In my previous gig, we ran ~10,000 RH7.3 servers. Like the author's colleagues, we got to the point where we needed to upgrade. We were amazed that RedHat refused to give us a break on cost; they wouldn't shave off a single dollar. On 10k licenses, mind you!
So, we waved goodbye to RH & migrated the whole thing to Debian. Much less headaches & drama.
I'm not at the point where I want to tell RedHat to go screw, but you gotta question what they're thinking.
I spend a good amount of time at several northeast US colo's. While they appear secure, cursory inspection shows gaping vulnerabilities. Just like what happened in TFA, anyone could break into these places & pilfer $Thousands in minutes.
I'm the last to (metaphorically) cry 'what about the children'; that's what redundant DC's, insurance, etc is for. But the pseudo-security offered by the (ridiculously expensive) colo's I've been to is little more than smoke & mirrors.
Sadly, despite my objections, my new boss insisted on the exact opposite. I know RedHat's not that expensive, but it really irks my inner geek. He loves the comfort of being able to point fingers and say "it's not my fault, it's RedHat/Cisco/Verizon..."
Wow, this is creepy... I just got my first mp3 spam minutes before this article was posted. I opened it from within my sandbox'd, fully expecting to see some kind of masked virus. I was stunned to find out it was, indeed, nothing more than audio spam.
Weird.
James Reinders: I'm Intel's Chief Evangelist [blah blah blah]. Another way to look at it is I'm an engineer who joined Intel in 1989 'cause I thought it would be a cool place to work for a few years. [snip]
Wha wha wha what??
First of all, any job with the word 'evangelist' directly implies 'highly paid fanboy.' Second, people who use slang contractions in text (i.e. " 'cause") should be shot on site.
This is been my mantra for years. It drives my (very PH) boss crazy, but it's more true for a sysadmin more than any other job I can think of. By the nature of the beast, sysadmin metrics are awfully hard to pin down.
I've often felt that an illegal downloader could make amends by Paypal-ing a few dollars (~ $5-$10) directly to the artist. This would be FAR more money than the vast majority gets from the record labels.
Yes, I acknowledge that marketing, etc costs money, but CERTAINLY not 90% of the purchase price.
As a matter of principle, I don't Napster/Limewire/whatever. But I WOULD adhere to this idea if I wasn't afraid of the RIAA swooping in on me for circumventing them.
So, in the end, I don't buy any new music; I refuse to find those jackals. XM Radio is fine for me.
Apart from the fact that this is electromechanical rather than electronic, this *is* TEMPEST. I had a fair amount of TEMPEST training waaaay back in my military days (those damn 90's); I found it to be one of most the fascinating things I ever learned. Good site for an introduction
So very, very sad about Byte. I loved that magazine, even when they went online-only. When they switched to a subscription base, I declined to sign up.
I even emailed the editor about my reservations about them moving to such a model (just recently deleted the email, of course), and me emailed back, essentially saying "too bad".
Assuming for a minute that you had absolutely no idea that SiteFinder would break large portions of the Internet, I'm simply dumbfounded over your renegade attempt to hijack the Domain Name System.
In all seriousness... what were you thinking?
Did you intend to destroy your credibility, or was it merely an unintended side effect or your sheer arrogance?
You've managed to rally the technical Internet community behind ICANN, the one organization which was a bigger laughingstock than you to begin with.
Please, reconsider SiteFinder. The Bubble bust a long time ago.
Although I can't address an en-masse departure, I recently left my job and couldn't be happier with how it ended up. You could do it, too.
My situation was similar to what the poster described- company tanking, workhours skyrocketing, and managers' heads migrating up their asses as unstoppably as tectonic motion. Even with all that, the decision to leave was TOUGH, especially "with the current job market." (everyone's favorite buzzphrase)
I'll spare the drama, but suffice it to say the camel's back finally broke and I simply packed up my shit and walked out. It was weird, almost surreal, but despite the enormous risk I intuitively knew I couldn't spend another day under that employer's stunning incompetence. And it's not even that I'm some young kid with no obligations. I'm mid-30ish, was right in the middle of buying a house, had a dog, yada yada...
So I left, and couldn't have been happier with how it turned out. After 'just' 2 rather unsettling months, I was picked up by another company: better pay, better people, reasonable hours, and actaully making a profit. I attribute my relatively quick pickup partly to dumb luck, but also (IMHO) a great education and experience.
Vital: for everyone that says education doesn't matter, think again. Paper opens doors. Get those degrees AND be able to show you have more than book smarts.
Moral of the story: it's tough to leave, but *absolutely* possible to land on your feet, even better than before. But it takes balls; the safe bet is always with staying with the status quo.
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In my previous gig, we ran ~10,000 RH7.3 servers. Like the author's colleagues, we got to the point where we needed to upgrade. We were amazed that RedHat refused to give us a break on cost; they wouldn't shave off a single dollar. On 10k licenses, mind you! So, we waved goodbye to RH & migrated the whole thing to Debian. Much less headaches & drama. I'm not at the point where I want to tell RedHat to go screw, but you gotta question what they're thinking.
I spend a good amount of time at several northeast US colo's. While they appear secure, cursory inspection shows gaping vulnerabilities. Just like what happened in TFA, anyone could break into these places & pilfer $Thousands in minutes. I'm the last to (metaphorically) cry 'what about the children'; that's what redundant DC's, insurance, etc is for. But the pseudo-security offered by the (ridiculously expensive) colo's I've been to is little more than smoke & mirrors.
Sadly, despite my objections, my new boss insisted on the exact opposite. I know RedHat's not that expensive, but it really irks my inner geek. He loves the comfort of being able to point fingers and say "it's not my fault, it's RedHat/Cisco/Verizon..."
Wow, this is creepy... I just got my first mp3 spam minutes before this article was posted. I opened it from within my sandbox'd, fully expecting to see some kind of masked virus. I was stunned to find out it was, indeed, nothing more than audio spam. Weird.
[Randal]
Bunch of fucking savages in this town.
[/Randal]
Ugh... you're right. Stoopid beer! ;)
From TFA: Q: Could you introduce yourself?
James Reinders: I'm Intel's Chief Evangelist [blah blah blah]. Another way to look at it is I'm an engineer who joined Intel in 1989 'cause I thought it would be a cool place to work for a few years. [snip]
Wha wha wha what??
First of all, any job with the word 'evangelist' directly implies 'highly paid fanboy.'
Second, people who use slang contractions in text (i.e. " 'cause") should be shot on site.
This is been my mantra for years. It drives my (very PH) boss crazy, but it's more true for a sysadmin more than any other job I can think of. By the nature of the beast, sysadmin metrics are awfully hard to pin down.
How horrible that the guards are forcing you to read /. Can I write a letter to the warden of your behalf?
Ummm... it's a fucking keyboard. (And I think video card geeks need a life!)
So just use ABP. It's not like the articles themselves aren't of any use.
Yeah, there are ads, but IMO the articles at least are somewhat useful. I can think of many other sites (e.g. toms) that are far, far worse.
I've often felt that an illegal downloader could make amends by Paypal-ing a few dollars (~ $5-$10) directly to the artist. This would be FAR more money than the vast majority gets from the record labels. Yes, I acknowledge that marketing, etc costs money, but CERTAINLY not 90% of the purchase price. As a matter of principle, I don't Napster/Limewire/whatever. But I WOULD adhere to this idea if I wasn't afraid of the RIAA swooping in on me for circumventing them. So, in the end, I don't buy any new music; I refuse to find those jackals. XM Radio is fine for me.
...systems and multi-year services contract, valued at over $52 million
Ummm... no offense to Cray, but that's pretty f*ing lame.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is why we need to 'encourage' our kids to desire scientific jobs.
Apart from the fact that this is electromechanical rather than electronic, this *is* TEMPEST. I had a fair amount of TEMPEST training waaaay back in my military days (those damn 90's); I found it to be one of most the fascinating things I ever learned. Good site for an introduction
Ask Jeeves has had this for a year or so...
I went to college in New London, and it's mostly a shithole. Run down, with parts approaching ghetto.
But still... this is a Bad Thing. Don't like it at all.
So very, very sad about Byte. I loved that magazine, even when they went online-only. When they switched to a subscription base, I declined to sign up.
I even emailed the editor about my reservations about them moving to such a model (just recently deleted the email, of course), and me emailed back, essentially saying "too bad".
Was he ever right.
Something tells me Dubya is still trying to comprehend Pong.
From an older /. article:
:)
ALAN M RALSKY
6747 MINNOW POND DR
WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 48322
Dunno if this is accurate. But the address is only 8 miles from the town mentioned in the NYT article. Plausible.
Have a productive night
[just fired this off to VeriSign]
Dear VeriSign,
Assuming for a minute that you had absolutely no idea that SiteFinder would break large portions of the Internet, I'm simply dumbfounded over your renegade attempt to hijack the Domain Name System.
In all seriousness... what were you thinking?
Did you intend to destroy your credibility, or was it merely an unintended side effect or your sheer arrogance?
You've managed to rally the technical Internet community behind ICANN, the one organization which was a bigger laughingstock than you to begin with.
Please, reconsider SiteFinder. The Bubble bust a long time ago.
- a dissatisfied customer
Although I can't address an en-masse departure, I recently left my job and couldn't be happier with how it ended up. You could do it, too.
My situation was similar to what the poster described- company tanking, workhours skyrocketing, and managers' heads migrating up their asses as unstoppably as tectonic motion. Even with all that, the decision to leave was TOUGH, especially "with the current job market." (everyone's favorite buzzphrase)
I'll spare the drama, but suffice it to say the camel's back finally broke and I simply packed up my shit and walked out. It was weird, almost surreal, but despite the enormous risk I intuitively knew I couldn't spend another day under that employer's stunning incompetence. And it's not even that I'm some young kid with no obligations. I'm mid-30ish, was right in the middle of buying a house, had a dog, yada yada...
So I left, and couldn't have been happier with how it turned out. After 'just' 2 rather unsettling months, I was picked up by another company: better pay, better people, reasonable hours, and actaully making a profit. I attribute my relatively quick pickup partly to dumb luck, but also (IMHO) a great education and experience.
Vital: for everyone that says education doesn't matter, think again. Paper opens doors. Get those degrees AND be able to show you have more than book smarts.
Moral of the story: it's tough to leave, but *absolutely* possible to land on your feet, even better than before. But it takes balls; the safe bet is always with staying with the status quo.
Try http://www.etree.org [etree.org] @ 4:20pm EST to find out why everyone's so laid back...