This was actually a recent topic over where I'm working at and we were trying to figure out a way to explain that we needed another person. We went the route of trying to find this magical industry average and like everyone else is saying "it depends". For our level of support and configuration here - 1 admin per 75 windows workstations seems to be the magic number. Right now we're at about 1 per 150.
However, "industry average" doesn't mean jack to the client. It's kind of like saying to them "well Joe has a Ferrari, therefore we need one too". The spenders want measurements (aka: "metrics"). For IT guys who are used to instantaneously jumping up to fix every problem the minute it comes to their attention - this will drive them nuts: what you'd need to do is measure your response time and time certain tasks take. Show them how many resources you manage. Our client couldn't believe we were supporting 300 machines. "I thought we only had like a hundred". They also had no idea how long it took to set up a new computer for a user. They figured it to be relatively instant, no factoring the time to carry it over, to tear down old equipment or clean off a table, add the user accounts, run the location's security patches, transfer old data, to build the initial image, etc. We found out we take an average of 3.45 hours per machine for an upgrade (moving gigs of data and making the master image averaged out per machine were the main hogs of time).
So "it depends" really applies to your question too when asking "what are you trying to say with this information?" Are you trying to justify the addition of a new employee or explain why response time has dropped significantly, for example? You'll want to be able to paint a picture that'll relate to their dollars. You'll want to be able to answer this when they ask "Will my decision to [add employee, upgrade software, whatever] affect cost (dollars and man-hours), scheduling (time to complete/react to situations), or performance (quality of product/service)?"
"which suggests that Microsoft's new-found eagerness to 'engage' with open source has nothing to do with a real desire to reach a pacific accommodation with free software, but is simply a way for Microsoft to fight against it from close up, and armed with inside knowledge.""
Sweet jesus that's one hell of an extrapolation from a job posting.
Amen to that. I loved what tribes had to offer and hate what games have been reduced down to. I mean dang - CoD is the bee's knees now? Halo? Psh....all overrated imo.
Yes, I'm totally biased - I miss the tribesmaster server and nothing has quelled my past addiction!
Anywho - I used to play sniper a lot in the shifter mod and was able to get headshots on moving targets often enough to get yelled at for supposedly being a bot. I don't know what this other guy is talking about. I think the enviroment reflected "realism" for the picture it wanted to paint. You're wearing full crazy robotic armor with JETPACKS. Of course it's going to be awesome.:D/nostalgia.
I think that's actually a pretty fair response. The guy is overreacting to a simple request. Steve is basically like "cool it - just change the name of it and everything will be fine".
What all did you tell them? My wife is from Ottawa but moved to the States with me and still has a year on her contract - but obviously can't use her phone without being charged a fuckload. She called once about it but they basically just gave her the lowest play = $30/month. And the termination fee is $20/month remaining on the contract. BLAH. And yeah, this is Bell.
Yet people on here complain about the big companies having too much control over the market - but then complain when other companies are going to be given a chance?
I always loved projects that gave me an excuse to learn stuff from my dad. These times were few and far between but worth every minute. I'd say that's more valuable than what any kit could offer. In other words - I like where you're going with this.:)
Don't forget the rope!:)
I had a blast "inventing" my own science as a kid.
However, I did get into rockets in middle school so that was pretty slick. In elementary school I was more concerned about making friends and not getting yelled at by mom for not doing my homework.
Just wait until high school, then those kids end of being focused on something *entirely* different.:p
"...a hack relying on stupid users elevating the virus to root authority themselves"
Like all the new "just from windows" users that the linux crew is dying to win over? Things aren't nearly as common sense as nix users seem to think they are for nix noobs.
And while I agree with most of your post, calling that user base of linux "stupid" is a bit short sighted. Anyone willing to give linux is a go is worth SOME credibility. Part of the problem is this mentality that Linux is damned-near invulnerable through its own obscurity. Proper precautions such as antimalware NEED to become common place -a default installation- on the linux platform. Sure, there are "stupid" users, but proper security is supposed to be able to help...alleviate some of that. The philosophy to not getting malware shouldn't be "well, don't install it" (though that's perfectly sensible to the experienced nix user)./soapbox.
Ughhh, we have some CMMI guys and they're on a totally different planet so I can totally see what you're saying. The Six Sigma Black Belts are just as good too.
I suspect this could be correlated with a resurgence of electronic music and thus the popularity of djing. It's a welcome change from crunk rap at least.
There's actually a way you can see - it's almost like the lines look "denser" where the music really kicks in. Start it in the lesser "dense" areas and you're in the transition spot for that track. That's why there's that funky little light on a lot of the turntables built for djing aimed right at the record.
If it's anything like the schools I've been to then there's a LOT of wasted potential in those machines - they're always on ANYWAY.
I don't see how this was a firing matter unless there's more to the story than we're getting. An educational institution SHOULD be supportive of research. Granted I wouldn't have used Seti - something like Boinc has served me well in the past allowing for control over the projects I want my CPU time to go to - including seti.
And this isn't significant how? I'd say a steady yearly increase like that has to have SOME factor somewhere worth discovering - even if it may not be cell phones specifically.
Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers..."
Simple enough to remember which is great. Also - could this be used to circumvent some of the internet security at some workplaces where they seem to run a blacklist of specific sites?
I still gotta say - any time anyone in the music profession uses "hottest" to describe whatever music they're dishing out it makes me think of crunk juice, blondes, and nickelback. Needless to say - that descriptor doesn't get me very excited for a tune.
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This was actually a recent topic over where I'm working at and we were trying to figure out a way to explain that we needed another person. We went the route of trying to find this magical industry average and like everyone else is saying "it depends". For our level of support and configuration here - 1 admin per 75 windows workstations seems to be the magic number. Right now we're at about 1 per 150.
However, "industry average" doesn't mean jack to the client. It's kind of like saying to them "well Joe has a Ferrari, therefore we need one too". The spenders want measurements (aka: "metrics"). For IT guys who are used to instantaneously jumping up to fix every problem the minute it comes to their attention - this will drive them nuts: what you'd need to do is measure your response time and time certain tasks take. Show them how many resources you manage. Our client couldn't believe we were supporting 300 machines. "I thought we only had like a hundred". They also had no idea how long it took to set up a new computer for a user. They figured it to be relatively instant, no factoring the time to carry it over, to tear down old equipment or clean off a table, add the user accounts, run the location's security patches, transfer old data, to build the initial image, etc. We found out we take an average of 3.45 hours per machine for an upgrade (moving gigs of data and making the master image averaged out per machine were the main hogs of time).
So "it depends" really applies to your question too when asking "what are you trying to say with this information?" Are you trying to justify the addition of a new employee or explain why response time has dropped significantly, for example? You'll want to be able to paint a picture that'll relate to their dollars. You'll want to be able to answer this when they ask "Will my decision to [add employee, upgrade software, whatever] affect cost (dollars and man-hours), scheduling (time to complete/react to situations), or performance (quality of product/service)?"
"which suggests that Microsoft's new-found eagerness to 'engage' with open source has nothing to do with a real desire to reach a pacific accommodation with free software, but is simply a way for Microsoft to fight against it from close up, and armed with inside knowledge.""
Sweet jesus that's one hell of an extrapolation from a job posting.
this is almost like saying "you're becoming just like your father!"
I'm almost pained to continue pursuing my studies if my outcome is already deemed to become a close-minded, uncompromising fanatic.
Amen to that. I loved what tribes had to offer and hate what games have been reduced down to. I mean dang - CoD is the bee's knees now? Halo? Psh....all overrated imo.
Yes, I'm totally biased - I miss the tribesmaster server and nothing has quelled my past addiction!
Anywho - I used to play sniper a lot in the shifter mod and was able to get headshots on moving targets often enough to get yelled at for supposedly being a bot. I don't know what this other guy is talking about. I think the enviroment reflected "realism" for the picture it wanted to paint. You're wearing full crazy robotic armor with JETPACKS. Of course it's going to be awesome. :D /nostalgia.
"What's wrong with consuming something more realistic for a change?" Ever watched CSPANN?!
I think that's actually a pretty fair response. The guy is overreacting to a simple request. Steve is basically like "cool it - just change the name of it and everything will be fine".
What all did you tell them? My wife is from Ottawa but moved to the States with me and still has a year on her contract - but obviously can't use her phone without being charged a fuckload. She called once about it but they basically just gave her the lowest play = $30/month. And the termination fee is $20/month remaining on the contract. BLAH. And yeah, this is Bell.
...Titan Rain has completely given up having anything to do with the internet citing that "it is now really, really boring".
Watch now that people will suddenly care about climate change just as people only cared about fuel efficiency when gas prices rose!
Yet people on here complain about the big companies having too much control over the market - but then complain when other companies are going to be given a chance?
I always loved projects that gave me an excuse to learn stuff from my dad. These times were few and far between but worth every minute. I'd say that's more valuable than what any kit could offer. In other words - I like where you're going with this. :)
Don't forget the rope! :)
I had a blast "inventing" my own science as a kid.
However, I did get into rockets in middle school so that was pretty slick. In elementary school I was more concerned about making friends and not getting yelled at by mom for not doing my homework.
Just wait until high school, then those kids end of being focused on something *entirely* different. :p
Stamps!?
"Soylent green is my kind of people!"
"...a hack relying on stupid users elevating the virus to root authority themselves"
Like all the new "just from windows" users that the linux crew is dying to win over? Things aren't nearly as common sense as nix users seem to think they are for nix noobs.
And while I agree with most of your post, calling that user base of linux "stupid" is a bit short sighted. Anyone willing to give linux is a go is worth SOME credibility. Part of the problem is this mentality that Linux is damned-near invulnerable through its own obscurity. Proper precautions such as antimalware NEED to become common place -a default installation- on the linux platform. Sure, there are "stupid" users, but proper security is supposed to be able to help...alleviate some of that. The philosophy to not getting malware shouldn't be "well, don't install it" (though that's perfectly sensible to the experienced nix user). /soapbox.
Ughhh, we have some CMMI guys and they're on a totally different planet so I can totally see what you're saying. The Six Sigma Black Belts are just as good too.
I suspect this could be correlated with a resurgence of electronic music and thus the popularity of djing. It's a welcome change from crunk rap at least.
There's actually a way you can see - it's almost like the lines look "denser" where the music really kicks in. Start it in the lesser "dense" areas and you're in the transition spot for that track. That's why there's that funky little light on a lot of the turntables built for djing aimed right at the record.
You've never played Halo, have you? It's like 4chan found gaming.
Two words "Process Improvement".
"Some hackers out there don't like to do all the hard work of running..." Nuff said.
If it's anything like the schools I've been to then there's a LOT of wasted potential in those machines - they're always on ANYWAY.
I don't see how this was a firing matter unless there's more to the story than we're getting. An educational institution SHOULD be supportive of research. Granted I wouldn't have used Seti - something like Boinc has served me well in the past allowing for control over the projects I want my CPU time to go to - including seti.
in a 29 year period rates have gone up:
14.5% for males.
5.8% for females.
And this isn't significant how? I'd say a steady yearly increase like that has to have SOME factor somewhere worth discovering - even if it may not be cell phones specifically.
"To try it out:
Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers..."
Simple enough to remember which is great. Also - could this be used to circumvent some of the internet security at some workplaces where they seem to run a blacklist of specific sites?
I still gotta say - any time anyone in the music profession uses "hottest" to describe whatever music they're dishing out it makes me think of crunk juice, blondes, and nickelback. Needless to say - that descriptor doesn't get me very excited for a tune.