A cannon has wear and tear. Such as due to heating, abrasive effects, or stress of launches. There's a reason why they sometimes have to replace the tubes on tanks and howitzers. But they don't cost $500 million each. And since it is the government, they'll probably want to xray the entire thing after every launch looking for cracks.
Incorrect. Call IBM at 1-800-IBM-SERV and you'll be talking to a off shore script monkey with an accent. SUN, who now bought STK (mainframe tape vendor), has English speaking people who actually know error codes, etc., once you get through the phone tree.
And yes, where I work there is a big problem finding mainframe expertise. As people retire they are usually not replaced. Sad thing is, we sorta run 4 OS's, on our z/10s. Linux, z/os, VM, and UNIX file services, not to mention many webservers.
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This will undo some mods I've made on this topic, but oh well. Ask a linux geek, online, or at LUGs http://www.linux.org/groups/ Most linux people know hardware due to having to figure out how to get stuff to work, and what scams people try. They may try to "upsell" you to linux, but if you say you're fixing a gaming rig or somesuch, they'll help out;)
Besides, most computer savvy people I know like to help people out, as long as it isn't a long term commitment. Most of us have figured it out on our own (best way to learn). I'll help as long as it doesn't take too much of my time. And all bets are off if it's a pretty girl:)
Where I work we benchmarked database performance on existing servers vs. a Linux partition on the mainframe. Performance was 5 times faster on the mainframe. Massively parallel high speed IO made the mainframe faster So now we are converting stuff over to the mainframe. And if we want near 100% uptime, it's done on the mainframe, so the most important web sites run on the mainframe.
I do agree with your comment though about the 70% of transactions.
As a side note, COBOL is an easy language, but others are more fun to code in. I always liked assembler best:)
They already exist. After a bad motorcycle accident (almost severed a hand off), I had the use of an electrical muscle stimulator that would shock the surface of my skin causing the muscles to spasm. Not as effective as regular therapies and exercise, but I could have it on all the time getting continuous benefit.
Firefox has not been around 9 years. More like 5 years under that name, and maybe 2 years before that as Phoenix/Firebird but it wasn't really very good in the early years. Perhaps you might want to install NoScript and Adblocker by default to any machine you may have to clean up.
Cisco passwords are trivial if you have physical access to the device. It's been a couple of years since I've done it, so I'm not sure if you lose the configuration using the methods I know. But if in doubt, try it on one device at a time. One of the links mentions how he gave up the password they wanted, and they promptly screwed it up. Do none of SF "network analysts" know how to backup stuff? Even using crude methods?
Most of it is RAID-5 or better. But depending on cluster size, wouldn't they be able to recover data? Think HIPAA regs, etc. Oh, and the vendor comes on site and does replacement, no intervention on our part.
Which brings up the question. If a vendor replaces a raid drive, but doesn't give you the drive for destruction, is this a security risk? We have 40-50 TB of data in Raid drives.
There was a project manager. ironically, he did not get fired. Which always led me to wonder how honest he was, and what he told the VP. But that behavior is to be expected from bosses, including where I now work (a different boss on average every apox. 18 months).
"Since I'm lazy, I won't even go down the road of how the socialist Europeans can get more work done than us USians and still take a month off each year...."
When I worked at a large studio in west LA, the VP, a recently retired Army Colonel, asked how long a project would take a group of programmers. He was given an estimate, but cut it in half, saying that people always lied about how long it would take. The project took months, and came in one week late. The entire group was fired. (They found out about it accidently when someone saw the termination notice for a friend and went and asked why they were all being terminated).
When I had the start of a similar thing with my staff, I had a meeting with him in which I pointed out the studio could be sued. He said he didn't care, the legal department was down the hall and would handle it. I left shortly after, having a standing offer at another company. In today's economy, some people may not have that option.
I worked for a Canadian bank back then, on the mainframe. When the first home computers were developed, I saw many potential uses for them. My manager just dismissed them as toys (thanks Tom H., I still remember the name of managers who didn't have a clue from 30 years ago).
When I was growing up in Canada, the garbage man got something on Boxing day, in appreciation for his work. Also the butcher got a bottle of his favorite booze in appreciation for the large quantities of scraps and bones he saved for our dogs during the year.
So explain why there are parking meters in front of where I work. No stores are within at least a half mile. parking meters are only for generating revenue imho.
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A cannon has wear and tear. Such as due to heating, abrasive effects, or stress of launches. There's a reason why they sometimes have to replace the tubes on tanks and howitzers. But they don't cost $500 million each. And since it is the government, they'll probably want to xray the entire thing after every launch looking for cracks.
Incorrect. Call IBM at 1-800-IBM-SERV and you'll be talking to a off shore script monkey with an accent. SUN, who now bought STK (mainframe tape vendor), has English speaking people who actually know error codes, etc., once you get through the phone tree.
And yes, where I work there is a big problem finding mainframe expertise. As people retire they are usually not replaced. Sad thing is, we sorta run 4 OS's, on our z/10s. Linux, z/os, VM, and UNIX file services, not to mention many webservers.
This will undo some mods I've made on this topic, but oh well. Ask a linux geek, online, or at LUGs http://www.linux.org/groups/ Most linux people know hardware due to having to figure out how to get stuff to work, and what scams people try. They may try to "upsell" you to linux, but if you say you're fixing a gaming rig or somesuch, they'll help out ;)
Besides, most computer savvy people I know like to help people out, as long as it isn't a long term commitment. Most of us have figured it out on our own (best way to learn). I'll help as long as it doesn't take too much of my time. And all bets are off if it's a pretty girl :)
(disclaimer: married to female geek)
Where I work we benchmarked database performance on existing servers vs. a Linux partition on the mainframe. Performance was 5 times faster on the mainframe. Massively parallel high speed IO made the mainframe faster So now we are converting stuff over to the mainframe. And if we want near 100% uptime, it's done on the mainframe, so the most important web sites run on the mainframe.
I do agree with your comment though about the 70% of transactions.
As a side note, COBOL is an easy language, but others are more fun to code in. I always liked assembler best :)
Slide rules were useful to me in high school calculus tests. I had answers lightly scratched on it :)
They already exist. After a bad motorcycle accident (almost severed a hand off), I had the use of an electrical muscle stimulator that would shock the surface of my skin causing the muscles to spasm. Not as effective as regular therapies and exercise, but I could have it on all the time getting continuous benefit.
Firefox has not been around 9 years. More like 5 years under that name, and maybe 2 years before that as Phoenix/Firebird but it wasn't really very good in the early years. Perhaps you might want to install NoScript and Adblocker by default to any machine you may have to clean up.
I would say inefficient at a minimum. 38,000 employees? That's almost as much as my entire state government has.
Maybe you should have used SMIT instead of CLI and you'd have liked AIX more ;)
Woosh :)
and the polar bears that eat them.
Cisco passwords are trivial if you have physical access to the device. It's been a couple of years since I've done it, so I'm not sure if you lose the configuration using the methods I know. But if in doubt, try it on one device at a time. One of the links mentions how he gave up the password they wanted, and they promptly screwed it up. Do none of SF "network analysts" know how to backup stuff? Even using crude methods?
There aren't too many buildingd in the middle of the ocean.
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218392711
and there's an mp3 recording of it here:
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news/2005/07_20_05.htm
So yes, you are guessing, but incorrectly. A bit of searching on the net shows this is not a rarity. My guess, is they all make sound but I'll leave that as an exercise for someone else to look up.
Most of it is RAID-5 or better. But depending on cluster size, wouldn't they be able to recover data? Think HIPAA regs, etc. Oh, and the vendor comes on site and does replacement, no intervention on our part.
Which brings up the question. If a vendor replaces a raid drive, but doesn't give you the drive for destruction, is this a security risk? We have 40-50 TB of data in Raid drives.
I've been in many quakes when living in California. All of the big ones made a noise like a train coming.
There was a project manager. ironically, he did not get fired. Which always led me to wonder how honest he was, and what he told the VP. But that behavior is to be expected from bosses, including where I now work (a different boss on average every apox. 18 months).
"Since I'm lazy, I won't even go down the road of how the socialist Europeans can get more work done than us USians and still take a month off each year...."
You might want to re-examine your beliefs:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/03/business/main3228735.shtml
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm
When I worked at a large studio in west LA, the VP, a recently retired Army Colonel, asked how long a project would take a group of programmers. He was given an estimate, but cut it in half, saying that people always lied about how long it would take. The project took months, and came in one week late. The entire group was fired. (They found out about it accidently when someone saw the termination notice for a friend and went and asked why they were all being terminated).
When I had the start of a similar thing with my staff, I had a meeting with him in which I pointed out the studio could be sued. He said he didn't care, the legal department was down the hall and would handle it. I left shortly after, having a standing offer at another company. In today's economy, some people may not have that option.
I worked for a Canadian bank back then, on the mainframe. When the first home computers were developed, I saw many potential uses for them. My manager just dismissed them as toys (thanks Tom H., I still remember the name of managers who didn't have a clue from 30 years ago).
Ermm...I think the breeder put one over on you. It's likely you own a cat.
How long will the batteries last in a cold climate? Maybe need 2 plugs, one to recharge and one to keep the batteries warm?
When I was growing up in Canada, the garbage man got something on Boxing day, in appreciation for his work. Also the butcher got a bottle of his favorite booze in appreciation for the large quantities of scraps and bones he saved for our dogs during the year.
So explain why there are parking meters in front of where I work. No stores are within at least a half mile. parking meters are only for generating revenue imho.