Not so fast.. As a former programmer turned project manager (They outsourced my job to India, and kept me around to work with them) I've got a little bit of knowledge. We use a company called TSI (one of Ross Perot's companies). They are very good, reliable, and they accommodate us by making sure we have a 6 hour overlap in or day (The team in India works 3pm - 1am every day).
And yes... cost was our biggest motivator. I'm not even bitter about it, it makes a hell of a lot of financial sense. Keep the people here that you trust working directly with your clients (I work for a consulting firm) and outsource your non-client facing roles as much as possible.
Linux Rated Less Secure than Windows
When Microsoft announced last fall that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) had awarded Windows 2000 the highest possible grade in the Common Criteria (CC) security certification, open-source advocates downplayed the honor as insignificant and unrelated to real-world security analysis. This week, however, ISO also awarded Linux the CC security certification, and as one might expect, the open-source community greeted the announcement with cheers. There's just one catch: Linux got a lower security rating than Win2K did last year.
ISO granted Linux a "low to moderate" security rating, whereas Win2K received a "moderate to high" security rating. According to people close to the certification process, ISO tested Linux for higher security ratings but the open-source solution achieved only the "low to moderate" rating.
Further dampening the celebration is news that most Linux installations didn't receive the certification. Sponsored by a $500,000 fee that IBM paid, the certification applies only to SuSE Linux and then only when that product is installed on certain IBM hardware. Still, the certification is an important first step for Linux, which is trying to position itself as a viable alternative to Windows in various situations. Microsoft has made significant security-related improvements to Windows since the company launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative a year and a half ago.
This is basically my experiance. This isn't specific to windows apps. I have just as many problems with random shareware/freeware apps on my Linux machine as I do my XP machine. Just everytime something happens in windows, it prompts you to send a log in to Microsoft via windows error reporting.
Additionally, I think this quote may be misleading as to what Gates actually said. As I mentioned in another post I would love to see the original transcript of this speach. The reporter glossed over this 5% statistic in the NY times article, and Paul Thurott who covered the same speech made no mention of it. Paul is typically very critical of Microsoft and I would think he would jump all over a statistic like that if there was any merit any it.
The fact is Windows got a bad rap for stability back in the 9X releases, but thats just not the case anymore. I restart my workstation maybe 1 or 2 times a month, and I have 2k servers that have uptimes of nearly 2 years (not connected to any external network of any kind so no need to patches/service packs).
I think the reporter intentionaly mislead readers. Notice the article has like 2 sentances even mentioning the crash statistics.
Paul Thurott covered the same speech and he had _NO_ mention of these statistics and he is usually very critical of Microsoft.
I would be very interested to see a transcript of the original speeach to see exactly what Gates said to get this in context.
I have a win2k server machine running here that is running a domain controller and file serving for a telephony application. This machine is not connected to a routable network of any kind, and it is only connected to the telephony boxes (just dos boxes with voice cards in them). This machine hasn't been restarted in nearly 2 years. Tell me that isn't reliable!
Obviously in normal enviroments you will reboot more frequently to apply patches/service packs, but when the machine is in a isolated enviroment like this there is no need.
The 5% number is just skewed heavily by the fact that any poorly written app that crashes is counted. Whenever an app crashes the windows error reporting system fires off a log to microsoft regarding the crash. I bet 90%+ of these crashes have nothing to do with windows.
My RCA is fully capable of displaying the 1920x1080 picture. It is a RCA F38310. This is a 38inch widescreen CRT based display. I have DirecTV and the HD Net channel (HD Net is in 1080i). It is amazing, simply stunning. Really, there aren't words to describe the picture in some of the documentaries they show.
The keyboard you are talking about is called an IBM Model M. I was at a school district auction recently and have a box of about 20 of them in my garage. I'm using one right now.
Resolution: I do have an HDTV and Unreal Championship is the first game I have purchased which specifically supports the higher resolutions as well as widescreen. All I have to say is it is amazing. I had no idea what I was missing until I saw unreal on my TV.
Cheating: This is why Xbox live blocks the mod chip, the game has to be signed by Microsoft, if its not it can't be played. You can't cheat, if you can't run code Microsoft didn't sign, its that simple. There is this functionality to counter-strike and probably other PC games, but its rare to see a server admin enforcing it. Anything is possible I suppose, but I really doubt we will see cheating on the Xbox live service.
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Xbox Live Goes Online
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Xbox live has the functionality to spoof a MAC address. In the network config section you can supply the MAC address that the Xbox should use. Seems like it should be fairly easy to get on the net that way.
Additionally you need a credit card for "premium" content. Xbox live has functionality to download new maps, characters, weapons, etc.. Some of these are free, some are going to be charged for.
There was originally some sections of the data tape on the orbiter that had recorded some images never to be seen. JPL banned the use of that section of tape for fear of it breaking. I wonder if they will try and read those images back so we can see what we missed out on all those years ago. A PDF doc from JPL about the problems encountered on the trip to Jupiter, including the data tape can be found here.
This would be an awesome technology to have. I can imagine someone asking me where I am, and simply holding up my phone to aid them in giving me detailed directions. Or a being at an event I want to share with a friend, simply hold up my phone and let them in on the action. I like the idea of being able to show someone what I am describing, and conversely be able to see what someone is trying to describe. There was an article about satellite video phones on slashdot recently and how they are being used in Afghanistan. The same thing is possible with these cell phones. If you are in the right place at the right time, You can get live coverage from inside to the TV networks, live! Imagine being taken hostage at a bank robbery and dial into the local news station with your cell phone!
Does it fix the problems with VIA chipsets?
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What I really want to know is if there is still limitations when using VIA chipsets?
Past Creative cards (including my SB Live! Value) have caused data corruption when copying large files across the IDE bus as well as hissing and popping during mp3 playback. This problem affects at least the VIA 686B on my FIC AZ11E board. You can find out more information about the problem here.
I think this is a great idea, where else can you target an audiance that has pretty much no exposure to linux. The end users are hearing more and more about Linux in the mainstream media. Especially in light of the microsoft trial. The more linux is in the limelight, even for the most basic of users, the more it will start to catch on.
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Sorry for the wrong link, you can read more about TSI at http://www.perotsystemstsi.com/
Not so fast.. As a former programmer turned project manager (They outsourced my job to India, and kept me around to work with them) I've got a little bit of knowledge. We use a company called TSI (one of Ross Perot's companies). They are very good, reliable, and they accommodate us by making sure we have a 6 hour overlap in or day (The team in India works 3pm - 1am every day).
And yes... cost was our biggest motivator. I'm not even bitter about it, it makes a hell of a lot of financial sense. Keep the people here that you trust working directly with your clients (I work for a consulting firm) and outsource your non-client facing roles as much as possible.
-Jason
Michael Badnarik, the subject of the recent Q&A session, has his own blog. Check it out: http://www.badnarik.org/blog/
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Today's Wininfo by Paul Thurott:
Linux Rated Less Secure than Windows
When Microsoft announced last fall that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) had awarded Windows 2000 the highest possible grade in the Common Criteria (CC) security certification, open-source advocates downplayed the honor as insignificant and unrelated to real-world security analysis. This week, however, ISO also awarded Linux the CC security certification, and as one might expect, the open-source community greeted the announcement with cheers. There's just one catch: Linux got a lower security rating than Win2K did last year.
ISO granted Linux a "low to moderate" security rating, whereas Win2K received a "moderate to high" security rating. According to people close to the certification process, ISO tested Linux for higher security ratings but the open-source solution achieved only the "low to moderate" rating.
Further dampening the celebration is news that most Linux installations didn't receive the certification. Sponsored by a $500,000 fee that IBM paid, the certification applies only to SuSE Linux and then only when that product is installed on certain IBM hardware. Still, the certification is an important first step for Linux, which is trying to position itself as a viable alternative to Windows in various situations. Microsoft has made significant security-related improvements to Windows since the company launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative a year and a half ago.
You need more ram... :-)
I'd like to point out that the last few release of detonator drivers from NVIDIA are _NOT_ HQL certified by Microsoft.
That's what you get for installing drivers that haven't been tested/certified by Microsoft.
This is basically my experiance. This isn't specific to windows apps. I have just as many problems with random shareware/freeware apps on my Linux machine as I do my XP machine. Just everytime something happens in windows, it prompts you to send a log in to Microsoft via windows error reporting. Additionally, I think this quote may be misleading as to what Gates actually said. As I mentioned in another post I would love to see the original transcript of this speach. The reporter glossed over this 5% statistic in the NY times article, and Paul Thurott who covered the same speech made no mention of it. Paul is typically very critical of Microsoft and I would think he would jump all over a statistic like that if there was any merit any it. The fact is Windows got a bad rap for stability back in the 9X releases, but thats just not the case anymore. I restart my workstation maybe 1 or 2 times a month, and I have 2k servers that have uptimes of nearly 2 years (not connected to any external network of any kind so no need to patches/service packs).
I think the reporter intentionaly mislead readers. Notice the article has like 2 sentances even mentioning the crash statistics. Paul Thurott covered the same speech and he had _NO_ mention of these statistics and he is usually very critical of Microsoft. I would be very interested to see a transcript of the original speeach to see exactly what Gates said to get this in context.
I have a win2k server machine running here that is running a domain controller and file serving for a telephony application. This machine is not connected to a routable network of any kind, and it is only connected to the telephony boxes (just dos boxes with voice cards in them). This machine hasn't been restarted in nearly 2 years. Tell me that isn't reliable!
Obviously in normal enviroments you will reboot more frequently to apply patches/service packs, but when the machine is in a isolated enviroment like this there is no need.
The 5% number is just skewed heavily by the fact that any poorly written app that crashes is counted. Whenever an app crashes the windows error reporting system fires off a log to microsoft regarding the crash. I bet 90%+ of these crashes have nothing to do with windows.
It is being served up by yahoo. Do you really think it will be slashdotted?
In a more related note, isn't IMAX projected at 48fps? How do you compensate for having only half the frames in a conversion?
My RCA is fully capable of displaying the 1920x1080 picture. It is a RCA F38310. This is a 38inch widescreen CRT based display. I have DirecTV and the HD Net channel (HD Net is in 1080i). It is amazing, simply stunning. Really, there aren't words to describe the picture in some of the documentaries they show.
So can I get out of paying my tax by putting some copper shielding around this thing. They can't tell where I go if it can't see the sats. :-)
Contact me if you are interested. (jason@vallery.net)
You can find out more about these keyboards here (Warning: Not my site, Turn speakers off before visiting).
FYI: Ctrl+Esc has the same function as the Windows key.
Resolution: I do have an HDTV and Unreal Championship is the first game I have purchased which specifically supports the higher resolutions as well as widescreen. All I have to say is it is amazing. I had no idea what I was missing until I saw unreal on my TV.
Cheating: This is why Xbox live blocks the mod chip, the game has to be signed by Microsoft, if its not it can't be played. You can't cheat, if you can't run code Microsoft didn't sign, its that simple. There is this functionality to counter-strike and probably other PC games, but its rare to see a server admin enforcing it. Anything is possible I suppose, but I really doubt we will see cheating on the Xbox live service.
Xbox live has the functionality to spoof a MAC address. In the network config section you can supply the MAC address that the Xbox should use. Seems like it should be fairly easy to get on the net that way.
Additionally you need a credit card for "premium" content. Xbox live has functionality to download new maps, characters, weapons, etc.. Some of these are free, some are going to be charged for.
Of course this one is great, especially this time of year. http://www.mun.ca/educ/ed4361/virtual_academy/camp us_a/woodlandm/Demo1.html.
There was originally some sections of the data tape on the orbiter that had recorded some images never to be seen. JPL banned the use of that section of tape for fear of it breaking. I wonder if they will try and read those images back so we can see what we missed out on all those years ago. A PDF doc from JPL about the problems encountered on the trip to Jupiter, including the data tape can be found here.
This would be an awesome technology to have. I can imagine someone asking me where I am, and simply holding up my phone to aid them in giving me detailed directions. Or a being at an event I want to share with a friend, simply hold up my phone and let them in on the action. I like the idea of being able to show someone what I am describing, and conversely be able to see what someone is trying to describe. There was an article about satellite video phones on slashdot recently and how they are being used in Afghanistan. The same thing is possible with these cell phones. If you are in the right place at the right time, You can get live coverage from inside to the TV networks, live! Imagine being taken hostage at a bank robbery and dial into the local news station with your cell phone!
Past Creative cards (including my SB Live! Value) have caused data corruption when copying large files across the IDE bus as well as hissing and popping during mp3 playback. This problem affects at least the VIA 686B on my FIC AZ11E board. You can find out more information about the problem here.
There is a more detailed article here.
Why is this modded as funny? That is just verbatim the press release from NASA.
I think this is a great idea, where else can you target an audiance that has pretty much no exposure to linux. The end users are hearing more and more about Linux in the mainstream media. Especially in light of the microsoft trial. The more linux is in the limelight, even for the most basic of users, the more it will start to catch on.