My thought as well when I saw this quote in the press release:
What impressed us about Slashdot was the quality of the typical community member and how truly informed and educated they were on a wide variety of discussion topics that directly relate to today’s relevant tech news.
I believe the poster was pointing to strict concealed laws there. I am not entirely sure, but I am guessing New York, Illinois, and California either do not allow concealed carry firearms or have extremely low percentage of carriers. I assume you are referring to the illegally carried firearms which I am sure the cities have plenty of due to gang activity. I work in a rocky mountain state, and I know that over half of my coworkers are armed most days (and myself included). An event like the Paris attack happening in a city in the rocky mountains would most likely have return fire from the civilians.
Why would the government go after cases like this when much of that funneled money is to secure them jobs with these companies when they leave their government job.
I am a WD beta tester. I can assure they do beta test their products with real people before release. Best part of being a tester...you get to keep all the gear.
And this is exactly what I wish the hardcore Republicans and Democrats out there would understand. Many political donors donate to both sides...even through other organizations (PACs, nonprofits, other businesses etc).
We still use Exchange on premise. It is far cheaper to purchase the Windows and Exchange license with the appropriate CALs when we already have the virtual infrastructure in place to handle it. Why pay for a permanent subscription when we can host for a fraction of the cost.
I don't get the summary. Large government contractors like this just sub out and/or hire who they need to. It has nothing to do with cronyism. Granted, we could discuss why the same handful of companies get all government contracts...but that is a separate issue.
Uber was basically lying the whole time, claiming it was just "ride sharing" when it was patently obvious to everyone that it was just another taxi service pretending not to be one in order to avoid regulation.
So Uber is the ride sharing equivalent of Paypal then?
No reason to mention Tesla when you consider volume. The vast majority of the world lives in countries where no one has a Tesla...but you will find plenty of Toyotas, Hyundais, Chevys, and Fords there. Tesla's sales volume and marketshare I am guessing is dwarfed by the ones mentioned. However, you would have a point if he also mentioned Fiat, Mercedes, VW, Saab, etc.
Well put. As the father of all daughters, I would not push them into any type of all-girl camp. I want them to function in society...which consists of males and females. You are spot on with the supposed "distraction" of having boys with them. As it is, they are as comfortable dressing up and being princesses as they are playing sports or tearing down a PC with me. I see no reason to single them out by their gender.
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Oddly enough, the technology developed to go to Mars could conceivably assist with your first request of eliminating carbon emissions. I am sure the power and propulsion systems will be unique and require advances in that area. I am not sure why people forget all the technology and inventions that come from space exploration...much of which does make our daily lives better.
I am guessing the nature of MIT lends itself to having lots of odd and end networks around. I would hope whomever runs the segment that contains administration is at least securing their network (student data, financial data, financial transactions, grading, etc.).
Not everyone runs FTP. There are much better, secure alternatives. You can use Dropbox-like ones like Owncloud, or use sftp variants instead of straight ftp. Even webdav secured with SSL and backend authentication is better than FTP.
This seems another one of those "I know more than everyone else, why won't they listen to me" types of questions. True leaders can persuade their subordinates, peers, and others to follow them. Seems this is more of a case of wondering why people don't just do as you want. Guess what, no one knows everything, and there is sometimes more than one right way to accomplish something.
Why is this surprising to anyone? I am sure it is quite similar in every industry. Between businesses cutting their IT staff (especially common between 2008-2012), moving from dedicated security people to having the admins be responsible for security as a secondary responsibility, to having dedicated security people from certificate factories who are more interested in checklists and getting shiny new toys from whichever vendor gets them the best bribe (movie tickets, sports game tickets, etc.); how is anyone surprised. I don't work in IT security, but I find there are not very many good security people out there, and even the good ones can struggle to find jobs as security people were easy to let go when companies don't value it as a "mission critical" headcount for RIFs. I suppose the only surprising thing in this article is that there aren't more data breaches that have occurred in healthcare.
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My thought as well when I saw this quote in the press release:
What impressed us about Slashdot was the quality of the typical community member and how truly informed and educated they were on a wide variety of discussion topics that directly relate to today’s relevant tech news.
Hey now...the Cantina theme song is one of the best sound tracks from Star Wars.
I believe the poster was pointing to strict concealed laws there. I am not entirely sure, but I am guessing New York, Illinois, and California either do not allow concealed carry firearms or have extremely low percentage of carriers. I assume you are referring to the illegally carried firearms which I am sure the cities have plenty of due to gang activity. I work in a rocky mountain state, and I know that over half of my coworkers are armed most days (and myself included). An event like the Paris attack happening in a city in the rocky mountains would most likely have return fire from the civilians.
Why would the government go after cases like this when much of that funneled money is to secure them jobs with these companies when they leave their government job.
Anyone else had a natural inclination to read about liquid hot magma in Doctor Evil's voice?
I am a WD beta tester. I can assure they do beta test their products with real people before release. Best part of being a tester...you get to keep all the gear.
And this is exactly what I wish the hardcore Republicans and Democrats out there would understand. Many political donors donate to both sides...even through other organizations (PACs, nonprofits, other businesses etc).
We still use Exchange on premise. It is far cheaper to purchase the Windows and Exchange license with the appropriate CALs when we already have the virtual infrastructure in place to handle it. Why pay for a permanent subscription when we can host for a fraction of the cost.
So this is how the zombie apocalypse starts...a dormantancient virus that wakes up. Time to start storing ammo, guns, and food.
I don't get the summary. Large government contractors like this just sub out and/or hire who they need to. It has nothing to do with cronyism. Granted, we could discuss why the same handful of companies get all government contracts...but that is a separate issue.
Uber was basically lying the whole time, claiming it was just "ride sharing" when it was patently obvious to everyone that it was just another taxi service pretending not to be one in order to avoid regulation.
So Uber is the ride sharing equivalent of Paypal then?
No reason to mention Tesla when you consider volume. The vast majority of the world lives in countries where no one has a Tesla...but you will find plenty of Toyotas, Hyundais, Chevys, and Fords there. Tesla's sales volume and marketshare I am guessing is dwarfed by the ones mentioned. However, you would have a point if he also mentioned Fiat, Mercedes, VW, Saab, etc.
I don't think I want an app to connect to someone else's "personal cloud".
Well put. As the father of all daughters, I would not push them into any type of all-girl camp. I want them to function in society...which consists of males and females. You are spot on with the supposed "distraction" of having boys with them. As it is, they are as comfortable dressing up and being princesses as they are playing sports or tearing down a PC with me. I see no reason to single them out by their gender.
Oddly enough, the technology developed to go to Mars could conceivably assist with your first request of eliminating carbon emissions. I am sure the power and propulsion systems will be unique and require advances in that area. I am not sure why people forget all the technology and inventions that come from space exploration...much of which does make our daily lives better.
You force your family to live in a rackmount chassis inside a small, air-conditioned cabinet?
Shhhhhhh.......
I am guessing the nature of MIT lends itself to having lots of odd and end networks around. I would hope whomever runs the segment that contains administration is at least securing their network (student data, financial data, financial transactions, grading, etc.).
Not everyone runs FTP. There are much better, secure alternatives. You can use Dropbox-like ones like Owncloud, or use sftp variants instead of straight ftp. Even webdav secured with SSL and backend authentication is better than FTP.
Hasn't anyone read the book? Those Martians have it coming...preemptive strike!
Keep in mind the Nerval's Lobster who "submitted" this article is Dice themselves.
Didn't I watch this on TV? Oh yeah...it was The Stand.
There are plenty of RBL's out there already. I would suggest talking to one of them and contributing your list.
It'd be like Trump buying Pike's Peak and renaming it Trump's Peak
Please don't give him any ideas...
This seems another one of those "I know more than everyone else, why won't they listen to me" types of questions. True leaders can persuade their subordinates, peers, and others to follow them. Seems this is more of a case of wondering why people don't just do as you want. Guess what, no one knows everything, and there is sometimes more than one right way to accomplish something.
Why is this surprising to anyone? I am sure it is quite similar in every industry. Between businesses cutting their IT staff (especially common between 2008-2012), moving from dedicated security people to having the admins be responsible for security as a secondary responsibility, to having dedicated security people from certificate factories who are more interested in checklists and getting shiny new toys from whichever vendor gets them the best bribe (movie tickets, sports game tickets, etc.); how is anyone surprised. I don't work in IT security, but I find there are not very many good security people out there, and even the good ones can struggle to find jobs as security people were easy to let go when companies don't value it as a "mission critical" headcount for RIFs. I suppose the only surprising thing in this article is that there aren't more data breaches that have occurred in healthcare.