Agreed that everything should be defined as fit for purpose.
I think that properly developed software should come complete with installation instructions that can be followed by someone other than the person who wrote the code.
So the end user should know how to install the compiler suite and editors I installed on my machine (plus dev-specific configurations) to use the system I wrote. Brilliant. Make users' live more difficult. Yay to productivity and increased ROI!!!!! That was sarcasm btw.
The person following the installation guide may be another tech, and not the end user. What happens when the installation fails at 3am, and the developer skips a step because they have been whacking away longer than it should. A step by step guide provides a checklist for complex moves.
Is it always needed, like you said, depends. On the other hand, it is like documentation. Developer's never want to do it, and inevitably they are horrible at it, but when you need it, boy it is there and you have a nice warm fuzzy down the road.
Is there a return on investment, depends. Take any nasty move to prod, with a lot of complex steps, or more importantly potential for disaster, and I bet anyone worth their money builds some form of installation and troubleshooting guide to it before actually doing it. Assumptions are the mother of all #uckups, and until you are bitten, the negative / null assumption is overlooked.
Without a proper Move To Production strategy, mandated and followed, developers end up being sloppy about deployments.
The only time I have consistent success is when we have a Move Coordinator, who reviews all moves before deploying to Production.
The developer builds the move process, including rollback steps, and tests it against Dev. (They have a rollback step that they can use to reset the Development environment, and it had better be tested.) It is reviewed by another person, preferably the task lead or the actual Move Coordinator, who verifies it works in the Test region, including the rollback steps. (So what if you have to run it twice, better safe than sorry.) The results are verified by the End User / Client. If approved, it is scheduled for Production. Ride the end user, cause they will forget to test it, and then when Prod is refreshed down to Test, they can't find the changes and you have to redeploy again.
If the Move Coordinator is the developer or task lead, an alternate is designated to review and verify.
No matter how many developers and skill and experience levels I work with, someone inevitably makes a shortcut, saves it as a on off, and "I'll remember to plan this as part of my deployment." and forgets it. It does not matter on complexity or experience. Everyone does it.
Trust no one and assume the worst. The rollback is your safety blanket. Never forget it. Back up everything. The more data changed, the more important to have a recoverable methodology. The bigger the system, the bigger the exposure. Frankly, I like my a$$ as it is, still attached and not chewed off.
While a carrier is not completely dominating and effective in land locked continents, it is one piece of the chess puzzle.
In a fixed engagement, one needs a point of entry into the opposition. That is either achieved via staging large force near the land locked borders, and or by securing and dominating the water ways.
So a battleship could pound the crap out of the shore and some inward land, the combination of air superiority provides a removed based of operation that can secure a forward position, while operating from a secured base. The same is done on land by securing airfields outside the oppositions range of attack.
This would never become mainstream. The average person is just too lazy.
Switch is only as useful as a security alarm. You still have to set it. In the average person's case, the perception of the theft versus the inconvenience of flipping the switch is an annoyance. Therefore, while a nice novelty, will only get done by the person who really cares, aka paranoid.
Loan to your significant other, parents, or friends and they will inevitably not use it.
As a franchise that has grown and evolved over the last 30 years, has all the creative storylines and innovations come full tilt?
We expect certain control mechanics, and behaviors.
Its not like they could reboot the franchise or alter the behaviors. How could they make the game different and yet still keep it familiar without alienating their fan base?
Its not like they can take Mario and make a FPS, although that could be hilarious. Super Mario Bros meets GoldenEye.
I'd only whitelist the dean for appropriate sites. No blanket access for anyone. Last thing you want to find out is the dean has been using the office for porn.
Out of all places, found out more details, heavens to Betsy, from all places FoxNews.
How did it end up in Washington, D.C.?
According to The Florida Gun Exchange, the rifle was shipped properly, according to law with the correct address on the box.
But in transit, the label with Horvitz's address somehow came off the box with the television and was attached to the box with the gun.
"Whoever made the mistake, it's pretty serious. I think it should be followed up," said Horvitz.
The Florida Gun Exchange says it's looking to UPS for answers.
I don't know if college calculus helped me be better at data analysis or not. But what I do know is I can see, spot, and recognize trends and anomalies in data.
I know high school calculus did not teach me this.
My belief is that the suffering through college calculus, has helped me build the toolsets to understanding the data, identifying the normal and outlier behaviors and then determining what are the probable causes and solutions.
Password change - So someone separated the authentication for the email from the LDAP / AD, require additional sign on? What kind of network admins do you have?
Takes hours to receive email - Sounds like a network configuration issue. Either that or the spam filtering is FUBAR. Again, sounds like network configuration. See your admin. File a complaint and get it in the resolution queue.
And make sure you are not working in offline mode.
Oh, and make sure the person down the hall didn't forget to actually send the message, rather than having it stick around in their Outbox waiting to send.
Maybe I'm just weird, but I have a small pocket knife that I usually use to open these things. Always be prepared.
I can understand frustration with plastic clamshells that are sealed all the way around.
But if a couple of pieces of tape are a frustration / annoyance or impediment to your ability to open a box... well I fear for the future of society...
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Agreed that everything should be defined as fit for purpose.
I think that properly developed software should come complete with installation instructions that can be followed by someone other than the person who wrote the code.
So the end user should know how to install the compiler suite and editors I installed on my machine (plus dev-specific configurations) to use the system I wrote. Brilliant. Make users' live more difficult. Yay to productivity and increased ROI!!!!! That was sarcasm btw.
The person following the installation guide may be another tech, and not the end user. What happens when the installation fails at 3am, and the developer skips a step because they have been whacking away longer than it should. A step by step guide provides a checklist for complex moves.
Is it always needed, like you said, depends. On the other hand, it is like documentation. Developer's never want to do it, and inevitably they are horrible at it, but when you need it, boy it is there and you have a nice warm fuzzy down the road.
Is there a return on investment, depends. Take any nasty move to prod, with a lot of complex steps, or more importantly potential for disaster, and I bet anyone worth their money builds some form of installation and troubleshooting guide to it before actually doing it. Assumptions are the mother of all #uckups, and until you are bitten, the negative / null assumption is overlooked.
Without a proper Move To Production strategy, mandated and followed, developers end up being sloppy about deployments.
The only time I have consistent success is when we have a Move Coordinator, who reviews all moves before deploying to Production.
The developer builds the move process, including rollback steps, and tests it against Dev. (They have a rollback step that they can use to reset the Development environment, and it had better be tested.) It is reviewed by another person, preferably the task lead or the actual Move Coordinator, who verifies it works in the Test region, including the rollback steps. (So what if you have to run it twice, better safe than sorry.) The results are verified by the End User / Client. If approved, it is scheduled for Production. Ride the end user, cause they will forget to test it, and then when Prod is refreshed down to Test, they can't find the changes and you have to redeploy again.
If the Move Coordinator is the developer or task lead, an alternate is designated to review and verify.
No matter how many developers and skill and experience levels I work with, someone inevitably makes a shortcut, saves it as a on off, and "I'll remember to plan this as part of my deployment." and forgets it. It does not matter on complexity or experience. Everyone does it.
Trust no one and assume the worst. The rollback is your safety blanket. Never forget it. Back up everything. The more data changed, the more important to have a recoverable methodology. The bigger the system, the bigger the exposure. Frankly, I like my a$$ as it is, still attached and not chewed off.
Yes and no.
While a carrier is not completely dominating and effective in land locked continents, it is one piece of the chess puzzle.
In a fixed engagement, one needs a point of entry into the opposition. That is either achieved via staging large force near the land locked borders, and or by securing and dominating the water ways.
So a battleship could pound the crap out of the shore and some inward land, the combination of air superiority provides a removed based of operation that can secure a forward position, while operating from a secured base. The same is done on land by securing airfields outside the oppositions range of attack.
Seeing as how Mitchell embarrassed the Naval brass, beating them at their own game, the Navy would never give him recognition.
However, the Army and the Air Force, and the AF owes him a huge amount, have made numerous recognition of him.
Per Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mitchell
This would never become mainstream. The average person is just too lazy.
Switch is only as useful as a security alarm. You still have to set it. In the average person's case, the perception of the theft versus the inconvenience of flipping the switch is an annoyance. Therefore, while a nice novelty, will only get done by the person who really cares, aka paranoid.
Loan to your significant other, parents, or friends and they will inevitably not use it.
Sounds like someone needs to be taken out back behind the wood shed and given 40 lumps.
However as this is generally frowned upon, if someone is patient, the wee scripter needs a code review.
Bonus points if you work at a USPS facility and use old mail crates...
He said he worked at a non-profit... oh wait...
Thank Dog I didn't have a beverage in mouth... would have been a mess to clean up!
The Humanity!!!
This had better not impact my bacon maple glazed doughnut supply!!!
I'm trademarking iCart and iKart
I thought roaches survive everything
And yes, that is probably a disservice to roaches, comparing them to politicians.
Hee hee... so all the ACs can rate things up??? I think not.
For some reason, I can see goatse getting rated with a thousands of likes...
As a franchise that has grown and evolved over the last 30 years, has all the creative storylines and innovations come full tilt?
We expect certain control mechanics, and behaviors.
Its not like they could reboot the franchise or alter the behaviors. How could they make the game different and yet still keep it familiar without alienating their fan base?
Its not like they can take Mario and make a FPS, although that could be hilarious. Super Mario Bros meets GoldenEye.
Heck many workplaces who have grown adults act like children. Block Facebook altogether. And make sure to block on HTTPS connection as well.
I'd only whitelist the dean for appropriate sites. No blanket access for anyone. Last thing you want to find out is the dean has been using the office for porn.
So when Muffins or Sparky decide to play with / shred the plants, what will the tv do...
Out of all places, found out more details, heavens to Betsy, from all places FoxNews.
How did it end up in Washington, D.C.? According to The Florida Gun Exchange, the rifle was shipped properly, according to law with the correct address on the box. But in transit, the label with Horvitz's address somehow came off the box with the television and was attached to the box with the gun. "Whoever made the mistake, it's pretty serious. I think it should be followed up," said Horvitz. The Florida Gun Exchange says it's looking to UPS for answers.
The other box was empty ***wink*** ***wink*** ***nudge*** ***nudge***
I don't know if college calculus helped me be better at data analysis or not. But what I do know is I can see, spot, and recognize trends and anomalies in data.
I know high school calculus did not teach me this.
My belief is that the suffering through college calculus, has helped me build the toolsets to understanding the data, identifying the normal and outlier behaviors and then determining what are the probable causes and solutions.
OOhhhh... an iHP... err... hPMac... err...
Oh look, its an hpDDVVDDBVD
Password change - So someone separated the authentication for the email from the LDAP / AD, require additional sign on? What kind of network admins do you have?
Takes hours to receive email - Sounds like a network configuration issue. Either that or the spam filtering is FUBAR. Again, sounds like network configuration. See your admin. File a complaint and get it in the resolution queue.
And make sure you are not working in offline mode.
Oh, and make sure the person down the hall didn't forget to actually send the message, rather than having it stick around in their Outbox waiting to send.
Has anyone else confirmed this?
Or alcohol... or nicotine... or surgery... or a motor vehicle... or a lawn mower used as a hedge trimmer...
Be professional. Offer positive recommendations. Don't crap in the pool cause no matter how large the city, everybody knows everybody.
Maybe I'm just weird, but I have a small pocket knife that I usually use to open these things. Always be prepared.
I can understand frustration with plastic clamshells that are sealed all the way around.
But if a couple of pieces of tape are a frustration / annoyance or impediment to your ability to open a box... well I fear for the future of society...