Welcome to politics, 101. People aren't going to listen to you, of all people. You are the IT troll.
So you make friends with the people they will listen to. Eventually, people will realize it's just better to listen to you instead, but until that happens you have to play the game.
...ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
Because the prompts make more sense? Windows programs are often needing write access they have no business needing to write to. Is that MS's fault? Not directly, but their piss poor track record of development has led most developers to use the program files directory as a writeable location.
Linux has had this security model since forever, so developers don't expect to be able to write dynamic data to any system folders.
In Vista I was prompted every time I wanted to run certain applications. This trains users to simply click "accept" to get what they want done. Not secure. In linux, when I'm prompted I know it's because I need to be aware of something. The prompts are more realistic.
Situations like those you specified always made me curious; at what point is life no longer worth living? I live and die by my mind. The thought of a disease stealing it away from me, a little at a time, is my version of hell. I know I would prefer to be put out of my misery long before the disease takes me. I can't be alone in this.
Not only would I be spared months/years of hell, but so would my family. That last point alone would be worth it to me.
Proof of concept. Scientists can only go so far on theory ( and it's impressive how far they do go ). At some point their research hits a point where they need to perform experiments.
Actually, food is probably the exact worse thing to buy. It's perishable, with no inherent method to obtain more.
Ammo, and weapons, is what you'd want if the world goes REALLY far south. You can simply take food as needed, AND you have a built in way of getting more ammo and guns. Assuming you are the prey.
I actually don't have problems with MS software. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge linux fan. I love how linux works and prefer it where and when I am able. For instance, linux file servers make perfect sense.
Windows is more complex than linux, certainly. But once you know how to find what you are looking for, it's easier to administrate than linux ( in windows environments ). Troubleshoot? No, linux still wins there.
Windows isn't as bad as everyone likes to make out, it just takes more effort to master.
It boils down to using the right tool for the job. If I have 3000+ windows desktops I have to manage, would I rather use active directory and GPOs? Or something like zenworks which is more bandaid then solution?
Given that I've done both, I can honestly say windows is the choice hands down. Zenworks can fuck up a system in a heart beat. I can't tell you how many times I've had to work around it's oddities, or wipe and reload a system because it touched something it shouldn't have.
Linux doesn't even enter in to the equation here. If I were managing linux desktops, sure, you'd have a point. Linux and it's associated tools just aren't nearly as efficient as using windows when managing windows desktops.
What's interesting to me is that you'd let your bias interfere with doing the best job possible. That's exactly the kind of crap I have to clean up after. Netware may have been better than windows at some point in the past, but given how often I have to reboot my novell servers compared to my windows servers ( and how often one abends compared to a bluescreen ), ya...no way anyone interested in doing the job right chooses netware/novell anymore.
I wonder what the potential impact is to novell shops. Working in one, and being a windows/linux administrator with a deep hatred for novell ( I am novell trained, for the record ), I can only hope this allows us to finally break the company's bias and get things somewhat modern.
I'm all for this. If they want to diminish science and taint history, let 'em.
That'll give my child that much bigger of an advantage in about 15 years when she's applying for jobs. She'll understand the scientific method. She'll know her history. She'll be well educated, while the children from texas will believe that there is no USSR/soviet union.
Schools, like government, are full of idiots. These are people who are often incapable of getting a job in the real world. Why we put up with this with our kids, I have no idea ( I sure don't, but I'm in the minority ).
This aside from teachers, who are a whole different bag of fuckup. Most teachers are genuinely interested in doing their jobs, but the minority plus the unions pretty much guarantee that the best they can hope for is mediocrity.
...leave your bias at the door. This is a problem in all tech companies and IT divisions, so consider this generic advice. You will find that many techs have a strong bias against some tech or for some other tech; don't fall in to this trap! You limit your options when you begin making objective decisions with subjective data.
Instead, accept all input and evaluate it for yourself. This is something many old timers seem to have lost the ability to do. Sadly, many of the kids we get out of college don't understand the distinction and thus, follow the old timer's leads.
But I'll tell you right now; you make objective decisions with objective metrics and data, you will really set yourself apart from your peers. You won't always be right, but at least when you are wrong you'll feel better knowing your decision making process is sound.
That's kind of the core of his argument; their judgement on "objectionable content" is what he is calling in to question. He is charging that their definition varies ( which it does ).
But as you say, those are the rules. If you want to play in Apple's sandbox, you play by their rules. If you want to play in a completely free sandbox, where you don't have to worry about app rejection, well, there's a place for that too ( android ).
Anyone see the world slipping in to another dark ages, one country at a time? Sure, censoring the internet itself isn't worth getting that worked up over, but the motivation behind it and the goals that they home to achieve are nothing short of distressing.
'In California, the climate is beautiful and they don't have the ridiculous problems of Russia,' says Andrey Shtorkh, publicist for the new venture, adding that to compete, Russia will form a place apart for scientists. 'They should be isolated from our reality.'"
While I certainly won't disagree that California seems to be isolated from everyone else's reality, I think he has it backwards in that scientists should be isolated. The hell they should! Scientists need to be in society to see what problems it faces and be inspired to find solutions for them. By isolating them, you are effectively removing some of the best stimulus available for them.
Not only that, but the economy is the best way to determine the feasibility of a product. So what they've done here is to guarantee every crack pot scheme ( and face it, fellow scientists, we have a lot of them. Even if they seem AWESOME to us at the time, we do come up with some doosies ) gets an equal shake with a genuine idea.
I don't see this ending well for them, but I hope I'm wrong.
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Welcome to politics, 101. People aren't going to listen to you, of all people. You are the IT troll.
So you make friends with the people they will listen to. Eventually, people will realize it's just better to listen to you instead, but until that happens you have to play the game.
The internet is a tool, nothing more. Asking whether it makes you more intelligent is like asking if a hammer makes you smarter.
Of course, by shear virtue of asking the question....
"Irony"
...ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
Because the prompts make more sense? Windows programs are often needing write access they have no business needing to write to. Is that MS's fault? Not directly, but their piss poor track record of development has led most developers to use the program files directory as a writeable location.
Linux has had this security model since forever, so developers don't expect to be able to write dynamic data to any system folders.
In Vista I was prompted every time I wanted to run certain applications. This trains users to simply click "accept" to get what they want done. Not secure. In linux, when I'm prompted I know it's because I need to be aware of something. The prompts are more realistic.
Situations like those you specified always made me curious; at what point is life no longer worth living? I live and die by my mind. The thought of a disease stealing it away from me, a little at a time, is my version of hell. I know I would prefer to be put out of my misery long before the disease takes me. I can't be alone in this.
Not only would I be spared months/years of hell, but so would my family. That last point alone would be worth it to me.
I totally would have gone with something like, "Canadian Underground National Territorials"
Proof of concept. Scientists can only go so far on theory ( and it's impressive how far they do go ). At some point their research hits a point where they need to perform experiments.
Where have you been? "Net Neutrality"
Actually, food is probably the exact worse thing to buy. It's perishable, with no inherent method to obtain more.
Ammo, and weapons, is what you'd want if the world goes REALLY far south. You can simply take food as needed, AND you have a built in way of getting more ammo and guns. Assuming you are the prey.
Please, give the puritan crap a rest. Women are just as filthy as men, perhaps more so.
I actually don't have problems with MS software. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge linux fan. I love how linux works and prefer it where and when I am able. For instance, linux file servers make perfect sense.
Windows is more complex than linux, certainly. But once you know how to find what you are looking for, it's easier to administrate than linux ( in windows environments ). Troubleshoot? No, linux still wins there.
Windows isn't as bad as everyone likes to make out, it just takes more effort to master.
It boils down to using the right tool for the job. If I have 3000+ windows desktops I have to manage, would I rather use active directory and GPOs? Or something like zenworks which is more bandaid then solution?
Given that I've done both, I can honestly say windows is the choice hands down. Zenworks can fuck up a system in a heart beat. I can't tell you how many times I've had to work around it's oddities, or wipe and reload a system because it touched something it shouldn't have.
Linux doesn't even enter in to the equation here. If I were managing linux desktops, sure, you'd have a point. Linux and it's associated tools just aren't nearly as efficient as using windows when managing windows desktops.
What's interesting to me is that you'd let your bias interfere with doing the best job possible. That's exactly the kind of crap I have to clean up after. Netware may have been better than windows at some point in the past, but given how often I have to reboot my novell servers compared to my windows servers ( and how often one abends compared to a bluescreen ), ya...no way anyone interested in doing the job right chooses netware/novell anymore.
I wonder what the potential impact is to novell shops. Working in one, and being a windows/linux administrator with a deep hatred for novell ( I am novell trained, for the record ), I can only hope this allows us to finally break the company's bias and get things somewhat modern.
...that makes me want an iPhone even more.
I'm not really arguing anything, to be honest. I was making a sarcastic remark on the benefits of a bad situation.
I would love for my daughter to grow up in a society which valued logic, education and science above all else.
I'm all for this. If they want to diminish science and taint history, let 'em.
That'll give my child that much bigger of an advantage in about 15 years when she's applying for jobs. She'll understand the scientific method. She'll know her history. She'll be well educated, while the children from texas will believe that there is no USSR/soviet union.
This works for me.
A 4 year degree does not make someone "over qualified".
Schools, like government, are full of idiots. These are people who are often incapable of getting a job in the real world. Why we put up with this with our kids, I have no idea ( I sure don't, but I'm in the minority ).
This aside from teachers, who are a whole different bag of fuckup. Most teachers are genuinely interested in doing their jobs, but the minority plus the unions pretty much guarantee that the best they can hope for is mediocrity.
...leave your bias at the door. This is a problem in all tech companies and IT divisions, so consider this generic advice. You will find that many techs have a strong bias against some tech or for some other tech; don't fall in to this trap! You limit your options when you begin making objective decisions with subjective data.
Instead, accept all input and evaluate it for yourself. This is something many old timers seem to have lost the ability to do. Sadly, many of the kids we get out of college don't understand the distinction and thus, follow the old timer's leads.
But I'll tell you right now; you make objective decisions with objective metrics and data, you will really set yourself apart from your peers. You won't always be right, but at least when you are wrong you'll feel better knowing your decision making process is sound.
That's kind of the core of his argument; their judgement on "objectionable content" is what he is calling in to question. He is charging that their definition varies ( which it does ).
But as you say, those are the rules. If you want to play in Apple's sandbox, you play by their rules. If you want to play in a completely free sandbox, where you don't have to worry about app rejection, well, there's a place for that too ( android ).
Usually it's IE forcing crappy standards on websites. In this case, it's crappy web design ( slashdot ) forcing itself on the browser.
Love slashdot, miss the old design that made what I'm interested in one click away.
School administrators, like government employees, are people who are unable to hold a job in the private sector.
Fuck Apple. I'd go with the google app store and call it a day.
Anyone see the world slipping in to another dark ages, one country at a time? Sure, censoring the internet itself isn't worth getting that worked up over, but the motivation behind it and the goals that they home to achieve are nothing short of distressing.
How long before certain books are outlawed?
'In California, the climate is beautiful and they don't have the ridiculous problems of Russia,' says Andrey Shtorkh, publicist for the new venture, adding that to compete, Russia will form a place apart for scientists. 'They should be isolated from our reality.'"
While I certainly won't disagree that California seems to be isolated from everyone else's reality, I think he has it backwards in that scientists should be isolated. The hell they should! Scientists need to be in society to see what problems it faces and be inspired to find solutions for them. By isolating them, you are effectively removing some of the best stimulus available for them.
Not only that, but the economy is the best way to determine the feasibility of a product. So what they've done here is to guarantee every crack pot scheme ( and face it, fellow scientists, we have a lot of them. Even if they seem AWESOME to us at the time, we do come up with some doosies ) gets an equal shake with a genuine idea.
I don't see this ending well for them, but I hope I'm wrong.