Could it be argued that they are Certified Engineers of Microsoft Systems?
Creating an entrerprise AD structure certainly is more than just admininstration and merits 'some' kind of title. Don't like engineer? Would planner or designer be better? (Except MCSD is already taken.)
Seems like semantics to me and a bit silly overall.
I've always heard this refered to as "RAID5 with hot spare" and yes I've run into serveral companies that use it.
In fact one the places I've worked had a drive fail and the hotspare kicked in and started the rebuild. Shortly thereafter we lost another drive in the set.
I've recently done exactly what you are proposing.
Promise makes this
product
It comes with the drives enclosures, trays and the RAID controller. They're hot swapable and the rebuild time is relatively fast. (4 hours for a 250GB mirror set)
$170 from MWAVE.com
I even went so far as to buy a third tray for offsite storage. I replace the offsite tray with one of the production trays once a week.
Promise also has a monitoring utility to put on your admin console so you cant get status alerts.
Early 10.x.x.x IP addresses cost a LOT more than early 192.168.x.x IP addresses, both because they were rare, and because of the obvious performance benefits.
How and when was it possible to charge for private addresses? I'm under the impression that if you're using NAT you only pay for any public addresses you lease. Even if you weren't using NAT how would your ISP provide you an IP in the private, non-routable ranges? (i.e. 10.x.x.x and 192.168.x.x) Unless you were connected directly to their network via a private subnet.
I gave the engineering department local admin rights on their PCs before they even asked for it, all I insited on was a 10 minute workstation lockout policy since they love to wander away from their desks.
However here is a story detailing the problem you mentioned:
Yeah that "whore" thing with all that fancy sex stuff sounds great on the surface but then you have to balance out all the late nights they spend studying to keep up with their ever changing industry.
Then of course there are the long weekends where they have to work round the clock to fix an emergency!
Don't forget that everyone is going to expect them to fix problems at home too so their job is extened to the power of N where N = number of employees.
I see your point Hobbit and agree about the printer/open office installation and in fact I also agree that some of the FUD users have concerning Linux can be attributed more to laziness than FUD.
However, I would still hesitate to go 'pure' Linux in a small business environment the same way I would hesitate to go 'pure' Mac. Sooner or later it's likely that XYZ corp. is going to need an industry specific app (ERP, MRP, accounting package, etc.) and it's going to (unfortunately) need/settle for Windows otherwise deal with WINE and well that's another topic.
I know you didn't say anything about a homogeneous Linux environment but I'm just extending my point on simplicity for the common end user. Not like recovering from a security breach is simple but, it's hard to fight FUD with FUD. Statements like, "You need to get away from Windows due to security and/or reliability risks" don't hold much water when in my experience most XP/2000 users haven't been hacked (Thankfully).
Ironically I've found Linux on the desktop to be a hard sell and Linux on the server (usually commercial distros like RedHat or SuSE to be a dream.)
I think mixed networks are something we're going to be facing for a long time to come and we can expect a slow phasing out of the lame and a steady integration of the fittest. Hmm... Darwinian network evolution!
Could it be that some people and some businesses just can't make it around the learning curve to use Linux?
In small businesses where there is likely no IT staff, some poor person gets labled the 'techie' and is resposible for installing printers, scanners and other peripherals not to mention file and Internet sharing.
Maybe it's more a matter of chosing simplicity over 'superiority'. Joe Blow the techie at Mom&Pop's widgets can't install Open Office on Mandrake.
Even if you outsource your tech support, you can find an MCSE on any street corner, where are you going to find an LPI certified person in SmallTown USA?
In fact the entire reason I got into Linux was to provide those very people an alternative to their frustation with CALs, product activation and the upgrade grind however, you have to admit support for Linux is very "By techies for techies"
Interesting trivia related to this. Amtrak has never posted a profitable year since it's opening in 1970. They keep at it because they're backed by the feds.
An Intel 850 motherboard (I'm pretty sure about this, can't guarantee it though)
You're right on with this, but it's the chipset that is important not the motherboard per se. So we may see other motherboards with appropriate chipsets in the Centrino line.
There are a lot of things that ARE but necessarily shouldn't be. I'm sure I'll catch hell for this but, according to the letter of the Constitution federally funded (i.e. public schools) are not authorized. Retirement (Social Security) should not be a federal matter yet somehow is.
The Constitution is very clear on the limits of the federal government. The feds are responsible to provide a national defense, a common currency, a court/justice system and certain infrastructure. (Interstates, dams, bridges, a certain amount of disaster relief etc.) Everything else including libraries (I don't care what written on the building) are explicitly NOT federal affairs and are quite honestly a misuse of public funds.
Continuing on in the same fashion, crime is largely none of the fed's businesses either. The Constitution names only three crimes specifically, Treason, Counterfeiting and Piracy. So all those fancy court cases that get so much publicity and all these people screaming "I'll fight it to the supreme court!" really have no business do so.
Now of course I understand that's not the way it IS but, it is the way it was INTENDED.
I believe we're starting to get on a slant based on semantics rather and subject. I was arguing in favor of reduced government involvement, the way it SHOULD be, not how it IS.
Actually DARPA is one of the FEW unmolested departments in the government. They operate nearly independent of the bureaucracy at large.
Or maybe the military. Interstate highways. Public libraries. Fire department. Police department.
I should've been more clear and said FEDERAL government. Military, Currency, Courts, Infrastructure (i.e. Interstate Highways) I will concede are 'federal' duties. Fire and police departments are state & local authority, same with libraries.
I'm not opposed to state and local government it's FEDERAL involvement that is out of control. I should've been more specific. However, to think that ANY government be it federal or state will act ethically or honestly is equally naive.
While I'm not MS fanboi, I certainly do not agree with this unfounded bashing. XP, Office 2003 and Server 2000 have been reliable for me and other users in our company. However, the PC data migration thing still is a nightmare in most cases.
This article just lowers the signal to noise ratio and frustrates people looking for real news.
...But you can't do anything about it! Because copyright is a federal responsibility,...
I'm not entirely certain about that, the Constitution mentions "piracy" as a federal responsibility (along with counterfeiting and treason) but I believe they were referring to the "Avast mateys plundering scalawag types".
If you can prove theft, larceny or even misappropriation you can go after them at the state or even local level. Stealing is a crime whose punishment should be explicitly denied to the feds IMHO and left to the state/local authorities.
Are you suggesting people call the police EVERY time they find "illegal" spyware on their computer?
Hmm.. this might actually prove intersting. Imagine the flood of phone calls coming into the police switchboard. Not sure what pratcial effect it would have but it would be nice for someone else's phone to ring for once!
I really enjoyed TechTV especially The Screen Savers. I watched for years and I'm very sad to see it go. Anyone who did not see TSS in it's "Glory Days" really missed out.
I wish all those Comcast bastards a slow painful demise.
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However, I will stand up with Kierthos and be counted as a /.er who listened to Creed.
Now back to trying to keep my posts on topic. (Shhhyeah!)
Creating an entrerprise AD structure certainly is more than just admininstration and merits 'some' kind of title. Don't like engineer? Would planner or designer be better? (Except MCSD is already taken.)
Seems like semantics to me and a bit silly overall.
However, the finger should be pointed at Symantec for this but I still should be allowed to kill the process.
In fact one the places I've worked had a drive fail and the hotspare kicked in and started the rebuild. Shortly thereafter we lost another drive in the set.
I had an upset tummy after that ... =(
It comes with the drives enclosures, trays and the RAID controller. They're hot swapable and the rebuild time is relatively fast. (4 hours for a 250GB mirror set) $170 from MWAVE.com
I even went so far as to buy a third tray for offsite storage. I replace the offsite tray with one of the production trays once a week. Promise also has a monitoring utility to put on your admin console so you cant get status alerts.
Best of luck!
I think I could find something productive to do with all the pr0nesses.
How and when was it possible to charge for private addresses? I'm under the impression that if you're using NAT you only pay for any public addresses you lease. Even if you weren't using NAT how would your ISP provide you an IP in the private, non-routable ranges? (i.e. 10.x.x.x and 192.168.x.x) Unless you were connected directly to their network via a private subnet.
I don't get it.
Now no more agreeing! Agreed?
It's considered "bad form" on /.
Agreed
they're basically janitorial staff
That's just trolling and entirely unfair.
I gave the engineering department local admin rights on their PCs before they even asked for it, all I insited on was a 10 minute workstation lockout policy since they love to wander away from their desks.
However here is a story detailing the problem you mentioned:
Role Fragmentation
Then of course there are the long weekends where they have to work round the clock to fix an emergency!
Don't forget that everyone is going to expect them to fix problems at home too so their job is extened to the power of N where N = number of employees.
HEY! ...
What a minute! Oooohh.... FWORD!!!!
However, I would still hesitate to go 'pure' Linux in a small business environment the same way I would hesitate to go 'pure' Mac. Sooner or later it's likely that XYZ corp. is going to need an industry specific app (ERP, MRP, accounting package, etc.) and it's going to (unfortunately) need/settle for Windows otherwise deal with WINE and well that's another topic.
I know you didn't say anything about a homogeneous Linux environment but I'm just extending my point on simplicity for the common end user. Not like recovering from a security breach is simple but, it's hard to fight FUD with FUD. Statements like, "You need to get away from Windows due to security and/or reliability risks" don't hold much water when in my experience most XP/2000 users haven't been hacked (Thankfully).
Ironically I've found Linux on the desktop to be a hard sell and Linux on the server (usually commercial distros like RedHat or SuSE to be a dream.)
I think mixed networks are something we're going to be facing for a long time to come and we can expect a slow phasing out of the lame and a steady integration of the fittest. Hmm... Darwinian network evolution!
In small businesses where there is likely no IT staff, some poor person gets labled the 'techie' and is resposible for installing printers, scanners and other peripherals not to mention file and Internet sharing.
Maybe it's more a matter of chosing simplicity over 'superiority'. Joe Blow the techie at Mom&Pop's widgets can't install Open Office on Mandrake.
Even if you outsource your tech support, you can find an MCSE on any street corner, where are you going to find an LPI certified person in SmallTown USA?
In fact the entire reason I got into Linux was to provide those very people an alternative to their frustation with CALs, product activation and the upgrade grind however, you have to admit support for Linux is very "By techies for techies"
Interesting trivia related to this. Amtrak has never posted a profitable year since it's opening in 1970. They keep at it because they're backed by the feds.
An Intel 850 motherboard (I'm pretty sure about this, can't guarantee it though)
You're right on with this, but it's the chipset that is important not the motherboard per se. So we may see other motherboards with appropriate chipsets in the Centrino line.
There are a lot of things that ARE but necessarily shouldn't be. I'm sure I'll catch hell for this but, according to the letter of the Constitution federally funded (i.e. public schools) are not authorized. Retirement (Social Security) should not be a federal matter yet somehow is.
The Constitution is very clear on the limits of the federal government. The feds are responsible to provide a national defense, a common currency, a court/justice system and certain infrastructure. (Interstates, dams, bridges, a certain amount of disaster relief etc.) Everything else including libraries (I don't care what written on the building) are explicitly NOT federal affairs and are quite honestly a misuse of public funds.
Continuing on in the same fashion, crime is largely none of the fed's businesses either. The Constitution names only three crimes specifically, Treason, Counterfeiting and Piracy. So all those fancy court cases that get so much publicity and all these people screaming "I'll fight it to the supreme court!" really have no business do so.
Now of course I understand that's not the way it IS but, it is the way it was INTENDED.
I believe we're starting to get on a slant based on semantics rather and subject. I was arguing in favor of reduced government involvement, the way it SHOULD be, not how it IS.
Actually DARPA is one of the FEW unmolested departments in the government. They operate nearly independent of the bureaucracy at large.
Or maybe the military. Interstate highways. Public libraries. Fire department. Police department.
I should've been more clear and said FEDERAL government. Military, Currency, Courts, Infrastructure (i.e. Interstate Highways) I will concede are 'federal' duties. Fire and police departments are state & local authority, same with libraries.
I'm not opposed to state and local government it's FEDERAL involvement that is out of control. I should've been more specific. However, to think that ANY government be it federal or state will act ethically or honestly is equally naive.
Hooray for eliminating government meddling!!
I'll go so far as to say emlinate government involvement altogehter!
Quick, think of your 'favorite' government provided program? HA!
This article just lowers the signal to noise ratio and frustrates people looking for real news.
*Sigh*
I'm not entirely certain about that, the Constitution mentions "piracy" as a federal responsibility (along with counterfeiting and treason) but I believe they were referring to the "Avast mateys plundering scalawag types".
If you can prove theft, larceny or even misappropriation you can go after them at the state or even local level. Stealing is a crime whose punishment should be explicitly denied to the feds IMHO and left to the state/local authorities.
Isn't that what impeachment is all about or is that reserved only for the president?
Offtopic... I'd love to debate your "welfare state" idea sometime.
Are you suggesting people call the police EVERY time they find "illegal" spyware on their computer?
Hmm.. this might actually prove intersting. Imagine the flood of phone calls coming into the police switchboard. Not sure what pratcial effect it would have but it would be nice for someone else's phone to ring for once!
I hope all the people responsible for this ROT!
I really enjoyed TechTV especially The Screen Savers. I watched for years and I'm very sad to see it go. Anyone who did not see TSS in it's "Glory Days" really missed out.
I wish all those Comcast bastards a slow painful demise.
The reason Leo left is that Vulcan Ventures tried to renig on some stock shares. So Leo was actually 'forced' out by the terms of the deal.
"Forget about the money we owe you or you're fired."
You can read about it on his blog.
http://www.leoville.com
Wow! Well said Tom!
While it might be a little 'general' I support the independent spirit of it.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
This has to be some of the "best-worstest" display of grammar and structure I've seen in a while. Bravo Trollie! :bad command or file name