If you can afford it, go. Get a degree in brewing beer, basket weaving, computer sciance, poetry! It does not matter that much. Of couse the ComSci comes in handy in your first few years out trying to land a job in the computer field.
The long and the short of it is, if you do not have a degree (in whatever) you will close off many many doors of opportunity!
They could get an
IBM Mainframe running Linux
,
then partition it out to 40,000 virtual instances, and have each one running
Bochs to emulate all the 8086 chips they need.
You know, it would probably still be cheaper then maintining what they have now in the way of hardware.
Problem is that they would need a third booster to get it and the power plant off the ground....
There are several factors that have lead up to the current state of affairs for most school systems, take mine for example.
In the school district where I live (and my kids go to school) the "kids" were bringing in bootable linux systems on CD, and finding machines hooked up to the admin side of the network. They would boot the CD and start to poke around the network. This caused a panic in the school system, and county networking group.
The school system and county do not have the budget to hire top gun network people with innovative ideas and a fresh perspective. They try to do the best they can with what they got, and meet the needs of an ever expanding requirement to provide everything to everybody.
Some teachers have been doing thiner jobs for a long time, many teachers are not technical by nature. They are capable of learning, but not inclined to. When was the last time that the majority of readers of this site felt inclined to learn a new skill (that you had no interest in) because it was forced upon you as a job requirement.
Some of the "kids" in these places could setup and maintain the Linux systems they need, but the problem is that most lack the maturity to be trusted with critical infrastructure, and there is a lack of qualified staff to supervise thier activities.
So what you end up with is an overworked paranoid staff the sticks with what they know, teachers that are not computer literate (though no fault of their own) and kids that probably know more about warze and Hac0r t00lz then the staff dreams in their worst nightmares.
It comes down to money! If the schools want modern technical systems, they need to have money to do it. You want teachers that are qualified to teach and be computer literate, salaries have to be raised, plain and simple.
MS squeezes blood from the turnip because they are the least common denominator in this equation and they can.
The road to open source in the school system will long and hard fought. MS has a lot more smarts then we are giving them here so do not count them out just yet.
That "setup fee" probably also covers the cost of buying or developing the program (and the hardware) that presents the enable button to that data entry person, and allows for the "quick" activation of the accounts. It will go to general overhead as well as a salary.
Owning a very small ISP, I agree with your first paragraph, the larger the comapany the more complacent they seem to be/get. I have to make the extra effort for each customer. It only takes one screwup and you lose a cusomer. The larger companies figure that the ROI for setting up something that takes care of a limited number of customers is not worth it, but they are wrong. You never know who is going to help or hurt your buisness in the future. Treat each customer right and one of them may bring in more buisness to you (and be loyal), treat one wrong and they may single handedly giving you are bad reputation by bad mouthing you to anyone who will listen.
Somewhere along the line the corperate bean counters get in the way and forgot that the customer is the one paying the bills.
Is this what happens when you give one company a license to print money?"
They have no license to "print money". Where is the rush to sign up for this TLD? They will have to market the hell out of it (spend money) to get people to plunk down that kind of money. And then they are only marketing to a small group of people, so thier potential market share will be even smaller. It might, nay, probably will end up being a money loser.
IBM and HP have already seen the handwriting on the wall and are doing things to take advantage of the shifts going on in the marketplace.
I have yet to see HP do anything (excpet maybe printer dirvers) that really gets behind Linux. Carly is going to destroy HP!
IBM on the other hand is makeing some very shrewd moves to get in a real good position with thier hardware and Java with respect to Linux. They are putting thier money where thier mouth is.
On a side note: if sun decides to shoot itself in the foot and somehow try to screw over the Java community IBM will be there to save the day. HP will be there say "me to, and buy a printer... We like linux". Well that is enough of being off topic...
Security is not something that you can buy, or rent from some auditing company. After the report and recomendations are handed back to you, _YOU_ have to implement them, maintain them, and live with them.
You need someone on the inside who loves security (and not just a know nothing, ego tripping, data nazi). Someone who understands the basic tenents of scurity as well as what the implications are when you run software package X on OS Y or use brand X of hardware. They are probably going to have either network admim, and or System admin experience. They will probably not advertise themselves as a security expert since that is not typicaly a position that is well know outside of MegaCorp land.
How incredably crafty, those sneeky chinese are using our own slime^H^H^H^H^H marketing people againt us! Brilliant! Why cyber-attack the US, when they just need to leave all of their mail servers open for relaying.
And to add insult to injury, they are probably running pirated copies of Exchange too. Take that Bill!
Two agents walk up to a park bench and sit. Never talking, exchanging anything or touching. They sit for 1/3 hour while the secrets are copied from one to the the other. (and if they are double agents the transfer will be bi-directional) Then they get up an leave.
Man, the CIA and FBI will hate that. You honor in this video we see now non-descript men in a park doing, umm, nothing...
I agree with you too, changes are slow (some times too slow). The reason for this is the industry digging in thier heels before they can make sure that there is a clear way to profit from this new technology.
They will embrace the new technology when they are reasonably assured that they have a way to make money. If they move to slow in developing this, then there will be other companies that will do it first. So the RIAA has a limited window of time. They will just try to bludgon(sp?) any company that challenges this to buy more time. If the RIAA does not work out a plan for the furture they will be toast.
~Sean
It is not about sharing vs control...
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It is about profit. If the publishing industy (music, film, book) thought for a second that they could squeeze more profit from opening up their content (or not contolling it so much) they would be all over it like a wet blanket. Until it can be proven with hard evidence that they can, they will continue to try to contol the content any way they can.
It is hard to filter out encrypted connections. The only thing that this bill will serve to do is force the use of FreeNet (and others) and HTTPS. At that point the ability of the Govt and ISPs to "monitor" their clients is moot.
How long until all P2P connections are encrypted? This is spy vs. spy, and a tremendous waste of effort by the RIAA/MPAA.
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L1nux d00d, R3por7ing for Duty, 2ir!
Does this mean that Staples or Office Depot will be liable for trafficking DMCA circumventions devices?
How would you like to be arrested in the marker alsle? Freeze! Drop the marker, slowly!
Fewer scruples then MS? And this is coming from the Register? Those guys really know how to insult Sony.
Did the PCMCIS card have Linux support?
Ford Really Sucks
So get a PO Box, and check it once a year...
If you can afford it, go. Get a degree in brewing beer, basket weaving, computer sciance, poetry! It does not matter that much. Of couse the ComSci comes in handy in your first few years out trying to land a job in the computer field.
The long and the short of it is, if you do not have a degree (in whatever) you will close off many many doors of opportunity!
~Sean
Well, they have convinced a judge that they think they have probable cause.... doen't mean that they do...
They could get an IBM Mainframe running Linux , then partition it out to 40,000 virtual instances, and have each one running Bochs to emulate all the 8086 chips they need.
You know, it would probably still be cheaper then maintining what they have now in the way of hardware.
Problem is that they would need a third booster to get it and the power plant off the ground....
There are several factors that have lead up to the current state of affairs for most school systems, take mine for example.
In the school district where I live (and my kids go to school) the "kids" were bringing in bootable linux systems on CD, and finding machines hooked up to the admin side of the network. They would boot the CD and start to poke around the network. This caused a panic in the school system, and county networking group.
The school system and county do not have the budget to hire top gun network people with innovative ideas and a fresh perspective. They try to do the best they can with what they got, and meet the needs of an ever expanding requirement to provide everything to everybody.
Some teachers have been doing thiner jobs for a long time, many teachers are not technical by nature. They are capable of learning, but not inclined to. When was the last time that the majority of readers of this site felt inclined to learn a new skill (that you had no interest in) because it was forced upon you as a job requirement.
Some of the "kids" in these places could setup and maintain the Linux systems they need, but the problem is that most lack the maturity to be trusted with critical infrastructure, and there is a lack of qualified staff to supervise thier activities.
So what you end up with is an overworked paranoid staff the sticks with what they know, teachers that are not computer literate (though no fault of their own) and kids that probably know more about warze and Hac0r t00lz then the staff dreams in their worst nightmares.
It comes down to money! If the schools want modern technical systems, they need to have money to do it. You want teachers that are qualified to teach and be computer literate, salaries have to be raised, plain and simple.
MS squeezes blood from the turnip because they are the least common denominator in this equation and they can.
The road to open source in the school system will long and hard fought. MS has a lot more smarts then we are giving them here so do not count them out just yet.
That "setup fee" probably also covers the cost of buying or developing the program (and the hardware) that presents the enable button to that data entry person, and allows for the "quick" activation of the accounts. It will go to general overhead as well as a salary.
Owning a very small ISP, I agree with your first paragraph, the larger the comapany the more complacent they seem to be/get. I have to make the extra effort for each customer. It only takes one screwup and you lose a cusomer. The larger companies figure that the ROI for setting up something that takes care of a limited number of customers is not worth it, but they are wrong. You never know who is going to help or hurt your buisness in the future. Treat each customer right and one of them may bring in more buisness to you (and be loyal), treat one wrong and they may single handedly giving you are bad reputation by bad mouthing you to anyone who will listen.
Somewhere along the line the corperate bean counters get in the way and forgot that the customer is the one paying the bills.
They have no license to "print money". Where is the rush to sign up for this TLD? They will have to market the hell out of it (spend money) to get people to plunk down that kind of money. And then they are only marketing to a small group of people, so thier potential market share will be even smaller. It might, nay, probably will end up being a money loser.
Is it too soon to call it the "dot prom"?
~Sean
IBM and HP have already seen the handwriting on the wall and are doing things to take advantage of the shifts going on in the marketplace.
I have yet to see HP do anything (excpet maybe printer dirvers) that really gets behind Linux. Carly is going to destroy HP!
IBM on the other hand is makeing some very shrewd moves to get in a real good position with thier hardware and Java with respect to Linux. They are putting thier money where thier mouth is.
On a side note: if sun decides to shoot itself in the foot and somehow try to screw over the Java community IBM will be there to save the day. HP will be there say "me to, and buy a printer... We like linux". Well that is enough of being off topic...
~Sean
This is sage advice!
Security is not something that you can buy, or rent from some auditing company. After the report and recomendations are handed back to you, _YOU_ have to implement them, maintain them, and live with them.
You need someone on the inside who loves security (and not just a know nothing, ego tripping, data nazi). Someone who understands the basic tenents of scurity as well as what the implications are when you run software package X on OS Y or use brand X of hardware. They are probably going to have either network admim, and or System admin experience. They will probably not advertise themselves as a security expert since that is not typicaly a position that is well know outside of MegaCorp land.
Good luck with your hunt!
How incredably crafty, those sneeky chinese are using our own slime^H^H^H^H^H marketing people againt us! Brilliant! Why cyber-attack the US, when they just need to leave all of their mail servers open for relaying.
And to add insult to injury, they are probably running pirated copies of Exchange too. Take that Bill!
Two agents walk up to a park bench and sit. Never talking, exchanging anything or touching. They sit for 1/3 hour while the secrets are copied from one to the the other. (and if they are double agents the transfer will be bi-directional) Then they get up an leave.
Man, the CIA and FBI will hate that. You honor in this video we see now non-descript men in a park doing, umm, nothing...
Could you translate that to the LOC (Libraries of Congress) units please. That is the Unit I am most familar with.
I agree with you too, changes are slow (some times too slow). The reason for this is the industry digging in thier heels before they can make sure that there is a clear way to profit from this new technology.
They will embrace the new technology when they are reasonably assured that they have a way to make money. If they move to slow in developing this, then there will be other companies that will do it first. So the RIAA has a limited window of time. They will just try to bludgon(sp?) any company that challenges this to buy more time. If the RIAA does not work out a plan for the furture they will be toast.
~Sean
It is about profit. If the publishing industy (music, film, book) thought for a second that they could squeeze more profit from opening up their content (or not contolling it so much) they would be all over it like a wet blanket. Until it can be proven with hard evidence that they can, they will continue to try to contol the content any way they can.
my $0.02
Not to mention it would be cheaper to run them at night when the demand for power is less.
isn't that a bit of a stretch?
why not add 3b2s while we are ATT it (pun intended)
Yeah, and I'd set my time to -1.25 just to get a jump on the first posters and be well ahead of the
:-)
~Sean
Notepad needs to support using the key to switch modes. It is frustraing to keep hitting and not be put into command mode....
It is hard to filter out encrypted connections. The only thing that this bill will serve to do is force the use of FreeNet (and others) and HTTPS. At that point the ability of the Govt and ISPs to "monitor" their clients is moot.
How long until all P2P connections are encrypted? This is spy vs. spy, and a tremendous waste of effort by the RIAA/MPAA.
~Sean
$parent =~ s/corporate boardrooms/congressional hearing rooms/g
hmm, seems to work that way too.
~Sean