I don't expect a lot from wireless. It's sort of like plugging a wonky network cable into a hub. You're connected to the network, but everything is delivered at 'best effort' or worse. Most of the time, that's really all that you need.
Can I open a web page? Check. Send an email? Check. VNC into a box? With some patience, check. SSH into a device? Check. IM? Check. Can I do 95% of what I do at work over a wireless connection? Check.
The other five percent? I'm hoping for Gig-E because I'm using all of it.
The key is having realistic expectations of wireless. If your users don't understand that then they'll probably be disappointed with whatever you rollout.
...or your reviver could just be a complete bastard (or otherwise not motivated my money - not everyone is, you know).
I'd guess that most people who have the resources to revive a frozen human would probably have predictable financial motives. Maybe I'm overestimating the technology involved.
I sort of see it like the X Prize. The money is a draw, but you also have to factor in bragging rights and future franchises based on the technology. All of these motives help predict a good outcome for the human popsicle.
I know that in my job as a teacher I often feel that I'm not entrusted with enough responsibility
I'm lazy about the money, because I'm not allowed to be creative with it.
Not enough responsibility? You're entrusted to teach young people. I've never heard a teacher complain about lack of responsibility. If you consider "being creative with money" a greater responsibility you should have gone into finance.
I will agree that teachers need more control over a district's resources. Even so, you shouldn't be communicating to your students that you're "unenthused" because you have a tiny budget. They deserve better than that.
Why should you have to do a Google search? The patch/exploit is the entire basis for the article. I know the quality of journalism at/. is mediocre at best, but expecting readers to search for the most relevant piece of information is asinine.
1. It's an "instant gratification" language that makes it easy to get results.
2. You can do a lot of web based projects which teens should find interesting.
Yes, PHP has a lot of problems. It's very undisciplined. However, I think it's a good choice for a class where probably 80% of the kids won't ever program again.
If your company can't afford to build a small network using outside help, you're undercapitalized. That's a nice way of saying doomed.
Look at it another way. How much is an hour of your time worth to your company? Every hour you spend playing junior network guy takes that much value away. You need to be contributing more to the company that you'd pay a small-time networking vendor. Anything less will lead to serious cash flow problems. That's another nice way of saying doomed.
Novell's added value is in the products that run on top of Linux. Few people realize how powerful Novell's suite is. When it comes to managing a large scale PC network, there are few tools finer than eDirectory and ZENWorks.
A few years ago I worked on a worldwide directory services project, and the suits brought the notorious Microsoft shill Gartner onboard. Only one of the partner companies involved (out of almost 40) was a Novell shop. What platform did they suggest? eDirectory. After using AD, eDirectory and OpenLDAP in varying implementations I can vouch for the power and effectiveness of the Novell tools.
ZENworks is a best of breed desktop management suite. Throw than on top of Novell's file and print tools. Add in the clustering support. The web based management tools. The handful of open source tools(Apache, PHP, MySQL, rsync) that now come with Netware. Taken together it's a very powerful, very valuable package. I can support more PC's using less staff with Netware than any other OS.
Now what sucks about Netware? Lack of developers. Every time I sit in a meeting, some asshole wants me to add yet another W2K3/SQL box for their product. Given Netware's market share I can't blame them. No-one is ever going to write another NLM.
OES on SuSE changes everything. You get all of the Novell tools, all of the open source tools, a worldwide developer base, plus the goodies from Ximian. It's a huge win. Not only do I get Linux, from the servers to the desktop, but I get the tools to manage every box.
It's not too late. The better tools can still win, but only if people knee deep in Microsoft solutions will bother looking at them.
Client wants kiddy porn Server hosts kiddy porn You're the exit node C
Your node, using your IP address, contacts the kiddy porn server and delivers the content back to the Client. As far as I'm concerned SSL is irrelevant for the last hop:
1. You're still responsible for distributing child porno, even if you don't know it.
2. Server logs show your IP address requesting 8_year_old_gangbang.mpg
Morally, I don't like being involved in #1. Even if it were 100% legal under common carrier provisions, it still makes me queasy.
Legally, I really don't like the thought of some pervert using my IP to connect to a FBI kiddy porn honeypot. You're looking at tens of thousands of dollars in costs the second you hear the knock at the door. Every computer in your house, gone, probably forever.
Hell, I got escorted out of the building by friends for calling in sick and doing a little consulting work. I'd already given notice, and had a month's time coming to me. My client was in the same industry, but not a competitor. It's damn hard to turn down four times your rate plus travel.
Be a pro. The same guys that walked me out of the building gave me stellar references. Not everyone laughs at the same jokes. Have some fun with your friends on the job. Read some/. or whatever.
Get a ton of stock options and a time machine to 1999.
Realistically, make sure you have rights to access your data if they ever go under or quit hosting your project. Waking up to 404's and no backups is not much fun. See if they'll give you at least one month notice if they ever decide to quit. Then you'll have a much better time of migrating somewhere else. Other than that, it's a gift, don't expect to be able to make too many demands. Make your requests for "the good of the project" which should be your primary concern here anyway.
Forget the magic signal trucks, I'd just leave warning notes for everyone who isn't already a customer. You'll catch enough thieves this way to make it worthwhile.
It's even easy to handle complaints from innocent non-subscribers. Print a special complaint number on the warning form. When they call, give them some reasonable sounding explanation, preferrably one that seems too technical for them to understand. Apologize sincereley, then offer to "Make it right" with a month of free cable, or three months of free premium channels.
Back in my user support days I wanted programmers to write error messages like:
"File not found, I'm going to murder you with an axe"
"Could not connect to database, May elephants trample your car"
At least people would be able to remember the error message...
User: "I, ummm, got this strange error message" Helpdesk: "What did it say?" User: "Something something, error, something, then feet first into the shredder for you" Helpdesk: "Feet first into the shredder eh? Oh, that's a login problem. Did you select the correct database? No? That fixed it? Good, well, have a nice day and never mind the noises from the machine room"
So then I have to focus on whatever interrupted me, while trying desperately to cling on to those ideas that didn't make it down to the keyboard before I was interrupted.
Hopefully our educators can use this as a "teachable moment" and our children will learn from the stupidity of our current administration.
Hopefully our educators will be teaching our children the academic subjects that they're being paid to teach. Anything less does a disservice to our children.
Even little league is fun. My wife and I used to walk to games held at the school next door. Sometimes the players are so bad they have to resort to creative strategies. One game had a catcher who just couldn't throw. The other team started stealing on every pitch. The pitcher had an OK move though, and if they weren't paying attention he'd just pick them off. Once the other team got wise, he started pitching out so the catcher had a chance to make the throw. Eventually the other coach took the steal off and things settled down for a bit. Some of the parents got keyed up, but for the most part people were just kicking back and laughing.
Sometimes it's nice to sit in the big blue room and watch people play the game for the joy of it.
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I don't expect a lot from wireless. It's sort of like plugging a wonky network cable into a hub. You're connected to the network, but everything is delivered at 'best effort' or worse. Most of the time, that's really all that you need.
Can I open a web page? Check.
Send an email? Check.
VNC into a box? With some patience, check.
SSH into a device? Check.
IM? Check.
Can I do 95% of what I do at work over a wireless connection? Check.
The other five percent? I'm hoping for Gig-E because I'm using all of it.
The key is having realistic expectations of wireless. If your users don't understand that then they'll probably be disappointed with whatever you rollout.
Where's the love for Netware?
...or your reviver could just be a complete bastard (or otherwise not motivated my money - not everyone is, you know).
I'd guess that most people who have the resources to revive a frozen human would probably have predictable financial motives. Maybe I'm overestimating the technology involved.
I sort of see it like the X Prize. The money is a draw, but you also have to factor in bragging rights and future franchises based on the technology. All of these motives help predict a good outcome for the human popsicle.
"First one to revive me gets half my fortune."
The upside is that your remaining money must be worth something, since it was a large enough bounty to bring about your revival.
I know that in my job as a teacher I often feel that I'm not entrusted with enough responsibility
I'm lazy about the money, because I'm not allowed to be creative with it.
Not enough responsibility? You're entrusted to teach young people. I've never heard a teacher complain about lack of responsibility. If you consider "being creative with money" a greater responsibility you should have gone into finance.
I will agree that teachers need more control over a district's resources. Even so, you shouldn't be communicating to your students that you're "unenthused" because you have a tiny budget. They deserve better than that.
Why should you have to do a Google search? The patch/exploit is the entire basis for the article. I know the quality of journalism at /. is mediocre at best, but expecting readers to search for the most relevant piece of information is asinine.
PHP is great for high school kids:
1. It's an "instant gratification" language that makes it easy to get results.
2. You can do a lot of web based projects which teens should find interesting.
Yes, PHP has a lot of problems. It's very undisciplined. However, I think it's a good choice for a class where probably 80% of the kids won't ever program again.
I got the reference, but "Those K[DE] just goes fine ;-)" is still incomprehensible.
That's the best advice in this thread.
If your company can't afford to build a small network using outside help, you're undercapitalized. That's a nice way of saying doomed.
Look at it another way. How much is an hour of your time worth to your company? Every hour you spend playing junior network guy takes that much value away. You need to be contributing more to the company that you'd pay a small-time networking vendor. Anything less will lead to serious cash flow problems. That's another nice way of saying doomed.
Novell's added value is in the products that run on top of Linux. Few people realize how powerful Novell's suite is. When it comes to managing a large scale PC network, there are few tools finer than eDirectory and ZENWorks.
A few years ago I worked on a worldwide directory services project, and the suits brought the notorious Microsoft shill Gartner onboard. Only one of the partner companies involved (out of almost 40) was a Novell shop. What platform did they suggest? eDirectory. After using AD, eDirectory and OpenLDAP in varying implementations I can vouch for the power and effectiveness of the Novell tools.
ZENworks is a best of breed desktop management suite. Throw than on top of Novell's file and print tools. Add in the clustering support. The web based management tools. The handful of open source tools(Apache, PHP, MySQL, rsync) that now come with Netware. Taken together it's a very powerful, very valuable package. I can support more PC's using less staff with Netware than any other OS.
Now what sucks about Netware? Lack of developers. Every time I sit in a meeting, some asshole wants me to add yet another W2K3/SQL box for their product. Given Netware's market share I can't blame them. No-one is ever going to write another NLM.
OES on SuSE changes everything. You get all of the Novell tools, all of the open source tools, a worldwide developer base, plus the goodies from Ximian. It's a huge win. Not only do I get Linux, from the servers to the desktop, but I get the tools to manage every box.
It's not too late. The better tools can still win, but only if people knee deep in Microsoft solutions will bother looking at them.
Might want to stay away from Sun then.
No, I'm not really serious. Yet.
Here's the problem:
Client wants kiddy porn
Server hosts kiddy porn
You're the exit node C
Your node, using your IP address, contacts the kiddy porn server and delivers the content back to the Client. As far as I'm concerned SSL is irrelevant for the last hop:
1. You're still responsible for distributing child porno, even if you don't know it.
2. Server logs show your IP address requesting 8_year_old_gangbang.mpg
Morally, I don't like being involved in #1. Even if it were 100% legal under common carrier provisions, it still makes me queasy.
Legally, I really don't like the thought of some pervert using my IP to connect to a FBI kiddy porn honeypot. You're looking at tens of thousands of dollars in costs the second you hear the knock at the door. Every computer in your house, gone, probably forever.
"Head flattening is primarily a cosmetic concern, physicians agree."
Head flattening eh? Interesting... I'm going to have to get in touch with the Japanese Square Watermelon Concern before my wife goes into labor.
Hell, I got escorted out of the building by friends for calling in sick and doing a little consulting work. I'd already given notice, and had a month's time coming to me. My client was in the same industry, but not a competitor. It's damn hard to turn down four times your rate plus travel.
/. or whatever.
Be a pro. The same guys that walked me out of the building gave me stellar references. Not everyone laughs at the same jokes. Have some fun with your friends on the job. Read some
Yes, announcing that you don't have significant weapons and appearing weak is a good idea when you have a powerful and belligerent Iran next door.
Given a choice of fighting Iran or the US, I'd take Iran every single time.
and even quitting in protest of the new policy
I hate the damn things, you go ahead and quit. On your way out could you put in a good word for me?
On the other hand, they know you just searched for your name. Check back in a little while...
Get a ton of stock options and a time machine to 1999.
Realistically, make sure you have rights to access your data if they ever go under or quit hosting your project. Waking up to 404's and no backups is not much fun. See if they'll give you at least one month notice if they ever decide to quit. Then you'll have a much better time of migrating somewhere else. Other than that, it's a gift, don't expect to be able to make too many demands. Make your requests for "the good of the project" which should be your primary concern here anyway.
Forget the magic signal trucks, I'd just leave warning notes for everyone who isn't already a customer. You'll catch enough thieves this way to make it worthwhile.
It's even easy to handle complaints from innocent non-subscribers. Print a special complaint number on the warning form. When they call, give them some reasonable sounding explanation, preferrably one that seems too technical for them to understand. Apologize sincereley, then offer to "Make it right" with a month of free cable, or three months of free premium channels.
May I nominate the SCO board of directors as potential astronauts?
Back in my user support days I wanted programmers to write error messages like:
"File not found, I'm going to murder you with an axe"
"Could not connect to database, May elephants trample your car"
At least people would be able to remember the error message...
User: "I, ummm, got this strange error message"
Helpdesk: "What did it say?"
User: "Something something, error, something, then feet first into the shredder for you"
Helpdesk: "Feet first into the shredder eh? Oh, that's a login problem. Did you select the correct database? No? That fixed it? Good, well, have a nice day and never mind the noises from the machine room"
Well, what would YOU do if you suddenly became self-aware, and realize you were an Exchange server?
I'd try and sell herbal viagra to about a million of my closest friends.
So then I have to focus on whatever interrupted me, while trying desperately to cling on to those ideas that didn't make it down to the keyboard before I was interrupted.
Sounds like you need to disable write caching.
Hopefully our educators can use this as a "teachable moment" and our children will learn from the stupidity of our current administration.
Hopefully our educators will be teaching our children the academic subjects that they're being paid to teach. Anything less does a disservice to our children.
Even little league is fun. My wife and I used to walk to games held at the school next door. Sometimes the players are so bad they have to resort to creative strategies. One game had a catcher who just couldn't throw. The other team started stealing on every pitch. The pitcher had an OK move though, and if they weren't paying attention he'd just pick them off. Once the other team got wise, he started pitching out so the catcher had a chance to make the throw. Eventually the other coach took the steal off and things settled down for a bit. Some of the parents got keyed up, but for the most part people were just kicking back and laughing.
Sometimes it's nice to sit in the big blue room and watch people play the game for the joy of it.