I understand this is Slashdot (so bad story editing) but the topic title was "Interview with IE Lead Program Manager" (emphasis mine), hence my misinterpretation of "PM" of which I would assume there is one, at least on programs I have worked we have had only one PM.
Sort of like what happens near the end of the timeline in Orson Scott Card's "The Worthing Saga". Jason Worthing's planet has no idea of where they came from even after a couple thousand years of existence, although they are just getting advanced enough to start to figure some things out.
You mean how Bush outed Plame and thus caused the undercover company that watched Iran's nukes to fold? That kind of leak?
Yep, that kind of leak. Funny how that one seemed to have slipped by. Personally, when I got my clearance I signed a letter to the effect that at any time for the rest of my life if I disclose classified information I am subject to X thousands of dollars in fines and Y number of year in a federal prison.
Apparently if you are important enough you can skip that signing part when you get a clearance.
Nope, he is absolutely correct. We hired one of our computer operaters (they configure and run the various simulation software, Systems builds the servers/client/networks/accounts) into the Systems group to replace a guy who left. After about 2 months he made the following comments:
1- That we do a hell of a lot more things than he thought we did (as in, do more than just support the simulation operators).
2- That he sincerely hoped he didn't treat us the way he has noticed everyone else seems to treat us. (he didn't, which was a factor in why we hired him).
I am fairly certain that Wiki page also mentions that what classes the new races can be is also just a WAG based on vairous hints dropped by developers and what people think would be balanced for both Factions.
However, the Horde already has 3 races that can be Hunters, while the Alliance only has 2. 4 of 5 races allowed to be Hunters on one faction is not too cool by my book.
That way the chart is now, the factions look pretty balanced with # of possible race/class combinations.
I'm glad that in 300+ comments (at the time of this posting) that someone brought up this point. DHS was able to find this small error becuase it had access to the source code. How many errors of this type exists in any given Windows component? We will never know because we will never have the access to find out.
Then we'll move it to the ocean where we can... what? You don't want it there, EITHER? Why the hell not? Because it might damage a coral reef? What if we build an artifical one? That will change the ocean currents?
Wrong argument on that one...their argument is most likely:
"I paid a huge fortune for this coastal property and I love the view and HOW DARE YOU ruin that ocean view of mine with a public utility project!!!!"
The fact that some wealthy land-owners probably kicked in some bribes..er, sorry, I meant campaign contributions *cough*, to the esteemed Representative I am sure had no influence at all on his change of opinion towards the project.
I sincerely doubt it. DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency or something) requires that type of notice on every DOD affiliated system. I don't see how anyone could prosecute you for posting the same notice somewhere else, unless you had an intent to somehow get yourself connected to a DOD network fraudulently, in which case I hope you would enjoy an extended vacation in GITMO, you terrorist...
People don't care about your silly technical problems, they've learned that screaming loudly works, as it does.
Oh God is this true where I work. The sysadmin staff will engineer a decent solution, using the minimal amount of machines, replete with all required network and system security (we are a DOD shop), and every Tom, Dick and Harry won't shut the fuck up until they get exactly what they want because senior management will give it to them because Tom/Dick/Harry are louder and management is deathly afraid of failure.
We constantly ask them why they bother paying us to be the technical gurus if they never listen to our engineering designs.
I wasn't explicitly trying to state that MS would do this, just playing Devil's Advocate and providing an example of a "compelling reason" for businesses to upgrade.
Where I work, we didn't go to Windows XP until around 2003, and only just this year moved all of our enterprise backends to Server 2003.
MS would be extremely stupid to screw over the business world, and I am sure that they know it. I would guess that most businesses would not upgrade until whenever Vista Server comes out. If MS does the same thing they did with Server 2003, it will most likely be released after most of initial issues of Vista are taking care of (a la a Service pack rollout). At that point I would really expect to see businesses migrate up.
Of course, most new businesses would most likely just buy Vista on their new systems, and of course home users will get it with nearly every new PC purchase unless they wipe and reinstall with XP. There is no compelling reason for me personally to switch to Vista at the moment. Now if in a year or so the gaming experience is so much better with Vista, then I would upgrade my system and get Vista with it.
Unless Microsoft can give corporate users a solid business reason to spend millions upgrading
They will...all new software from Microsoft will ONLY work correctly on the new Vista OS. Want to run Visual Studio XXII? Sorry, built especially for Vista. Office 21? Sorry, Vista only. Halo 2 for the PC, sorry...well, you get the point.
I'm sure I read somewhere that the military are supposed to just melt old storage devices to be sure of getting rid of the data, but now I can't find that report anywhere. Theory and practice often differ I guess.
But from what I gather this was not material that was improperly disposed of, but people taking live working drives and USB sticks with information off base and selling them.
All of the destruction on old data storage devices doesn't matter when people are stealing the live stuff.
Sort of like you can lock down a system on the network until it is all but unuseable, but give me physical access to the box and I will own it.
Personally I would prefer a ban on hanging out naked to shave out of some exhibitionistic impulse"
Amen brother...I am all for people going to the gym and working out, but do you REALLY need to prop one leg up on the sink counter and dry off your man parts in front of the mirror while I am trying to wash my hands after taking a leak?
The whole point of this was stated by John Schwartz when the idea first came up. This is moslty for the market of people who only do massive number crunching on a few occasions but often enough that they would maintain their own computing cluster. Now, these same people can get rid of the hardware, people, power, cooling, and lab space and the other costs associated with maintaing a cluster and just worry about paying for CPU time the few occasions they actually need it. And if suddenly you have an immediate need for 10x the computing power, let Sun know and you can get more systems involved for your project. If you maintained your own compute cluster, how easily could you add 50 cpus to a task if you are already running at 100% CPUS??
To all you people screaming about how stupid CATO is, what is their political intent, etc, I suggest you read through the entire 28 page report. A lot of facts and examples are presented where the DMCA has been the trump card preventing a number of legitimate fair uses of copyrighted/DRM'd stuff.
Hell, there are even 2 or 3 reference to things like building LEGAL software DVD players for linux, or how Alan Cox resigned from an association because he didn't want to face the possibility of being arrested if he ever visited the US for a conference, since his kernel work sometimes involves reverse engineering.
Regardless of who wrote it or what the hell the political bent of the authors are, it all but says the the DMCA is a stupid act that was not needed since there were already legal means and precedents in existence to cover what the DMCA blanketly prohibits.
look at it in Google Maps? NO search the local papers for stories mentioning the street, streets nearby, the neighborhood? NO call someone who lived near to it - maybe a business - and ask what they thought of the place? NO check any online information from the city/county/state - assessed values, etc? NO
Dude, if I took all of the time to do that, I would lose out on a kick-ass deal!!
And that isn't always a bad thing. I view my work in this small shop as hard-core education... I've been in this business for eight years now, but I've learned more in two years here than I did in the previous six years elsewhere. In a lot of ways, once you realize that "Mega-Corporate IT" really sucks to work in, and "bush-league" IT is rewarding but pays no money, you'll find yourself motivated to find the crossroads of those two extremes--satisfying work that pays enough that you might one day have a hope of retiring.
The great thing with a smaller IT shop is you get to be more of a jack-of-all-trades type where you dabble (or maybe a little more than dabble) in almost everything becoming fairly well-rounded. In a large IT shop you get (from what I have seen) stove-piped into a particular piece of the organization where you might be the "router-guy" or the "Exchange guru" and never really get a chance to work in other areas because someone else is the "-guy".
My work is primarily linux servers/workstations, but at the same time our little group runs multiple Windows domains, Solaris servers, web servers, Oracle, web, firewalls and routers that I know enough to work on as good as the average admin in the group. We do have our in-house experts, like the guy who was formerly an Oracle DBA who we will go to for any serious questions, but every one of us is more or less equally well-rounded.
Damn, I wonder if Microsoft backed the SOX act in order to get this very outcome...I mean, if companies are unable to run linux because of IP disclosures, then Microsoft would rule the corporate world, because we all know that the other option, Solaris, is doomed since Sun will dissappear any time now, and Macs are only for fanboyz.
I knew I should have bought that Microsoft stock....
It is actually a very good article, more like an essay with a bunch of anectdotes from people who have had experience with other players who they though were farmers. There is nothing moronic about the article.
It is 16 pages though. Took me about 20 minutes to read (counting falling asleep) at work while waiting for a patch to complete.
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I understand this is Slashdot (so bad story editing) but the topic title was "Interview with IE Lead Program Manager" (emphasis mine), hence my misinterpretation of "PM" of which I would assume there is one, at least on programs I have worked we have had only one PM.
Enough said. The Brasil defence was stellar, and the Aussie's wasted the few oppurtunities they had for scoring.
Time for new software, or players.
Sort of like what happens near the end of the timeline in Orson Scott Card's "The Worthing Saga". Jason Worthing's planet has no idea of where they came from even after a couple thousand years of existence, although they are just getting advanced enough to start to figure some things out.
Good series of stories.
Committee for the Liberation of Inter-Terrestrial Organisms and their Reintegration Into Society
Yep, that kind of leak. Funny how that one seemed to have slipped by. Personally, when I got my clearance I signed a letter to the effect that at any time for the rest of my life if I disclose classified information I am subject to X thousands of dollars in fines and Y number of year in a federal prison.
Apparently if you are important enough you can skip that signing part when you get a clearance.
Nope, he is absolutely correct. We hired one of our computer operaters (they configure and run the various simulation software, Systems builds the servers/client/networks/accounts) into the Systems group to replace a guy who left. After about 2 months he made the following comments:
1- That we do a hell of a lot more things than he thought we did (as in, do more than just support the simulation operators).
2- That he sincerely hoped he didn't treat us the way he has noticed everyone else seems to treat us. (he didn't, which was a factor in why we hired him).
I am fairly certain that Wiki page also mentions that what classes the new races can be is also just a WAG based on vairous hints dropped by developers and what people think would be balanced for both Factions.
However, the Horde already has 3 races that can be Hunters, while the Alliance only has 2. 4 of 5 races allowed to be Hunters on one faction is not too cool by my book.
That way the chart is now, the factions look pretty balanced with # of possible race/class combinations.
I'm glad that in 300+ comments (at the time of this posting) that someone brought up this point. DHS was able to find this small error becuase it had access to the source code. How many errors of this type exists in any given Windows component? We will never know because we will never have the access to find out.
Wrong argument on that one...their argument is most likely:
"I paid a huge fortune for this coastal property and I love the view and HOW DARE YOU ruin that ocean view of mine with a public utility project!!!!"
The fact that some wealthy land-owners probably kicked in some bribes..er, sorry, I meant campaign contributions *cough*, to the esteemed Representative I am sure had no influence at all on his change of opinion towards the project.
I sincerely doubt it. DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency or something) requires that type of notice on every DOD affiliated system. I don't see how anyone could prosecute you for posting the same notice somewhere else, unless you had an intent to somehow get yourself connected to a DOD network fraudulently, in which case I hope you would enjoy an extended vacation in GITMO, you terrorist...
Dude, I am reporting your Slashdot ID to DISA since you obviously hacked my server and stole my MOTD.
<disclaimer>I am a DOD sysadmin</disclaimer>
Oh God is this true where I work. The sysadmin staff will engineer a decent solution, using the minimal amount of machines, replete with all required network and system security (we are a DOD shop), and every Tom, Dick and Harry won't shut the fuck up until they get exactly what they want because senior management will give it to them because Tom/Dick/Harry are louder and management is deathly afraid of failure.
We constantly ask them why they bother paying us to be the technical gurus if they never listen to our engineering designs.
I wasn't explicitly trying to state that MS would do this, just playing Devil's Advocate and providing an example of a "compelling reason" for businesses to upgrade.
Where I work, we didn't go to Windows XP until around 2003, and only just this year moved all of our enterprise backends to Server 2003.
MS would be extremely stupid to screw over the business world, and I am sure that they know it. I would guess that most businesses would not upgrade until whenever Vista Server comes out. If MS does the same thing they did with Server 2003, it will most likely be released after most of initial issues of Vista are taking care of (a la a Service pack rollout). At that point I would really expect to see businesses migrate up.
Of course, most new businesses would most likely just buy Vista on their new systems, and of course home users will get it with nearly every new PC purchase unless they wipe and reinstall with XP. There is no compelling reason for me personally to switch to Vista at the moment. Now if in a year or so the gaming experience is so much better with Vista, then I would upgrade my system and get Vista with it.
They will...all new software from Microsoft will ONLY work correctly on the new Vista OS. Want to run Visual Studio XXII? Sorry, built especially for Vista. Office 21? Sorry, Vista only. Halo 2 for the PC, sorry...well, you get the point.
But from what I gather this was not material that was improperly disposed of, but people taking live working drives and USB sticks with information off base and selling them.
All of the destruction on old data storage devices doesn't matter when people are stealing the live stuff.
Sort of like you can lock down a system on the network until it is all but unuseable, but give me physical access to the box and I will own it.
FYI. Although I agree, she is still very cute.
Amen brother...I am all for people going to the gym and working out, but do you REALLY need to prop one leg up on the sink counter and dry off your man parts in front of the mirror while I am trying to wash my hands after taking a leak?
The whole point of this was stated by John Schwartz when the idea first came up. This is moslty for the market of people who only do massive number crunching on a few occasions but often enough that they would maintain their own computing cluster. Now, these same people can get rid of the hardware, people, power, cooling, and lab space and the other costs associated with maintaing a cluster and just worry about paying for CPU time the few occasions they actually need it. And if suddenly you have an immediate need for 10x the computing power, let Sun know and you can get more systems involved for your project. If you maintained your own compute cluster, how easily could you add 50 cpus to a task if you are already running at 100% CPUS??
To all you people screaming about how stupid CATO is, what is their political intent, etc, I suggest you read through the entire 28 page report. A lot of facts and examples are presented where the DMCA has been the trump card preventing a number of legitimate fair uses of copyrighted/DRM'd stuff.
Hell, there are even 2 or 3 reference to things like building LEGAL software DVD players for linux, or how Alan Cox resigned from an association because he didn't want to face the possibility of being arrested if he ever visited the US for a conference, since his kernel work sometimes involves reverse engineering.
Regardless of who wrote it or what the hell the political bent of the authors are, it all but says the the DMCA is a stupid act that was not needed since there were already legal means and precedents in existence to cover what the DMCA blanketly prohibits.
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look at it in Google Maps?
NO
search the local papers for stories mentioning the street, streets nearby, the neighborhood?
NO
call someone who lived near to it - maybe a business - and ask what they thought of the place?
NO
check any online information from the city/county/state - assessed values, etc?
NO
Dude, if I took all of the time to do that, I would lose out on a kick-ass deal!!
The great thing with a smaller IT shop is you get to be more of a jack-of-all-trades type where you dabble (or maybe a little more than dabble) in almost everything becoming fairly well-rounded. In a large IT shop you get (from what I have seen) stove-piped into a particular piece of the organization where you might be the "router-guy" or the "Exchange guru" and never really get a chance to work in other areas because someone else is the "-guy".
My work is primarily linux servers/workstations, but at the same time our little group runs multiple Windows domains, Solaris servers, web servers, Oracle, web, firewalls and routers that I know enough to work on as good as the average admin in the group. We do have our in-house experts, like the guy who was formerly an Oracle DBA who we will go to for any serious questions, but every one of us is more or less equally well-rounded.
Damn, I wonder if Microsoft backed the SOX act in order to get this very outcome...I mean, if companies are unable to run linux because of IP disclosures, then Microsoft would rule the corporate world, because we all know that the other option, Solaris, is doomed since Sun will dissappear any time now, and Macs are only for fanboyz.
I knew I should have bought that Microsoft stock....
It is actually a very good article, more like an essay with a bunch of anectdotes from people who have had experience with other players who they though were farmers. There is nothing moronic about the article.
It is 16 pages though. Took me about 20 minutes to read (counting falling asleep) at work while waiting for a patch to complete.