It also depends on the type of company and what the desktops are doing. In the former company with the Linux desktops, the desktops also did other work, especially after hours. Here, we have 50,000 desktops and probably 75 desktop techs worldwide. That doesn't count the SMS team (~10) or various application specialty teams.
As always, the most correct answer is "It depends."
In a 5000+ desktop roll-out of Linux, (the one I've had the privilege to work at) the ratio was around 100 desktops to one SA.
IBM's (According to their PS rep) benchmark for firewalls is 18 to 1, we currently are 35 to 1. With other Network Security devices (FW's, VPN, IPS, NAC) we are 42 to one. Avg time in service(in this field, not in company) in the group 14.4yrs.
Nah... We the poor will use the same thing that we have used since the beginning of time... Our feet, or our boats to get where we need to.
Some, as seen during our last heinous drought, will take all the valuables and strap them to some sort of conveyance and go to California...
The status quo is a very small subset of Earth's normal. The real question for me is... Is it more realistic to trust a bunch of people with nearly unlimited political power and hope they don't try to screw us all? If anything should be evident from history it should be that powers granted to political creatures during a crisis have the habit of affecting things not related to the crisis and further extended the terms of the crisis.
Before you posit that the power of these people will be meager, consider that the overall cost of implementing global warming prevention strategies have been estimated in the 40 trillion dollar range... in the short term. That's a lot of financial inertia to shift around.
I will leave the list of recent examples as an exercise for the reader.
As the proud owner of a big ass truck with a big ass towing package... It's a matter of relative supportability. Dodge had some good big ass gasoline engines but the transmissions were complete crap, and the electronics were dodgy. Ford had some nice performers but again GM won in reliability. So, if I have to pull 12000 pounds on an engine that can be refueled at the top of a ridge in the middle of nowhere... I will go with a giant freaking gas engine.
But other people have already said the same thing. It was cheaper, and easier to support. Same reason I'm a *nix nerd.
If that were the case, and they were actually Liberal, meaning that they believed in freedom then they would restrict their taxation and regulation to lands bought and paid for by volunteers into the system. There are no laws against communes or socialist communities (municipalities).
The country is basically 30/40/30, left/middle/right. If you value freedom you can only support the right as they are less likely to appropriate your most essential freedom. Your time aka money. All other freedoms are dependent upon this one freedom that was the philosophical subtext for the Constitution, and Declaration of Independence. The other "rights" flow out from that one.
The right must be corrected (as all people in power should) but again, the system of allowing people more money makes this process more fluid.
That's why I am against the federal health care system. There are states that could band together and collectively bargain together, I'm thinking left coast here (CA, WA, OR). If they were to show how great it could be, and how well it works financially then other states would join or not based on need and philosophy. Short-circuiting the system by federalizing that power is sickening.
The structure of the Constitution encourages the states to do this sort of thing and arguably confounds honest assertion that such power should be within the power of the Fed.
I haven't reviewed the data in question, and postulating about the nature of the data without having access to all of it is silly. Therefore, you cannot assume that these were the only emails that included such correspondence. These were the emails captured by the person who leaked them.
So, we can trust people who said that they should dissemble or hide data and refuse access to what data there was about the content of the remainder of the emails, or we can say, "In 68MB of email, a paltry sampling at best, there were this many (3) extremely questionable emails. This may prompt a deeper inspection."
Agreed. On mine, my wife's, and my Dad's machines the on-machine backup is not in their home directory. It is a snapshot that is copied elsewhere. (off-site)
The question is, in which OS is privilege escalation most likely?
When Linux implements a font rendering kernel-level remote exploit feature, then it will be the year of the Linux desktop I suppose.
Perhaps you're being interrupted because the meeting has a timeline and you're filibustering.
I interrupt people all the time if they are off point or rambling about extraneous details that should be sidebarred. I would call you nasty epithets under my breath if you jumped down my throat.
Instead, you should the same as all of the professionals I know do when they are interrupted. Provide a brief case as to why what you have to say is important to this meeting, or apologize and get back to business.
You presume that a veteran that gets preferential treatment is not qualified. Rather it could be used to pick between a non-vet and a vet, or in this case, a veteran's spouse.
Hrmmm, take me out of country for a few years, let me get shot at, and then spot me a few extra points on a govt job qualification scale? It doesn't sound that out-of-whack to me. Also, the people that have previous experience in the military are more likely to adapt well to a govt job as the bureaucracies are related. Think of it as a pre-screening measure.
As a vet, I'm not working for the govt cuz the pay sux.
Agreed. We have to decide where we think the money should be spent. Problem is, I have a problem with you telling that family that their money shouldn't be spent on their hopes.
Even though it doesn't make sense to you, it doesn't make it the wrong decision. Much like people who buy overly expensive cars, or beach front property at astronomical prices. Neither of those things make sense to the pragmatist...
I have a great anecdote. My wife was completely computer illiterate before I met her. As part of working through school, and becoming a professional writer she has had to grow into a very computer savvy person. All of this was done with Windows and Linux available (until about 3 yrs ago when Winders was relegated to VM status). She always preferred the Linux (whether it be Gentoo, Mandrake, or Ubuntu).
She currently produces fundraising literature for NPO's. This includes page-layout, graphics, and text. She also writes serial novels and makes home movies... All from the comforts of her aged Linux workstation (and her netbook that rsyncs to her user directory.)
I would agree. I finally removed my Windows VM instance at home when my printer came up in Ubuntu with no driver installation needed (I did need to select the printer from the CUPS list)... and Windows was having issues with the manufacturer provided driver.
That was the last piece of gear that I had problems with on my (Ubuntu) linux installations. I have several handcrafted Debian installs that are more temperamental, but I have them doing specific tasks, for which I intentionally ripped out all the unnecessary bits.
Actually, as a part of the divorce judgement you can require that he pay your health insurance bills until such a time that whatever health complaints you have are resolved. It could be part of an assessment process or a stated time period.
So... Step up ladies, and garnish that man's wages... Or dude's, "Beer money for beatings" (If your wife beats you.)
Actually, an operating system can be a very important choice in your professional career. It's much like selecting a certain set of tools, if you want to achieve the most work for your employer possible, then you stick to the tools that you are the most efficient with. Picking up new skills is great, but you have to make decisions regarding the return on time invested.
One of the ways that I have kept my team from being downsized is our team member to infrastructure ratio is lower than any large-scale outsourcing provider has offered at this point. Our uptimes are outstanding, and our response is the best in the IT group.
All done because I refuse to hire people who are not competent in the Unices in addition to Winders. Windows is an email and gaming platform. Real work takes something more robust.
Or... You should put your dollars toward a school that isn't hostile toward your preferences. Although they are the keepers of the Golden Paper... you do still have some power. I managed to get support for our home linux setup from the University of Maryland. To do so: 1. I established that I am not begging for support. I am demanding it as a paying customer. 2. Establish myself as a technically competent customer.
Or perhaps he knows someone who was born poor, into a family poor for a few generations (we had a sweet run in the early to mid-1800) that did actually fight their way out of the system. I done it all... commissary cheese, ShooGoo and biketire pieces to repair too small shoes, beans and rice, or just beans for every meal.
I have several investment properties, and a good job. My brothers are doing very well with multiple homes and great futures. My stepsister finally made her move and has gotten a respectable job and saved her pennies to buy a car from me. Cash.
We all made it to a nice middle to upper-middle class lifestyle from a dirt eating past. We all share the same vision that achievement for 80% of humanity is based on ambition. The 20% that are truly not capable (Uncle Ernie was severely traumatized by my schizophrenic grandmother's institutionalization, and later he was neurologically damaged by some thugs with steel pipe) should have help, but not from the government. When the government seeks to help they also seek to control... and help with the end of a gun, is no help at all.
We give generously in time and money to Catholic Charities, Big Bros&Sis, and often sponsor young athletes. (A whole team for summer and winter indoor sessions.)
IF Progressives (Liberals, whatever) did the same (which many studies show they do not) the cradle to grave nanny-state would be a non-starter.
No, healthcare in America is the furthest bastard stepchild from insurance you can find. And I write claims adjudication software for the insurance industry. Have a heart attack, but the insurer finds that you forgot to mention that when you were 12 you had an appendectomy? Denial of coverage. Insurer decides that the treatment, available in every Trauma I in the country, is 'experimental'? Denial of coverage.
Really? Interesting. I've never been denied coverage for anything. Tonsillectomy to treat chronic hypertrophy of the tonsils... pre-existing. No problem. Congenital perforation of the abdominal wall (3 umbilical hernia) Covered. My ex-wife's Crohn's disease... across three different changes in service? Covered. My Dad's HBP ? Covered.
Incidentally, most states have a High Risk plan that you can buy into. They are intentionally affordable and subsidized by the standard payers. Usually the insurance companies have to cover a percentage of the High Risk pool equivalent to their percentage of market share in that state.
Change insurer for non-medical reasons (premium, employer change, so on)? Welcome to waitlist hell, and scrutinization for pre-existing conditions, even though the populace's preponderance for a given condition didn't change as a result of your enrollment.
Man... You life sucks. I've never been subjected to these circumstances despite changing providers at least 10 times.
It's a bastardized, one sided situation, and where health insurance is your ONLY realistic option, because collusion and collaboration between insurance providers has ensured that most healthcare rates are jacked up way out of the realm of ordinary affordability, it's very delineating, you either have, or you have not.
Agreed. To a certain extent. However, I have a great many people in my family that are dirt poor and have pre-existing conditions. We manage to get them care and coverage either through a Medicare/Medicaid plan, direct negotiation with healthcare providers, or channels through charities and/or no-profits. I have the poorest relatives that you could imagine, and I've yet to see one suffer from a condition because of money. Sometimes ignorance, often obstinence, but never money.
Pop Quiz: Do you really think your overnight stay in emergency had an actual cost of $12,000? Do you wonder why the same chiro treatment costs $50 without insurance, but they bill the insurance provider $165 for it? Do you think that the insurance carrier is covering that $115 out of the grace of their heart, or because they employ such amazingly stellar investment gurus that they can do so on the return from the dividend from your premiums?
Where's that bridge and that "for sale" sign?
It may take footwork, but you can get everything you need, even if you have something as horribly expensive to treat as Crohns.
Anecdotally, when I lived in London my future wife's flatmate had a sick grandmother that they flew out of country to get treatment because the last time she had the same sort of problem, she nearly died while waiting.
I know, from personal experience... competition-wise that I can throw a 28lbs object 72 feet and change. With a wind and one-step? 54feet last night (on a lark, demonstrating a primitive technique)
Cool... Except after you did alll that work you'll find that the default Redhat and Ubuntu installations are not vulnerable as they set the mmap_min_addr value to 65536.
The kernel was exploitable, only if it was configured incorrectly. Still an exploit, but not as large a one as it would seem.
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It also depends on the type of company and what the desktops are doing. In the former company with the Linux desktops, the desktops also did other work, especially after hours. Here, we have 50,000 desktops and probably 75 desktop techs worldwide. That doesn't count the SMS team (~10) or various application specialty teams.
As always, the most correct answer is "It depends."
In a 5000+ desktop roll-out of Linux, (the one I've had the privilege to work at) the ratio was around 100 desktops to one SA.
IBM's (According to their PS rep) benchmark for firewalls is 18 to 1, we currently are 35 to 1. With other Network Security devices (FW's, VPN, IPS, NAC) we are 42 to one. Avg time in service(in this field, not in company) in the group 14.4yrs.
Nah... We the poor will use the same thing that we have used since the beginning of time... Our feet, or our boats to get where we need to.
Some, as seen during our last heinous drought, will take all the valuables and strap them to some sort of conveyance and go to California...
The status quo is a very small subset of Earth's normal. The real question for me is... Is it more realistic to trust a bunch of people with nearly unlimited political power and hope they don't try to screw us all? If anything should be evident from history it should be that powers granted to political creatures during a crisis have the habit of affecting things not related to the crisis and further extended the terms of the crisis.
Before you posit that the power of these people will be meager, consider that the overall cost of implementing global warming prevention strategies have been estimated in the 40 trillion dollar range... in the short term. That's a lot of financial inertia to shift around.
I will leave the list of recent examples as an exercise for the reader.
As the proud owner of a big ass truck with a big ass towing package... It's a matter of relative supportability. Dodge had some good big ass gasoline engines but the transmissions were complete crap, and the electronics were dodgy. Ford had some nice performers but again GM won in reliability. So, if I have to pull 12000 pounds on an engine that can be refueled at the top of a ridge in the middle of nowhere... I will go with a giant freaking gas engine.
But other people have already said the same thing. It was cheaper, and easier to support. Same reason I'm a *nix nerd.
If that were the case, and they were actually Liberal, meaning that they believed in freedom then they would restrict their taxation and regulation to lands bought and paid for by volunteers into the system. There are no laws against communes or socialist communities (municipalities).
The country is basically 30/40/30, left/middle/right. If you value freedom you can only support the right as they are less likely to appropriate your most essential freedom. Your time aka money. All other freedoms are dependent upon this one freedom that was the philosophical subtext for the Constitution, and Declaration of Independence. The other "rights" flow out from that one.
The right must be corrected (as all people in power should) but again, the system of allowing people more money makes this process more fluid.
That's why I am against the federal health care system. There are states that could band together and collectively bargain together, I'm thinking left coast here (CA, WA, OR). If they were to show how great it could be, and how well it works financially then other states would join or not based on need and philosophy. Short-circuiting the system by federalizing that power is sickening.
The structure of the Constitution encourages the states to do this sort of thing and arguably confounds honest assertion that such power should be within the power of the Fed.
I haven't reviewed the data in question, and postulating about the nature of the data without having access to all of it is silly. Therefore, you cannot assume that these were the only emails that included such correspondence. These were the emails captured by the person who leaked them.
So, we can trust people who said that they should dissemble or hide data and refuse access to what data there was about the content of the remainder of the emails, or we can say, "In 68MB of email, a paltry sampling at best, there were this many (3) extremely questionable emails. This may prompt a deeper inspection."
Agreed. On mine, my wife's, and my Dad's machines the on-machine backup is not in their home directory. It is a snapshot that is copied elsewhere. (off-site)
The question is, in which OS is privilege escalation most likely?
When Linux implements a font rendering kernel-level remote exploit feature, then it will be the year of the Linux desktop I suppose.
Agreed. I think TFA is just another example of individuals who do not have a proper grasp of the technological world around them.
I generally regard them as I would anyone who speaks with authority about a topic of which they have no context... Mostly Useless.
Perhaps you're being interrupted because the meeting has a timeline and you're filibustering.
I interrupt people all the time if they are off point or rambling about extraneous details that should be sidebarred. I would call you nasty epithets under my breath if you jumped down my throat.
Instead, you should the same as all of the professionals I know do when they are interrupted. Provide a brief case as to why what you have to say is important to this meeting, or apologize and get back to business.
You presume that a veteran that gets preferential treatment is not qualified. Rather it could be used to pick between a non-vet and a vet, or in this case, a veteran's spouse.
Hrmmm, take me out of country for a few years, let me get shot at, and then spot me a few extra points on a govt job qualification scale? It doesn't sound that out-of-whack to me. Also, the people that have previous experience in the military are more likely to adapt well to a govt job as the bureaucracies are related. Think of it as a pre-screening measure.
As a vet, I'm not working for the govt cuz the pay sux.
Agreed. We have to decide where we think the money should be spent. Problem is, I have a problem with you telling that family that their money shouldn't be spent on their hopes.
Even though it doesn't make sense to you, it doesn't make it the wrong decision. Much like people who buy overly expensive cars, or beach front property at astronomical prices. Neither of those things make sense to the pragmatist...
A frequent radio talk show guest and personality Eddie Huff (who is black) has been a featured speaker at several T.E.A. parties in the Tulsa area.
From the footage run by the local NBC branch it seemed that there was quite a mix.
I wish.
I have a great anecdote. My wife was completely computer illiterate before I met her. As part of working through school, and becoming a professional writer she has had to grow into a very computer savvy person. All of this was done with Windows and Linux available (until about 3 yrs ago when Winders was relegated to VM status). She always preferred the Linux (whether it be Gentoo, Mandrake, or Ubuntu).
She currently produces fundraising literature for NPO's. This includes page-layout, graphics, and text. She also writes serial novels and makes home movies... All from the comforts of her aged Linux workstation (and her netbook that rsyncs to her user directory.)
I would agree. I finally removed my Windows VM instance at home when my printer came up in Ubuntu with no driver installation needed (I did need to select the printer from the CUPS list)... and Windows was having issues with the manufacturer provided driver.
That was the last piece of gear that I had problems with on my (Ubuntu) linux installations. I have several handcrafted Debian installs that are more temperamental, but I have them doing specific tasks, for which I intentionally ripped out all the unnecessary bits.
Actually, as a part of the divorce judgement you can require that he pay your health insurance bills until such a time that whatever health complaints you have are resolved. It could be part of an assessment process or a stated time period.
So... Step up ladies, and garnish that man's wages... Or dude's, "Beer money for beatings" (If your wife beats you.)
Agreed. That's the first rule in managing your own tech support. Do whatever it takes to get over the first tier hurdle.
The phone force choke would go a long way toward this...
Cute response. Really.
Actually, an operating system can be a very important choice in your professional career. It's much like selecting a certain set of tools, if you want to achieve the most work for your employer possible, then you stick to the tools that you are the most efficient with. Picking up new skills is great, but you have to make decisions regarding the return on time invested.
One of the ways that I have kept my team from being downsized is our team member to infrastructure ratio is lower than any large-scale outsourcing provider has offered at this point. Our uptimes are outstanding, and our response is the best in the IT group.
All done because I refuse to hire people who are not competent in the Unices in addition to Winders. Windows is an email and gaming platform. Real work takes something more robust.
Or... You should put your dollars toward a school that isn't hostile toward your preferences. Although they are the keepers of the Golden Paper... you do still have some power. I managed to get support for our home linux setup from the University of Maryland. To do so: 1. I established that I am not begging for support. I am demanding it as a paying customer. 2. Establish myself as a technically competent customer.
After that... Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
I said it was anecdotal. I've no real idea of the depth of the issue. Monique was hardly best pals with me or my significant other.
I was just pointing out that my second hand relation of NHS was hardly peaches and cream.
Because they don't point guns at me and because the local Catholic Charities have a very good reputation for stretching their funds.
I am an atheist you silly cretin. [;-)
Or perhaps he knows someone who was born poor, into a family poor for a few generations (we had a sweet run in the early to mid-1800) that did actually fight their way out of the system. I done it all... commissary cheese, ShooGoo and biketire pieces to repair too small shoes, beans and rice, or just beans for every meal.
I have several investment properties, and a good job. My brothers are doing very well with multiple homes and great futures. My stepsister finally made her move and has gotten a respectable job and saved her pennies to buy a car from me. Cash.
We all made it to a nice middle to upper-middle class lifestyle from a dirt eating past. We all share the same vision that achievement for 80% of humanity is based on ambition. The 20% that are truly not capable (Uncle Ernie was severely traumatized by my schizophrenic grandmother's institutionalization, and later he was neurologically damaged by some thugs with steel pipe) should have help, but not from the government. When the government seeks to help they also seek to control... and help with the end of a gun, is no help at all.
We give generously in time and money to Catholic Charities, Big Bros&Sis, and often sponsor young athletes. (A whole team for summer and winter indoor sessions.)
IF Progressives (Liberals, whatever) did the same (which many studies show they do not) the cradle to grave nanny-state would be a non-starter.
No, healthcare in America is the furthest bastard stepchild from insurance you can find. And I write claims adjudication software for the insurance industry. Have a heart attack, but the insurer finds that you forgot to mention that when you were 12 you had an appendectomy? Denial of coverage. Insurer decides that the treatment, available in every Trauma I in the country, is 'experimental'? Denial of coverage.
Really? Interesting. I've never been denied coverage for anything. Tonsillectomy to treat chronic hypertrophy of the tonsils... pre-existing. No problem. Congenital perforation of the abdominal wall (3 umbilical hernia) Covered. My ex-wife's Crohn's disease... across three different changes in service? Covered. My Dad's HBP ? Covered.
Incidentally, most states have a High Risk plan that you can buy into. They are intentionally affordable and subsidized by the standard payers. Usually the insurance companies have to cover a percentage of the High Risk pool equivalent to their percentage of market share in that state.
Change insurer for non-medical reasons (premium, employer change, so on)? Welcome to waitlist hell, and scrutinization for pre-existing conditions, even though the populace's preponderance for a given condition didn't change as a result of your enrollment.
Man... You life sucks. I've never been subjected to these circumstances despite changing providers at least 10 times.
It's a bastardized, one sided situation, and where health insurance is your ONLY realistic option, because collusion and collaboration between insurance providers has ensured that most healthcare rates are jacked up way out of the realm of ordinary affordability, it's very delineating, you either have, or you have not.
Agreed. To a certain extent. However, I have a great many people in my family that are dirt poor and have pre-existing conditions. We manage to get them care and coverage either through a Medicare/Medicaid plan, direct negotiation with healthcare providers, or channels through charities and/or no-profits. I have the poorest relatives that you could imagine, and I've yet to see one suffer from a condition because of money. Sometimes ignorance, often obstinence, but never money.
Pop Quiz: Do you really think your overnight stay in emergency had an actual cost of $12,000? Do you wonder why the same chiro treatment costs $50 without insurance, but they bill the insurance provider $165 for it? Do you think that the insurance carrier is covering that $115 out of the grace of their heart, or because they employ such amazingly stellar investment gurus that they can do so on the return from the dividend from your premiums?
Where's that bridge and that "for sale" sign?
It may take footwork, but you can get everything you need, even if you have something as horribly expensive to treat as Crohns.
Anecdotally, when I lived in London my future wife's flatmate had a sick grandmother that they flew out of country to get treatment because the last time she had the same sort of problem, she nearly died while waiting.
I know, from personal experience... competition-wise that I can throw a 28lbs object 72 feet and change. With a wind and one-step? 54feet last night (on a lark, demonstrating a primitive technique)
10lbs?? Might as well make me an arty unit.
Cool... Except after you did alll that work you'll find that the default Redhat and Ubuntu installations are not vulnerable as they set the mmap_min_addr value to 65536.
The kernel was exploitable, only if it was configured incorrectly. Still an exploit, but not as large a one as it would seem.
To do so would have meant no business with or through USA, Canada, UK, Australia, or New Zealand.
That's a lot of money.