... I think it's more of a "I'll probably do it because of some little reason, but my mind isn't made up that's just how I'm leaning" kind of thing.
What Dubya makes up his mind about is of little consequence. He will do what his handlers tell him to do, no matter which way he's leaning.
is that you can add functionality to it. Someone already mentioned snort. (shrug)
What would be very cool to do with it would be to enable to turn it into a gateway for NoCat, rather like what Sputnik has done with ActionTec AP they've hacked to act as a gateway for their "Sputnik Central Control" software.
FWIW, I believe that the fall started when we elected a Republican majority to the U.S. Senate and Congress. Since that time there has been a steady increase in corporate contempt for anything that gets in the way of making money; environmental regulations, SEC regulations, common decency, and so on.
Now, we have sunk to the point where businesses consider litigation as just another means to "...derive more revenue from...intellectual property..." (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5072061.html)
This type of behavior goes on because, as Cringley observes, we are growing increasingly cynical, and that cynicism breeds apathy.
Oh, they also used the signs on the buildings you could see through the windows as admin passwords.
Oh, great! Thanks a pant-load there, Chet. You gave away my secret to unforgettable passwords. Now I'm gonna have to go and change my admin passwords back to my dog's birthday or something.
For the home user, Windows Auto-update is fine. But every once in a while, MS releases and update that is... not ready for prime time. Automatically update an entire enterprise of Windows boxen, without testing the effects of that update, is folly.
Two years ago, when the power grid engineers saw impending doom, their west coast, hippie ethos prompted them to come up with "rolling blackouts", so everyone would share some of the pain for Enron's profits.
Flash forward to yesterday, at a ConEd engineering department...
"Hey Stoney. D'em meters is gettin' pretty close to overload."
"Fuggedabowdit. If it blows, it blows. F**ck 'em. It'll teach 'em tuh not use so much freakin' juice, maybe."
This IS funny. It seems that the folks over at madpenguin.org are under the impression that they are experiencing a DoS attack.
From their home page:
madadmin writes: MadPenguin.org has been the focus of a DoS attack today (08/10/2003) and we are working to remedy the situation. A full memo has been issued below...
You'd think that they would at least have the sense to notice that it was "the effect" after that every "attack" was going after the same url...
and that is when this damned complacency with windows failing all the time took root in business.. "this windows network keeps crashing", "dont complain, it was free" etc....
Truer words were never spoken.
And this is where those folks have missed the MAJOR part of the equation; TCO. The lost work (end user productivity as well as support staff) for every one of these issues is real. Hard to measure, but very real nonetheless. This is especially true in the small business space, where servers typically perform multiple roles. Windows servers have been pretty solid as dedicated file servers since NT 4. They start to fall down when various services are added to them; precisely the scenario in the SMB space.
As I think about it, someone should build a program, to run on Netware and/or Linux boxen, that can be configured with the number of users the box serves and an average number reflecting those user's value per hour. The program could then use a formula to compute the savings it produces every time it DOESN'T crash.
Hmmm... I think I just gave myself a great marketing idea...
Rubbish.
Spam is well-defined; unsolicited commercial email (or canned pork shoulder and ham, depending on the context). If you send me an email, that I did not ask for, and in the absence of any prior commercial relationship, in an attempt to solicit me, it is spam.
Yes, some will point out that "... they never had any to begin with...", but they have always been a widely respected organization.
Sadly, that respect has slipped a few notches, in my book. To me, SCO's case is a slam-dunk loser, for so many reasons. How is it that Gartner can take such a namby-pamby approach to this?
Wrong. The militia is made up of CIVILIANS. It is not the government's standing army. Otherwise, you are quite right; the amendment is there to ensure that the populace has the means to defend their liberty.
And for Thoth's comments that the militia doesn't have stealth bombers, so a war against a "rogue government" would be futile. Wrong again. While there is no doubt that modern, state-of-the-art weaponry is extremely formidable, in the end, to actually make use of the gains made by those machines, the foot soldiers have to be on the ground to enforce the will of the occupying government. You can't change policy, steal the resources, rape the women, etc. (all the reasons one fights a war for in the first place) simply by bombing things.
Ours is an extremely well armed populace. Think how much tougher things would be in Iraq right now if that populace were as well armed AND highly motivated to repel the occupying forces.
Ah, another gun-hating fucktard speaks up and thinks HE has an exclusive on a new definition of the 2nd Ammendment...
A militia is, by definition, NOT the standing army. It is a collection of CIVILIANS. It was those citizen soldiers who probably made the difference in the Revolutionary War. The framers of the Bill of Rights were acutely aware of this fact and had the foresight to ensure that the populace would always retain the ability to defend itself should the need ever arise again.
The word tyranny had deep meaning to those men. Now, ask yourself if you think that right-wing whackos like John Ashcroft wouldn't REALLY rather have a more "docile" (i.e. disarmed) populace as he tramples over what's left of their civil rights?
Since this is not your field of expertise, you should make that clear up front to your superiors. Put a positive spin on it by saying you're happy for the opportunity to add telephony to your skill set.
Next, involve the end users heavily in the selection process. This will make the process much more cumbersome, but their feedback is essential and their buy-in just might save your butt when the system isn't everything it was hoped to be.
Did I mention end user input?
You don't say how many users you'll need to support, and whether or not you need the features of a PBX (versus a key system). Since that discussion is well beyond the scope of this forum, suffice to say that a key system like Avaya Partner may be more than adequate.
Be sure to look into the "IP Centrex" offerings. These can be extremely cost effective solution. Management is dirt-simple. Extremely reliable, even when put up against traditionally rock-solid conventional PBX gear.
My advice regarding the Altigen phone system is to be VERY circumspect regarding its performance and reliability. While it is a remarkable system, with many wonderful features, it is far from bug free. Admittedly, my experience with it was in an evnvironment that stretched it to its limits (call center). For your average medium sized office environment, I believe it would be a great choice. Just be sure you get serious language in the contract that will protect you should the system, or the vendor, not meet your expectations.
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What Dubya makes up his mind about is of little consequence. He will do what his handlers tell him to do, no matter which way he's leaning.
is that you can add functionality to it. Someone already mentioned snort. (shrug)
What would be very cool to do with it would be to enable to turn it into a gateway for NoCat, rather like what Sputnik has done with ActionTec AP they've hacked to act as a gateway for their "Sputnik Central Control" software.
FWIW, I believe that the fall started when we elected a Republican majority to the U.S. Senate and Congress. Since that time there has been a steady increase in corporate contempt for anything that gets in the way of making money; environmental regulations, SEC regulations, common decency, and so on. Now, we have sunk to the point where businesses consider litigation as just another means to "...derive more revenue from...intellectual property..." (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5072061.html) This type of behavior goes on because, as Cringley observes, we are growing increasingly cynical, and that cynicism breeds apathy.
Oh, they also used the signs on the buildings you could see through the windows as admin passwords.
Oh, great! Thanks a pant-load there, Chet. You gave away my secret to unforgettable passwords. Now I'm gonna have to go and change my admin passwords back to my dog's birthday or something.
For the home user, Windows Auto-update is fine. But every once in a while, MS releases and update that is... not ready for prime time. Automatically update an entire enterprise of Windows boxen, without testing the effects of that update, is folly.
Two years ago, when the power grid engineers saw impending doom, their west coast, hippie ethos prompted them to come up with "rolling blackouts", so everyone would share some of the pain for Enron's profits. Flash forward to yesterday, at a ConEd engineering department... "Hey Stoney. D'em meters is gettin' pretty close to overload." "Fuggedabowdit. If it blows, it blows. F**ck 'em. It'll teach 'em tuh not use so much freakin' juice, maybe."
From their home page:
madadmin writes: MadPenguin.org has been the focus of a DoS attack today (08/10/2003) and we are working to remedy the situation. A full memo has been issued below...
You'd think that they would at least have the sense to notice that it was "the effect" after that every "attack" was going after the same url...
Truer words were never spoken.
And this is where those folks have missed the MAJOR part of the equation; TCO. The lost work (end user productivity as well as support staff) for every one of these issues is real. Hard to measure, but very real nonetheless. This is especially true in the small business space, where servers typically perform multiple roles. Windows servers have been pretty solid as dedicated file servers since NT 4. They start to fall down when various services are added to them; precisely the scenario in the SMB space.
As I think about it, someone should build a program, to run on Netware and/or Linux boxen, that can be configured with the number of users the box serves and an average number reflecting those user's value per hour. The program could then use a formula to compute the savings it produces every time it DOESN'T crash.
Hmmm... I think I just gave myself a great marketing idea...
Rubbish. Spam is well-defined; unsolicited commercial email (or canned pork shoulder and ham, depending on the context). If you send me an email, that I did not ask for, and in the absence of any prior commercial relationship, in an attempt to solicit me, it is spam.
Kelly LeBrock!
Manufacture This!
Yes, some will point out that "... they never had any to begin with...", but they have always been a widely respected organization. Sadly, that respect has slipped a few notches, in my book. To me, SCO's case is a slam-dunk loser, for so many reasons. How is it that Gartner can take such a namby-pamby approach to this?
You're one of those guys that cross posts to the gay and ditto-head newsgroups, aren't you. :>
Wrong. The militia is made up of CIVILIANS. It is not the government's standing army. Otherwise, you are quite right; the amendment is there to ensure that the populace has the means to defend their liberty. And for Thoth's comments that the militia doesn't have stealth bombers, so a war against a "rogue government" would be futile. Wrong again. While there is no doubt that modern, state-of-the-art weaponry is extremely formidable, in the end, to actually make use of the gains made by those machines, the foot soldiers have to be on the ground to enforce the will of the occupying government. You can't change policy, steal the resources, rape the women, etc. (all the reasons one fights a war for in the first place) simply by bombing things. Ours is an extremely well armed populace. Think how much tougher things would be in Iraq right now if that populace were as well armed AND highly motivated to repel the occupying forces.
Ah, another gun-hating fucktard speaks up and thinks HE has an exclusive on a new definition of the 2nd Ammendment... A militia is, by definition, NOT the standing army. It is a collection of CIVILIANS. It was those citizen soldiers who probably made the difference in the Revolutionary War. The framers of the Bill of Rights were acutely aware of this fact and had the foresight to ensure that the populace would always retain the ability to defend itself should the need ever arise again. The word tyranny had deep meaning to those men. Now, ask yourself if you think that right-wing whackos like John Ashcroft wouldn't REALLY rather have a more "docile" (i.e. disarmed) populace as he tramples over what's left of their civil rights?
Since this is not your field of expertise, you should make that clear up front to your superiors. Put a positive spin on it by saying you're happy for the opportunity to add telephony to your skill set. Next, involve the end users heavily in the selection process. This will make the process much more cumbersome, but their feedback is essential and their buy-in just might save your butt when the system isn't everything it was hoped to be. Did I mention end user input? You don't say how many users you'll need to support, and whether or not you need the features of a PBX (versus a key system). Since that discussion is well beyond the scope of this forum, suffice to say that a key system like Avaya Partner may be more than adequate. Be sure to look into the "IP Centrex" offerings. These can be extremely cost effective solution. Management is dirt-simple. Extremely reliable, even when put up against traditionally rock-solid conventional PBX gear.
My advice regarding the Altigen phone system is to be VERY circumspect regarding its performance and reliability. While it is a remarkable system, with many wonderful features, it is far from bug free. Admittedly, my experience with it was in an evnvironment that stretched it to its limits (call center). For your average medium sized office environment, I believe it would be a great choice. Just be sure you get serious language in the contract that will protect you should the system, or the vendor, not meet your expectations.