I would say they should have named it 'Lync' again. Skype for business has been the most confusing thing to talk about, because it has *zero* to do with Skype, except in the minds of MS marketing people.
As a result you can't just say 'Skype' because people won't do the right thing, you always had to say 'Skype for Business' which is a misleading mouthful.
I'm on a project now that involves a large S4B deployment and this is me at every single meeting. Skype for Business is stupid name so everyone just says Skype, then the discussion turns to original recipe Skype and some people already use 'Skype' so why are we deploying it again. Cue the explanations, rinse repeat for the last nine months...
Meanwhile, here in the 21st Century, the rest of us just rent movies before we get on the flight
Um that's what we used to do 10 years ago. Since the invention of the tablet you just bring one pre-loaded with all the games, movies, TV shows and music you want.
I could probably google this but I'm going to shoot from the hip instead.
A Tomato is both a vegetable and a fruit, because all plants are scientifically classed as vegetation, where as 'fruit' is a culinary term for anything considered a sweet.
(I could be completely wrong, but sometimes it's more fun to not use Google all the time)
The US needs to make China aware that this state sponsored economic terrorism will no longer be tolerated. I vote that every time there is a theft of US technology, we VOID $10 billion (minimum) of US treasuries held by China.
Cool then they withhold $10B in exports. How is that plan working out now?
If they want to steal our technology, they are going to pay out the ass for it.
This is exactly what is wrong with the USA today. You are not the boss of the universe...
And to all you globalists out there rooting for the US to fail.
"Globalists" aren't rooting for US failure they are rooting for the US to behave less like a petulant child and more like part of the community. The west needs a strong US, but it needs a strong and considerate and mature US, not a childish bully like your post suggests.
This is why piracy is so rampant in East Asian countries. The concept of media being protected by law even though they lack any real protection, is foreign (again, slowly changing).
I don't know why it would change, this is how it should be. The whole 'intellectual property' thing is a scam by rich people to oppress everyone else. Information wants to be free. Go China!
It's like the 'close doors' button on the elevator. It's a feel-good button.
The ironic part of that is that it's not true, but you are the one getting sucked into the "feel good button" by regurgitating the myth.
And the myth doesn't even pass the scratch and sniff test. Do you think the close elevator door button is made by one company globally who has a monopoly of how it performs? No other elevator engineer has ever sought to make a close elevator door that actually works?
FWIW, I've tested many elevators, and most of them close their doors faster if you hit the button. Sorry to ruin your day...
If you want to own your device, never connect it to a network that you don't also "own."
That's not how it works. I own my device and I can choose who on the "the network" I connect to. That is the whole conecpt of an open network.
When vendors try to sell me something other than this I shop elsewhere.
There may be a few wizards that are both quick and team-friendly, but they are pretty rare in my observation. Technical wizardry and people/team skills just don't occur in the same person. I'm just the messenger.
Those wizards exist. I agree they aren't common, but they do exist. And the point is when you find one you should pay them whatever you need to keep them. Since replacing them will cost you more in the long run.
You know as little about trench digging or plumbing as the plumber knows about what you do.
Having dug trenches, laid pipes, installed taps, and architected enterprise transformations I say you're wring. But hey this is the internet so there you go....
It's a myth see. I searching for a link but it is based on an 60's study of one programming team working one afternoon. Not exactly scientific.
I've worked in a few transformation projects so seen it first hand. 6 months of failure fixed in two weeks by replacing the team with 2 guys.
Not everything in life needs 'a link to a study'...
Fake identities are only a problem when large and overreaching amounts of power are wielded by entities that control the means to validate identities. Make everything a little more local and democratic and the problem evaporates.
Exactly, which is why I said blockchain solves this. It democratises the identity problem.
This is what shits me about technology these days, why can't I do what I want with my own device?
I don't want a gimmicks like voice assistant, or VR or payment using my phone, or a smart TV etc. I already have solutions that work better for me.
Some people might prefer them so offer them as a feature, but let those of us who have different ways of doings the things the option of turning them off completely.
A good trench digger might dig 20% more earth than an average one, a good plumber might lay 20% more pipe, or save 20% through a clever approach . But a good technology person can deliver a lot more than an entire team of their more average peers. But corporate pay grades never reflect this.
If the good people were paid what they are actually worth you would have no problem attracting them.(Free market etc...)
Oh and Infrastructure is dead, dev and design is where it's at.
I've been trying to imagine what a society where identities are disposable would be like....
I think it's worth speculating about, if only to better understand how poorly we manage identity now.
People have already thought about it which is why things like this are happening, I helped implement one here in my state.
When dealing with the govt, you can create as many online 'identities' as you like. You then choose if you want to use the same identity across all agencies, or use individual ones for each. Blockchain merely makes this a whole lot easier to validate your reputation. Regardless of your 'identity' used, the other party can choose to transact with you or not based on reputation (rather than govt issued ID which really isn't that reliable).
Ultimately an identity is just a reputation, and only blockchain technology can give the most reliable way to validate this.
Isn't blockchain mostly for transactions that will never be modified/reversed or are single well-defined actions at a point in time, like transfers of money or sales?
Yes, that's the whole point, What is an identity other than a history of transactions you've had with others?
Information about people is complex.
Complexity not a blocker
What if something about the birth record changes or needs to be corrected?
How do you correct transactions now? You make an error, and you correct it. With block chain both error and correction transactions are on record and are verifiable. I fail to see an issue here, in fact it makes it more robust
We already know the saying, databases are real easy to create, impossible to correct. What do you expect the ability of a government agency to properly administer some new technology like this will be?
Difficult to correct because the govt alone owns and controls the data. With Blockchain that power shifts back to the people.
Is this really needed?
Having worked on a government identity project previously I think it is. But you have to stop thinking of it as one profile that can be used against you, and more like a profile which you can have many of, and you choose how and when to use them.
Yes there is. I used to work for a state govt agency and fake Identities and the associated fraud were a huge problem costing taxpayers millions a year. A Blockchain solution can eliminate this if done properly.
Where is the motivation here for the decentralization. I mean who is going to provide the encrypting power and host copies of this?
The many govt agencies, banks, finance companies, big employers, basically anyone who has an interest in validating your reputation, just like they do now.
I wonder if this kind of thing was designed by a committee that wanted to add blockchain to something because it is a great buzz word.
Or people smarter than you have thought about it and can see a better way to do identity.
How about simply saying we will secure a database, it might not be perfect but it works (it is working.) maybe they have a host of benefits which are totally non obvious, I just doubt it.
How about simply saying horses might not be perfect but they still get us from A to B. Let's forget about cars and planes and stuff. Are you sure you're in the right place?
Sure there is, go to your local Podiatrist or Chiropractor and see how days of education they had to do before calling themselves 'doctor'
Yet somehow, tech seems to be the one place where a degree is considered near irrelevant
To be fair, you aren't comparing apples with apples. Medicine, Law, Plumbing etc are established disciplines with fairly fixed material. There is also physical or financial risk at stake, so needs more rigour, but IT has no such burden. The very nature of IT means that it's constantly new and different, and the worst it gets if it all goes wrong is someone can't check Facebook (not accurate but this is the perception)
The key skill isn't knowing something in particular, it's knowing how to adapt. So four years studying one area really is mostly pointless.
One explanation for why only the diplomats were affected could be that native Cuban's have adapted via evolution to the effects of tremors
WTF? Seriously?
The average tourist numbers in Cuba are in the millions per year, but this only has affected a handful of US and Canadian diplomats, and it only started occurring in recent months. Whatever it is, I think you may have also been subjected to it...
Slashdot Mirror
I would say they should have named it 'Lync' again. Skype for business has been the most confusing thing to talk about, because it has *zero* to do with Skype, except in the minds of MS marketing people.
As a result you can't just say 'Skype' because people won't do the right thing, you always had to say 'Skype for Business' which is a misleading mouthful.
I'm on a project now that involves a large S4B deployment and this is me at every single meeting. Skype for Business is stupid name so everyone just says Skype, then the discussion turns to original recipe Skype and some people already use 'Skype' so why are we deploying it again. Cue the explanations, rinse repeat for the last nine months...
That's just Hubris and I am going to store this little nugget for when Cloudflare does get DDoS'd. Then I will laugh.
That's just Hubris and I am going to store this little nugget for when Cloudflare doesn't get DDoS'd. Then I will laugh.
OK, so you think ...
No, but don't let that stand in the way of you little rant...
Meanwhile, here in the 21st Century, the rest of us just rent movies before we get on the flight
Um that's what we used to do 10 years ago. Since the invention of the tablet you just bring one pre-loaded with all the games, movies, TV shows and music you want.
I could probably google this but I'm going to shoot from the hip instead. A Tomato is both a vegetable and a fruit, because all plants are scientifically classed as vegetation, where as 'fruit' is a culinary term for anything considered a sweet.
(I could be completely wrong, but sometimes it's more fun to not use Google all the time)
The US needs to make China aware that this state sponsored economic terrorism will no longer be tolerated. I vote that every time there is a theft of US technology, we VOID $10 billion (minimum) of US treasuries held by China.
Cool then they withhold $10B in exports. How is that plan working out now?
If they want to steal our technology, they are going to pay out the ass for it.
This is exactly what is wrong with the USA today. You are not the boss of the universe...
And to all you globalists out there rooting for the US to fail.
"Globalists" aren't rooting for US failure they are rooting for the US to behave less like a petulant child and more like part of the community. The west needs a strong US, but it needs a strong and considerate and mature US, not a childish bully like your post suggests.
You cannot get dual citizenship with China. Is this article accurate/believable?
Is your uncited comment accurate/believable? I have a friend who is a Chinese dual citizen, so...
This is why piracy is so rampant in East Asian countries. The concept of media being protected by law even though they lack any real protection, is foreign (again, slowly changing).
I don't know why it would change, this is how it should be. The whole 'intellectual property' thing is a scam by rich people to oppress everyone else. Information wants to be free. Go China!
People need to have their WiFi, and general network to offices cut-off when it is after hours. Heck, cut power to conference rooms after hours.
Powering off and on creates too many issues. Much easier to simply log activity and alert when use is not expected.
It's like the 'close doors' button on the elevator. It's a feel-good button.
The ironic part of that is that it's not true, but you are the one getting sucked into the "feel good button" by regurgitating the myth.
And the myth doesn't even pass the scratch and sniff test. Do you think the close elevator door button is made by one company globally who has a monopoly of how it performs? No other elevator engineer has ever sought to make a close elevator door that actually works?
FWIW, I've tested many elevators, and most of them close their doors faster if you hit the button. Sorry to ruin your day...
If you want to own your device, never connect it to a network that you don't also "own."
That's not how it works. I own my device and I can choose who on the "the network" I connect to. That is the whole conecpt of an open network.
When vendors try to sell me something other than this I shop elsewhere.
I believe this is mostly a myth.
There may be a few wizards that are both quick and team-friendly, but they are pretty rare in my observation. Technical wizardry and people/team skills just don't occur in the same person. I'm just the messenger.
Those wizards exist. I agree they aren't common, but they do exist. And the point is when you find one you should pay them whatever you need to keep them. Since replacing them will cost you more in the long run.
You know as little about trench digging or plumbing as the plumber knows about what you do.
Having dug trenches, laid pipes, installed taps, and architected enterprise transformations I say you're wring. But hey this is the internet so there you go....
It's a myth see. I searching for a link but it is based on an 60's study of one programming team working one afternoon. Not exactly scientific.
I've worked in a few transformation projects so seen it first hand. 6 months of failure fixed in two weeks by replacing the team with 2 guys.
Not everything in life needs 'a link to a study'...
Fake identities are only a problem when large and overreaching amounts of power are wielded by entities that control the means to validate identities. Make everything a little more local and democratic and the problem evaporates.
Exactly, which is why I said blockchain solves this. It democratises the identity problem.
This is what shits me about technology these days, why can't I do what I want with my own device? I don't want a gimmicks like voice assistant, or VR or payment using my phone, or a smart TV etc. I already have solutions that work better for me. Some people might prefer them so offer them as a feature, but let those of us who have different ways of doings the things the option of turning them off completely.
A good trench digger might dig 20% more earth than an average one, a good plumber might lay 20% more pipe, or save 20% through a clever approach . But a good technology person can deliver a lot more than an entire team of their more average peers. But corporate pay grades never reflect this.
If the good people were paid what they are actually worth you would have no problem attracting them.(Free market etc...)
Oh and Infrastructure is dead, dev and design is where it's at.
I've been trying to imagine what a society where identities are disposable would be like....
I think it's worth speculating about, if only to better understand how poorly we manage identity now.
People have already thought about it which is why things like this are happening, I helped implement one here in my state.
When dealing with the govt, you can create as many online 'identities' as you like. You then choose if you want to use the same identity across all agencies, or use individual ones for each. Blockchain merely makes this a whole lot easier to validate your reputation. Regardless of your 'identity' used, the other party can choose to transact with you or not based on reputation (rather than govt issued ID which really isn't that reliable).
Ultimately an identity is just a reputation, and only blockchain technology can give the most reliable way to validate this.
Isn't blockchain mostly for transactions that will never be modified/reversed or are single well-defined actions at a point in time, like transfers of money or sales?
Yes, that's the whole point, What is an identity other than a history of transactions you've had with others?
Information about people is complex.
Complexity not a blocker
What if something about the birth record changes or needs to be corrected?
How do you correct transactions now? You make an error, and you correct it. With block chain both error and correction transactions are on record and are verifiable. I fail to see an issue here, in fact it makes it more robust
We already know the saying, databases are real easy to create, impossible to correct. What do you expect the ability of a government agency to properly administer some new technology like this will be?
Difficult to correct because the govt alone owns and controls the data. With Blockchain that power shifts back to the people.
Is this really needed?
Having worked on a government identity project previously I think it is. But you have to stop thinking of it as one profile that can be used against you, and more like a profile which you can have many of, and you choose how and when to use them.
There is no online identity problem,
Yes there is. I used to work for a state govt agency and fake Identities and the associated fraud were a huge problem costing taxpayers millions a year. A Blockchain solution can eliminate this if done properly.
That isn't blockchain, it's simply a really long serial number...
Where is the motivation here for the decentralization. I mean who is going to provide the encrypting power and host copies of this?
The many govt agencies, banks, finance companies, big employers, basically anyone who has an interest in validating your reputation, just like they do now.
I wonder if this kind of thing was designed by a committee that wanted to add blockchain to something because it is a great buzz word.
Or people smarter than you have thought about it and can see a better way to do identity.
How about simply saying we will secure a database, it might not be perfect but it works (it is working.) maybe they have a host of benefits which are totally non obvious, I just doubt it.
How about simply saying horses might not be perfect but they still get us from A to B. Let's forget about cars and planes and stuff. Are you sure you're in the right place?
There are no doctors without medical degrees.
Sure there is, go to your local Podiatrist or Chiropractor and see how days of education they had to do before calling themselves 'doctor'
Yet somehow, tech seems to be the one place where a degree is considered near irrelevant
To be fair, you aren't comparing apples with apples. Medicine, Law, Plumbing etc are established disciplines with fairly fixed material. There is also physical or financial risk at stake, so needs more rigour, but IT has no such burden. The very nature of IT means that it's constantly new and different, and the worst it gets if it all goes wrong is someone can't check Facebook (not accurate but this is the perception)
The key skill isn't knowing something in particular, it's knowing how to adapt. So four years studying one area really is mostly pointless.
The CISSP is a joke. I did with 5 days of preparation in the first try and I could realistically have done it with far less.
But I'm going to guess that you aren't an arts major?
One explanation for why only the diplomats were affected could be that native Cuban's have adapted via evolution to the effects of tremors
WTF? Seriously? The average tourist numbers in Cuba are in the millions per year, but this only has affected a handful of US and Canadian diplomats, and it only started occurring in recent months. Whatever it is, I think you may have also been subjected to it...