I can agree that OpenNMS is a good choice. It contains most of the features you want for IT administration.
The only disadvantage I have discovered with OpenNMS is that it is a bit heavy on resources, so I would recommend a dedicated server for the monitoring.
What the poster actually probably would need is an application message queue system.
Or at least a protocol on top of the file transfer protocol that can verify and request that failed files are resent.
A solution using Rsync may work too, and then watch the exit code of the application to be able to detect if it was correctly transferred.
There are many ways of solving the problem in question and you have to actually look at the whole system and not just at one detail of the system. A solution where transferred data isn't acknowledged is not very stable.
Probably because when the web server is IIS it's always the same operating system platform behind, which in turn means that as soon as a breakthrough occurs it's often easy to continue with the penetration.
On an Apache web server you can't tell what kind of platform it runs on, which means that an attack that works on one server may be completely useless on another.
The change of the user interface in Office 2007 is one huge hidden cost. It was done to make things "easier" with the result that old users instead have to re-learn the user interface completely and have a really hard time to do even the things that were simple before.
And some things that was easy in the old Office version is now really cumbersome. The style handling in Word is one example that can make the blood pressure rise.
That's actually not a critical issue either. At least in Sweden a lot of the forms can be provided in alternate languages. Considering the amount of people in Scandinavia that originates from another country that's not surprising.
You just have to inform the authorities that you need the form in your language. They are usually willing to help you around such minor obstacles.
As for filing taxes in Sweden - today your tax filing can be as simple as sending an SMS where you acknowledge that the prefilled tax form from the local version of IRS is correct. Only a few select people need to fill in forms these days, and that's usually if they have a very complicated economic structure.
And there are places like Alaska and northern Canada where it's more like nine months of hard winter and three months of bad skiing.
I suspect that changing country will essentially replace one set of problems with another. There are no free countries unless you have money enough to buy a small country.
But I suspect that if you want to start living in norther Alaska the authorities would probably not care much. Just good luck if you can survive.
The important thing is - get a job that you like and don't worry too much about where it is. As long as you aren't into something considered criminal you don't have to worry.
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Not all medical systems are equally sensitive, and if there is a one in ten million risk of a technical error causing incorrect data for a patient the risk of prescribing the wrong medication is a lot higher if the doctor can't get the whole picture because information is locked away in an inaccessible system or only exists on paper.
There is the Unified Medical Language System that is supposed to address some of the issues regarding interoperability, but I'm sure that there are a lot of problems left to take care of.
Another problem with medical records is the privacy issue. Some data may be embarrassing like sexually transferable diseases. Others like broken bones are rather harmless for the privacy.
And the issue of keeping medical records accessible is an international problem.
There have been animals around on earth a long time, and the cows are likely to be pushing away some other species, but overall the methane release into the atmosphere wouldn't be that different throughout history.
An attack on animals farting seems to be plain stupid related to so many other factors involved.
Clean him from everything he owns and assign an orange tight jump-suit, then locate him at a maximum security prison somewhere unknown and forget about him. Just make sure that he ends up in the "wrong" cell block.
And the only resolution right now that I can see is to have a connection timeout.
At least the problem is a denial of service problem and not a problem with intrusion so the damage is easily rectified - restart the web server. Not that you really want to restart it.
And I suspect that other services can be vulnerable to this type of attack too, not only web servers.
Be glad that you have that at least. There are those that still are running 5.5 on Windows 2000...
As far as I know there have been some issues with IE7 that has stalled the upgrade from IE6, and now IE8 is out, which means that any upgrade from IE6 can be even more stalled.
What's more worrying is that the people they provide this campaign to aren't the most technically competent people, but rather people in management positions that are liable to trust whatever they get sent to them, especially from Microsoft.
Like the Accelerators - I don't even want them. It's Clippy all over again!
As for developer tools - the visual studio tools doesn't help much, sometimes you need to analyze the end result in the web browser, and Firefox with Firebug will help a lot. And the source view in Firefox is a lot better since it's color-coded.
"but many of the customizations you'd want to download for Firefox are already a part of Internet Explorer 8" - But not Adblock Plus, which is the one I REALLY like. There are some fixes allowing a limping adblock plugin in IE, but not completely. And I don't want a browser that is fully loaded with all potential customizations that's out there, I want to have it under control and not bloated!
Performance - what fact is that, they are just buzzing. Most of the performance issues we see are often the network itself or stupid servers. And IE is really crappy to inform the user of the transfer progress.
The privacy features - I can't say that I feel any privacy when using IE, I feel that I have the least privacy when using that browser since it is the most targeted browser and also the browser which allows me the least control.
And finally - they aren't comparing with Opera. Probably because they won't dare to do it!
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I can agree that OpenNMS is a good choice. It contains most of the features you want for IT administration.
The only disadvantage I have discovered with OpenNMS is that it is a bit heavy on resources, so I would recommend a dedicated server for the monitoring.
And after a few uses sniffing data and response it should be possible to re-create the mask reasonably.
There may not be a plan to deploy it yet, but studies and tests are done.
Where I work Windows 7 seems to be a lot better goal than Vista when the time comes to do an upgrade.
Explain the Cobol thing!
Not that I like it either, but it's sure going to be funny for others to read, or maybe it's worth a post at The Daily WTF.
Good for you.
Anybody that knows of a solution able to take a growth of about 800TB/day?
May I suggest the SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 743N. 17" 1280x1024 resolution.
And the refresh rate is usually not very interesting when it comes to LCD monitors. That's mostly a relic from the CRT era.
An alternative would be SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 943N, which is 19", but has the same resolution.
Personally I have found that the Samsung monitors works fine. Not the cheapest, but not extremely expensive and rather reliable.
What the poster actually probably would need is an application message queue system.
Or at least a protocol on top of the file transfer protocol that can verify and request that failed files are resent.
A solution using Rsync may work too, and then watch the exit code of the application to be able to detect if it was correctly transferred.
There are many ways of solving the problem in question and you have to actually look at the whole system and not just at one detail of the system. A solution where transferred data isn't acknowledged is not very stable.
Why not hire nastier people taking care of people behind botnets?
Probably because when the web server is IIS it's always the same operating system platform behind, which in turn means that as soon as a breakthrough occurs it's often easy to continue with the penetration.
On an Apache web server you can't tell what kind of platform it runs on, which means that an attack that works on one server may be completely useless on another.
The change of the user interface in Office 2007 is one huge hidden cost. It was done to make things "easier" with the result that old users instead have to re-learn the user interface completely and have a really hard time to do even the things that were simple before.
And some things that was easy in the old Office version is now really cumbersome. The style handling in Word is one example that can make the blood pressure rise.
It's really a bad excuse to play it as an exchange rate problem.
And it cuts the other way too in some cases. I have seen the price the other way around too, cheaper in the EU than in the US.
Marry a girl from Norfolk Island and move there.
That's actually not a critical issue either. At least in Sweden a lot of the forms can be provided in alternate languages. Considering the amount of people in Scandinavia that originates from another country that's not surprising.
You just have to inform the authorities that you need the form in your language. They are usually willing to help you around such minor obstacles.
As for filing taxes in Sweden - today your tax filing can be as simple as sending an SMS where you acknowledge that the prefilled tax form from the local version of IRS is correct. Only a few select people need to fill in forms these days, and that's usually if they have a very complicated economic structure.
And there are places like Alaska and northern Canada where it's more like nine months of hard winter and three months of bad skiing.
I suspect that changing country will essentially replace one set of problems with another. There are no free countries unless you have money enough to buy a small country.
But I suspect that if you want to start living in norther Alaska the authorities would probably not care much. Just good luck if you can survive.
The important thing is - get a job that you like and don't worry too much about where it is. As long as you aren't into something considered criminal you don't have to worry.
That's gotta be a marketing suicide!
Not all medical systems are equally sensitive, and if there is a one in ten million risk of a technical error causing incorrect data for a patient the risk of prescribing the wrong medication is a lot higher if the doctor can't get the whole picture because information is locked away in an inaccessible system or only exists on paper.
There is the Unified Medical Language System that is supposed to address some of the issues regarding interoperability, but I'm sure that there are a lot of problems left to take care of.
Another problem with medical records is the privacy issue. Some data may be embarrassing like sexually transferable diseases. Others like broken bones are rather harmless for the privacy.
And the issue of keeping medical records accessible is an international problem.
I'm not to worried about the cows anyway.
There have been animals around on earth a long time, and the cows are likely to be pushing away some other species, but overall the methane release into the atmosphere wouldn't be that different throughout history.
An attack on animals farting seems to be plain stupid related to so many other factors involved.
Only $1million?
Clean him from everything he owns and assign an orange tight jump-suit, then locate him at a maximum security prison somewhere unknown and forget about him. Just make sure that he ends up in the "wrong" cell block.
I would just say that providing a SSN or similar has been in use for signing a subscription in other places for years now, so it's nothing new.
I have used it enough to realize that I don't want to use it more than necessary.
And the only resolution right now that I can see is to have a connection timeout.
At least the problem is a denial of service problem and not a problem with intrusion so the damage is easily rectified - restart the web server. Not that you really want to restart it.
And I suspect that other services can be vulnerable to this type of attack too, not only web servers.
Be glad that you have that at least. There are those that still are running 5.5 on Windows 2000...
As far as I know there have been some issues with IE7 that has stalled the upgrade from IE6, and now IE8 is out, which means that any upgrade from IE6 can be even more stalled.
And not even the facts they present are right.
What's more worrying is that the people they provide this campaign to aren't the most technically competent people, but rather people in management positions that are liable to trust whatever they get sent to them, especially from Microsoft.
Like the Accelerators - I don't even want them. It's Clippy all over again!
As for developer tools - the visual studio tools doesn't help much, sometimes you need to analyze the end result in the web browser, and Firefox with Firebug will help a lot. And the source view in Firefox is a lot better since it's color-coded.
"but many of the customizations you'd want to download for Firefox are already a part of Internet Explorer 8" - But not Adblock Plus, which is the one I REALLY like. There are some fixes allowing a limping adblock plugin in IE, but not completely. And I don't want a browser that is fully loaded with all potential customizations that's out there, I want to have it under control and not bloated!
Performance - what fact is that, they are just buzzing. Most of the performance issues we see are often the network itself or stupid servers. And IE is really crappy to inform the user of the transfer progress.
The privacy features - I can't say that I feel any privacy when using IE, I feel that I have the least privacy when using that browser since it is the most targeted browser and also the browser which allows me the least control.
And finally - they aren't comparing with Opera. Probably because they won't dare to do it!
As it is now the alternative would probably be public suicide, but maybe that's what RIAA wants.
In RIAA:s case everyone is guilty until proven innocent in the supreme court.