If I remember correctly from a usenix/sage report last year, you do not need a CS degree.
If getting into more management positions and such is what you are after, your degree does not have to be in CS. It can be in, well, almost anything that's reasonably respectable.
Sage found that sysadmins with degrees make more money than those without, but that those degrees were not necessarily in CS.
IF you are doing this for your career, do a 2 year business degree or something...
Let's not forget good, old-fashioned gold...
I still think it would not be overly difficult to bring about a regional gold-backed currency. Companies might even do it.
The only impotant fact would be the gold content of the coin would have to be standardized.
1/20 oz, 1/10 oz, etc.
Prices would be in oz of gold... Yes, the value of an oz would fluctuate with the local market.. but it would be an interesting thing to do.
Though I think those responsible for writing these need to share some responsibility, particulaly if they are the ones who released it, or if they wrote it intending to release it...
I, personally, don't ever feel anger towards those who wrote these. 99% of them spread due to the sheer ignorance of the masses.
Or rather, if someone in the company opens a virus attachment, and it spreads, I don't say 'damn virus'.. I get mad at the employee. There is NO EXCUSE for not understanding what to open.
Yes.. it is a lack of understanding; it's ignorance of what the job should really entail.
Then again.. I've seen a lot of IT people who misunderstand their own job.. they see themselves as some ronin, as the mayamoto musashi of sysadmin, there to hide in the shadows and make the company work. Perhaps helping with Outlook was part of the damn job description in the first place.
A lot of times, it's the IT kid who misunderstands what he was hired to do.. or in otherwords, it's not up to you to tell your boss what your job is, unless he asks you to.
I know younger people who have been on my ass about 'fix this bug' 'fix that bug' 'you should be watching for this kind of scan or that kind of scan'.
No concept of actual systems administration.
Hint: It's just NOT WORTH THE TIME for many companies to have a full-time 'security' geek on staff.
Yes, sysadmins should patch their shit. Yes, they should stay informed. But some kid who does nothing but hang out on #hack and collect exploits is *always* going to seem to know more about security. Period.
Its not just security; it's easy, when you are young, and think you know it all, to assume that those who are not doing things 'your' way are stupid. Then you get older, and realize that's not the case. (or not always, anyway, there certainly are people who are about as smart as a brick out there).
Actually, 1Kbps is 1000bps. Bits per second with regards to data transmission is *always* done in base 10.
10Mbps ethernet can move *exactly* 10 million bits per second.
A 1.544 Mbps T1 has exactly 1544000 bits/second on the wire.
k=1024 is a term normally only used with regards to computer memory, or storage (as storage may be viewed as a kind of memory). Yes, hard drive manufacturers have twisted the term for marketing, and countless software packages calculate 'speeds' using whatever method they thought was right...
But it remains.
When you talk bits per second, it's *always* k=1000.
Yes, that may be. If the Judge says 'no chance of success', that should tell you something. However..
It's still just a ruling on the prelimenary injunction... He did NOT dismiss the case.
The fact that there is 'no chance of success' is relevant because a prelimenary injunction is granted based on chances of success.
I do own a cellular phone.. but it's just that, a phone. Well, okay.. it holds a dozen phone numbers of people.. mostly work related... and I do use the alarm-clock feature on occasion.. but its' just a phone. I make or receive one call a day. It didn't cost me $700 either.
If I ever have a PDA, it'll be as a toy.
I'd like to have a good stereo.. I'm into good headphones...
Sorry.. Trademark law requires 'resonableness' on the part of the public. Trademark law was *not* created in order to prevent slander.
Also..'fuckgeneralmotors' is not slander. 'Scientologysucks' COULD be slander, depending on if it's opinion or fact (hey.. it DOES suck.. but that's another story).
Trademark is not there to 'prevent your name from being associated with objectionable language'. It's there to prevent others from benefiting from the use of your mark, period, or from otherwise 'diluting' your mark.
Oh.. and please note.. the only mark in dispute here is the hyperlink to 'ford.com'. THey are NOT EVEN USING THE TRADEMARK ON THE SITE. The domain name is not what's in dispute... Ford was trying to say that using the word 'ford' in the hyperlink, because it came from a site called 'fuckgeneralmotors.com' was diluting the value of their mark.
And the judge called bullshit.
This is not a slander case. It's a trademark case.
This is simply the judge denying a prelimenary injunction that Ford tried to impose. The trial has yet to proceed.
Basically, it looks like they tried to hoodwink the judge into shutting it down based on some loosely similar precedent. The judge's ruling reads quite clearly and concisely. He even states that Ford has 'no chance of succeeding'.
But.. again, this is just the denial of the injunction.. it has no real bearing on the case itself, other than the judge feels, based on what he's been shown, that ford has no case.
If you have 3 T1's and you have no guarantees, you obviously need to fire your lawyer, or get one in the first place. Perhaps where you live you can't negotiate a contract for ISP service.. but anywhere I've ever leased bandwidth, you can *definately* tell them what guarantees they are going to make, and put it in the contract. In fact, as an insurance policy for your business, you SHOULD. If you have no such guarantees, it's obviously either not important to you, or simply impossible to get from your phone company.
Cause every ISP contract I've ever reviewed states specific criteria that the telco must follow if they want to get paid. These include, among other things:
1) Minimum latency to certain points
2) Minimum bandwidth to certain points
3) Certain uptime
4) Certain tech support response time
You are right.. they can't, in any way, 'guarantee' that you get 1.5Mbps to everwhere.. that's rediculous. But they can guarantee you latencies through your network, and they can show you how much fee gateway space they have left, etc, to show you you are getting quality service. If they won't, you need to shop around.
The reason T1's are used in business is partly historic... yes, it's a guaranteed connection.. the lines are of higher standards, etc.. it's traditional telco trunking stuff. It also takes more work and equipment to set up, so it's not convenient for the mass market. Really, ISP fees are generally about the same for DSL or T1 o whatever, if you can find an ISP that has it's head on straight and offers both. Usually smaller ISP's will sell you bandwidth however you want... if you can figure out a way to get a connection to them, they'll charge you appropriately. Larger businesses like @home, etc, are just not interested in anything outside their curent marketing ploy.
When you deal in bits, you deal in K=1000. Always. Especially with regards to data transmission rates.
A kilobit is 1000 bits, just like a kilogram is 1000 grams. A megabit is 1000 kilobits. Etc.
K=1024 is used always to refer to memory, and usually to refer to storage, and always in bytes, not bits. It's the exception to the rule.
First... A T1 Is 1.544Mbps full-duplex.
Cable is not, as you said.
A T3 is 45Mbps, or 28 T1's. (44.376Mbps)
And even the rates you specify cannot realistically be supported.. not if people actually start USING the bandwidth they bought. If everyone were to max out their bandwidth, the network would grind to a halt.... and these companies will further restrict what you can use. Remember... what they can offer is entirely based on how people use it as much as it is their network capacity.
C'mon... 20,000 people with 1Mbps? That's 20Gbps... or 2 OC-192's... that's some serious, serious bandwidth.
I realize I would probably have had the same troubles as you.. but in hindsight.. would you not have been better off to simply refuse the fedex shipment? Or can you do that.
Okay. I've owned a palmpilot before.. I've used them.... and they work fine for what they were designed for.
HEre's what I want to know...
What sorts of cool things can anyone do with one of these power handhelds? ipaq, etc (I don't know many). What's the nerd incentive here? I mean, just running linux on a $500 device is pointless if it has no purpose.
So.. I ask you, linux based or not, what cool shit can you do with a PDA nowadays? Let's hear some real examples.. not 'theoretically you could do blah blah'.
First, decide WHY you want to re-write all of it.
Second, document, in detail, what it is you want to accomplish (what should each script do, etc).
Thirdly, write up a project plan, IN DETAIL, so you have something to work from
Lastly, actually translate that into code. Do not start writing code until you have the modules fully documented.
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If I remember correctly from a usenix/sage report last year, you do not need a CS degree.
If getting into more management positions and such is what you are after, your degree does not have to be in CS. It can be in, well, almost anything that's reasonably respectable.
Sage found that sysadmins with degrees make more money than those without, but that those degrees were not necessarily in CS.
IF you are doing this for your career, do a 2 year business degree or something...
IT doesn't take much, really.
I'll fix your computer if you fix my car.
Let's not forget good, old-fashioned gold...
I still think it would not be overly difficult to bring about a regional gold-backed currency. Companies might even do it.
The only impotant fact would be the gold content of the coin would have to be standardized.
1/20 oz, 1/10 oz, etc.
Prices would be in oz of gold... Yes, the value of an oz would fluctuate with the local market.. but it would be an interesting thing to do.
The idiots who *ran* the attachment and mailed you these 250kb files are the ones who should be paying for it.
The kid who wrote sircam is just showing how stupid people are.
Though I think those responsible for writing these need to share some responsibility, particulaly if they are the ones who released it, or if they wrote it intending to release it...
I, personally, don't ever feel anger towards those who wrote these. 99% of them spread due to the sheer ignorance of the masses.
Or rather, if someone in the company opens a virus attachment, and it spreads, I don't say 'damn virus'.. I get mad at the employee. There is NO EXCUSE for not understanding what to open.
Yes.. it is a lack of understanding; it's ignorance of what the job should really entail.
Then again.. I've seen a lot of IT people who misunderstand their own job.. they see themselves as some ronin, as the mayamoto musashi of sysadmin, there to hide in the shadows and make the company work. Perhaps helping with Outlook was part of the damn job description in the first place.
A lot of times, it's the IT kid who misunderstands what he was hired to do.. or in otherwords, it's not up to you to tell your boss what your job is, unless he asks you to.
I gotta back you up on that.
I know younger people who have been on my ass about 'fix this bug' 'fix that bug' 'you should be watching for this kind of scan or that kind of scan'.
No concept of actual systems administration.
Hint: It's just NOT WORTH THE TIME for many companies to have a full-time 'security' geek on staff.
Yes, sysadmins should patch their shit. Yes, they should stay informed. But some kid who does nothing but hang out on #hack and collect exploits is *always* going to seem to know more about security. Period.
Its not just security; it's easy, when you are young, and think you know it all, to assume that those who are not doing things 'your' way are stupid. Then you get older, and realize that's not the case. (or not always, anyway, there certainly are people who are about as smart as a brick out there).
Yes, brute force would work.
Hashing it is pointless; you NEED to be able to decrypt it.. otherwise you can't process further credit card transactions...
He didn't break into anything.
He ran a brute force crack against some password files that he *did* have legit access to, if I remember correctly. That's ALL he did.
IF you mean bandwidth in radio terms, yes.
In digital terms, we still generally refer to how many bits/second a medium can take.
Actually, 1Kbps is 1000bps. Bits per second with regards to data transmission is *always* done in base 10.
10Mbps ethernet can move *exactly* 10 million bits per second.
A 1.544 Mbps T1 has exactly 1544000 bits/second on the wire.
k=1024 is a term normally only used with regards to computer memory, or storage (as storage may be viewed as a kind of memory). Yes, hard drive manufacturers have twisted the term for marketing, and countless software packages calculate 'speeds' using whatever method they thought was right...
But it remains.
When you talk bits per second, it's *always* k=1000.
Yes, that may be. If the Judge says 'no chance of success', that should tell you something. However..
It's still just a ruling on the prelimenary injunction... He did NOT dismiss the case.
The fact that there is 'no chance of success' is relevant because a prelimenary injunction is granted based on chances of success.
Well...
No. You're not like me.
I do own a cellular phone.. but it's just that, a phone. Well, okay.. it holds a dozen phone numbers of people.. mostly work related... and I do use the alarm-clock feature on occasion.. but its' just a phone. I make or receive one call a day. It didn't cost me $700 either.
If I ever have a PDA, it'll be as a toy.
I'd like to have a good stereo.. I'm into good headphones...
Err.. you are right in a techincal sense, but not in a public perception sense.
The public sees 'the URL says 'fuckgeneralmotors.com' and the site is Ford.. Hmm.
So the banner hanging on the building is a good analogy.
The point is that, it may break some other law, libel, etc.. but it's certainly not trademark infringement.
Sorry.. Trademark law requires 'resonableness' on the part of the public. Trademark law was *not* created in order to prevent slander.
Also..'fuckgeneralmotors' is not slander. 'Scientologysucks' COULD be slander, depending on if it's opinion or fact (hey.. it DOES suck.. but that's another story).
Trademark is not there to 'prevent your name from being associated with objectionable language'. It's there to prevent others from benefiting from the use of your mark, period, or from otherwise 'diluting' your mark.
Oh.. and please note.. the only mark in dispute here is the hyperlink to 'ford.com'. THey are NOT EVEN USING THE TRADEMARK ON THE SITE. The domain name is not what's in dispute... Ford was trying to say that using the word 'ford' in the hyperlink, because it came from a site called 'fuckgeneralmotors.com' was diluting the value of their mark.
And the judge called bullshit.
This is not a slander case. It's a trademark case.
This is simply the judge denying a prelimenary injunction that Ford tried to impose. The trial has yet to proceed.
Basically, it looks like they tried to hoodwink the judge into shutting it down based on some loosely similar precedent. The judge's ruling reads quite clearly and concisely. He even states that Ford has 'no chance of succeeding'.
But.. again, this is just the denial of the injunction.. it has no real bearing on the case itself, other than the judge feels, based on what he's been shown, that ford has no case.
Hey.
I have satellite here..
and I can get 450ms pings...
But I bet my dish is bigger than yours.
If you have 3 T1's and you have no guarantees, you obviously need to fire your lawyer, or get one in the first place. Perhaps where you live you can't negotiate a contract for ISP service.. but anywhere I've ever leased bandwidth, you can *definately* tell them what guarantees they are going to make, and put it in the contract. In fact, as an insurance policy for your business, you SHOULD. If you have no such guarantees, it's obviously either not important to you, or simply impossible to get from your phone company.
Cause every ISP contract I've ever reviewed states specific criteria that the telco must follow if they want to get paid. These include, among other things:
1) Minimum latency to certain points
2) Minimum bandwidth to certain points
3) Certain uptime
4) Certain tech support response time
You are right.. they can't, in any way, 'guarantee' that you get 1.5Mbps to everwhere.. that's rediculous. But they can guarantee you latencies through your network, and they can show you how much fee gateway space they have left, etc, to show you you are getting quality service. If they won't, you need to shop around.
The reason T1's are used in business is partly historic... yes, it's a guaranteed connection.. the lines are of higher standards, etc.. it's traditional telco trunking stuff. It also takes more work and equipment to set up, so it's not convenient for the mass market. Really, ISP fees are generally about the same for DSL or T1 o whatever, if you can find an ISP that has it's head on straight and offers both. Usually smaller ISP's will sell you bandwidth however you want... if you can figure out a way to get a connection to them, they'll charge you appropriately. Larger businesses like @home, etc, are just not interested in anything outside their curent marketing ploy.
1544000 bps is *exactly* 1.544 Mbps.
When you deal in bits, you deal in K=1000. Always. Especially with regards to data transmission rates.
A kilobit is 1000 bits, just like a kilogram is 1000 grams. A megabit is 1000 kilobits. Etc.
K=1024 is used always to refer to memory, and usually to refer to storage, and always in bytes, not bits. It's the exception to the rule.
First... A T1 Is 1.544Mbps full-duplex.
Cable is not, as you said.
A T3 is 45Mbps, or 28 T1's. (44.376Mbps)
And even the rates you specify cannot realistically be supported.. not if people actually start USING the bandwidth they bought. If everyone were to max out their bandwidth, the network would grind to a halt.... and these companies will further restrict what you can use. Remember... what they can offer is entirely based on how people use it as much as it is their network capacity.
C'mon... 20,000 people with 1Mbps? That's 20Gbps... or 2 OC-192's... that's some serious, serious bandwidth.
NO.. actually, most @home sales just say 'lightning fast'.. nowhere does it give any 'actual' bandwidth.
I realize I would probably have had the same troubles as you.. but in hindsight.. would you not have been better off to simply refuse the fedex shipment? Or can you do that.
Okay. I've owned a palmpilot before.. I've used them.... and they work fine for what they were designed for.
HEre's what I want to know...
What sorts of cool things can anyone do with one of these power handhelds? ipaq, etc (I don't know many). What's the nerd incentive here? I mean, just running linux on a $500 device is pointless if it has no purpose.
So.. I ask you, linux based or not, what cool shit can you do with a PDA nowadays? Let's hear some real examples.. not 'theoretically you could do blah blah'.
Multisession coupled with iso9660, yes, that does not re-use blocks.
But what about, say, UDF?
The article quite clearly states that for 10M, they use a laser diode...
First, decide WHY you want to re-write all of it.
Second, document, in detail, what it is you want to accomplish (what should each script do, etc).
Thirdly, write up a project plan, IN DETAIL, so you have something to work from
Lastly, actually translate that into code. Do not start writing code until you have the modules fully documented.