I think the original poster meant that MySQL is being used for many things that really do not need a DB. If something can be done efficiently and effectively in a plain-text flat file, why not? Sometimes, developers find a reason to use MySQL when it is more than really necessary to accomplish the goals of a project.
Use the right tool for the job. MySQL is probably overused right now.
I live in King County. (What a coincidence! That's the home of Microsoft.)
The county's emergency 911 call centre was affected by Slammer. Why? Why should their computers running SQL Server need to be connected to the internet? They could have a LAN to share information without connecting to the world at large, eh?
This is just more fuel for the fire. I have consistently voted against all the levies to fund the E-911 service in this county. Already, more than half of the county budget is spent on police, courts, and jail. (They call it 'criminal justice'.) Why don't they fund the E-911 services out of that big chunk of money we already give them?
After seeing crap like this (E-911 losing service because of Slammer), it makes me wonder why we bother to spend any money for this. Those idiots just squander tax dollars.
Actually, there is more to it than just a straight comparison of who has more bug-fixes.
Even if we knew exactly how many bugs were fixed by every patch or hot-fix or service pack, we cannot compare how severe those bugs were in the first place.
Also, think about which services are enabled or installed by default, and how easily the system administrator can disable or not install those. If you do not have something installed, it will not be a vulnerability on your system.
If there was a major worm or virus for UNIX, its propagation would likely depend on root access (or at least some good permissions of a user like lp). How much damage can be done as a normal user on a UNIX box? How much damage can be done as a normal user on a Windows box? How easily can a virus or worm get elevated privileges?
There is really no easy way to compare vulnerability between UNIX and Windows servers. There are too many differences in how they are put together and how they function.
Respondeat superior would only apply if the ex-employee had been acting in the interest of his/her employer at the time. If the company told him to install only one copy of Win2000 on one computer, and he disregarded the instructions and installed on many computers, he was not acting in the interest of the company. In that case, he will be held responsible for his own actions. He cannot claim that he was acting in the interest of his employer, because if he had followed instructions, he would not have put the company in position for a lawsuit.
If the EULA is written on paper in the box with the software you purchased, take a pen and cross out any statements in the "contract" that you do not agree to. You could possibly add to the contract with some of your own stipulations. Then sign at the end. That is the contract you have agreed to. Keep it on file, so if the BSA calls, you can tell them exactly what your contract entails.
You called Mr. Mitnick "a vandal" without any proof of this. Wait a minute, so did the government prosecutors. But he told us that he did not damage (or vandalise) anything--he never destroyed data. All he did was look at and copy data on various sites, using his knowledge of telephone and other types of networks to get around to that information.
Actually, for the local workers, the pay is usually better than average for the area where the outsourced labour is working. The benefits are also typically better. For those people, these are not sweatshop conditions.
Think about it from a different perspective.
Rather than comparing the outsourced labour to labour standards in the U.S., compare how the locals fare against other workers in their own communities. That is a better comparison.
that you believe that your IT career can become lifetime employment.
Take my advice. Get involved with the local Mafia family (or one of five if you live in New York). That way, when you retire from IT, you can still work your next job as a button man. It sure beats guarding the door at Wal-Mart.
They still have a valid patent on what, exactly? I would like to see all their supposed patents and proof of Linux violating those patents. So far, they have produced no evidence that any of their intellectual property is being used in any Linux distribution.
A "closed" system couldn't be legally reversed (DMCA.. grrr...)
Fortunately, the DMCA only applies to the United States. US laws are not yet enforceable all over the world. So, the system could be reverse-engineered elsewhere if the laws of other sovereign powers allow for it.
No. The term "open source" is exactly that--anyone can look at the source code. I understand if your English is not too good, but open source people did not misuse the word "open" at all.
Please don't assume the wishes of the record companies match those of the actual creators. Even in cases where the creators wanted their music freely shared (like the Grateful Dead, for example), the record companies did not like it.
To date, I know of no music that has been created by the RIAA.
How do we know what is "habitable" for all the possible life forms that could exist? Life could potentially develop to live in all kinds of conditions that we might not consider "habitable".
We also cannot assume that life will require oxygen, water, etc. Life may not be carbon-based either. (Have you read The Andromeda Strain?)
That's right. These are the same arguments other countries have used to keep immigrants out. But those immigrants would not come if there were not employers who wanted to hire them.
Qualifications for a particular job are determined by the employer who is paying the wages for that position. Only the employer can decide if anyone is really qualified for a position.
I too hear those radio ads and laugh--especially the ones that feature some woman who talks about tripling her salary after taking those classes. That furthers the easy money idea in many people's minds. Those are the kinds of people who lower the quality of the IT labour pool.
What if the management must retain its most valuable employees (regardless of whether they are on H1B visas or not)? Is it not possible that some of the best workers from the management viewpoint might not be US workers?
In other words, just because US workers are being laid off from the same jobs that employees on H1B visas are not, that does not mean the US workers are equally or more qualified (in the AFL-CIO's terms).
Management at any company that hopes to succeed in today's economy damn well better make the best decisions about which employees to retain if layoffs are ordered. Wages may or may not be an issue.
Truly, we do not know whether it is about economics rather than performance, as you say. Where is the definitive research showing that to be true?
You are right. That is one thing a lot of people in the US do not want to hear. The US would never be where it is now without the foreign talent that has come here to work in many fields.
Unfortunately, there may be a lot of US IT professionals out of work right now, but that does not mean they are good candidates for the jobs that are available right now. The home-grown talent is not enough to fill all the open jobs. We will continue to need to import workers from elsewhere.
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I think the original poster meant that MySQL is being used for many things that really do not need a DB. If something can be done efficiently and effectively in a plain-text flat file, why not? Sometimes, developers find a reason to use MySQL when it is more than really necessary to accomplish the goals of a project.
Use the right tool for the job. MySQL is probably overused right now.
Why not try using 'whosoever'?
Check AWU about the possibilities at these facilities.
Also, check these:
Sandia
Los Alamos
Argonne
Brookhaven
Pacific Northwest
Lawrence Berkeley
Lawrence Livermore
Oak Ridge
And there are other other national labs that I did not mention.
If you need the functionality that Sendmail provides, there are alternatives out there.
You can get bash for Solaris on Sunfreeware.com.
Last name Seaman? Right!
A lot more guys should be listening to Tom. But his show is not available everywhere yet.
Don't get married. Play the field.
The county's emergency 911 call centre was affected by Slammer. Why? Why should their computers running SQL Server need to be connected to the internet? They could have a LAN to share information without connecting to the world at large, eh?
This is just more fuel for the fire. I have consistently voted against all the levies to fund the E-911 service in this county. Already, more than half of the county budget is spent on police, courts, and jail. (They call it 'criminal justice'.) Why don't they fund the E-911 services out of that big chunk of money we already give them?
After seeing crap like this (E-911 losing service because of Slammer), it makes me wonder why we bother to spend any money for this. Those idiots just squander tax dollars.
Even if we knew exactly how many bugs were fixed by every patch or hot-fix or service pack, we cannot compare how severe those bugs were in the first place.
Also, think about which services are enabled or installed by default, and how easily the system administrator can disable or not install those. If you do not have something installed, it will not be a vulnerability on your system.
If there was a major worm or virus for UNIX, its propagation would likely depend on root access (or at least some good permissions of a user like lp). How much damage can be done as a normal user on a UNIX box? How much damage can be done as a normal user on a Windows box? How easily can a virus or worm get elevated privileges?
There is really no easy way to compare vulnerability between UNIX and Windows servers. There are too many differences in how they are put together and how they function.
Respondeat superior would only apply if the ex-employee had been acting in the interest of his/her employer at the time. If the company told him to install only one copy of Win2000 on one computer, and he disregarded the instructions and installed on many computers, he was not acting in the interest of the company. In that case, he will be held responsible for his own actions. He cannot claim that he was acting in the interest of his employer, because if he had followed instructions, he would not have put the company in position for a lawsuit.
If the EULA is written on paper in the box with the software you purchased, take a pen and cross out any statements in the "contract" that you do not agree to. You could possibly add to the contract with some of your own stipulations. Then sign at the end. That is the contract you have agreed to. Keep it on file, so if the BSA calls, you can tell them exactly what your contract entails.
You called Mr. Mitnick "a vandal" without any proof of this. Wait a minute, so did the government prosecutors. But he told us that he did not damage (or vandalise) anything--he never destroyed data. All he did was look at and copy data on various sites, using his knowledge of telephone and other types of networks to get around to that information.
Think about it from a different perspective. Rather than comparing the outsourced labour to labour standards in the U.S., compare how the locals fare against other workers in their own communities. That is a better comparison.
that you were reading something on MSN, or
that you believe that your IT career can become lifetime employment.
Take my advice. Get involved with the local Mafia family (or one of five if you live in New York). That way, when you retire from IT, you can still work your next job as a button man. It sure beats guarding the door at Wal-Mart.
They still have a valid patent on what, exactly? I would like to see all their supposed patents and proof of Linux violating those patents. So far, they have produced no evidence that any of their intellectual property is being used in any Linux distribution.
Fortunately, the DMCA only applies to the United States. US laws are not yet enforceable all over the world. So, the system could be reverse-engineered elsewhere if the laws of other sovereign powers allow for it.
Not necessarily. One would need to perform some kind of financial analysis to find out.
No. The term "open source" is exactly that--anyone can look at the source code. I understand if your English is not too good, but open source people did not misuse the word "open" at all.
Please don't assume the wishes of the record companies match those of the actual creators. Even in cases where the creators wanted their music freely shared (like the Grateful Dead, for example), the record companies did not like it.
To date, I know of no music that has been created by the RIAA.
I wondered the same thing. The only vendor listed as vulnerable was Network Appliance.
We also cannot assume that life will require oxygen, water, etc. Life may not be carbon-based either. (Have you read The Andromeda Strain?)
Qualifications for a particular job are determined by the employer who is paying the wages for that position. Only the employer can decide if anyone is really qualified for a position.
I too hear those radio ads and laugh--especially the ones that feature some woman who talks about tripling her salary after taking those classes. That furthers the easy money idea in many people's minds. Those are the kinds of people who lower the quality of the IT labour pool.
What if the management must retain its most valuable employees (regardless of whether they are on H1B visas or not)? Is it not possible that some of the best workers from the management viewpoint might not be US workers?
In other words, just because US workers are being laid off from the same jobs that employees on H1B visas are not, that does not mean the US workers are equally or more qualified (in the AFL-CIO's terms).
Management at any company that hopes to succeed in today's economy damn well better make the best decisions about which employees to retain if layoffs are ordered. Wages may or may not be an issue.
Truly, we do not know whether it is about economics rather than performance, as you say. Where is the definitive research showing that to be true?
Unfortunately, there may be a lot of US IT professionals out of work right now, but that does not mean they are good candidates for the jobs that are available right now. The home-grown talent is not enough to fill all the open jobs. We will continue to need to import workers from elsewhere.