Rebooting Windows is seen as a normal way to fix problems because it is generally the easiest & fastest way, even though it is clearly not the best way. I suspect a lot of Windows server reboots are more the result of laziness on the part of the admin than a flawed OS. Server reboots can often be avoided by simply restarting the right process.
Some of the Linux admins I know would rather spend 5 hours tracking down the cause of a frozen process than to admit defeat and reboot the server.
If that same level of care and attention is given to a Windows box, it will also run for a long time.
Don't know why but I am always curious to see a picture of people in the news. There don't seem to be too many of this guy. Probably because he was not 18 and the regulations of the media or whatever. Anyway, I managed to find this one. enjoy...
Well, your examples don't really apply because you are talking about offenses that are committed and completely contained there in your own country. You're never going to be extradited for committing a crime like that because it has nothing to do with any other country whatsoever.
In the case of the Internet crime it is more complicated because how do you determine *where* the crime was committed? Was the crime committed there in that guy's bedroom, or was it committed on the computer system located on US soil? The DPJ is making the case that the crime was perpetrated in the US. The fact that the guy was physically sitting somewhere else - they are trying to say is irrelevant.
I wonder if that guy had never touched a server in the US - had done all of his warez activities on non-US servers, would he still be extradited?
"According to specifications, the fans will generate 34 dB of noise at full speed, which is certainly far from silent."
I was kinda psyched a while back when I replaced my old power supplies on two boxes w/ 400 watters. (the biggest i had heard of at the time). Stupidly, I failed to realize how much louder the new power supplies were. I don't know how many dbs exactly, though they verge on annoying.
I actually "played" the AI viral marketing game when I first discovered it. I found it totally fascinating. There was a huge amount of sites that had already made their way to all of the major search engines and had all appearances of being real - tons of strange sub-plots, etc. There were even certain phases of the game where other game players were receiving faxes and such (when they had previously given their fax number to a fictitious company in the game). If you called certain numbers, sometimes there would be live actors answering the phone. It must have taken many months of full-time work to pull that off.
The coolest thing about it was that they never even really mentioned the movie AI. It was just generally about artificial intelligence. It was it's own separate thing, and I have to say that it was pretty cool.
I decided to get into this HALO one just for a bit to see where it would go. I saw an IM address on one of the supposed owner of ilovebees.com blog site. (it's mentioned in one of the user comments to the latest entry). What the hell, I sent an IM. Sure enough, I got a bizarre reply back. From a real person, or perhaps a bot? I don't know - seemed like a real person. They said they'd get back to me later.
About an hour later, they IM'd me back. We chatted a bit and then I was invited to a chat room. There were four people there chatting. (Same kind of sureal text that is found on the website). In the chat room, the game HALO 2 came up several times in the conversation.
I think it's still kinda cool that they go to all these lengths to put together an interactive campaign for a game. This one is just a little thin, though. Mentioning the game so early in the "quest" or whatever. Its not quite the same as the AI campaign. But, it would be hard to top that.
That is true. Something compiled on XP will usually run on just about any XP box.
There are obviously exceptions. Software that works very closely with the hardware, for example, tends to experience more compatibility issues. (games, etc). Also, if you've used 3rd party libraries (and your installer doesn't include them) you'll get run-time errors, obviously.
Once you sucessfully run your installer and app on a out-of-the-box XP machine - it is generally gonna run on all of them.
I don't understand all these posts comparing google's huge number of results for a certain search, while the Microsoft one returns a small number. Searching is not about returning a vast quantity of links. Who goes past page 3 anyway? Most people never even go past page 1, so really 10 results is the most that are usually needed.
If you're going to compare the two, the criteria should be, which returned the most meaningful results - maybe only 1 results is needed. A vast number of results is not always helpful.
I can relate to your post. It sounds like myself speaking 12 years ago. My advice is to set a realistic goal and go hit the pavement. You need to find somebody who is willing to give a new grad a chance. They are out there. Startups need tech staff that will work for cheap. Temporary agencies are a good way to get your foot in the door. But, don't expect a huge, hyped $100,000 job with crazy percs. You'll probably have to settle for a low-paying, but interesting job - or a better paying, but boring job.
Why? Because, except during the Internet boom, recent college grads don't leave school green under the collar demanding plum jobs with gigantic salaries. Those days are gone and now us techies have to work our way up the corporate ladder just like everybody else.
Don't get too stressed about it, though. There's work to be had. It just takes a little more effort to find it these days.
Hey, I never clicked on any license agreement. None of the warez that I downloaded even had one. The other day, this crack I ran had a spyware attached to it. I never clicked "agree" to anything. That's totally unfair!
Regardless of whether this feature can be turned on or off (which it seems it can) - Perhaps the writer should consider people who actually use their computers for more than listening to MP3 files and writting ill-informed opinion articles.
People have various and legitimate reasons for saving files 10 directory levels deep. I myself have various clients. Those clients have various projects. Some projects have various aspects and phases. Etc, etc. Perhaps it is my old-school thinking that prevents me from just throwing all of this information and documents into a "My Projects" directory?
~ Corporate Memo From Sys Admin ~
Dear Employees,
We have decided to simplify our file managment procedures. From now on, all users please save your files on the server in the "My Files" directory, without creating sub-directories. That way we will not have to waste time navigating through unecessary directory structures. I realize this may be a bit unconventional for an organization of 35,000 users. However, we feel that the benefit will outweight any inconveniences. Please use google if you need to locate a project file.
the first thing i am going to say is to start sticking up for yourself. don't be afraid to tell your manager that you are experiencing too much stress. stop complaining and do something about it.
now, having said that, i am going to make an assumption about your situation. i imagine that you are the guy who deals with the website. you have a small group of people who are constantly bringing new things for you to deal with. the problem being that people are dumping a lot of various things on you and you have to react quickly. if this is an accurate description of your situation, then i have a pretty good solution. that is, you need to create a process for your co-workers to use when giving you materials and work. you need to ween them out of the habit of just dumping stuff on you.
the problem is that, without a system, your co-workers have no choice other than to drop by your desk and load more crap onto your plate. you'd be surprised at how most people are receptive to following your instructions if you come up with a good, clear process. a few people may be resistant to having some kind of "system" when it has been so easy for them to just come to your desk and give you work in whatever format, with whatever deadline they choose. for that reason, you need to give them something in return. your process needs to give them something back. provide turnaround times. stick with them. send a notification when the work was done.
a couple of important things about designing a process like this - set the times to a reasonable level so that you can accomplish everything without stressing.
if there is simply too much work - no matter how you organize it, then you should look for ways to get work off of your plate. is there one repetitive task? put some serious time into automating it. pull one weekend and automate a task if it can save you 1 hour every week. would it save you 5 minutes if your co-workers would do some simple thing before submitting work to you? build that into your process. those things will add up very quickly.
there's so many other things you can do as well. just put some thought into it. the key is, nobody is going to make your work situation better for you except yourself.
my advise to the original poster - consider the offers you did get and take the best one. then, continue casually looking for a new job. every time you move from one job to another is an opportunity to improve your position and/or salary. obviously, don't quit every two weeks, but don't feel that you're making a lifetime comittment. especially at the beginning of your career - that is a good time to make moves.
despite all the doom and gloom here on slashdot, i have found that there is still a demand, and it is still easily possible for a quality developer to make a good living. however, the days of the.com boom where fresh grads get huge salaries is gone. i'm personally fine with it because less people will go into IT purely for the money. Those of us left, who actually like the work, will have jobs available to us.
I have had the misfortune to work with people who went into software development just for the money. It sucks to work with those who don't care. Those are the ones who are now suffering the most because they never did quality work and were overpaid. Our current economic situation is a blessing in disguise for people serious about IT. Things will even out, though. It is still a valuable skilled trade.
I was going to implement passport on a client site when it first came out. I didn't know about the security issues at the time, but the cost was so high that I simply couldn't do it.
It seems to me that Passport could handle some security issues (albeit badly, but that's another issue) of small/mid developers and sites so that you don't have to worry about keeping certain personal data on your own system. But, it's simply priced way too high.
Maybe it would have gone better if they offered a free version - perhaps with a certain customer limit, so that small sites could implement it. If you have a large volume of customers, then you pay. So it cost would only become a factor as your site grew. Hopefully, your site grows and so do your profits. They would have you by the balls at that point - gauranteed customer. I think they killed it with the high price.
i've taken the opposite approach to alarms. if i have to leave the room, i just crank slayer on my laptop at full volume. when i hear the music begin to fade away, i know my laptop is being being stolen.
i call it my "proactive audio alarm system." maybe i should file a patent?
to quote fuckedcompany.com, "you can have my aeron when you pry it from my cold, dead ass!"
i bought two when a former employer went out of business. i'm sitting on one right now. if you can afford it, get it. they rule! especially if you suffer from the case where your ass gets rather warm (in the summer months, for example) from sitting on a cushion all day. the downside is that if you are in a drafty office, there is no insulation to keep your butt warm and i sometimes have to put a blanket on the chair.
i would be cheering along with you guys if i thought we were actually backing up our movies that we bought. maybe you dorks actually copy every DVD you own - storing it off-site for "disaster recovery" of your precious movie. not me. i copy rental movies for me and my friends. i'll be sad when the party's over, but lets face it, it's not right! why don't you guys fess up too?
stupid idea for a major studio release. it would be killing two opportunities with one stone. movie release schedules are elaborately planned for maximum profit. why should they not be? the studio knows when the DVD is going to be released six months before you see the first trailer. people like to assume that the movie industry is some dude in a suit smoking cigars at his desk, ala barton fink. its not that simple.
this system probably works great for an indie film where the primary goal is exposure. most indie films only have one or two showings per city anyway, so selling the DVD right away probably has no impact on ticket sales whatsoever.
although i don't love it, i don't have a problem with ad-supported software that shows ads while you use it (like weatherbug, opera, etc).
perhaps it's a fine line, but programs that redirect your searches to an alternate site, pop-up windows while your not using the product, install other products and links on your desktop, etc. are in a different category than an ad-supported piece of software.
advertising is annoying, but a legitimate way to earn revenue in exchange for a free piece of software. i'd prefer to save my bashing for the real problem apps, like this credit-card stealing spam.
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Rebooting Windows is seen as a normal way to fix problems because it is generally the easiest & fastest way, even though it is clearly not the best way. I suspect a lot of Windows server reboots are more the result of laziness on the part of the admin than a flawed OS. Server reboots can often be avoided by simply restarting the right process.
Some of the Linux admins I know would rather spend 5 hours tracking down the cause of a frozen process than to admit defeat and reboot the server.
If that same level of care and attention is given to a Windows box, it will also run for a long time.
Don't know why but I am always curious to see a picture of people in the news. There don't seem to be too many of this guy. Probably because he was not 18 and the regulations of the media or whatever. Anyway, I managed to find this one. enjoy...
http://www.sabah.com.tr/2004/08/05/dun112.html
Well, your examples don't really apply because you are talking about offenses that are committed and completely contained there in your own country. You're never going to be extradited for committing a crime like that because it has nothing to do with any other country whatsoever.
In the case of the Internet crime it is more complicated because how do you determine *where* the crime was committed? Was the crime committed there in that guy's bedroom, or was it committed on the computer system located on US soil? The DPJ is making the case that the crime was perpetrated in the US. The fact that the guy was physically sitting somewhere else - they are trying to say is irrelevant.
I wonder if that guy had never touched a server in the US - had done all of his warez activities on non-US servers, would he still be extradited?
Is Linux ever going to get sued for predatory pricing? How are you going to compete with free!
"According to specifications, the fans will generate 34 dB of noise at full speed, which is certainly far from silent."
I was kinda psyched a while back when I replaced my old power supplies on two boxes w/ 400 watters. (the biggest i had heard of at the time). Stupidly, I failed to realize how much louder the new power supplies were. I don't know how many dbs exactly, though they verge on annoying.
I actually "played" the AI viral marketing game when I first discovered it. I found it totally fascinating. There was a huge amount of sites that had already made their way to all of the major search engines and had all appearances of being real - tons of strange sub-plots, etc. There were even certain phases of the game where other game players were receiving faxes and such (when they had previously given their fax number to a fictitious company in the game). If you called certain numbers, sometimes there would be live actors answering the phone. It must have taken many months of full-time work to pull that off.
The coolest thing about it was that they never even really mentioned the movie AI. It was just generally about artificial intelligence. It was it's own separate thing, and I have to say that it was pretty cool.
I decided to get into this HALO one just for a bit to see where it would go. I saw an IM address on one of the supposed owner of ilovebees.com blog site. (it's mentioned in one of the user comments to the latest entry). What the hell, I sent an IM. Sure enough, I got a bizarre reply back. From a real person, or perhaps a bot? I don't know - seemed like a real person. They said they'd get back to me later.
About an hour later, they IM'd me back. We chatted a bit and then I was invited to a chat room. There were four people there chatting. (Same kind of sureal text that is found on the website). In the chat room, the game HALO 2 came up several times in the conversation.
I think it's still kinda cool that they go to all these lengths to put together an interactive campaign for a game. This one is just a little thin, though. Mentioning the game so early in the "quest" or whatever. Its not quite the same as the AI campaign. But, it would be hard to top that.
Oh, I forgot to tell you guys about my patent for "any process used to display a visual image on a screen in a digital format"
CPAN was created in 1995.
preferably with some girls involved.
That is true. Something compiled on XP will usually run on just about any XP box.
There are obviously exceptions. Software that works very closely with the hardware, for example, tends to experience more compatibility issues. (games, etc). Also, if you've used 3rd party libraries (and your installer doesn't include them) you'll get run-time errors, obviously.
Once you sucessfully run your installer and app on a out-of-the-box XP machine - it is generally gonna run on all of them.
I don't understand all these posts comparing google's huge number of results for a certain search, while the Microsoft one returns a small number. Searching is not about returning a vast quantity of links. Who goes past page 3 anyway? Most people never even go past page 1, so really 10 results is the most that are usually needed.
If you're going to compare the two, the criteria should be, which returned the most meaningful results - maybe only 1 results is needed. A vast number of results is not always helpful.
I can relate to your post. It sounds like myself speaking 12 years ago. My advice is to set a realistic goal and go hit the pavement. You need to find somebody who is willing to give a new grad a chance. They are out there. Startups need tech staff that will work for cheap. Temporary agencies are a good way to get your foot in the door. But, don't expect a huge, hyped $100,000 job with crazy percs. You'll probably have to settle for a low-paying, but interesting job - or a better paying, but boring job.
Why? Because, except during the Internet boom, recent college grads don't leave school green under the collar demanding plum jobs with gigantic salaries. Those days are gone and now us techies have to work our way up the corporate ladder just like everybody else.
Don't get too stressed about it, though. There's work to be had. It just takes a little more effort to find it these days.
Hey, I never clicked on any license agreement. None of the warez that I downloaded even had one. The other day, this crack I ran had a spyware attached to it. I never clicked "agree" to anything. That's totally unfair!
Regardless of whether this feature can be turned on or off (which it seems it can) - Perhaps the writer should consider people who actually use their computers for more than listening to MP3 files and writting ill-informed opinion articles.
People have various and legitimate reasons for saving files 10 directory levels deep. I myself have various clients. Those clients have various projects. Some projects have various aspects and phases. Etc, etc. Perhaps it is my old-school thinking that prevents me from just throwing all of this information and documents into a "My Projects" directory?
~ Corporate Memo From Sys Admin ~
Dear Employees,
We have decided to simplify our file managment procedures. From now on, all users please save your files on the server in the "My Files" directory, without creating sub-directories. That way we will not have to waste time navigating through unecessary directory structures. I realize this may be a bit unconventional for an organization of 35,000 users. However, we feel that the benefit will outweight any inconveniences. Please use google if you need to locate a project file.
Sincerely,
IT Dept.
the first thing i am going to say is to start sticking up for yourself. don't be afraid to tell your manager that you are experiencing too much stress. stop complaining and do something about it.
now, having said that, i am going to make an assumption about your situation. i imagine that you are the guy who deals with the website. you have a small group of people who are constantly bringing new things for you to deal with. the problem being that people are dumping a lot of various things on you and you have to react quickly. if this is an accurate description of your situation, then i have a pretty good solution. that is, you need to create a process for your co-workers to use when giving you materials and work. you need to ween them out of the habit of just dumping stuff on you.
the problem is that, without a system, your co-workers have no choice other than to drop by your desk and load more crap onto your plate. you'd be surprised at how most people are receptive to following your instructions if you come up with a good, clear process. a few people may be resistant to having some kind of "system" when it has been so easy for them to just come to your desk and give you work in whatever format, with whatever deadline they choose. for that reason, you need to give them something in return. your process needs to give them something back. provide turnaround times. stick with them. send a notification when the work was done.
a couple of important things about designing a process like this - set the times to a reasonable level so that you can accomplish everything without stressing.
if there is simply too much work - no matter how you organize it, then you should look for ways to get work off of your plate. is there one repetitive task? put some serious time into automating it. pull one weekend and automate a task if it can save you 1 hour every week. would it save you 5 minutes if your co-workers would do some simple thing before submitting work to you? build that into your process. those things will add up very quickly.
there's so many other things you can do as well. just put some thought into it. the key is, nobody is going to make your work situation better for you except yourself.
my advise to the original poster - consider the offers you did get and take the best one. then, continue casually looking for a new job. every time you move from one job to another is an opportunity to improve your position and/or salary. obviously, don't quit every two weeks, but don't feel that you're making a lifetime comittment. especially at the beginning of your career - that is a good time to make moves.
.com boom where fresh grads get huge salaries is gone. i'm personally fine with it because less people will go into IT purely for the money. Those of us left, who actually like the work, will have jobs available to us.
despite all the doom and gloom here on slashdot, i have found that there is still a demand, and it is still easily possible for a quality developer to make a good living. however, the days of the
I have had the misfortune to work with people who went into software development just for the money. It sucks to work with those who don't care. Those are the ones who are now suffering the most because they never did quality work and were overpaid. Our current economic situation is a blessing in disguise for people serious about IT. Things will even out, though. It is still a valuable skilled trade.
I was going to implement passport on a client site when it first came out. I didn't know about the security issues at the time, but the cost was so high that I simply couldn't do it.
It seems to me that Passport could handle some security issues (albeit badly, but that's another issue) of small/mid developers and sites so that you don't have to worry about keeping certain personal data on your own system. But, it's simply priced way too high.
Maybe it would have gone better if they offered a free version - perhaps with a certain customer limit, so that small sites could implement it. If you have a large volume of customers, then you pay. So it cost would only become a factor as your site grew. Hopefully, your site grows and so do your profits. They would have you by the balls at that point - gauranteed customer. I think they killed it with the high price.
i hear they originally wanted george bush for the job, but they had to settle for a fake dummy!
i've taken the opposite approach to alarms. if i have to leave the room, i just crank slayer on my laptop at full volume. when i hear the music begin to fade away, i know my laptop is being being stolen.
i call it my "proactive audio alarm system." maybe i should file a patent?
to quote fuckedcompany.com, "you can have my aeron when you pry it from my cold, dead ass!"
i bought two when a former employer went out of business. i'm sitting on one right now. if you can afford it, get it. they rule! especially if you suffer from the case where your ass gets rather warm (in the summer months, for example) from sitting on a cushion all day. the downside is that if you are in a drafty office, there is no insulation to keep your butt warm and i sometimes have to put a blanket on the chair.
by "we", you mean "you." and by "you" you actually mean "liar." fess up bitch!
i would be cheering along with you guys if i thought we were actually backing up our movies that we bought. maybe you dorks actually copy every DVD you own - storing it off-site for "disaster recovery" of your precious movie. not me. i copy rental movies for me and my friends. i'll be sad when the party's over, but lets face it, it's not right! why don't you guys fess up too?
stupid idea for a major studio release. it would be killing two opportunities with one stone. movie release schedules are elaborately planned for maximum profit. why should they not be? the studio knows when the DVD is going to be released six months before you see the first trailer. people like to assume that the movie industry is some dude in a suit smoking cigars at his desk, ala barton fink. its not that simple.
this system probably works great for an indie film where the primary goal is exposure. most indie films only have one or two showings per city anyway, so selling the DVD right away probably has no impact on ticket sales whatsoever.
although i don't love it, i don't have a problem with ad-supported software that shows ads while you use it (like weatherbug, opera, etc).
perhaps it's a fine line, but programs that redirect your searches to an alternate site, pop-up windows while your not using the product, install other products and links on your desktop, etc. are in a different category than an ad-supported piece of software.
advertising is annoying, but a legitimate way to earn revenue in exchange for a free piece of software. i'd prefer to save my bashing for the real problem apps, like this credit-card stealing spam.
now i can hear all the subtleties of the baldwin brothers jams without that damn power supply noise.