I've read that Monsanto has said it's not their responsibility to ensure GM foods are safe, that they're a business, and will try to sell as much as possible. Instead they believe the FDA should be solely responsible for ensuring the safety of their foods. In the same book I read that no tests have been done to prove that GM is or isn't safe. With such a cavalier attitude and infamous history, how can there never have been any tests done on GM food? I could understand Big Business being in the pockets of the.Gov, but what about any independent studies?
Unfortunately, it WOULD be in vain, because I'm in the military. It's all about what they see saves them money, and for some reason they believe it's civilians who get paid overtime and have unions that prevent them from working under some conditions. I think they forget that we don't get overtime, and pretty much work for sleep. Oh well.
It's ridiculous! You're right about the lease, and them getting all of our "legacy" equipment. NMCI is the biggest burden I've ever had to deal with. Being the local IT, I'm prohibited from touching anything to do with it, and have next to zero rights. Typically when a customer has a problem, I have to submit a trouble ticket, which will eventually reach the local NMCI techs who will come and address the problem. Unfortunately this is usually a week+ later. Also if we need to add a printer, workstation, etc., we have to submit a request that can take up to a month to process. Adding a workstation costs the local entity almost $300 for them to bring it in, set it up, and activate the wall terminal. All in all no one other than the civilian contractors like NMCI. All of us end-users absolutely despise the lack of in house flexibility and overall service. I can only hope that this ends up being another over-budget under-performing government IT blunder that gets scrapped. Then maybe I'll get my REAL job back!
I don't believe that. Virus writers, hackers, social enginerring types, etc. all had the inside scoop at one time. Times change quickly though, and eventually what they once exclusively knew is pretty well known. The only way for them to justify being the best ones for the job, because of the experience in the "dark side" is to continue being in the dark side.
I'm supposed to be heading over there in a few months. I'm not too excited, but oh well. I don't care how good prostetics get, if it has to come down to it, they better just kill my ass.
So I guess that if I don't have to pay for a product, I should't expect it to work. I guess I shouldn't expect them to follow up on possible bug reports to better their Beta product either. Silly me!
the Google weenies get off their butts and fix the annoying issues I'm experiencing with my account (incorrect # of msgs, not being able to open spam/trash folders, etc.), Spam is the farthest thing from my mind. FIX IT damn you!
I hold the NEC 2720, for GCCS-M Admin, and cross-rating to CTN isn't open to anyone other than CTs yet. So, if it comes out within the next year or two, I'm sure I'll have first hand experience, especially since I'm going back to Bahrain on shore.
You'd think for something as expensive and crucial as an UMA, they'd run something proprietary. I never understood the logic of how using everyone elses software/equipment was cost-effective for the Navy.
It's good to hear you're at an advantage to most contractors. A lot of them enjoy some extra money. A lot are retirees, so of course their new pay is a boost, but they miss those bennies.
I'm an IT, attempting to cross-rate to CTN. I recently returned from a mine-sweeper ported in Manama, Bahrain as part of a crew-swap iniatiative. (The Navy is downsizing, and trying to re-evaluate just how much manpower and training is needed to operate as usual.) I'm now currently at Navsta Ingleside. Whoda thunk?;-)
The systems you described sounds like a safer solution for sailors ("Any ship can be a mine-sweeper, Once!"). Let's just hope it doesn't rely on Windows;-x
I wouldn't be so relaxed. I'm active USN, and one thing I know about government contractors is they don't make THAT much. Job security is their biggest perk, due to the lack of any real benefits.
Also, this is completely(!) speculation, but wouldn't your job in developing this system, specifically for mine warfare, be on the chopping block since all the mine sweepers (MHCs) are due to be decommissioned somewhere around the first day of the next fiscal year, with the MCM boats to follow.
To add icing to the cake, the Mineman source rating ("job") in the Navy is being dismantled, and the Mine Warfare Training Facility in Ingleside, Texas is slated for closure. So what then? (Assuming this speculation is right on the money.)
While the Navy's NMCI is a huge mess of problems and red tape, it's not utilized on ships. Shipboard networks are still controlled by ITs (Info. Systems Techs) and ETs (Electronic Techs). Does anyone have any info on just how far the NMCI spans. I've been places in the Navy where SCO, HPUX, and Solaris have been used for more critical systems, but am just now starting to work with NMCI. I've only seen it used for desktop clients, just how much of what we still have going is NMCI?
It's always a hand full of people that make things more difficult for the rest of us. AOL incorporated image verification in their account creation process, which cut the amount of spammers down tremendously. Why don't they incorporate it in every initial IM? This way a user has to pass the image verification to send an instant message, but the person on the other end doesn't and both will be able to talk freely, until the IM window is closed. Something a bot obviously can't do.
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I've read that Monsanto has said it's not their responsibility to ensure GM foods are safe, that they're a business, and will try to sell as much as possible. Instead they believe the FDA should be solely responsible for ensuring the safety of their foods. In the same book I read that no tests have been done to prove that GM is or isn't safe. With such a cavalier attitude and infamous history, how can there never have been any tests done on GM food? I could understand Big Business being in the pockets of the .Gov, but what about any independent studies?
Unfortunately, it WOULD be in vain, because I'm in the military. It's all about what they see saves them money, and for some reason they believe it's civilians who get paid overtime and have unions that prevent them from working under some conditions. I think they forget that we don't get overtime, and pretty much work for sleep. Oh well.
It's ridiculous! You're right about the lease, and them getting all of our "legacy" equipment. NMCI is the biggest burden I've ever had to deal with. Being the local IT, I'm prohibited from touching anything to do with it, and have next to zero rights. Typically when a customer has a problem, I have to submit a trouble ticket, which will eventually reach the local NMCI techs who will come and address the problem. Unfortunately this is usually a week+ later. Also if we need to add a printer, workstation, etc., we have to submit a request that can take up to a month to process. Adding a workstation costs the local entity almost $300 for them to bring it in, set it up, and activate the wall terminal. All in all no one other than the civilian contractors like NMCI. All of us end-users absolutely despise the lack of in house flexibility and overall service. I can only hope that this ends up being another over-budget under-performing government IT blunder that gets scrapped. Then maybe I'll get my REAL job back!
I don't believe that. Virus writers, hackers, social enginerring types, etc. all had the inside scoop at one time. Times change quickly though, and eventually what they once exclusively knew is pretty well known. The only way for them to justify being the best ones for the job, because of the experience in the "dark side" is to continue being in the dark side.
There goes the US Military!
I'm supposed to be heading over there in a few months. I'm not too excited, but oh well. I don't care how good prostetics get, if it has to come down to it, they better just kill my ass.
I apologize for giving a few of the readers too much credit. Everyone, I wasn't really yelling at Google and I'm sorry for having bad OSS etiquette.
So I guess that if I don't have to pay for a product, I should't expect it to work. I guess I shouldn't expect them to follow up on possible bug reports to better their Beta product either. Silly me!
the Google weenies get off their butts and fix the annoying issues I'm experiencing with my account (incorrect # of msgs, not being able to open spam/trash folders, etc.), Spam is the farthest thing from my mind. FIX IT damn you!
You'd think for something as expensive and crucial as an UMA, they'd run something proprietary. I never understood the logic of how using everyone elses software/equipment was cost-effective for the Navy.
I'm an IT, attempting to cross-rate to CTN. I recently returned from a mine-sweeper ported in Manama, Bahrain as part of a crew-swap iniatiative. (The Navy is downsizing, and trying to re-evaluate just how much manpower and training is needed to operate as usual.) I'm now currently at Navsta Ingleside. Whoda thunk? ;-)
The systems you described sounds like a safer solution for sailors ("Any ship can be a mine-sweeper, Once!"). Let's just hope it doesn't rely on Windows ;-x
Also, this is completely(!) speculation, but wouldn't your job in developing this system, specifically for mine warfare, be on the chopping block since all the mine sweepers (MHCs) are due to be decommissioned somewhere around the first day of the next fiscal year, with the MCM boats to follow.
To add icing to the cake, the Mineman source rating ("job") in the Navy is being dismantled, and the Mine Warfare Training Facility in Ingleside, Texas is slated for closure. So what then? (Assuming this speculation is right on the money.)
While the Navy's NMCI is a huge mess of problems and red tape, it's not utilized on ships. Shipboard networks are still controlled by ITs (Info. Systems Techs) and ETs (Electronic Techs). Does anyone have any info on just how far the NMCI spans. I've been places in the Navy where SCO, HPUX, and Solaris have been used for more critical systems, but am just now starting to work with NMCI. I've only seen it used for desktop clients, just how much of what we still have going is NMCI?
It's always a hand full of people that make things more difficult for the rest of us. AOL incorporated image verification in their account creation process, which cut the amount of spammers down tremendously. Why don't they incorporate it in every initial IM? This way a user has to pass the image verification to send an instant message, but the person on the other end doesn't and both will be able to talk freely, until the IM window is closed. Something a bot obviously can't do.