In my humble, freedom belongs to people, and people are perfectly free to use this code any way they want.
and IMHO, if you license the code under the GPL, then it is code that is free, and according to the GPL, it will remain free.
the FSF doesn't really agree with me onthis, so it probably makes sense that you don't either.
but again to me, it comes down to the GPL protecting code, and the BSDL providing users/developers freedom to do anything they wish. It would seem that the GPL would make for a more long term freedom...but so far the *BSD's are still kicking around.
heh, nice. I've never had something I said be called 'cognitively impaired' before. woohoo.
While the GPL does provide a lot freedom to free-rolling humans, it also 'restricts' them to not modifying the code then releasing it under a completely proprietary license.
The BSDL lets you do this, as long as you include the BSDL with the code you stole.
so I am not saying that the freedom belongs to the code, I am just saying that the code must remain free for others to use, no matter what a user does to it.
I never understood this philosophy. Taking some open source code and building a proprietary product out of it does not make the original open source code any less free. It's the whole theft / copyright infringement argument again. When you take it, it doesn't deprive the original creators of their product.
exactly.
current users of software "X" are unaffected by someone taking an open source project proprietary, it is only the code itself which is no longer free. which is what I was saying when I said the GPL keeps the code free, while the BSD license keeps users (developers) free.
Good IT departments test VERY carefully before allowing an upgraded or even bugfixed app loose in a large installed base. This is because every company will have core things that they do which are unique to them, and the software "upgrade" may break those tasks. This is a VERY common problem. What you have no is no control over those damage inflicting "upgrades." This is not a good thing. There's a very good reason software isn't just handed to people in shrink wrap with a laconic "hey, install this."
I would say GREAT IT departments test VERY carefully before allowing an upgraded or even bugfixed app loose in a large installed base.
GOOD IT Dept's test a little, but still patch systems (bug fix/service packs)
I'd wager MOST IT Dept's either don't patch, or if they do...they wait several weeks/months to patch...that way "all the bugs are shaken out" (heh, yea right. most are too busy putting out fires to deal with yet-another-patch for the n desktops they take care of)
(talking about the vast unwashed masses of corporate desktops, not servers)
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...Better ideas for cutting down on deaths: bigger bumpers, lower speed limit (like 45), tougher driving tests, taking away licenses more aggressively, mandating disc brakes...
I'm with ya on most of this...but yikes dude. If you need a speed limit of 45 when in REVERSE, I think you may be doing something wrong...
I never really understood why a whole new law had to be introduced for cell phones/GPS's. most jurisdictions that I know of have some sort of punishment for "driving without due care and attention". they tend to have heavier consequences than the newer you-can't-touch-a-phone laws...but a car smashing into a biker has the same results whether that driver was napping, or texting..
also ensure to not use any "memorex" gear.....seeing as their tagline is 'Is it live, or is it memorex?'
if you notice, they are calling Apple's version iOS not IOS(note the lower case 'i' character, which is Apple's thing)...and of course, they did get permission.
there is no need for a technical solution..assuming this is for a business, fire anyone who decides to infect a company-owned PC with malware. (make sure your AUP/HR Policies *clearly* state this).
ideally this would let you uninstall any anti-virus on end-user PC's, which will increase performance...you still need to do some checking at the perimeter of course.
pffft! don't you read the Financial Post? it has been screaming about Rely on the BSDs for a while...
a lot of places do this by watching your mouse actions (the right click). if this is the case, and if you are using Windows, another way around it is to use shift-F10 instead of the right-click.
you clearly need to upgrade your calculator to the latest TI X-99999 with the hacked firmware, it knows the *answers* to all!
sometimes it takes a while for companies to catch on to the latest trends, and demands of today's culture.
If I sell you a garage for 2 bucks a month, you might wonder but you will probably take the deal. Then you come around and notice that someone else is already standing in the space I sold you, and I tell you that you're allowed to use that space to park your car but only when it's free. Would you be happy? I guess not.
thats a great way to highlight how you should read the contract you sign when purchasing a service. Apparently, the garage you are operating is only for people to stand in, not park cars. I tells ya, I would be some ticked if I rolled into your garage with this huge smile on face because I just found the best deal in the world..monthly parking for 2 bucks!! wooohoo! then as I go to pull into my new spot.. I see that there is a guy standing there. I honk the horn and try to wave him threw..but he just stays..sipping on his coffee and shoots me a dirty look. so I honk again..and he yells 'this spot is taken..find another!'.
(I realize that you probably meant that there is another car parked in my brand new spot..but I just couldn't get that picture out of my head. a guy just standing in a car-sized space in garage. haha)
it sounds a lot more like the AV software was on the "servers"
FTA: she said an investigation showed that votes in at least 11 counties were "dropped" in recent elections when memory cards were uploaded to computer servers.
the voting appliances themselves wouldn't actually run windows.
The US doesn't block this kind of thing on sovereignty grounds -- although to be fair it may be because the current administration doesn't understand that US sovereignty has any geographic limits...
oh ya?: snort
If Al Qaeda had their act together, 9/11 would have been a start to a wave.
it was a start to a wave, wasn't it? Try getting on a plane with nail clippers, or a tube of tooth paste. try driving over the hoover dam. etc etc etc.
hard to say if they predicted what was going to happen, but this will defintely go down in history as the most effective terrorist act ever. 'land of the free' seems to no longer apply.
* Could be that we got out of college and started jobs at or below entry level salaries given the economic downturn immediately after 9/11.
fresh out of college *tends* to mean little actual experience, which means entry level position == entry level salary.
* Could be that 5-10 years later the market has changed so dramatically that it's unusual to even find a company with an "IT department" anymore. It's all been outsourced.
a little dramatic...
* Could be that with all this automation we're still checking our Blackberries at 3 AM and rebooting servers. We're always on call (like doctors) but we don't paid like them.
make your script that emails you reboot your failing machines.
* Could be that the "fun" of this industry left long ago. It's no longer hacking away at circuit boards. It's watching server farms blink.
add the above with this next one:
* You want to know why employers are having a touch time retaining us? Could be that we're smart enough to realize the "traditional" career of an IT professional is all but gone and the only real career paths left are through management (hence folks skipping the certifications and going for the MBAs). Alternatively, consulting still proves lucrative. But to chide us because we know that the "IT professional" career is dying is silly.
and you get this:
* Could be that most IT workers are tired of seeing executives get 20% raises and stock options year after year while we get flat 3% annual - or no raises at all.
why the heck would IT staff get anything beyond a cost-of-living increase when all they do is watching blinking lights and reboot servers??
and time in the office is 40 hrs/week but overtime happens at least once a month usually and you don't get PAID overtime, you get "compensatory time off" later which you never have time to use because you are so busy. Most of us have months of vacation / comp time built up.
:)
you're not doing it right then. (you explain why later on in your post)
There are a few good reasons to work for the gov't:
1) you love your city/state/province/country
2) the only thing available at the time
3) you want a place to relax after a long weekend
4) you want a place to bitch about
hrm..not seeing how you made the jump to sun being out of the hardware business.
There will still be a need for big honkin' servers in data centers...but data centers are very expensive to run. may as well farm it out to someone who specializes in it, and just buy service/disk space from that company.
(I'd imagine that they would have a certain basis for buying that service from a company that runs on all Sun gear.)
Who actually uses that button?
I use it when I need to grab PuTTY, I just type in:
putty download <tab> <tab> <enter>
check the URL (I remember that it looks omething like chiark.green--something-something.uk), and I am good to go.
yea, they should have clarified that...something like "39.5 inches in diameter -- not much smaller than a 40" exercise ball"
I'm in the same boat. started around summer of '98 I believe. was working tech support and bored (surprise surprise!)
and i believe this is my first "me too!!" post.
You have this exactly the wrong way round. If I'm using GPL code, I have the right to read, modify, and redistribute it. I, the user, have these freedoms. If, on the other hand, I'm using BSD code, I have no such rights. I have the right to do development with the same code of course, but that's just freedom of the code.
with BSD *code* you have the exact same rights, plus the ability to place it into your own proprietary code. if you are using a *program* (or library) based on BSD licensed code, then you are restricted to what ever license you agreed to with that program.
slow down there cowboy...take a look at what you quoted from me...I'll place it here for you convienience:
..
current users of software "X" are unaffected by someone taking an open source project proprietary, it is only the code itself which is no longer free
(emphasis is mine)
I rather explicitly said "someone", not "some company". so no villans
Enlighten me, please: how can code be free? In my humble, freedom belongs to people, and people are perfectly free to use this code any way they want.
and IMHO, if you license the code under the GPL, then it is code that is free, and according to the GPL, it will remain free.
the FSF doesn't really agree with me onthis, so it probably makes sense that you don't either.
but again to me, it comes down to the GPL protecting code, and the BSDL providing users/developers freedom to do anything they wish. It would seem that the GPL would make for a more long term freedom...but so far the *BSD's are still kicking around.
I find it peculiar and cognitively impaired
heh, nice. I've never had something I said be called 'cognitively impaired' before. woohoo.
While the GPL does provide a lot freedom to free-rolling humans, it also 'restricts' them to not modifying the code then releasing it under a completely proprietary license.
The BSDL lets you do this, as long as you include the BSDL with the code you stole.
so I am not saying that the freedom belongs to the code, I am just saying that the code must remain free for others to use, no matter what a user does to it.
I never understood this philosophy. Taking some open source code and building a proprietary product out of it does not make the original open source code any less free. It's the whole theft / copyright infringement argument again. When you take it, it doesn't deprive the original creators of their product.
exactly.
current users of software "X" are unaffected by someone taking an open source project proprietary, it is only the code itself which is no longer free. which is what I was saying when I said the GPL keeps the code free, while the BSD license keeps users (developers) free.
Look, I am a Linux user and Hacker, but even I understand BSD need to have their code be free.
to me, it is the GPL that ensures that the *code* remains free, while the BSD license ensures that it is the *user* that remains free.
I really like both licenses, but they serve different purposes, and it highlights the priorities of the different groups.
Good IT departments test VERY carefully before allowing an upgraded or even bugfixed app loose in a large installed base. This is because every company will have core things that they do which are unique to them, and the software "upgrade" may break those tasks. This is a VERY common problem. What you have no is no control over those damage inflicting "upgrades." This is not a good thing. There's a very good reason software isn't just handed to people in shrink wrap with a laconic "hey, install this."
I would say GREAT IT departments test VERY carefully before allowing an upgraded or even bugfixed app loose in a large installed base.
GOOD IT Dept's test a little, but still patch systems (bug fix/service packs)
I'd wager MOST IT Dept's either don't patch, or if they do...they wait several weeks/months to patch...that way "all the bugs are shaken out" (heh, yea right. most are too busy putting out fires to deal with yet-another-patch for the n desktops they take care of)
(talking about the vast unwashed masses of corporate desktops, not servers)