From my experience at having to deal with IT compliance with SOX for two different companies, I have to say that the only people made better off by SOX are the auditors and consultants....it's a shame they didn't have to pay for this law like normal corporations.
Hey everyone! I've got this groovy new site!! It doesn't have much content yet but it has fabulous potential! If all of you would just contribute something that'd be great!! Plus, all of the visits would create instant respectability!! Tres 7337
We were in the process of replacing our beloved VAXstations with high-end (60 MHz!) Pentium PCs running Windows 3.1. One of the big wigs was walking through the data center, and noticed a programmer playing Solotaire. He asks, "What is she doing?"
Your boss was absolutely correct in questioning why a programmer was in the data center.
I don't know if it will happen from what we think of as terrorists, but I'll go on record saying that we'll eventually have a Nightmare worm.
It could have already happened, but perhaps the worm writers had a conscious. There will be a worm that 0-day exploit that compromises a common MS Windows service and isn't so polite as SQL-Slammer. Slammer infected almost every vulnerable host in the world within 10 minutes. I would call Slammer a 'polite' worm as it did no harm other than flooding networks.
It's certainly possible to write an impolite worm. One that doesn't just spread itself, but after 20 minutes of attempting to spread itself decides to stop all of your services and then wipe the data off your hard drive. If a computer isn't directly affected, it will probably be affected downstream by the network traffic or reliance on Windows network services. Those that managed to survive may have a hard time finding other surviving resources.
Hopefully the business world has backups, but can you imagine the global disaster that would follow? In 30 minutes almost every computer in the world is down. Airlines will be grounded, you may lose electricity, you might not be able to order a mocha frappancino(tm) at your favorite fourbucks.
(Not to be judgemental, but in today's world if it doesn't target Windows it's not the Nightmare worm)
First of all, I agree that security is a typically under-appreciated job. However, I've also seen what happens with security has the power to implement whatever tools/measures they want. That situation is probably worse than the lack of security at most places...not only can your security team get in the way of the business with insane risk avoidance policies (making the business less efficient), but it can be directly expensive in the price of staff and tools.
Security people need to understand that not every risk has to be avoided. Many risks are an acceptable trade off to allow the business to be efficient. Honestly, I want my security team to be a little paranoid...but I want their manager to have a good understanding of the impact security policies can have on the people who do the things that bring money into the company.
That's where you're wrong. There is such a *concept* as quality control. In the computer world, quality control means that someone checks to make sure that there's no mayonaise in it.
I keep my books on hypnosis out of sight because I don't like the questions that follow when my friends see them. If you would like to learn more, start with some works by Milton Erickson. Anything is possible once you realize that your brain *makes* your reality.
I suspect that MS support will be like that in Excel with CSV files. I choose "Save As", hit the drop down, scroll through the list for.csv, select that, hit save.
I then get a dialog box saying something like "This file may contain features that cannot be saved if you continue to save in this format. Are you sure you want to save in this format?" Well, yes. I scrolled through the list and picked that format.
This behavior occurs even if you open a.csv file, change one value and resave it...not using any fancy features.
I have always clustered fault-tolerant servers. For important business applications there is no choice but clustering. However, I want to fail over to the standby node on my own terms...not a hardware failure. This solution gives you great availability along with the chance to make firmware/driver/hardware updates to the fail-to node during business hours. You can then fail over in a maintence window and then update the other server during business hours.
BTW, SQL server does not require that you buy liceneses for the fail-to node.
I guess it depends on what market you're in. If there are enough big businesses around I would just concentrate on being the best UNIX admin you can be. There will always be work for people who are really good in a particular field.
I am very strong on the other side of the fence and I have to say that I hated finding an opportunity that sounded perfect...and then finding that they wanted someone strong in X (not literally) that was a UNIX thing.
In the end I think there is a higher payoff in job satisfaction (probably in salary as well) in being really good at a few things than being mediocre at a lot of things.
In fairness I should mention that when I lost my cool and told the obstinate clerk to "Piss Off!" He responded with "Have a nice day, sir" which, though clearly not genuine, wasn't sarcastic enough to make me physically assault him.:)
I had been boycotting WM for years, but I was in a pinch to print out a few photos and my sister had convinced me that WM made good prints cheap. I decided to give it a whirl. First, I stood around like an idiot for 10 minutes for my 5 prints (5 different pics) while the machine said "Processing". After I finally complained and the clerk noticed that it was out of paper. Mind you, if the fscking machine had told me that it was out of paper I could have done something about it.
When I finally get the prints they need to be cut (they printed with about a 1.5" margin). I hand them to the clerk to cut them and he then asks me if I own the copyright to these pics.
I give a surprised, "Yes."
Clerk: Can you prove that you own the copyright.
Me: No. (Looking at him as though he'd asked me for an aardvark)
Clerk: Then I can't sell this pictures to you.
Me: Look, I took the pictures, I have the files. I own the copyright. How could I possible "prove" to you that the copyright is mine?
Clerk: I can't sell you the pics unless you can prove that you have the copyright.
Me: (very annoyed rant about asking for something I can't possibly provide) You know what, piss off! I want to see you shread the whole lot.
I went and complained to the manager who offered to get me my prints, but I told her that I didn't want to do anymore business with them.
If you still think blogging is about teenagers keeping their journals, you're so 2003.
Actually, when I created the first blog by keeping an daily online journal I was in my 20's.:) (Do a search for The Semi-Existence of Bryon). Too bad there was no money it in then. I remember how annoyed I was when The Spot was created. It was a fake journal of a bunch of sexy guys & girls living in a house together. It was nothing but fiction used to sell advertising. I didn't see any way to make money without compromising integrity...I guess that's still true today.
I use a small PINS database stored on a USB flash drive on my keychain. Instead of launching the application when I need a password I launch a batch file that detects if the drive is plugged in, if so it copies the password file to my profile and launches it (if I'm using either my home or work computer). If the drive isn't plugged in it uses the local copy. If I make an update it copies it back to the USB drive.
The master copy is on my keyring, but my home and work computers have copies. I've been doing this for a year and I highly recommend the solution. I can now use random passwords.
Daylight savings time should move the day another five hours or so. Imagine if the sun were just coming up as I started thinking about getting out of bed by 10.
I have a simple solution for you that will fit your obviously laid back lifestyle, and does not require changes to any computers -- move to Hawaii!
Stop thinking of it as a homosexuality gene, think of it instead as a gene that really makes you want to have sex with men. Now, when that gene is in a woman she will produce a lot of offspring. Some of them will be gay men, some of them will be women who will have gay offspring. The gene could actually be selected for...although modern birth control might reduce it's fitness.
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From my experience at having to deal with IT compliance with SOX for two different companies, I have to say that the only people made better off by SOX are the auditors and consultants....it's a shame they didn't have to pay for this law like normal corporations.
Hey everyone! I've got this groovy new site!! It doesn't have much content yet but it has fabulous potential! If all of you would just contribute something that'd be great!! Plus, all of the visits would create instant respectability!! Tres 7337
Yeah, but will a windows server continue to work after being sealed in a wall for 4 years?
We were in the process of replacing our beloved VAXstations with high-end (60 MHz!) Pentium PCs running Windows 3.1. One of the big wigs was walking through the data center, and noticed a programmer playing Solotaire. He asks, "What is she doing?"
Your boss was absolutely correct in questioning why a programmer was in the data center.
I don't know if it will happen from what we think of as terrorists, but I'll go on record saying that we'll eventually have a Nightmare worm.
It could have already happened, but perhaps the worm writers had a conscious. There will be a worm that 0-day exploit that compromises a common MS Windows service and isn't so polite as SQL-Slammer. Slammer infected almost every vulnerable host in the world within 10 minutes. I would call Slammer a 'polite' worm as it did no harm other than flooding networks.
It's certainly possible to write an impolite worm. One that doesn't just spread itself, but after 20 minutes of attempting to spread itself decides to stop all of your services and then wipe the data off your hard drive. If a computer isn't directly affected, it will probably be affected downstream by the network traffic or reliance on Windows network services. Those that managed to survive may have a hard time finding other surviving resources.
Hopefully the business world has backups, but can you imagine the global disaster that would follow? In 30 minutes almost every computer in the world is down. Airlines will be grounded, you may lose electricity, you might not be able to order a mocha frappancino(tm) at your favorite fourbucks.
(Not to be judgemental, but in today's world if it doesn't target Windows it's not the Nightmare worm)
First of all, I agree that security is a typically under-appreciated job. However, I've also seen what happens with security has the power to implement whatever tools/measures they want. That situation is probably worse than the lack of security at most places...not only can your security team get in the way of the business with insane risk avoidance policies (making the business less efficient), but it can be directly expensive in the price of staff and tools.
Security people need to understand that not every risk has to be avoided. Many risks are an acceptable trade off to allow the business to be efficient. Honestly, I want my security team to be a little paranoid...but I want their manager to have a good understanding of the impact security policies can have on the people who do the things that bring money into the company.
There is such a thing as quality control.
That's where you're wrong. There is such a *concept* as quality control. In the computer world, quality control means that someone checks to make sure that there's no mayonaise in it.
I keep my books on hypnosis out of sight because I don't like the questions that follow when my friends see them. If you would like to learn more, start with some works by Milton Erickson. Anything is possible once you realize that your brain *makes* your reality.
I suspect that MS support will be like that in Excel with CSV files. I choose "Save As", hit the drop down, scroll through the list for .csv, select that, hit save.
.csv file, change one value and resave it...not using any fancy features.
I then get a dialog box saying something like "This file may contain features that cannot be saved if you continue to save in this format. Are you sure you want to save in this format?" Well, yes. I scrolled through the list and picked that format.
This behavior occurs even if you open a
I have always clustered fault-tolerant servers. For important business applications there is no choice but clustering. However, I want to fail over to the standby node on my own terms...not a hardware failure. This solution gives you great availability along with the chance to make firmware/driver/hardware updates to the fail-to node during business hours. You can then fail over in a maintence window and then update the other server during business hours.
BTW, SQL server does not require that you buy liceneses for the fail-to node.
I guess it depends on what market you're in. If there are enough big businesses around I would just concentrate on being the best UNIX admin you can be. There will always be work for people who are really good in a particular field.
I am very strong on the other side of the fence and I have to say that I hated finding an opportunity that sounded perfect...and then finding that they wanted someone strong in X (not literally) that was a UNIX thing.
In the end I think there is a higher payoff in job satisfaction (probably in salary as well) in being really good at a few things than being mediocre at a lot of things.
In fairness I should mention that when I lost my cool and told the obstinate clerk to "Piss Off!" He responded with "Have a nice day, sir" which, though clearly not genuine, wasn't sarcastic enough to make me physically assault him. :)
I had been boycotting WM for years, but I was in a pinch to print out a few photos and my sister had convinced me that WM made good prints cheap. I decided to give it a whirl. First, I stood around like an idiot for 10 minutes for my 5 prints (5 different pics) while the machine said "Processing". After I finally complained and the clerk noticed that it was out of paper. Mind you, if the fscking machine had told me that it was out of paper I could have done something about it.
When I finally get the prints they need to be cut (they printed with about a 1.5" margin). I hand them to the clerk to cut them and he then asks me if I own the copyright to these pics.
I give a surprised, "Yes."
Clerk: Can you prove that you own the copyright.
Me: No. (Looking at him as though he'd asked me for an aardvark)
Clerk: Then I can't sell this pictures to you.
Me: Look, I took the pictures, I have the files. I own the copyright. How could I possible "prove" to you that the copyright is mine?
Clerk: I can't sell you the pics unless you can prove that you have the copyright.
Me: (very annoyed rant about asking for something I can't possibly provide) You know what, piss off! I want to see you shread the whole lot.
I went and complained to the manager who offered to get me my prints, but I told her that I didn't want to do anymore business with them.
Wow, I guess they're just giving out TLD's these days. The movie wasn't even very good.
If you still think blogging is about teenagers keeping their journals, you're so 2003.
:) (Do a search for The Semi-Existence of Bryon). Too bad there was no money it in then. I remember how annoyed I was when The Spot was created. It was a fake journal of a bunch of sexy guys & girls living in a house together. It was nothing but fiction used to sell advertising. I didn't see any way to make money without compromising integrity...I guess that's still true today.
Actually, when I created the first blog by keeping an daily online journal I was in my 20's.
I use a small PINS database stored on a USB flash drive on my keychain. Instead of launching the application when I need a password I launch a batch file that detects if the drive is plugged in, if so it copies the password file to my profile and launches it (if I'm using either my home or work computer). If the drive isn't plugged in it uses the local copy. If I make an update it copies it back to the USB drive.
The master copy is on my keyring, but my home and work computers have copies. I've been doing this for a year and I highly recommend the solution. I can now use random passwords.
The BSOD will of course pale in seriousness when compared to the Red Screen of Death. Unfortunately for Toyota, Micrsoft has already beat them to the punch.
Gives a whole new meaning to Blue Screen of Death.
Daylight savings time should move the day another five hours or so. Imagine if the sun were just coming up as I started thinking about getting out of bed by 10.
I have a simple solution for you that will fit your obviously laid back lifestyle, and does not require changes to any computers -- move to Hawaii!
You can listen to an MP3 of the call, read the transcript (below), or both.
What no Ogg? Oh, I get it, proprietary software vendor -- proprietary software codec.
Your post was so informative and reliable, I think you must be on ACID.
Stop thinking of it as a homosexuality gene, think of it instead as a gene that really makes you want to have sex with men. Now, when that gene is in a woman she will produce a lot of offspring. Some of them will be gay men, some of them will be women who will have gay offspring. The gene could actually be selected for...although modern birth control might reduce it's fitness.
Agent Ransack. An amazing search util, and Ditto CP a good clipboard manager.
Wake me up when they get it working over Wi-Fi ethernet.
It's 300GB. Are the editors even trying?