I come from the other side of the fence. I am a developer of multiplayer servers. For my part, I couldn't do my job without root access. I need to do things like set the date and time on the machines, install to/bin, upgrade compilers, etc. If I had to ask the helpdesk every time I needed root, they'd just set up right outside my cube.
On my Windoze machine, OTOH, I have no need for system level permissions, and I don't ask for them. I can install software, but so can all the other developers (and, I think, anyone in the company). All I use that machine for is e-mail and testing client connectivity to my servers, when I'm not using my Linux test client.
Some people need root and some don't. Don't make blanket policies unless you're prepared to make exceptions. Oh, and, for everyone's sake, if you do restrict access, please, please make sure that at least one person who can change things is available 24/7. I can guarantee you that Peterson up in Accounting is going to have a system crash that requires help when trying to get the year-end reports out at 2:30 A.M. before the big board meeting at 9:00.
I once worked for a company that was, IMHO, the worst place in the world. After putting up with it for as long as I could, I resigned, giving a full 4 weeks notice per the handbook. As with you, I was instructed to immediatly clear my desk and leave the premesis.
Well, I went to the unemployment office to file for unemployment. I anticipated having to build a case for a hostile work environment and go through a hearing process. Not so. It seems that, since they asked me to leave the premesis before the date I offered as my last, they were, as far as the state was concerned, firing me. The guy said "you might not think of it like that, and I might not, but the state does." I got full unemployment benefits starting immediatly.
Worth looking into if you don't have something else lined up already.
I have a Win2K system that I've installed a SW firewall on. Since I don't do any off-line browsing, I took disabled running mobsync.exe at startup. I would like to disable it all the time. Every time the computer restarts, my firewall pops up and tells me that Windoze is trying to stick mobsync.exe back in the autorun list.
Think I can get 100K from M$ for that? They're re-enabling SW that I intentionally disabled.
While I've not been stopped bypassing the door checkers, I've always throught that the following argument would be the most effective:
When you accepted my payment for the merchendise in this bag, that merchendise mecame my personal property. Unless you have a search warrant, or are a duly sworn officer of the court with probably cause, you have no right to search my personal property. If you disagree, please feel free to call the local authorities and we'll discuss it in court.
Same thing as when an officer pulls you over and asks if it's OK to search your vehicle. A nice respectful "sorry, but I refuse to surrender my 4th ammendment rights under the Constitution of the United States." is all you need to say.
Is a phone in a watch with a bluetooth button that goes in my ear. Voice enabled dialing and we're there! As the technology progresses, we can even add a little vid screen and camera to the watch.
Well, I'm a server programmer for a very large, very well-known massivly multiplayer on-line game. We're in the process now of developing the next generation of servers for this game, targeted to be released at the end of next year.
Our legal department has informed me that I am required by the provisions of the USA PATRIOT act to provide a back-door that will allow law enforcement to enter and view any conversation taking place in any of the servers, including private conversations, without being observed. I must also provide a way for the chat, including private chat, to be logged, and we must keep those logs for at least 6 months.
Since chat through our servers cannot be encrypted, there is no 128 bit option.
Big brother is watching you, friends.
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If I read this correctly, the price includes not only the wireless transport, but the ISP service as well. Reference the woman who said it was only slightly more expensive than her AOL service.
I pay about that much for my combined DSL and ISP service. For rural communities such as these, combining the transport and the ISP makes a great deal of sense.
ddd is, by far, the best debugger I've ever used. I used to hate visual debuggers, but ddd turned me around.
That being said, however, there is one improvement I'd like to see in all debuggers. That's a way to do memory checking. In other words, integrate Purify or Insure++ functionality into the debugger and have it break anytime there is a memory stomp. Memory problems are the biggest issue facing programmers of large, complex systems.
For those of you who say to write small objects and give them unit tests, or to rely on things like printf(), I suggest that you get a job in the real world. Complex systems are written by large groups of people. When you hit a problem, it may or may not be in your own code. It may or may not be because you're using an object incorrectly. You need a debugger to figure out where things are blowing up and why. Using printf() will work, but it's slow and requires multiple compile/link/test cycles. Not the best use of your time.
Actually, we had porn, of a sort. I had a line printer "portrait" of a nude sitting on a barstool. It used the same "technology" as some shirts I've seen at ThinkGeek recently. I had it hanging up for a while, but had to take it down because it was inappropriate:-)
There is one and only one reason for M$ "new" focus on security. I remember reading an article (I think the link was through SlashDot, although I'm not positive) that said the congresscritters were considering removing the liability protection software makers enjoy. This "new direction" is the M$ attempt to head off any such legislation.
I've used this exact method (XP) for cleaning up a project as well as with new projects. It takes some work, but the rewards are far more than you have any right to expect.
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If you work in the kernel, you work in C.
I come from the other side of the fence. I am a developer of multiplayer servers. For my part, I couldn't do my job without root access. I need to do things like set the date and time on the machines, install to /bin, upgrade compilers, etc. If I had to ask the helpdesk every time I needed root, they'd just set up right outside my cube.
On my Windoze machine, OTOH, I have no need for system level permissions, and I don't ask for them. I can install software, but so can all the other developers (and, I think, anyone in the company). All I use that machine for is e-mail and testing client connectivity to my servers, when I'm not using my Linux test client.
Some people need root and some don't. Don't make blanket policies unless you're prepared to make exceptions. Oh, and, for everyone's sake, if you do restrict access, please, please make sure that at least one person who can change things is available 24/7. I can guarantee you that Peterson up in Accounting is going to have a system crash that requires help when trying to get the year-end reports out at 2:30 A.M. before the big board meeting at 9:00.
I once worked for a company that was, IMHO, the worst place in the world. After putting up with it for as long as I could, I resigned, giving a full 4 weeks notice per the handbook. As with you, I was instructed to immediatly clear my desk and leave the premesis.
Well, I went to the unemployment office to file for unemployment. I anticipated having to build a case for a hostile work environment and go through a hearing process. Not so. It seems that, since they asked me to leave the premesis before the date I offered as my last, they were, as far as the state was concerned, firing me. The guy said "you might not think of it like that, and I might not, but the state does." I got full unemployment benefits starting immediatly.
Worth looking into if you don't have something else lined up already.
I have a Win2K system that I've installed a SW firewall on. Since I don't do any off-line browsing, I took disabled running mobsync.exe at startup. I would like to disable it all the time. Every time the computer restarts, my firewall pops up and tells me that Windoze is trying to stick mobsync.exe back in the autorun list.
Think I can get 100K from M$ for that? They're re-enabling SW that I intentionally disabled.
While I've not been stopped bypassing the door checkers, I've always throught that the following argument would be the most effective:
When you accepted my payment for the merchendise in this bag, that merchendise mecame my personal property. Unless you have a search warrant, or are a duly sworn officer of the court with probably cause, you have no right to search my personal property. If you disagree, please feel free to call the local authorities and we'll discuss it in court.
Same thing as when an officer pulls you over and asks if it's OK to search your vehicle. A nice respectful "sorry, but I refuse to surrender my 4th ammendment rights under the Constitution of the United States." is all you need to say.
Is a phone in a watch with a bluetooth button that goes in my ear. Voice enabled dialing and we're there! As the technology progresses, we can even add a little vid screen and camera to the watch.
There you have it! Dick Tracy would be so proud!
Well, I'm a server programmer for a very large, very well-known massivly multiplayer on-line game. We're in the process now of developing the next generation of servers for this game, targeted to be released at the end of next year.
Our legal department has informed me that I am required by the provisions of the USA PATRIOT act to provide a back-door that will allow law enforcement to enter and view any conversation taking place in any of the servers, including private conversations, without being observed. I must also provide a way for the chat, including private chat, to be logged, and we must keep those logs for at least 6 months.
Since chat through our servers cannot be encrypted, there is no 128 bit option.
Big brother is watching you, friends.
If I read this correctly, the price includes not only the wireless transport, but the ISP service as well. Reference the woman who said it was only slightly more expensive than her AOL service.
I pay about that much for my combined DSL and ISP service. For rural communities such as these, combining the transport and the ISP makes a great deal of sense.
Since this thing understands most European and, apparantly, middle-eastern languages, I'll be taking classes in Navajo. That'll stop em!
Wonder if it understands Klingon....
ddd is, by far, the best debugger I've ever used. I used to hate visual debuggers, but ddd turned me around.
That being said, however, there is one improvement I'd like to see in all debuggers. That's a way to do memory checking. In other words, integrate Purify or Insure++ functionality into the debugger and have it break anytime there is a memory stomp. Memory problems are the biggest issue facing programmers of large, complex systems.
For those of you who say to write small objects and give them unit tests, or to rely on things like printf(), I suggest that you get a job in the real world. Complex systems are written by large groups of people. When you hit a problem, it may or may not be in your own code. It may or may not be because you're using an object incorrectly. You need a debugger to figure out where things are blowing up and why. Using printf() will work, but it's slow and requires multiple compile/link/test cycles. Not the best use of your time.
Actually, we had porn, of a sort. I had a line printer "portrait" of a nude sitting on a barstool. It used the same "technology" as some shirts I've seen at ThinkGeek recently. I had it hanging up for a while, but had to take it down because it was inappropriate :-)
There is one and only one reason for M$ "new" focus on security. I remember reading an article (I think the link was through SlashDot, although I'm not positive) that said the congresscritters were considering removing the liability protection software makers enjoy. This "new direction" is the M$ attempt to head off any such legislation.
I've used this exact method (XP) for cleaning up a project as well as with new projects. It takes some work, but the rewards are far more than you have any right to expect.
Boring, but shows the current directory on one line, with the hostname and history number on the next. PS1=\w\n[\h] \!\$