I believe this the approach of the Salvation Army, who, although a God Squad do some good work amongst the down and outs and operate a very good missing persons service. Their approach on finding someone is to tell them they are being looked for and by whom and then to ask if it is ok to pass back the news that the person is in good health and then at the 'missing' person's choice, put them in contact with the person reporting them missing.
The thing is that the Sally Army do a personal visit to check things are ok. A mobile company calling you to find out whether you want to be found is too liable to abuse. That is, you could be kidnapped by a cult and forced to say you were ok and nobody would be the wiser.
I've seen a lot of secure government facilities, and I've *never* seen a secure parking lot.
Some of the more 'interesting' facilities I am aware of, cars are only permitted to park in a certain area. Between the area and the facility is the real security gate. Apart from anything else, there is acute awareness of car bombs which need to be kept away from certain buildings.
I believe there are some somewhat overpriced PDA/Phones that areokayed for use in classified environments. They apparently even have classified/non-classified modes of operation. Mind you, I would be surprised if they were allowed inside Fort Meade.
The VAX was announced around that year. Other than the DEC-10 and 20, Digital had a number of smaller systems based around the PDP-11. The principle user devices had lower case capability, but unlike Unix most systems were case blind for input commands. This helped a lot for people using ASR-33 teletype machines.
Thank heavens. However, there are many, particularly older people and especially in the oblasts who feel uncomfortable with the idea of uncertainty, wanting a strong and stable government. They do not understand that central control is in the end unsustainable.
There are a lot of smart people in St. Petersburg who understand this (and elsewhere, but St Pete's proximity to western countries brings another perspective). Unfortunately, it is far from easy for their view to be propagated even just in St. Pete, hence the presence of a strong Kremlin supporter as mayor.
Putin isn't Russia but given the backing of the FSB, it is effectively their opinion which is running (& ruining) Russia. The issues remain, the failure of the rule of law, the failure to develop infrastructure or manufacturing and the control of information.
The problem is that even if two neighbours connect via BT DSLAM but different providers, they will not peer locally. The links go back through BT's infrastructure until they get to a common interconnection.
The first Star Wars was filmed mostly in Pinewood, UK. Props would have been sourced locally, remember in those days, the UK was relatively cheap and their model work was superb (as in Kubrik's 2001). Lucas could not have used a US contract in the UK, he would be forced to use a UK one and in those days, they didn't tend to include clauses as to who held the rights, so as the OP suggests, they default to the external contractor.
StarWars IV was made mostly at Pinewood in the UK with bits done in Tunisia. Most of the props and so on were done locally because at that time, the UK was cheaper for films of this type (lots of studio and SFX shots).
As for Storm Troopers, it would be a bit difficult to (TM) these as this nickname came from the WW2 Blitzkrieg.
In the case "the general public" means everyone except Weapons scientists who designed the things in the first place.
I am unclear whether you know who Hellman was (clue: Diffie-Hellman key exchanges). Believe me, he is a clever guy. The things is that from the cryptography side, we can design the best system in the world, but if not used properly, it will be compromised.
Examples of stupid usage with nuclear weapons have already happened, for example the time when the code on the PAL on Minutemen was 'fixed' to all zeroes to overcome key distribution issues.
This sounds too much like "trust us, we're the guvmint". Given the amount of money the weapons program costs and the danger it represents, it is kind of interesting to ask questions. Inside major institutions such as the DOE or DOD, it is often a career limiting move to question the status quo.
I thought that the Santaroga Barrier was quite good and would certainly merit at least a thoughtful TV-movie. How about "The Godmakers"? Might get the mid-west in a huff.
This was the excuse given to me by the CID guys (For any other readers, CID are the MPs who get involved in investigating criminal activities within the army) as to why a lot of people had problems. They had no reason to lie to me as to why they were having so many problems and the other issue was at the time the military wasn't short on manpower as it is now.
Not what I heard from the CID folks. They have no reason to exaggerate the problems they face. These were people that hadn't been convicted but had been seen to be 'going in the wrong direction' so were able to demonstrate their intention to improve themselves by joining up, where they carried on pimping, drug dealing and stealing under the auspices of the military. Oh and this was pre GW2 where all the cash went missing.
My hunch is that the average army member is competent or better, incompetent people are filtered out but a lot of smart people tend towards other professions.
Ok, I am not military but have known plenty of people who are and through some work I did on computer security. I got to know some people in CID.
Perhaps many aren't totally incompetent but before/between the Gulf-Wars, many were very dumb (i.e., lacking in common sense). The wars tend to weed out some of the dumbest as these are the ones who end up being killed by booby traps. Remember in some parts of the US, a young guy getting into trouble can "join-up" to get prosecution dropped.
I know many officers who entered the army to get a college education that they couldn't afford and they definitely weren't stupid, one I know started as a JAG and ended up as a lawyer for a major Wall-Street bank.
Yes, it was one of the nasties that the engineers would warn us about when visiting plants. We weren't certified plant workers so we had to get the safety briefing each time we went onto the plant (you know, after being searched for matches etc). Once you were on the plant, if the alarm went, you ran as fast as possible and even that could be too late.
Many, many years ago before I moved into the 'safer' world of banking, I was involved with plat supervisory and management systems at a Petrochemical company. We often had to visit plant control rooms, which meant being uncomfortably close to the plant itself. It was always a favourite thing of the plant engineers to relate to us IT people how dangerous the stuff sitting in the plant was.
Given the fact that all plants leak over time, it was always one of the more interesting calls that a plant manager had to make was when the leaks were bad enough to warrant closing down the plant for maintenance. If the stuff leaking from the flanges wasn't explosive or highly toxic, it was usually at least inflammable and carcinogenic. Ironically one of the most dangerous things, accident wise was superheated steam.
Anhydrous H2S is nearly odourless (until it starts mixing with atmospheric moisture). It will kill in a lot less than thirty minutes and, I believe has done (chemical plant accidents).
You are assuming that the enterprise market buys PCs with a default OEM install.
Non server machines tend not to be sold bare and the VLKs normally only allow for installation on already licensed machines. Each box has its own OEM key attached which normally remains unused until the box is returned at end of lease or sold-on.
W3Schools builds its stats by monitoring its own and other usage publicly accessible web sites.
Now you're talking. Actual usage statistics. Again, I can't see it because I just don't see that many Vista builds on anything other than retail or a one man business. Someone is obviously buying Vista PCs but it isn't any company I have visited over the last 12 months.
At last, a breath of fresh air. You have nicely summed up what is wrong at Microsoft - an unstable base. My own feeling is that sure, it is great when you give developers the latest and greatest (hardware + software) to play with but that isn't what is out in the field. Indeed, we are now seeing a downspecing of hardware (say the Eee and the like) for high portability/low power drain. As far as smartphones are concerned, the OS can't be considered a field replaceable item. Yes, people do it, but that tends to be the exception rather than the rule. I believe that you are going in the right direction, design for something that is there now. It is a pity that there wasn't some stronger engineering management at Microsoft to ensure your attitude is wider spread.
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I believe this the approach of the Salvation Army, who, although a God Squad do some good work amongst the down and outs and operate a very good missing persons service. Their approach on finding someone is to tell them they are being looked for and by whom and then to ask if it is ok to pass back the news that the person is in good health and then at the 'missing' person's choice, put them in contact with the person reporting them missing.
The thing is that the Sally Army do a personal visit to check things are ok. A mobile company calling you to find out whether you want to be found is too liable to abuse. That is, you could be kidnapped by a cult and forced to say you were ok and nobody would be the wiser.
Her name was Servalan, played by the Jacqueline Pearce. If you want to see more, she also appeared in the film "White Mischief", topless.
I didn't need to Google it, but trolling someone with a recipe for high-explosive is it mean.
I believe there are some somewhat overpriced PDA/Phones that areokayed for use in classified environments. They apparently even have classified/non-classified modes of operation. Mind you, I would be surprised if they were allowed inside Fort Meade.
That sounds suspiciously like a recipe for TATP, a great way to get your notebook noticed by airport security if you don't blow yourself up first.
So is WUXGA (19200x1200).
The VAX was announced around that year. Other than the DEC-10 and 20, Digital had a number of smaller systems based around the PDP-11. The principle user devices had lower case capability, but unlike Unix most systems were case blind for input commands. This helped a lot for people using ASR-33 teletype machines.
Thank heavens. However, there are many, particularly older people and especially in the oblasts who feel uncomfortable with the idea of uncertainty, wanting a strong and stable government. They do not understand that central control is in the end unsustainable.
There are a lot of smart people in St. Petersburg who understand this (and elsewhere, but St Pete's proximity to western countries brings another perspective). Unfortunately, it is far from easy for their view to be propagated even just in St. Pete, hence the presence of a strong Kremlin supporter as mayor.
Putin isn't Russia but given the backing of the FSB, it is effectively their opinion which is running (& ruining) Russia. The issues remain, the failure of the rule of law, the failure to develop infrastructure or manufacturing and the control of information.
Putin needs a fluffy white cat!
The problem is that even if two neighbours connect via BT DSLAM but different providers, they will not peer locally. The links go back through BT's infrastructure until they get to a common interconnection.
The first Star Wars was filmed mostly in Pinewood, UK. Props would have been sourced locally, remember in those days, the UK was relatively cheap and their model work was superb (as in Kubrik's 2001). Lucas could not have used a US contract in the UK, he would be forced to use a UK one and in those days, they didn't tend to include clauses as to who held the rights, so as the OP suggests, they default to the external contractor.
StarWars IV was made mostly at Pinewood in the UK with bits done in Tunisia. Most of the props and so on were done locally because at that time, the UK was cheaper for films of this type (lots of studio and SFX shots).
As for Storm Troopers, it would be a bit difficult to (TM) these as this nickname came from the WW2 Blitzkrieg.
In the case "the general public" means everyone except Weapons scientists who designed the things in the first place.
I am unclear whether you know who Hellman was (clue: Diffie-Hellman key exchanges). Believe me, he is a clever guy. The things is that from the cryptography side, we can design the best system in the world, but if not used properly, it will be compromised.
Examples of stupid usage with nuclear weapons have already happened, for example the time when the code on the PAL on Minutemen was 'fixed' to all zeroes to overcome key distribution issues.
This sounds too much like "trust us, we're the guvmint". Given the amount of money the weapons program costs and the danger it represents, it is kind of interesting to ask questions. Inside major institutions such as the DOE or DOD, it is often a career limiting move to question the status quo.
I thought that the Santaroga Barrier was quite good and would certainly merit at least a thoughtful TV-movie. How about "The Godmakers"? Might get the mid-west in a huff.
This was the excuse given to me by the CID guys (For any other readers, CID are the MPs who get involved in investigating criminal activities within the army) as to why a lot of people had problems. They had no reason to lie to me as to why they were having so many problems and the other issue was at the time the military wasn't short on manpower as it is now.
Not what I heard from the CID folks. They have no reason to exaggerate the problems they face. These were people that hadn't been convicted but had been seen to be 'going in the wrong direction' so were able to demonstrate their intention to improve themselves by joining up, where they carried on pimping, drug dealing and stealing under the auspices of the military. Oh and this was pre GW2 where all the cash went missing.
Ok, I am not military but have known plenty of people who are and through some work I did on computer security. I got to know some people in CID.
Perhaps many aren't totally incompetent but before/between the Gulf-Wars, many were very dumb (i.e., lacking in common sense). The wars tend to weed out some of the dumbest as these are the ones who end up being killed by booby traps. Remember in some parts of the US, a young guy getting into trouble can "join-up" to get prosecution dropped.
I know many officers who entered the army to get a college education that they couldn't afford and they definitely weren't stupid, one I know started as a JAG and ended up as a lawyer for a major Wall-Street bank.
Hee hee, but those dangers were of the liquid form. Superheated steam was invisible and under pressure could cut like a knife.
Yes, it was one of the nasties that the engineers would warn us about when visiting plants. We weren't certified plant workers so we had to get the safety briefing each time we went onto the plant (you know, after being searched for matches etc). Once you were on the plant, if the alarm went, you ran as fast as possible and even that could be too late.
Many, many years ago before I moved into the 'safer' world of banking, I was involved with plat supervisory and management systems at a Petrochemical company. We often had to visit plant control rooms, which meant being uncomfortably close to the plant itself. It was always a favourite thing of the plant engineers to relate to us IT people how dangerous the stuff sitting in the plant was.
Given the fact that all plants leak over time, it was always one of the more interesting calls that a plant manager had to make was when the leaks were bad enough to warrant closing down the plant for maintenance. If the stuff leaking from the flanges wasn't explosive or highly toxic, it was usually at least inflammable and carcinogenic. Ironically one of the most dangerous things, accident wise was superheated steam.
Anhydrous H2S is nearly odourless (until it starts mixing with atmospheric moisture). It will kill in a lot less than thirty minutes and, I believe has done (chemical plant accidents).
At last, a breath of fresh air. You have nicely summed up what is wrong at Microsoft - an unstable base. My own feeling is that sure, it is great when you give developers the latest and greatest (hardware + software) to play with but that isn't what is out in the field. Indeed, we are now seeing a downspecing of hardware (say the Eee and the like) for high portability/low power drain. As far as smartphones are concerned, the OS can't be considered a field replaceable item. Yes, people do it, but that tends to be the exception rather than the rule. I believe that you are going in the right direction, design for something that is there now. It is a pity that there wasn't some stronger engineering management at Microsoft to ensure your attitude is wider spread.