After a HIPAA violation, then they will pay for it.
They are regulations in place, there just isn't enforcement until after an incident happened.
The Flat open network, just as long as it is closed off to the rest of the world, is good enough.
Maybe. Maybe not. HIPAA is not a prescriptive standard. The operators of that network would have to have documented that they effectively assessed the risk of such a design, and then took "reasonable" measures to mitigate any significant risk. If they failed to do even that much (and that is still very common) they will be found to be in "willful neglect" and subject to even higher penalties.
Over top of the Snake River Aquifer is to you a perfect place? Which is upstream of 3 different states and supplies water for significant percentage of the U.S. Agriculture.
Oh, shut _up_ you whiny liberal bitches. 30 years of drinking the "...government IS the problem..." Kool-Aid has led us straight to this. Corporate America is able to buy anything they want, including the willing collaboration of "regulators" whose role was originally to look out for the interests of the citizens. We handed the reins of power to "our betters" years ago.
I don't know what it is about the Chinese, but they seem to think that if one repeats one's denials enough...
Yes, because the US government clearly does not do this.
No, not like that. Even when presented with clear, incontrovertible evidence, the Chinese will still insist that water is not wet. That's the part I don't get; how they expect anyone to take them the least bit seriously.
Is anyone surprised by this? Even a little bit? I don't know what it is about the Chinese, but they seem to think that if one repeats one's denials enough, the plainly observable truth will just go away. How else would you explain their straight-faced, utterly disingenuous denials?
Most bachelors curriculum include a lot of extraneous requirements and electives having little or nothing to do with the job.
"Extraneous..." You mean useless stuff, like grammar, composition, logical reasoning. Right?
Mind, I believe that two years is long enough to produce a skilled coder. It is not long enough to produce a skilled coder with the depth _and_ breadth of education that comes with a baccalaureate degree.
still has not won the *real* war on terror. The terror on 9/11 still inspires fear on the mind of Americans. So the real war is yet to be won.
Whoever modded parent off-topic is an idiot and has completely failed to grasp why this is such a huge issue. To AC, well said sir. You have summed it up nicely. We have allowed the actions of a few thugs, fourteen years ago, to change our way of life and compromise some of our nation's core principles. The terrorists are winning.
Clearly, the profit motive and the obligation to deliver on their product's promise are in conflict for Eyeo, so handing off the chore of deciding "acceptableness" to a third party is a good thing. The proof of course, will be in the pudding. They have yet to disclose how that board will be set up.
In mine, if the entire enterprise architecture teams were "hit by a bus" then likely no one would notice.
Jeezuz H. Christ.... Generalize much? Yes, yes. We can all tell stories of this or that [insert title here>] who was a waste of space, but a talented EA is a rare and valuable resource. I have seen far, far more damage done because of the lack of one that by a less-than-gifted one.
For the sake of all that is Holy, don't take those Answers in Genesis wackos as speaking for all Christians. Science and Christianity are compatible.
Uh, no. They are not. More generally, science and religious dogma are incompatible. One is a rational approach to knowledge and understanding, and the other is a collection of text purporting to be of divine origin and authority. Those two things are pretty much polar opposites. Now, if you want to argue that "scripture" should only be taken as metaphor... yada yada yada, OK. Fine. Please get all your Christian buddies to do so and then we'll talk. Until then, I will, quite accurately, place most of them in the "picks and chooses the 'word of God' to suit their need" group.
Damn, their uptime this year will be less than 99,94%!
Three nines. Whoop-de-doo. I'm just glad I was able to easily derail the suggestion that "We should just use Skype for all of the business phones..." If I hadn't, I'd still get to say, "I told you it was a bad idea", but there's always that look that says, "Well, you should have told us harder", when the IT prophecy cometh true. Ya know?
Setting aside the mobile networks (who still do a pretty good job when it comes to availability), I'll wager that the PSTN has an uptime of 5 nines, at least.
Shockingly, AWS allows you to configure your servers in an insecure manner. Clearly, the cloud must be insecure.
Well, at it's essence, "the cloud" means "someone else's servers". This being the case, it should be abundantly clear that there is no magic there. If you use "someone else's servers in an insecure manner, it's not the someone else that is at fault. Even Amazon tacitly admits as much. Ever tried to get them to sign a Business Associate Agreement (a statutory requirement when you let a third party handle records covered by HIPAA regulations)? They will, but only after you've satisfied them that your use of their platform is sufficiently secure. It's a cinch that Systema didn't have a BAA with Amazon. Guess who's going to get fined?
When would that be, Al? Come on. Put down the pipe and back away. Most people can't even figure out how to use their fucking turn signals, and you think they'll somehow magically become programmers.
The whole food-industrial complex in the US is so far out-of-wack with the concept of healthy food it's not even funny.
Want to fix our chronic health / obesity / diabesity problems --
1. Reform campaign finance laws.
2. End corn subsidies.
3. Profit (from good heath).
Oh, just shut up, you whiny, socialist babies! This is the free market at work and you should be glad that those with more power, erm... money than you, can pay to have you "informed" so that you can make those "informed" purchasing decisions so vital to a free market.
Well said, sir. I would only add that regulatory compliance also makes "going to the cloud" more complex and expensive. Despite their claims, most cloud vendors claiming to have "compliant" solutions, have a poor understanding of the regulations their claiming to comply with. Not saying that their aren't vendors who do it right, but from what I've seen, using something from that group is definitely more expensive than doing it in-house.
...what he thinks of this. Better have his people brief him on what STEM stands for beforehand though. Don't want to be accused of asking "gotcha" questions...
Anyway you've got rich people in OK Shape buying ridiculously fast bikes. I see them all the time at the little charity runs I like to do. If you're smart you steer as clear as you can. They don't have the riding chops to handle the bike they just bought but they're usually in OK enough shape to be dangerous (the fat ones end up on cruisers:P ).
I have another theory... Now, I'm not saying that I deliberately aim for arrogant little fucks like you who think that being on a bicycle gives you the right to block a full lane of traffic (or more, if you're riding in a pack), but I damn sure won't give you a break when I'm in my car. And before you jump to what seems like an obvious conclusion for you, I am a cyclist too. I just don't believe that I am somehow superior to older cyclists, less capable cyclists, or most importantly, motorists.
No, it's not even relevant. As much as hippies like to pretend there's something you can do in your home to help the environment, this is not a US problem. Forest coverage in the US has grown substantially since the 50s, as crop yields increase there is simply less farmland, and more forest.
Bullshit. The same utter bullshit that the forest products industry has been spewing for almost as long. "Trees - America's renewable resource". Well, if by "trees" we mean large swaths of Douglas Fir or Poplar monoculture, sure. If we mean a mature and diverse climax forest, no. Not even close. If, by "renewable", we mean "we grow as many board feet as we harvest", again, no. Not even close, the boast about "we plant ten trees for every tree we cut down" sounds good, but it is nowhere near actually replacing what was lost.
To be fair, I think the problem with Russian/Chinese cyber attacks is that they're designed to embarass governments and disrupt civilian life or gain commercial advantage - leaking people's personal details, or stealing corporate secrets.
Whereas here in the good ol' US of A, we have corporations that do that.
Can we maybe get the FBI to look into Google's attacks on my privacy?
Well first of all, that's a really shitty assumption as he may not be a libertarian at all
Fair enough. Most of the tools who identify themselves here as libertarian exactly that - "not libertarian at all".
As a libertarian myself, I view a monopoly as basically the same thing as socialism. And when I say socialism, I'm not talking about welfare, I'm talking about a form of economy where the government owns the means of production and at the end of the day doesn't give a shit about its customers because it has no competitors...which is no different at all from a monopoly.
About the kindest thing I can say about that is that your understanding of socialism is simplistic and incomplete. That it is "no different" from a monopoly is patently absurd. There is perhaps no better illustration of that difference than the case of electrical utilities. Where I live now, the power grid is owned and operated by a monopoly. The condition of lines, reliability of service, and just about any quality metric you'd care to list reflects that they are beholden only to their shareholders. In other places where I have lived, the electrical utilities are "owned" and operated by a "public utility district". That operation is beholden to the rate payers, who are also the voters who elect the commissioners to it's board. The difference is, in a word, stark. I can count on one hand the number of times I saw the power go out for more than a split second in 20-some years before moving to this model of free enterprise. The power went out more than that last week alone. The two (one a monopoly and one as close to socialism as it gets) could not be more different when it comes to the things that count.
Google isn't a monopoly. You can use whatever search engine you want. People choose to use Google. Go use yahoo/bing/duckduckgo/etc if youwant.
That's not really the point though, is it? If I run a business that is competition with some Google business unit, what really matters is what search engines are being used by my customers. Odds are that they're using Google, a decision over which I have no control. If Google is messing with search results to penalize me and boost their business, that is clearly and abuse. Wouldn't you say?
Slashdot Mirror
After a HIPAA violation, then they will pay for it. They are regulations in place, there just isn't enforcement until after an incident happened.
The Flat open network, just as long as it is closed off to the rest of the world, is good enough.
Maybe. Maybe not. HIPAA is not a prescriptive standard. The operators of that network would have to have documented that they effectively assessed the risk of such a design, and then took "reasonable" measures to mitigate any significant risk. If they failed to do even that much (and that is still very common) they will be found to be in "willful neglect" and subject to even higher penalties.
Over top of the Snake River Aquifer is to you a perfect place? Which is upstream of 3 different states and supplies water for significant percentage of the U.S. Agriculture.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/...
Oh, shut _up_ you whiny liberal bitches. 30 years of drinking the "...government IS the problem..." Kool-Aid has led us straight to this. Corporate America is able to buy anything they want, including the willing collaboration of "regulators" whose role was originally to look out for the interests of the citizens. We handed the reins of power to "our betters" years ago.
I don't know what it is about the Chinese, but they seem to think that if one repeats one's denials enough...
Yes, because the US government clearly does not do this.
No, not like that. Even when presented with clear, incontrovertible evidence, the Chinese will still insist that water is not wet. That's the part I don't get; how they expect anyone to take them the least bit seriously.
Is anyone surprised by this? Even a little bit? I don't know what it is about the Chinese, but they seem to think that if one repeats one's denials enough, the plainly observable truth will just go away. How else would you explain their straight-faced, utterly disingenuous denials?
Most bachelors curriculum include a lot of extraneous requirements and electives having little or nothing to do with the job.
"Extraneous..." You mean useless stuff, like grammar, composition, logical reasoning. Right?
Mind, I believe that two years is long enough to produce a skilled coder. It is not long enough to produce a skilled coder with the depth _and_ breadth of education that comes with a baccalaureate degree.
still has not won the *real* war on terror. The terror on 9/11 still inspires fear on the mind of Americans. So the real war is yet to be won.
Whoever modded parent off-topic is an idiot and has completely failed to grasp why this is such a huge issue. To AC, well said sir. You have summed it up nicely. We have allowed the actions of a few thugs, fourteen years ago, to change our way of life and compromise some of our nation's core principles. The terrorists are winning.
Clearly, the profit motive and the obligation to deliver on their product's promise are in conflict for Eyeo, so handing off the chore of deciding "acceptableness" to a third party is a good thing. The proof of course, will be in the pudding. They have yet to disclose how that board will be set up.
In mine, if the entire enterprise architecture teams were "hit by a bus" then likely no one would notice.
Jeezuz H. Christ.... Generalize much? Yes, yes. We can all tell stories of this or that [insert title here>] who was a waste of space, but a talented EA is a rare and valuable resource. I have seen far, far more damage done because of the lack of one that by a less-than-gifted one.
For the sake of all that is Holy, don't take those Answers in Genesis wackos as speaking for all Christians. Science and Christianity are compatible.
Uh, no. They are not. More generally, science and religious dogma are incompatible. One is a rational approach to knowledge and understanding, and the other is a collection of text purporting to be of divine origin and authority. Those two things are pretty much polar opposites. Now, if you want to argue that "scripture" should only be taken as metaphor... yada yada yada, OK. Fine. Please get all your Christian buddies to do so and then we'll talk. Until then, I will, quite accurately, place most of them in the "picks and chooses the 'word of God' to suit their need" group.
A 3D printed drone that connects to the IoT and has iPhone connectivity with an app that hacks cars!
...and mines Bitcoin, FTW.
Damn, their uptime this year will be less than 99,94%!
Three nines. Whoop-de-doo. I'm just glad I was able to easily derail the suggestion that "We should just use Skype for all of the business phones..." If I hadn't, I'd still get to say, "I told you it was a bad idea", but there's always that look that says, "Well, you should have told us harder", when the IT prophecy cometh true. Ya know?
Setting aside the mobile networks (who still do a pretty good job when it comes to availability), I'll wager that the PSTN has an uptime of 5 nines, at least.
...always trying to invade the privacy of their citizens. I'm just thankful that I Iive in the U.S.A. where that kind of thing... Oh, wait...
Shockingly, AWS allows you to configure your servers in an insecure manner. Clearly, the cloud must be insecure.
Well, at it's essence, "the cloud" means "someone else's servers". This being the case, it should be abundantly clear that there is no magic there. If you use "someone else's servers in an insecure manner, it's not the someone else that is at fault. Even Amazon tacitly admits as much. Ever tried to get them to sign a Business Associate Agreement (a statutory requirement when you let a third party handle records covered by HIPAA regulations)? They will, but only after you've satisfied them that your use of their platform is sufficiently secure. It's a cinch that Systema didn't have a BAA with Amazon. Guess who's going to get fined?
Sure, just like when they teached automotive repair in high school, every student left repairing their own cars!
And when they teached shop in middle school, every student left being able to build their own houses! Magnificent!
How about we bring back basic grammar lessons, and see that it is teached as well? Normally, I love such irony, but this just makes me sad.
When would that be, Al? Come on. Put down the pipe and back away. Most people can't even figure out how to use their fucking turn signals, and you think they'll somehow magically become programmers.
You have no rights at all when it comes to business.
Keep believing that and it will come true.
It's not a matter of belief. It is a readily observable fact.
The whole food-industrial complex in the US is so far out-of-wack with the concept of healthy food it's not even funny.
Want to fix our chronic health / obesity / diabesity problems --
1. Reform campaign finance laws.
2. End corn subsidies.
3. Profit (from good heath).
Oh, just shut up, you whiny, socialist babies! This is the free market at work and you should be glad that those with more power, erm... money than you, can pay to have you "informed" so that you can make those "informed" purchasing decisions so vital to a free market.
Well said, sir. I would only add that regulatory compliance also makes "going to the cloud" more complex and expensive. Despite their claims, most cloud vendors claiming to have "compliant" solutions, have a poor understanding of the regulations their claiming to comply with. Not saying that their aren't vendors who do it right, but from what I've seen, using something from that group is definitely more expensive than doing it in-house.
...what he thinks of this. Better have his people brief him on what STEM stands for beforehand though. Don't want to be accused of asking "gotcha" questions...
Anyway you've got rich people in OK Shape buying ridiculously fast bikes. I see them all the time at the little charity runs I like to do. If you're smart you steer as clear as you can. They don't have the riding chops to handle the bike they just bought but they're usually in OK enough shape to be dangerous (the fat ones end up on cruisers :P ).
I have another theory... Now, I'm not saying that I deliberately aim for arrogant little fucks like you who think that being on a bicycle gives you the right to block a full lane of traffic (or more, if you're riding in a pack), but I damn sure won't give you a break when I'm in my car. And before you jump to what seems like an obvious conclusion for you, I am a cyclist too. I just don't believe that I am somehow superior to older cyclists, less capable cyclists, or most importantly, motorists.
No, it's not even relevant. As much as hippies like to pretend there's something you can do in your home to help the environment, this is not a US problem. Forest coverage in the US has grown substantially since the 50s, as crop yields increase there is simply less farmland, and more forest.
Bullshit. The same utter bullshit that the forest products industry has been spewing for almost as long. "Trees - America's renewable resource". Well, if by "trees" we mean large swaths of Douglas Fir or Poplar monoculture, sure. If we mean a mature and diverse climax forest, no. Not even close. If, by "renewable", we mean "we grow as many board feet as we harvest", again, no. Not even close, the boast about "we plant ten trees for every tree we cut down" sounds good, but it is nowhere near actually replacing what was lost.
To be fair, I think the problem with Russian/Chinese cyber attacks is that they're designed to embarass governments and disrupt civilian life or gain commercial advantage - leaking people's personal details, or stealing corporate secrets.
Whereas here in the good ol' US of A, we have corporations that do that.
Can we maybe get the FBI to look into Google's attacks on my privacy?
Who, besides the legions of clueless lovers of the shiny, would let Google inside their networking gear?
Well first of all, that's a really shitty assumption as he may not be a libertarian at all
Fair enough. Most of the tools who identify themselves here as libertarian exactly that - "not libertarian at all".
As a libertarian myself, I view a monopoly as basically the same thing as socialism. And when I say socialism, I'm not talking about welfare, I'm talking about a form of economy where the government owns the means of production and at the end of the day doesn't give a shit about its customers because it has no competitors...which is no different at all from a monopoly.
About the kindest thing I can say about that is that your understanding of socialism is simplistic and incomplete. That it is "no different" from a monopoly is patently absurd. There is perhaps no better illustration of that difference than the case of electrical utilities. Where I live now, the power grid is owned and operated by a monopoly. The condition of lines, reliability of service, and just about any quality metric you'd care to list reflects that they are beholden only to their shareholders. In other places where I have lived, the electrical utilities are "owned" and operated by a "public utility district". That operation is beholden to the rate payers, who are also the voters who elect the commissioners to it's board. The difference is, in a word, stark. I can count on one hand the number of times I saw the power go out for more than a split second in 20-some years before moving to this model of free enterprise. The power went out more than that last week alone. The two (one a monopoly and one as close to socialism as it gets) could not be more different when it comes to the things that count.
Google isn't a monopoly. You can use whatever search engine you want. People choose to use Google. Go use yahoo/bing/duckduckgo/etc if youwant.
That's not really the point though, is it? If I run a business that is competition with some Google business unit, what really matters is what search engines are being used by my customers. Odds are that they're using Google, a decision over which I have no control. If Google is messing with search results to penalize me and boost their business, that is clearly and abuse. Wouldn't you say?