Why is this parent modded 'funny' ? In Eastern and African countries little kids *are* actually being used to detect mines: by blowing them up, and losing their arms, legs, or lives... I do not see what's so funny about that at all...
Indeed. Just imagine a game company publishing a game were you got to play some mad Islamic-fundamentalist terrorists that were out to rid the world of the 'root-of-all-evil' American civilians, and watch all hell break loose...
A Sys Admin is not supposed to be messing about with the business data.
That would actually be against the law.
It seems we have a different interpretation of exactly what kind of data is being looked at. You seem to be talking about private and/or sensitive data, like credit card numbers or other employee's salary's. Looking at that kind of data would indeed be against the law. But that is not what I was talking about. For example, at the company I work for the business actually *demands* that the IT department provide insight into data like how many tickets have been sold online, or which web pages have been visited most. Providing that kind of data at the business' request is not abuse of power, but showing the business the value that IT provides to the business.
Those are good if you run an airline... and while the CIO/CTO might like that paragraph you wrote in a company with dozens of servers... This is a fundamental difference in big vs small companies...
Hrm. Perhaps I *have* been working at a major airline with hundreds of (virtualized) servers for too long to see the needs of the small and middle company 'executive'...
Focus on the benefits the systems provide for the business. For example, if you were sysadmin for a website of a major airline, you would focus on the amount of tickets sold online. Management is way more interested in seeing how much money the web site makes, or in what ways it helps people do their job better and more efficient, than purely technical data like system/service uptime or page visits.
Well forgive me if I got this all wrong here, but... does he not simply mean that customers should pay for what they get, instead of just illegally and freely leaching it off the Internet ?
I mean, if it is proven that you have a gene that makes you more likely to engage in criminal/illegal activities than others, doesn't that mean you're also more likely to become a repeat offender and should therefore be put in jail longer than others instead of shorter ?
And my vote for this weeks Slashdot poll goes to:
" If I Had To Choose, I'd Be A... "
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Just for the record -- not that anyone will ever read this -- I did not say that this law was a good idea: I merely asked what would be good alternatives, and so far, the only alternatice posted is that I should go and beat my wife.:(
Your question presupposes that people accused of something are automatically guilty of it.
No, it doesn't t presuppose anything, and I know that by exception that there are painfully mistakes being made, but just how do you propose that someone actually illegally downloading or uploading stuff get's threated then ? Should they go free, because it's available for download/upload 'on the internet' ? Or should they have to face some kind of penalty ? For clarity this case -- assuming they are quilty --.
Harry Temple: "Airport, gunman with one hostage. He's using her for cover; he's almost to a plane. You're a hundred feet away... Jack?"
Jack: "Shoot the hostage."
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In a few months time when code porting (to new library versions) is complete, a Linux-based demo of ProFORMA should be released.
... is 'Magento' itself actually any good or not ?
The only reason for modifying your Xbox is to engage in acts of piracy, obviously.
Cool. Looking forward to running Enlightenment on my Samsung microwave.
The reality may not be, but if you can't tell the difference then that is a problem you must solve on your own.
Point taken.
Why is this parent modded 'funny' ? In Eastern and African countries little kids *are* actually being used to detect mines: by blowing them up, and losing their arms, legs, or lives... I do not see what's so funny about that at all...
Well, actually, I kinda sorta like it when the article summary's actually summarize the core concepts that there talking about.
Unable or unwilling admins is more like it.
In the comments of the Sixth Edition Unix operating system.
Just turn it around.
Indeed. Just imagine a game company publishing a game were you got to play some mad Islamic-fundamentalist terrorists that were out to rid the world of the 'root-of-all-evil' American civilians, and watch all hell break loose...
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A Sys Admin is not supposed to be messing about with the business data.
That would actually be against the law.
It seems we have a different interpretation of exactly what kind of data is being looked at. You seem to be talking about private and/or sensitive data, like credit card numbers or other employee's salary's. Looking at that kind of data would indeed be against the law. But that is not what I was talking about. For example, at the company I work for the business actually *demands* that the IT department provide insight into data like how many tickets have been sold online, or which web pages have been visited most. Providing that kind of data at the business' request is not abuse of power, but showing the business the value that IT provides to the business.
leads me to hypothesize that the reduced dopamine is a cause of the other Parkinson's symptoms, not just a correlated effect.
yeah, I was kinda hoping for that... :)
... Certain typical Anti-Psychotic medicine, like Haldol, which typically exhibit the side-effect of Parkinson-like-symptoms ?
Those are good if you run an airline... and while the CIO/CTO might like that paragraph you wrote in a company with dozens of servers... This is a fundamental difference in big vs small companies...
Hrm. Perhaps I *have* been working at a major airline with hundreds of (virtualized) servers for too long to see the needs of the small and middle company 'executive'...
Focus on the benefits the systems provide for the business. For example, if you were sysadmin for a website of a major airline, you would focus on the amount of tickets sold online. Management is way more interested in seeing how much money the web site makes, or in what ways it helps people do their job better and more efficient, than purely technical data like system/service uptime or page visits.
Well forgive me if I got this all wrong here, but... does he not simply mean that customers should pay for what they get, instead of just illegally and freely leaching it off the Internet ?
I mean, if it is proven that you have a gene that makes you more likely to engage in criminal/illegal activities than others, doesn't that mean you're also more likely to become a repeat offender and should therefore be put in jail longer than others instead of shorter ?
So does this imply that the reverse is true as well, meaning that a 'stupid' person can have the occasional brilliant thought ?
Just for the record, you're a troll
And my vote for this weeks Slashdot poll goes to: ... "
" If I Had To Choose, I'd Be A
- My Family ^H^H^H^H^H^H The Slashdot crowd Already Thinks I'm A Troll
Now do you see why this law is a bad idea?
Just for the record -- not that anyone will ever read this -- I did not say that this law was a good idea: I merely asked what would be good alternatives, and so far, the only alternatice posted is that I should go and beat my wife. :(
Real sorry you (and others) have to resort to insults (like naming me a wife-beater) to defend postilions that you do not agree with. Sad.
Your question presupposes that people accused of something are automatically guilty of it.
No, it doesn't t presuppose anything, and I know that by exception that there are painfully mistakes being made, but just how do you propose that someone actually illegally downloading or uploading stuff get's threated then ? Should they go free, because it's available for download/upload 'on the internet' ? Or should they have to face some kind of penalty ? For clarity this case -- assuming they are quilty --.
... flawlessly as an Outlook replacement, as an email/calendar client for an Exchange server ?
Harry Temple: "Airport, gunman with one hostage. He's using her for cover; he's almost to a plane. You're a hundred feet away... Jack?"
Jack: "Shoot the hostage."