"Some times people are looking for how *you* would solve the problem. Other times they genuinely have no idea, but in either case that's not immediately grounds for being a bad employee. To me the way you describe yourself is a typical arrogant prick admin who couldn't be bothered to help anyone but themselves. Probably an equally inaccurate generalization, but also often true."
When you get that question every single day, from the same people, it is not merely 'looking for a different solution'. And no, I'm not an 'admin'. And yes, I generally do answer the person. But if I'm doing my job as well as theirs...why are they still there?
"When an IT manager doesn't know the technology very well, he or she may hire folks who have no idea what their job is other than to show up every day and answer the occasional email, passing questions along to others with more technical abilities, or to their contacts at the various hardware and software vendors."
[question I get daily]
"Hey, how do I...?"
'Lady, you have the worlds greatest information resource literally at your fingertips. I guess I should feel honored that you would ask me instead, but damn. Go look it up for yourself. And after you look it up, figure out how to apply it.'
And yes, I've ratted these people out to management. They are still here.
'The cloud' does not set up your infrastructure. It does not design or enforce your version control. It does not harden against SQL injection attacks.
Your 'infrastructure', Visual Studio on a PC, is not infrastructure. That is merely a basic dev box. Staging? Needs to be a small scale duplicate of production.
Do you have any clue? Apparently not. If you did, you'd hire someone else that actually knows how to do this. Because you clearly do not.. You have an 'idea'. An idea that you apparently cannot bring to the public.
Both gone now, but vastly different in use of tech. I don't believe my mom ever used a PC, but my dad was a UNIX and MS Office instructor up until a few months before he passed at 81. I remember my son, at age 4, trying to teach my mom how to use MSPaint.
In 2050, when you whippersnappers are 70 and 80, all the 'kids' will be ragging on you geezers about how you don't 'get' the new-fangled brain-silicon interface, with the 3DHD corneal implants.
And if the UN attacks North Korea, the batshit insane leader will start lobbing nukes.
Can someone, anyone, point to a credible source that indicates the NORKs have launchable nukes? Going from 1 halfassed explosion to an accurate missile or aircraft carried weapon is not easy.
No, STS-135 (Atlantis) will fly.
"The NASA Authorization Act of 2010 directs NASA to conduct the STS-135 mission. The Space Shuttle Program has added the mission to the manifest to prepare for a potential target launch date of June 28.
Atlantis will carry the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station."
People must think carefully about the power the government is giving itself there. I'm not saying people should be against it, just that if they approve of it they should at least realize the implications of this.
The problem is...whatever power you give to this current government you like, you also give to the next government you don't like.
And governments evolve and change. In the US, lately we've had Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama. Give Clinton some power, and its still there for Bush the Lesser to abuse. Grant Bush something, and its still there for Obama to use/abuse as he sees fit.
Be wary of giving too much power to whatever current guy you like. The next guy may not use it to your liking.
Is it possible that's because of the conservatives on Slashdot? Or maybe it's because of the overall quality of what passes for "conservative thought" circa 2011 and the cognitive dissonance such opinion requires.
And THIS attitude is precisely why expression of conservative thought seems/is difficult here.
I think you can safely forget about laser ignition systems in NASCAR for a good long time after they're available in regular production cars. While NASCAR cars have been refined over the decades, they are still not using very much technology that would have been unfamiliar to a regular car mechanic in the late 1970s.
This is kind of a good thing, compared to F1 and Indy. Let the drivers drive (even if it is mostly left turns), rather than a continual $trive for greater tech. Some of the F1 drivers are rebelling against the insane amount of controls they have to deal with on the steering wheel.
1 bomb, 1 building/outpost/tank. Behead the brigade, reduce its effectiveness. Especially in some militaries where lower level commanders are given no authority to improvise, and have zero experience in doing so.
Who doesn't have even a cheap shredder? Even my $40 OfficeMax shredder turns CDs into.125" pieces. Need more than that? A DoD shredder for Secret and above turns them into CD dust.
The DPRK ratified in 1985, but gave notice of withdrawal in January 2003. As is allowed under the rules of the treaty. And so now everyone has an idea of what they are doing.
"just having someone write some code to let the car's laptop automatically process and run the plate on every car they pass."
They're just on the verge of it though
On the verge, a few years ago.. Roof mounted camera(s) talk to a PC in the trunk. Updated every night with new plate numbers. When there's a hit, the dashboard laptop pings.
Harry Turtledove has several alternate histories based on this. Some going back to "what if the Civil War had been fought to a draw, and then continued into WWI times."
Hack cheap 49 MHz FRS/GMS walkie talkies, Arduinos andf WiFi to create an ersatz packet radio communication network. Post the "How To" online in multiple languages. For extra credit, add long distance WiFi links using Pringles can antennae and program everything to sleep and wake up in unpredictable intervals so they're hard to find.
The FRS/GMS radios are computer controlled already, so it's not that hard, but not trivial either as there's a lot of information to collect.
The radios already frequency hop, so there's lots of clever tricks that you can implement.
Ok, first invent a time machine so you can go back 6 months, gather all this stuff, and get it programmed. The problem is now, and you only have the equipment you already have.
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"Some times people are looking for how *you* would solve the problem. Other times they genuinely have no idea, but in either case that's not immediately grounds for being a bad employee. To me the way you describe yourself is a typical arrogant prick admin who couldn't be bothered to help anyone but themselves. Probably an equally inaccurate generalization, but also often true."
When you get that question every single day, from the same people, it is not merely 'looking for a different solution'.
And no, I'm not an 'admin'. And yes, I generally do answer the person. But if I'm doing my job as well as theirs...why are they still there?
"When an IT manager doesn't know the technology very well, he or she may hire folks who have no idea what their job is other than to show up every day and answer the occasional email, passing questions along to others with more technical abilities, or to their contacts at the various hardware and software vendors."
[question I get daily]
"Hey, how do I...?"
'Lady, you have the worlds greatest information resource literally at your fingertips. I guess I should feel honored that you would ask me instead, but damn. Go look it up for yourself. And after you look it up, figure out how to apply it.'
And yes, I've ratted these people out to management. They are still here.
The difference is we [i]want[/i] the stuff. Because it will enhance our lives.
"we" ?
Maybe you, but not me.
What surprises me is anyone who puts Command and Control functions in the internet.
facepalm.
Do you really think this type of intrusion/espionage/hacking is limited to 'the internet'?
And isn't it damn cold that high up?
Is it cold in Denver or Madrid?
'The cloud' does not set up your infrastructure. It does not design or enforce your version control. It does not harden against SQL injection attacks.
Your 'infrastructure', Visual Studio on a PC, is not infrastructure. That is merely a basic dev box.
Staging? Needs to be a small scale duplicate of production.
Do you have any clue? Apparently not. If you did, you'd hire someone else that actually knows how to do this. Because you clearly do not.. You have an 'idea'. An idea that you apparently cannot bring to the public.
Sorry, but that the truth.
Has there or has there not been an increase in weather and seismic events on the planet of late?
No.
Of course it could be that the news is making a much bigger deal than ever before and I never noticed before and now take more notice of these things.
Yes.
Both gone now, but vastly different in use of tech. I don't believe my mom ever used a PC, but my dad was a UNIX and MS Office instructor up until a few months before he passed at 81. I remember my son, at age 4, trying to teach my mom how to use MSPaint.
In 2050, when you whippersnappers are 70 and 80, all the 'kids' will be ragging on you geezers about how you don't 'get' the new-fangled brain-silicon interface, with the 3DHD corneal implants.
I still my C-64 and VIC-20, they both work, and have powered them up in the last year.
Lawn, edge, you know where it is.
They have missiles thought to be capable of hitting in South Korea and Japan.
SCUDs, sure. A functioning nuclear warhead on an accurate SCUD? That is several levels of difficulty up.
And if the UN attacks North Korea, the batshit insane leader will start lobbing nukes.
Can someone, anyone, point to a credible source that indicates the NORKs have launchable nukes?
Going from 1 halfassed explosion to an accurate missile or aircraft carried weapon is not easy.
No, STS-135 (Atlantis) will fly.
"The NASA Authorization Act of 2010 directs NASA to conduct the STS-135 mission. The Space Shuttle Program has added the mission to the manifest to prepare for a potential target launch date of June 28.
Atlantis will carry the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station."
People must think carefully about the power the government is giving itself there. I'm not saying people should be against it, just that if they approve of it they should at least realize the implications of this.
The problem is...whatever power you give to this current government you like, you also give to the next government you don't like.
And governments evolve and change. In the US, lately we've had Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama. Give Clinton some power, and its still there for Bush the Lesser to abuse. Grant Bush something, and its still there for Obama to use/abuse as he sees fit.
Be wary of giving too much power to whatever current guy you like. The next guy may not use it to your liking.
People will be able to opt out of receiving all but the presidential alerts.
I can't even opt out? How about you kiss my large brown ass.
Is it possible that's because of the conservatives on Slashdot? Or maybe it's because of the overall quality of what passes for "conservative thought" circa 2011 and the cognitive dissonance such opinion requires.
And THIS attitude is precisely why expression of conservative thought seems/is difficult here.
I think you can safely forget about laser ignition systems in NASCAR for a good long time after they're available in regular production cars. While NASCAR cars have been refined over the decades, they are still not using very much technology that would have been unfamiliar to a regular car mechanic in the late 1970s.
This is kind of a good thing, compared to F1 and Indy. Let the drivers drive (even if it is mostly left turns), rather than a continual $trive for greater tech. Some of the F1 drivers are rebelling against the insane amount of controls they have to deal with on the steering wheel.
Different series, different concepts.
1 bomb, 1 building/outpost/tank. Behead the brigade, reduce its effectiveness.
Especially in some militaries where lower level commanders are given no authority to improvise, and have zero experience in doing so.
The net needs something like Twitter and even 4Chan. If for nothing else, to show every other forum how bad it could get.
Who doesn't have even a cheap shredder? Even my $40 OfficeMax shredder turns CDs into .125" pieces. Need more than that? A DoD shredder for Secret and above turns them into CD dust.
The DPRK ratified in 1985, but gave notice of withdrawal in January 2003. As is allowed under the rules of the treaty. And so now everyone has an idea of what they are doing.
"just having someone write some code to let the car's laptop automatically process and run the plate on every car they pass."
They're just on the verge of it though
On the verge, a few years ago..
Roof mounted camera(s) talk to a PC in the trunk. Updated every night with new plate numbers. When there's a hit, the dashboard laptop pings.
That is a book/movie I would like to see done.
Harry Turtledove has several alternate histories based on this. Some going back to "what if the Civil War had been fought to a draw, and then continued into WWI times."
I don't click TinyURL or bit.ly links as a matter of course.
Cell phone companies must know where you are so that they can route your calls and data to the nearest cell phone tower.
But they don't need to keep that data.
Hack cheap 49 MHz FRS/GMS walkie talkies, Arduinos andf WiFi to create an ersatz packet radio communication network. Post the "How To" online in multiple languages. For extra credit, add long distance WiFi links using Pringles can antennae and program everything to sleep and wake up in unpredictable intervals so they're hard to find.
The FRS/GMS radios are computer controlled already, so it's not that hard, but not trivial either as there's a lot of information to collect.
The radios already frequency hop, so there's lots of clever tricks that you can implement.
Ok, first invent a time machine so you can go back 6 months, gather all this stuff, and get it programmed.
The problem is now, and you only have the equipment you already have.