... the way to address the diversity issue is to dumb everybody down? Sure, that sounds like it would provide a level playing field, but the goddam field would be below sea level.
The propagation issue was parenthetical to indicate that it was a side effect of working long haul. Print jobs, no matter how finely tuned, are not completed nearly as fast as on the ground. You know that. Also, when the Internet bogs down, there are data entry delays. The vendor told my management that response time would be much faster when working with the cloud. You and I know that's not possible.
It was not MY implementation. We ran the cloud in parallel with the ground and, after proof of concept, took the leap.
You are correct that the implementation was bad. Our situation would have been much worse had I not been on the ground with my firm. I pity the po foo hoo cloud-jump without hep,
I still struggle to justify why you would waste time and effort with On-premise other than job security.
I am not wasting my time and effort operating locally. I'm the IT guy and it's how I make my living. My management sure wasted their time and effort (and money). As for job security, I didn't have to worry about that. I can get a job elsewhere, right?
Did you read the part bout how the cloud did not work out well for us? Doesn't that explain to you why we're not wasting our time and effort pulling everything down?
Your successful migrations from ground to cloud have nothing to do with my firm.
My management started saying, "THE CLOUD," over and over again, like consumers were saying, "iPad!."
I made damn sure that my objections were documented via email at every step as I cheerfully participated in assisted suicide.
Sure enough, about 8 months later (after management got a hands-on physics lesson about propagation delay), the cloud wasn't there. People were on my ass big time.
I called the cloud center and told them to, "Do that fail-over thing to the backup site in Oklahoma and stuff," and they said that the switch-over was included in the catastrophic failure.
I got myself a cup of coffee and one of the managers got in my face and demanded that we implement the backup plan.
I told him, "Sir... our Plan B is Plan A."
So, they bought me some servers and stuff and I'm running things from my fucking computer room.
Look at China and parts of Europe. Internet isolationism is predictable along with personal encryption, false identities, and the increased reliance on old, known technologies like landlines, faxes, credit card impression machines, and snail mail.
The Internet is not performing up to expectations and people are considering options.
Thank you for the link. It provides information I have not seen before.
This was helpful:
Just like DarkSeoul, the Destover wiper executables were compiled somewhere between 48 hours prior to the attack and the actual day of attack. It is highly unlikely that the attackers spear-phished their way into large numbers of users, and highly likely that they had gained unfettered access to the entire network prior to the attack.
While people may have been detained for some probable cause like theft, speeding, busted tail light, etc., nude selfies are not exhibits that could be submitted as evidence to support that kind of probable cause.
Appreciate that in America, if the police get a warrant to search your house for a stolen television set, they are not allowed to look in desk drawers or other places where a TV could not, reasonably, be stashed.
For me, these kinds of things apply to a smart phone. Unlike a wallet that could contain dope or a used condom (or whatever would be in support of the probable cause), smart phones contain very personal property.
It makes sense that no phone should be inspected without warrant and no parts of the phone should be viewed or duplicated that are not reasonably within the scope of the probable cause.
In any case, this is a huge problem for Canada and the opposition to the decision is going to have to step up and say, "There's an app for that," that wipes the phone instantly.
My first idea is to supply a passcode that initiates an instant brick.
Part of that app would be to maintain a back up of the phone to a secure, anonymous, cloud.
I have a passcode on my phone. How about if when asked for the passcode, I tell them, "1111," and when they enter that code, it instantly bricks the phone?
THEN I can have a backup on the cloud and they can get a warrant for that because it's not on my person.
Back when Moby Dick was a minnow, I bought a remote control airplane and took it out to a pasture and fired that puppy up and immediately crashed it into a tree, resulting in an unanticipated rapid disassemble.
That experiment will be reproduced by 98.78% of the other scientific dipwads out there, so fuck a bunch of remote control aircraft, OK?
The game is to find a unique angle to approach your research that's essentially clickbait, then produce some results, and figure out some way you can claim victory and go home.
If you're just doing this to get on to the next stage, it makes sense to plagiarize and get it out of the way. You can get to the nice fat yearly income that way without having to know much of anything.
Do we have a quality of scientists problem because science is such an esteemed (and often well-paid, in private practice at least) career that people who should not be scientists are trying to be scientists?
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Screw all that baggage you bring up. Who cares?
I like products that use local versions of Google where I can start my search and suggestions come up and stuff.
Facebook search is as useless as tits on a boar hog. There's a lot of information in my personal world of Facebook and I'd like to be able to find it.
When I go to look for stuff, I sure as hell don't spend any time doing a goddam background check on the designers of the fucking engine.
That's another time-sucking hobby for those who are interested and having that knowledge doesn't enhance my search experience at all.
... the way to address the diversity issue is to dumb everybody down? Sure, that sounds like it would provide a level playing field, but the goddam field would be below sea level.
Back to the drawing board.
The propagation issue was parenthetical to indicate that it was a side effect of working long haul. Print jobs, no matter how finely tuned, are not completed nearly as fast as on the ground. You know that. Also, when the Internet bogs down, there are data entry delays. The vendor told my management that response time would be much faster when working with the cloud. You and I know that's not possible.
It was not MY implementation. We ran the cloud in parallel with the ground and, after proof of concept, took the leap.
You are correct that the implementation was bad. Our situation would have been much worse had I not been on the ground with my firm. I pity the po foo hoo cloud-jump without hep,
I still struggle to justify why you would waste time and effort with On-premise other than job security.
I am not wasting my time and effort operating locally. I'm the IT guy and it's how I make my living. My management sure wasted their time and effort (and money). As for job security, I didn't have to worry about that. I can get a job elsewhere, right?
Did you read the part bout how the cloud did not work out well for us? Doesn't that explain to you why we're not wasting our time and effort pulling everything down?
Your successful migrations from ground to cloud have nothing to do with my firm.
My management started saying, "THE CLOUD," over and over again, like consumers were saying, "iPad!."
I made damn sure that my objections were documented via email at every step as I cheerfully participated in assisted suicide.
Sure enough, about 8 months later (after management got a hands-on physics lesson about propagation delay), the cloud wasn't there. People were on my ass big time.
I called the cloud center and told them to, "Do that fail-over thing to the backup site in Oklahoma and stuff," and they said that the switch-over was included in the catastrophic failure.
I got myself a cup of coffee and one of the managers got in my face and demanded that we implement the backup plan.
I told him, "Sir ... our Plan B is Plan A."
So, they bought me some servers and stuff and I'm running things from my fucking computer room.
Well played.
Look at China and parts of Europe. Internet isolationism is predictable along with personal encryption, false identities, and the increased reliance on old, known technologies like landlines, faxes, credit card impression machines, and snail mail.
The Internet is not performing up to expectations and people are considering options.
Seeing this just serves to remind me that criminals are dumb.
Really? That's what you would put in there?
This, and create a EULA for the parents to sign whereby they agree to pay for the health needs of those who get sick by proxy.
Thank you for the link. It provides information I have not seen before.
This was helpful:
Just like DarkSeoul, the Destover wiper executables were compiled somewhere between 48 hours prior to the attack and the actual day of attack. It is highly unlikely that the attackers spear-phished their way into large numbers of users, and highly likely that they had gained unfettered access to the entire network prior to the attack .
Bold italics mine.
I saw that and, while it's just insane, I am trying to find the forensics of just how the hackers got in, in the first place.
Network admins lose sleep over stuff like that and it's critical they we determine the mechanics so we can avoid this type of attack ourselves.
Aparently, this is how.
... how the hackers penetrated Sony? OK, I walked into that one.
How did the hackers breach the wall? Was it via an exploit or unpatched server or weak firewall? Was it an inside job? Phishing?
A link would be great.
Thanks.
TFS includes "2nd amendment" and "Asia."
And, Momma, that ain't right.
I'm with you on this.
The part about, "destroying evidence," is dicey. Evidence only exists when probable cause exists.
For smart phones, recall the story about cops sharing nude photos?
While people may have been detained for some probable cause like theft, speeding, busted tail light, etc., nude selfies are not exhibits that could be submitted as evidence to support that kind of probable cause.
Appreciate that in America, if the police get a warrant to search your house for a stolen television set, they are not allowed to look in desk drawers or other places where a TV could not, reasonably, be stashed.
For me, these kinds of things apply to a smart phone. Unlike a wallet that could contain dope or a used condom (or whatever would be in support of the probable cause), smart phones contain very personal property.
It makes sense that no phone should be inspected without warrant and no parts of the phone should be viewed or duplicated that are not reasonably within the scope of the probable cause.
In any case, this is a huge problem for Canada and the opposition to the decision is going to have to step up and say, "There's an app for that," that wipes the phone instantly.
My first idea is to supply a passcode that initiates an instant brick.
Part of that app would be to maintain a back up of the phone to a secure, anonymous, cloud.
I may have a partial answer:
I have a passcode on my phone. How about if when asked for the passcode, I tell them, "1111," and when they enter that code, it instantly bricks the phone?
THEN I can have a backup on the cloud and they can get a warrant for that because it's not on my person.
Whattya think?
... while we are out and about and leave our smart phones at home?
This is bat-shit crazy.
Most angled saxophone players are plagiarist bastards who perform covers without paying into the ASCAP, BMI, SOCAN, or PRS group and stuff.
I am proof, by way of scientific anecdote.
Back when Moby Dick was a minnow, I bought a remote control airplane and took it out to a pasture and fired that puppy up and immediately crashed it into a tree, resulting in an unanticipated rapid disassemble.
That experiment will be reproduced by 98.78% of the other scientific dipwads out there, so fuck a bunch of remote control aircraft, OK?
... one landscape, one portrait and one that's square for interdisciplinary compatibility and stuff.
The game is to find a unique angle to approach your research that's essentially clickbait, then produce some results, and figure out some way you can claim victory and go home.
If you're just doing this to get on to the next stage, it makes sense to plagiarize and get it out of the way. You can get to the nice fat yearly income that way without having to know much of anything.
Do we have a quality of scientists problem because science is such an esteemed (and often well-paid, in private practice at least) career that people who should not be scientists are trying to be scientists?
© CaptainDork November 16, 1960
You bastard/bitch as applies.
Windows 3.1 is not listed.
Might I ask what area of IT you work in? What part of the country?
I don't mind the question, but the answer is moot.
You knew this was next ...
existential threat if we grant it to fungi.