Having a backup in case you loose the private key is a good idea.
Having someone available to take over the duties of signing if the regular signer goes on vacation or leaves is a good idea.
The idea behind signing is that the receiver knows that the signed item can be trusted. Giving everyone a key justs dilutes the trust, so less is better. Keep the number of people with the key to a minimum.
Let the user drive requirements, and you provide a solution that meets those requirements.
Sometimes the user doesn't ask to have something solved because they think that it can't be solved, or don't realize it is even possible. Find out by having the IT department ask everyone for their wishlist. Sometimes it is something simple (I want to be able to fax from my desktop apps), and sometimes it is earth shattering (CERN users wanting to share physics experiment data).
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launchd is also capable of automatically checking for dependencies and scheduling services to startup in the correct order. It can even start services in parallel which speeds up the boot process.
All government funding to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University was suspended today for failing to trample all over students right to privacy and bowing down to commercial interests.
Unnamed sources were quoted as saying that individuals attending any organization receiving government funds have no expectation of privacy.
The clauses discuss the presentation to the end user. If the end user wants wear an eye patch and ear plugs while hanging upside down well to each his own.
Write a V-chip style filter for video and/or audio streams (DVDs, WMV, AAC, etc.). This would require that have a method for decoding the stream. Pretty much protects you from the DMCA, as long as YOU don't distributes copies.
A number of directors have clauses in their contracts that prohibit edits, cropping, etc. of their films without their permission.
I wonder how the courts will view legislation that essentially overrules these clauses; and what the MPAA, Hollywood and the Directors Guild are going to do.
This pretty much means that the will be a huge amount of R&D put optics, and into redesigning everything from microscope lenses, camera (and cell phone) lenses, to telescope and space based lenses (now the US government can read the fine print on your credit card). Waveguides (read antennas) are also included which means redesigns of antennas for cell phones, wireless internet, radio, and satellites.
I suspect M$ has ulterior motives. M$ has licensed stuff (i.e. LZW/GIF) before and has the cash, so why take the risk of losing in court and making a big payout.
So why else?
One. The patent is truly unenforceable, and M$ is confident it can prove it in court.
Two. They want to set a precedent. If you fail to enforce a patent, and it (accidently) ends up in a standard that becomes pervasive. You can't be johnny come lately and start enforce it. Obviously if people knew the patent existed, they wouldn't have used it in JPEG, or companies like M$ would have only used JPEG if they were willing to pay the royalties. Additionally Forgent is charging royalties as if nobody has a choice (which they don't have now). If they had enforced the patent and asked for royalties 10-15 years ago it would be in limited use and no where near as valuable.
It just works! sounds like some sorry assed wizard telling you to ignore the slow cumbersome bug riddled software behind your desktop. The Wicked Witch would be proud.
First of all do you have sponsor for your idea? Someone who knows the organizations ins and outs. If you don't find one or forget it.
Two. Make sure you factor in the conversion (old files still need to be accessible) and retraining costs (users and support), including time and effort. Many users will complain loudly to their bosses if you give them a new app without training (easy to learn apps and well written user guides don't make a difference).
Three. Compare the cost of subscribing versus the cost of upgrading when the next version of office comes out (that you want to upgrade to). I know of a few organizations that skip releases because of the upgrade (mostly time and effort) costs.
Four. Consider reducing the number of copies. Doesn't always work if it drops you from a high discount category in a low discount one.
Five. The time may not be right. Microsoft is entrenched and people have to be ready to switch. You probably need a multi-year plan to slowly bring OpenOffice (and Linux for that matter) onto peoples desktops, and make the decision to dump Microsoft a natural decision.
Last. Make sure you don't end up on the pile with others who have made unpopular decisions. It just means your are no longer able to influence change.
What we need is a NEMA or IEC standard for low voltage DC. As an example, IEC 320 C-13 Style Straight Receptacle is the standard for the connector on your computer power supply.
Apple has been releasing a new OS version every 12-18 months, where as M$ is on the order of 24-36 months.
It doesn't matter whether MAC OS X 10.4 has better search than Windows 7.0/Longhorn. MAC OS X 10.5 will probably ship either Q4 2006 or Q1 2007, or roughly 6 months after Longhorn ships (assuming it doesn't slip into Q3 2006.
The article reads better if you consider it a response to the question "Will Firefox save me from the evils of the Internet?".
The author pretty much buries IE and M$ on security, and then proceeds to remind us not to be to fast jumping to Firefox, as it isn't perfect either. It is fairly new as software goes and we will have to wait and see now that it has enough of an installed base to attract the cyber villians.
If anything the author implied that you should walk, not run to Firefox and remember to apply your bug repellent.
BTW. I use Firefox almost exclusively, and have watched as websites have slowly gotten around the pop-up blocker, and how 1.01 came out to block the multi-language DNS hack, which IE isn't vulnerable too because it is so old.
Generally they are talking about the freedom to do what every you want. The fine print is that they mean the right to make and sell you what every they want.
IBM Mainframes are still around because they still fill a niche in the IT world.
Windows 98 and even DOS are still around despite Microsofts attempts to get users to upgrade to the latest and greatest.
Once a platform achieves critical mass it develops enough inertia that eliminating is virtually impossible as long as while compatible (real of emulated) hardware exists. Close systems such as DOS, Windows have shorter lives since drivers, etc. stop being updated, and eventually they will run out of viable hardware to run on.
Windows, Linux, Macs and Ataris has all achieved critical mass.
BTW. The definition of critical mass varies with platform.
The general rule of thumb for data security sensitive industries is to never return the platters.
Most governments have arrangements to either get a discount up front, or to get the manufacturer to accept the top cover as proof the drive is destroyed, and then provide a warranty replacement.
For everyone else it is the cost of doing business. Depending on your business the risk is measured in years in court, 7+ digit claims and real impacts on stock price. Replacing failed harddrives out of pocket is cheap.
Best thing to do is remove the platters and store them as they take up less space, and once you have enough pay a degauss service to blast the entire box. Even then, get an artist to turn them into a piece of art for your front lobby.
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Winnipeg, your gone for a decade and the phrase 'the more things change the more they stay the same' comes to mind.
IT community is small (relative to southern Ontario and Greater Vancouver), mostly government and financial institutions (GWL, RBC, etc).
Consulting is dominated my a few majors (IBM, EDS, Sierra), and many one & two man shops.
Depending on your skill set you can ask for anything.
Having a backup in case you loose the private key is a good idea.
Having someone available to take over the duties of signing if the regular signer goes on vacation or leaves is a good idea.
The idea behind signing is that the receiver knows that the signed item can be trusted. Giving everyone a key justs dilutes the trust, so less is better. Keep the number of people with the key to a minimum.
Does this mean we will have to sign a EULA before we can drive the car?
Is the warrantee void if we violate the EULA?
Do accessories and upgrades have to be signed?
Will the BSA threaten to take me to court if I don't let them look under the hood of my car?
Will the MPAA & RIAA sue the DMV to find out the name of the driver who's car was performing illegal P2P?
Will my car stop cold if I attempt to drive it in locations the car was not meant to be driven?
Will they require a software license for each user who uses the car, or one for each seat belt?
Do I get a discount if my car is used for educational or non-profit uses?
Let the user drive requirements, and you provide a solution that meets those requirements.
Sometimes the user doesn't ask to have something solved because they think that it can't be solved, or don't realize it is even possible. Find out by having the IT department ask everyone for their wishlist. Sometimes it is something simple (I want to be able to fax from my desktop apps), and sometimes it is earth shattering (CERN users wanting to share physics experiment data).
launchd is also capable of automatically checking for dependencies and scheduling services to startup in the correct order. It can even start services in parallel which speeds up the boot process.
I've been enjoying the blog for the last week.
./ it.
Now you've gone and
All government funding to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University was suspended today for failing to trample all over students right to privacy and bowing down to commercial interests.
Unnamed sources were quoted as saying that individuals attending any organization receiving government funds have no expectation of privacy.
The clauses discuss the presentation to the end user. If the end user wants wear an eye patch and ear plugs while hanging upside down well to each his own.
Write a V-chip style filter for video and/or audio streams (DVDs, WMV, AAC, etc.). This would require that have a method for decoding the stream. Pretty much protects you from the DMCA, as long as YOU don't distributes copies.
A number of directors have clauses in their contracts that prohibit edits, cropping, etc. of their films without their permission.
I wonder how the courts will view legislation that essentially overrules these clauses; and what the MPAA, Hollywood and the Directors Guild are going to do.
This pretty much means that the will be a huge amount of R&D put optics, and into redesigning everything from microscope lenses, camera (and cell phone) lenses, to telescope and space based lenses (now the US government can read the fine print on your credit card). Waveguides (read antennas) are also included which means redesigns of antennas for cell phones, wireless internet, radio, and satellites.
I suspect M$ has ulterior motives. M$ has licensed stuff (i.e. LZW/GIF) before and has the cash, so why take the risk of losing in court and making a big payout.
So why else?
One. The patent is truly unenforceable, and M$ is confident it can prove it in court.
Two. They want to set a precedent. If you fail to enforce a patent, and it (accidently) ends up in a standard that becomes pervasive. You can't be johnny come lately and start enforce it. Obviously if people knew the patent existed, they wouldn't have used it in JPEG, or companies like M$ would have only used JPEG if they were willing to pay the royalties. Additionally Forgent is charging royalties as if nobody has a choice (which they don't have now). If they had enforced the patent and asked for royalties 10-15 years ago it would be in limited use and no where near as valuable.
It just works! sounds like some sorry assed wizard telling you to ignore the slow cumbersome bug riddled software behind your desktop. The Wicked Witch would be proud.
First of all do you have sponsor for your idea? Someone who knows the organizations ins and outs. If you don't find one or forget it.
Two. Make sure you factor in the conversion (old files still need to be accessible) and retraining costs (users and support), including time and effort. Many users will complain loudly to their bosses if you give them a new app without training (easy to learn apps and well written user guides don't make a difference).
Three. Compare the cost of subscribing versus the cost of upgrading when the next version of office comes out (that you want to upgrade to). I know of a few organizations that skip releases because of the upgrade (mostly time and effort) costs.
Four. Consider reducing the number of copies. Doesn't always work if it drops you from a high discount category in a low discount one.
Five. The time may not be right. Microsoft is entrenched and people have to be ready to switch. You probably need a multi-year plan to slowly bring OpenOffice (and Linux for that matter) onto peoples desktops, and make the decision to dump Microsoft a natural decision.
Last. Make sure you don't end up on the pile with others who have made unpopular decisions. It just means your are no longer able to influence change.
Given the amount of P2P poisoning going on, the defense is going to have a field day.
'Your honor, my client was attempting to download a copy of $insert_name_of_free_to_donwload_song, but instead kept getting songs from Avril Levigne!'
He didn't say he was going to swim in the Atlantic, but across it.
I wonder if the Queen Mary stops in Iceland?
Does anyone know if they have Internet poolside?
Odds are dropping support for this bill was necessary to get support for a bill they really want passed (anti-open source, take over the world, etc.).
Technically someone is in possession of the tape until their is reason to believe otherwise.
You forgot Java, specifically J2ME for mobile environemnts, and the accompanying MIDP and CDLC specs for libraries and interfaces.
What we need is a NEMA or IEC standard for low voltage DC. As an example, IEC 320 C-13 Style Straight Receptacle is the standard for the connector on your computer power supply.
Apple has been releasing a new OS version every 12-18 months, where as M$ is on the order of 24-36 months.
It doesn't matter whether MAC OS X 10.4 has better search than Windows 7.0/Longhorn. MAC OS X 10.5 will probably ship either Q4 2006 or Q1 2007, or roughly 6 months after Longhorn ships (assuming it doesn't slip into Q3 2006.
The article reads better if you consider it a response to the question "Will Firefox save me from the evils of the Internet?".
The author pretty much buries IE and M$ on security, and then proceeds to remind us not to be to fast jumping to Firefox, as it isn't perfect either. It is fairly new as software goes and we will have to wait and see now that it has enough of an installed base to attract the cyber villians.
If anything the author implied that you should walk, not run to Firefox and remember to apply your bug repellent.
BTW. I use Firefox almost exclusively, and have watched as websites have slowly gotten around the pop-up blocker, and how 1.01 came out to block the multi-language DNS hack, which IE isn't vulnerable too because it is so old.
Generally they are talking about the freedom to do what every you want. The fine print is that they mean the right to make and sell you what every they want.
IBM Mainframes are still around because they still fill a niche in the IT world.
Windows 98 and even DOS are still around despite Microsofts attempts to get users to upgrade to the latest and greatest.
Once a platform achieves critical mass it develops enough inertia that eliminating is virtually impossible as long as while compatible (real of emulated) hardware exists. Close systems such as DOS, Windows have shorter lives since drivers, etc. stop being updated, and eventually they will run out of viable hardware to run on.
Windows, Linux, Macs and Ataris has all achieved critical mass.
BTW. The definition of critical mass varies with platform.
The general rule of thumb for data security sensitive industries is to never return the platters.
Most governments have arrangements to either get a discount up front, or to get the manufacturer to accept the top cover as proof the drive is destroyed, and then provide a warranty replacement.
For everyone else it is the cost of doing business. Depending on your business the risk is measured in years in court, 7+ digit claims and real impacts on stock price. Replacing failed harddrives out of pocket is cheap.
Best thing to do is remove the platters and store them as they take up less space, and once you have enough pay a degauss service to blast the entire box. Even then, get an artist to turn them into a piece of art for your front lobby.