yup, I am currently contracting out at the Naval Weapon Station in Yorktown, VA
We develop ordnance systems for the Navy (you know, mundane things like tracking the inventory of tomahawk missiles, and the rest of the NAVY ammunitions inventory).
We are preparing for a CMM 3+ certification here shortly.
Yes, the Navy is standardizing on one OS, one set of office software, etc. The "standards organization" is acronymed NMCI (can't recall what the hell it stands for right now)
Current systems that we are working on sure as hell don't use 20 year old databases and dev tools (or I would have quit long ago). We are using Oracle 8i/9i, OAS 9i and Oracle Portal. Application development is currently in Oracle Developer, and moving towards JSP.
I don't think I can really go into much more detail, and not get in trouble:)
he is just posing a thoery whereby there *seems* to be evidence supporting it.
If I say "well, America or England or some other predominately caucasion country 'X' is greater(meaning, more prosperous, better living conditions, that kind of thing) than anything in Africa" does that mean I am racist too? Even though I am just stating facts? Does that mean I think Africans are too stupid or incompetent to build a great nation that is 100 times better than any "white" country? Nope, not at all.
That's the thing. He is not stating "I know for a fact that this is true". He is taking things from all over the world and saying "hey.. this sort of relates to this, and that event coincides with this event here" etc.
It's the same thing as you, before taking any classes in history or geography, looking at a world globe/atlas and noticing that North and South America seem to "fit" with Europe and Africa, and Australia seems to "fit" against Africa, etc. So you maybe make cutouts of the continents and try putting them together like a puzzle. He's just taking facts and ideas and combining them and saying "Hey, it might be possible".
I'm not saying to take everything he (or DuVal, Sitchin, et al) writes as fact, but it's a good idea to consider it instead of immediately dismissing it as the work of a crackpot:)
But then, most famous discoveries are made by "crackpots", right?
See, men are the majority of readers of these books.. and well, we need something to do when we are sitting on the crapper:p
As for what kind of books?
Something that explores more advanced topics. I go to Barnes & Noble looking for stuff on PHP (I have coded in PHP for 2 years now.. I know the basics allready) and all I see is stuff like "Teach yourself PHP in 24 hours", "Beginning PHP" and other intro books. How about something that looks at the 'theory' side of the code, as to how it can be applied in <insert name> enterprise-class application, etc.
I can only stand reading about so many "How to submit data to a form with PHP!!!" or "Type in your name, hit enter and LOOK!!! your name appears on the next page.. l33t!!"
Just remember that if you write about advanced topics, you write in a way that most people can understand. Don't assume everyone has a PhD in Bullshitology:)
Actually, IIS isn't embedded down to the kernel level, so Apache or whatever you want to run has a reasonably fair chance of performing on par with IIS.
Depending on HOW MS implements the filesystem and if the SQL server is embedded into the actual kernel or whatnot will determine if there are grounds for an Anti-trust suit. If MS were to write the filesystem in a way that it could use a "plugin" type approach for the database server used, then other database vendors could develop database servers for this purpose as well.
But if they embed SQL server code (even some) into the kernel, it gives them perfect opportunity to say to their customers "Hey, we allready have SQL Server code/hooks/etc in the kernel. SQLServer WILL perform better and faster than any other database server, period."
Actually, standard serving temperature of coffee in most fast food restaurants is about 175+/-5 degree's farenheit, with optimal at about 179 farenheit.
Violence *is* "built in" to us. Albeit, not wanton acts of violence.
Example? Go find the kindest person you know. Maybe it's a preacher, maybe it's your mother. Anyhow, start provoking them - slap them in the back of the head repeatedly. Start stealing things from them. Keep doing it and see if they don't retaliate. It might take awhile, because they have learned to suppress anger and bad thoughts. Eventually though, they will reach a breaking point. Same as what happened with the perpetrators of Columbine.
It's instinct my friend. While humans (and most creatures in nature) aren't terroristically (w00t, new word!) violent, we/they do what is needed to survive.
"I honestly believe (despite my trollish name) that gaming companies should take some responsibility in their "creations". I know I witnessed a dear personal friend become nearly possessed after playing titles like "Doom" and "Wolfenstein". I was afraid he might kill me so I had to call the law enforcement. "
No offense, but if your friend became that wrapped up in it, then he should have been put in the loony bin in a straight jacket a long time ago, or at least seek the help of a shrink - He has sever mental problems that need to be addressed. It could have been anything that set him off, it just happened to be games.
"Besides, we all know that money is a panacea for all wounds. Once you get that money, baby, you'll be alright. It will be like little Timmy never died. You can stuff up that hole in your heart with cash, it's the American way."
As sad as it is, that is so true:(
We here in America are so quick to sue over anything, thinking it will fix our hurt. Seriously, you could step on my brand new Nike's that I paid $70 for and I could then sue you for something stupid like making me walk around in dirty shoes, thus humiliating me and causing me extreme mental anguish. I could get like 1.2 mil from you.
You could run over my dog, even though I was the one who let him run around outside without a leash, and my yard not being fenced. But I could convince the jury/judge that that dog was like a child to me, and that a couple hundred thousand would fill the hole in my heart and allow me to forgive you.
Pffffft. And we wonder why those in other countries make fun of the USA.
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God forbid you try and get a Cable Modem there. 100,000 people all on YOUR little network? I can see there will be alot of "covert" operations before big clan matches to go and cut neighbors' cable lines!:p
1. Catalog.com - Their Linux servers have really jumped in price, but they are running a special on slightly beefed up Raq3's (extra RAM). I don't have any personal experience with them, but I have heard decent reports from abroad and was highly considering them when I was looking for a dedicated server. I read on their forums before that a couple customers ded's got hacked, but they seem to take a pro-active approach to helping to secure servers.
2. CIHost.com - I am currently hosting a shared (virtual) account there and have been for about 6 months. I have had no major problems thus far (granted, it's not a dedicated server), but what issues I have had (questions, setting up databases, etc) have been handled promptly. As well, I just noticed that even though I used their online Credit Card processing page to pay for my last month, the charge never appeared on my CC and my account hasn't reflected the payment. Yet, my page is still functional and there has been no break in service.:)
As well, they are running a special on Dedicated Servers. Lease one, get one free:) That's a pretty cool deal if you ask me. They have an into ded. server (special doesn't apply to this package) that goes for 99 bucks a month. For hosting one domain, that is fairly adaquate if you ask me.
There are plenty of others out there, but these are the two I was really looking at when I was in the market for a ded. Still don't have one, figured a new car should come first =)
This seems to be the pervailing attitude among those at Microsoft and elsewhere: users are stupid, so stupid that we must make all their decisions for them.
I suppose you have never worked Tech Support.
99% of computer users are *complete* idiots. My mother happens to fall in that catagory. I love her to death, but she knows NOTHING about computers, but has to use one everyday for work.
Most computer users are like this. Most/.'ers are advanced computer users and can get into their system and diagnose problems on their own, probably better than some of the developers at big software companies can. The thing is, most of us "l337 d00ds" can't seem to look at a program/computer/OS from a normal/newbie users point of view.
In all honestly, Linux is a *nightmare* for a newbie computer user. If you recommend it to a newbie, you should be SHOT. Seriously.. shot dead.
Don't get me wrong, Linux is very nice, but go get grandpa who hasn't ever touched a computer and tell him to install/use windows on a blank drive, and then tell him to install/use Linux (pick a flavor) on a new drive.
Granted, he might have a little trouble with *both*, but I guarantee you that he will have an easier time with Windows.
With all that said, if Microsoft wants to really, really dumb things down, they need an option so that more advanced users can bypass all the help/intos/wizards/blahblah stuff.
Then again, do we really want all these newbies using computers? Case in point: AOL!
To stay on topic, I found Doug's answers to be, for the most part, an interesting read.
I had been a smoker for 7 years and had thought about quiting before, but I just never put forth the effort.
Then Truth started their ad blitz. While it didn't really give me more information, the constant bombardment of ads made me think about the negatives more than I had previously.
The result: Been smoke free for almost a year now..:)
a quote from their FAQ:
"Lossy compression has benefits that extend well beyond day-to-day file management. Our short list includes: permanent (irretrievable) archiving; "(emphasis mine)
Cox@home says 3Mbps down and 256k up.
In Newport News, I was getting my full 3mbps down and was actually getting about 1.2Mbps up (seriously). I have since moved to a neighboring town and am getting (usually) my full 3mbps down and my capped 256kbps up.
Latency was a problem for a couple weeks where my gateway was pinging at 300+ after about 5:00pm. I bitched them out quite a bit and everything seems to be working fine now. Whether this is from them actually adding more bandwidth or from the Napster freaks calming down, I don't know....
It really all depends on what you want to do.
If you are making a small site to target a small community (say, the BeOS community), then a small DB such as MySQL is more than addaquate. If you lose some data here, or the database server goes down, it's not a major loss. So you lose some banner impressions, big deal.
If you run a higher traffic site, you might use Postgres.
If you need scalability and some more advanced enterprise features, you then use Sybase or MS SQL (not sure where DB2 falls in here, as I don't have much expereince with it).
For mission critical, can't ever be down, systems, you should *seriously* consider Oracle. This week, I am in a Oracle DBA/Architecture class and the instructor has a few DBA friends at First Union (an American bank - a rather large bank at that). She said that their online banking/db system is run by *57* servers using Oracle. Why? Because just *one* hour of downtime costs $10million USD. Yes, TEN MILLION. Would you use Postgres in that situation? I don't hardly think so.
As well, if you need to be able to recover *everything* from a crash (disk/db/system, etc) then I would definately recommend considering Oracle. You can easily backup from the latest backup and use the transaction/redo logs to bring the database up to data of the very last transaction before the crash (you might be able to do this with other RDBMS as well - not claiming to be a guru by any means).
Again, it all depends on what you want to do. I certainly wouldn't recommend Oracle for running a small time site. I honestly don't think it would really even benefit Slashdot to use it (for the cost).
Well personally, and I could be wrong, but this would be a nightmare for me. Why?
-well, if it's on a pay-per-use system, then I have to keep track of how many times I run each piece of software.
-What about the programs that load on startup?
-You mean I have to pay an extra xx amount each time my computer crashes and I have to reboot (thus restarting the OS and any auto-start programs)?
-Am I going to have to hire an accountant to keep track of how much I am spending on software, and to make sure the companies aren't overcharging?
-I will have to drown my computer resources so that I can keep 20 programs open all the time so I can cut back on the "per use" fees.
The day this happens, I will permanently delete windows and go straight to Linux or FreeBSD. I can live without a couple games so that I am not maxing out my credit card all the time.
I agree, I would like to know if I have something wrong with me... But it will be kinda like a credit report. Everyone can see it but you, unless you pay for it.
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yup, I am currently contracting out at the Naval Weapon Station in Yorktown, VA
:)
We develop ordnance systems for the Navy (you know, mundane things like tracking the inventory of tomahawk missiles, and the rest of the NAVY ammunitions inventory).
We are preparing for a CMM 3+ certification here shortly.
Yes, the Navy is standardizing on one OS, one set of office software, etc. The "standards organization" is acronymed NMCI (can't recall what the hell it stands for right now)
Current systems that we are working on sure as hell don't use 20 year old databases and dev tools (or I would have quit long ago). We are using Oracle 8i/9i, OAS 9i and Oracle Portal. Application development is currently in Oracle Developer, and moving towards JSP.
I don't think I can really go into much more detail, and not get in trouble
not once has he *ever* said that
he is just posing a thoery whereby there *seems* to be evidence supporting it.
If I say "well, America or England or some other predominately caucasion country 'X' is greater(meaning, more prosperous, better living conditions, that kind of thing) than anything in Africa" does that mean I am racist too? Even though I am just stating facts? Does that mean I think Africans are too stupid or incompetent to build a great nation that is 100 times better than any "white" country? Nope, not at all.
Ok, enough analogies for me today
That's the thing. He is not stating "I know for a fact that this is true". He is taking things from all over the world and saying "hey.. this sort of relates to this, and that event coincides with this event here" etc.
:)
It's the same thing as you, before taking any classes in history or geography, looking at a world globe/atlas and noticing that North and South America seem to "fit" with Europe and Africa, and Australia seems to "fit" against Africa, etc. So you maybe make cutouts of the continents and try putting them together like a puzzle. He's just taking facts and ideas and combining them and saying "Hey, it might be possible".
I'm not saying to take everything he (or DuVal, Sitchin, et al) writes as fact, but it's a good idea to consider it instead of immediately dismissing it as the work of a crackpot
But then, most famous discoveries are made by "crackpots", right?
Yep, another vote for dead trees.
:p
:)
See, men are the majority of readers of these books.. and well, we need something to do when we are sitting on the crapper
As for what kind of books?
Something that explores more advanced topics. I go to Barnes & Noble looking for stuff on PHP (I have coded in PHP for 2 years now.. I know the basics allready) and all I see is stuff like "Teach yourself PHP in 24 hours", "Beginning PHP" and other intro books. How about something that looks at the 'theory' side of the code, as to how it can be applied in <insert name> enterprise-class application, etc.
I can only stand reading about so many "How to submit data to a form with PHP!!!" or "Type in your name, hit enter and LOOK!!! your name appears on the next page.. l33t!!"
Just remember that if you write about advanced topics, you write in a way that most people can understand. Don't assume everyone has a PhD in Bullshitology
Actually, IIS isn't embedded down to the kernel level, so Apache or whatever you want to run has a reasonably fair chance of performing on par with IIS.
Depending on HOW MS implements the filesystem and if the SQL server is embedded into the actual kernel or whatnot will determine if there are grounds for an Anti-trust suit. If MS were to write the filesystem in a way that it could use a "plugin" type approach for the database server used, then other database vendors could develop database servers for this purpose as well.
But if they embed SQL server code (even some) into the kernel, it gives them perfect opportunity to say to their customers "Hey, we allready have SQL Server code/hooks/etc in the kernel. SQLServer WILL perform better and faster than any other database server, period."
Nope, MySQL doesn't support Foreign Keys, so it is in no way a relational database.
OMG! Chickens have fingers?! Since when?
Well, good points but...
;)
I find scribbling notes all over my laptop's LCD or my monitor doesn't have that "lasting" effect that notes on paper reports do
I used to be a manager at Burger King and had some friends who managed at Hardee's and McDonald's :p
Actually, standard serving temperature of coffee in most fast food restaurants is about 175+/-5 degree's farenheit, with optimal at about 179 farenheit.
lol
It's just not your day is it? Maybe *you* should lay off the video games, seeing as how you are at that tender, impressionable age of twelve.
Violence *is* "built in" to us. Albeit, not wanton acts of violence.
Example? Go find the kindest person you know. Maybe it's a preacher, maybe it's your mother. Anyhow, start provoking them - slap them in the back of the head repeatedly. Start stealing things from them. Keep doing it and see if they don't retaliate. It might take awhile, because they have learned to suppress anger and bad thoughts. Eventually though, they will reach a breaking point. Same as what happened with the perpetrators of Columbine.
It's instinct my friend. While humans (and most creatures in nature) aren't terroristically (w00t, new word!) violent, we/they do what is needed to survive.
My, aren't we intelligent today?
"I honestly believe (despite my trollish name) that gaming companies should take some responsibility in their "creations". I know I witnessed a dear personal friend become nearly possessed after playing titles like "Doom" and "Wolfenstein". I was afraid he might kill me so I had to call the law enforcement. "
No offense, but if your friend became that wrapped up in it, then he should have been put in the loony bin in a straight jacket a long time ago, or at least seek the help of a shrink - He has sever mental problems that need to be addressed. It could have been anything that set him off, it just happened to be games.
"Besides, we all know that money is a panacea for all wounds. Once you get that money, baby, you'll be alright. It will be like little Timmy never died. You can stuff up that hole in your heart with cash, it's the American way."
:(
As sad as it is, that is so true
We here in America are so quick to sue over anything, thinking it will fix our hurt. Seriously, you could step on my brand new Nike's that I paid $70 for and I could then sue you for something stupid like making me walk around in dirty shoes, thus humiliating me and causing me extreme mental anguish. I could get like 1.2 mil from you.
You could run over my dog, even though I was the one who let him run around outside without a leash, and my yard not being fenced. But I could convince the jury/judge that that dog was like a child to me, and that a couple hundred thousand would fill the hole in my heart and allow me to forgive you.
Pffffft. And we wonder why those in other countries make fun of the USA.
God forbid you try and get a Cable Modem there. 100,000 people all on YOUR little network? I can see there will be alot of "covert" operations before big clan matches to go and cut neighbors' cable lines! :p
Maybe you can get DSL, lol.
I have trademarked the word free when used in context of "free software"..
;P
all your base are belong to use
o yeah, I trademarked that as well.. gimme more money! gimme gimme gimme!
Two come to mind:
:)
:) That's a pretty cool deal if you ask me. They have an into ded. server (special doesn't apply to this package) that goes for 99 bucks a month. For hosting one domain, that is fairly adaquate if you ask me.
1. Catalog.com - Their Linux servers have really jumped in price, but they are running a special on slightly beefed up Raq3's (extra RAM). I don't have any personal experience with them, but I have heard decent reports from abroad and was highly considering them when I was looking for a dedicated server. I read on their forums before that a couple customers ded's got hacked, but they seem to take a pro-active approach to helping to secure servers.
2. CIHost.com - I am currently hosting a shared (virtual) account there and have been for about 6 months. I have had no major problems thus far (granted, it's not a dedicated server), but what issues I have had (questions, setting up databases, etc) have been handled promptly. As well, I just noticed that even though I used their online Credit Card processing page to pay for my last month, the charge never appeared on my CC and my account hasn't reflected the payment. Yet, my page is still functional and there has been no break in service.
As well, they are running a special on Dedicated Servers. Lease one, get one free
There are plenty of others out there, but these are the two I was really looking at when I was in the market for a ded. Still don't have one, figured a new car should come first =)
Good luck in getting everything resolved!
This seems to be the pervailing attitude among those at Microsoft and elsewhere: users are stupid, so stupid that we must make all their decisions for them.
/.'ers are advanced computer users and can get into their system and diagnose problems on their own, probably better than some of the developers at big software companies can. The thing is, most of us "l337 d00ds" can't seem to look at a program/computer/OS from a normal/newbie users point of view.
I suppose you have never worked Tech Support.
99% of computer users are *complete* idiots. My mother happens to fall in that catagory. I love her to death, but she knows NOTHING about computers, but has to use one everyday for work.
Most computer users are like this. Most
In all honestly, Linux is a *nightmare* for a newbie computer user. If you recommend it to a newbie, you should be SHOT. Seriously.. shot dead.
Don't get me wrong, Linux is very nice, but go get grandpa who hasn't ever touched a computer and tell him to install/use windows on a blank drive, and then tell him to install/use Linux (pick a flavor) on a new drive.
Granted, he might have a little trouble with *both*, but I guarantee you that he will have an easier time with Windows.
With all that said, if Microsoft wants to really, really dumb things down, they need an option so that more advanced users can bypass all the help/intos/wizards/blahblah stuff.
Then again, do we really want all these newbies using computers? Case in point: AOL!
To stay on topic, I found Doug's answers to be, for the most part, an interesting read.
actually, they do help (are effective).
:)
I had been a smoker for 7 years and had thought about quiting before, but I just never put forth the effort.
Then Truth started their ad blitz. While it didn't really give me more information, the constant bombardment of ads made me think about the negatives more than I had previously.
The result: Been smoke free for almost a year now..
a quote from their FAQ:
"Lossy compression has benefits that extend well beyond day-to-day file management. Our short list includes: permanent (irretrievable) archiving; "(emphasis mine)
Kinda defeats the purpose if you ask me
Cox@home says 3Mbps down and 256k up.
In Newport News, I was getting my full 3mbps down and was actually getting about 1.2Mbps up (seriously). I have since moved to a neighboring town and am getting (usually) my full 3mbps down and my capped 256kbps up.
Latency was a problem for a couple weeks where my gateway was pinging at 300+ after about 5:00pm. I bitched them out quite a bit and everything seems to be working fine now. Whether this is from them actually adding more bandwidth or from the Napster freaks calming down, I don't know....
It really all depends on what you want to do.
:)
If you are making a small site to target a small community (say, the BeOS community), then a small DB such as MySQL is more than addaquate. If you lose some data here, or the database server goes down, it's not a major loss. So you lose some banner impressions, big deal.
If you run a higher traffic site, you might use Postgres.
If you need scalability and some more advanced enterprise features, you then use Sybase or MS SQL (not sure where DB2 falls in here, as I don't have much expereince with it).
For mission critical, can't ever be down, systems, you should *seriously* consider Oracle. This week, I am in a Oracle DBA/Architecture class and the instructor has a few DBA friends at First Union (an American bank - a rather large bank at that). She said that their online banking/db system is run by *57* servers using Oracle. Why? Because just *one* hour of downtime costs $10million USD. Yes, TEN MILLION. Would you use Postgres in that situation? I don't hardly think so.
As well, if you need to be able to recover *everything* from a crash (disk/db/system, etc) then I would definately recommend considering Oracle. You can easily backup from the latest backup and use the transaction/redo logs to bring the database up to data of the very last transaction before the crash (you might be able to do this with other RDBMS as well - not claiming to be a guru by any means).
Again, it all depends on what you want to do. I certainly wouldn't recommend Oracle for running a small time site. I honestly don't think it would really even benefit Slashdot to use it (for the cost).
just my opinion, feel free to flame
Well personally, and I could be wrong, but this would be a nightmare for me. Why?
-well, if it's on a pay-per-use system, then I have to keep track of how many times I run each piece of software.
-What about the programs that load on startup?
-You mean I have to pay an extra xx amount each time my computer crashes and I have to reboot (thus restarting the OS and any auto-start programs)?
-Am I going to have to hire an accountant to keep track of how much I am spending on software, and to make sure the companies aren't overcharging?
-I will have to drown my computer resources so that I can keep 20 programs open all the time so I can cut back on the "per use" fees.
The day this happens, I will permanently delete windows and go straight to Linux or FreeBSD. I can live without a couple games so that I am not maxing out my credit card all the time.
I agree, I would like to know if I have something wrong with me... But it will be kinda like a credit report. Everyone can see it but you, unless you pay for it.