I would have done this too, but never claimed "health and safety" as a reason. First, the wierd length has to throw off anyone training for a swimming event. Second, reorienting the lanes allows the contour of the bottom to be used most effectively - weaker swimmers have a large shallow area to use, rather than having a little shallow area in each of twelve lanes. Changing this will create another three or four lanes for swimming, too.
However, If I were managing that pool, I'd be concerned about seeing all corners of the pool from one location - refraction and reflections may make it hard to see into distant corners. No matter where the guard stands, one corner is at least 70 feet away. I can understand their concern about having to hire another guard.
You've touched on the real value of SCOM - the functionality in the management packs would take years to recreate from scratch. I find the SNMP monitoring to be pretty lacking, so we use Operation Manager for server, OS, and application-level monitoring, and WhatsUp Gold for monitoring important L2/L3 devices. I don't recall ever having a network outage in the datacenter, so I don't miss the ability to create dependencies between server and network.
Sure... it stifles innovation. What if a manufacturer wants to create a phone with new features or hardware expandability? Do they have to include USB atop the bus they've already created for their hardware? The connector on the bottom of the iPhone carries power and USB data, as well as audio and video out, Firewire and lines to identify the type of cradle it's in.
Someone considering a new phone really ought to factor in the cost of required accessories before making a purchasing decision.
How many of your neighbors have to create ~96kbps VoIP stream to innundate the local uplink? It's probably not even possible. How many people using BitTorrent would it take to do the same? Not very many. If you're pulling 7Mbps from a torrent, isn't it reasonable that the ISP makes sure others still have bandwidth available to them? From their description, their prioritization is pointedly vendor-neutral, ie they aren't preferring their own video application over Hulu, or some such competitor. How is this unfair to you?
There are two shortcomings to using GPOs for software deployment. The biggest thing is, you don't know if the installation succeeded or not -- no reporting. Secondly, you have little control over when the user reboots. It could be a day or a week.
The other thing I ran into was that people didn't appreciate it when their computer took 10 minutes to install software x and finish booting. Usually they're standing there, looking at the screen, waiting to get their day started.
What you're really looking for is Systems Center Essentials. It is a combination of WSUS, SMS and MOM rolled up into one. It's targeted towards companies that have "a computer guy" or two, but not the resources to implement full-blown versions of SMS & MOM. It's currently offered as a release candidate, so its official release is coming soon. http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/sce/
From my perspective, the benefit of going to school is all the things you learn that aren't directly tied to your intended career field. A bachelors degree proves a) you can see a large "project" through, end-to-end, b) you've learned to do research and tackle challenging problems, and c) your verbal and written communications skills have been honed. Without out this foundation, you'll be pigeon-holed as a technician with a very specific skillset. Your employer won't see you as someone who can easily reinvent themselves. If the technology you're skilled at becomes obsolete, you do too.
In addition, a straight fuel tax would be regressive in that it would penalize people who CAN'T afford purchasing a new hybrid vehicle, as well as those who can but DON'T.
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The article has definately triggered some nostalgic moments, but it's an article from September 2003 that reports on the content of an interview conducted in 1999. It isn't really news any longer.
The statement that people are reacting to is "... the civil lawsuits are aimed mainly at young people without criminal intent." But you have to ask yourself, who's the author, what their bias, andy how did they decide that these young people DON'T have criminal intent. I didn't read anything to substantiate the author's statement.
If your question is legitimate, here's the answer: A second domain controller can replicate AD fine, offload authentication, etc., but if your original DC goes up in flames, the reinstallation process must create a new domain; there is no means to use what's on the second DC. (Backups are obviously critical)
SBS is designed to be a single-server solution so that's pretty much how it works.
You're so smug with your 'RTFA' end... I'd suggest you do the same.
From TFA:
Employees began asking our agents to leave the store if they weren't shopping. Most stuck to their "I'm waiting for my girlfriend" story and refused to leave. Others pretended to shop whenever employees were near by. A few were escorted out by employees.
Agent EMartin's Xbox video camera rig was discovered when an employee approached him to offer advice on how to return his Xbox. He was asked to leave...
Did you actually finish the article? The 48 hour weeks were merely the tip of the iceberg. Yes, 48 hours a week isn't that uncommon, but six full days a week? I think the point of the article is that "crunch time" was not the extraordinary circumstance we all occasionally endure, but a way to manipulate people's schedules without any additional remuneration. It was clear that "crunch" was standard operating procedure.
The 85+ hour weeks combined with the "take it or leave it attitude", that's insane.
You don't null route the source of the traffic, you null route the destination. As the route propagates through BGP, routers across the world suddenly start returning 'no route to host' type messages, thus rendering a DDoS ineffective.
VersaMail is the default client that comes bundled with the new Treo. It supports IMAP but I couldn't tell if it supports SSL. But no matter, there is a program called ChatterMail (www.imchatter.com) which supports IMAP/S. Best of all, it supports running in the background in conjunction with the IDLE command. If your server supports it, delivery to the Treo is instant. It was well worth the $25.
Well.... what else was she supposed to say? "I'm sorry my bullying attempts got exposed to the light of day and yall called me on it"?
I guess I'm just cynical but I doubt Katie T's lawyer would have pursued the domain name without the ok of Ms Tarbox. That makes her complicit in the attorney's actions. At this point it's just damage control.
The strange thing about Brandt's withdrawal is that methadone is typically associated with treatment of heroin addiction. I don't think there are any performance-enhancing effects to methadone, and it's certainly a rare occurrence to hear of someone in professional athletics testing positive for it!
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Absolutely! The whole book is fascinating, and the part about drive-cams should be required reading for anyone commenting on this article ;-)
I would have done this too, but never claimed "health and safety" as a reason. First, the wierd length has to throw off anyone training for a swimming event. Second, reorienting the lanes allows the contour of the bottom to be used most effectively - weaker swimmers have a large shallow area to use, rather than having a little shallow area in each of twelve lanes. Changing this will create another three or four lanes for swimming, too.
However, If I were managing that pool, I'd be concerned about seeing all corners of the pool from one location - refraction and reflections may make it hard to see into distant corners. No matter where the guard stands, one corner is at least 70 feet away. I can understand their concern about having to hire another guard.
You've touched on the real value of SCOM - the functionality in the management packs would take years to recreate from scratch. I find the SNMP monitoring to be pretty lacking, so we use Operation Manager for server, OS, and application-level monitoring, and WhatsUp Gold for monitoring important L2/L3 devices. I don't recall ever having a network outage in the datacenter, so I don't miss the ability to create dependencies between server and network.
Sure... it stifles innovation. What if a manufacturer wants to create a phone with new features or hardware expandability? Do they have to include USB atop the bus they've already created for their hardware? The connector on the bottom of the iPhone carries power and USB data, as well as audio and video out, Firewire and lines to identify the type of cradle it's in.
Someone considering a new phone really ought to factor in the cost of required accessories before making a purchasing decision.
How many of your neighbors have to create ~96kbps VoIP stream to innundate the local uplink? It's probably not even possible. How many people using BitTorrent would it take to do the same? Not very many. If you're pulling 7Mbps from a torrent, isn't it reasonable that the ISP makes sure others still have bandwidth available to them? From their description, their prioritization is pointedly vendor-neutral, ie they aren't preferring their own video application over Hulu, or some such competitor. How is this unfair to you?
How many IP addresses should they allocate to the rest of the universe??
There are two shortcomings to using GPOs for software deployment. The biggest thing is, you don't know if the installation succeeded or not -- no reporting. Secondly, you have little control over when the user reboots. It could be a day or a week.
The other thing I ran into was that people didn't appreciate it when their computer took 10 minutes to install software x and finish booting. Usually they're standing there, looking at the screen, waiting to get their day started.
What you're really looking for is Systems Center Essentials. It is a combination of WSUS, SMS and MOM rolled up into one. It's targeted towards companies that have "a computer guy" or two, but not the resources to implement full-blown versions of SMS & MOM. It's currently offered as a release candidate, so its official release is coming soon. http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/sce/
Because a BILLION is the new MILLION!
From my perspective, the benefit of going to school is all the things you learn that aren't directly tied to your intended career field. A bachelors degree proves a) you can see a large "project" through, end-to-end, b) you've learned to do research and tackle challenging problems, and c) your verbal and written communications skills have been honed. Without out this foundation, you'll be pigeon-holed as a technician with a very specific skillset. Your employer won't see you as someone who can easily reinvent themselves. If the technology you're skilled at becomes obsolete, you do too.
When the second paragraph contains this quote --
In a nutshell, Windows is single-handedly responsible for turning the internet into the toxic shithole of malware that it is today.
you know it's going to be fair and balanced.
In addition, a straight fuel tax would be regressive in that it would penalize people who CAN'T afford purchasing a new hybrid vehicle, as well as those who can but DON'T.
Your comment cracks me up. i'd mod up if I could.
The article has definately triggered some nostalgic moments, but it's an article from September 2003 that reports on the content of an interview conducted in 1999. It isn't really news any longer.
The statement that people are reacting to is "... the civil lawsuits are aimed mainly at young people without criminal intent." But you have to ask yourself, who's the author, what their bias, andy how did they decide that these young people DON'T have criminal intent. I didn't read anything to substantiate the author's statement.
If your question is legitimate, here's the answer: A second domain controller can replicate AD fine, offload authentication, etc., but if your original DC goes up in flames, the reinstallation process must create a new domain; there is no means to use what's on the second DC. (Backups are obviously critical)
SBS is designed to be a single-server solution so that's pretty much how it works.
I think the captain of the Titanic said something similar...
You're so smug with your 'RTFA' end... I'd suggest you do the same.
From TFA:
Employees began asking our agents to leave the store if they weren't shopping. Most stuck to their "I'm waiting for my girlfriend" story and refused to leave. Others pretended to shop whenever employees were near by. A few were escorted out by employees.
Agent EMartin's Xbox video camera rig was discovered when an employee approached him to offer advice on how to return his Xbox. He was asked to leave...
Probably best not to rely on the internet as a distribution channel anyway. It's just a fad and people are going to get tired of it.
Did you actually finish the article? The 48 hour weeks were merely the tip of the iceberg. Yes, 48 hours a week isn't that uncommon, but six full days a week? I think the point of the article is that "crunch time" was not the extraordinary circumstance we all occasionally endure, but a way to manipulate people's schedules without any additional remuneration. It was clear that "crunch" was standard operating procedure.
The 85+ hour weeks combined with the "take it or leave it attitude", that's insane.
You don't null route the source of the traffic, you null route the destination. As the route propagates through BGP, routers across the world suddenly start returning 'no route to host' type messages, thus rendering a DDoS ineffective.
VersaMail is the default client that comes bundled with the new Treo. It supports IMAP but I couldn't tell if it supports SSL. But no matter, there is a program called ChatterMail (www.imchatter.com) which supports IMAP/S. Best of all, it supports running in the background in conjunction with the IDLE command. If your server supports it, delivery to the Treo is instant. It was well worth the $25.
Well.... what else was she supposed to say? "I'm sorry my bullying attempts got exposed to the light of day and yall called me on it"?
I guess I'm just cynical but I doubt Katie T's lawyer would have pursued the domain name without the ok of Ms Tarbox. That makes her complicit in the attorney's actions. At this point it's just damage control.
The strange thing about Brandt's withdrawal is that methadone is typically associated with treatment of heroin addiction. I don't think there are any performance-enhancing effects to methadone, and it's certainly a rare occurrence to hear of someone in professional athletics testing positive for it!
Perhaps a partial block could be instituted - allow only outbound http to Windows Update.