No, I'm not a Marxist. I considered myself a mild socialist.
Same thing. You're just playing on words.
Again, what are the 'resources' you speak of? Is it muscle power or knowledge of argiculture?
All of the above. I'm a firm believer that almost everyone is capable (having the capacity) of archiving great things. It's all a matter of motivation and perseverance. Eventually, you stand out from the crowd and become more marketable than others as a human resource to society. It's society that determines what is valuable based on demand and scarcity.
What are you going to do if all the illegal immigrants in the fields, garbage collectors on the street and all other low-earning professions suddenly quit and move to another planet?
The outcome of that scenario is obvious. First, it would get unsanitary very quickly. Second, the demand for said services would far outstrip the supply (which would be none in this case). Ergo, salary to pay for these services would skyrocket at which point this void would be quickly filled until the salary drops again.
You should also understand that these types of labor you mentioned can be rendered by far.. far more people than say an engineer or doctor. Because of this, it's low hanging fruit in the job market which naturally trends a lower payout. Or put it this way. If everyone was a doctor and engineer, they would all get paid minimum wage because the supply outstrips the demand.
A funny thing about the Ugly. Many women I've talked too don't view another man as "ugly" in the same way men look at each other. It sounds strange, but it's not so much. What matters to women is that men (any man really) are confident, kind, and authoritative at the same time (charisma). It's a sign of being able to raise and care for children properly. Looks OTOH are nice to have, but low on the priority list of what women want in a man. Perhaps that's why the human race continues to have "ugly" people.
Along with wear leveling I'm sure the algorithm would also account for physical location of data too. If thermal sensors report back that all location are heat soaked, then an algorithm could throttle back read/writes. But the latter would have to be an extreme rarity for that to be required above and beyond engineering limitations.
You're thinking thermal and kinetic damage. The real damage to server hardware comes in the form of an EMP generated by the bomb. Unless the bunker is shielded in a Faraday Cage, you can kiss every IC chip goodbye.
More or less, sure. Depending on the density, you could harpoon the asteroid with a retro-rocket and direct it back toward Earth for reentry. With low velocities, it could slam down in a desert area for safety. This would enable miners to excavate its resources with standard mining know-how that we have in place today.
The kind of blade that goes through steel and concrete like a hot knife through butter? Not likely at all. It's a fantasy. Can't we just leave it at that and move on?
Perhaps the priority should be more focused on dealing with corruption and poverty in the first place. For example. The UN will address the symptoms with food and aid, but will never address the problem of dictatorships and warlords that cause this poverty and corruption.
Don't be surprised though. Western civilization has lost its resolve a long time ago. As an American, I really wish the British Empire never dissolved.
Your answers to these questions are good and I agree. I should clarify however that I'm viewing this scenario from the standpoint of an MSP (managed service provider) that provides outsourced IT services.
In my field, I can't tell you the number of times a company will call looking for a network admin to replace a previous MSP or that employee fulfilling the IT role in-house. Of those companies, it's SMBs that mainly look to MSP outsourced IT staff. Knowing that, the idea of getting called in the nth hour to replace rouge IT staff is very frustrating. We literally go into an environment with little to no documentation and zero understand of the layout. Prior to making any changes, the entire system would need to be scoped out and audited. Simply performing a BMR from backup would be out of the question unless no other option exists or they specifically request it. However, reviewing backups via test restores of data is perfectly acceptable and encouraged. Another angle is cost. Our time is billed at the hourly rate. How serious are they about security and will they match it with said funding?
So what's my solution in all this? Simple really. I would explain to the client the kind of security issues they face, how much it may cost at minimum and what future precautions they can take at mitigating being broadsided in the future by rogue IT staff. It's up to them internalize and make the risk assessment to cost. In the end, they may choose to do nothing about or not involve our services (we cost too much...etc). Sad, but true.
I would recommend subjecting all IT staff to a psychological evaluation test. Myself included. Who wants to work with egotistical assholes? I sure don't. I love working in a non-abusive collaborative team environment.
1. How do you know everything was backed up properly to begin with? Are you sure those logs are being interpreted correctly?
2. Almost every small to medium size businesses do NOT perform disaster recovery drills. Running a test restore of small data is one thing, but a full scale DR drill is quite another task entirely. If they do, it's because they have extra hardware to test them on and/or can spool up a VM. Again, were not talking about fortune 500 companies here with a dedicated IT department.
3. If the restore fails and data is lost, it's your ass on the line. Do you want to come in as a rookie (new hire) and suggest restoring servers from backup? Bad idea regardless what your boss thinks. As IT staff, we don't look after the network but rather the entire operation of the company. The moment the mail server goes down, that bat-line of yours will ring off the hook. Would the entire company and staff be willing to take that risk?
Wouldn't be so sure of that. Mahmoud seems to have this crazy idea that the 12 imam will only return to bring peace in the aftermath of war. I wager a bet that he wants to instigate war with Israel to fulfill that prophecy.
But hey, what the hell do I know? I'm just another Slashdotter making observations about the public statements he has made.
Really? The iPhone has a fart button app?! Let me check iTunes. BRB...
Gee, I dunno. That's kinda important to have (looks at my BB Curve). Oh at look, it's already at version 2.0. Great progress must be being made here. And the best part, it's free.
Ya, I'm going to get a new phone. This is a game changer for sure.
Led Gardner places intelligence into eight groups. Logical, linguistic, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. They're all lateral to each other. To this day, his idea on the subject is controversial.
Too bad nothing came to market from InPhase Technologies. There was supposed to be major promises from using holographic storage technology. I didn't know this before, but according to Wiki, they had some partnership with Nintendo back in 2008.
...realistic time frame on when the problem can be fixed.
Well, if your IT needs are being provided by an Managed Service Provider (MSP), the answer is often "depends" and "let me check on that for you". If you have to ask why, it's often because the MSP is the middle man trying to get two product vendors to debug their own shit. If the software and/or hardware has bugs in it, you can't fix what you or your client didn't break in the first place.
Like everyone else dealing with IT, MSPs also want shit to work right-out-of-the-box. It rarely goes that smoothly if ever. For those working for an MSP, they want to keep a good reputation too.
Just about anything and everything has been patented. Even minute variations in between. I really wish we could go back to core roots of what held society together. Service and customer support. That's where the importance should be laid at, not tangible goods.
Of course, tangible goods are very important too. Which is why I'm in favor of temporary patents. We don't need to be feeding the lawyers and stifling innovation. Some idea of a patent system is a nice system to have (but not abused). The idea is that you're granted enough time to start up and monopolize, but soon expires. It's a "use it or lose it" certification. Regardless of the outcome, everyone gets a fair shot without fear of litigation.
You're missing the most important part though. It's about sacrificing virgins to the Sun God or something. Or would that be geeks thrown out into the street looking for employment? Oh, I can't remember. It's all a blur to me now.
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No, I'm not a Marxist. I considered myself a mild socialist.
Same thing. You're just playing on words.
Again, what are the 'resources' you speak of? Is it muscle power or knowledge of argiculture?
All of the above. I'm a firm believer that almost everyone is capable (having the capacity) of archiving great things. It's all a matter of motivation and perseverance. Eventually, you stand out from the crowd and become more marketable than others as a human resource to society. It's society that determines what is valuable based on demand and scarcity.
What are you going to do if all the illegal immigrants in the fields, garbage collectors on the street and all other low-earning professions suddenly quit and move to another planet?
The outcome of that scenario is obvious. First, it would get unsanitary very quickly. Second, the demand for said services would far outstrip the supply (which would be none in this case). Ergo, salary to pay for these services would skyrocket at which point this void would be quickly filled until the salary drops again.
You should also understand that these types of labor you mentioned can be rendered by far.. far more people than say an engineer or doctor. Because of this, it's low hanging fruit in the job market which naturally trends a lower payout. Or put it this way. If everyone was a doctor and engineer, they would all get paid minimum wage because the supply outstrips the demand.
Hahaaa. Wow, just WOW! His career must be sucking bad in this market. I guess he'll promote anything these days to stay in the limelight. Too funny...
A funny thing about the Ugly. Many women I've talked too don't view another man as "ugly" in the same way men look at each other. It sounds strange, but it's not so much. What matters to women is that men (any man really) are confident, kind, and authoritative at the same time (charisma). It's a sign of being able to raise and care for children properly. Looks OTOH are nice to have, but low on the priority list of what women want in a man. Perhaps that's why the human race continues to have "ugly" people.
I'm sure he would love to set off a few nukes to "save" the planet from humanity. Irony knows no bounds with zealots.
Along with wear leveling I'm sure the algorithm would also account for physical location of data too. If thermal sensors report back that all location are heat soaked, then an algorithm could throttle back read/writes. But the latter would have to be an extreme rarity for that to be required above and beyond engineering limitations.
You're thinking thermal and kinetic damage. The real damage to server hardware comes in the form of an EMP generated by the bomb. Unless the bunker is shielded in a Faraday Cage, you can kiss every IC chip goodbye.
More or less, sure. Depending on the density, you could harpoon the asteroid with a retro-rocket and direct it back toward Earth for reentry. With low velocities, it could slam down in a desert area for safety. This would enable miners to excavate its resources with standard mining know-how that we have in place today.
If it's based on immorality and inhumane actions, correct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_human_experimentation
The Nazis took great leaps forward in science and medicine, but look who they experimented on in the process. I'm just saying...
The kind of blade that goes through steel and concrete like a hot knife through butter? Not likely at all. It's a fantasy. Can't we just leave it at that and move on?
Why?
Perhaps the priority should be more focused on dealing with corruption and poverty in the first place. For example. The UN will address the symptoms with food and aid, but will never address the problem of dictatorships and warlords that cause this poverty and corruption.
Don't be surprised though. Western civilization has lost its resolve a long time ago. As an American, I really wish the British Empire never dissolved.
Your answers to these questions are good and I agree. I should clarify however that I'm viewing this scenario from the standpoint of an MSP (managed service provider) that provides outsourced IT services.
In my field, I can't tell you the number of times a company will call looking for a network admin to replace a previous MSP or that employee fulfilling the IT role in-house. Of those companies, it's SMBs that mainly look to MSP outsourced IT staff. Knowing that, the idea of getting called in the nth hour to replace rouge IT staff is very frustrating. We literally go into an environment with little to no documentation and zero understand of the layout. Prior to making any changes, the entire system would need to be scoped out and audited. Simply performing a BMR from backup would be out of the question unless no other option exists or they specifically request it. However, reviewing backups via test restores of data is perfectly acceptable and encouraged. Another angle is cost. Our time is billed at the hourly rate. How serious are they about security and will they match it with said funding?
So what's my solution in all this? Simple really. I would explain to the client the kind of security issues they face, how much it may cost at minimum and what future precautions they can take at mitigating being broadsided in the future by rogue IT staff. It's up to them internalize and make the risk assessment to cost. In the end, they may choose to do nothing about or not involve our services (we cost too much...etc). Sad, but true.
I would recommend subjecting all IT staff to a psychological evaluation test. Myself included. Who wants to work with egotistical assholes? I sure don't. I love working in a non-abusive collaborative team environment.
Backups are easy, restores are not.
1. How do you know everything was backed up properly to begin with? Are you sure those logs are being interpreted correctly?
2. Almost every small to medium size businesses do NOT perform disaster recovery drills. Running a test restore of small data is one thing, but a full scale DR drill is quite another task entirely. If they do, it's because they have extra hardware to test them on and/or can spool up a VM. Again, were not talking about fortune 500 companies here with a dedicated IT department.
3. If the restore fails and data is lost, it's your ass on the line. Do you want to come in as a rookie (new hire) and suggest restoring servers from backup? Bad idea regardless what your boss thinks. As IT staff, we don't look after the network but rather the entire operation of the company. The moment the mail server goes down, that bat-line of yours will ring off the hook. Would the entire company and staff be willing to take that risk?
Shared L3 Cache: Hamsters share the same cage and thus eat each others poop.
Wouldn't be so sure of that. Mahmoud seems to have this crazy idea that the 12 imam will only return to bring peace in the aftermath of war. I wager a bet that he wants to instigate war with Israel to fulfill that prophecy.
But hey, what the hell do I know? I'm just another Slashdotter making observations about the public statements he has made.
Really? The iPhone has a fart button app?! Let me check iTunes. BRB...
Gee, I dunno. That's kinda important to have (looks at my BB Curve). Oh at look, it's already at version 2.0. Great progress must be being made here. And the best part, it's free.
Ya, I'm going to get a new phone. This is a game changer for sure.
North Korea? Sure
Led Gardner places intelligence into eight groups. Logical, linguistic, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. They're all lateral to each other. To this day, his idea on the subject is controversial.
Having zombies, pirates, ninjas, robots, vampires, and werewolves in an MMORPG would be awesome!
BTW, werewolves rule all :-p Flame on.
Too bad nothing came to market from InPhase Technologies. There was supposed to be major promises from using holographic storage technology. I didn't know this before, but according to Wiki, they had some partnership with Nintendo back in 2008.
Well, if your IT needs are being provided by an Managed Service Provider (MSP), the answer is often "depends" and "let me check on that for you". If you have to ask why, it's often because the MSP is the middle man trying to get two product vendors to debug their own shit. If the software and/or hardware has bugs in it, you can't fix what you or your client didn't break in the first place.
Like everyone else dealing with IT, MSPs also want shit to work right-out-of-the-box. It rarely goes that smoothly if ever. For those working for an MSP, they want to keep a good reputation too.
Just about anything and everything has been patented. Even minute variations in between. I really wish we could go back to core roots of what held society together. Service and customer support. That's where the importance should be laid at, not tangible goods.
Of course, tangible goods are very important too. Which is why I'm in favor of temporary patents. We don't need to be feeding the lawyers and stifling innovation. Some idea of a patent system is a nice system to have (but not abused). The idea is that you're granted enough time to start up and monopolize, but soon expires. It's a "use it or lose it" certification. Regardless of the outcome, everyone gets a fair shot without fear of litigation.
You're missing the most important part though. It's about sacrificing virgins to the Sun God or something. Or would that be geeks thrown out into the street looking for employment? Oh, I can't remember. It's all a blur to me now.