One trick I've done, and seen done, is to request some machines to use as a testbed. Older sort of machines so they're cheaper. Basically to run patches on to confirm things work, or to try out certain software packages (like interoperability questions). This is something sysadmins should do usually, but don't.
AND ask for a low end cisco box (2611 and a 2924 or so) to make sure your company's filtering/ACLs won't effect the software. Then toy around with the switch & router a little bit. Nice practical know how for something you should probably have anyways.
IANAL, though it's also been ruled that while corps have the same rights, they do not have equal rights. A person can get away with saying things that corperations cannot for example.
Except of course that if you live in certain areas where they're the local telco, in which case they have an effective monopoly on your phone.
imo verizon should be allowed to do this if they disclose that they do to their customers, *and* they only do it to customers that have a practical choice in providers. That way if they don't like it, then they can use someone else who won't sell their usage data.
The problem of course is that they're trying to slow the virus so human intervention can be taken, when human intervention probably opened the.vbs script in the first place.
For the cheaply minded, generic safe deposit boxes at banks are a good start. They're usually pretty good about you coming in so often to pickup/dropoff stuff, and are (hopefully) pretty good about protecting them.
I found it amusing the other day while watching Moonraker (Roger Moore Bond, 1973). That a private orginization (a huge one, but private none-the-less) would have 5-6 of their own shuttles, and the US quite a few more? A good example of when bureaucracy and politicking gets in the way of vision.
iirc the psychological reasoning behind this is a form of nostalgia combined with the fact that boys develop sexually also around that time, and are for all purposes the most sexual around 18. The "hottest" girl will usually be the most developed/attractive girl around at those times, usually (US) high school jr/senior or college girls.
iirc there's far more japanese developers for the BSDs, so it probably stands to reason their colleages and friends probably know about them more. Very important for things that (at least until somewhat recently) depend on word of mouth.
Most places the job postings are made by HR people, not by actual hiring managers. Hiring managers (if they're competant) just want you to be able to do the job, and the HR people are thrilled if they can fill the position for cheap (since you're "inexperienced" they will pay you less, sorry).
Another thing to look at is smaller companies. They usually don't have HR staff so you can deal directly with the hiring manager who is more likely to understand that people aren't just buzzwords.
(to me) one of the great strengths of *nix machines is you're able to remotely administrate them very nicely and easily. cli tools exist for everything, and that is their great strength.
Windows machines' great strength lies in having tons of apps that are interactive only (games, ie, office). Plus (in my case) it's alot easier (imo) to actually use and configure the windowing system on windows.
So I use a win2k machine, and have a few putty's open to my *nix machines...
Maybe one day I'll comprimise and get an OS X box, but currenty the two machines are still cheaper than one mac.
I concur, though I did not mean forcing 8 hours of work as much as forcing being at work 8 hours a day, even if the actual goal that needs done will take less (not so applicable to dev or QA as IT)
was when I was being hired on as a cashier. Sat me down with a pen and solar calc to work on 3rd grade math. Perhaps that the head cashier was astounded that I didn't need the calculator should've sent off some warning signs...
I totally agree, though unfortunately hiring practices are not leaning towards hiring smart people that actually work 8 hour days, but hiring 'experienced' people and forcing them to work 8 hour days (usually 9-12).
The majority of work I've ever seen done by IT or devs has been done by smart people who still have naivete towards business while being directed by someone that can channel the naive workload into something management really wants.
In other news the FTC reached a settlement with Miss Cleo (the companies that run her stuff rather) for decieving customers and generally being assholes.
The trick is of course that even if IT depts don't like large changes/differences, accountants and PHBs don't want to shell out tons of cash each time a minor variant comes along.
This way Microsoft can more easily guarantee good sales. Instead of a portion of the users upgrading and the rest staying with 'good enough', they get everyone upgrading for something that is significantly different (and hopefully better given the development period...)
I totally agree, though I also think that there's simply less interest in doing cisco work (generally) than being a windows admin (or at least there was 0-4 years ago.
It's not that it's command line or terminal driven (directly) as much as there is simply far less people cisco certified than MCSE certified. Simple supply and demand will raise the salaries(price) of the more rare resource.
because if you use LDAP or NDS you end up with the same nightmarish configuration issues, except now the issues are with the windows machines, which are probably 90% of his clientelle.
(this of course assumes it's impossible to just get rid of the windows machines and they actually need cetralized authentication in the first place...)
These sort of things are great to use as portable demo systems for software that runs on solaris. I've seen some older x86 laptops running solaris for this purpose (don't ask me, I didn't install them)
Most big networked printers (HP) have their drivers on a tiny web/SMB server on the printer. If you use windows, you can just browse to the printer and it will pick out the proper driver for you.
Like Dell. Pick someone serious and get a corperate sales rep. They've done this alot, and know way more than you do. Give them a situation and they (should) give you a solution.
Right, but the thing about common criteria is that it's required by quite a few government agencies. Alot of places still use 3+ year old versions of solaris, just becuase that particular version is certified.
Would MS risk dominating the government and all their moneys over this?
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One trick I've done, and seen done, is to request some machines to use as a testbed. Older sort of machines so they're cheaper. Basically to run patches on to confirm things work, or to try out certain software packages (like interoperability questions). This is something sysadmins should do usually, but don't.
AND ask for a low end cisco box (2611 and a 2924 or so) to make sure your company's filtering/ACLs won't effect the software. Then toy around with the switch & router a little bit. Nice practical know how for something you should probably have anyways.
IANAL, though it's also been ruled that while corps have the same rights, they do not have equal rights. A person can get away with saying things that corperations cannot for example.
Except of course that if you live in certain areas where they're the local telco, in which case they have an effective monopoly on your phone.
imo verizon should be allowed to do this if they disclose that they do to their customers, *and* they only do it to customers that have a practical choice in providers. That way if they don't like it, then they can use someone else who won't sell their usage data.
The problem of course is that they're trying to slow the virus so human intervention can be taken, when human intervention probably opened the .vbs script in the first place.
For the cheaply minded, generic safe deposit boxes at banks are a good start. They're usually pretty good about you coming in so often to pickup/dropoff stuff, and are (hopefully) pretty good about protecting them.
I found it amusing the other day while watching Moonraker (Roger Moore Bond, 1973). That a private orginization (a huge one, but private none-the-less) would have 5-6 of their own shuttles, and the US quite a few more? A good example of when bureaucracy and politicking gets in the way of vision.
iirc the psychological reasoning behind this is a form of nostalgia combined with the fact that boys develop sexually also around that time, and are for all purposes the most sexual around 18. The "hottest" girl will usually be the most developed/attractive girl around at those times, usually (US) high school jr/senior or college girls.
iirc there's far more japanese developers for the BSDs, so it probably stands to reason their colleages and friends probably know about them more. Very important for things that (at least until somewhat recently) depend on word of mouth.
unofficial reports also state that their webserver was being sent on the rocket as a guinea pig.
Most places the job postings are made by HR people, not by actual hiring managers. Hiring managers (if they're competant) just want you to be able to do the job, and the HR people are thrilled if they can fill the position for cheap (since you're "inexperienced" they will pay you less, sorry).
Another thing to look at is smaller companies. They usually don't have HR staff so you can deal directly with the hiring manager who is more likely to understand that people aren't just buzzwords.
Come now, if it's not computers than it's going to be the PS/box/cube. At least this way they can pickup something vaguely useful...
(to me) one of the great strengths of *nix machines is you're able to remotely administrate them very nicely and easily. cli tools exist for everything, and that is their great strength.
Windows machines' great strength lies in having tons of apps that are interactive only (games, ie, office). Plus (in my case) it's alot easier (imo) to actually use and configure the windowing system on windows.
So I use a win2k machine, and have a few putty's open to my *nix machines...
Maybe one day I'll comprimise and get an OS X box, but currenty the two machines are still cheaper than one mac.
I concur, though I did not mean forcing 8 hours of work as much as forcing being at work 8 hours a day, even if the actual goal that needs done will take less (not so applicable to dev or QA as IT)
was when I was being hired on as a cashier. Sat me down with a pen and solar calc to work on 3rd grade math. Perhaps that the head cashier was astounded that I didn't need the calculator should've sent off some warning signs...
Though I'd wager you're not seeing 1% of that 20k/day. Or probably even making near resonable compensation for your services...
I totally agree, though unfortunately hiring practices are not leaning towards hiring smart people that actually work 8 hour days, but hiring 'experienced' people and forcing them to work 8 hour days (usually 9-12).
The majority of work I've ever seen done by IT or devs has been done by smart people who still have naivete towards business while being directed by someone that can channel the naive workload into something management really wants.
In other news the FTC reached a settlement with Miss Cleo (the companies that run her stuff rather) for decieving customers and generally being assholes.
The trick is of course that even if IT depts don't like large changes/differences, accountants and PHBs don't want to shell out tons of cash each time a minor variant comes along.
This way Microsoft can more easily guarantee good sales. Instead of a portion of the users upgrading and the rest staying with 'good enough', they get everyone upgrading for something that is significantly different (and hopefully better given the development period...)
I totally agree, though I also think that there's simply less interest in doing cisco work (generally) than being a windows admin (or at least there was 0-4 years ago.
It's not that it's command line or terminal driven (directly) as much as there is simply far less people cisco certified than MCSE certified. Simple supply and demand will raise the salaries(price) of the more rare resource.
because if you use LDAP or NDS you end up with the same nightmarish configuration issues, except now the issues are with the windows machines, which are probably 90% of his clientelle.
(this of course assumes it's impossible to just get rid of the windows machines and they actually need cetralized authentication in the first place...)
These sort of things are great to use as portable demo systems for software that runs on solaris. I've seen some older x86 laptops running solaris for this purpose (don't ask me, I didn't install them)
Most big networked printers (HP) have their drivers on a tiny web/SMB server on the printer. If you use windows, you can just browse to the printer and it will pick out the proper driver for you.
Like Dell. Pick someone serious and get a corperate sales rep. They've done this alot, and know way more than you do. Give them a situation and they (should) give you a solution.
Right, but the thing about common criteria is that it's required by quite a few government agencies. Alot of places still use 3+ year old versions of solaris, just becuase that particular version is certified.
Would MS risk dominating the government and all their moneys over this?