I am a US citizen (and native) who was employed by Tata for a F500 company (call them BigCo.) I had been with BigCo on a temporary project with another staffing group and BigCo's managers forced Tata to find and hire me for a basic support contract while BigCo's long time employees were slowly laid off. Two of us were citizens of the US on this contract, brought in by management, everyone else was either H1B or offshore. I can assure you that Tata let my contract expire and replaced me with an H1B worker already on their payroll who made significantly less all the while Tata charged BigCo the same rate. The mandatory HR training calls were hilarious.
I've been outsourced, been an outsourcer, and an outsourced outsourcer. The H1B system totally abused in a way that non-foreign staffing companies only wished they could do.
Uh, carrier fleets are already there. Not only have we been in the Gulf of Oman for decades, but I was on the first to go through the Straits of Hormuz since the 70's and this was back in the early nineties.
We also 'blockaded' Saddam's Iraq (in a way) as part of the post Gulf v1 sanctions.
When I came to my current position, every PC was named for the original user. Over time this became disorganized and a spreadsheet was used to track the computers. Not only that, the CEO and other executives had their computers easily identified on the network.
We changed the scheme to location-OS-AssetNumber. The help desk people hate it and say it is difficult, but they still have to use the same spreadsheet. Plus we have the bonus of simple asset tracking for the help desk. The benefits are obvious.
To be sure, obscurity is not a complete solution, but it does make it harder for the mail clerk to to find profit/loss statements on the CEO's desktop or personnel records in HR. It's just another layer in a comprehensive solution.
I've used Greek mythology for servers before as well as location/function schemes. The scheme I inherited used movie characters. I've discontinued it for a different system. It's completely unprofessional to have a COO call the help desk to complain about Yoda problems.
Thoughts:
Gesturing cannot replace a keyboard, but it would create make many redundant tasks faster, like a microwave 'popcorn' button .
Imagine programming in ASL.
You'd have to have one gesture template for each type of use: one for math, one for general writing, one for programming, etc.
How could be this done? How could he connect to his laptop without knowing the IP address?
One word, DynDNS.
Beyond using the obvious, there are services that allow viewing for support, for instance. Here's how it works:
Computer boots, service is started that opens a connection to the remote assistance server.
Remote user browses to the remote assistance site and logs in.
Remote user can view/use the comptuer remotely through a normal browser.
logmein.com has a free version of their paid service that allows you to do just that. I'm sure that gotomypc and others have the same thing.
The next question is what provider is going to be tied to this connection. Smart./ers could have their existing 3G connection shared among all passengers with a little equipment investment, of course.
What would really be interesting is if Chrysler provided a PCMCIA port to plug in your existing card with say a vendor provided a simple OS on a memory card that would allow choice between providers. This would allow bandwidth upgrades as the available technology progresses.
Add a USB port could be used to connect a music player, keyboard, whatever.
Then think of using Internet phone service and/or having something like Grand Central to manage your calls.
I know all this is pure fantasy considering the lock by the Telcos, but I know several people who might enjoy having this convenience as they spend a great deal of their business days travelling.
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti
Having tracked a car through HPDE Club circuits, I've been taught by racers to learn about the car's feedback via the steering wheel, grip, and general butt sensors. You just cannot substitute for this.
Just like everyone has mentioned, there is no feedback from a video game. You cannot feel the lateral movement, the wheel spin, etc. With Forza 2 and other games you can tweak your suspension, but your only impression is extremely limited: a skidpad number or a simple visual cue that your car is pushing, loose, problems with toe/camber, etc.
Forza 2 on the 360 will ghost your car on previous runs while you drive a new session. I imagine this could be implemented similarly.
An F1 AI to react? If we are talking F1, then its pretty much moot after the start of a race. If you are lucky enough to keep up and try to dive bomb a corner under one of these guys, they'll wreck into you because you're trying something stupid.
NASCAR on the other hand...
Depends on your needs. If regulations require you to retain x amount of years worth, then you should invest in an archiving solution. There are reasonable solutions out there.
Another way is to put the psts on the file server and either use a backup software with open file capability or force logouts to disconnect users who leave their Outlook running during backups.
Yet another way is to configure an archive mailbox on Exchange and have a client pop it off to a single pst to backup. This way you don't have to deal with individual psts.
At MyCo, all of our laptops (portables) must be encrypted. The same goes with other portable media. By selecting a certain vendor with an acceptable compromise of security and useability, we can significantly REDUCE the ability of an accidental or externally malicious compromise of customer and corporate data. REDUCE is the key, nothing is perfect.
In the OS, we can also limit these drives to specific users, models and serial numbers to prevent further exposure. That way secretary 'A' cannot transfer files, templates, documents, etc., to her iPod before leaving to competitor 'B'.
Good policies, technology and policing is the only way to control the accessibility of our data, whether they are files or data over the wire.
Not recovering the data you want is always a risk. In my experience I have recovered everything I've needed using a pay-for service. Expensive? Yes, but you (or your client) must weigh benefit.
Backup, backup, backup. Those that don't will pay the price. Literally.
That's thinking small. Larger corporations still have Win2K installed on clients. We do. It suits these users fine since they do not need any of XPs features. The only reason these users will be upgraded to XP or beyond is for security patches (compliance) or failed hardware.
We are in the same boat. When IE7 was announced our application provider said they would not support it. Ridiculous. If the provider had taken the time to make it conform to standards we would not have this problem. There is nothing we can do about it either--this application is used to manage critical services and cannot be replaced by us. The only option would be a complex and costly migration to another provider which would take a year to complete. Naturally this is not going to happen. All we can do is try to leverage our account size against the provider.
I can understand why they wish to force IE7 on their OSes. IE7 is tied to Vista, the successor to XP. By forcing IE7 to all OSes, this pressures application providers to update their services. When the application services are updated, it will remove a hurdle for IT departments to upgrade their desktops.
Vista is not desired in our shop, but by removing our requirement will move us closer to acceptance of the inevitable.
Sure, it's the judge's responsibility, but don't you think he listened to expert testimony, if there was any? The defense could have done better.
As far as 10K page documents, the courts pay clerks to do that and clerks to write their orders. Someone needs to kick the Administrative Judge in the rear of his robe.
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I am a US citizen (and native) who was employed by Tata for a F500 company (call them BigCo.) I had been with BigCo on a temporary project with another staffing group and BigCo's managers forced Tata to find and hire me for a basic support contract while BigCo's long time employees were slowly laid off. Two of us were citizens of the US on this contract, brought in by management, everyone else was either H1B or offshore. I can assure you that Tata let my contract expire and replaced me with an H1B worker already on their payroll who made significantly less all the while Tata charged BigCo the same rate. The mandatory HR training calls were hilarious. I've been outsourced, been an outsourcer, and an outsourced outsourcer. The H1B system totally abused in a way that non-foreign staffing companies only wished they could do.
Uh, carrier fleets are already there. Not only have we been in the Gulf of Oman for decades, but I was on the first to go through the Straits of Hormuz since the 70's and this was back in the early nineties.
We also 'blockaded' Saddam's Iraq (in a way) as part of the post Gulf v1 sanctions.
That's spelled 'potato', Mr. Vice President.
When I came to my current position, every PC was named for the original user. Over time this became disorganized and a spreadsheet was used to track the computers. Not only that, the CEO and other executives had their computers easily identified on the network. We changed the scheme to location-OS-AssetNumber. The help desk people hate it and say it is difficult, but they still have to use the same spreadsheet. Plus we have the bonus of simple asset tracking for the help desk. The benefits are obvious. To be sure, obscurity is not a complete solution, but it does make it harder for the mail clerk to to find profit/loss statements on the CEO's desktop or personnel records in HR. It's just another layer in a comprehensive solution. I've used Greek mythology for servers before as well as location/function schemes. The scheme I inherited used movie characters. I've discontinued it for a different system. It's completely unprofessional to have a COO call the help desk to complain about Yoda problems.
Thoughts: Gesturing cannot replace a keyboard, but it would create make many redundant tasks faster, like a microwave 'popcorn' button . Imagine programming in ASL. You'd have to have one gesture template for each type of use: one for math, one for general writing, one for programming, etc.
How could be this done? How could he connect to his laptop without knowing the IP address?
One word, DynDNS.
Beyond using the obvious, there are services that allow viewing for support, for instance. Here's how it works: Computer boots, service is started that opens a connection to the remote assistance server. Remote user browses to the remote assistance site and logs in. Remote user can view/use the comptuer remotely through a normal browser. logmein.com has a free version of their paid service that allows you to do just that. I'm sure that gotomypc and others have the same thing.
If they offered a break on our monthly bills for anonymous usage statistics, I bet 72% of Americans would take it.
Sure have. It lead to the previous President's removal along with several other cronies.
Prediction: IOC will turn a blind eye, being that they said the passports are their proof of age and that China is the host country.
Don't worry. Loud music and sleep deprevation are not part of GW's interpretation of torture. We are in the clear.
The next question is what provider is going to be tied to this connection. Smart ./ers could have their existing 3G connection shared among all passengers with a little equipment investment, of course.
What would really be interesting is if Chrysler provided a PCMCIA port to plug in your existing card with say a vendor provided a simple OS on a memory card that would allow choice between providers. This would allow bandwidth upgrades as the available technology progresses.
Add a USB port could be used to connect a music player, keyboard, whatever.
Then think of using Internet phone service and/or having something like Grand Central to manage your calls.
I know all this is pure fantasy considering the lock by the Telcos, but I know several people who might enjoy having this convenience as they spend a great deal of their business days travelling.
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti Having tracked a car through HPDE Club circuits, I've been taught by racers to learn about the car's feedback via the steering wheel, grip, and general butt sensors. You just cannot substitute for this. Just like everyone has mentioned, there is no feedback from a video game. You cannot feel the lateral movement, the wheel spin, etc. With Forza 2 and other games you can tweak your suspension, but your only impression is extremely limited: a skidpad number or a simple visual cue that your car is pushing, loose, problems with toe/camber, etc.
Forza 2 on the 360 will ghost your car on previous runs while you drive a new session. I imagine this could be implemented similarly. An F1 AI to react? If we are talking F1, then its pretty much moot after the start of a race. If you are lucky enough to keep up and try to dive bomb a corner under one of these guys, they'll wreck into you because you're trying something stupid. NASCAR on the other hand...
Someone's been reading too much Rumsfeld:
There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.
Elvis, wherever he is, is in a panic.
craigslist.com? No wait they already own it...
Depends on your needs. If regulations require you to retain x amount of years worth, then you should invest in an archiving solution. There are reasonable solutions out there.
Another way is to put the psts on the file server and either use a backup software with open file capability or force logouts to disconnect users who leave their Outlook running during backups.
Yet another way is to configure an archive mailbox on Exchange and have a client pop it off to a single pst to backup. This way you don't have to deal with individual psts.
Where there is a will, there's a way.
Exactly.
At MyCo, all of our laptops (portables) must be encrypted. The same goes with other portable media. By selecting a certain vendor with an acceptable compromise of security and useability, we can significantly REDUCE the ability of an accidental or externally malicious compromise of customer and corporate data. REDUCE is the key, nothing is perfect.
In the OS, we can also limit these drives to specific users, models and serial numbers to prevent further exposure. That way secretary 'A' cannot transfer files, templates, documents, etc., to her iPod before leaving to competitor 'B'.
Good policies, technology and policing is the only way to control the accessibility of our data, whether they are files or data over the wire.
They can use JP-5 in place of DFM and they did on several occasions on my non-nuke carrier in the early 90's, from what I recall.
Not recovering the data you want is always a risk. In my experience I have recovered everything I've needed using a pay-for service. Expensive? Yes, but you (or your client) must weigh benefit.
Backup, backup, backup. Those that don't will pay the price. Literally.
We've just received our test boxes today for an evaluation over a NY-Miami Point-to-point t1.
That's thinking small. Larger corporations still have Win2K installed on clients. We do. It suits these users fine since they do not need any of XPs features. The only reason these users will be upgraded to XP or beyond is for security patches (compliance) or failed hardware.
We are in the same boat. When IE7 was announced our application provider said they would not support it. Ridiculous. If the provider had taken the time to make it conform to standards we would not have this problem. There is nothing we can do about it either--this application is used to manage critical services and cannot be replaced by us. The only option would be a complex and costly migration to another provider which would take a year to complete. Naturally this is not going to happen. All we can do is try to leverage our account size against the provider.
I can understand why they wish to force IE7 on their OSes. IE7 is tied to Vista, the successor to XP. By forcing IE7 to all OSes, this pressures application providers to update their services. When the application services are updated, it will remove a hurdle for IT departments to upgrade their desktops.
Vista is not desired in our shop, but by removing our requirement will move us closer to acceptance of the inevitable.
Sure, it's the judge's responsibility, but don't you think he listened to expert testimony, if there was any? The defense could have done better.
As far as 10K page documents, the courts pay clerks to do that and clerks to write their orders. Someone needs to kick the Administrative Judge in the rear of his robe.
It's all about the drivers. New hardware required new drivers. XP handles driver problems so much better than 2000.