Solaris not for the home user? My Sunblade is in the rack with the rest of my home cluster. Anyhow, IE5.5 (Solaris) works pretty good. The wizards are kind of disquieting, however.
Tempest sniffs the EM from the monitor, letting them "see" what you see... nothing to do with the mouse and keyboard - except for what you see on the screen.
I know a work around will make it out there, but this really sucks. One of the reasons I picked up a monster HDD was to limit swapping drives when I was coding or gaming.
Anyhow, the real problem is laptops.... I did get some removable drive mounts for my primary box, but right now I am sitting in the living room with my laptop. No removable drive options here.
In the end, it might not matter (for me)... as long as a Win2K service pack does not add this "feature" somewhere down the line.
Power, cooler temps, but probably no bandwidth. I would hate to be the fedex guy dropping off tapes....
I drove up there (From MN) a while back on a cross country motorcycle trip, and I could think of few things less fun then trenching fiber optic cable through that wilderness - environmental issues aside.
If I sent in a digital copy of a term paper (via email) and the professor cracked my encryption scheme to get lost in the masses of other students?
Dang, I knew this security by obscurity thing would bite me in the ass one day...
This kind of thing just slays me.
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The article mentions some of the same tripe you hear over and over again when people wonder why so few developers are interested in unions. I'm not going to go nuts here, but a couple things irked me...
...some companies are reluctant to spend money on training, especially in times of economic distress. Blain says companies fearing that their workers will leave with their newfound skills for a higher-paying job elsewhere should be relieved to know that unions want to provide classes for their members.
This helps how? [RANT ON] Folks, if you are not growing your skill set - company sponsored or not, boot to the head. Staying current with the technology requires effort, but it almost always will put you in a better position. If a company decides Bob or Jane are only worth a 3.5% increase each year - never mind they picked up Java Developer, an MCSD, Oracle certification while they were watching your phone lines - that should be a good hint to move on. Then next company will appreciate this, usually with cash. How many developers do you know that "won't learn something till the Company sends me to training"? How about those who don't even have a home computer of any sorts? Classes can be a good thing, so can certification - the key thing is keep learning, regardless how you go about it.
So how would unions help here? Give everyone the same watered down classes? How about rewarding those who went the extra mile. Just look at those in the education field and see how much pushing forward helps them. Work for so many years, get x bump, earn masters get Y, and so on. Any work outside the formula does not count for squat.
..."There are no processes. There's no R&D. Everything is about the bottom line. It's a sweatshop. You're not making good software. You're doing spaghetti code. Unless some type of professional organization is formed, we're going to see a lot more [interest in unions] going forward," he says.....
Yah sure, unions will fix this problem... they are renown for efficiency and cost effectiveness. You get process, but I'm not sure that is a good thing - last week I spend an extra 45 minutes stuck on an airplane while they worked through the paperwork after a light bulb was replaced. Not that I am bitter, cause I'm not...
Got to get back to the sweatshop before they notice I'm not coding Nike shoes...
We use to work with radioactive iodine and phosphorus more often then I cared to, and had to wear the appropriate gear - including a radiation badges. One got left in the hood for some reason or other, and it was a little hotter than normal.
Anyhow, a week after one of the new grad students starts working with our group, one of my cohorts picks up a Geiger counter, adjusts the sensitivity, and says, "lets check to see if your thyroid is doing OK". With one hand he placed the badge near his neck and moved the GC close enough to make a delightful pops.... The look on his face was priceless. Oh... did we get into the doghouse for that one....
Anyhow, true low-level radiation is pretty safe. The cleanup crew at Chernobyl would not be dealing with levels I would call "low". Electricity scares the hell out of me, however. Few things terrified me as much as installing a new ceiling fan for my wife.
used equipment. The look on my wife's face was priceless when I brought home an old 19" rackmount chassis the size of our fridge. What the heck am I going to do with a Sun 180?
Welcome to the next level (in medicine). This is great news for those who have issues that might be fixed on the genetic level. It's all good and fine to argue about what is "normal" hair color, does something have a soul, etc., but if I could avoid taking insulin shots several times a day safely, I would do it in a heartbeat. If I could save my daughter from probably the same fate, I would weigh the risks - but consider it.
That was one of the reasons I went into BioChem as an undergrad.... help change the world. I became a code monkey to feed my family, but my heart is still there.
The reason this bites is it really affected those of us who were being fiscally responsible with our stock options. Day traders cash out every evening and any gain is considered taxable income. To work around some really ugly tax rates, you hold the shares for twelve months before you sell. It also means planning for taxes. Got to love capital gains...
AMT was intended for the Rockefellers, not the (non-CEO) Joe coder. Unforeseen consequences... but haven't we all been burned by an obscure piece of code? This one just happened to be tax code, that's all. Makes bit shifting look easy if you ask me.
I think it might... the recovery disk thinks it is a different computer when I tried to install Windows within VMWare - bet the knife cuts both ways on this one.
Lets say you upgrade 500 boxes in your shop with evergreen "PC" cards.... What then? So what happens when you...
Upgrade RAM in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Upgrade a case or power supply in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Upgrade a HDD in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Upgrade a CPU in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Upgrade a motherboard in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Which part is "the computer"? What combo constitutes a new computer? Microsoft is less than helpful to define what is an upgrade and what is new when they talk about their Enterprise or Select agreements.
As a side note, this is why WinXP will also suck for those of us whose home system is in a state of flux.
Audits are painful - I've seen companies spend months trying to match PO's, those silly hologram logos, and what not prepping for a visit. Be careful when you kick a sleeping dragon... it may not matter if you were justified or within your right.
that five or so local computer stores were under investigation for piracy a year or so ago. I shopped at a few of them and asked - seems Microsoft was concerned about them selling "bundle only with a new PC" copies of Office, and Microsoft and them were haggling over what a "new" PC is. This is really a can of worms for people who upgrade boxes - myself, I have had had the same hammer for years, replacing 3 heads and 5 handles - but that is another rant....
At the same time, a shop that was not on the list was selling Office 97 with a main board / hard drive at OEM prices. I was building a new box for a friend, so I bought what I thought was a legit copy. Turns out, the CD with "on-line" activation was really a replacement media CD that was priced like an OEM version of Office. They are now gone, so what do you do?
Anyhow, a few shops survived the inquisition. I see the problem, but have mixed feelings about their tactics.
(PS, for all the jokes we make about Big Brother, it is be worth mentioning 1984 is a fantastic read and worth doing in your off-line hours.)
Quest wanted an extra 15$ a month for the static IP before I found out they were multiplexing (?) the phone lines in our area. Something about sharing the copper with too many people.
Anyhow, I guess it's more about the TOS... the DSL connection would let me run "servers" where my cable modem prohibits it. I was cool with a limit to how much bandwidth I used , but still able to run my own CS server when we wanted a private game over the net. I can work around most of these things from a technical perspective, but I risk losing my broadband.
for the static IP address you can get with a DSL connection. I'm not sure why it matters what DNS name your ISP uses if you run your own mail / web server...
Yes, I know about TZO as well, but come on - I'm only 14,000 feet from the CO! A static IP is one of the main reasons for buying a house so close to my mother in law...
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Solaris not for the home user? My Sunblade is in the rack with the rest of my home cluster. Anyhow, IE5.5 (Solaris) works pretty good. The wizards are kind of disquieting, however.
http://www.microsoft.com/unix/ie/default.aspTempest sniffs the EM from the monitor, letting them "see" what you see... nothing to do with the mouse and keyboard - except for what you see on the screen.
Dang, so much for "RAM 2X for Linux" working...
I know a work around will make it out there, but this really sucks. One of the reasons I picked up a monster HDD was to limit swapping drives when I was coding or gaming.
Anyhow, the real problem is laptops.... I did get some removable drive mounts for my primary box, but right now I am sitting in the living room with my laptop. No removable drive options here.
In the end, it might not matter (for me)... as long as a Win2K service pack does not add this "feature" somewhere down the line.
Power, cooler temps, but probably no bandwidth. I would hate to be the fedex guy dropping off tapes....
I drove up there (From MN) a while back on a cross country motorcycle trip, and I could think of few things less fun then trenching fiber optic cable through that wilderness - environmental issues aside.
then it gets rounded to 1000...
If I sent in a digital copy of a term paper (via email) and the professor cracked my encryption scheme to get lost in the masses of other students?
Dang, I knew this security by obscurity thing would bite me in the ass one day...
The article mentions some of the same tripe you hear over and over again when people wonder why so few developers are interested in unions. I'm not going to go nuts here, but a couple things irked me...
This helps how? [RANT ON] Folks, if you are not growing your skill set - company sponsored or not, boot to the head. Staying current with the technology requires effort, but it almost always will put you in a better position. If a company decides Bob or Jane are only worth a 3.5% increase each year - never mind they picked up Java Developer, an MCSD, Oracle certification while they were watching your phone lines - that should be a good hint to move on. Then next company will appreciate this, usually with cash. How many developers do you know that "won't learn something till the Company sends me to training"? How about those who don't even have a home computer of any sorts? Classes can be a good thing, so can certification - the key thing is keep learning, regardless how you go about it.
So how would unions help here? Give everyone the same watered down classes? How about rewarding those who went the extra mile. Just look at those in the education field and see how much pushing forward helps them. Work for so many years, get x bump, earn masters get Y, and so on. Any work outside the formula does not count for squat.
Yah sure, unions will fix this problem... they are renown for efficiency and cost effectiveness. You get process, but I'm not sure that is a good thing - last week I spend an extra 45 minutes stuck on an airplane while they worked through the paperwork after a light bulb was replaced. Not that I am bitter, cause I'm not...
Got to get back to the sweatshop before they notice I'm not coding Nike shoes...
We use to work with radioactive iodine and phosphorus more often then I cared to, and had to wear the appropriate gear - including a radiation badges. One got left in the hood for some reason or other, and it was a little hotter than normal.
Anyhow, a week after one of the new grad students starts working with our group, one of my cohorts picks up a Geiger counter, adjusts the sensitivity, and says, "lets check to see if your thyroid is doing OK". With one hand he placed the badge near his neck and moved the GC close enough to make a delightful pops.... The look on his face was priceless. Oh... did we get into the doghouse for that one....
Anyhow, true low-level radiation is pretty safe. The cleanup crew at Chernobyl would not be dealing with levels I would call "low". Electricity scares the hell out of me, however. Few things terrified me as much as installing a new ceiling fan for my wife.
should be sent directly to the auditing group, saving Microsoft the time to forward your company's account information for a compliance check.
used equipment. The look on my wife's face was priceless when I brought home an old 19" rackmount chassis the size of our fridge. What the heck am I going to do with a Sun 180?
You put them on a pedestal so you can see up the skirt better, not to watch them fall....
It is not a Jag, it is an Aston Martin - and she a true blond as well...
Yes, but if I remember correctly, they had a deal for a very short time period...
That was one of the reasons I went into BioChem as an undergrad.... help change the world. I became a code monkey to feed my family, but my heart is still there.
The reason this bites is it really affected those of us who were being fiscally responsible with our stock options. Day traders cash out every evening and any gain is considered taxable income. To work around some really ugly tax rates, you hold the shares for twelve months before you sell. It also means planning for taxes. Got to love capital gains... AMT was intended for the Rockefellers, not the (non-CEO) Joe coder. Unforeseen consequences... but haven't we all been burned by an obscure piece of code? This one just happened to be tax code, that's all. Makes bit shifting look easy if you ask me.
I think it might... the recovery disk thinks it is a different computer when I tried to install Windows within VMWare - bet the knife cuts both ways on this one.
I had a grin in there, but I forgot about the allowed HTML stripping things. VMWare it is, then....
Just found the link for the parts...
Isn't that normal for a Win2K install if you do it after Linux rather than before
Lets say you upgrade 500 boxes in your shop with evergreen "PC" cards.... What then? So what happens when you...
Upgrade RAM in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Upgrade a case or power supply in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Upgrade a HDD in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Upgrade a CPU in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Upgrade a motherboard in an existing box; is it a new computer according to Microsoft?
Which part is "the computer"? What combo constitutes a new computer? Microsoft is less than helpful to define what is an upgrade and what is new when they talk about their Enterprise or Select agreements.
As a side note, this is why WinXP will also suck for those of us whose home system is in a state of flux.
Audits are painful - I've seen companies spend months trying to match PO's, those silly hologram logos, and what not prepping for a visit. Be careful when you kick a sleeping dragon... it may not matter if you were justified or within your right.
that five or so local computer stores were under investigation for piracy a year or so ago. I shopped at a few of them and asked - seems Microsoft was concerned about them selling "bundle only with a new PC" copies of Office, and Microsoft and them were haggling over what a "new" PC is. This is really a can of worms for people who upgrade boxes - myself, I have had had the same hammer for years, replacing 3 heads and 5 handles - but that is another rant....
At the same time, a shop that was not on the list was selling Office 97 with a main board / hard drive at OEM prices. I was building a new box for a friend, so I bought what I thought was a legit copy. Turns out, the CD with "on-line" activation was really a replacement media CD that was priced like an OEM version of Office. They are now gone, so what do you do?
Anyhow, a few shops survived the inquisition. I see the problem, but have mixed feelings about their tactics.
(PS, for all the jokes we make about Big Brother, it is be worth mentioning 1984 is a fantastic read and worth doing in your off-line hours.)
Quest wanted an extra 15$ a month for the static IP before I found out they were multiplexing (?) the phone lines in our area. Something about sharing the copper with too many people.
Anyhow, I guess it's more about the TOS... the DSL connection would let me run "servers" where my cable modem prohibits it. I was cool with a limit to how much bandwidth I used , but still able to run my own CS server when we wanted a private game over the net. I can work around most of these things from a technical perspective, but I risk losing my broadband.
I just don't feel that lucky....
for the static IP address you can get with a DSL connection. I'm not sure why it matters what DNS name your ISP uses if you run your own mail / web server...
Yes, I know about TZO as well, but come on - I'm only 14,000 feet from the CO! A static IP is one of the main reasons for buying a house so close to my mother in law...