We faced this issue when standardizing/locking desktops during our upgrade to Win2000. The only workaround that was agreeable to both sides (developers and IT) was to allow developers to have free reign, but not to expect anything more than "We can re-image the machine" from IT when said developer screws up his machine.
If you get out a bible and swear to IT that you are willing to not ask for support when you screw shit up, they may be open to letting you be blessed.
Given the fact that someone who is proudly anti-intellectual and hostile to intellectual endevours is now the President of the United States of America, I fail to see how anyone could be amazed at the inability of most people to craft a simple business letter.
KVM over IP is a great solution for heterogeneous data centers. No software needs to be installed on the servers, and it works in conjuction with regular analog KVMs.
We have the DS1800 from Avocent, which connects to 4 ordinary Avocent KVMs on racks. We use them to administer the NT/2000 and Linux servers. The system works great, and VPN'd over my Cable modem is pretty close to being in the room. The downside is the the software used to interact with the KVM Switch (DSView) is Win32 only.
And it does cost quite a bit. To support 41 servers, we spent just under 16K. The system scales pretty well. We've only used half the ports on the switch, and can add addititional racks as they are needed. Up to eight KVMs per switch, with up to 64port KVMs supported.
Hey, look. We have all these nifty t-shirts talking about Tux and "Total World Domination", well at least Bill's doing something other than making t-shirts to accomplish this end.
It's a dirty game people! We should all know this by now. Stop waiting around for Mom/Dad/Gov't to step in and make them play fair. They ain't gonna. There is a swell of resentment towards MS in the Corporate IT world right now the likes of which have never been seen.
We need to make our shit better. We need to get the word out about WHY MS is Evil, and WHY Free software is Good. We need to do this OURSELVES. And we need to do it somewhere other than the choir chamber.
I actually quite enjoy telling the marketers off. It's a great way to vent the frustrations of 13 hours in the server room. And it's a lot better than kicking the dog (well, for the dog, anyway)
I don't follow your reasoning. I don't think I said anything that you've contradicted. The reason they dont have to follow a zoning law designed to keep "Adult" establishments away from residences is that they are NOT a "normal" or conventional "Adult" business. They don't have crime, noise, drugs, violence, disorderly conduct, etc.. because nothing happens but some chicks getting video taped. There are no customers @ that site. The traditional periphial crime associated with gambling/strip clubs just does not happen.
I can't speak to the tax evasion, but that's generally beyond the scope of municipal zoning laws.
In this case, the house is in Tampa, not only serving up webcam feeds, but where "the action" is taking place. It almost seems trivial that the images are distributed over the internet, since the place of manufacture is clearly in Tampa.
That is true. However, this case was about wether the zoning laws should apply. What they (Virtual Dorm) were doing was NOT illegal, per se. It's firmly covered by the First Amendment.
At issue here was if the city could use it's zoning laws to kick them out of that neighborhood (probably to save the children). The court ruled they can't, since the zoning laws are meant to allow cities the ability to keep casinos, strip clubs, and car factories away from the neihborhoods where the people that actually vote live. The reasoning for this is to avoid negative imapacts on property value, crime, and genreal peacefulness. Since the Internet was the forum for the service that Virtual Dorm provides, nobody was physically going to the house to watch the girls. Since nobody was going to watch them @ the house, the house isn't really where the infringing behavior is going on, and none of the traditional issues with strip clubs wrt zoning were applicable.
It's quite different to run an Adult website than to run an "Adult" bookstore or a strip club. Not many bachelor parties hanging around outside your Co-Lo breaking beer bottles and pissing on flowers.;)
It makes sense to me that Yahoo! should hire/sponsor them. Y! is built on FreeBSD. Surely Jerry has enough cash laying around to justify a few extra delopment positions. There is not a bigger company that depends on FreeBSD more. I'm actually suprised they haven't yet.
Really, how can cooperation be discouraged the way it is in CS? What it comes down to is problem solving. Small groups are ALWAYS better at problem solving than an individual.
That's why us Math majors always did our homework together. Were we cheating? By definition, probably. But did we help each other to understand the prblems and solutions better than we would have otherwise? Definately.
I understand and support the idea that stealing code should be punished, and straight copying investigated. But if the goal is to develop understanding, give the suspects a chance to solve a similar problem, and see if they really understand what's going on.
I don't disagree with you. And you didn't disagree with me. I did not imply that self-confidence was a bad thing. Just that sometimes we get a little too full of ourselves and treat our victims (deservedly or not) like the scum of the Earth.
I'm not advocating everyone here getting out and being active in their communities. What I'm advocating is behaving in a reasonable manner, particularly when representing Linux, or Free Software, or Crypto, or whatever. I suspect much of the email that the Post recieved WRT the misrepresentation inculded a lot of "fuck you"'s and and other vulgarities that serve no positive ends. It's ineffective at best, detrimental at worst.
It's certainly different than the criticism you rightfully suggest they are due.
...To associate holding a newpaper accountable for false statements they printed is a far cry from the "holy war" that jihad implies. It attempts to put critisicim of a yellow press on the same level as the terrorist acts that caused this whole uproar. Maybe you don't understand the full implication of the word.
I understand that meaning of the word. I also understand that it has a broader definition that is fully acceptable, and was appropriate for use in descibing the response of some Slashdotters.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, describes "jihad" as:
jihad also jehad (j-häd)
n.
1. A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels.
2. A crusade or struggle: "The war against smoking is turning into a jihad against people who smoke" (Fortune).
Now, we can certainly agree that a sizable contigent of the Slashdot Faithful would certainly fit the second definition when it comes to assualting "infidels" among the Press. That the Press (particularly the "Yellow") need to be scrutinized is without question. At issue is the manner in which many among us do it.
Now, I've never been the object of Slashotter scorn, so I don't really know what it's like. But I've read enough "How-To Be a Linux Advocate" and other rants about the vitriolic knee jerks that populate this area to be comfortable with describing their behavior as being consistant with that of a jihad in the non-Muslim sense of the word.
Tis very unfortunate that so many of us are so secluded from the greater society that we help run that we can't stop ourselves from from partaking in venemous "activism". Phil put it nicely when he referred to it as a Jihad. For too many of us, our passions and self-confidence get in the way of being responsible members of a larger community.
It's there, but only in very crappy form. No direct or high quality rips yet. Sounds like some guy with a internal Macintosh microphone and the car stereo from his Pinto.
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May I suggest another doctor?
If you get out a bible and swear to IT that you are willing to not ask for support when you screw shit up, they may be open to letting you be blessed.
Given the fact that someone who is proudly anti-intellectual and hostile to intellectual endevours is now the President of the United States of America, I fail to see how anyone could be amazed at the inability of most people to craft a simple business letter.
We have a glass wall in our Server Room. All those purty lights impress the VC's.
True, kinda. It comes with an AC charger. You don't HAVE to charge while connected to the PC. But it's a nice option if you can.
We have the DS1800 from Avocent, which connects to 4 ordinary Avocent KVMs on racks. We use them to administer the NT/2000 and Linux servers. The system works great, and VPN'd over my Cable modem is pretty close to being in the room. The downside is the the software used to interact with the KVM Switch (DSView) is Win32 only.
And it does cost quite a bit. To support 41 servers, we spent just under 16K. The system scales pretty well. We've only used half the ports on the switch, and can add addititional racks as they are needed. Up to eight KVMs per switch, with up to 64port KVMs supported.
Where in the cycle do we learn to spell Corporation?
Hey, look. We have all these nifty t-shirts talking about Tux and "Total World Domination", well at least Bill's doing something other than making t-shirts to accomplish this end.
It's a dirty game people! We should all know this by now. Stop waiting around for Mom/Dad/Gov't to step in and make them play fair. They ain't gonna. There is a swell of resentment towards MS in the Corporate IT world right now the likes of which have never been seen.
We need to make our shit better. We need to get the word out about WHY MS is Evil, and WHY Free software is Good. We need to do this OURSELVES. And we need to do it somewhere other than the choir chamber.
Anyone that's worked at a Help Desk should know that Users have been trying this for years.
You should be kicked out for making a Soccer reference. This is America, damnit! We don't care about your silly little futbol.
I can't speak to the tax evasion, but that's generally beyond the scope of municipal zoning laws.
At issue here was if the city could use it's zoning laws to kick them out of that neighborhood (probably to save the children). The court ruled they can't, since the zoning laws are meant to allow cities the ability to keep casinos, strip clubs, and car factories away from the neihborhoods where the people that actually vote live. The reasoning for this is to avoid negative imapacts on property value, crime, and genreal peacefulness. Since the Internet was the forum for the service that Virtual Dorm provides, nobody was physically going to the house to watch the girls. Since nobody was going to watch them @ the house, the house isn't really where the infringing behavior is going on, and none of the traditional issues with strip clubs wrt zoning were applicable.
It's quite different to run an Adult website than to run an "Adult" bookstore or a strip club. Not many bachelor parties hanging around outside your Co-Lo breaking beer bottles and pissing on flowers. ;)
Serious. :)
That's why us Math majors always did our homework together. Were we cheating? By definition, probably. But did we help each other to understand the prblems and solutions better than we would have otherwise? Definately.
I understand and support the idea that stealing code should be punished, and straight copying investigated. But if the goal is to develop understanding, give the suspects a chance to solve a similar problem, and see if they really understand what's going on.
They won't play in regular DVD players (different media)
I'm not advocating everyone here getting out and being active in their communities. What I'm advocating is behaving in a reasonable manner, particularly when representing Linux, or Free Software, or Crypto, or whatever. I suspect much of the email that the Post recieved WRT the misrepresentation inculded a lot of "fuck you"'s and and other vulgarities that serve no positive ends. It's ineffective at best, detrimental at worst.
It's certainly different than the criticism you rightfully suggest they are due.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, describes "jihad" as:
jihad also jehad (j-häd) n.
1. A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels.
2. A crusade or struggle: "The war against smoking is turning into a jihad against people who smoke" (Fortune).
Now, we can certainly agree that a sizable contigent of the Slashdot Faithful would certainly fit the second definition when it comes to assualting "infidels" among the Press. That the Press (particularly the "Yellow") need to be scrutinized is without question. At issue is the manner in which many among us do it.
Now, I've never been the object of Slashotter scorn, so I don't really know what it's like. But I've read enough "How-To Be a Linux Advocate" and other rants about the vitriolic knee jerks that populate this area to be comfortable with describing their behavior as being consistant with that of a jihad in the non-Muslim sense of the word.
Getting heavy downloads though.