I will agree that the consultant should not be held liable, as the article said the house was locked.
The bigger question is still "Did the consultant need all that data at his home on his laptop?"
I believe the answer should be a resonding NO. He could have accessed the data remotely, simple telnet would have provided better security. Another soultion might have been to provide the data to the consultant in small groups, maybe 25 or 50 thousand names. This would have reduced to number of people open to fraud or theft. It would also show a more reasonable effort towards securing the data.
And my favorite, they could have required the consultant to come into their building and use thier desk. Then the data would not have left the building.
You are so right in your comments, especially the last one about getting solutions from google groups. If I found one of my admins getting undocumented solutions from a source such as that they would find themselves doing inventories for the next 6 months.
Just because it is a mud hut does not mean they don't have electricity.
I have done allot of traveling to 3rd world countries and been to too many villages to count. But the one thing that always surprised me was the number of TV's. This is true for South America as well as African countries. Usually they were small black and white TV sets. But they were on every night.
Maybe not every hut had one but the families were always willing to share. They set them up on small tables out side and then everyone would gather around to watch.
The top 4 thing to watch are:
Soccer
Baseball
their version of the soap opera
American TV
People in those small villages are also very friendly.
Latency should be a non-issue. A very large percentage of international phone call are via satalite and most people can't tell. Occasionally you may get a bad connection with a little echoing.
An example for a satalite is the Inmarsat-4 launched March 11, 2005. Put into a geostationary orbit, 36,000km above the Indian Ocean at 64 degrees east, thats is about 22370.39 miles. The sat will be providing high-bandwidth services, including Internet access, videoconferencing, LAN and other services, at speeds of up to 432kbit/s.
Try putting together a predefined demo. Start it with a game the kids are familiar with, either a scholastic game the teachers currently use or get a G-rated game from the internet. Spend about 5 minutes or so demoing the game and describing how the game consists of instructions that tell the computer what to do. Give the opportunity to ask questions. Then when you think you have their attention, show them LOGO. Show how a simple command can make a square. Then string several commands together to create a background for a game. If you still have the time, give a list of the commands to the kids and have them give you a sequence that you can type in and then run the program showing them the results. If you are brave enough let them type in the command. They will only need 3 to 5 commands to see the concept a command sequence.
Although this post is ment to be funny and I did laugh, it is also very relivent to your decision.
By stating that "If an admin wants to standardize on one Linux distribution" I am going to assume your question is in reguards to a production environment. With that in mind I would not reccommend Gentoo. I use Gentoo at home, and would use nothing else.
But in a production environment where you may be taking care of more than one server and one user you will need a distro that will allow you to have a standard install set reguardless of the number of unique computers you have. Using something like Suse Enterprise will be more time beneficial to you than the bragging rights of having a pure Gentoo organization.
Think about this, which would you rather tell your boss at the end of an 8 hour day?
1. I built and installed Suse on 5 boxes, set up the systems for their users, and then I install a web server (apache) with PHP and MySQL.
or
2. I spent the day tweeking out 2 systems so they run 10% faster.
The other advange of going with a distro like Suse is you will have all the management tools included in the packaged set. You will also be able to purchase support if that is the type of environment you work in.
These comments are also applicable to Red Hat, I just prefere Suse.
If you are talking about a very small production environment (you can define small) the Gentoo will work fine for you I'm sure. I just would not tell my boss how much time I spent tweaking the systems. Just do a basic install and keep them as close to standard as possible.
If Apple were to pull the trigger first I think Micro$oft would be put in a really tough position. They obviously would want to cancel Mac Office, but...
I don't think they could chance that move being considered anti-competitave. I think they would be a little concerned about the DOJ. (Realizing the court cases haven't changed anything except cost Micro$oft several million dollars.
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I am sorry to say my friend but using a .454 is just a waste of good money and ammunition.
.357 rounds = $17.50
A good S&W 357 Mag. handgun is cheaper and will do just as good of a job with less mess to clean up. I often refer to this as the 35 cent solution.
1 box of
50 rounds per box = 35 cents each.
Any questions?
Well sorta,
I will agree that the consultant should not be held liable, as the article said the house was locked.
The bigger question is still "Did the consultant need all that data at his home on his laptop?"
I believe the answer should be a resonding NO. He could have accessed the data remotely, simple telnet would have provided better security. Another soultion might have been to provide the data to the consultant in small groups, maybe 25 or 50 thousand names. This would have reduced to number of people open to fraud or theft. It would also show a more reasonable effort towards securing the data.
And my favorite, they could have required the consultant to come into their building and use thier desk. Then the data would not have left the building.
You are so right in your comments, especially the last one about getting solutions from google groups. If I found one of my admins getting undocumented solutions from a source such as that they would find themselves doing inventories for the next 6 months.
Yea, but I think I can still get a patent on PB & Mayo.
That is very true. The PS in TV can handle a brown out fine and it is easily seen, so the set can be turned off.
The prower problems cause more of a issuefor the people not seeing who won the soccer game.
Just because it is a mud hut does not mean they don't have electricity.
I have done allot of traveling to 3rd world countries and been to too many villages to count. But the one thing that always surprised me was the number of TV's. This is true for South America as well as African countries. Usually they were small black and white TV sets. But they were on every night.
Maybe not every hut had one but the families were always willing to share. They set them up on small tables out side and then everyone would gather around to watch.
The top 4 thing to watch are:
Soccer
Baseball
their version of the soap opera
American TV
People in those small villages are also very friendly.
Latency should be a non-issue. A very large percentage of international phone call are via satalite and most people can't tell. Occasionally you may get a bad connection with a little echoing.
An example for a satalite is the Inmarsat-4 launched March 11, 2005. Put into a geostationary orbit, 36,000km above the Indian Ocean at 64 degrees east, thats is about 22370.39 miles. The sat will be providing high-bandwidth services, including Internet access, videoconferencing, LAN and other services, at speeds of up to 432kbit/s.
That orbit should put latency at about 240 ms.
Hope this helps.
drweasle
Here is another working version (faster):
http://ed.agadak.net/googlex/
Also check out the discusion group at:
googlex
How much time can you take with a group of kids?
Try putting together a predefined demo. Start it with a game the kids are familiar with, either a scholastic game the teachers currently use or get a G-rated game from the internet. Spend about 5 minutes or so demoing the game and describing how the game consists of instructions that tell the computer what to do. Give the opportunity to ask questions. Then when you think you have their attention, show them LOGO. Show how a simple command can make a square. Then string several commands together to create a background for a game. If you still have the time, give a list of the commands to the kids and have them give you a sequence that you can type in and then run the program showing them the results. If you are brave enough let them type in the command. They will only need 3 to 5 commands to see the concept a command sequence.
Good Luck
Yes! You are alone. It is a pitiful life you must be leading.
Although this post is ment to be funny and I did laugh, it is also very relivent to your decision.
By stating that "If an admin wants to standardize on one Linux distribution" I am going to assume your question is in reguards to a production environment. With that in mind I would not reccommend Gentoo. I use Gentoo at home, and would use nothing else.
But in a production environment where you may be taking care of more than one server and one user you will need a distro that will allow you to have a standard install set reguardless of the number of unique computers you have. Using something like Suse Enterprise will be more time beneficial to you than the bragging rights of having a pure Gentoo organization.
Think about this, which would you rather tell your boss at the end of an 8 hour day?
1. I built and installed Suse on 5 boxes, set up the systems for their users, and then I install a web server (apache) with PHP and MySQL.
or
2. I spent the day tweeking out 2 systems so they run 10% faster.
The other advange of going with a distro like Suse is you will have all the management tools included in the packaged set. You will also be able to purchase support if that is the type of environment you work in.
These comments are also applicable to Red Hat, I just prefere Suse.
If you are talking about a very small production environment (you can define small) the Gentoo will work fine for you I'm sure. I just would not tell my boss how much time I spent tweaking the systems. Just do a basic install and keep them as close to standard as possible.
Yea, well you can keep your iSnot and you can even have mySnot.
I hope you enjoy Snot!
Very few Americans are exercising their right to own a gun, so there is nothing that can be done about it.
I think you got this a little wrong here. The latest facts I could find are:
Number of guns owned (1997): 200-240 Million
Number of owners (1997): 60-65 Million
US population (2001): 284,796,887 estimate.
That places gun ownership at about 25%. I don't think that qualifies as "very few."
If Apple were to pull the trigger first I think Micro$oft would be put in a really tough position. They obviously would want to cancel Mac Office, but ...
I don't think they could chance that move being considered anti-competitave. I think they would be a little concerned about the DOJ. (Realizing the court cases haven't changed anything except cost Micro$oft several million dollars.