Does average Joe mean your average web surfer? Only online to pay bills, surf the internet, read mail and send pictures. Or is your average joe the person who uses it for editing home videos plus the average internet user.
I think you might be seeing a plateau on "average" users purchasing bigger, better processors or computers. If the computer they have can get the job done for them and they aren;t moving on to other computer tasks (ala video editing, rendering, etc..) they don't mind having 2+ year old computers.
Correct... You can have all of the automated systems you want, but when something breaks someone has to go fix it. Diagnose the problem, determine the solution and test whether that solution wont screw up the rest of the system.
Did anyone get the feeling the author still knows absolutely nothing about systems administrators after writing this?
ala... this paragraph...: "Many large organizations silo the systems-administration skill set, explains Phillips, and systems administrators at these companies tend to remain focused on very specific systems-administration skills and job responsibilities."
On a serious note though, I do have a question. The article mentioned that after a few years most college graduates have already achieved sysadmin status, but after that, where do you go from there? The article mentions that the salary tops out at the "mid- to upper-$60,000 range.", and that doesn't sound like a whole lot to me (especially this day in age). Of course there is
always becoming a section head, manager, or director... but that often times requires a more downplayed "hand-on" experience as others below you would be doing most of the work. For someone that wants to remain on the technical side of things rather than the business side, where do you go?
So as we have all been reading Eclipse has been doing this since November 2001. Well, sorry! The Microsfot patent was filed on March 6, 2000. Does this mean we will see a lawsuit from Microsoft against Eclipse? Or perhaps forcing Eclipse to license that "feature"?
Last week we found out that Ken Brown was pregnant with Linus' love child, but this week may hold new meaning to their relationship. Will the relationship
last? Or will it crumble to nothing before the masses. And find out who Ken may have been caught cheating with!
"There will come a day when DRAM will go away and we'll be left with extremely fast and simple NVRAM for main memory and possibly even archival storage"
This is obviously not the right way if you are worried about passwords being found years later on hard disks, as was mentioned in previous slashdot article.
For those insterested, the poster really didn't leave any links to explain some of his claims about distances and the discovery of NZ and Australia.. This article I found explains most of it in detail.
Snippet:
How transits can determine distances:
In 1716, Edmond Halley was the first astronomer to suggest transits could be used to work out how far away the Sun is - also known as AU. Once this was known, the distances to all the other planets in the Solar System could be calculated.
If the transit was measured from several different places on earth, Halley reasoned, there should be a slight difference in the visible track across the sun. But this shift is so slight it is difficult to measure directly. Instead, the time at four different points during the transit can be noted down. These are: the first moment when Venus touches the Sun's disc, the moment when it is completely inside the disk, the moment when it makes contact with the other side of the disk on its way out, and the last moment of contact.
Astronomers can then compare these four timings as seen from different locations, a known distance apart. Using some fairly simple geometry the distance between the Earth and the Sun can be calculated.
Well, sheesh! Way to tell everyone the username and password combination! Now they have to change it again you insensitive clod!
Anyways.. For those that can't read German.... Here is the Babelfish translation (kind of).
Backdoor also in new wl to firmware of Netgear
Netgear reacted to the messages'r a Backdoor in the wl to ACCESS POINT WG602 Version1 promptly with a firmware update, however the Backdoor is still
present -- this time only with new user name and password. With the name one was a little creative and extended the urspr?liche character string "super"
too "superman". With the password Netgear has obviously Forenbeitr? for the first message of the Sicherheitsl?e seriously taken and the number on
21241036 ge?ert. To whom however this telephone number is geh?n, Netgear Germany could not say to us -- there one knew nothing from the new problem
and wanted only to make itself once kundig.
An again updated firmware design does not give it yet. Anyway the question arises whether users are still determined after the second Patzer to bring new
software in. In opinion of lawyers this problem k?te quite reason enough its, the Ger? to the H?ler zur?zubringen and the purchase price zur?zufordern. The
Ver'ker can try to improve the lack however the chances stand daf'im for moment obviously quite badly.
they are secure in the sense that it doesn't work how Outlook would handle it. You could still send a virus attachment and have someone open it and do wahtever it wants. It's still not hard to spoof headers and bad email could get through.
My point was that if everyone had a Linux machine, there would still be virus and stupid users out there. This also means that there would be other email software, different browsers, etc.. out there if everyone had linux. And many of those may not be secure as the top ones out there now. Becuase as we know... users will take convenience over security.
"Now get AK47 in large quantities, and some explosives and timing based detonators. If 50 or more email marketing sites are attacked at same time all-around the world. With those offices destroyed, and top spammers sleeping with the fishes, how many would think that the email marketing is easy and safe money making business. The punishment maybe on a hard side compared to the crime, but it would simply eliminate Spammers"
Man.. What is your terrorist IQ? It sounds high to me.
You are assuming of course that you will actually receive the shipment that you ordered. If most of these spams are a bit criminal, what's to say they just dont deliver? And what if the financial stuff goes through methods that the USA can't touch?
"Windows users: Please learn Linux or buy a Mac. Thanks"
This is always the solution that comes up. There are a couple reasons why Microsoft is always picked on for virus/worms.
1. They are the single most popular operating system to date. Therefore they have the most users and giving the spammer/cracker more chances to get personal info or crack their system.
2. Most Microsft users are users that do not always keep up with patches or updates to their system. Most really don't understand why they would have to do it. Not only that, because most new users start with Windows, it's easy for them to fall for most of the phishing attacks as well.
Now, will all of that said above if, hypothetically, everyone switched over to Linux or Mac OS I'm not sure it would change much. You can talk about how secure Linux and Mac are, but they STILL are only as secure as the user wants it to be. I could still see many new users run as root all the time, open unknown files and the rest of the tips that they teach you NOT to do on Windows. Just because you don't see any Linux viruses doesn't mean they don't exist. The fact is that most people who are USING those OSs are a bit smarter and care more about security than your average Windows user that these worms/viruses/spams are being sent to.
Because unless you can convince the government that being an "inconsiderate and stupid" computer user has actually physically harmed another user this won't happen. Now driving is a whole different story.
God dammit.. why does this always come up? Every single time Windows and worms/virus/spam article comes up this comes up. You would this it was settled by now. Now this is going to turn into a little pissing match whether thier illegal copy works or not. Thanks for nothing!
I have never filed for a patent before, so I am unsure of the exact process. However, I thought that fees associated with filing a patent were non-refunadable. Meaning that the USPTO will get their money whether or not the application is approved. Am I correct in this?
Slashdot Mirror
I think you might be seeing a plateau on "average" users purchasing bigger, better processors or computers. If the computer they have can get the job done for them and they aren;t moving on to other computer tasks (ala video editing, rendering, etc..) they don't mind having 2+ year old computers.
You must own a Honda.. perhaps a Civic to be exact?
Correct... You can have all of the automated systems you want, but when something breaks someone has to go fix it. Diagnose the problem, determine the solution and test whether that solution wont screw up the rest of the system.
ala... this paragraph...:
"Many large organizations silo the systems-administration skill set, explains Phillips, and systems administrators at these companies tend to remain focused on very specific systems-administration skills and job responsibilities."
On a serious note though, I do have a question. The article mentioned that after a few years most college graduates have already achieved sysadmin status, but after that, where do you go from there? The article mentions that the salary tops out at the "mid- to upper-$60,000 range.", and that doesn't sound like a whole lot to me (especially this day in age). Of course there is always becoming a section head, manager, or director... but that often times requires a more downplayed "hand-on" experience as others below you would be doing most of the work. For someone that wants to remain on the technical side of things rather than the business side, where do you go?
So as we have all been reading Eclipse has been doing this since November 2001. Well, sorry! The Microsfot patent was filed on March 6, 2000. Does this mean we will see a lawsuit from Microsoft against Eclipse? Or perhaps forcing Eclipse to license that "feature"?
2.5 years ago doesn't cut it.. The patent was filed in 2000.
1. Patent double-clicks.
2. Patent this list.
3. ???
4. Profit!!!
I'd pay for that, but for now, I simply play Park Shark.
Last week we found out that Ken Brown was pregnant with Linus' love child, but this week may hold new meaning to their relationship. Will the relationship last? Or will it crumble to nothing before the masses. And find out who Ken may have been caught cheating with!
Tune in next week to find out!
This is obviously not the right way if you are worried about passwords being found years later on hard disks, as was mentioned in previous slashdot article.
Yeah.. I was thinking that exact same thing. Why would you store everything all in one place like that?
Snippet:
How transits can determine distances:
yeah.. my fault :)
And it's even worse when ACs don't get the joke!
Anyways.. For those that can't read German.... Here is the Babelfish translation (kind of).
Well with access to your bank acocunt, slashdot and pr0n collection, it doesn't sound like you would need whatever was in the safe anyways :)
My point was that if everyone had a Linux machine, there would still be virus and stupid users out there. This also means that there would be other email software, different browsers, etc.. out there if everyone had linux. And many of those may not be secure as the top ones out there now. Becuase as we know... users will take convenience over security.
Man.. What is your terrorist IQ? It sounds high to me.
You are assuming of course that you will actually receive the shipment that you ordered. If most of these spams are a bit criminal, what's to say they just dont deliver? And what if the financial stuff goes through methods that the USA can't touch?
Yeah but would you fall for THIS cleverly crafted URL?
This is always the solution that comes up. There are a couple reasons why Microsoft is always picked on for virus/worms.
1. They are the single most popular operating system to date. Therefore they have the most users and giving the spammer/cracker more chances to get personal info or crack their system.
2. Most Microsft users are users that do not always keep up with patches or updates to their system. Most really don't understand why they would have to do it. Not only that, because most new users start with Windows, it's easy for them to fall for most of the phishing attacks as well.
Now, will all of that said above if, hypothetically, everyone switched over to Linux or Mac OS I'm not sure it would change much. You can talk about how secure Linux and Mac are, but they STILL are only as secure as the user wants it to be. I could still see many new users run as root all the time, open unknown files and the rest of the tips that they teach you NOT to do on Windows. Just because you don't see any Linux viruses doesn't mean they don't exist. The fact is that most people who are USING those OSs are a bit smarter and care more about security than your average Windows user that these worms/viruses/spams are being sent to.
Because unless you can convince the government that being an "inconsiderate and stupid" computer user has actually physically harmed another user this won't happen. Now driving is a whole different story.
God dammit.. why does this always come up? Every single time Windows and worms/virus/spam article comes up this comes up. You would this it was settled by now. Now this is going to turn into a little pissing match whether thier illegal copy works or not. Thanks for nothing!
Was this really actually a surprise to anyone or was this just confirming the obvious?
I have never filed for a patent before, so I am unsure of the exact process. However, I thought that fees associated with filing a patent were non-refunadable. Meaning that the USPTO will get their money whether or not the application is approved. Am I correct in this?