Our music in on iTunes, and they get a cut of it. Wow, Thanks Royalty Board! Thanks for taking more of our cut . . . for doing . . . nothing to help us.
I use roadrunner, but I use a internal DNS server. Not roadrunner's. Funny thing I've noticed is that I actually get the speed of my service by bypassing their DNS Servers, a easy 200-500K increase in download bandwidth.
For security reasons we never powered down at my last company. For 2 reasons:
1: Hardware
When you turn on hardware is when the hardware has the highest percentage of failure. More specifically, hard drives. First hand experience, for those employees who just didn't follow the rules they had 2x the hardware malfunctions as someone who left their machine on all the time. So if a computer that gets turned on breaks more often, what is it going to be like for you to fix systems that break during power-up with a 8,000 client base? I wouldn't do it.
2: Security
At night is when we ran updates, ran virus scans, monitored systems. If these are ran during the day, you will get complaints and your staff/employees will start shutting down the services in order to work.
Suggestion:
I would look at 'phone book' size computers, like the Dell Optiplex GX270,GX280,620. These systems use much less electricity than their desktop counterparts. We had GX270's with a 175watt pull, compared to 450watt for a desktop. Getting hardware that meets needs, and uses only as much energy resources as needed is where I would start looking. And with 8000 clients, any change here will show massive gain in energy savings.
Well... what?
Seriously? "troll", comeon'.
I just thought it interesting that on slashdot, of all places, the author thought it nessesary to inform the readers . . . on slashdot . . . that DMZ is short for demilitarized zone.
And "newb" isn't a deragatory term, it simply means the person is new (in this case 'networking') to a subject and simple skills/knowledge aren't there yet.
I was a newb once at all of this, and so were you.
Document every time that you spoke with management, write down these "questioning sessions" down with a date/time, who you spoke with, and quote their answers as straight forward as you can.
You have NO power to force them to do anything, it sounds like you did everything you could to inform them of the problems that plague your company. It sucks, but that is all that you can do.
When the bad thing happens, and it will, they'll start pointing their finger at you. Calmly take out these sheets that you made earlier, and show how this solution that you presented would have solved the problem.
They might try to fire you, don't worry, go to court. Bring all of this documentation, this will show the judge that you were attempting to do your job, however your employer roadblocked solutions that would have taken care of the problem. So you presented a solution that would have prevented the problem, and your employer stopped it. Now your employer fired you for . . . not providing the solution . . . nah, that's not going to fly.
Proper testing techniques will weed out bad students. Don't test memory, test concepts, as concepts are what any teacher wants their students to understand.
Q: 2 + 2 = a, a = ? (how does this work?)
Don't test for "4", test for their understanding of how addition functions. That is what you want them to know. Testing for an answer of "4" only tests a effect of the cause, actually understanding the addition operator
I know this probablly isn't really an answer for your question, but if I can pickup all of the concepts that you teach out-side of class, then is attending your class going to help me at all?
This Microsoft pundit actually has slashdoter's at his fingertips? You're kidding right? You can't be serious. I read the article, except for a few instances, if you switch every instance of "Apple" and the closest "Windows" I would agree with most of his statements.
I downloaded the Vista preview, while installing I laughed a bit here, a little bit there. "Wow, somebody wants to be OSX." I said to myself while loging in for the first time. "Geez, they even built in OSX's Spotlight as 'Desktop Search', wow . . . who is going to believe this crap."
I seriously had more respect for slashdoter's neutrality 5 minutes ago
Let us forgive and forget, can we draw some huge HR tag and start the comments over?
I do a lot of films here in Austin, TX. Why would they want to make inovative movies? Why would they want to take a chance? They are only interested in making money, your entertainment is at the bottom of their to-do list.
Why are there so many reality TV shows (In fact an entire cable channel now devoted to this ever increasing menence)? Because it's cheap, and guarantees a profit. However, good TV is taking a change, a chance they are not willing to take.
Why are there SO MANY horror films the past 2 years? They guarantee a profit, not because people like them, because they don't cost all that much and people love seeing them.
There was a film done down here 2 years ago about a man that ended up 2,000 years in the future. When he got out of the building to witness the future world, he saw a movie theatre showing a film called "Butts". It consisted of b-roll shots of peoples butts . . . that's it.
It's sad, but I think if someone did that they would be rich here. What I would like to see happen is realease old, GOOD films today. This would be benifical on two grounds: A:> We would have something of value to watch. and B:> Current films would be in competition with all films ever created, not just current ones. Can you imagine going to see the original Omen, Butch Cassidy, Clockwork Orange, or even Midnight Cowboy. If I had my choice I probably wouldn't watch anything after 1995.
And I'll tell you something else, I bet movie studios would pay a lot more attention to it's customers once complete competition came into play.
Start working somewhere inside. I started working in the supply department, then moved to marketing, finally a opening came up in IS as a helpdesk tech. I took it and now I'm a sys admin after working as a tech for a year and a half.
If you work at the company, they are much more accepting of hiring you than some new dude off of the streets. Plus many companies HR departments are very open to discussions about where you want to end up. Just talk to them.
It's amazing, they just want you to be happy since you'll work better and make the company better profits. Talk to your work, most of the time they'll do a lot to get it working for you.
You didn't invest in the company, you offered a service to them in exchange for monetary payment. You didn't dump hundreds of thousands into this company. Those people took a risk, you didn't. You were going to get a paycheck if the company floped or exploded.
Taking risks is what investing is all about, that is what makes money. don't whine about not getting a piece of the pie when you decided to play it safe.
Next time? If you believe in the product and/or service, heavily invest in it.
I don't understand why people freak out so much over virtualization, people these products were built to do these types of tasks. Of course it can Windows, hey guess what? It'll also run Slackware, Debian, Fedora, etc. ALL AT THE SAME TIME!
You are NOT running concurrent OS's, you are running software-rendered hardware that the OS installer is too stupid to figure out that the computer doesn't exist.
Seriously, can we get better stories than this. Like a HOW-TO on installing OSX as the parent OS on my home-built machine, now that would be news. Ahhh. . . . yeah . . . . OSX . baby!
Company should issue out laptops to the contractors, laptops which give the contractors standard user rights while logged on.
DO NOT TOUCH HOME MACHINES!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's something that once you start supporting, you will not be able to stop. You fix Candy's machine and Sam's, then your company decides to pull the plug on this. But Sara starts whining because she was next in line because of some StarForce driver f'ed up her CD-ROM. "Well, just this once, then we'll stop this policy." says the suits. (You'll be hearing that a lot).
Tell them, "Look if I don't have control over the maintenance and upkeep then I shouldn't be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep.
Tell them, "Sometimes a fix for a major problem is uninstalling/removing/blacklisting something that these users might think they want. If I don't control the systems, they're just going to reverse the fix, and start yelling at me again."
DO NOT DO THIS! Even with some legalize papers, just don't get involved in changing your role at the company to deal with computers that you don't control.
We limit to 100MB, delete any object older than 60 days, and we do not backup pst files. We have about the same amount of users ~350. Our exchage server used to be 80GB, now it's at a cool 6GB.
It took a while to get the users to deal with it, in fact I'm a huge email pack rack. My personal pst is hovering right underneath 1GB. But there is no reason to keep that crap on the exchange server.
"I know a lot of people actually fall for them. I always tell them that the surefire way to tell if it's a spoof is to put a fake username/password in when prompted. Not only do they then get fake information, but if it gets accepted, you know that the site is fake. I've gotten my whole family to start doing this after my sister fell for one"
That's a really good idea, thanks. I'm going to get my family to do the same.
I've got it running on a PIII-1Ghz machine routing 4 different subnets (1/internet 1/production 1/DMZ 1/Wireless). Very easy to setup using out-of-box configuration.
Best thing about slack is that Pat doesn't patch the shit out of everything so everything stays very stable.
You probablly need more bandwidth than what I've got, but that's just hardware. This will run on just about anything.
We don't use them either, they cause more problems than they solve. But we wanted a solution where a user could just up and move to another machine and all of their settings are basically there.
I built a GPO that runs a script that will check if the local profile has been "set-up". It does this by: First, checking to see if a version of Office is installed. Then it will check to see if there is a default Outlook profile. If no, the script assumes the profile is new and sets up printers based on domain group membership and runs a.prf file to setup Outlook to pull their mailbox from our exchange server. Besides that, there isn't too much of anything our employees need that is "customized" between profiles on a particular system.
I guess my point is, if M$'s version of "roaming" profiles doesn't suit your needs, make a different version of a roaming profile.
Surely people here have figured out the madness that is FOX ph3W$. Why are we even talking about this. "WOW, something Bill O'Reily said is wrong . . . surely not!" This is what happens when we start listening to false news reports given to us from political morons. "Open what?! . . . I don't know, sounds like a damn communist to me." Idiots.
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Our music in on iTunes, and they get a cut of it. Wow, Thanks Royalty Board! Thanks for taking more of our cut . . . for doing . . . nothing to help us.
I use roadrunner, but I use a internal DNS server. Not roadrunner's. Funny thing I've noticed is that I actually get the speed of my service by bypassing their DNS Servers, a easy 200-500K increase in download bandwidth.
For security reasons we never powered down at my last company. For 2 reasons:
1: Hardware
When you turn on hardware is when the hardware has the highest percentage of failure. More specifically, hard drives. First hand experience, for those employees who just didn't follow the rules they had 2x the hardware malfunctions as someone who left their machine on all the time. So if a computer that gets turned on breaks more often, what is it going to be like for you to fix systems that break during power-up with a 8,000 client base? I wouldn't do it.
2: Security
At night is when we ran updates, ran virus scans, monitored systems. If these are ran during the day, you will get complaints and your staff/employees will start shutting down the services in order to work.
Suggestion:
I would look at 'phone book' size computers, like the Dell Optiplex GX270,GX280,620. These systems use much less electricity than their desktop counterparts. We had GX270's with a 175watt pull, compared to 450watt for a desktop. Getting hardware that meets needs, and uses only as much energy resources as needed is where I would start looking. And with 8000 clients, any change here will show massive gain in energy savings.
Well... what? Seriously? "troll", comeon'. I just thought it interesting that on slashdot, of all places, the author thought it nessesary to inform the readers . . . on slashdot . . . that DMZ is short for demilitarized zone. And "newb" isn't a deragatory term, it simply means the person is new (in this case 'networking') to a subject and simple skills/knowledge aren't there yet. I was a newb once at all of this, and so were you.
Since when do slashdoters need to be informed that DMZ is short for "demilitarized zone".
What are the most common problems that most startups have when begining talks with you?
... so you wouldn't want emergency services to know? I might if I went into a coma at home, but that's just me.
It seems to me that what the RIAA is doing is pure extortion using the courts. What line hasn't been crossed that has kept what they are doing legal?
Document every time that you spoke with management, write down these "questioning sessions" down with a date/time, who you spoke with, and quote their answers as straight forward as you can.
You have NO power to force them to do anything, it sounds like you did everything you could to inform them of the problems that plague your company. It sucks, but that is all that you can do.
When the bad thing happens, and it will, they'll start pointing their finger at you. Calmly take out these sheets that you made earlier, and show how this solution that you presented would have solved the problem.
They might try to fire you, don't worry, go to court. Bring all of this documentation, this will show the judge that you were attempting to do your job, however your employer roadblocked solutions that would have taken care of the problem. So you presented a solution that would have prevented the problem, and your employer stopped it. Now your employer fired you for . . . not providing the solution . . . nah, that's not going to fly.
Proper testing techniques will weed out bad students. Don't test memory, test concepts, as concepts are what any teacher wants their students to understand.
Q: 2 + 2 = a, a = ? (how does this work?)
Don't test for "4", test for their understanding of how addition functions. That is what you want them to know. Testing for an answer of "4" only tests a effect of the cause, actually understanding the addition operator
I know this probablly isn't really an answer for your question, but if I can pickup all of the concepts that you teach out-side of class, then is attending your class going to help me at all?
Just like the above situation, I'm not going to buy until a solution comes up between the two formats. Period.
I can't tell if the above was making a joke.
"Alex, lets try a 'W', and I'd like to solve the puzzle...
"The Whole US school system is messed up."
Seriously, take a look. A lot of small companies, or home businesses that liquidate their assets will sell their stuff dirt cheap.
I got a HP4000TN for $100 off of there.
I'm happy.
This Microsoft pundit actually has slashdoter's at his fingertips? You're kidding right? You can't be serious. I read the article, except for a few instances, if you switch every instance of "Apple" and the closest "Windows" I would agree with most of his statements.
I downloaded the Vista preview, while installing I laughed a bit here, a little bit there. "Wow, somebody wants to be OSX." I said to myself while loging in for the first time. "Geez, they even built in OSX's Spotlight as 'Desktop Search', wow . . . who is going to believe this crap."
I seriously had more respect for slashdoter's neutrality 5 minutes ago
Let us forgive and forget, can we draw some huge HR tag and start the comments over?
I do a lot of films here in Austin, TX. Why would they want to make inovative movies? Why would they want to take a chance? They are only interested in making money, your entertainment is at the bottom of their to-do list.
Why are there so many reality TV shows (In fact an entire cable channel now devoted to this ever increasing menence)? Because it's cheap, and guarantees a profit. However, good TV is taking a change, a chance they are not willing to take.
Why are there SO MANY horror films the past 2 years? They guarantee a profit, not because people like them, because they don't cost all that much and people love seeing them.
There was a film done down here 2 years ago about a man that ended up 2,000 years in the future. When he got out of the building to witness the future world, he saw a movie theatre showing a film called "Butts". It consisted of b-roll shots of peoples butts . . . that's it.
It's sad, but I think if someone did that they would be rich here. What I would like to see happen is realease old, GOOD films today. This would be benifical on two grounds: A:> We would have something of value to watch. and B:> Current films would be in competition with all films ever created, not just current ones. Can you imagine going to see the original Omen, Butch Cassidy, Clockwork Orange, or even Midnight Cowboy. If I had my choice I probably wouldn't watch anything after 1995.
And I'll tell you something else, I bet movie studios would pay a lot more attention to it's customers once complete competition came into play.
Start working somewhere inside. I started working in the supply department, then moved to marketing, finally a opening came up in IS as a helpdesk tech. I took it and now I'm a sys admin after working as a tech for a year and a half.
If you work at the company, they are much more accepting of hiring you than some new dude off of the streets. Plus many companies HR departments are very open to discussions about where you want to end up. Just talk to them.
It's amazing, they just want you to be happy since you'll work better and make the company better profits. Talk to your work, most of the time they'll do a lot to get it working for you.
End of Final Fantasy VII.
You didn't invest in the company, you offered a service to them in exchange for monetary payment. You didn't dump hundreds of thousands into this company. Those people took a risk, you didn't. You were going to get a paycheck if the company floped or exploded. Taking risks is what investing is all about, that is what makes money. don't whine about not getting a piece of the pie when you decided to play it safe. Next time? If you believe in the product and/or service, heavily invest in it.
I don't understand why people freak out so much over virtualization, people these products were built to do these types of tasks. Of course it can Windows, hey guess what? It'll also run Slackware, Debian, Fedora, etc. ALL AT THE SAME TIME!
You are NOT running concurrent OS's, you are running software-rendered hardware that the OS installer is too stupid to figure out that the computer doesn't exist.
Seriously, can we get better stories than this. Like a HOW-TO on installing OSX as the parent OS on my home-built machine, now that would be news. Ahhh. . . . yeah . . . . OSX . baby!
Company should issue out laptops to the contractors, laptops which give the contractors standard user rights while logged on.
It's something that once you start supporting, you will not be able to stop. You fix Candy's machine and Sam's, then your company decides to pull the plug on this. But Sara starts whining because she was next in line because of some StarForce driver f'ed up her CD-ROM. "Well, just this once, then we'll stop this policy." says the suits. (You'll be hearing that a lot).
Tell them, "Look if I don't have control over the maintenance and upkeep then I shouldn't be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep.
Tell them, "Sometimes a fix for a major problem is uninstalling/removing/blacklisting something that these users might think they want. If I don't control the systems, they're just going to reverse the fix, and start yelling at me again."
DO NOT DO THIS! Even with some legalize papers, just don't get involved in changing your role at the company to deal with computers that you don't control.
We limit to 100MB, delete any object older than 60 days, and we do not backup pst files. We have about the same amount of users ~350. Our exchage server used to be 80GB, now it's at a cool 6GB. It took a while to get the users to deal with it, in fact I'm a huge email pack rack. My personal pst is hovering right underneath 1GB. But there is no reason to keep that crap on the exchange server.
That's a really good idea, thanks. I'm going to get my family to do the same.
I've got it running on a PIII-1Ghz machine routing 4 different subnets (1/internet 1/production 1/DMZ 1/Wireless). Very easy to setup using out-of-box configuration. Best thing about slack is that Pat doesn't patch the shit out of everything so everything stays very stable. You probablly need more bandwidth than what I've got, but that's just hardware. This will run on just about anything.
We don't use them either, they cause more problems than they solve. But we wanted a solution where a user could just up and move to another machine and all of their settings are basically there.
.prf file to setup Outlook to pull their mailbox from our exchange server. Besides that, there isn't too much of anything our employees need that is "customized" between profiles on a particular system.
I built a GPO that runs a script that will check if the local profile has been "set-up". It does this by: First, checking to see if a version of Office is installed. Then it will check to see if there is a default Outlook profile. If no, the script assumes the profile is new and sets up printers based on domain group membership and runs a
I guess my point is, if M$'s version of "roaming" profiles doesn't suit your needs, make a different version of a roaming profile.
Surely people here have figured out the madness that is FOX ph3W$. Why are we even talking about this. "WOW, something Bill O'Reily said is wrong . . . surely not!" This is what happens when we start listening to false news reports given to us from political morons. "Open what?! . . . I don't know, sounds like a damn communist to me." Idiots.