Be that as it may, there is a pretty serious IT skills shortage at the moment. (At least that's what a recruiting friend tells me).
Every time she puts an ad out, she gets 50 responses, however it is very rare that any of these have the requirements listed in the job description. Occasionally she will get lucky and get one or two genuinely qualified applicants, and they almost get the job by default.
Where is this shortage?! I don't see it and I've looked
Sydney for starters. If you can't get a technical job in Sydney, either you think you're more qualified than you are, or you are the worst interviwee of all time.
Not true - If I had a dollar for the number of posts I've read here saying that their version of XP or 2000 blue screens every day and twice on sunday, I could buy a new hat. Maybe several.
Hmmm, we have Wyse Cytrix clients at my office. People hate them because of how slow they perform. I tried one out, and I think if feels like a $50 computer.
When I was back in the managed desktop area, we installed a few 'local' citrix solutions at customer request. I found that selling thin client is generally a terrible idea, because the customer never orders as many servers as required, and then it's your fault that it's all slow.
So, the rule of thumb is: Don't be the guy that sold it, be the guy that came in after the guy that sold it was sacked. You get all of the ease of administration, and none of the blame.
They shouldn't be allowed to have their own settings because it is not their fucking computer. It is our computer, we let them use it to do the JOB we pay them to do.
That's no reason to force them to adjust their printer settings every time they need to print.
That's nice.. but why shouldn't users be able to have their own settings?
And what if you need to restrict applications to certain users for licencing purposes?
The other problem is that I haven't seen any Microsoft based platform that matches the concept seamlessly. Unlike *ahem* unix/linux....
You haven't been looking too hard then. Since Microsoft got together with Citrix, things have been pretty sweet in terminal services land. A few of our bigger SME customers don't have a home network, their entire company is hosted on our servers, and they use managed/adsl links to get to it.
The REAL problem with this sort of solution is that when it fails in a big way [1], it really fails. Not many companies can absorb all of their staff being down for a few hours.
[1] The data centre is redundant down to the last rivet in the racks, the platforms are almost as solid. So the only failures they get are big.
Sorry, you missed the point. If you're using a residential internet account, your ISP can disconnect you at any time, for any reason. [1] Check your terms of service if you don't believe me.
You might get a pro-rata refund, but that will pretty much be the end of your recourse.
[1] This might not apply to ISP's that are too stupid to have this clause in their ToS, but then they deserve what they get.
Season 5 was absolutely redundant. It was initially cancelled and all of the plot arc crammed into the end of season 4 (which is why it seems rushed). Then, after it was wildly successful, he was told to do season 5. And behold, it was mainly filler.
I will still buy the season 5 DVD's though. For forgiveness.
blah blah blah "hiding behind actions of ISPs defense". Blah blah blah "it's their own fault for not knowing better defense."
Heard it all before, thought it was crap then too. Basically we've reached the point where we need to start educating ISPs about the various other solutions out there besides black lists. They've tyrannised the masses while hiding under the banner of the elite for far too long.
It's more like having the police post a notice that a crack manufacturing plant is in your building. 'There is a crack manufacturing plant in the basement of this building, and the building management has refused to allow us entry to shut them down.'
Except it's not just a notice, you're not letting anyone else who legally has a right to be in the building into it. And those people are innocent bystanders. So my initial point is still valid. These black lists hit innocent people (and your comment that people who hang around afterwards after the fact aren't innocent is completely irrelevant, because they were hit before they knew).
Your point regarding inquiring first could hold water, if more people knew about the problem. A friend of mine just started a small home office business and she has a colo provider. She knows about spam because she receives it, but she doesn't know where it comes from so she doesn't know to check colo providers.
So, for every 1 person you are blocking who is a spammer, you are blocking another 99 [some random just made up number] who not only aren't a spammer, but had no way of knowing that they could be impacted by spammer actions. I'm looking forward to more people realising that these 'blacklists' have no future beyond being perhaps 'graylists'.
The original poster was saying that these blacklists mainly hit those who deserve them. But
you seem to be saying that 'innocent people' are initially hit by these blacklists, but after some undetermined period of time they turn into 'the deserving'.
So, you're saying that it's ok to punish the innocent non-spammers (who would still make up the majority of the colo's customers), because if they don't just suck it up and move, they become 'guilty' automatically.
And now, it's time for a scenario, because since you probably don't have an answer to the above point, I imagine you will latch on to and focus on the many flaws in saidscenario instead:
Police Officer: Well.. yeah.. we knew that there were other families living in the same building as that criminal. But we set it on fire and they didn't leave, so they must have been guilty.
That might be true if the customers were aware they were supporting a spamming colo and decided not to move. But the last I heard, most colos don't hand out lists of their customers to whoever asks.
Sorry, when you blacklist a colo facility, only one of the people being impacted is 'deserving'. Everyone else is just a bystander. So, your 'usually entirely deserved' is naive at best.
Well, yeah.. you kind of do, considering you missed what the parent was saying.
He already pointed out that if the only benefit to registering is better ads, then people won't bother. Now, if they offer additional functionality [slashdot logins let you control what you see on the front page, post comments, gain karma etc] then people will register to gain that functionality.
Bugmenot doesn't come into it, because a bugmenot login isn't tailored to what you personally want.
If that's true, it just means that when the US economy collapses, we'll be in even worse shape.
Still, being a primary producer country is better than being a value added services country. When your economy is in shambles, are you going to need more: i) wheat and coal or ii) SAP consultants.
Or, nationalism could rear its ugly head and we may have to toss a few nukes at 'em when they invade Taiwan. One or two Trident subs are all you need to ruin China's day.
Who is going to loan you the money to invade China though?
Slashdot Mirror
This will be a good education for everyone, when it comes to criminal acts, you can't just step back and say "ha, ha.. I was just kidding."
And the knowledge crystals?
Hey, I've had a full time IT job for the last 6 years, she has no reason to lie to me :)
Every time she puts an ad out, she gets 50 responses, however it is very rare that any of these have the requirements listed in the job description. Occasionally she will get lucky and get one or two genuinely qualified applicants, and they almost get the job by default.
Sydney for starters. If you can't get a technical job in Sydney, either you think you're more qualified than you are, or you are the worst interviwee of all time.
Are deaf people allowed to drive where you live?
Not true - If I had a dollar for the number of posts I've read here saying that their version of XP or 2000 blue screens every day and twice on sunday, I could buy a new hat. Maybe several.
When I was back in the managed desktop area, we installed a few 'local' citrix solutions at customer request. I found that selling thin client is generally a terrible idea, because the customer never orders as many servers as required, and then it's your fault that it's all slow.
So, the rule of thumb is: Don't be the guy that sold it, be the guy that came in after the guy that sold it was sacked. You get all of the ease of administration, and none of the blame.
That's no reason to force them to adjust their printer settings every time they need to print.
That's nice.. but why shouldn't users be able to have their own settings? And what if you need to restrict applications to certain users for licencing purposes?
You haven't been looking too hard then. Since Microsoft got together with Citrix, things have been pretty sweet in terminal services land. A few of our bigger SME customers don't have a home network, their entire company is hosted on our servers, and they use managed/adsl links to get to it.
The REAL problem with this sort of solution is that when it fails in a big way [1], it really fails. Not many companies can absorb all of their staff being down for a few hours. [1] The data centre is redundant down to the last rivet in the racks, the platforms are almost as solid. So the only failures they get are big.
You might get a pro-rata refund, but that will pretty much be the end of your recourse.
[1] This might not apply to ISP's that are too stupid to have this clause in their ToS, but then they deserve what they get.
Fair enough, by all means, replace the word cancelled in my story. It still doesn't change the reasoning in any way.
They've always been able to do that.
I will still buy the season 5 DVD's though. For forgiveness.
Heard it all before, thought it was crap then too. Basically we've reached the point where we need to start educating ISPs about the various other solutions out there besides black lists. They've tyrannised the masses while hiding under the banner of the elite for far too long.
Except it's not just a notice, you're not letting anyone else who legally has a right to be in the building into it. And those people are innocent bystanders. So my initial point is still valid. These black lists hit innocent people (and your comment that people who hang around afterwards after the fact aren't innocent is completely irrelevant, because they were hit before they knew).
Your point regarding inquiring first could hold water, if more people knew about the problem. A friend of mine just started a small home office business and she has a colo provider. She knows about spam because she receives it, but she doesn't know where it comes from so she doesn't know to check colo providers.
So, for every 1 person you are blocking who is a spammer, you are blocking another 99 [some random just made up number] who not only aren't a spammer, but had no way of knowing that they could be impacted by spammer actions. I'm looking forward to more people realising that these 'blacklists' have no future beyond being perhaps 'graylists'.
So, you're saying that it's ok to punish the innocent non-spammers (who would still make up the majority of the colo's customers), because if they don't just suck it up and move, they become 'guilty' automatically.
And now, it's time for a scenario, because since you probably don't have an answer to the above point, I imagine you will latch on to and focus on the many flaws in saidscenario instead:
Police Officer: Well.. yeah.. we knew that there were other families living in the same building as that criminal. But we set it on fire and they didn't leave, so they must have been guilty.
That might be true if the customers were aware they were supporting a spamming colo and decided not to move. But the last I heard, most colos don't hand out lists of their customers to whoever asks.
How would I know? I don't work there.
Sorry, when you blacklist a colo facility, only one of the people being impacted is 'deserving'. Everyone else is just a bystander. So, your 'usually entirely deserved' is naive at best.
I think a campaign of "Register and we will send you $5000 cash in the mail!!!" would be quite successful, assuming that it was legit.
Now on the other hand, "Register to give us a free demographics database" is going to be less successful.
Well, yeah.. you kind of do, considering you missed what the parent was saying.
He already pointed out that if the only benefit to registering is better ads, then people won't bother. Now, if they offer additional functionality [slashdot logins let you control what you see on the front page, post comments, gain karma etc] then people will register to gain that functionality.
Bugmenot doesn't come into it, because a bugmenot login isn't tailored to what you personally want.
Still, being a primary producer country is better than being a value added services country. When your economy is in shambles, are you going to need more: i) wheat and coal or ii) SAP consultants.
Who is going to loan you the money to invade China though?