If all the hardware is the same, use Norton Ghost to create an image of the hard drive. Store this on an external drive or a network share and use this image on every computer. I did this for UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla) for the computer labs (over 900 computers), and it's really easy to pull down the old image, apply the new updates, and create a new "clean" image that can then be distributed to all the other systems.
We used BartPE or a bootable DOS disk (if the DOS network drivers were available) to boot the computer onto something besides the hard drive in order to create or restore an image.
If the hardware's different, you have to use Sysprep, but I haven't messed with that.
You are absolutely right! I've worked 12+ hour days and 6-7 day weeks (both simultaneously and separately), and it's not sustainable for more than a couple of weeks. Your mental and physical health will degrade too quickly to recover. A work-free (or low-work) day on the weekend is absolutely vital. Any employer who doesn't recognize this is taking advantage of you, regardless of whether you're "Exempt" or not.
If you can't refuse some of the overtime or extra work, there are problems. Talking to your boss can hardly hurt, especially if you're planning to find a different job anyway. What's the worst that can happen? He sends you off to look full-time. There's always the chance that he'll be understanding and lighten your workload. Obviously I don't know him, but even real jerks are people too, and will sometimes even understand other peoples' problems. Plus, as per the cliche, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. You don't say anything about your problems, nobody's going to do anything about it.
As others have suggested, talk to other people who you know. Friends and family often have friends of their own, and can get the word out, especially when they see that it's a real problem for you. Get your resume posted on Monster.com, dice.com and other job hunting websites, and then update them every few days. Employers seem to only look at the newest resumes posted, so besides looking through the listings yourself, your best odds are to just tweak a few lines in your resume and re-upload it. It only takes a couple minutes, and it could be worth a new job.
As for interviewing, most hiring managers prefer to interview during the day, though some will be more understanding than others. The options here are obvious: Work out another time, or find a way to take off from work, be it vacation, sick time, or a personal day. Of course there's always the just-disappear-for-the-afternoon option, but that might not be a good idea, even if the interview is a sure thing.
Security Through Obscurity means that the method that makes you more secure is hidden in secrecy.
You've just described Obscurity OF Security or Security WITH Obscurity, not Security THROUGH Obscurity. The parent was correct. You are not. I will not bother explaining the difference since you are an anonymous coward, but if you compare the two descriptions, you will see.
Actually there was an article up yesterday with exactly your complaint. Apparently a law just got passed in Canada and that was one of the worries; now using Google to search for pirated works in Canada makes Google break the law.
That's why I prefer US IP law. Yeah, it needs some fixing, but if there's significant fair use, no worries about people using your service illegally, so long as you're not promoting that use of it.
Actually, they have to stay within the speed limit. That's the only reason they don't go faster.
UMR won last time. I'm hoping they can take it again.
http://news.umr.edu/news/2005/solarprkit05.html
My first thought was a separate cabinet with an external air intake. You can vent either inward or outward, but as others have suggested, you might want to keep the cabinet slightly pressurized so that sawdust doesn't get in, so make the exhaust hole smaller than the intake hole. Put a screen on both the exhaust and the intake holes to keep out small animals seeking the warmth. Use a filter on the intake hole far enough inside the screen so that no vermin will damage it.
Use an old IBM model M "clicky" keyboard. Those things will withstand anything. I've even been told that if you take out the circuit board, you can put it in the dishwasher and after it's dried and the circuit replaced, will work just fine. Considering the environment, I'd still try to find a "keyboard condom" to keep out excessive dust and spillage. They make plastic covers, or at least used to. If you can't find one, tape a piece of cellophane over the top of it, and replace it whenever it develops a hole.
As for a mouse, a ball would get slick from dust, so go with an optical one. I'm not sure how to keep dust out of the buttons besides a plastic bag (held tight across the bottom so the optics don't "see" it) Barring that, you might try an older sturdy trackball. Your next best option might just be to get a lot of cheap ones and plan on their frequent failure.
Wireless networking may or may not suffer from interference due to tools, but you don't need it when you're working on something else, do you? It tends to be unpredictable anyway, so personally I'd run a cat5e out there, but while you're pulling it, pull a spare or two along with it.
As far as temperature, I'd worry more about heat than cold, unless the cold gets far below zero. To deal with heat, there's not much you can do besides shutting off the computer and crossing your fingers. To deal with cold, you have condensation to worry about, so you'll want to keep the computer warmer than its environment. Leaving it on in the cold would probably be a VERY good idea. If it's at all practical you might want to bring it in.
As people have mentioned, LCD's are extremely susceptible to temperature extremes. Heat will cause the screen to develop a brown stain, so to speak. I'm not sure what cold will do, but I wouldn't want to do it to one of my own.
I would try to find a used cheap CRT and enclose it, again filtering any air intake. They still don't like temperature extremes, but they're much more forgiving, and the older ones will be more rugged still and less of a loss if something does happen.
As far as design of the PC to withstand the environment, I would strongly recommend no floppy or optical drive if you can get away with it. These tend to die quickly if contaminents get in.
If you can get away with not having a hard drive, that would be one less point of failure, considering that hard drives have been known to fail more often at extreme temperatures. If you have any data that you want, make SURE that it's backed up, as high temperatures have extremely ill effects on magnetic media, and low temperatures have ill effects on the mechanical mechanisms. My recommendation would be a network boot if you can get away with it. Either run all your programs from a mapped drive inside the house, or simply use the computer inside via an X server, VNC, or remote desktop. This way you get the added benefit of being able to get away with a significantly less powerful computer outside too.
Cabling shouldn't be an issue, so wireless I/O or networking shouldn't be necessary (unless the network cable is going to be too long to deal with or you don't want to mess with sealing up the cable holes)
Notwithstanding temperature extremes, temperature changes in themselves can be a big issue. I'd use a name-brand motherboard and power supply. Though this won't guarantee anything, you'll be less likely to get bad solders, which can crack under either extreme or frequent temperature variation or vibration. The latter is less likely to be an issue, but the former is a given in an outdoor environment. Also as I me
Am I misinformed, or is it not the case that if a kernel is changed to the point where executables from the previous version are no longer compatible it will get a major number? I was under the impression that when a change that disruptive was applied, we would be moving to Linux kernel version 3.0.
My hypothesis is that the author of this article has little to no knowledge of the kernel development process. Fortunately, other responses in this forum have tended to confirm this.
I for one will be glad to see a 2.7 fork, as when I was reading through the changelogs for the 2.9 kernel prereleases, I was amazed to find so many large patches and major bug fixes. I was almost surprised that when I started using it it ran so smoothly. Although I like having new features available, and indeed use many early on, I would like to have a choice between the newest features as opposed to only the newest bug fixes and patches.
I liked that Linus stuck with 2.6 for a while, but after about 2.6.7 it was time to start putting new features into a 2.7 fork, if indeed fork is even the correct term.
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We used BartPE or a bootable DOS disk (if the DOS network drivers were available) to boot the computer onto something besides the hard drive in order to create or restore an image.
If the hardware's different, you have to use Sysprep, but I haven't messed with that.
If you can't refuse some of the overtime or extra work, there are problems. Talking to your boss can hardly hurt, especially if you're planning to find a different job anyway. What's the worst that can happen? He sends you off to look full-time. There's always the chance that he'll be understanding and lighten your workload. Obviously I don't know him, but even real jerks are people too, and will sometimes even understand other peoples' problems. Plus, as per the cliche, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. You don't say anything about your problems, nobody's going to do anything about it.
As others have suggested, talk to other people who you know. Friends and family often have friends of their own, and can get the word out, especially when they see that it's a real problem for you. Get your resume posted on Monster.com, dice.com and other job hunting websites, and then update them every few days. Employers seem to only look at the newest resumes posted, so besides looking through the listings yourself, your best odds are to just tweak a few lines in your resume and re-upload it. It only takes a couple minutes, and it could be worth a new job.
As for interviewing, most hiring managers prefer to interview during the day, though some will be more understanding than others. The options here are obvious: Work out another time, or find a way to take off from work, be it vacation, sick time, or a personal day. Of course there's always the just-disappear-for-the-afternoon option, but that might not be a good idea, even if the interview is a sure thing.
Oh, and read this... http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html (How to do what you love)
I wish you the best of luck. Nobody should be stuck in a painful job.
You've just described Obscurity OF Security or Security WITH Obscurity, not Security THROUGH Obscurity. The parent was correct. You are not. I will not bother explaining the difference since you are an anonymous coward, but if you compare the two descriptions, you will see.
That's why I prefer US IP law. Yeah, it needs some fixing, but if there's significant fair use, no worries about people using your service illegally, so long as you're not promoting that use of it.
Now in the US, the DMCA would have let the ISP off the hook scott free. Yay for safe harbors!
Actually, they have to stay within the speed limit. That's the only reason they don't go faster. UMR won last time. I'm hoping they can take it again. http://news.umr.edu/news/2005/solarprkit05.html
Wi-Max: 1) isn't available yet 2) uses 2.4 GHz and will still be interefered with.
My first thought was a separate cabinet with an external air intake. You can vent either inward or outward, but as others have suggested, you might want to keep the cabinet slightly pressurized so that sawdust doesn't get in, so make the exhaust hole smaller than the intake hole. Put a screen on both the exhaust and the intake holes to keep out small animals seeking the warmth. Use a filter on the intake hole far enough inside the screen so that no vermin will damage it. Use an old IBM model M "clicky" keyboard. Those things will withstand anything. I've even been told that if you take out the circuit board, you can put it in the dishwasher and after it's dried and the circuit replaced, will work just fine. Considering the environment, I'd still try to find a "keyboard condom" to keep out excessive dust and spillage. They make plastic covers, or at least used to. If you can't find one, tape a piece of cellophane over the top of it, and replace it whenever it develops a hole. As for a mouse, a ball would get slick from dust, so go with an optical one. I'm not sure how to keep dust out of the buttons besides a plastic bag (held tight across the bottom so the optics don't "see" it) Barring that, you might try an older sturdy trackball. Your next best option might just be to get a lot of cheap ones and plan on their frequent failure. Wireless networking may or may not suffer from interference due to tools, but you don't need it when you're working on something else, do you? It tends to be unpredictable anyway, so personally I'd run a cat5e out there, but while you're pulling it, pull a spare or two along with it. As far as temperature, I'd worry more about heat than cold, unless the cold gets far below zero. To deal with heat, there's not much you can do besides shutting off the computer and crossing your fingers. To deal with cold, you have condensation to worry about, so you'll want to keep the computer warmer than its environment. Leaving it on in the cold would probably be a VERY good idea. If it's at all practical you might want to bring it in. As people have mentioned, LCD's are extremely susceptible to temperature extremes. Heat will cause the screen to develop a brown stain, so to speak. I'm not sure what cold will do, but I wouldn't want to do it to one of my own. I would try to find a used cheap CRT and enclose it, again filtering any air intake. They still don't like temperature extremes, but they're much more forgiving, and the older ones will be more rugged still and less of a loss if something does happen. As far as design of the PC to withstand the environment, I would strongly recommend no floppy or optical drive if you can get away with it. These tend to die quickly if contaminents get in. If you can get away with not having a hard drive, that would be one less point of failure, considering that hard drives have been known to fail more often at extreme temperatures. If you have any data that you want, make SURE that it's backed up, as high temperatures have extremely ill effects on magnetic media, and low temperatures have ill effects on the mechanical mechanisms. My recommendation would be a network boot if you can get away with it. Either run all your programs from a mapped drive inside the house, or simply use the computer inside via an X server, VNC, or remote desktop. This way you get the added benefit of being able to get away with a significantly less powerful computer outside too. Cabling shouldn't be an issue, so wireless I/O or networking shouldn't be necessary (unless the network cable is going to be too long to deal with or you don't want to mess with sealing up the cable holes) Notwithstanding temperature extremes, temperature changes in themselves can be a big issue. I'd use a name-brand motherboard and power supply. Though this won't guarantee anything, you'll be less likely to get bad solders, which can crack under either extreme or frequent temperature variation or vibration. The latter is less likely to be an issue, but the former is a given in an outdoor environment. Also as I me
Am I misinformed, or is it not the case that if a kernel is changed to the point where executables from the previous version are no longer compatible it will get a major number? I was under the impression that when a change that disruptive was applied, we would be moving to Linux kernel version 3.0.
My hypothesis is that the author of this article has little to no knowledge of the kernel development process. Fortunately, other responses in this forum have tended to confirm this.
I for one will be glad to see a 2.7 fork, as when I was reading through the changelogs for the 2.9 kernel prereleases, I was amazed to find so many large patches and major bug fixes. I was almost surprised that when I started using it it ran so smoothly. Although I like having new features available, and indeed use many early on, I would like to have a choice between the newest features as opposed to only the newest bug fixes and patches.
I liked that Linus stuck with 2.6 for a while, but after about 2.6.7 it was time to start putting new features into a 2.7 fork, if indeed fork is even the correct term.