Because traditionally it is easier/cheaper to defend a homefront than it is to take the offensive.
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The basis for current security models is not to make things impossible but to make them so difficult that the hackers look to different targets. Or to make it so the only people capable of breaking in are in such a minority that it will be a rare occurance and any losses are negligable.
Case in point: Is your house impossible to break into? No. All you can do is make it so that the next door neighbor is a shiny honeypot of sorts:)
Im still not sold on wireless for desktop use especially with lasers sucking the juice out. The Logitech MX is about the only one I will use for desktops, that sucker will work on anything I put it on, shiny-solid-textured-cloth-whatever doesn't matter. Given, it still jumped a bit when being moved over a crack but other than a trackball there isnt much you can do about that. Also I am a kind of logitech fanboy, their products have always been pretty polished for me and MS mice have been OK but never felt as accurate as the logitech's.
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Try using a laser mouse instead, optical mice are good and cheap but if you want control and accuracy get a high res laser mouse and put it on whatever surface you want.
I enjoy the Kensington Expert Mouse as well, that zoom ring rocks. However recently I had the joy of using Logitech's freespinning wheel mouse MX Revolution. That is a good time:)
I think with a higher IQ, (being one of said people happily married now), it is just not as necessary to have sex early. The midrange IQ groups tend to use it as a sense of identity in my opinion. My wife and I were more than happy to wait until marriage to engage in intercourse. However I did not equate this to intelligence at all, more to moral and religious principles.
Now that I think about it I had many good friends who were not religious and were very intelligent that waited until later in their college years to take their relationships to that level. So one humble opinion here is that more intelligent people just put more thought into their relationships and who they have sex with than the general masses. Which is good because evolution will take over as the "average population" dies out due to STD's and angry relationships, the intelligent individuals will prosper and the population will grow more intelligent over time.
I think that may be what they were going for, Sys Admin is only recognized as a subset by those of us in geek departments. I am a Network Admin and I view myself as a sys admin, but I also view our DBA as a sys admin, and same goes with the web dev. Of course I havent worked in a company where there are more than 15 IT people but it has been my experience that when shit hits the fan, the DBA, web dev, app devs and whatnot all are asleep in bed while the "Sys Admins" take the call until the devs and dba's have their morning coffee.
Of course I also view Sys Admins as anyone who is responsible for the system, essentially a support staff for the people that actually do the work. The web dev and DBA at my current job actually handle everything that people touch via a front end or see on the web, my job is to make sure they can get things done.
You shouldnt have been, most universities do not publish their own books that I am aware of. Also a good academic institution will accept a good textbook from wherever it comes from rather than trying to mimic a good textbook so they can make an extra buck, you dont get that mentality until you get into the private sector.
1. it isn't about winning, it is about effectively learning from each other. But glad to hear that you agreed on what I was trying to say, meaning gets lost a lot in forums and it is good to know every once in a while a point gets across even if the other person doesn't agree with it. Most discussions just end up being a pissing match where each person does not understand the other.
2. I don't know how that phrase proves your point which means I have been missing what you have been saying all along, unless you believe that Hitler should not have been punished. But Hitler is a prime example of someone who didn't pull a trigger but was punished and no one disputes that fact. Well he did pull a trigger in WW1 but don't know if there is a record of him actually killing anyone.
I apologize for missing your implied reasoning. But we must be missing on a very fundamental level here, I believe that a teacher also teaches appropriate behavior or at least tries to. You may not believe this and this may be a fundamental difference that is causing us to miss each other's points.
The kid who goes over the edge is to be punished but if behavior had been different among the students the issue may not have occurred. We as society should encourage behavior (not through law) that allows for better functioning and healthier mentalities. You are right that we can not make an arrest for something where you are not an accomplice or directly responsible for. But I bet there are a lot of people out there wishing they were nicer to the shooters. And I am of the side of the fence that believes the school shootings and bombings could have been avoided had society been a little more aware of courtesy. But that is speculation.
I do know first hand that if students are disrespectful to the teacher, that DIRECTLY causes difficulty in a teacher's ability to do their job. Who do you learn better from a teacher that has your respect or one that does not? HS is very finicky in that way, kids love clicks they love to be a part of something so when one student decides to be cool and make a mockery of a classroom he/she DIRECTLY causes the rest of the class to respect the teacher less. As is the case with professors they will teach the same class 2-3 times to different classes in a semester, and I can tell you that there is a direct correlation between classes that have good average GPAs and whether or not there is a disrespectful student in the classroom.
Translate this to the average business situation (which hopefully school is preparing you for). I am an IT professional and my job is to inform board members on their options technology wise, I have been in front of rooms where the business members were very professional and courteous, and I have been in front of rooms where there is an old crotchety guy who is constantly belittling the situation because he likes things the way they are. No skin off of my back, but that company that has the crotchety guy almost always ends up in trouble in a year. The crotchety guy ends up getting transferred or fired quickly and I am back in the room giving the same presentation a year later. Now, had society taught this guy earlier how to behave in a public setting the business in question may not have lost 200K. Is there any law that mandates how he should behave? No but there is no question in anyone's minds that society would be better had he learned this behavior.
Before you go off on a tangent about behavior is subjective and no one other than parents has a right to tell anyone how to behave. Remember that in school you are required to hand assignments in on time, show up to class at a particular time, address teachers in a proper fashion, follow rules on playgrounds, take a given set of classes, not skip sessions, etc. These all translate to life skills, your parents don't teach them, it is a nice buffer to ease you into real life where you actions have much more dire consequences. If a person doesn't like the situation there are a plethora of schools to choose from that teach different behaviors and if that still doesn't suite your style there is Home Schooling.
So thinking about an ideal situation is bad if we don't already find ourselves in that ideal situation?
Thinking about ideal situations is only good when thinking about how to get close to them. When solving a problem we have to look at what is, and act accordingly.
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my point was that a 'consequence' for an action that doesn't physically do anything is a made up consequence. Hitler technically never physically did anything. He just spoke....very very well.
What you are talking about is referred to as altruism, wake the hell up. Either you are one of the aforementioned people who don't understand consequence or just live in a hole.
It would be great if the world worked the way you think it should but that is not how things happen.
Reality check, we don't live in a altruistic society, people don't act for the betterment of society, they work in their closed off worlds where all is good and right. When their world collides with someone else's they get pissed. Profs are more than happy to justify their grades, you are correct that they should be ready to justify. But the bigger picture if you broaden your mind a bit is the idea that you can dick around and because you don't physically harm someone initially that it doesn't hurt society is a stupid notion brought about by this Post Modern philosophy that our actions do not affect each other.
The only consequences of mocking the teacher are ones MADE UP BY THE TEACHER.
If you cannot see beyond this then you are going to have a rough time in life. Words count, things cascade and snowball, an ignored kid can be pushed over the edge. Things have consequence you look at someone wrong and they may kill you later. You smile at someone they may rape you, you ignore someone you may miss an opportunity for career advancement. Yes this is cynical and extreme but it does happen. I have seen teachers, wonderful ones absolutely go to waste at a school because a couple of kids discredited them from the get-go, with children/HS it is very hard to climb your way back up and be an effective teacher after this. It all starts with a little mockery (and there a difference between playful mockery and the destructive kind), then it degrades to not handing in assignments on time, then pranks, and finally a good teacher quitting because the students are unteachable. So the same teacher switches schools, and becomes one of the favorites because the students are respectful.
A good teacher doesn't just teach History, English, or Math. They teach life lessons as well, every great teacher I have had or seen has earned my respect because they taught me things I can use other than 1+1, such as how to speak professionally, act courteously, and put up with lousy people.
This teacher may be over sensitive, but I think it is about time someone address the respect issues in schools, and addressing by holding a dick head accountable is a way to do it. If you have ever successfully worked with kids you will find that as a previous poster said, punish the first offender harshly and the rest will fall in line. So was this punishment harsh by today's standards? Oh yea, shockingly so, but was it a good idea? damn straight.
In that case there is no such thing as free speech. Every action has a consequence, this "free" you speak of is unobtainable. Rather, I have the right to speak with limited consequences. Rights are subjective anyway, that is why there are so many arguments regarding them.
There are a few people who know that they are going to speak or act and receive a negative consequence but they do it anyway, be it a patriot or an abused wife.
The problem is we have this generation of kids coming up and believing just as you do, my actions are my own and don't effect anyone else so leave me alone. Kids need to be taught that there are consequences and if you fire a gun people will die, if you mock your boss you stand a good chance of getting fired.
I dont know about you but I was brought up to treat school and the classroom like a job, dress appropriately and act accordingly. Today all rights of teachers have been stripped they are to fulfill the requirement of spewing information and writing exams, not actually teaching.
Perhaps your college professor friends might like to have a look at their own attitude to accountability if they don't like having their grades questioned.
WTF you cant be serious, when a professor gives a student an honest grade for a class and it drops their GPA then the academic office changes it when the Parent calls and bitches about how thier little precious johnny is failing out of the college that the parents paid for because he spent time partying and not studying. That is not a Prof problem, that is a student/parent/academic affairs problem. The prof has no control and profs are fired over these things and the lawsuits ensue.
Open your eyes, people up to the age of 25 or so are no reflection of good education rather a reflection of a fat lazy society who has no idea what consequence is.
depends on the school, here in the Midwest I don't know if I have ever heard of a kid being arrested for fighting in school. Usually detention and a good lecture about getting along. Of course I have been out of HS for around 10 years as well.
Given the state of public schools today I think the fact that we are taken back by a 40 day suspension is saying something. I know quite a few college professors who are sickened by the type of students that are coming out of high school with no sense of accountability. They bitch about unfair grades, and are just insulted when you try to punish them for plagiarism. Why this article calls this a "model student" is beyond me, there is a difference between voicing your opinion and being down right insubordinate/inappropriate.
To put this in reference for those of you who are actually working for a living right now.Try doing this at a board meeting or in any professional setting. As much as we want to make a mockery of some people we refrain. School settings are the same, school classrooms should be given the same respect as a workplace, and I tell you that something like this would get you fired. The school is doing this kid and friends a favor by showing that, yes you can voice your opinion (they aren't suing for removal of the video), but be prepared to face the consequences.
I have no problem with free speech individuals when they are full and ready to pay the consequences, to bitch about it is just to discredit yourself.
Personally I have a fairly good grip on the debate at hand, and while you build a weak straw man as indicated by another poster I think it may because you are misunderstanding why people are against BC.
People are against BC because they believe either
a: Marriage is to procreate
or
b: they believe that the BC in question destroys a human life (the believers that Humanity begins at conception with the unique DNA fingerprint).
Also most anti BC people are all about the sex, more the better as well, better chance of procreation. This knocks down all three of your assumptions and replaces them with more substantial versions.
However, even a non Christian (as it seems Christians are at the head of the anti BC debate) can admit that BC directly reduces the chances of babies so out of wedlock people can have more sex. Sex out of wedlock statistically is causing an exponential increase in STDs, which in turn increase the chance that a non sexually active person will get an STD accidentally or an STD will be carried over into a marriage.
Personally I am a fan of BC, allows me to plan my family better and keeps poorer families from slipping into poverty (which I believe was the original intention of BC). I am picky about my birth control though through a well though out process I believe. I have many friends who are consistent anti birth control, where Natural Family Planning is out of the question as well.
But this post has gotten long enough and I hope it clears a bit of your anoyances with the debate up, and if you do have friends/family that believe what you posted, I sincerely feel they should be on birth control to save their children from their line of thinking.
But as a gun owning individual, I can say that personally if I were to draw my weapon in public I would resign myself to the fact that I have greatly increased my chances of being shot myself. It is a risk assesment that any person trained in weapons should understand. So upon a situation in a grocery store, School, or any public place, if I decide to be the vigilante I have taken the risk, if I get shot and die but 20 people are saved because the guy who accidentally shot me also got the gunman, I will take that trade. But that is just me.
'Some of you may point out that the data stored on your hard drive is not of any real consequence, but I would disagree. It is more than probable that a skilled, disgruntled employee of the company you trust with your data could... sell off your personal information.' Given the real danger of privacy concerns, identity theft, and uptime, will web-based applications ever truly replace locally hosted software?
What does this have to do with online web apps? I don't know about you guys out there but on the networks I build and maintain. All documents and data of any importance resides on file servers where the IT department maintains security and backups. It is no harder for a disgruntled employee to take the data from a local storage than it is to take it from a network storage device. So with the exception of ultra ultra sensitive data, I see no reason other than bandwith that a file could not be stored outside the local network as long as security requirement were met by the host. In fact I would argue that a data management service would be far more successful at keeping your data secure and safe than the Jack of all trades IT guy you have working on 30 projects at once. Heck we already outsource hotsites, offsite storage, and web hosting, why not document management.
Also 25GB may be laughable for an entire organization, but 3GB a person (gmail offers currently almost 3.0GB an account) is more than enough unless you are a graphics company of sorts. For my current company we only have about 10 out of 750 employees over the 1.0GB mark. That is including picutes, cute personal videos, zip files, documents and a bunch of other items. I would suggest the writer of the article spend a little more time researching the issue and less trying to spew out articles as fast as possible ranting like a/.er
I have been looking into a nice repository for my house for a while. Even with all the cheap external drives, I still cannot beat the price of buying 4 500GB drives for $150 a piece at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16822148136. Then plug them into an old box and install Freenas. As a geek it seems to be the way to go unless you need to take the storage with you. Even then I have a VPN but now we are getting more technical than ol mom and pop would enjoy.
Hmmm,you make interesting points, unnecessarily aggressive but interesting nonetheless. Then again your ID is 'adolf' so what should I expect. I was under the impression with rapid run (once again just reviewed the website) that there was a generic module on the end to swap out connectors. So as long as you stayed in Spec that you would be OK. I personally like to terminate things myself, use a crimper, run cat-5 and whatnot. Recently have been running into troubles with home theater systems and the sheer number of cables running to and from point a to B. makes an awful mess. So it just looked like an interesting concept that would solve a set of issues. Thanks for your input, it is noted. I will work on changing my username to fuckhead but I think that I already saw that name around here somewhere:)
Maybe I am missing something here but with the sheer amount of e-mail that intel has to go through a month I think archiving would be a problem. So having a company policy that says 30 day window and that is it, really is not unreasonable. Especially when there is much more important data to backup.
First, was just a suggestion. Second, You don't need conduit. Third, I have not run it myself just breezed by it one day when considering wiring options, but it seems that if one wanted to they could create a custom patch panel for the material.
Personally I am looking for something similar, I do agree that right now the specs arent that great. I don't mind running cable through walls. But if I could run one cable rather than 3 that would be a plus for me. I wouldn't say a company would design a product with the primary purpose of making it more expensive either.
So in short, before you jerk the knee next time, think that maybe just maybe someone might have been making a suggestion and not attacking your honor.
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Because traditionally it is easier/cheaper to defend a homefront than it is to take the offensive.
Case in point: Is your house impossible to break into? No. All you can do is make it so that the next door neighbor is a shiny honeypot of sorts :)
Im still not sold on wireless for desktop use especially with lasers sucking the juice out. The Logitech MX is about the only one I will use for desktops, that sucker will work on anything I put it on, shiny-solid-textured-cloth-whatever doesn't matter. Given, it still jumped a bit when being moved over a crack but other than a trackball there isnt much you can do about that. Also I am a kind of logitech fanboy, their products have always been pretty polished for me and MS mice have been OK but never felt as accurate as the logitech's.
Try using a laser mouse instead, optical mice are good and cheap but if you want control and accuracy get a high res laser mouse and put it on whatever surface you want.
I enjoy the Kensington Expert Mouse as well, that zoom ring rocks. However recently I had the joy of using Logitech's freespinning wheel mouse MX Revolution. That is a good time :)
Now that I think about it I had many good friends who were not religious and were very intelligent that waited until later in their college years to take their relationships to that level. So one humble opinion here is that more intelligent people just put more thought into their relationships and who they have sex with than the general masses. Which is good because evolution will take over as the "average population" dies out due to STD's and angry relationships, the intelligent individuals will prosper and the population will grow more intelligent over time.
Of course I also view Sys Admins as anyone who is responsible for the system, essentially a support staff for the people that actually do the work. The web dev and DBA at my current job actually handle everything that people touch via a front end or see on the web, my job is to make sure they can get things done.
You shouldnt have been, most universities do not publish their own books that I am aware of. Also a good academic institution will accept a good textbook from wherever it comes from rather than trying to mimic a good textbook so they can make an extra buck, you dont get that mentality until you get into the private sector.
Still I would trust any person with a respectable degree over Joe associate or Mr MCSE, unless I really understood the person's rational ability.
dammit dammit dammit! A red flag went up when I used it but couldn't remember why...I concede.
2. I don't know how that phrase proves your point which means I have been missing what you have been saying all along, unless you believe that Hitler should not have been punished. But Hitler is a prime example of someone who didn't pull a trigger but was punished and no one disputes that fact. Well he did pull a trigger in WW1 but don't know if there is a record of him actually killing anyone.
Good talking to ya.
The kid who goes over the edge is to be punished but if behavior had been different among the students the issue may not have occurred. We as society should encourage behavior (not through law) that allows for better functioning and healthier mentalities. You are right that we can not make an arrest for something where you are not an accomplice or directly responsible for. But I bet there are a lot of people out there wishing they were nicer to the shooters. And I am of the side of the fence that believes the school shootings and bombings could have been avoided had society been a little more aware of courtesy. But that is speculation.
I do know first hand that if students are disrespectful to the teacher, that DIRECTLY causes difficulty in a teacher's ability to do their job. Who do you learn better from a teacher that has your respect or one that does not? HS is very finicky in that way, kids love clicks they love to be a part of something so when one student decides to be cool and make a mockery of a classroom he/she DIRECTLY causes the rest of the class to respect the teacher less. As is the case with professors they will teach the same class 2-3 times to different classes in a semester, and I can tell you that there is a direct correlation between classes that have good average GPAs and whether or not there is a disrespectful student in the classroom.
Translate this to the average business situation (which hopefully school is preparing you for). I am an IT professional and my job is to inform board members on their options technology wise, I have been in front of rooms where the business members were very professional and courteous, and I have been in front of rooms where there is an old crotchety guy who is constantly belittling the situation because he likes things the way they are. No skin off of my back, but that company that has the crotchety guy almost always ends up in trouble in a year. The crotchety guy ends up getting transferred or fired quickly and I am back in the room giving the same presentation a year later. Now, had society taught this guy earlier how to behave in a public setting the business in question may not have lost 200K. Is there any law that mandates how he should behave? No but there is no question in anyone's minds that society would be better had he learned this behavior.
Before you go off on a tangent about behavior is subjective and no one other than parents has a right to tell anyone how to behave. Remember that in school you are required to hand assignments in on time, show up to class at a particular time, address teachers in a proper fashion, follow rules on playgrounds, take a given set of classes, not skip sessions, etc. These all translate to life skills, your parents don't teach them, it is a nice buffer to ease you into real life where you actions have much more dire consequences. If a person doesn't like the situation there are a plethora of schools to choose from that teach different behaviors and if that still doesn't suite your style there is Home Schooling.
So thinking about an ideal situation is bad if we don't already find ourselves in that ideal situation?
Thinking about ideal situations is only good when thinking about how to get close to them. When solving a problem we have to look at what is, and act accordingly.
And Finally.
my point was that a 'consequence' for an action that doesn't physically do anything is a made up consequence. Hitler technically never physically did anything. He just spoke....very very well.
It would be great if the world worked the way you think it should but that is not how things happen.
Reality check, we don't live in a altruistic society, people don't act for the betterment of society, they work in their closed off worlds where all is good and right. When their world collides with someone else's they get pissed. Profs are more than happy to justify their grades, you are correct that they should be ready to justify. But the bigger picture if you broaden your mind a bit is the idea that you can dick around and because you don't physically harm someone initially that it doesn't hurt society is a stupid notion brought about by this Post Modern philosophy that our actions do not affect each other.
The only consequences of mocking the teacher are ones MADE UP BY THE TEACHER.
If you cannot see beyond this then you are going to have a rough time in life. Words count, things cascade and snowball, an ignored kid can be pushed over the edge. Things have consequence you look at someone wrong and they may kill you later. You smile at someone they may rape you, you ignore someone you may miss an opportunity for career advancement. Yes this is cynical and extreme but it does happen. I have seen teachers, wonderful ones absolutely go to waste at a school because a couple of kids discredited them from the get-go, with children/HS it is very hard to climb your way back up and be an effective teacher after this. It all starts with a little mockery (and there a difference between playful mockery and the destructive kind), then it degrades to not handing in assignments on time, then pranks, and finally a good teacher quitting because the students are unteachable. So the same teacher switches schools, and becomes one of the favorites because the students are respectful.
A good teacher doesn't just teach History, English, or Math. They teach life lessons as well, every great teacher I have had or seen has earned my respect because they taught me things I can use other than 1+1, such as how to speak professionally, act courteously, and put up with lousy people.
This teacher may be over sensitive, but I think it is about time someone address the respect issues in schools, and addressing by holding a dick head accountable is a way to do it. If you have ever successfully worked with kids you will find that as a previous poster said, punish the first offender harshly and the rest will fall in line. So was this punishment harsh by today's standards? Oh yea, shockingly so, but was it a good idea? damn straight.
There are a few people who know that they are going to speak or act and receive a negative consequence but they do it anyway, be it a patriot or an abused wife.
The problem is we have this generation of kids coming up and believing just as you do, my actions are my own and don't effect anyone else so leave me alone. Kids need to be taught that there are consequences and if you fire a gun people will die, if you mock your boss you stand a good chance of getting fired.
I dont know about you but I was brought up to treat school and the classroom like a job, dress appropriately and act accordingly. Today all rights of teachers have been stripped they are to fulfill the requirement of spewing information and writing exams, not actually teaching.
Perhaps your college professor friends might like to have a look at their own attitude to accountability if they don't like having their grades questioned.
WTF you cant be serious, when a professor gives a student an honest grade for a class and it drops their GPA then the academic office changes it when the Parent calls and bitches about how thier little precious johnny is failing out of the college that the parents paid for because he spent time partying and not studying. That is not a Prof problem, that is a student/parent/academic affairs problem. The prof has no control and profs are fired over these things and the lawsuits ensue.
Open your eyes, people up to the age of 25 or so are no reflection of good education rather a reflection of a fat lazy society who has no idea what consequence is.
depends on the school, here in the Midwest I don't know if I have ever heard of a kid being arrested for fighting in school. Usually detention and a good lecture about getting along. Of course I have been out of HS for around 10 years as well.
To put this in reference for those of you who are actually working for a living right now.Try doing this at a board meeting or in any professional setting. As much as we want to make a mockery of some people we refrain. School settings are the same, school classrooms should be given the same respect as a workplace, and I tell you that something like this would get you fired. The school is doing this kid and friends a favor by showing that, yes you can voice your opinion (they aren't suing for removal of the video), but be prepared to face the consequences.
I have no problem with free speech individuals when they are full and ready to pay the consequences, to bitch about it is just to discredit yourself.
People are against BC because they believe either
a: Marriage is to procreate
or
b: they believe that the BC in question destroys a human life (the believers that Humanity begins at conception with the unique DNA fingerprint).
Also most anti BC people are all about the sex, more the better as well, better chance of procreation. This knocks down all three of your assumptions and replaces them with more substantial versions.
However, even a non Christian (as it seems Christians are at the head of the anti BC debate) can admit that BC directly reduces the chances of babies so out of wedlock people can have more sex. Sex out of wedlock statistically is causing an exponential increase in STDs, which in turn increase the chance that a non sexually active person will get an STD accidentally or an STD will be carried over into a marriage.
Personally I am a fan of BC, allows me to plan my family better and keeps poorer families from slipping into poverty (which I believe was the original intention of BC). I am picky about my birth control though through a well though out process I believe. I have many friends who are consistent anti birth control, where Natural Family Planning is out of the question as well.
But this post has gotten long enough and I hope it clears a bit of your anoyances with the debate up, and if you do have friends/family that believe what you posted, I sincerely feel they should be on birth control to save their children from their line of thinking.
It is human nature to hate, about 2K years ago an extremist preached this. People just killed him and went on scratching their heads.
Historically MS has been very good at poker, look at all the "shitty" programs/projects they have gotten the masses to buy.
But as a gun owning individual, I can say that personally if I were to draw my weapon in public I would resign myself to the fact that I have greatly increased my chances of being shot myself. It is a risk assesment that any person trained in weapons should understand. So upon a situation in a grocery store, School, or any public place, if I decide to be the vigilante I have taken the risk, if I get shot and die but 20 people are saved because the guy who accidentally shot me also got the gunman, I will take that trade. But that is just me.
What does this have to do with online web apps? I don't know about you guys out there but on the networks I build and maintain. All documents and data of any importance resides on file servers where the IT department maintains security and backups. It is no harder for a disgruntled employee to take the data from a local storage than it is to take it from a network storage device. So with the exception of ultra ultra sensitive data, I see no reason other than bandwith that a file could not be stored outside the local network as long as security requirement were met by the host. In fact I would argue that a data management service would be far more successful at keeping your data secure and safe than the Jack of all trades IT guy you have working on 30 projects at once. Heck we already outsource hotsites, offsite storage, and web hosting, why not document management.
Also 25GB may be laughable for an entire organization, but 3GB a person (gmail offers currently almost 3.0GB an account) is more than enough unless you are a graphics company of sorts. For my current company we only have about 10 out of 750 employees over the 1.0GB mark. That is including picutes, cute personal videos, zip files, documents and a bunch of other items. I would suggest the writer of the article spend a little more time researching the issue and less trying to spew out articles as fast as possible ranting like a /.er
I have been looking into a nice repository for my house for a while. Even with all the cheap external drives, I still cannot beat the price of buying 4 500GB drives for $150 a piece at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16822148136. Then plug them into an old box and install Freenas. As a geek it seems to be the way to go unless you need to take the storage with you. Even then I have a VPN but now we are getting more technical than ol mom and pop would enjoy.
LOL, you a sys admin somewhere?
Hmmm,you make interesting points, unnecessarily aggressive but interesting nonetheless. Then again your ID is 'adolf' so what should I expect. I was under the impression with rapid run (once again just reviewed the website) that there was a generic module on the end to swap out connectors. So as long as you stayed in Spec that you would be OK. I personally like to terminate things myself, use a crimper, run cat-5 and whatnot. Recently have been running into troubles with home theater systems and the sheer number of cables running to and from point a to B. makes an awful mess. So it just looked like an interesting concept that would solve a set of issues. Thanks for your input, it is noted. I will work on changing my username to fuckhead but I think that I already saw that name around here somewhere :)
Maybe I am missing something here but with the sheer amount of e-mail that intel has to go through a month I think archiving would be a problem. So having a company policy that says 30 day window and that is it, really is not unreasonable. Especially when there is much more important data to backup.
First, was just a suggestion. Second, You don't need conduit. Third, I have not run it myself just breezed by it one day when considering wiring options, but it seems that if one wanted to they could create a custom patch panel for the material.
Personally I am looking for something similar, I do agree that right now the specs arent that great. I don't mind running cable through walls. But if I could run one cable rather than 3 that would be a plus for me. I wouldn't say a company would design a product with the primary purpose of making it more expensive either.
So in short, before you jerk the knee next time, think that maybe just maybe someone might have been making a suggestion and not attacking your honor.