1) Do you think you can change the attitude of the company? Only you would know this. If you feel it's something you can educate people about, by all means try.
2) Don't forget that it's not your company; you are an employee, and it's their way or the highway. You can indicate to them that you will not do this, and that if that means you lose your job, that's fine. Or you can simply say 'no' and quit. That's your call.
3) You can do the job you are being paid to do. Spam is not illegal where you are? Your employer is paying for their bandwidth? I hate spam as much as the next guy... but only you can decide how far to go to protect what you think is right.
From someone who lived most of his life up until recently in BC, kudos. You hit it right on the nail.
Vancouver is beautiful. The downtown east-side has a severe drug abuse problem. So lets' spend money censoring video games!
The B.C. Government is on crack. This is simply not something that taxpayer money should be spent on, period. No enforcement. Parents should know what their kids are up to, period.
Traditionally, this is about broadcast rights, using PUBLIC airwaves. THey are saying that if you want to use canadian airwaves, you can't simply be rebroadcasting foreign stuff, you have to have local content. THAT is fair to the people, who own the airwaves ultimately.
Canadian broadcasters can compete because, originally, they are the only ones who COULD reach canadians... and if you think US broadcasters are not similarly regulated, think again.
Rest assured that computer -> svideo (or better) of decent quality will become a popular item, and there will be much more selection as this grows in popularity, just as there are a zillion mp3 devices you can get nowadays.
I know people that have high-quality tv-out boards that only cost them a few hundred bucks (no different than, say, a good 3d card for gaming)
Because CS isn't about networking, or the technology, it's about algorithms and programming.
CS has basically nothing to do with network admin. It's ignorance on the part of many cmopanies that they require CS degrees for every type of technical job.
Or to boot, most good adminst I've met with degrees have degrees in non-computer related fields. One had a masters in Archaeology, the other had a degree in pharmaceutical chemistry, and yet another had a degree in biology.
Do you mean you quizz them on certifications they have to see if they know anything, or that you require certifications even if they claim to have experience?
This is what's called a SERVICE.
They are *not* charging you for updates, new versions, etc. THat's still free.
They are charging for a specific SERVICE they are providing to keep your systems updated automatically. If that service isn't worth money to you, and you'd rather do it your own way, that's absolutely fine.
A cop in Vancouver, BC, (That's in Canada...) found a bag of cash on the sidewalk while off-duty. It was a hundred grand or something, I forget exactly. He turned it in, and laid claim to it if the owner wasn't found in the normal period of time. He had to take the cops to court over it, they said he couldn't have it. THe courts said 'no... he can have it. Nobody came forward to claim the money'.
Now, this wasn't quite true. A lawyer came in and said that his client wished to claim the money, as it was his, but wanted to remain anonymous. THe courts disagreed; you can't claim it without letting us know who you are. The cop got to keep the money.
Please. Don't degrade computer science by saying these are 'computer science-related' certifications. They have nothing at all to do with computer science.
Certifications are, in some cases, reasonable to expect on a resume. You might expect your DBA to be certified on Oracle, if that's what he has to run.
It's doubtful that a serious company would ditch an applicant with several years of real experience simply because they don't have the certification. In fact, a serious company would actually say 'we'll hire you, but you have to agree to get your certification once hired. We'll pay for it'
People have to take some blame for this. Not every employer can be trusted; not every business model is sound. Did anyone signing on with them ask about their funding? Stability? Did anyone check otu the qualifications of the managemetn? CFO?
It strikes nobody as odd that you should have to pay thousands of dollars to qualify to apply for the job?
And if it were me, I'd be out the door the second a single check bounced, based on past experience. With proper accounting, a company will NEVER, EVER bounce checks. I'd rather they didn't pay me on time than bounce a check.
They couldn't trademark '80486' because it's a part number, and any other manufacturer could also call their chip an '80486'. Just like different word-processor makers can come out with version 7.0 at the same time.
And as any type of data can be converted to 'just a number'.... this won't hold up. It's still decss, just encoded and padded out to a prime.
One thing I've noticed is that many universities, CS actually stands for 'Computing Science', so its' the science of computing, not of Computers.
Building a faster computer is engineering, finding a faster way to factor prime numbers is CS. Finding out new methods of sorting megateragigabit datbases is CS. Building a faster computer is engineering.
Should the scientist be able to build up a prototype circuit or something? Sure. But Engineering isn't about just that; it's about procedure and foolproof methods. Your scientist doesn't build the production line; an engineer does. A scientist can tell you what kind of load-bearing materials and shape to make a bridge, but engineers actually build it... because they deal with the actual physical realities.
Of course there is overlap. Just as a technician with no degree can do soldering as well as a highly degreed engineer does not make him an engineer.
What your definition of 'CS' is? I ask this in all seriousness. Computing science/Computer Science varies greatly. In some schools, the program is about programming and technical details, in others, it's more about algorithms and theory. One is about science, the other is more about engineering. Which is it you want?
Sysadmin/Web design/administrative programming or banging out simple apps is not computing science...
Look. I'm not contesting that. Not all laws are good, and sometimes they need to be disobeyed and challenged in court. The DMCA is probably one such law. However...
This isn't just about slashdot, it's about the parent company, and more importantly, the shareholders, because it IS a public company. On what grounds should the shareholders' company have contested this? You're talking about a very expensive constitutional challenge against the DMCA. Someone will do it eventually, but this probably won't be it. And if you look at it from an information warfare point of view, taking it offline took an otherwise obscure comment in a story (how many had never even seen it? or thought anythign of it?) and elevated it to a front-page story, including links to information sources *all over the place* about the same information.
They DID post the event as it happened, it happened quickly. And as for what the law requires... you are right. They don't have to remove it.. they can keep it there. And all the COS has to do after that point is go to court and prove that they hold the copyright on the document (which they can do so fast you wouldn't believe it, because they DO hold it), and the company is in shit for contributory infringement. Their only recourse in this case would be to contest the DMCA, which is law, as unconstitutional.. which I addressed above.
No. Everyone is required to obey the law.
In this case, slashdot, as a service provider (they provide a discussion forum), has been informed that they are hosting infringing material.
Once they have been informed, it is now partially their responsibility if they continue to assist the poster in his/her illegal posting. They can refuse, if they think that the posting of the material is legal... however.
In this case, this is not a harassment case. The material is copyright the COS, and however disagreeable their little cult is... they have the right of copyright.
Andover could chose to fight it.... but what would be the point? How, as a public company, do they justify this to their shareholders? Where is the profit? Are you implying that a site like slashdot that clearly has infringing material on it should never be required to take it down? I mean, they are the only people that can take it down.
Yes. And given the relative cost of putting an experiment into space, the cost of a commercial RTOS is *nothing*.
And more people know it? Get real. It's not about administering a unix box.. it's about embedded programming, which is rather very different.
The point is that although linux might be cool for some of this stuff, it's not a gift from god for embedded work. And it's certainly not 'more able to operate in the harshness of space'
They concede nothing. THe DMCA, which IS A LAW that/. must obey, says they MUST remove the material at once. SO they did. It's not a 'choice'. Their other choice was to contest the copyright. (won't work.. it IS copyrwritten by COS)
demon.co.uk removing posts for illegality is a different matter, because nothing required them to do so. In this case, the law requires/. to remove the post.
So the real answer is to have properly managed networks, that don't allow spoofed packets to leave, and network subnetting that follows security domains.
As for MAC addresses (Your ethernet card's hardware address for you newbies) is 6 byte (48 bit) unique address assigned to each network card. most can be changed nowadays. I believe 802.3 specifies a 2 byte address is valid as well, but I can't actually recall ever seeing one.
The reason we don't use these addresses on the internet is partially due to address space, and partially due to the emergence of ethernet over the years.
- When tcp/ip v4 was on the way, there were a lot of serial connections, and a lot less ethernet connections. Serial ports don't have mac addresses.
- Mac addresses are 48 bits, and contain no routing information. Ethernet addresses are usually (in the case of those/24 or commonly called class 'c' networks even though they technically caren't...), 24 bits of routing information, and 8 bits of host information. No room for 48 bits of mac address.
IPv6 has enough space to allow the automatic use of the mac address for the lower 48 bits of the local address, to make numbering simpler.. but still.
And to end that... this all really has nothing to do with security. If you're using ethernet, it's not secure, you can fake your mac address.
Mac based security can be foolproof if you use proper switches, and restrict which mac can talk on which port, to which other ports, etc.... but that's a real pain to administer. And it certainly doesn't work over the internet at-large.
I mean, this is great and all, but it's just another internal nasa project....
Linux is no better suited to what they are doing than any number of other embeddedy RTOS. It's probably no worse than some, either.
saying it's special... it's not. It's a kernel, and there are many kernels available for embedded work, each with strengths and weaknesses. Linux's strength is it's openness. To claim it's 'more able to deal with the harsh radiation of space becasue it runs cooler because its halts the processor for brief times' is rediculous.
Because. We're talking about a small pellet here.. to send anything of size this would have to be orders of magnitude larger. See other posters who discuss this.
It's not an 'end-run' with icann... any ISP, nay, anyone who runs a DNS server is free to choose how and where it resolves, it's only a protocol.
NSI got it's wealth and power simply because everyone used them, trusted them in the first place. Now things have changed.
If the large ISP's want to start their own DNS... they can go right ahead. As far as I'm concerned, as long as the tld's we have today resolve, I'm happy. I don't care what else resolves. If I did care, I'd use my own local nameserver.
The question is about fault tolerant archival. Tapes are a backup mechanism, yes, but not a good archival mechanism.
The reason CD-R is mentioned is because the shelf-life of a CD-R is many times that of tape.
Tape degrades, and fast.
Slashdot Mirror
.. really easy.
1) Do you think you can change the attitude of the company? Only you would know this. If you feel it's something you can educate people about, by all means try.
2) Don't forget that it's not your company; you are an employee, and it's their way or the highway. You can indicate to them that you will not do this, and that if that means you lose your job, that's fine. Or you can simply say 'no' and quit. That's your call.
3) You can do the job you are being paid to do. Spam is not illegal where you are? Your employer is paying for their bandwidth? I hate spam as much as the next guy... but only you can decide how far to go to protect what you think is right.
From someone who lived most of his life up until recently in BC, kudos. You hit it right on the nail.
Vancouver is beautiful. The downtown east-side has a severe drug abuse problem. So lets' spend money censoring video games!
The B.C. Government is on crack. This is simply not something that taxpayer money should be spent on, period. No enforcement. Parents should know what their kids are up to, period.
Though it is somewhat silly, it makes sense.
Traditionally, this is about broadcast rights, using PUBLIC airwaves. THey are saying that if you want to use canadian airwaves, you can't simply be rebroadcasting foreign stuff, you have to have local content. THAT is fair to the people, who own the airwaves ultimately.
Canadian broadcasters can compete because, originally, they are the only ones who COULD reach canadians... and if you think US broadcasters are not similarly regulated, think again.
Rest assured that computer -> svideo (or better) of decent quality will become a popular item, and there will be much more selection as this grows in popularity, just as there are a zillion mp3 devices you can get nowadays.
I know people that have high-quality tv-out boards that only cost them a few hundred bucks (no different than, say, a good 3d card for gaming)
Because CS isn't about networking, or the technology, it's about algorithms and programming.
CS has basically nothing to do with network admin. It's ignorance on the part of many cmopanies that they require CS degrees for every type of technical job.
Or to boot, most good adminst I've met with degrees have degrees in non-computer related fields. One had a masters in Archaeology, the other had a degree in pharmaceutical chemistry, and yet another had a degree in biology.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Do you mean you quizz them on certifications they have to see if they know anything, or that you require certifications even if they claim to have experience?
This is what's called a SERVICE.
They are *not* charging you for updates, new versions, etc. THat's still free.
They are charging for a specific SERVICE they are providing to keep your systems updated automatically. If that service isn't worth money to you, and you'd rather do it your own way, that's absolutely fine.
A cop in Vancouver, BC, (That's in Canada...) found a bag of cash on the sidewalk while off-duty. It was a hundred grand or something, I forget exactly. He turned it in, and laid claim to it if the owner wasn't found in the normal period of time. He had to take the cops to court over it, they said he couldn't have it. THe courts said 'no... he can have it. Nobody came forward to claim the money'.
Now, this wasn't quite true. A lawyer came in and said that his client wished to claim the money, as it was his, but wanted to remain anonymous. THe courts disagreed; you can't claim it without letting us know who you are. The cop got to keep the money.
Please. Don't degrade computer science by saying these are 'computer science-related' certifications. They have nothing at all to do with computer science.
Certifications are, in some cases, reasonable to expect on a resume. You might expect your DBA to be certified on Oracle, if that's what he has to run.
It's doubtful that a serious company would ditch an applicant with several years of real experience simply because they don't have the certification. In fact, a serious company would actually say 'we'll hire you, but you have to agree to get your certification once hired. We'll pay for it'
People have to take some blame for this. Not every employer can be trusted; not every business model is sound. Did anyone signing on with them ask about their funding? Stability? Did anyone check otu the qualifications of the managemetn? CFO?
It strikes nobody as odd that you should have to pay thousands of dollars to qualify to apply for the job?
And if it were me, I'd be out the door the second a single check bounced, based on past experience. With proper accounting, a company will NEVER, EVER bounce checks. I'd rather they didn't pay me on time than bounce a check.
It's not that simple.
They couldn't trademark '80486' because it's a part number, and any other manufacturer could also call their chip an '80486'. Just like different word-processor makers can come out with version 7.0 at the same time.
And as any type of data can be converted to 'just a number'.... this won't hold up. It's still decss, just encoded and padded out to a prime.
Physics IS a branch of applied math.
And he's right. Traditionally, the science of computing is all about math (and still is).
The problem nowadays is many people are assuming that CS is about Internet, programming, and computer hardware. It's not.
One thing I've noticed is that many universities, CS actually stands for 'Computing Science', so its' the science of computing, not of Computers.
Building a faster computer is engineering, finding a faster way to factor prime numbers is CS. Finding out new methods of sorting megateragigabit datbases is CS. Building a faster computer is engineering.
Should the scientist be able to build up a prototype circuit or something? Sure. But Engineering isn't about just that; it's about procedure and foolproof methods. Your scientist doesn't build the production line; an engineer does. A scientist can tell you what kind of load-bearing materials and shape to make a bridge, but engineers actually build it... because they deal with the actual physical realities.
Of course there is overlap. Just as a technician with no degree can do soldering as well as a highly degreed engineer does not make him an engineer.
What your definition of 'CS' is? I ask this in all seriousness. Computing science/Computer Science varies greatly. In some schools, the program is about programming and technical details, in others, it's more about algorithms and theory. One is about science, the other is more about engineering. Which is it you want?
Sysadmin/Web design/administrative programming or banging out simple apps is not computing science...
Look. I'm not contesting that. Not all laws are good, and sometimes they need to be disobeyed and challenged in court. The DMCA is probably one such law. However...
This isn't just about slashdot, it's about the parent company, and more importantly, the shareholders, because it IS a public company. On what grounds should the shareholders' company have contested this? You're talking about a very expensive constitutional challenge against the DMCA. Someone will do it eventually, but this probably won't be it. And if you look at it from an information warfare point of view, taking it offline took an otherwise obscure comment in a story (how many had never even seen it? or thought anythign of it?) and elevated it to a front-page story, including links to information sources *all over the place* about the same information.
They DID post the event as it happened, it happened quickly. And as for what the law requires... you are right. They don't have to remove it.. they can keep it there. And all the COS has to do after that point is go to court and prove that they hold the copyright on the document (which they can do so fast you wouldn't believe it, because they DO hold it), and the company is in shit for contributory infringement. Their only recourse in this case would be to contest the DMCA, which is law, as unconstitutional.. which I addressed above.
No. Everyone is required to obey the law.
In this case, slashdot, as a service provider (they provide a discussion forum), has been informed that they are hosting infringing material.
Once they have been informed, it is now partially their responsibility if they continue to assist the poster in his/her illegal posting. They can refuse, if they think that the posting of the material is legal... however.
In this case, this is not a harassment case. The material is copyright the COS, and however disagreeable their little cult is... they have the right of copyright.
Andover could chose to fight it.... but what would be the point? How, as a public company, do they justify this to their shareholders? Where is the profit? Are you implying that a site like slashdot that clearly has infringing material on it should never be required to take it down? I mean, they are the only people that can take it down.
Yes. And given the relative cost of putting an experiment into space, the cost of a commercial RTOS is *nothing*.
And more people know it? Get real. It's not about administering a unix box.. it's about embedded programming, which is rather very different.
The point is that although linux might be cool for some of this stuff, it's not a gift from god for embedded work. And it's certainly not 'more able to operate in the harshness of space'
They concede nothing. THe DMCA, which IS A LAW that /. must obey, says they MUST remove the material at once. SO they did. It's not a 'choice'. Their other choice was to contest the copyright. (won't work.. it IS copyrwritten by COS)
/. to remove the post.
demon.co.uk removing posts for illegality is a different matter, because nothing required them to do so. In this case, the law requires
So the real answer is to have properly managed networks, that don't allow spoofed packets to leave, and network subnetting that follows security domains.
As for MAC addresses (Your ethernet card's hardware address for you newbies) is 6 byte (48 bit) unique address assigned to each network card. most can be changed nowadays. I believe 802.3 specifies a 2 byte address is valid as well, but I can't actually recall ever seeing one.
/24 or commonly called class 'c' networks even though they technically caren't...), 24 bits of routing information, and 8 bits of host information. No room for 48 bits of mac address.
The reason we don't use these addresses on the internet is partially due to address space, and partially due to the emergence of ethernet over the years.
- When tcp/ip v4 was on the way, there were a lot of serial connections, and a lot less ethernet connections. Serial ports don't have mac addresses.
- Mac addresses are 48 bits, and contain no routing information. Ethernet addresses are usually (in the case of those
IPv6 has enough space to allow the automatic use of the mac address for the lower 48 bits of the local address, to make numbering simpler.. but still.
And to end that... this all really has nothing to do with security. If you're using ethernet, it's not secure, you can fake your mac address.
Mac based security can be foolproof if you use proper switches, and restrict which mac can talk on which port, to which other ports, etc.... but that's a real pain to administer. And it certainly doesn't work over the internet at-large.
I mean, this is great and all, but it's just another internal nasa project....
Linux is no better suited to what they are doing than any number of other embeddedy RTOS. It's probably no worse than some, either.
saying it's special... it's not. It's a kernel, and there are many kernels available for embedded work, each with strengths and weaknesses. Linux's strength is it's openness. To claim it's 'more able to deal with the harsh radiation of space becasue it runs cooler because its halts the processor for brief times' is rediculous.
Because. We're talking about a small pellet here.. to send anything of size this would have to be orders of magnitude larger. See other posters who discuss this.
It's not an 'end-run' with icann... any ISP, nay, anyone who runs a DNS server is free to choose how and where it resolves, it's only a protocol.
NSI got it's wealth and power simply because everyone used them, trusted them in the first place. Now things have changed.
If the large ISP's want to start their own DNS... they can go right ahead. As far as I'm concerned, as long as the tld's we have today resolve, I'm happy. I don't care what else resolves. If I did care, I'd use my own local nameserver.
The question is about fault tolerant archival. Tapes are a backup mechanism, yes, but not a good archival mechanism. The reason CD-R is mentioned is because the shelf-life of a CD-R is many times that of tape. Tape degrades, and fast.