I know general principals in evolution. The only thing I have against the word evolution being thrown around so much is that people use it for different things. For example last year the news was reporting,"Over fished species are showing signs of hyper evolution." They said this because weird genes are expressing themselves. They implied that when a species gets low on population that they evolve faster. As an arm chair scientist, I rather see this as the inbred effect that when there is less DNA in the gene pool that genes are expressed strongly for several reasons. I wouldn't call it evolution as much as gene loss or genetic erosion. I just think that the word evolution is overused.
That's exactly what evolution is. Evolution can be most evident when there are severe pressures on survival.
I'd liken it to "Driving". The individual processes inherent in the action are still called driving ( shifting, accelerating, braking, ect.. ), yet they are each unique in and of themselves.
An ad which doesn't mention a product is hardly an ad, wouldn't you say? It is extremely hard to write a 30 second spot which not only pulls in your audience, but captivates them enough to work out subtle meanings. Hell, most 2 hour movies can't do this.
I'm not quite sure what MS is after with these spots, but I truly hope it's not what you claim; that would indicate a level of incompetence which even I wouldn't expect out of MS.
Honestly, how much space do you need for the OS and programs? Have an SSD for these functions, and a traditional HDD for pure space requirements. That'd be more economical too, at least in the short term.
A friend just dropped 200 bucks on a math book for a fairly low level math course. It was brand new, because of course it was a new revision for this year.
Differences? Bug fixes, essentially. So because they fixed a few of their own errors, he had to spend full price instead of the used price ( which is still a rip off ).
Couldn't he have gotten the old one online for a good price? No, because on the first day of class his professor checks to make sure he has the right book.
If none of this raises anybody's suspicions, I have a bridge for sale. cheap!
Does she have tenure? Then she can kindly tell them to go fuck themselves.
The district around here was trying that too, except the teachers all resisted it. Long story short, they don't try it anymore. It was too painful to the district.
My question is of speed; this seems a promising addition to anyone's back up routine. However, most folks I know have 100s of gigs of data to back up. While differentials could be involved, right now tar'ing to tape works fast enough taht the backup is done before the first staff shows up for work.
I assume we're beating the hell out of the processor here; so I'm wondering how painful is this in terms of speed?
Ok, so I can deal with all the 'turfing on EVERY FUCKING DNS story that slashdot posts. Fine. I just ignore it and move on.
But now we're getting editors astroturfing..their..own site...
opendns isn't that special. I've looked at it. Anybody who uses it for a corporate network should be shot. You are purposely exposing your internal users to the whims of an external company.
It's guys like this that bring our IT occupations into ill-repute, by furthering their stereotype of Coke-swilling social retards on power trips.
On the other hand, the more people like this there are, the more employment I get. I may not be as technically capable as folks like Child seems to be, but I am able to work with large groups of people AND the work gets done and documented. I can turn a pretty penny because of how "Customer Service Oriented" I am and how well I document my work.
I'm not so sure I'd be willing to call it a "perfectly working corporate software management mechanism".
MSI is a decent format...sorta. However, the format itself allows for all sorts of abuse ( binary executable wrapped up in a MSI? Sure, been there done that ). Further, configuration is often dependent on the developers writing the tools for custom configuration transforms( as apposed to a simple text ini file ).
While MSIs are useful when employed correctly, I'd hardly call it perfectly working. Hell, it'd be a stretch to call it corporate since it doesn't have any built in reporting features.
Or you could have a sensible package system which does updates (eg, one of the Linux package managers), or have the program itself do the updates (eg, Firefox). Your problem is solved.
That certainly is a simplistic concept. Now, let's talk about largish environments. You know, where the user is running as a limited user, therefore the app can't update itself. Or where windows is required, so we can't use linux's update mechanisms.
Or how about the simple logic that updating one app once is more likely to go smoothly than updating one application 100 times. Or a thousand. No matter how automated, problems crop up.
Honestly, if you are going to argue the point, at least think about your arguments first.
Mail server? So why not smtp-imap4.company.tt ( or smtp-pop3.company.tt )? That way you know, just by looking, what that server does.
In large organizations ( hell, medium ones ) you need stuff to be as obvious as possible because you have so much to keep track of. Cute naming schemes have no business in this environment.
Ok, fair enough, poor choice of words. However, until we have definitive evidence ( chemical analysis ), we shouldn't make proclamations like these scientists ( or the media ) have done.
Here's the problem: We still don't know conclusively. Yes, we have observations which are highly suggestive, but we don't have a chemical composition of the substance, so we don't know for sure.
Science is a hard mistress; she demands proof before making such claims.
Seriously, how long are we going to be able to keep up the fight? It's obvious the current administration and the telcos will just keep making one run after another until one gets through; and don't bother suggesting that we will actually hold them accountable at some point. That's laughable.
So the question becomes, how long until we burn out?
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I know general principals in evolution. The only thing I have against the word evolution being thrown around so much is that people use it for different things. For example last year the news was reporting,"Over fished species are showing signs of hyper evolution." They said this because weird genes are expressing themselves. They implied that when a species gets low on population that they evolve faster. As an arm chair scientist, I rather see this as the inbred effect that when there is less DNA in the gene pool that genes are expressed strongly for several reasons. I wouldn't call it evolution as much as gene loss or genetic erosion. I just think that the word evolution is overused.
That's exactly what evolution is. Evolution can be most evident when there are severe pressures on survival.
I'd liken it to "Driving". The individual processes inherent in the action are still called driving ( shifting, accelerating, braking, ect.. ), yet they are each unique in and of themselves.
You wrote this advertising scheme, didn't you?
An ad which doesn't mention a product is hardly an ad, wouldn't you say? It is extremely hard to write a 30 second spot which not only pulls in your audience, but captivates them enough to work out subtle meanings. Hell, most 2 hour movies can't do this.
I'm not quite sure what MS is after with these spots, but I truly hope it's not what you claim; that would indicate a level of incompetence which even I wouldn't expect out of MS.
Or you split up your expectations.
Honestly, how much space do you need for the OS and programs? Have an SSD for these functions, and a traditional HDD for pure space requirements. That'd be more economical too, at least in the short term.
At least he'll have a lot of time to work on Reiser FS v5. :D
A friend just dropped 200 bucks on a math book for a fairly low level math course. It was brand new, because of course it was a new revision for this year.
Differences? Bug fixes, essentially. So because they fixed a few of their own errors, he had to spend full price instead of the used price ( which is still a rip off ).
Couldn't he have gotten the old one online for a good price? No, because on the first day of class his professor checks to make sure he has the right book.
If none of this raises anybody's suspicions, I have a bridge for sale. cheap!
The problem here is it IS a technical problem. This kind of thing should be where computers SHINE.
The only thing holding them back is incompetence. My guess would be purposeful incompetence.
Does she have tenure? Then she can kindly tell them to go fuck themselves.
The district around here was trying that too, except the teachers all resisted it. Long story short, they don't try it anymore. It was too painful to the district.
My question is of speed; this seems a promising addition to anyone's back up routine. However, most folks I know have 100s of gigs of data to back up. While differentials could be involved, right now tar'ing to tape works fast enough taht the backup is done before the first staff shows up for work.
I assume we're beating the hell out of the processor here; so I'm wondering how painful is this in terms of speed?
Ok, so I can deal with all the 'turfing on EVERY FUCKING DNS story that slashdot posts. Fine. I just ignore it and move on.
But now we're getting editors astroturfing..their..own site...
opendns isn't that special. I've looked at it. Anybody who uses it for a corporate network should be shot. You are purposely exposing your internal users to the whims of an external company.
Except it wasn't a prank. The lady actually believed she could call the cops to get a dead mouse off her porch.
A friend of mine was the dispatcher who took the call, and he kept the recording.
GOD level access, huh? Think a little highly of ourselves, do we?
Wait, is that you, Childs?
It's guys like this that bring our IT occupations into ill-repute, by furthering their stereotype of Coke-swilling social retards on power trips.
On the other hand, the more people like this there are, the more employment I get. I may not be as technically capable as folks like Child seems to be, but I am able to work with large groups of people AND the work gets done and documented. I can turn a pretty penny because of how "Customer Service Oriented" I am and how well I document my work.
Try reading the comment mine was attached to.
1Gb != 1GB
I said perceived. Not actual. Add to that list reliability.
And for myself, I'd put my data on the most reliable device ( SSD ).
SSD does have significant perceived benefits;
1) Faster reads
2) Lower power
3) Quieter
4) Cooler
That samsung is producing these at all indicates that there is a demand for them. I think in 5 years, a majority of HDs sold will be SSD.
I'm not so sure I'd be willing to call it a "perfectly working corporate software management mechanism".
MSI is a decent format...sorta. However, the format itself allows for all sorts of abuse ( binary executable wrapped up in a MSI? Sure, been there done that ). Further, configuration is often dependent on the developers writing the tools for custom configuration transforms( as apposed to a simple text ini file ).
While MSIs are useful when employed correctly, I'd hardly call it perfectly working. Hell, it'd be a stretch to call it corporate since it doesn't have any built in reporting features.
Or you could have a sensible package system which does updates (eg, one of the Linux package managers), or have the program itself do the updates (eg, Firefox). Your problem is solved.
That certainly is a simplistic concept. Now, let's talk about largish environments. You know, where the user is running as a limited user, therefore the app can't update itself. Or where windows is required, so we can't use linux's update mechanisms.
Or how about the simple logic that updating one app once is more likely to go smoothly than updating one application 100 times. Or a thousand. No matter how automated, problems crop up.
Honestly, if you are going to argue the point, at least think about your arguments first.
Great, so what does wolverine do again?
Mail server? So why not smtp-imap4.company.tt ( or smtp-pop3.company.tt )? That way you know, just by looking, what that server does.
In large organizations ( hell, medium ones ) you need stuff to be as obvious as possible because you have so much to keep track of. Cute naming schemes have no business in this environment.
that's supposed to be:
location - purpose - priority .domain
Slashdot stripped out the identifiers I use.
Makes sense in a medium to large organization? Are you nuts? That's a silly scheme even in a small organization. Instead, how about something like...
--.domain
That way, you know where the server is located, what it's purpose is and what it's priority ( or relevance number ) is.
Your naming scheme is a) Silly, b) Unsustainable and c) confusing.
So when a senator does it, it's democratic. Or when Diebold does it for us, it's capitalism. But when we do it, it's illegal?
Ok, fair enough, poor choice of words. However, until we have definitive evidence ( chemical analysis ), we shouldn't make proclamations like these scientists ( or the media ) have done.
As of right now, we have a pretty solid theory.
Here's the problem: We still don't know conclusively. Yes, we have observations which are highly suggestive, but we don't have a chemical composition of the substance, so we don't know for sure.
Science is a hard mistress; she demands proof before making such claims.
Seriously, how long are we going to be able to keep up the fight? It's obvious the current administration and the telcos will just keep making one run after another until one gets through; and don't bother suggesting that we will actually hold them accountable at some point. That's laughable.
So the question becomes, how long until we burn out?