Deployment services are good beyond lab and simple environments. In fact, the job of a computer support "professional" would include using the correct deployment tool / service based on his/her needs.
As to different defaults, the "professional" job is to provide a sane, baseline, set of defaults, not to dictate to everyone what they want. A professional (yes, I've given up on quoting the word) won't skip or abandon a cost-saving, time-saving, deployment process because some users want their family pictures as the desktop background will some users want their dog's pictures. Similarly a professional won't give up on a deployment process and resort to manual installs because different people want different defaults. The professional will pick the sane, standard baseline; deploy that baseline efficiently; and handle the exceptions and true customizations via a) training or b) manual work after a bulk deployment. A professional will not accept sitting in front of the Windows (or any OS, really) installer dozens of times a week.
Can you really call yourself a computer support "professional" if you are doing a LOT of Windows installs? There are these concepts called disk imaging and Windows Deployment Services (and a host of others, google is your friend) that are far more time-efficient and computer technician efficient than "a LOT of Windows installs". Might I suggest that the proper use of these tools is what distinguishes a professional from a monkey pushing the buttons in response to the visual stimuli.
I read it for the first time only recently (I know, turn in my geek card, etc.). In the harsh light of the real future, the book doesn't even begin to hold up. Even trying to mentally adjust for the fact that I was reading it late, I couldn't get into it much. It took me an obnoxiously long, slow time to read, with continual questions to myself along the way; "why am I reading this," "Why is it considered so good," etc.
I hate to say it, but I agree. As bad as all the trash talking on Comcast is, I've never had a problem. Setup was easy. The 15-20 minute call to swap out my modem for a $15 one I found at a thrift store was straight forward and easy.
Don't you consider having to make that phone call in the first place a problem?
Nope, not in the slightest. I would expect to have to call to initialize service - as I do for cell phones, pizza delivery, etc.
How about their "support tools" are IE based that won't work in any browser on any platform?
Never need to use them, never bothered installing them. I've seen from someone else's connection what they are and it's nothing I can't do on my own without them (ping, traceroute, search comcast.com help files, etc.). Those Comcast tools exist for the non-Slashdot crowd.
And my current issue with Comcast right now is being in California and Comast routing the IP network cross country to New Jersey at 1/4 the bandwidth I had when they were routing through San Francisco.
My Jacksonville connection routes through Atlanta, my NJ connection yrs ago routed through somewhere in NY/NJ IIRC. My bandwidth has been fine in both places.
Looking forward to IP6 also (though I'll have to get rid of my $100 cheap router for a "real" one)
Not true. Many slashdotter wives are "deeply beautiful"....
You thought there was gonna be a joke here, but you're wrong. I know for sure that there's at least one slashdot user with a gorgeous wife (hi, honey).
You were doing excellently to this point
[note to young guys: this is how you manage to still get oral on a regular basis after 20 years' marriage]
But this is your rookie mistake, you can't let her know that you know. I learned that in year 5 (of 14 now).
try putting in your host file [wikipedia.org]
83.140.176.200 thepiratebay.org
or setting you DNS server setting to 4.2.2.3
and then going to https://thepiratebay.org/ [thepiratebay.org]
Wow, they've really made SSL easy. All I have to do is over-ride DNS settings (as you stated) and I automatically get SSL and all sniffing averted. Awesome. I guess I really am behind on this inner tubs stuff. Yeah, right... again... I now award you a "you fail at failing teh inner tubes".
And just how does a non-resolving reverse IP prevent detection by a Deep Packet inspection toy? I know networking isn't my IT areas of expertise, but maybe I'm missing something here ? Yeah, didn't think so. I award scientus one "you fail at teh inner tubes".
Slippery Slope arguements are fallacy's. There is no proof that one step forward equates the same thing as ensuring that someone is going to go the full nine yards, or even that if they were, they'd end up where you want to paint them as going.
The issue here though is that the discussion is centering around governments, laws, and lawmaking. Laws and lawmaking are based on precedent, which is just another way of saying they are based on slippery slope. Governments also are based on slippery slope using a small step (or removal of a small civil liberty) to justify and implement the next not-so-small step.
No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful.... I along with many others tried Linux during college and I assure you, the claims you make are grossly over-stated and hinge on falsehoods.... This is a world where Windows runs on virtually every computer and putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping... I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them...
There is no way in hell the emails disappeared without the act being intentional (and thus in violation of the law). George Bush needs to be held to account for this.
Who is harmed? How are they harmed? If Adam and Bob get married, how does this, in any way harm, Donna and Eric?
Well clearly Candice is the one that was harmed, and you didn't even mention her. I think that her and Donna had an illicit affair, Eric found out, and killed her with the Candlestick in the Library.
At 20,000 hours, you can just toss it and get the n'th gen version -- It's only 2.5 cents per minute. Running it 24x7 is over two years, not accounting for any extra lamp wear from 24x7 operation.
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Came here on the RSS headline looking for GHG and not leaving disappointed.
If you give “third parties” some advertising revenue they will create jobs.
genital recognition
Isn't that the exact problem that chatroulette.com solves?
This is maybe the first time ever that the word blogosphere would have improved a sentence.
FWIW, Nate has remained pretty much "himself" since the Times acquisition and his section of the NYT website has it's own RSS feed.
This +1
Deployment services are good beyond lab and simple environments. In fact, the job of a computer support "professional" would include using the correct deployment tool / service based on his/her needs. As to different defaults, the "professional" job is to provide a sane, baseline, set of defaults, not to dictate to everyone what they want. A professional (yes, I've given up on quoting the word) won't skip or abandon a cost-saving, time-saving, deployment process because some users want their family pictures as the desktop background will some users want their dog's pictures. Similarly a professional won't give up on a deployment process and resort to manual installs because different people want different defaults. The professional will pick the sane, standard baseline; deploy that baseline efficiently; and handle the exceptions and true customizations via a) training or b) manual work after a bulk deployment. A professional will not accept sitting in front of the Windows (or any OS, really) installer dozens of times a week.
Can you really call yourself a computer support "professional" if you are doing a LOT of Windows installs? There are these concepts called disk imaging and Windows Deployment Services (and a host of others, google is your friend) that are far more time-efficient and computer technician efficient than "a LOT of Windows installs". Might I suggest that the proper use of these tools is what distinguishes a professional from a monkey pushing the buttons in response to the visual stimuli.
I read it for the first time only recently (I know, turn in my geek card, etc.). In the harsh light of the real future, the book doesn't even begin to hold up. Even trying to mentally adjust for the fact that I was reading it late, I couldn't get into it much. It took me an obnoxiously long, slow time to read, with continual questions to myself along the way; "why am I reading this," "Why is it considered so good," etc.
The author does a good job explaining it if anyone would care to RTFA.
You must be new here.
I hate to say it, but I agree. As bad as all the trash talking on Comcast is, I've never had a problem. Setup was easy. The 15-20 minute call to swap out my modem for a $15 one I found at a thrift store was straight forward and easy.
Don't you consider having to make that phone call in the first place a problem?
Nope, not in the slightest. I would expect to have to call to initialize service - as I do for cell phones, pizza delivery, etc.
How about their "support tools" are IE based that won't work in any browser on any platform?
Never need to use them, never bothered installing them. I've seen from someone else's connection what they are and it's nothing I can't do on my own without them (ping, traceroute, search comcast.com help files, etc.). Those Comcast tools exist for the non-Slashdot crowd.
And my current issue with Comcast right now is being in California and Comast routing the IP network cross country to New Jersey at 1/4 the bandwidth I had when they were routing through San Francisco.
My Jacksonville connection routes through Atlanta, my NJ connection yrs ago routed through somewhere in NY/NJ IIRC. My bandwidth has been fine in both places.
Looking forward to IP6 also (though I'll have to get rid of my $100 cheap router for a "real" one)
Well Airbus flight control systems are Windows Mobile, so a "should have used linux" is not out of the question.
It's an Airbus, if you add "engineer" and "programmer" to the list than P1 approaches 100%
XKCD isn't half as funny with just the image and not the ALT-text.
http://xkcd.com/378/
Real programmers set the universal constants at the start such that the universe evolves to contain the disk with the data they want.
Not true. Many slashdotter wives are "deeply beautiful". ...
You thought there was gonna be a joke here, but you're wrong. I know for sure that there's at least one slashdot user with a gorgeous wife (hi, honey).
You were doing excellently to this point
[note to young guys: this is how you manage to still get oral on a regular basis after 20 years' marriage]
But this is your rookie mistake, you can't let her know that you know. I learned that in year 5 (of 14 now).
try putting in your host file [wikipedia.org] 83.140.176.200 thepiratebay.org or setting you DNS server setting to 4.2.2.3 and then going to https://thepiratebay.org/ [thepiratebay.org]
Wow, they've really made SSL easy. All I have to do is over-ride DNS settings (as you stated) and I automatically get SSL and all sniffing averted. Awesome. I guess I really am behind on this inner tubs stuff. Yeah, right ... again ... I now award you a "you fail at failing teh inner tubes".
And just how does a non-resolving reverse IP prevent detection by a Deep Packet inspection toy? I know networking isn't my IT areas of expertise, but maybe I'm missing something here ? Yeah, didn't think so. I award scientus one "you fail at teh inner tubes".
Slippery Slope arguements are fallacy's. There is no proof that one step forward equates the same thing as ensuring that someone is going to go the full nine yards, or even that if they were, they'd end up where you want to paint them as going.
The issue here though is that the discussion is centering around governments, laws, and lawmaking. Laws and lawmaking are based on precedent, which is just another way of saying they are based on slippery slope. Governments also are based on slippery slope using a small step (or removal of a small civil liberty) to justify and implement the next not-so-small step.
No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful. ... I along with many others tried Linux during college and I assure you, the claims you make are grossly over-stated and hinge on falsehoods. ... This is a world where Windows runs on virtually every computer and putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping ... I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them...
Nine scariest words in the English language? "I'm from the Symantec and I'm here to help"
What next - everyone must register the MAC addresses of all their network kit and sanctions if you change it ?
Hush now, you'll give them ideas!
There is no way in hell the emails disappeared without the act being intentional (and thus in violation of the law). George Bush needs to be held to account for this.
Hanlon's razor, enough said
I can't seem to find the area on google earth now.
Perhaps here
Who is harmed? How are they harmed? If Adam and Bob get married, how does this, in any way harm, Donna and Eric?
Well clearly Candice is the one that was harmed, and you didn't even mention her. I think that her and Donna had an illicit affair, Eric found out, and killed her with the Candlestick in the Library.
At 20,000 hours, you can just toss it and get the n'th gen version -- It's only 2.5 cents per minute. Running it 24x7 is over two years, not accounting for any extra lamp wear from 24x7 operation.