Given Microsoft's penchant for taking a technology and re-branding it (i.e., adding security problems with one-off "standards"), is anyone else afraid of the security implications of a MS version of virtualization?
I don't think MS has any SERIOUS interest in virtualization technology other than the fact that it increases their licensing revenues. Why are the re-inventing the wheel? Are they just trying to take control over it to keep tabs on which installations are legal and which are not?
Well, confused as I am about the details about who swallow who, I'm certain that in these types of mergers/acquisitions, everybody is nervous about their jobs--rumor or not.
I still think Jobs took advantage of the internal shiftings and was able to get his way.
I think Jobs figured he could best manipulate the loosened moving ground under the feet of Cingular. With AT&T swallowing them, it seems like managment might have had a "nothing to lose" frame of mind when they agreed to Jobs' terms. I'm sure the tone amongst the execs at Cingular and AT&T was not too unlike an episode of "Survivor" where alliances and rivalries can make or break your chance to stay when it comes time to let people go.
Say what you want about Jobs—but he's no dummy. I'm pretty sure he was eyeballing the players and muttering to himself like that kicker in Waterboy: "Who's it gonna be? Who's it gonna be? Who's it gonna be? [Chuckling] 0h, yeah. There's my bitch."
Blackberry and "Smart Phones" are very handy for staying in touch between computers, but I've found that most people who use them fall into 2 categories:
1) Work-o-holics 2) Over-connected technogeeks
It's rare to find crackberry people who can strike a balance between work and personal life. If you're one of those people, that's great. If you're not, it's probably because you're letting work penetrate your inner sanctum.
Speaking of which, I'm logging off. I'm home with my lovely wife.
Seriously, dude. If I am home suffering with some avian flu strain, the last thing I'm gonna be doing is WORKING. Most likely, I'll be driving/riding the porcelain bus if I'm not heavily sedated from a double-dose of Nyquil.
Unless you're one of those over-achieving cubicle heroes like my boss. He could be dying and still manage to e-mail me assignements with that f**king crackberry.
Telnet Client is definitely understandable. I still have to use telnet to config old HP JetDirect cards, etc., but I certainly would not even entertain the idea of opening telnet as a service on a unix box of any flavor much less Solaris.
I'm trying to think of some good reason someone might still have telnet, ftp, or some other unencrypted service running on Solaris. The only reasons I can think of are not good--legacy apps are NOT a good reason. If you can't do it over an SSH tunnel, then you shouldn't be doing it.
Maybe the Solaris patch team figured the same thing.
We live in a culture that has become so paranoid that we've traded freedom for "security."
Maybe it was, indeed, a bone-head idea to "tag" public spaces, but the government and media need to quit making stories out of nothing. There's plenty of stupidity to go around on this one.
The clue phone is ringing:
Boston, Line 1: Your anti-terror "heroes" went all Barney Fife over nothing. You guys just need to chill the f**k out and learn to triage terror from shennanigans. If you go the full-monty everytime some paranoid citizen dials the bomb-squad over flashing light and some wires, you're gonna have to figure out a way to pay for that kind of over-kill out of your own budget instead of drama-queening your way into restitution.
Viral Marketers, Line 2: WTF? Maybe go for something a little less obscure the next go-round, eh? Only about 1 in 5,000 people driving by those signs had any kind of clue what the hell those bird-flipping little dudes were anyway. Way to spook the natives, dorks. Don't forget to include some useful information about your "product" next time. Seriously, this is like the corporate version of "JACKASS."
Bottom Line: Two stupid parties did two stupid things. One was the government the other wasn't. Guess which one wins?
I think Meatwad summed it up like this: I'll touch 'em all the way to the trash can is what I'll do...
It's pretty clear to me that Jobs is just practicing the ancient art of Noshitonmi. He's bouncing the blame off of him and saying that the devil made him do it.
Mafiaa legions already trolling for "examples" already makes them the bad guy. With Europe stacking up on him, Jobs is just assuming the classic Noshitonmi stance to deflect all negative energy towards the Mafiaa.
Quite brilliant, actually.
He better start stretching, though. Those new Noshitonmi poses he's going to need for SEC investigations are gonna require special foo.
Aren't the IT people the only ones who smart enough to sabotage IT systems?
I mean, those smug assholes up on the 42nd floor don't give a shit about how hard we work just to help them print their e-mail. We'll see how smug they are when....
There seems to be quite a few people complaining about the cost of the iPhone (Apple's not Cisco's but I digress...).
This little chart might help put things in perspective:
These are the current "Smartphone" type devices offered in the 77005 zip code by Cingular. These are the MSRP prices (not including rebates or other discounts):
Remember the Sony Ericsson P900? The original price was $899.99. The Treo 600 debuted at $600.00 as well--and became endorsed as the "gadget of the year" by several publications.
These price points do not vary much from Apple's announced price points:
Apple iPhone 4GB $499 Apple iPhone 8GB $599
I wonder what all the fuss is about?
Since the device is also a full-fledged video iPod and mini-tablet-like internet appliance with WiFi, the price point is actually fairly competitive with the other premium "smartphone" devices on the market.
I'm not trying to be YAAFB (yet another Apple fan boy), but it seems like they're pretty serious about being competitive when comparing apples to apples (pun sort of intended).
While the initial price offering of the new gadget seems a bit high for a phone, there are several things to remember:
1) If you recall, the initial price of the Treo 6xx was high, too, but providers subsidize the cost if you sign a contract. You pay something closer to what the device is really worth but you give a quart of blood over to privider. You pay now or later.
It's important to remember this: the phone ain't where the providers make money. It's a service industry targeting a monthly revenue stream.
2) The "iPhone" (Apple's not Cisco's) currently has no peers which makes it alone in its class and price range. When a competitor comes along, that may change. However, competition in the iPod market didn't change the premium iPod's price but it did change the product line to include a wider scale of products and price points. There will probably be a few lower-end type iPhones appearing in the rev cycle this time next year.
3) It's cheaper than first batch of P900s!
4) Don't forget that this is a pretty cool device--the cool factor sells units.
5) The iPod, Phone, and Internet Appliance combo sort of justifies the higher cost--it's not much more than a Treo but it seems to kick it's ass. I'd pay an extra $100 for that. If I don't have to carry my Treo and an iPod and can get by without my laptop, that's totally worth the price to me--if it really works as advertised.
I don't know about 10M units by 2008. I think Apple might sell half that by then. Cingular is definitely a deal breaker for most people. My $15/mo. flat fee for Sprint's 'net access is pretty good. The data plans from Cingular will definitely put this device out of the range for most people. The WiFi option will definitely help as a consolation.
Time will tell. I didn't think the iPod or the iMac were anything special when they first shipped but they sure surprised me!
All these paranoid comments about privacy and Big Brother assumes that the government is actually organized enough to actually do handle all this information. I'd be more worried about the profiteers coming forward to "contract" the management of all this than the government itself.
In the mean time, just relax and do what I do: dip your finger tips into sulfuric acid. It doesn't seem tohave anny negattttive effectsss at alll.
This is a useful tool for my particular environment where we use RapiDeploy to re-image boxes. The image gets a little stale and we have to go through a quarantine network before our Cisco Clean Access authenticates us--we're essentially in a leper colony while we're trying to catch up on patches. It's a bit of a catch 22.
Having the patches on hand would really help when we don't have a little router on hand on field calls.
"...written text fails to capture the full range of rich human communication. It's easy to take more offense than is necessary to the wrong choice of words. Minor and casual criticism can quickly ferment into a difficult stink, and attempts to burry it can often just make it worse."
India's poor people are amongst the poorest in the world.
So somebody wants to setup an ATM for them? I certainly don't mean to come off as an insensitive clod but there's some problems with this:
-The friggin' transaction fees are probably more money than they make in a month. -Poor people don't use banks -Illiterate people don't have a clue about how or why they would need this
Lastly, -Poor people work very hard doing manual labor--their hands are very rough and scarred. I can't get biomentric technology to work consistently for me with my white pasty callus-free thumbs; I can only imagine the frustration that will result from users who have no education, very little money, and fingers that will undoubtedly baffle the biometric software.
I hope Citigroup is thinking about all this, too...
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The hunting technique is not unlike the annual review process here at the office...
Given Microsoft's penchant for taking a technology and re-branding it (i.e., adding security problems with one-off "standards"), is anyone else afraid of the security implications of a MS version of virtualization?
I don't think MS has any SERIOUS interest in virtualization technology other than the fact that it increases their licensing revenues. Why are the re-inventing the wheel? Are they just trying to take control over it to keep tabs on which installations are legal and which are not?
Maybe I'm just a skeptic.
Well, confused as I am about the details about who swallow who, I'm certain that in these types of mergers/acquisitions, everybody is nervous about their jobs--rumor or not.
I still think Jobs took advantage of the internal shiftings and was able to get his way.
I think Jobs figured he could best manipulate the loosened moving ground under the feet of Cingular. With AT&T swallowing them, it seems like managment might have had a "nothing to lose" frame of mind when they agreed to Jobs' terms. I'm sure the tone amongst the execs at Cingular and AT&T was not too unlike an episode of "Survivor" where alliances and rivalries can make or break your chance to stay when it comes time to let people go.
Say what you want about Jobs—but he's no dummy. I'm pretty sure he was eyeballing the players and muttering to himself like that kicker in Waterboy:
"Who's it gonna be? Who's it gonna be? Who's it gonna be? [Chuckling] 0h, yeah. There's my bitch."
Blackberry and "Smart Phones" are very handy for staying in touch between computers, but I've found that most people who use them fall into 2 categories:
1) Work-o-holics
2) Over-connected technogeeks
It's rare to find crackberry people who can strike a balance between work and personal life. If you're one of those people, that's great. If you're not, it's probably because you're letting work penetrate your inner sanctum.
Speaking of which, I'm logging off. I'm home with my lovely wife.
That's the first time in a long time that I've read a slashdot post that made me almost pee my pants...
Thanks for that, Anonymous Coward!
Seriously, dude. If I am home suffering with some avian flu strain, the last thing I'm gonna be doing is WORKING. Most likely, I'll be driving/riding the porcelain bus if I'm not heavily sedated from a double-dose of Nyquil.
Unless you're one of those over-achieving cubicle heroes like my boss. He could be dying and still manage to e-mail me assignements with that f**king crackberry.
Heh--why do you need to run a telnet service on a unix box to enable Anonymous FTP?
:D
At least with Anonymous FTP (read only), there are no user passwords passing in clear text.
If you want anonymous FTP, just use someone else's Windows box just like all the other script kiddies
Telnet Client is definitely understandable. I still have to use telnet to config old HP JetDirect cards, etc., but I certainly would not even entertain the idea of opening telnet as a service on a unix box of any flavor much less Solaris.
I'm trying to think of some good reason someone might still have telnet, ftp, or some other unencrypted service running on Solaris. The only reasons I can think of are not good--legacy apps are NOT a good reason. If you can't do it over an SSH tunnel, then you shouldn't be doing it.
Maybe the Solaris patch team figured the same thing.
We live in a culture that has become so paranoid that we've traded freedom for "security."
Maybe it was, indeed, a bone-head idea to "tag" public spaces, but the government and media need to quit making stories out of nothing. There's plenty of stupidity to go around on this one.
The clue phone is ringing:
Boston, Line 1:
Your anti-terror "heroes" went all Barney Fife over nothing. You guys just need to chill the f**k out and learn to triage terror from shennanigans. If you go the full-monty everytime some paranoid citizen dials the bomb-squad over flashing light and some wires, you're gonna have to figure out a way to pay for that kind of over-kill out of your own budget instead of drama-queening your way into restitution.
Viral Marketers, Line 2:
WTF? Maybe go for something a little less obscure the next go-round, eh? Only about 1 in 5,000 people driving by those signs had any kind of clue what the hell those bird-flipping little dudes were anyway. Way to spook the natives, dorks. Don't forget to include some useful information about your "product" next time. Seriously, this is like the corporate version of "JACKASS."
Bottom Line: Two stupid parties did two stupid things. One was the government the other wasn't. Guess which one wins?
I think Meatwad summed it up like this:
I'll touch 'em all the way to the trash can is what I'll do...
Apple probably back-burnered development because:
1) Ship dates for Vista were always slipping
2) They were working on MacWorld O7 products under slave master Steve
Besides, it's not like MS has the cleanest Karma in this regard anyways.
Gotta wonder about a picture of a chick with "penetration testing" as a caption.
God, I love IT.
It's pretty clear to me that Jobs is just practicing the ancient art of Noshitonmi. He's bouncing the blame off of him and saying that the devil made him do it.
Mafiaa legions already trolling for "examples" already makes them the bad guy. With Europe stacking up on him, Jobs is just assuming the classic Noshitonmi stance to deflect all negative energy towards the Mafiaa.
Quite brilliant, actually.
He better start stretching, though. Those new Noshitonmi poses he's going to need for SEC investigations are gonna require special foo.
At the risk of being obvious or redundant--
Aren't the IT people the only ones who smart enough to sabotage IT systems?
I mean, those smug assholes up on the 42nd floor don't give a shit about how hard we work just to help them print their e-mail. We'll see how smug they are when....
oh...wait...
[BOFH]
Well, I suppose if Miller and Budweiser can do it, why can't they?
C'mon now--the religious right is the biggest market for porn! They don't want any weasels getting their porn for free when they had to pay!
There seems to be quite a few people complaining about the cost of the iPhone (Apple's not Cisco's but I digress...).
This little chart might help put things in perspective:
These are the current "Smartphone" type devices offered in the 77005 zip code by Cingular. These are the MSRP prices (not including rebates or other discounts):
Cingular 8525 $549.99
Palm Treo 750 $649.99
Cingular 8125 $499.99
Remember the Sony Ericsson P900? The original price was $899.99.
The Treo 600 debuted at $600.00 as well--and became endorsed as the "gadget of the year" by several publications.
These price points do not vary much from Apple's announced price points:
Apple iPhone 4GB $499
Apple iPhone 8GB $599
I wonder what all the fuss is about?
Since the device is also a full-fledged video iPod and mini-tablet-like internet appliance with WiFi, the price point is actually fairly competitive with the other premium "smartphone" devices on the market.
I'm not trying to be YAAFB (yet another Apple fan boy), but it seems like they're pretty serious about being competitive when comparing apples to apples (pun sort of intended).
Food for thought...
[at the risk of being flagged as redundant...]
While the initial price offering of the new gadget seems a bit high for a phone, there are several things to remember:
1) If you recall, the initial price of the Treo 6xx was high, too, but providers subsidize the cost if you sign a contract.
You pay something closer to what the device is really worth but you give a quart of blood over to privider. You pay now or later.
It's important to remember this: the phone ain't where the providers make money. It's a service industry targeting a monthly revenue stream.
2) The "iPhone" (Apple's not Cisco's) currently has no peers which makes it alone in its class and price range. When a competitor comes along, that may change. However, competition in the iPod market didn't change the premium iPod's price but it did change the product line to include a wider scale of products and price points. There will probably be a few lower-end type iPhones appearing in the rev cycle this time next year.
3) It's cheaper than first batch of P900s!
4) Don't forget that this is a pretty cool device--the cool factor sells units.
5) The iPod, Phone, and Internet Appliance combo sort of justifies the higher cost--it's not much more than a Treo but it seems to kick it's ass. I'd pay an extra $100 for that. If I don't have to carry my Treo and an iPod and can get by without my laptop, that's totally worth the price to me--if it really works as advertised.
I don't know about 10M units by 2008. I think Apple might sell half that by then. Cingular is definitely a deal breaker for most people. My $15/mo. flat fee for Sprint's 'net access is pretty good. The data plans from Cingular will definitely put this device out of the range for most people. The WiFi option will definitely help as a consolation.
Time will tell. I didn't think the iPod or the iMac were anything special when they first shipped but they sure surprised me!
Wow. The ultimate trojan horse!
All these paranoid comments about privacy and Big Brother assumes that the government is actually organized enough to actually do handle all this information. I'd be more worried about the profiteers coming forward to "contract" the management of all this than the government itself.
In the mean time, just relax and do what I do: dip your finger tips into sulfuric acid. It doesn't seem tohave anny negattttive effectsss at alll.
This is a useful tool for my particular environment where we use RapiDeploy to re-image boxes. The image gets a little stale and we have to go through a quarantine network before our Cisco Clean Access authenticates us--we're essentially in a leper colony while we're trying to catch up on patches. It's a bit of a catch 22.
Having the patches on hand would really help when we don't have a little router on hand on field calls.
I failed to include the "[sic]" after "burry." After all, I just "cut and paste."
Ironically, the replies were a nice punctuation to the author's prophetic but misspelled point.
Quoth the article:
"...written text fails to capture the full range of rich human communication. It's easy to take more offense than is necessary to the wrong choice of words. Minor and casual criticism can quickly ferment into a difficult stink, and attempts to burry it can often just make it worse."
I'm glad that never happens here at Slashdot!
India's poor people are amongst the poorest in the world.
So somebody wants to setup an ATM for them? I certainly don't mean to come off as an insensitive clod but there's some problems with this:
-The friggin' transaction fees are probably more money than they make in a month.
-Poor people don't use banks
-Illiterate people don't have a clue about how or why they would need this
Lastly,
-Poor people work very hard doing manual labor--their hands are very rough and scarred.
I can't get biomentric technology to work consistently for me with my white pasty callus-free thumbs; I can only imagine the frustration that will result from users who have no education, very little money, and fingers that will undoubtedly baffle the biometric software.
I hope Citigroup is thinking about all this, too...