We generally lease servers but buy network equipment. All of our network equipment has redundant units and is a pretty static environment, so I don't run out and buy new equipment every time a vendor end of life's something or recommends we replace it. When we have a failure/rollover situation, if the equipment is end of life, we'll upgrade, if not, and it's still under support, we replace the failed device and life goes on.
I've never argued against gun registration, depending on who has access to the registration. Local law enforcement I have no issue knowing I have guns. Federal government, I do. So, fine, treat guns and cars the same. As for training, I agree wholeheartedly. I'm a CCW (Conceal Carry Weapon) permit holder, I shoot competitively at USPSA (US Practical Shooters Association) events weekly. I go through over 200 rounds / week in training and competition. Not many other gun owners go through nearly that much, but at the very least CQC (Close Quarters Combat), basic firearms handling and legal knowledge should be tested for gun ownership. So yeah, we're on the same page.
Agreed and thank you for doing so. Obviously I disagree with the OP as well, but there has to be open communications on issues whether we agree or disagree.
Again, no source quoted for your "statistics." Amazing what passes for an education these days. But let's combine the homicides and unintentional killings, (assuming someone that wants to commit suicide could just as easily take pills, jump in front of a train, slit wrists, etc.) you now have 1/3rd of the deaths that are related to automobiles. We could very easily outlaw private ownership of vehicles in the US, make everyone travel by bus or train, all goods transported by company owned tractor trailers and automobile fatalities would become nearly non-existent. But no one is trying to pass that because too many people would cry out. The laws that are being passed are knee-jerk reaction laws designed to make people feel safe, nothing more. It's not about safety, it's about grabbing power and usurping our "rights", not our "privileges"
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First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the socialists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.
Based on your "useful purpose" example of bringing people to and from "entertainment", then my guns provide the exact same service. I go shooting weekly as "entertainment", so they provide me the same "useful purpose" as your automobile does to you. Thank you for arguing my point for me.
Not sure where you get your statistics of 30,000 people dying per year from guns, but even assuming it's an accurate statistic (huge leap of faith here), according to the US Census, http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1103.pdf (see here's the difference of just putting a number out there versus data to back it up) 46,800 people were killed in the US alone in auto accidents in 2012. Why is no one screaming to Congress to ban automobiles? It would save 16,800 more lives per year than your "fact" of 30,000 people killed by guns each year.
Oh, I don't know.. I live in Denver, CO, never thought of a roof to keep rain and snow off, 4-wheel drive for snow and icy conditions, a defroster and heater to keep from freezing in the winter and a range that will actually get me back and forth to work without pulling over to plug in as being "irrational reasons" for driving a 4-wheeled vehicle instead of a Segway.
All they need to do is pass a law prohibiting any sort of distraction in the vehicle. Sunlight, fog, rain, snow, children, radios, cell phones, pagers, books, newspapers, makeup, bad days at work, bad days at home, sun visors, allergies, bodily functions, passengers, etc. etc. Once all the distractions are outlawed, there will never be another accident on the road ever again, proving that the government can indeed regulate us to safety!
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There really needs to be a "sarcasm" font....
Every time I see an article on this kind of technology, I think about all the good old video games that hold a special place in my memories. I remember spending wee hours of the morning playing Ultima, Bard's Tale and other classics on the Apple ][e. Then I go back and load them now days and think "what a piece of crap compared to today's graphics and games." Can't help but think the same might be true of childhood memories. Some are probably best left to the fog of childhood interpretation. But I accept it's just a matter of time before this sort of technology will be commonplace.
Jesus Christ, do you read? Did you not see where I said to set the passkey to a long, random phrase (AKA WPA2 PSK)? And setting the DHCP subnet to something other than the idiotic 192.168.0.1 or.1.1 that comes out of the box will do a lot to prevent them from bypassing DHCP. Set it to any 32 addresses in the 10.x network and done.
Change your wireless router not to broadcast SSID, change the SSID to something completely random, lock down DHCP to some odd subnet, only route the addresses handed out by DHCP, MAC filtering, set the SSID password to a long string, done. Only so much you can do. You can buy the best steel reinforced door to protect your house, but a rock through the window pretty well bypasses that.
This lowered bar for having a basic grasp of grammar and spelling isn't just limited to universities. Read through any news source these days (printed or online), and you'll see the same things. Grammar and spelling errors that even a basic spell check in Word would find and correct. People are lazy, and with no one calling them out on it, there's nothing to stop it. If a news editor can't even be bothered to proofread an article before publishing it, why should a student or professor or anyone for that matter? Hopefully enough of us will hold out and maintain basic standards until the pendulum swings back.
Maybe those who were playing XBox 360 during the presidential debate were pissed off at being interrupted while they were playing and just hit any answer to get the question to go away? My personal thought is anyone that was playing with XBox during the presidential debate hopefully isn't voting anyway, since they seem to show no interest in learning what the issues are much less what either candidate's stance is on those issues.
Our school had 3 computers, IBM PCs. In order to get into computer class, you had to take a year of typing and show that you could type at least 65 wpm. This was supposedly to weed out the kids that weren't serious about working on computers. Once in computer class, we spent the entire year playing Wheel of Fortune, Where in the World is Camen Sandiego and Oregon Trail. I learned more about computers from a programming book I had at home for my Apple ][e than I ever did in computer class.
I think what a lot of kids miss these days in school is the fact that K-12 isn't preparing you for one particular career. The idea is to give you a rounded education that you can use to pursue any career in college. So many people are still in first or second year of college before they decide on a major, and I know dozens of people working in fields now that have nothing to do with their college degree. My advice would be to learn all you can, you never know when it will come in handy later in life.
Comparing the price of tablet computers to hearing aids is not a like to like comparison. "Cheap" tablets, PCs and laptops all have one thing in common: crapware. Manufacturers are paid by the producers of said crapware to install trial-mode versions of their software in the hopes of getting the end user to pay for the full blown version. Other tablets are subsidized by wireless retailers to get you into a wireless contract where the additional cost of the tablet is hidden in your wireless plan. Maybe if hearing aids came with advertisements pasted all over the exposed end and gave the user a paid advertisement every 15 minutes or so, the cost for those would come way down as well.
First thing I'd do would be to document the issues that you've found. Talk with your immediate supervisor, explain the issues and the plan that you've come up with to address it. Without upper management buy-in, you're doomed from the start. Look for free/low-cost management utilities out there. Prioritize the issues you've found and start tackling them one at a time. If you make your supervisor aware of the issues and provide an overview of how you plan to deal with them, they'll be a lot more understanding if something does break in the meantime than if it comes as a total surprise.
The Horror! A company actually charged a fee, for profit? How does everyone that buys tickets from Ticketmaster think they pay their employees, keep their servers up and running and the lights on? Of course they make a profit from their "processing fee." Anyone that thought any different is naive about how a business works or just didn't give it any thought.
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Oh, I can imagine pretty dumb people... and I think our elected officials would still surprise me!
We generally lease servers but buy network equipment. All of our network equipment has redundant units and is a pretty static environment, so I don't run out and buy new equipment every time a vendor end of life's something or recommends we replace it. When we have a failure/rollover situation, if the equipment is end of life, we'll upgrade, if not, and it's still under support, we replace the failed device and life goes on.
55 years of monitoring, rather... math is hard....
They've monitored for the last 25 years, but they know the levels for the last 800,000 years? Now that's some scientific "facts" right there!
Agreed AM. To quote the great Benjamin Franklin "Those who would surrender liberty for security deserve neither."
I've never argued against gun registration, depending on who has access to the registration. Local law enforcement I have no issue knowing I have guns. Federal government, I do. So, fine, treat guns and cars the same. As for training, I agree wholeheartedly. I'm a CCW (Conceal Carry Weapon) permit holder, I shoot competitively at USPSA (US Practical Shooters Association) events weekly. I go through over 200 rounds / week in training and competition. Not many other gun owners go through nearly that much, but at the very least CQC (Close Quarters Combat), basic firearms handling and legal knowledge should be tested for gun ownership. So yeah, we're on the same page.
The real question is, is that really a steak you're biting into or just what the Matrix tells you is a steak? lol
Agreed and thank you for doing so. Obviously I disagree with the OP as well, but there has to be open communications on issues whether we agree or disagree.
Again, no source quoted for your "statistics." Amazing what passes for an education these days. But let's combine the homicides and unintentional killings, (assuming someone that wants to commit suicide could just as easily take pills, jump in front of a train, slit wrists, etc.) you now have 1/3rd of the deaths that are related to automobiles. We could very easily outlaw private ownership of vehicles in the US, make everyone travel by bus or train, all goods transported by company owned tractor trailers and automobile fatalities would become nearly non-existent. But no one is trying to pass that because too many people would cry out. The laws that are being passed are knee-jerk reaction laws designed to make people feel safe, nothing more. It's not about safety, it's about grabbing power and usurping our "rights", not our "privileges" - First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.
Based on your "useful purpose" example of bringing people to and from "entertainment", then my guns provide the exact same service. I go shooting weekly as "entertainment", so they provide me the same "useful purpose" as your automobile does to you. Thank you for arguing my point for me.
Not sure where you get your statistics of 30,000 people dying per year from guns, but even assuming it's an accurate statistic (huge leap of faith here), according to the US Census, http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1103.pdf (see here's the difference of just putting a number out there versus data to back it up) 46,800 people were killed in the US alone in auto accidents in 2012. Why is no one screaming to Congress to ban automobiles? It would save 16,800 more lives per year than your "fact" of 30,000 people killed by guns each year.
Oh, I don't know.. I live in Denver, CO, never thought of a roof to keep rain and snow off, 4-wheel drive for snow and icy conditions, a defroster and heater to keep from freezing in the winter and a range that will actually get me back and forth to work without pulling over to plug in as being "irrational reasons" for driving a 4-wheeled vehicle instead of a Segway.
All they need to do is pass a law prohibiting any sort of distraction in the vehicle. Sunlight, fog, rain, snow, children, radios, cell phones, pagers, books, newspapers, makeup, bad days at work, bad days at home, sun visors, allergies, bodily functions, passengers, etc. etc. Once all the distractions are outlawed, there will never be another accident on the road ever again, proving that the government can indeed regulate us to safety! -------- There really needs to be a "sarcasm" font....
Lead exposure has also been proven to reduce repeat offenders if applied in the 9mm, 40cal or 45cal doses.
Every time I see an article on this kind of technology, I think about all the good old video games that hold a special place in my memories. I remember spending wee hours of the morning playing Ultima, Bard's Tale and other classics on the Apple ][e. Then I go back and load them now days and think "what a piece of crap compared to today's graphics and games." Can't help but think the same might be true of childhood memories. Some are probably best left to the fog of childhood interpretation. But I accept it's just a matter of time before this sort of technology will be commonplace.
Jesus Christ, do you read? Did you not see where I said to set the passkey to a long, random phrase (AKA WPA2 PSK)? And setting the DHCP subnet to something other than the idiotic 192.168.0.1 or .1.1 that comes out of the box will do a lot to prevent them from bypassing DHCP. Set it to any 32 addresses in the 10.x network and done.
Change your wireless router not to broadcast SSID, change the SSID to something completely random, lock down DHCP to some odd subnet, only route the addresses handed out by DHCP, MAC filtering, set the SSID password to a long string, done. Only so much you can do. You can buy the best steel reinforced door to protect your house, but a rock through the window pretty well bypasses that.
This lowered bar for having a basic grasp of grammar and spelling isn't just limited to universities. Read through any news source these days (printed or online), and you'll see the same things. Grammar and spelling errors that even a basic spell check in Word would find and correct. People are lazy, and with no one calling them out on it, there's nothing to stop it. If a news editor can't even be bothered to proofread an article before publishing it, why should a student or professor or anyone for that matter? Hopefully enough of us will hold out and maintain basic standards until the pendulum swings back.
Maybe those who were playing XBox 360 during the presidential debate were pissed off at being interrupted while they were playing and just hit any answer to get the question to go away? My personal thought is anyone that was playing with XBox during the presidential debate hopefully isn't voting anyway, since they seem to show no interest in learning what the issues are much less what either candidate's stance is on those issues.
Our school had 3 computers, IBM PCs. In order to get into computer class, you had to take a year of typing and show that you could type at least 65 wpm. This was supposedly to weed out the kids that weren't serious about working on computers. Once in computer class, we spent the entire year playing Wheel of Fortune, Where in the World is Camen Sandiego and Oregon Trail. I learned more about computers from a programming book I had at home for my Apple ][e than I ever did in computer class.
I think what a lot of kids miss these days in school is the fact that K-12 isn't preparing you for one particular career. The idea is to give you a rounded education that you can use to pursue any career in college. So many people are still in first or second year of college before they decide on a major, and I know dozens of people working in fields now that have nothing to do with their college degree. My advice would be to learn all you can, you never know when it will come in handy later in life.
Comparing the price of tablet computers to hearing aids is not a like to like comparison. "Cheap" tablets, PCs and laptops all have one thing in common: crapware. Manufacturers are paid by the producers of said crapware to install trial-mode versions of their software in the hopes of getting the end user to pay for the full blown version. Other tablets are subsidized by wireless retailers to get you into a wireless contract where the additional cost of the tablet is hidden in your wireless plan. Maybe if hearing aids came with advertisements pasted all over the exposed end and gave the user a paid advertisement every 15 minutes or so, the cost for those would come way down as well.
First thing I'd do would be to document the issues that you've found. Talk with your immediate supervisor, explain the issues and the plan that you've come up with to address it. Without upper management buy-in, you're doomed from the start. Look for free/low-cost management utilities out there. Prioritize the issues you've found and start tackling them one at a time. If you make your supervisor aware of the issues and provide an overview of how you plan to deal with them, they'll be a lot more understanding if something does break in the meantime than if it comes as a total surprise.
The Horror! A company actually charged a fee, for profit? How does everyone that buys tickets from Ticketmaster think they pay their employees, keep their servers up and running and the lights on? Of course they make a profit from their "processing fee." Anyone that thought any different is naive about how a business works or just didn't give it any thought.