As a professional computer consultant, I am warning you all to NOT do this if you care about the security of your data. All this does is gives a clear, physical view of your data to hackers on the interweb and the linux users we all hear about. You've been warned!
In other news Ladies and Gentlemen - it has been reported that Linus has been seen wiping his ass with kleenex instead of toilet paper. You heard it here first.
Seriously, Linus has been exploited so bad by his very own community, that he almost stands as a pop-star rather than an OS hacker./me shuts up now.
Oh man, I can hear the keyboards typing right now. One thing you don't do to the slashdot community on a monday morning is call their OS less secure than windows.
On a side note, it's all about how you configure your OS. At this point, you can pretty much do the same thing with each OS from a security standpoint. It's all of the other software that usually does it - web server, DB server, application server, etc. But we all know this right?
Ironic of you to think of that. I was thinking the same thing, and how "dubya" would mark it as an attempt at social terrorism on america. An axis of evil's attempt to "confound our tongues", and "confuse us into defeat". I can really picture dubya warning the public about this through the idiot-box while all the hicks who voted for him sit there cleaning their guns, drooling in awe. The sad thing is, we're not to far from that.
"The other kind of SAN allows multiple computers to mount the same filesystem at the same time and access its data over fibre channel. This is a lot more complex, obviously, because your storage software has a lot of work to do: keeping buffer caches consistent, managing file locking, propogating metadata updates, and on and on."
Isn't this what NFS is? This is coming from somebody who doesn't know better, so please keep the flames to a minimum.
Well, component out doesn't necessarily mean HDTV, but I see where you're going. I don't think the image quality demands a component out yet on the tivo.
Also, wouldn't the tivo moot the HDTV quality? IANAEE, but I would imagine the recording and compression to a hard drive would negate the quality of the HDTV broadcast. Maybe somebody knows definitively.
I think your experience and what you have on your resume is what matters most, but if you're looking for something to get you in the door as an entry level network-security guy - you might want to check out one of the various cisco certifications. Might not be specifically catered to security, but as most will tell you - setting the network up properly is the first step in securing the beast. Plus, cisco certs still hold up fairly well with managerial types and big companies.
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As a professional designer, I spell it like that intentionally to add character and individuality to my writing style:)
As a designer, I have this drive to constantly set myself apart from the rest and do things completely differently. For instance - black, square-framed glasses are an essential to giving off that "designer image". It's hard for people to take you seriously as a designer when you're looking at them with naked, square-frameless eyes.
You might be saying: "well if all designers are wearing these square-framed glasses, you aren't too different are you?", which is a valid point, but it's all about what makes YOU feel different and individual. If all designers want to drive the same 'volkswagen', compute on an apple, wear the same glasses, talk the same talk, etc - it doesn't mean they're trying to fit into one particular stereotype - it means they're trying to be individual at the group level - don't you get it - it's artistic that we all look the same, and therefore - it's different. duh.
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I'm a designer at idealab!. Mostly I spend my day designing web graphics, presentations, or any other graphical widgets I am tasked with.
Recently, I had to make this purchasing decision:
new volkswaggon golf
Nine West designer glasses (square framed)
rent payment on bay area 3000 sq ft loft apartment, or just have parents pay again.
a mac G4 powerstation
Well, after much debate over the g4 powerstation, it just wasn't attractive enough sitting on my desk. I tried the different colors, but none of them offered the exact design and aesthetic appeal. I tried the iBook as well, but it didn't give my desk that extra touch of 'Jazz' that I was shooting for in a computer.
So I purchased a Volkswaggon Golf. It's ok, I've put an Apple logo sticker on the back so everyone on the highway is sure to identify me as a designer, not that anyone couldn't tell from my square-framed glasses, bananna republic wardrobe and my volkswaggon jetta.
But now I am having second thoughts, I've always said "I wish apple would just make a computer that looks like a lamp" - and what do you know, it's like they heard me and designed a computer to my exact specifications.
Time to sell the car, I need me a new desk accessory!!
I'm not quite understanding what you mean?? I'm saying that you hold your categorical "directory structure" in your database.
Here is a quick primer on database-driven categories. One table, three fields:
primary key
parent key
name
All of your root level categories would have a parent key of 0. Your subcategories would have a parent-key of whatever their parent categories primary-key is. You just need to write recursive SQL to traverse up and down the parent-child structure and it actually works quite well. All of the logic sits snuggly in your database.
Here is the best system for managing documents, it's simple, yet very effective. The technology or database here is a matter of preference - let's address "business flow".
You need a single directory to store all of your documents - no subdirectories. The categorization should be held in the database. This makes for simple backups and not having to heavily integrate your application with the server's file system.
You should have 5 ways to access the files - categorical, by date, by "uploader", by type, and a search function that indexes the complete text held within each document. Verity has a very nice offering for indexing MANY different types of files.
All of the 5 different methods of access should be linked. For instance, if I am browsing categorically and I run across a documentation style I like in particular, I should be able to click a link that takes me to the "uploader" filter that will show me all the other documents that individual uploaded.
Another example is if I did a full-text search for "widgets 123" and had a long listing of documents, you should list the categories they reside in so the user can click that category and be taken to all of the documents in that category.
Two phrases should be at the top of every thought you have regarding this system:
Slashdot Mirror
If you're gonna just stal a review from amazon.com, at least change it around a little.
/ ref=pd_ecc_rvi_2/104-3271084-7717539
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967584418
Go george dubya, go!!!
"Server - Australian for sock dryer"
I'm sorry, I had to.
As a professional computer consultant, I am warning you all to NOT do this if you care about the security of your data. All this does is gives a clear, physical view of your data to hackers on the interweb and the linux users we all hear about. You've been warned!
In other news Ladies and Gentlemen - it has been reported that Linus has been seen wiping his ass with kleenex instead of toilet paper. You heard it here first.
/me shuts up now.
Seriously, Linus has been exploited so bad by his very own community, that he almost stands as a pop-star rather than an OS hacker.
Oh man, I can hear the keyboards typing right now. One thing you don't do to the slashdot community on a monday morning is call their OS less secure than windows.
On a side note, it's all about how you configure your OS. At this point, you can pretty much do the same thing with each OS from a security standpoint. It's all of the other software that usually does it - web server, DB server, application server, etc. But we all know this right?
Ironic of you to think of that. I was thinking the same thing, and how "dubya" would mark it as an attempt at social terrorism on america. An axis of evil's attempt to "confound our tongues", and "confuse us into defeat". I can really picture dubya warning the public about this through the idiot-box while all the hicks who voted for him sit there cleaning their guns, drooling in awe. The sad thing is, we're not to far from that.
This adds a whole new concept to the "Java is Dead" school of thought. These are some crazy times we're living in.
"The other kind of SAN allows multiple computers to mount the same filesystem at the same time and access its data over fibre channel. This is a lot more complex, obviously, because your storage software has a lot of work to do: keeping buffer caches consistent, managing file locking, propogating metadata updates, and on and on."
Isn't this what NFS is? This is coming from somebody who doesn't know better, so please keep the flames to a minimum.
Well, component out doesn't necessarily mean HDTV, but I see where you're going. I don't think the image quality demands a component out yet on the tivo.
Also, wouldn't the tivo moot the HDTV quality? IANAEE, but I would imagine the recording and compression to a hard drive would negate the quality of the HDTV broadcast. Maybe somebody knows definitively.
I think your experience and what you have on your resume is what matters most, but if you're looking for something to get you in the door as an entry level network-security guy - you might want to check out one of the various cisco certifications. Might not be specifically catered to security, but as most will tell you - setting the network up properly is the first step in securing the beast. Plus, cisco certs still hold up fairly well with managerial types and big companies.
As a professional designer, I spell it like that intentionally to add character and individuality to my writing style :)
As a designer, I have this drive to constantly set myself apart from the rest and do things completely differently. For instance - black, square-framed glasses are an essential to giving off that "designer image". It's hard for people to take you seriously as a designer when you're looking at them with naked, square-frameless eyes.
You might be saying: "well if all designers are wearing these square-framed glasses, you aren't too different are you?", which is a valid point, but it's all about what makes YOU feel different and individual. If all designers want to drive the same 'volkswagen', compute on an apple, wear the same glasses, talk the same talk, etc - it doesn't mean they're trying to fit into one particular stereotype - it means they're trying to be individual at the group level - don't you get it - it's artistic that we all look the same, and therefore - it's different. duh.
Recently, I had to make this purchasing decision:
Well, after much debate over the g4 powerstation, it just wasn't attractive enough sitting on my desk. I tried the different colors, but none of them offered the exact design and aesthetic appeal. I tried the iBook as well, but it didn't give my desk that extra touch of 'Jazz' that I was shooting for in a computer.
So I purchased a Volkswaggon Golf. It's ok, I've put an Apple logo sticker on the back so everyone on the highway is sure to identify me as a designer, not that anyone couldn't tell from my square-framed glasses, bananna republic wardrobe and my volkswaggon jetta.
But now I am having second thoughts, I've always said "I wish apple would just make a computer that looks like a lamp" - and what do you know, it's like they heard me and designed a computer to my exact specifications.
Time to sell the car, I need me a new desk accessory!!
I'm not quite understanding what you mean?? I'm saying that you hold your categorical "directory structure" in your database.
Here is a quick primer on database-driven categories. One table, three fields:
primary key parent key name
All of your root level categories would have a parent key of 0. Your subcategories would have a parent-key of whatever their parent categories primary-key is. You just need to write recursive SQL to traverse up and down the parent-child structure and it actually works quite well. All of the logic sits snuggly in your database.
Here is the best system for managing documents, it's simple, yet very effective. The technology or database here is a matter of preference - let's address "business flow".
You need a single directory to store all of your documents - no subdirectories. The categorization should be held in the database. This makes for simple backups and not having to heavily integrate your application with the server's file system.
You should have 5 ways to access the files - categorical, by date, by "uploader", by type, and a search function that indexes the complete text held within each document. Verity has a very nice offering for indexing MANY different types of files.
All of the 5 different methods of access should be linked. For instance, if I am browsing categorically and I run across a documentation style I like in particular, I should be able to click a link that takes me to the "uploader" filter that will show me all the other documents that individual uploaded.
Another example is if I did a full-text search for "widgets 123" and had a long listing of documents, you should list the categories they reside in so the user can click that category and be taken to all of the documents in that category.
Two phrases should be at the top of every thought you have regarding this system:
Fully Integrated
Stupid dumb easy to use
Adam.