Just logged into my ATT account and this is what it says:
Starting May 23, we are increasing the U–verse Internet data allowance for many customers. After a grace period, and as our agreement provides, there's a $10 charge for each 50GB of data you use over the allowance. Want unlimited data? You can:
Bundle your U-verse Internet service with DIRECTV or U-verse TV. This gives you an
unlimited Internet data allowance ($30 value) for no additional charge.
Purchase an unlimited allowance for your Internet service for $30. This option doesn’t
require a TV bundle.
Sonic.net is doing this in San Francisco. Unfortunately, I live literally 50 feet outside the neighborhood they're running fiber to right now. I'm thinking of moving just to get out from under AT&T. I've never had to suffer through such a consumer-unfriendly ISP before. The only alternative where I live is Comcast so I'm screwed either way.
It's an Israeli company, so they likely don't have any recourse.
I can't wait until the US guv'munt outlaws encryption on all our phones, then we'll have to go to the Chinese to get our encryption software. I wonder what Alanis Morissette has to say about that.
They could, but that's not what the FBI is asking for. They're asking for a tool that could open any door, without the landlord's help, not this one specific door.
My guess is that a naive buyer will actually tend to buy stuff from the same manufacturer. It's the overly hypersensitive nerd types that would consider buying a mish-mosh of equipment from a zillion different manufacturers.
I don't know that Philips is targeting the hax0rz with their Hue products.
Sputnik wasn't the end of the space race, it was the beginning. And nobody cares about Venus.
Correlating the space race to an actual race, you might get to the halfway point first (Sputnik) but what matters is crossing the finish line first (Apollo 11.)
I thought that was a weird comment, too. There have only been a few times in history (American) where private companies were the ones also enforcing the laws.
The "urgent action" in the story is the suggestion that UK law enforcement take data theft as seriously as physical theft. Meaning, investigate and prosecute. Not sure why anyone would be against that.
So you're okay with people breaking into your home, as long as they don't take anything of value?
How about criminal trespass, and yes, thievery. Doesn't matter if someone doesn't end up with 'anything usable', they possess property/data that doesn't belong to them.
I've been a configuration manager and tools administrator for two decades now so hopefully you'll trust my judgement.
First, don't use svn or CVS. They're antiquated. That would be like walking around with an iPhone 1 right now in 2015. Actually, worse than that. It would be like walking around with a Blackberry. CVS and svn are previous generation tools, they don't hold up to modern code needs nor do they scale at all. Just say no to svn and CVS (but especially CVS.)
Git is modern, it works, it's reliable, it's used by everyone, is supported by just about every other tool that needs a version control hook, and you should consider it first if it fits your needs. It's distributed but it doesn't have to be used that way. Pair it up with GitLab and you have a lot more control (or more accurately, your users have more control, and you can enjoy less admin overhead) over what people can do with the code, and who can access what. It has lightweight bug tracking and pull/merge requests. Your inexperienced (which I assume is a euphemism for 'recent college grads') developers don't know anything, so you would be doing them a favor by teaching them a tool that people actually use instead of saddling them with 15 year-old knowledge. In its basic form, git isn't any more 'difficult' than svn or cvs. I personally would put up a very strong argument that you would be doing your developers actual harm in using an outdated version control tool. Mercurial falls into this category, too.
That being said, my main quibble with git is that it doesn't scale very well. I'm talking about the overall size or your stored code history. If you plan on submitting a lot of binaries, and keeping history of them, git will break down for you after a while without the help of third-party tools or clever 'shallow' cloning, etc. If it's just code, it all compresses well and it'll be a long time before you outgrow it (if ever), but there are ways to make git unbearable by putting lots of binary content in it.
Full disclosure, I'm a Perforce admin professionally. I don't work for the company, I'm just a cheerleader. If you're keeping lots of binary data in your version control tool, Perforce is hard to beat. I won't go into detail about it, but suffice to say it scales very, very large, with little to no performance degradation. The current server I maintain (several of them replicated, actually) have over 2 million changes on it with data that is approaching 14 TB. Perforce chews through that like it's nothing.
Tying it all together, Perforce has a tool called GitFusion that acts as a layer between Perforce and git clients. This is especially useful when you have a business that stores large binary files but not everyone needs access to them. Your git users can use git for their smaller repos, your documentation folks can use Perforce for their big docs (or images, or iso's or ROMs or whatever), and everyone's happy. And all your assets are backed by Perforce, regardless of whether they choose to use git or Perforce as a client.
Perforce also has a product that's based on GitLab with a Perforce storage engine.
Under certain circumstances (up to 20 users) Perforce is free, so it should at least be on your short list of tools to evaluate.
So in summary, if you're mostly going to be storing code with not a lot of big binaries and their history, go with git. If you think you'll have heavier storage needs, take a look at Perforce+git.
Lastly, if I ever worked somewhere that was adamant about supporting only one platform (even if it was Linux or Solaris), I'd quit immediately. This Windows mandate is ridiculous and points to a pretty amateur IT team. Some of the things you have in your requirements sound fishy to me and I wonder if the organization is forward-thinking enough to keep the place afloat. Linux, Windows, Solaris, BSD, they all have their strengths and saddling someone with a mandate on the back-end platform is, to be blunt, asinine. If I didn't know any better, I'd think your marketing team calls the shots with IT. Ungh.
Actually, as a version control tool, it is extremely dangerous because it actively loses your code. And even their 'analyze' tool, which shouldn't be necessary in a version control tool, often refuses to recover lost data (which, as mentioned, a version control tool should never do.) VSS 'technology' is almost as old as CVS and is not geared toward modern code bases.
If I was a manager at a company and someone even uttered the words 'visual source safe' I would fire them immediately. They don't deserve to have a job.
I'm old enough to remember they tried this in the 80's. Computer programming was the future and everyone had to know how to do it.
That's like saying people in the 20's all needed to know how to be car mechanics. It's a colossal waste of time for most people. You don't need to know how to *program* a computer to know how to *use* a computer, which is a more useful skill.
A skill, incidentally, that most kids have mastered by the time they're about five years old.
I find it hard to believe Johnny Football parlayed the BASIC skills he learned on an Apple ][ in 1985 into a marketable skill in 2015. I was already a nerd by then and knew more about programming than our teacher, and perhaps a couple other future nerds benefited by it, but most people don't need to know how the hot dogs are made.
You sound like one of those NSA apologists who says "If you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about." F you, dude, whoever you are.
I have a Synology NAS (which is good for many other reasons than cams) and have a D-Link DCS-2132L hooked up to it.
The built-in web interface to the camera did not require any ActiveX, though perhaps it did need a Quicktime plugin on my mac to display H.264. Supports RTP / RTSP/ RTCP but I haven't tried it because why would I? I hate to sound like a Synology who*e, but it's worked great for me out of the box. I'm watching my cat sleep on my iPhone as I type this.
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We childless people also enjoy:
- discretionary income
- smaller house/apartment
- social life
- motorcycles and sports cars
- a good night's sleep
Don't act like new parents are somehow gaming the system to come out ahead of you, our team has a lot of perks, too.
I'm fairly certain that people who don't plan on having kids will not suddenly have them to get that sweet 20 weeks of pay, nimrod.
There's something to be said for perpetuating the species.
Just logged into my ATT account and this is what it says:
Starting May 23, we are increasing the U–verse Internet data allowance for many customers. After a grace period, and as our agreement provides, there's a $10 charge for each 50GB of data you use over the allowance. Want unlimited data? You can:
Bundle your U-verse Internet service with DIRECTV or U-verse TV. This gives you an
unlimited Internet data allowance ($30 value) for no additional charge.
Purchase an unlimited allowance for your Internet service for $30. This option doesn’t
require a TV bundle.
Sonic.net is doing this in San Francisco. Unfortunately, I live literally 50 feet outside the neighborhood they're running fiber to right now. I'm thinking of moving just to get out from under AT&T. I've never had to suffer through such a consumer-unfriendly ISP before. The only alternative where I live is Comcast so I'm screwed either way.
It's an Israeli company, so they likely don't have any recourse.
I can't wait until the US guv'munt outlaws encryption on all our phones, then we'll have to go to the Chinese to get our encryption software. I wonder what Alanis Morissette has to say about that.
I wouldn't hang our culture on this yahoo.
I wish people would stop calling this guy a hacker. He just walked through an unlocked door. Hardly breaking and entering.
Entering, maybe, but not breaking. Not a hack.
Well, what he did wasn't a hack, but what he is may be considered a hack.
The homos?
Patent trolls now? Wow. Charles Flint is rolling over in his grave.
Maybe if Amazon actually sold any of those devices it would make a difference. I can't imagine the average criminal relying on a Fire phone.
But I guess I'll sleep a little better now knowing that the FBI can more easily find out what books the terrorists are reading.
They could, but that's not what the FBI is asking for. They're asking for a tool that could open any door, without the landlord's help, not this one specific door.
Advertisement for what, exactly? Do you consider this to not be news that people might want to know about? Or are you just a jerk?
You can always remove your account and not visit slashdot if you don't like it.
Not an unmodified cube. This is more like a robot that *is* a Rubik's Cube.
My guess is that a naive buyer will actually tend to buy stuff from the same manufacturer. It's the overly hypersensitive nerd types that would consider buying a mish-mosh of equipment from a zillion different manufacturers.
I don't know that Philips is targeting the hax0rz with their Hue products.
They work just like any other secure device on your wifi network.
Wireless lights are extremely useful when you have lighting needs that aren't near a socket with a switch.
Sputnik wasn't the end of the space race, it was the beginning. And nobody cares about Venus.
Correlating the space race to an actual race, you might get to the halfway point first (Sputnik) but what matters is crossing the finish line first (Apollo 11.)
I thought that was a weird comment, too. There have only been a few times in history (American) where private companies were the ones also enforcing the laws.
The "urgent action" in the story is the suggestion that UK law enforcement take data theft as seriously as physical theft. Meaning, investigate and prosecute. Not sure why anyone would be against that.
So you're okay with people breaking into your home, as long as they don't take anything of value?
How about criminal trespass, and yes, thievery. Doesn't matter if someone doesn't end up with 'anything usable', they possess property/data that doesn't belong to them.
I've been a configuration manager and tools administrator for two decades now so hopefully you'll trust my judgement.
First, don't use svn or CVS. They're antiquated. That would be like walking around with an iPhone 1 right now in 2015. Actually, worse than that. It would be like walking around with a Blackberry. CVS and svn are previous generation tools, they don't hold up to modern code needs nor do they scale at all. Just say no to svn and CVS (but especially CVS.)
Git is modern, it works, it's reliable, it's used by everyone, is supported by just about every other tool that needs a version control hook, and you should consider it first if it fits your needs. It's distributed but it doesn't have to be used that way. Pair it up with GitLab and you have a lot more control (or more accurately, your users have more control, and you can enjoy less admin overhead) over what people can do with the code, and who can access what. It has lightweight bug tracking and pull/merge requests. Your inexperienced (which I assume is a euphemism for 'recent college grads') developers don't know anything, so you would be doing them a favor by teaching them a tool that people actually use instead of saddling them with 15 year-old knowledge. In its basic form, git isn't any more 'difficult' than svn or cvs. I personally would put up a very strong argument that you would be doing your developers actual harm in using an outdated version control tool. Mercurial falls into this category, too.
That being said, my main quibble with git is that it doesn't scale very well. I'm talking about the overall size or your stored code history. If you plan on submitting a lot of binaries, and keeping history of them, git will break down for you after a while without the help of third-party tools or clever 'shallow' cloning, etc. If it's just code, it all compresses well and it'll be a long time before you outgrow it (if ever), but there are ways to make git unbearable by putting lots of binary content in it.
Full disclosure, I'm a Perforce admin professionally. I don't work for the company, I'm just a cheerleader. If you're keeping lots of binary data in your version control tool, Perforce is hard to beat. I won't go into detail about it, but suffice to say it scales very, very large, with little to no performance degradation. The current server I maintain (several of them replicated, actually) have over 2 million changes on it with data that is approaching 14 TB. Perforce chews through that like it's nothing.
Tying it all together, Perforce has a tool called GitFusion that acts as a layer between Perforce and git clients. This is especially useful when you have a business that stores large binary files but not everyone needs access to them. Your git users can use git for their smaller repos, your documentation folks can use Perforce for their big docs (or images, or iso's or ROMs or whatever), and everyone's happy. And all your assets are backed by Perforce, regardless of whether they choose to use git or Perforce as a client.
Perforce also has a product that's based on GitLab with a Perforce storage engine.
Under certain circumstances (up to 20 users) Perforce is free, so it should at least be on your short list of tools to evaluate.
So in summary, if you're mostly going to be storing code with not a lot of big binaries and their history, go with git. If you think you'll have heavier storage needs, take a look at Perforce+git.
Lastly, if I ever worked somewhere that was adamant about supporting only one platform (even if it was Linux or Solaris), I'd quit immediately. This Windows mandate is ridiculous and points to a pretty amateur IT team. Some of the things you have in your requirements sound fishy to me and I wonder if the organization is forward-thinking enough to keep the place afloat. Linux, Windows, Solaris, BSD, they all have their strengths and saddling someone with a mandate on the back-end platform is, to be blunt, asinine. If I didn't know any better, I'd think your marketing team calls the shots with IT. Ungh.
Actually, as a version control tool, it is extremely dangerous because it actively loses your code. And even their 'analyze' tool, which shouldn't be necessary in a version control tool, often refuses to recover lost data (which, as mentioned, a version control tool should never do.) VSS 'technology' is almost as old as CVS and is not geared toward modern code bases.
If I was a manager at a company and someone even uttered the words 'visual source safe' I would fire them immediately. They don't deserve to have a job.
I'm old enough to remember they tried this in the 80's. Computer programming was the future and everyone had to know how to do it.
That's like saying people in the 20's all needed to know how to be car mechanics. It's a colossal waste of time for most people. You don't need to know how to *program* a computer to know how to *use* a computer, which is a more useful skill.
A skill, incidentally, that most kids have mastered by the time they're about five years old.
I find it hard to believe Johnny Football parlayed the BASIC skills he learned on an Apple ][ in 1985 into a marketable skill in 2015. I was already a nerd by then and knew more about programming than our teacher, and perhaps a couple other future nerds benefited by it, but most people don't need to know how the hot dogs are made.
You sound like one of those NSA apologists who says "If you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about." F you, dude, whoever you are.
+1
I have a Synology NAS (which is good for many other reasons than cams) and have a D-Link DCS-2132L hooked up to it.
The built-in web interface to the camera did not require any ActiveX, though perhaps it did need a Quicktime plugin on my mac to display H.264. Supports RTP / RTSP/ RTCP but I haven't tried it because why would I? I hate to sound like a Synology who*e, but it's worked great for me out of the box. I'm watching my cat sleep on my iPhone as I type this.
But I know what 2 liters of soda looks like! Does that count?