Postgresql has a more robust, decentralized community of ISVs and developers than did MysqlAB. The BSD license contributes to this loose federation of collective developers because no one company runs the show.
Furthermore, the folks in #postgresql on irc.freenode.net are superb. David Fetter is the man!
Asking for a MAC address for a specific network or region does not indicate criminal behavior.
I can think of several valid technical support reasons to be asking for MAC addresses like that, and I am sure an IT competent defense lawyer would be happy to use them in court too.
Phil D'Antonio, Nissan's manager of conveyors and controls engineering, is a PHB
Evidence: (1) Rather than go with a superior solution, he is going with an inferior product delivering subpar performance and gigantic potential production impacts because he has a cozy relationship with Microsoft. (2) He is running Windows operating systems for SCADA style infrastructure.
Technology will continue to be a giant advantage for the next 30 years or so, at least. I question your understanding of military technology portfolios.
World War I was a war of attrition. WWII, also, but to a lesser degree.
IT is not so predominant among the worlds' armies that it dominates. Understanding a technology doesn't mean the ability to solve engineering/production challenges, weaponize it, train troops, and then operate the new capability.
In fact, we are coming to a moment in time where the sophistication of our capabilities may render obsolete various styles of warfare. The "fog of war" is dying a slow death.
Your words on "having to test many high-risk technologies in a single prototype, instead of validating the technologies individually" are true. That is very similar to what is happening with the joint NASA/NOAA/DoD program, The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).
NPOESS' gigantic cost overruns are mainly from an experimental imager named VIIRS being placed onto the constellation. The type of contract used for the acquisition doesn't help either..
Contractors may make more than their civil service counterparts, about 5 - 20% by my observations.
However, the government is paying generally 100% more per labor hour.
I think the best and brighest go to the research institutes, the FFRDCs (JPL), and other think-tank like organizations. These organizations are generally non-profits, or non-profit like, as opposed to a for-profit contractor (Northrop / Boeing / Lockheed ).
Contracting is basically wealth transfer
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From the US taxpayer, to Lockheed, Northrop or Boeing.
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The last sentence of your post demonstrated a misconception.
When the govt turns to contractors and issues an RFP, the govt rarely does a complete halt and tries to go in-house when contractors pitch inflated costs. Instead, the govt might try to scale back the services during the negotiation phase of the acquisition, and pay more, for less service.
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I understand your "gobbledygook", but I question your understanding of NASA.
Are you saying that NASA's core competency is not space operations, or space systems development?
It is different because instead of paying around $100 an hour for a GS-14, the govt will be paying $150-$250 an hour for the same individuals, via a giant contractor ( Northrop, Boeing, Lockheed ). In addition, the govt will have to budget for the overhead cost of the acquisition and acquisition management.
Most contractors merely charge the govt $150 - 250 an hour for the same people the govt uses already, while at the same time, carrying little risk. Compare this to a GS-14 at less than a $100 an hour, inclusive of all costs.
You'll see a move to contract types* ** like cost plus, or cost plus fixed fee, where the government pays out the nose for cost overruns on the part of contractors. Fixed price contracts will only be made with massively inflated rates in order to protect contracting firms from risk.
This leads to massive poaching of govt personnel to the private sector, and vastly inflated rates to the govt.
The privatization of the US government is an abject failure. A-76*** is an abomination, because it does not consider the long term efficiency by private vs public sector.
More was done to secure the US govt by OMB fiats, than any other recent actions.
Why? Because someone at OMB said: Harden every desktop installation of Windows XP & Vista.
One leader at the NSA, for the entire federal government, could greatly assist in doing the same for every piece of IT we operate. This is a start on the massive IT security problem the federal govt has.
After that, a govt wide approach for software security would be nice.
NESDIS operates three environmental data centers which are effectively the archive for the climate mission, along with the large array data system.
NCDC http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
NGDC http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
NODC http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
CLASS http://www.class.ncdc.noaa.gov/saa/products/welcome ). Other line offices in NOAA operate systems that are likewise focused on the climate mission, primarily in the NWS, NOS, and OAR.
Some have suggested it would be ideal to take a small part of the NWS, NOS, OAR, the data centers and CLASS, to stand up a new line office, The National Climate Service. This could be performed more as a reorganization of NOAA internally, without the bureaucratic trappings of another new line office, along with dual-hatting of a CIO and CFO from other line offices in NOAA
As an alternative, NOAA could use the matrix goal team structure in order to create the climate service. I believe such an approach would be ineffective, due to the lack of decision-making ability at those levels. NOAA, at the top, has an Executive Committee and an Executive Panel, that are crucial for determining budget priorities from NOAA's small budget. A National Climate Service, to be successful, must have representation at that level.
Light infantry warfare is still fought for the most part the same as it was during Vietnam. Sure, we may have some better sensors in things like AUVs and GPS bombs, but much of the combat still devolves into M4 vs AK-47, backed up by mortar squads and artillery. Throw in landmines, IED/VBIEDs and other things that favor insurgent forces.
It is unfortunate that so little of our massive Defense budget has gone towards improving the combat effectiveness of our light infantry.
August 4, 2009
Hackers at the annual DEFCON conference have announced they have succeeded in cloning the "unclonable" RFID chip. Jerry "Botnet" Goldblatt led the effort in defeating the security on the RFID chip. According to Jerry, "Cloning the 'unclonable' RFID chip was even easier than breaking Oracle's 'unbreakable' Linux. It just goes to show that marketing runs IT." The team is now accepting donations of Red Bull, Grey Goose and Hawaiian skunk as they add a module to metasploit to further simplify the attack.
If someone wants to run virtual machines at home or in a small business, they're likely going to be more than satisfied with VMWare Virtual Server (formerly GSX) and wouldn't even consider the much more complex ESX.
Speak for yourself here - Anyone that knows virtualization and loves free is going to choose ESXi since it now available for free.
Over the past week I've been looking at some mid-low end x86 servers specifically for this function.
free + type 1 hypervisor = ESXi
You might want to consider a career in one of the intersection fields between IT and business such as Enterprise Architecture. EAs don't program typically, but a good fundamental knowledge of IT is highly valued. EAs need to understand both their company's business and the supporting technologies equally. Most EAs I know make 6 figures. Good first steps include reading an EA book, practicing modeling using something like IBM's System Architect, and understanding some of the leading EA frameworks.
The government grades itself on FISMA compliance and the NIST 800-53 control set.
Because NIST 800-53 is far more stringent than anything you see used commercially, it is highly policy/documentation oriented, there is a question as to whether or not it is A) relevant to real security B) truly reflective of the actual state of information security in the federal govt C) Auditor driven by large inspector generals looking to score points by downgrading their respective agency efforts D) Security company driven by vendors try to sell their solutions which are now mandated via NIST 800-53
So in sum, your post isn't accurate.
The adoption of IPv6 will make many security problems far more problematic.
Please post the negative security items on IPv6 also, because your post makes it look like a panacea which it is not.
The Discovery Institute would like to thank you for raising the visibility of our organization and our fight for justice. For many years we have fought to enable creation theory in the classroom alongside evolutionary theory. Your efforts have assisted us greatly in getting the word out on our issues. It is important to acknowledge that for too long, Christians have lacked legal representation. Now our law firm 'The Discovery Institute' fights for them in the courtroom. We would like for everyone to think of us as like the MPAA/RIAA, but motivated instead by "heavenly profits".
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A 310m is a mainstream graphics card for notebooks, not "high end".
Translation: this a mainstream laptop.
Postgresql has a more robust, decentralized community of ISVs and developers than did MysqlAB. The BSD license contributes to this loose federation of collective developers because no one company runs the show.
Furthermore, the folks in #postgresql on irc.freenode.net are superb. David Fetter is the man!
Asking for a MAC address for a specific network or region does not indicate criminal behavior. I can think of several valid technical support reasons to be asking for MAC addresses like that, and I am sure an IT competent defense lawyer would be happy to use them in court too.
Phil D'Antonio, Nissan's manager of conveyors and controls engineering, is a PHB
Evidence:
(1) Rather than go with a superior solution, he is going with an inferior product delivering subpar performance and gigantic potential production impacts because he has a cozy relationship with Microsoft.
(2) He is running Windows operating systems for SCADA style infrastructure.
Artillery, used at sea????
Epic failure on anti-ship warfare.
You overreach.
Technology will continue to be a giant advantage for the next 30 years or so, at least. I question your understanding of military technology portfolios.
World War I was a war of attrition. WWII, also, but to a lesser degree.
IT is not so predominant among the worlds' armies that it dominates. Understanding a technology doesn't mean the ability to solve engineering/production challenges, weaponize it, train troops, and then operate the new capability.
In fact, we are coming to a moment in time where the sophistication of our capabilities may render obsolete various styles of warfare. The "fog of war" is dying a slow death.
Disclaimer: I am an employee of NOAA
Your words on "having to test many high-risk technologies in a single prototype, instead of validating the technologies individually" are true. That is very similar to what is happening with the joint NASA/NOAA/DoD program, The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).
NPOESS' gigantic cost overruns are mainly from an experimental imager named VIIRS being placed onto the constellation. The type of contract used for the acquisition doesn't help either..
Contractors may make more than their civil service counterparts, about 5 - 20% by my observations.
However, the government is paying generally 100% more per labor hour.
I think the best and brighest go to the research institutes, the FFRDCs (JPL), and other think-tank like organizations. These organizations are generally non-profits, or non-profit like, as opposed to a for-profit contractor (Northrop / Boeing / Lockheed ).
From the US taxpayer, to Lockheed, Northrop or Boeing.
Look at these inflated labor rates!
The last sentence of your post demonstrated a misconception.
When the govt turns to contractors and issues an RFP, the govt rarely does a complete halt and tries to go in-house when contractors pitch inflated costs. Instead, the govt might try to scale back the services during the negotiation phase of the acquisition, and pay more, for less service.
I understand your "gobbledygook", but I question your understanding of NASA.
Are you saying that NASA's core competency is not space operations, or space systems development?
Do tell what NASA's core competencies are then.
It is different because instead of paying around $100 an hour for a GS-14, the govt will be paying $150-$250 an hour for the same individuals, via a giant contractor ( Northrop, Boeing, Lockheed ). In addition, the govt will have to budget for the overhead cost of the acquisition and acquisition management.
Most contractors merely charge the govt $150 - 250 an hour for the same people the govt uses already, while at the same time, carrying little risk. Compare this to a GS-14 at less than a $100 an hour, inclusive of all costs.
You'll see a move to contract types* ** like cost plus, or cost plus fixed fee, where the government pays out the nose for cost overruns on the part of contractors. Fixed price contracts will only be made with massively inflated rates in order to protect contracting firms from risk.
This leads to massive poaching of govt personnel to the private sector, and vastly inflated rates to the govt.
The privatization of the US government is an abject failure. A-76*** is an abomination, because it does not consider the long term efficiency by private vs public sector.
* http://www.dtc.dla.mil/dsbusiness/Info/contracts1.htm
** http://www.dau.mil/pubs/misc/toolkit.asp
*** http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/Circulars_a076_a76_incl_tech_correction/
More was done to secure the US govt by OMB fiats, than any other recent actions.
Why? Because someone at OMB said:
Harden every desktop installation of Windows XP & Vista. One leader at the NSA, for the entire federal government, could greatly assist in doing the same for every piece of IT we operate. This is a start on the massive IT security problem the federal govt has. After that, a govt wide approach for software security would be nice.
Disclaimer: I work for the satellite branch of NOAA, NESDIS
NOAA's current structure is not optimal for executing the climate mission.
http://www.pco.noaa.gov/org/NOAA_Organization.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration
http://www.ppi.noaa.gov/PPI_Capabilities/Documents/BOM.pdf
Although many have suggested that the NWS would be the ideal home for this function, NWS is overly focused on operational meteorology in my opinion, and execution of the climate mission is divided between NESDIS, NWS, NOS and OAR.
NESDIS operates three environmental data centers which are effectively the archive for the climate mission, along with the large array data system.
NCDC http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
NGDC http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
NODC http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
CLASS http://www.class.ncdc.noaa.gov/saa/products/welcome ).
Other line offices in NOAA operate systems that are likewise focused on the climate mission, primarily in the NWS, NOS, and OAR.
Some have suggested it would be ideal to take a small part of the NWS, NOS, OAR, the data centers and CLASS, to stand up a new line office, The National Climate Service. This could be performed more as a reorganization of NOAA internally, without the bureaucratic trappings of another new line office, along with dual-hatting of a CIO and CFO from other line offices in NOAA
As an alternative, NOAA could use the matrix goal team structure in order to create the climate service. I believe such an approach would be ineffective, due to the lack of decision-making ability at those levels. NOAA, at the top, has an Executive Committee and an Executive Panel, that are crucial for determining budget priorities from NOAA's small budget. A National Climate Service, to be successful, must have representation at that level.
I thought Microsoft only hired via the H1-B visa scam?
Light infantry warfare is still fought for the most part the same as it was during Vietnam. Sure, we may have some better sensors in things like AUVs and GPS bombs, but much of the combat still devolves into M4 vs AK-47, backed up by mortar squads and artillery. Throw in landmines, IED/VBIEDs and other things that favor insurgent forces. It is unfortunate that so little of our massive Defense budget has gone towards improving the combat effectiveness of our light infantry.
Then the face of Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn or John de Lancie could go along with their marketing campaign!
August 4, 2009
Hackers at the annual DEFCON conference have announced they have succeeded in cloning the "unclonable" RFID chip. Jerry "Botnet" Goldblatt led the effort in defeating the security on the RFID chip. According to Jerry, "Cloning the 'unclonable' RFID chip was even easier than breaking Oracle's 'unbreakable' Linux. It just goes to show that marketing runs IT." The team is now accepting donations of Red Bull, Grey Goose and Hawaiian skunk as they add a module to metasploit to further simplify the attack.
If someone wants to run virtual machines at home or in a small business, they're likely going to be more than satisfied with VMWare Virtual Server (formerly GSX) and wouldn't even consider the much more complex ESX.
Speak for yourself here - Anyone that knows virtualization and loves free is going to choose ESXi since it now available for free. Over the past week I've been looking at some mid-low end x86 servers specifically for this function. free + type 1 hypervisor = ESXi
It is hard to be relevant when your job consists of begging for scraps from the CFO.
You might want to consider a career in one of the intersection fields between IT and business such as Enterprise Architecture. EAs don't program typically, but a good fundamental knowledge of IT is highly valued. EAs need to understand both their company's business and the supporting technologies equally. Most EAs I know make 6 figures. Good first steps include reading an EA book, practicing modeling using something like IBM's System Architect, and understanding some of the leading EA frameworks.
This far predates Chinese Satellite destruction capability.
Disclaimer: I work for the govt.
The government grades itself on FISMA compliance and the NIST 800-53 control set.
Because NIST 800-53 is far more stringent than anything you see used commercially, it is highly policy/documentation oriented, there is a question as to whether or not it is
A) relevant to real security
B) truly reflective of the actual state of information security in the federal govt
C) Auditor driven by large inspector generals looking to score points by downgrading their respective agency efforts
D) Security company driven by vendors try to sell their solutions which are now mandated via NIST 800-53
So in sum, your post isn't accurate.
The adoption of IPv6 will make many security problems far more problematic.
Please post the negative security items on IPv6 also, because your post makes it look like a panacea which it is not.
Dear Slashdot community,
The Discovery Institute would like to thank you for raising the visibility of our organization and our fight for justice. For many years we have fought to enable creation theory in the classroom alongside evolutionary theory. Your efforts have assisted us greatly in getting the word out on our issues. It is important to acknowledge that for too long, Christians have lacked legal representation. Now our law firm 'The Discovery Institute' fights for them in the courtroom. We would like for everyone to think of us as like the MPAA/RIAA, but motivated instead by "heavenly profits".
Sincerely,
Fun. D. Mental
Esquire
Director of Outreach
The Discovery Institute
* disclaimer - I love the potential for satire in this situation but I think darwinian evolution is a seriously flawed theory *