Oh, we can make a good car analogy out of this: Having a backup car in case your primary car crashes is a great idea (if you can afford it). Except that instead of keeping their backup car locked in the garage, these people attached their backup car to their primary car with a tow bar and dragged it around everywhere they went. When the primary car crashed, the backup ran into it a fraction of a second later. Now they're sad that their backup car is dead too and are somehow suprised they don't have anything to drive.
Just get a little lock box and someone in a management capacity takes it home. If you're too small for a fancier solution this works well enough. Why is this so much trouble that it isn't obvious? If what's in your server isn't worth this much trouble then never mind. If it is important, then this is a no-brainer.
What you've described is only marginally better than what these people did. A second server playing backup device, even if it's "much more hardened", whatever that means, is still an extremely lousy and ineffective backup. If lightening hits your building or arson or theft, your "it's hardened"! backup server is just as toasted as the primary. Backups MUST be to removable media that's kept off site and inactive.
Otherwise you've done practically the same thing for data "backup" as the RAID does via disks, except with two servers.
what does an island nation, sitting well below the equator, need with a space program anyhow
Allow me to rephrase the stupid troll's question: What all representative governments should ask before starting a new agency (and therefor cost center) is "what's in it for our taxpayers"? This is a completely valid question.
The nation's geographic situation does not come in to this equation except in the question of launch costs. Oh, and when did the continent of Australia get downgraded to island status? I missed that one.
There are plenty of off the shelf wifi systems that can print out an access code good for x minutes. Just make EVERY receipt for over an arbitrary amount, say $5, have a code good for 20 minutes. Want more? Buy another $5 worth of stuff (or fish unused receipts out of the trash).
This is a reasonably simple system that most anyone can understand and explain, even the McD employee at the register.
Having any given number of programmers doesn't result in a good product; it is assumed there is proper project management in place if this copycat effort is a legitimate threat. Otherwise nevermind the entire article.
Remember that Chinese programmers can be hired for less than $400/month. The labor-hours part of your argument becomes worth a lot less after this factor is added in. And it doesn't have to be 100% as good as the real thing to steal a significant part of the customer base if priced accordingly.
You completely missed the point of the person you replied to but that's OK, he got it wrong in the first place; CORPORATIONS HAVE NEVER EVER PAID A PENNY IN TAX. Their CUSTOMERS pay corporate taxes, not the owners.
mega corporations that pay 2% in taxes are a detriment to my wealth generating ability
Are you a hunter-gatherer who never buys anything from a mega corporation? If not, anything you buy now would cost MORE by the amount of the increased corporate taxes if their taxes are raised. They WILL pass on the cost of the increased taxes immediately to consumers. That will directly impact your purchasing ability and thus your wealth.
I just re-read this 5 times and realized that the terrorists have won.
You've confused a successful tactic with winning. The goal of terrorism is not to incite terror. That's their tactic. Their goal, or what they need to achieve to claim victory, is something completely different.
For example, Basque terrorist want an independent Basque state in Spain. If citizens in Madrid run for cover when they hear a loud noise in the train station, the Basque separatists have not won because that does not itself represent creation of an independent Basque state.
Long before the US worries about Chinese military superiority there needs to be a good hard look at the very real threat of economic superiority.
The Chinese economy is still growing, albiet at a much slower pace, while the US shrank lately. And there are only the tiniest of social programs that the Chinese government spends its money on and pretty much nothing on entitlements which make up 2/3 of the US's federal budget. There is no institutionalized 'somebody owes me' mentality keeping a large number of otherwise able bodied adults out of the workforce.
China will out-produce the US in short order if things continue as they have been. Then the US will no longer be able to afford to keep up militarily much like the Soviets could no longer afford to keep up in the 80's.
US companies aren't supposed to be doing business with Cuba in the first place; shouldn't their computers not even have MS products? And what make are these machines they have? Given other recent news, I assume they're HPs...
How many hours per month did they want you to work? If 30-40 hrs/week, then the rate of $800/mo would mean below the legal minimum wage in any state here, which means you probably misunderstood something. Or did you typo $800/week?
Nope, I meant $800 per month. Look up L-1 visas - it's a known loophole that lets companies bring foreign workers for up to 5 years in the US and there is NO wage requirement. Also, there isn't a limit on how many L-1's are issued unlike H1-B's.
I'm living in China because my spouse's company transferred us here. I applied to IBM here and they wanted to hire me and send me back to the USA at the Chinese pay level as an intracompany transfer which they use to avoid the H1-B process (although as a US citizen I didn't even need to apply for the intracompany visa). The pay was a bit under $800/mo for database technical consulting work that's in the $120+ range in the US for the consultant, nevermind what the company charges. Obviously I turned that down, but I have to wonder how many Chinese get sent to the US with this kind of pay thanks to the intracompany visa scheme. The interviewing manager said they "do it all the time".
BTW - the firecrackers 24/7 is only for 2 weeks around Chinese New Year. They go back to being illegal except for permits tomorrow at midnight. And you might build a house without restrictions but you can't own the land. The government at any time can move you out and take it back for some odd reason - and while eminent domain abuse happens in the US, at least there you get paid fire sale rates for your house before they knock it down.
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Oh, we can make a good car analogy out of this: Having a backup car in case your primary car crashes is a great idea (if you can afford it). Except that instead of keeping their backup car locked in the garage, these people attached their backup car to their primary car with a tow bar and dragged it around everywhere they went. When the primary car crashed, the backup ran into it a fraction of a second later. Now they're sad that their backup car is dead too and are somehow suprised they don't have anything to drive.
Just get a little lock box and someone in a management capacity takes it home. If you're too small for a fancier solution this works well enough. Why is this so much trouble that it isn't obvious? If what's in your server isn't worth this much trouble then never mind. If it is important, then this is a no-brainer.
A dedicated backup box can be much more hardened
What you've described is only marginally better than what these people did. A second server playing backup device, even if it's "much more hardened", whatever that means, is still an extremely lousy and ineffective backup. If lightening hits your building or arson or theft, your "it's hardened"! backup server is just as toasted as the primary. Backups MUST be to removable media that's kept off site and inactive.
Otherwise you've done practically the same thing for data "backup" as the RAID does via disks, except with two servers.
what does an island nation, sitting well below the equator, need with a space program anyhow
Allow me to rephrase the stupid troll's question: What all representative governments should ask before starting a new agency (and therefor cost center) is "what's in it for our taxpayers"? This is a completely valid question.
The nation's geographic situation does not come in to this equation except in the question of launch costs. Oh, and when did the continent of Australia get downgraded to island status? I missed that one.
Anything like that sounds good at first but it adds to the complexity. Remember to KISS when dealing with the general public (keep it simple, stupid).
There are plenty of off the shelf wifi systems that can print out an access code good for x minutes. Just make EVERY receipt for over an arbitrary amount, say $5, have a code good for 20 minutes. Want more? Buy another $5 worth of stuff (or fish unused receipts out of the trash).
This is a reasonably simple system that most anyone can understand and explain, even the McD employee at the register.
Sure, as long as the KFC is across the street from a McD.
Do I need a degree to be a Tape Monkey?
Absolutely! And for only $29.95 I'll be happy to send you one.
Maybe they just wanted to have childs...2.5 years is a long time and they probably changed their mind
The test was in China. If the couple has already had their allotted child there is no changing their mind on the birth control to have more.
Having any given number of programmers doesn't result in a good product; it is assumed there is proper project management in place if this copycat effort is a legitimate threat. Otherwise nevermind the entire article.
Remember that Chinese programmers can be hired for less than $400/month. The labor-hours part of your argument becomes worth a lot less after this factor is added in. And it doesn't have to be 100% as good as the real thing to steal a significant part of the customer base if priced accordingly.
If corporations paid their fair share
You completely missed the point of the person you replied to but that's OK, he got it wrong in the first place; CORPORATIONS HAVE NEVER EVER PAID A PENNY IN TAX. Their CUSTOMERS pay corporate taxes, not the owners.
mega corporations that pay 2% in taxes are a detriment to my wealth generating ability
Are you a hunter-gatherer who never buys anything from a mega corporation? If not, anything you buy now would cost MORE by the amount of the increased corporate taxes if their taxes are raised. They WILL pass on the cost of the increased taxes immediately to consumers. That will directly impact your purchasing ability and thus your wealth.
I'm first in line at the ferry (excepting the elderly, the very young, and the preggers)
But aren't they the easiest ones to shove in front of?
I just re-read this 5 times and realized that the terrorists have won.
You've confused a successful tactic with winning. The goal of terrorism is not to incite terror. That's their tactic. Their goal, or what they need to achieve to claim victory, is something completely different.
For example, Basque terrorist want an independent Basque state in Spain. If citizens in Madrid run for cover when they hear a loud noise in the train station, the Basque separatists have not won because that does not itself represent creation of an independent Basque state.
If your internet connection goes down, where will you get updates from?
Congrats, you just volunteered to mail him the floppies.
There's no forehead issue here. They analyzed the original series where Klingons looked like Kossacks (sans horses).
Long before the US worries about Chinese military superiority there needs to be a good hard look at the very real threat of economic superiority.
The Chinese economy is still growing, albiet at a much slower pace, while the US shrank lately. And there are only the tiniest of social programs that the Chinese government spends its money on and pretty much nothing on entitlements which make up 2/3 of the US's federal budget. There is no institutionalized 'somebody owes me' mentality keeping a large number of otherwise able bodied adults out of the workforce.
China will out-produce the US in short order if things continue as they have been. Then the US will no longer be able to afford to keep up militarily much like the Soviets could no longer afford to keep up in the 80's.
and registry key abuse
Nevermind just the keys; the windows registry is abuse. The registry is my main complaint about windows.
I was really suprised there wasn't a new tag: iknowthisitsunix
most people on here are pretty quick and easy
I notice you were careful to leave 'seductive' off your list.
A second negative point might be the GPS performance
I have to know: where is this huge library do you go to???
And in the meantime while the plant might be being destroyed?
Water it and stop the cat from eating its leaves.
US companies aren't supposed to be doing business with Cuba in the first place; shouldn't their computers not even have MS products? And what make are these machines they have? Given other recent news, I assume they're HPs...
How many hours per month did they want you to work?
If 30-40 hrs/week, then the rate of $800/mo would mean below the legal minimum wage in any state here, which means you probably misunderstood something.
Or did you typo $800/week?
Nope, I meant $800 per month. Look up L-1 visas - it's a known loophole that lets companies bring foreign workers for up to 5 years in the US and there is NO wage requirement. Also, there isn't a limit on how many L-1's are issued unlike H1-B's.
I'm living in China because my spouse's company transferred us here. I applied to IBM here and they wanted to hire me and send me back to the USA at the Chinese pay level as an intracompany transfer which they use to avoid the H1-B process (although as a US citizen I didn't even need to apply for the intracompany visa). The pay was a bit under $800/mo for database technical consulting work that's in the $120+ range in the US for the consultant, nevermind what the company charges. Obviously I turned that down, but I have to wonder how many Chinese get sent to the US with this kind of pay thanks to the intracompany visa scheme. The interviewing manager said they "do it all the time".
BTW - the firecrackers 24/7 is only for 2 weeks around Chinese New Year. They go back to being illegal except for permits tomorrow at midnight. And you might build a house without restrictions but you can't own the land. The government at any time can move you out and take it back for some odd reason - and while eminent domain abuse happens in the US, at least there you get paid fire sale rates for your house before they knock it down.