Doh! You are correct! Make that 0:1 assuming ideal conditions. And yes, that would still suck at 1:1 (maybe you can get that flapping your arms after unbuckling yourself from the contraption?)
So, let me get this straight... if I run out of fuel or have engine problems I just go straight down? No possible way to bring 'er in in a deserted field (which as we all know litter the sides of bustling highways) or on a dusty side road? No furicking way would you catch anyone in one of these. Now, a commercial helicopter that has over engineered failover and redundant systems is one thing... but this toy is another. I will wait until somewhat stable VTOLs come out that have some semblance of safety features. Otherwise I will take my chances with a semi plowing me into the great beyond vs. getting a bad batch of gas at the local convenience store. http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
NCSU has excellent NT people. However, there is nothing that stops anyone from going into a lab and becoming frustrated with a logon sequence or spawning an application in NT (or any OS for that matter) and either hitting the pretty power button or yanking out the power cord. The only systems that would be safe in this scenario are the HP's since they can powerdown gracefully. Some Dell precision workstations can do this for NT but you can get around it by taking out the power cord.
Again, the NT boxes and Unix boxes are used by almost everyone at the Univ. The stabilty of the NT boxes would be higher if there was no application that leaked memory perhaps.
Also, keep in mind that constant login and logout and clearing of temporary drive space makes NT performance lower over time. Tuning NT means getting it set up one way then leaving it alone and monitoring it. There is a vastly huge difference between a server and a workstation environment. Workstations take constant uncotrollable patterns of use/abuse. Servers run services that are known, constant, and are affected by load and have to manage resource availability.
Proper NT installation only accounts for initial use after bringing the machine on the network. Why? Because there are upgrades to applications... there are changes to profiles... modifications to security models... gosh forbid service packs... logging to non ideal locations like c:\winnt\system32 by default with no easy work around for many ill written applications that of course provide no source code to allow for conformity to a sysadmin's standards...
The only proper way I have ever seen NT run in a high churn environment is a stable build that is maintained and kiosk like features enabled only... i.e. you can only access a browser.
I am the first to say there are people that talk trash about NT installations without merit... however, in this case -- a high churn user environment -- there is simply no way to keep NT boxes stable. They will be taken offline eventually and reinstalled. Also, how many uni's do you know that can afford things like TME10 or CA unicenter to take a totalitarian control over the desktop? Isn't it easier to hire $4.50 an hour ops that can recognize NT at a distance of 30 yards?
In short... NT workstation is better than Win95/98 by a long shot... however, don't make it appear as though some "knowledgeable NT people" will ever provide the stability and avaliablility of a Linux environment in a high churn university setting.
If someone can post numbers or papers that are relevant I will retract my comments.
If you have ever used a SGI Indy running Irix paired with that amazingly *ahem* interesting 4DWM desktop windowing environment the dynamic resizing of icons should be familiar to you.
I used to have access to one back in the mid 90's... whoa... that sounds cool.
I know when I took people by the lab to see it they would immediately go "COOL!!!" when they saw the scrolly thingie make the folder icons look bigger then smaller then bigger then... you get the i dea.
If the cost barrier is lowered for commercial software to include RSA is there a higher risk associated with implementation?
Is there a higher cost associated with using these products? i.e. now your email client can have RSA built in but the cost of the security is passed on to the consumer.
I wonder who will make the most money on the pre-fab tool kits and libraries for this stuff...
Also, is RSA still considered an acceptable level of safety? Or is it just going to be the latest way to jack up the price on software? http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Whoa... before anyone gets all nutso over the icon resizing...
If you have ever used a SGI Indy running Irix paired with that amazingly *ahem* interesting 4DWM desktop windowing environment the dynamic resizing of icons should be familiar to you.
I used to have access to one back in the mid 90's... whoa... that sounds cool.
I know when I took people by the lab to see it they would immediately go "COOL!!!" when they saw the scrolly thingie make the folder icons look bigger then smaller then bigger then... you get the idea.
Yeah, this very fear has prevented many people from going to my URL listing.;)
People are really uptight. I can understand why it has come to this. It's just one person's humor is another persons offense.
I wonder what it is like working for some place like N2H2 where you update no-no URLs regularly.
It seems like one way to harvest naughty URLs would be to just leave your email address laying all over the place in Usenet postings and on home pages. The email address could be a dropbox that parses incoming URLs for smutty, naughty, racy, and other -y word like contents.
I just always wondered what it would be to work for a place that provides filters. Its like you could resell the listings as xml feed to search engine providers to allow for a "safe internet search". Perhaps this already exists? Half the time people put things like "HOT POODLE SEX" into Meta tags expecting a non-intelligent web robot to index it and go its merry way.
I know this is offtopic to Linux in Playboy but it is ontopic in that a lot of filtering packages do in fact run on Linux boxes as proxy filters.:) http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
And you have likely never had to pay a bill for network connectivity to upstream providers if you can make a statement like that...
The reason those throttle controls exist in Apache are for very specific reasons.
If you are looking for a shared hosting environment it is that same error message which allows other websites a chance at being seen for their payment of the exact same fees as Mr. Joe Popular website.
Price it out and do the math sometime... most providers use other means such as network throttles that don't afford you the 500 transfer limit message... also... that message can be tailored to have a more meaningful message.
Apparently, you have never read about people writing robots for site indexing that DO NOT conform to RFCs meant to govern the manners of a robot.
Its a sign that you are getting what you pay for from your provider _perhaps_.
Heck, do a Altavista search and see sites like OpenGL.Org which have that word indexed in the search engine database... it happens. http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Peter, That is an excellent point. You do not always have control and the ability to mandate or enforce an edict against a utility.
Simply put, if you don't consume that much electricity you just need to suck it up and realize that there won't be a 18 wheel semi loaded with a portable diesel generator to keep your 100 hit per month website up to insure that there will be people downloading the PDF file for how to tear apart their new birdhouse correctly.
Just an example -- if you are an MIS person at a place that makes birdhouses I am just using this as an example;) http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
While I can appreciate your zeal for placing MIS into two discreet factions, it just isn't that simple.
First, you have no idea what legacy connections exist between front line servers to the Internet a.k.a. web servers. All people see when they go to many sites is just that... a web server. There is no database box or ancient mainframe wide open on the net... also, if there is integration with authentication systems there is a possbility that an internal edict affects the external perception and functionality of a "site".
So, if you want to control input for a time when people will simply NOT be around and there is risk assessment regarding the personal lives of the professionals that report to you. For many the escalation plan is a pager on a belt loop.
Basically, if you airgap a web server you have just cut down the possible attack paths by at least 50% since nobody can come around to hit the site. Or, you have complied with the team decision to take it offline to take any possible stressors off internal systems that form a basis for external funcitonality.
Third, if it isn't a mission critical site then you take it offline and recall the functions. Most good commerce sites will engineer a boolean off value for maintenance purposes. It doesn't hurt anyone... are you intent on browsing heavily while getting toasted on champaign or sparking fruit juice tonite? I have bought some guitar strings tonite and might browse around but you know it isn't critical to me.:)
If you are a business you likely pay salary individuals to ride out situations like this. Since y2k is "hype" and misplaced concerns why not give people a night off so that they don't have to worry about the lesser qualified less certified more likely to play Quake on the corporate network at the expense of the website?
Shutting things down isn't a bad thing. Uptime is cool... but if it is a site that connects to other systems that require additional MIS staffing in the event of a unforseen circumstance are you as a "manager" going to explain to everyone why they need to stay alert just in case?
If your site is down this New Years, think seriously about wanting to be at work on New Years and buy your MIS manager a beer.
I respect what you are saying about IS managers not knowing what is up... but there is more to understanding a complex system than a computer science background.... you just open a whole can of worms when you go there gf.
Most seasoned IS managers know enough NOT to do something stupid.
I just think there is more than one way of looking at things in this area. So, unless you burned in the belly of corporate MIS and was there when things really hit the fan you might want to consider alternative views.
I know I am NOT one of those so I reserve judgement since I don't know all the pieces or the politics. Computers are still run by people ya know.
I have to chime in as well. pairNetworks ROCKS. Hosting providers should look at their migration updates page as a model for how to do it right the FIRST time and keep CUSTOMERS informed. http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Just doing my part as a concerned Linux citizen working to restore balance in a topsy turvy corporate infestation of a primarily GNU woodland area known as the Internet.
Or something. This happens a lot. It isn't Microsoft specific either... If you read my posting this goes for all companies that do business online. Its the Internet equivalent of a utility cutting off the power because the bill went to the "wrong" address. "Wrong" can mean soooo many things. But you can be sure it really messed someones day up for sure. http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.
This is the proper use of a ROLE. A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact. By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.
Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them.:) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.
The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...
Think this can't happen? Think again. Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite. Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???
Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.
When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure. Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].
Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.
A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact.
By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.
Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them.:) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.
The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...
Think this can't happen? Think again.
Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite.
Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???
Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.
When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure.
Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].
I make my living running many different kinds of web servers. They all have their cool and sucky sides respectively. However, at 3am after a bad day I don't usually get called about Apache issues...;)
So, if you took the time to notice the small blurb below the fancy graphic:
"Reports are provided showing server usage for the Internet as a whole, and for selected domains, with links to all the sites responding to the survey. A facility for you to check what server a particular site is running now is also available. The same form can be used to ensure that a particular site is included in future surveys. A directory of sites running in developer domains is also provided, while the sites discovered by the survey can be explored."
So to be included you merely have to test a site you are curious about at some point.
What this says to me is that I can put in any number of IP addresses that are bound to a hosting server. If they are doing checks on this alone they would get different points on the graph. However, the problem with that is that a massive virtual hosting operation could really skew the number.
Now, the same is true of IIS4 which just makes me think that the number isn't completely representative and that the sample has potential for being flawed.
There are several caveats when looking at compiled data like this in a simplified graphic.
So, before you shoot off at the mouth to your MIS director make sure you can qualify the data you present. Make no mistake that MS has some idea of how many NT4 installs took place with IIS4 counting as running as a service whether or not the people running it know about it. There are many many places with the MS equivilent of the Apache successful install home page. *grin*
Just remember that joe business owners internal intranet IIS4 box with some canned application isn't going to show up on this kind of study. And internal MIS projects that go bump in the night won't either. How many users would really notice if you mapped let.asp be a known extension for perl cgi's? *grin* http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
What takes the COBOL (insert Java 10 years from now) programmer of yesteryear and places them at the top or bottom of the food chain?
Will society require that those of technical skills hone their arts and increase their own longevity?
Do you feel that the mankinds own revolutions have taken place revolved around central technologies which shapes those that also helped to shaped it?
If society continues to embrace its systems and technology pervasively, will it affect the manner in which power systems are allocated by imposed generational stratification or merely based on then present technological revolutions?
Yeah, NSA types are portrayed as the buff special trained photogenic face types... however, if you looked "attractive" would people really _not_ notice you in a NSA spy guy kinda situation?
[NSA guy walks over to terminal just happening to be connected to something that would likely be airgapped in real life.] [Pretty Girl just happens to stroll by] Pretty Girl: Hee Hee... you look smart! Want to take me out to dinner? NSA stud: Uhm... no... please leave me alone. I am very busy. Pretty Girl: Wow! Do you know computers? NSA stud: Uhm... no... I am merely a low key and unassuming cleaning person making sure this keyboard is clean. Pretty Girl: Hee Hee... you are really cute for a cleaning person! [NSA guy pulls out gun with silencer to kill Pretty Girl and cleverly dispose of body so that he can get past the login sequence of a convoluted MacOS or SGI looking interface]
I mean in most movies you get this swank does it all James Bond-esque profile guy that is NSA. Now, how effective on a mission would you be with people constantly trying to make passes at you? I think a good NSA type would be someone that looks like a real sysadmin type. Just passing on through... minding their business while jacking into some whacko convoluted mouse trap like system owned and run by some subvert organization deemed an enemy of the state[tm]. http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
if you use the word db in any web application remember that the web server is merely acting like one very voracious user acting on behalf of lots of web site visitors
use seperate hardware for the web server and for the database - resist the temptation to keep them on the same machine for $$$ reasons
along these same lines... when available add more db servers that have replicated db's and tables using mysqldump and mysql db put OR statements in your MYSQL_CONNECT on the web page you write to allow it to failover to the db's that you have available when your db servers time out or exhaust the number of connections they can field
render as much static content as possible using pre processors vs. having it "on the fly".
recompile everything and look at the pages that cover the flags and considerations at compile time
never never allow a user to "build" something that remotely looks like SQL in the URI and passed arguments to a CGI or application... if you let them stick malicious JOIN's into the MYSQL_QUERY your db will likely be choked over time
if you have RAM to use put as much as possible on the web server and if you have fast processors give it to the db before you give it to the web server
always put LIMIT into your mysql apps if you can get away with it
write init scripts that will stop and start your db servers if you experience peak loads
always put a "nice" message in the die statment for your sql connection... something other that "cannot connect to database"... make it something more flowery:)
I am sure there are more but that's all I could think of right now.:)
"You cannot uncook Mushoo pork once is has been cooked" -- wiseman
"Support" is an interesting viewpoint. The only flip side to that is where and how many places an artist might be required to perform. Kind of like calling long distance numbers for support vs. a 1-800/888. What would also be interesting is if concert venues were to adopt a policy regarding those same concerts as immediately downloaded sessions. Call the bootlegit[tm] or something like that... charge a minor premium for these (i.e. non-free) since they are directly adapted from a concert (support) venue. I can almost guarantee you the sound off a mixing console and studio gear will be better than Joe 6-pack and his portable recorder at a concert. I didn't say Joe COULD'T make a recording.. I am just stating that the concert venue group could provide a better one.
"You cannot uncook Mushoo pork once is has been cooked" -- wiseman
I understand where the writer is coming from in many ways. However, there are A LOT of times that I would gladly have bought a single vs. the entire album. Most artists have one or two tracks that I am actually interested in - with some notable exceptions. Still, after you get the CD you have this large piece of plastic and aluminum media with a jewel case and a 4-6 page insert. If you are lucky to find an artist that has disdain for jewel cases thats a rarity. I like the comment about this technology being for the "bushes". I also know that markets haven't emerged just yet for when media is transferred to a new supreme format. I mean how much cool collectible visual information can you put on the cover to a MiniDisc? How about if music starts being sent out on smart media cards? Maybe that is the time when large throw away lcd panels that are the size of a poster come into vogue. You put in the media and it will tell your poster what to show off. Just a thought. I also don't think that MP3 will be the end all be all of formats *cough 8 tracks* but it will last through the time of cheap disk space and plentiful bandwidth for some. Basically, it is rare to find what you want when you want unless you have a small out of the way record store (why do they still can them this when they rarely have records i.e. wax?). Sometimes you can get lucky and they have the promo stuff with the song you actually care about. Most often though there are the music walmarts and the mega mega music wholesale places inside malls. At least with new technology you get some input into the purchasing. So, the writer has some points but those points don't apply to the way I think about music distribution. Record companies might set up those central servers but that isn't happening right now but MP3's for those of us here in the "bushes" are happening right now. When I can dial in the local college radio station and hear an entire nights show composed of mp3's of artists I would never have heard of in a mega mall record store I think this MP3 phenom is doing just fine without critical acclaim.:)
"You cannot uncook Mushoo pork once is has been cooked" -- wiseman
How about a web site where one email can be formed and culled from the cream of all arguments and distilled down to what a majority would like to send?
Have a registration area where people of Open Sensibility can gather and suggest bullet items that can come to a vote with no anonymous ones. Have a core group that have to vote before any email can leave from the announcement area. That one email could serve as the voice of an entire group.
All someone needs to do is register this domain and start writing the backend process to form topic, references areas, bullet items collection, voting systems (like moderators here on/.) and you could have a very loose framework for a group voice that is unified.
It would seem that a reasoned and sense filled email would lend more cred and be easier to handle than 4000 emails bombs.
Also, an area where headers and example flame could be placed for public view could be used to regulate from within and deny access to membership within the opensense community.
Someone has probably thought of this before but I just wanted to throw it out and see who is interested in such a concept.
Feel free to poke at the flaws in this idea
Still... its just a thought...:)
"You cannot uncook Mushoo pork once is has been cooked" -- wiseman
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I have been corrected by an AC. News at 11.
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So, let me get this straight... if I run out of fuel or have engine problems I just go straight down? No possible way to bring 'er in in a deserted field (which as we all know litter the sides of bustling highways) or on a dusty side road? No furicking way would you catch anyone in one of these. Now, a commercial helicopter that has over engineered failover and redundant systems is one thing... but this toy is another. I will wait until somewhat stable VTOLs come out that have some semblance of safety features. Otherwise I will take my chances with a semi plowing me into the great beyond vs. getting a bad batch of gas at the local convenience store.
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Again, the NT boxes and Unix boxes are used by almost everyone at the Univ. The stabilty of the NT boxes would be higher if there was no application that leaked memory perhaps.
Also, keep in mind that constant login and logout and clearing of temporary drive space makes NT performance lower over time. Tuning NT means getting it set up one way then leaving it alone and monitoring it. There is a vastly huge difference between a server and a workstation environment. Workstations take constant uncotrollable patterns of use/abuse. Servers run services that are known, constant, and are affected by load and have to manage resource availability.
Proper NT installation only accounts for initial use after bringing the machine on the network. Why? Because there are upgrades to applications... there are changes to profiles... modifications to security models... gosh forbid service packs... logging to non ideal locations like c:\winnt\system32 by default with no easy work around for many ill written applications that of course provide no source code to allow for conformity to a sysadmin's standards...
The only proper way I have ever seen NT run in a high churn environment is a stable build that is maintained and kiosk like features enabled only... i.e. you can only access a browser.
I am the first to say there are people that talk trash about NT installations without merit... however, in this case -- a high churn user environment -- there is simply no way to keep NT boxes stable. They will be taken offline eventually and reinstalled. Also, how many uni's do you know that can afford things like TME10 or CA unicenter to take a totalitarian control over the desktop? Isn't it easier to hire $4.50 an hour ops that can recognize NT at a distance of 30 yards?
In short... NT workstation is better than Win95/98 by a long shot... however, don't make it appear as though some "knowledgeable NT people" will ever provide the stability and avaliablility of a Linux environment in a high churn university setting.
If someone can post numbers or papers that are relevant I will retract my comments.
Latra,
Jay
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
If you have ever used a SGI Indy running Irix paired with that amazingly *ahem* interesting 4DWM desktop windowing environment the dynamic resizing of icons should be familiar to you.
I used to have access to one back in the mid 90's... whoa... that sounds cool.
I know when I took people by the lab to see it they would immediately go "COOL!!!" when they saw the scrolly thingie make the folder icons look bigger then smaller then bigger then... you get the i dea.
It's no wonder SGI's never caught on... it must have been the amazing easy to install no issues approach to software they have always used. I know I am not alone in feeling this way.
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Is there a higher cost associated with using these products? i.e. now your email client can have RSA built in but the cost of the security is passed on to the consumer.
I wonder who will make the most money on the pre-fab tool kits and libraries for this stuff...
Also, is RSA still considered an acceptable level of safety? Or is it just going to be the latest way to jack up the price on software?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
If you have ever used a SGI Indy running Irix paired with that amazingly *ahem* interesting 4DWM desktop windowing environment the dynamic resizing of icons should be familiar to you.
I used to have access to one back in the mid 90's... whoa... that sounds cool.
I know when I took people by the lab to see it they would immediately go "COOL!!!" when they saw the scrolly thingie make the folder icons look bigger then smaller then bigger then... you get the idea.
It's no wonder SGI's never caught on... it must have been the amazing easy to install no issues approach to software they have always used. I know I am not alone in feeling this way.
Latra, Jay
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
People are really uptight. I can understand why it has come to this. It's just one person's humor is another persons offense.
I wonder what it is like working for some place like N2H2 where you update no-no URLs regularly.
It seems like one way to harvest naughty URLs would be to just leave your email address laying all over the place in Usenet postings and on home pages. The email address could be a dropbox that parses incoming URLs for smutty, naughty, racy, and other -y word like contents.
I just always wondered what it would be to work for a place that provides filters. Its like you could resell the listings as xml feed to search engine providers to allow for a "safe internet search". Perhaps this already exists? Half the time people put things like "HOT POODLE SEX" into Meta tags expecting a non-intelligent web robot to index it and go its merry way.
I know this is offtopic to Linux in Playboy but it is ontopic in that a lot of filtering packages do in fact run on Linux boxes as proxy filters. :)
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
The reason those throttle controls exist in Apache are for very specific reasons.
If you are looking for a shared hosting environment it is that same error message which allows other websites a chance at being seen for their payment of the exact same fees as Mr. Joe Popular website.
Price it out and do the math sometime... most providers use other means such as network throttles that don't afford you the 500 transfer limit message... also... that message can be tailored to have a more meaningful message.
Apparently, you have never read about people writing robots for site indexing that DO NOT conform to RFCs meant to govern the manners of a robot.
Its a sign that you are getting what you pay for from your provider _perhaps_.
Heck, do a Altavista search and see sites like OpenGL.Org which have that word indexed in the search engine database... it happens.
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
That is an excellent point. You do not always have control and the ability to mandate or enforce an edict against a utility.
Simply put, if you don't consume that much electricity you just need to suck it up and realize that there won't be a 18 wheel semi loaded with a portable diesel generator to keep your 100 hit per month website up to insure that there will be people downloading the PDF file for how to tear apart their new birdhouse correctly.
Just an example -- if you are an MIS person at a place that makes birdhouses I am just using this as an example ;)
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
While I can appreciate your zeal for placing MIS into two discreet factions, it just isn't that simple.
First, you have no idea what legacy connections exist between front line servers to the Internet a.k.a. web servers. All people see when they go to many sites is just that... a web server. There is no database box or ancient mainframe wide open on the net... also, if there is integration with authentication systems there is a possbility that an internal edict affects the external perception and functionality of a "site".
So, if you want to control input for a time when people will simply NOT be around and there is risk assessment regarding the personal lives of the professionals that report to you. For many the escalation plan is a pager on a belt loop.
Basically, if you airgap a web server you have just cut down the possible attack paths by at least 50% since nobody can come around to hit the site. Or, you have complied with the team decision to take it offline to take any possible stressors off internal systems that form a basis for external funcitonality.
Third, if it isn't a mission critical site then you take it offline and recall the functions. Most good commerce sites will engineer a boolean off value for maintenance purposes. It doesn't hurt anyone... are you intent on browsing heavily while getting toasted on champaign or sparking fruit juice tonite? I have bought some guitar strings tonite and might browse around but you know it isn't critical to me. :)
If you are a business you likely pay salary individuals to ride out situations like this. Since y2k is "hype" and misplaced concerns why not give people a night off so that they don't have to worry about the lesser qualified less certified more likely to play Quake on the corporate network at the expense of the website?
Shutting things down isn't a bad thing. Uptime is cool... but if it is a site that connects to other systems that require additional MIS staffing in the event of a unforseen circumstance are you as a "manager" going to explain to everyone why they need to stay alert just in case?
If your site is down this New Years, think seriously about wanting to be at work on New Years and buy your MIS manager a beer.
I respect what you are saying about IS managers not knowing what is up... but there is more to understanding a complex system than a computer science background.... you just open a whole can of worms when you go there gf.
Most seasoned IS managers know enough NOT to do something stupid.
I just think there is more than one way of looking at things in this area. So, unless you burned in the belly of corporate MIS and was there when things really hit the fan you might want to consider alternative views.
I know I am NOT one of those so I reserve judgement since I don't know all the pieces or the politics. Computers are still run by people ya know.
My sites will be up tonite too...
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
I have to chime in as well.
pairNetworks ROCKS.
Hosting providers should look at their migration updates page as a model for how to do it right the FIRST time and keep CUSTOMERS informed.
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Or something. This happens a lot. It isn't Microsoft specific either... If you read my posting this goes for all companies that do business online. Its the Internet equivalent of a utility cutting off the power because the bill went to the "wrong" address. "Wrong" can mean soooo many things. But you can be sure it really messed someones day up for sure.
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.
Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329
Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.
Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080
This is the proper use of a ROLE. A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact. By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.
So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/
Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.
The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...
Think this can't happen? Think again. Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite. Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???
Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.
When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure. Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].
Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.
Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329
Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.
Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080
This is the proper use of a ROLE.
A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact.
By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.
So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/
Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.
The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...
Think this can't happen? Think again.
Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite.
Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???
Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.
When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure.
Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].
Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
So, if you took the time to notice the small blurb below the fancy graphic:
So to be included you merely have to test a site you are curious about at some point.
What this says to me is that I can put in any number of IP addresses that are bound to a hosting server. If they are doing checks on this alone they would get different points on the graph. However, the problem with that is that a massive virtual hosting operation could really skew the number.
Netcraft even realizes this and states it clearly on the Mechanics page.
Now, the same is true of IIS4 which just makes me think that the number isn't completely representative and that the sample has potential for being flawed.
There are several caveats when looking at compiled data like this in a simplified graphic.
So, before you shoot off at the mouth to your MIS director make sure you can qualify the data you present. Make no mistake that MS has some idea of how many NT4 installs took place with IIS4 counting as running as a service whether or not the people running it know about it. There are many many places with the MS equivilent of the Apache successful install home page. *grin*
Just remember that joe business owners internal intranet IIS4 box with some canned application isn't going to show up on this kind of study. And internal MIS projects that go bump in the night won't either. How many users would really notice if you mapped let .asp be a known extension for perl cgi's? *grin*
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Remember the hi-tech car with Jackie Chan in it from Cannonball Run? Well, it is almost reality now with this nite-drive feature as an option.
Of course having this didn't always serve Jackie and his co-driver to full advantage...
You can be sure that police would have something like this to track phantom speeders with their lights off as well.
YMMV NPI
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
" Can you boot your windows box from a ext2 floppy? Can you read Mac disks (w/o third party software). " Such is Mango!
Sorry, I just couldn't resist this one.
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
All I got out of this article is that hackers like to smoke?
There is no hacker ethic?
cDc can't trust themselves?
The self submission (if that was the case) doesn't help either.
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
Yeah, NSA types are portrayed as the buff special trained photogenic face types... however, if you looked "attractive" would people really _not_ notice you in a NSA spy guy kinda situation?
[NSA guy walks over to terminal just happening to be connected to something that would likely be airgapped in real life.]
[Pretty Girl just happens to stroll by]
Pretty Girl: Hee Hee... you look smart! Want to take me out to dinner?
NSA stud: Uhm... no... please leave me alone. I am very busy.
Pretty Girl: Wow! Do you know computers?
NSA stud: Uhm... no... I am merely a low key and unassuming cleaning person making sure this keyboard is clean.
Pretty Girl: Hee Hee... you are really cute for a cleaning person!
[NSA guy pulls out gun with silencer to kill Pretty Girl and cleverly dispose of body so that he can get past the login sequence of a convoluted MacOS or SGI looking interface]
I mean in most movies you get this swank does it all James Bond-esque profile guy that is NSA. Now, how effective on a mission would you be with people constantly trying to make passes at you? I think a good NSA type would be someone that looks like a real sysadmin type. Just passing on through... minding their business while jacking into some whacko convoluted mouse trap like system owned and run by some subvert organization deemed an enemy of the state[tm].
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/
- if you use the word db in any web application remember that the web server is merely acting like one very voracious user acting on behalf of lots of web site visitors
- use seperate hardware for the web server and for the database - resist the temptation to keep them on the same machine for $$$ reasons
- along these same lines... when available add more db servers that have replicated db's and tables using mysqldump and mysql db put OR statements in your MYSQL_CONNECT on the web page you write to allow it to failover to the db's that you have available when your db servers time out or exhaust the number of connections they can field
- render as much static content as possible using pre processors vs. having it "on the fly".
- recompile everything and look at the pages that cover the flags and considerations at compile time
- never never allow a user to "build" something that remotely looks like SQL in the URI and passed arguments to a CGI or application... if you let them stick malicious JOIN's into the MYSQL_QUERY your db will likely be choked over time
- if you have RAM to use put as much as possible on the web server and if you have fast processors give it to the db before you give it to the web server
- always put LIMIT into your mysql apps if you can get away with it
- write init scripts that will stop and start your db servers if you experience peak loads
- always put a "nice" message in the die statment for your sql connection... something other that "cannot connect to database"... make it something more flowery
:)
I am sure there are more but that's all I could think of right now."You cannot uncook Mushoo pork once is has been cooked" -- wiseman
"Support" is an interesting viewpoint. The only flip side to that is where and how many places an artist might be required to perform. Kind of like calling long distance numbers for support vs. a 1-800/888. What would also be interesting is if concert venues were to adopt a policy regarding those same concerts as immediately downloaded sessions. Call the bootlegit[tm] or something like that... charge a minor premium for these (i.e. non-free) since they are directly adapted from a concert (support) venue. I can almost guarantee you the sound off a mixing console and studio gear will be better than Joe 6-pack and his portable recorder at a concert. I didn't say Joe COULD'T make a recording.. I am just stating that the concert venue group could provide a better one.
"You cannot uncook Mushoo pork once is has been cooked" -- wiseman
I understand where the writer is coming from in many ways. However, there are A LOT of times that I would gladly have bought a single vs. the entire album. Most artists have one or two tracks that I am actually interested in - with some notable exceptions. Still, after you get the CD you have this large piece of plastic and aluminum media with a jewel case and a 4-6 page insert. If you are lucky to find an artist that has disdain for jewel cases thats a rarity. I like the comment about this technology being for the "bushes". I also know that markets haven't emerged just yet for when media is transferred to a new supreme format. I mean how much cool collectible visual information can you put on the cover to a MiniDisc? How about if music starts being sent out on smart media cards? Maybe that is the time when large throw away lcd panels that are the size of a poster come into vogue. You put in the media and it will tell your poster what to show off. Just a thought. I also don't think that MP3 will be the end all be all of formats *cough 8 tracks* but it will last through the time of cheap disk space and plentiful bandwidth for some. Basically, it is rare to find what you want when you want unless you have a small out of the way record store (why do they still can them this when they rarely have records i.e. wax?). Sometimes you can get lucky and they have the promo stuff with the song you actually care about. Most often though there are the music walmarts and the mega mega music wholesale places inside malls. At least with new technology you get some input into the purchasing. So, the writer has some points but those points don't apply to the way I think about music distribution. Record companies might set up those central servers but that isn't happening right now but MP3's for those of us here in the "bushes" are happening right now. When I can dial in the local college radio station and hear an entire nights show composed of mp3's of artists I would never have heard of in a mega mall record store I think this MP3 phenom is doing just fine without critical acclaim. :)
"You cannot uncook Mushoo pork once is has been cooked" -- wiseman
Open Source + Sensibility = Open Sense
How about a web site where one email can be formed and culled from the cream of all arguments and distilled down to what a majority would like to send?
Have a registration area where people of Open Sensibility can gather and suggest bullet items that can come to a vote with no anonymous ones. Have a core group that have to vote before any email can leave from the announcement area. That one email could serve as the voice of an entire group.
All someone needs to do is register this domain and start writing the backend process to form topic, references areas, bullet items collection, voting systems (like moderators here on /.) and you could have a very loose framework for a group voice that is unified.
It would seem that a reasoned and sense filled email would lend more cred and be easier to handle than 4000 emails bombs.
Also, an area where headers and example flame could be placed for public view could be used to regulate from within and deny access to membership within the opensense community.
Someone has probably thought of this before but I just wanted to throw it out and see who is interested in such a concept.
Feel free to poke at the flaws in this idea
Still... its just a thought... :)
"You cannot uncook Mushoo pork once is has been cooked" -- wiseman