Like anything else, including local technology, the key is to create a backup strategy. The cloud creates special problems for performing and managing backukps, so you need to understand your chosen compute or storage cluster provider's options, as well as other options specific for your application in regards to backups.
In order to achive independence on foreign oil, we in the U.S. will not just need to get cars that use less (or no) oil, but aerospace vehicles as well. Even 30 MPG for an unmanned plane isn't going to be nearly enough.
You're just saying that because you don't have an Armani suit, Ferrari Testerosa, or a 1000-node grid computing cluster. Believe me. Money goes a very long way towards being 'cool'. You still gotta have a good attitude, but not being stressed about not having money will go a long way towards helping you maintain that attitude. That's why I'm cool and you're not.:-P
Can money buy you an Armani suit? Yes. Can money buy you a Ferrari Testarosa? Yes. Can money buy you a lot of gold bling? Yes. Can money buy you a 1000-node grid cluster? Yes. Can money buy you a date with a supermodel? Most definitely.
Hence, money can definitely buy you cool. Sorry to disappoint you. You must be broke.;)
It definitely sounds like a shatter attack, but I thought that Vista's new security model was supposed to prevent this. (No, not being facetious, I really thought this).
You're not doing it right! Look, you're not supposed to post anonymously. People will think you're a troll! No, you're supposed create an account, say some good stuff about Apple, get modded up, get good karma and THEN post our stuff! You're fired! *throws chair*
Just as there are readable Perl programs (There are. No, really! There really are! See Webmin.) there is unreadable COBOL code, yes. 'Readable' is less about the language and more about the coder who wrote the code. I've even seen readable assembler. Of course, my definition of 'readable' means 'readable by someone who knows the language' not 'supposed to be readable by your Aunt Tillie'.
Yeah, I hear you. The thing is that I also don't make my living doing COBOL programming (maybe I should after seeing this;) nor have I written anything for for a 'real' COBOL development position. I currently make my living doing *nix administration. (working on a broken server now;)
COBOL itself isn't all that hard. What you also have to know is the stuff that goes with COBOL on a mainframe environment like CICS (pronounced 'kix') and so forth. And then there's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real world experience. It's one thing to learn C by reading K&R, it's another thing to apply that knowledge to writing a real application or a piece of system software.
Just because you can learn COBOL doesn't mean you can match skills with some of those 90,000 coders.
(Spoken by someone who actually knows COBOL, and has actually written a real-world application in COBOL).
Re:Just wait... (Score:1, Insightful) by mvh (9295) on Tuesday August 05, @07:07PM (#24488549) Homepage
Which will hopefully, in turn, force us to create a better network. And perhaps we can start again and this time try to avoid Eternal September. Reply to This Parent Re:Just wait... (Score:2, Funny) by chris_mahan (256577) on Tuesday August 05, @07:09PM (#24488593) Homepage
They do that, all bets are off. They'll be encrypted VPNs, private nets and all sorts of things that they'll NEVER be able to control. The tighter your grip becomes, the more Nets will slip through your fingers!
Perhaps I'm missing something obvious here, but how seriously are they considering the possibility of contamination? Because unless I'm remembering something wrong, perchlorates are most excellent oxidizers and hence commonly used in, oh, say, solid rocket fuel, among other things.
If someone wanted a new and cheap PC, get a Linux one and format c:
But not all the PCs are like that. For example, the Dell machines that come preloaded with Linux like the 1420n have an excellent Linux (Ubuntu) implementation, well-configured and everything. And not only that, but the last I checked, the 1420n wasn't any cheaper than the Windows machines it is like.
The Asus Eeeiiieeeeiiiioooo is machine that you probably wouldn't want to load a different OS on when you consider that the thing is actually configured to be a sort of information appliance. Most people aren't buying Eees to get a full-featured laptop, because they're just not capable of being one.
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Like anything else, including local technology, the key is to create a backup strategy. The cloud creates special problems for performing and managing backukps, so you need to understand your chosen compute or storage cluster provider's options, as well as other options specific for your application in regards to backups.
You laugh, but you may be right. We could do a 'Boston Oil Party'. Just start destroying every barrel of oil in sight. That would probably do it.
Here is a picture of the cloak found on Google Image search. Believe it now?
In order to achive independence on foreign oil, we in the U.S. will not just need to get cars that use less (or no) oil, but aerospace vehicles as well. Even 30 MPG for an unmanned plane isn't going to be nearly enough.
Wait, the fridge keeps my red-bull cold...
The fridge? You're still using the fridge? I keep my Red Bull inside my very, very overclocked computer case. I also hang my steaks in there.
Who's a Yankee? I live about an hour north of Tampa.
Or a debit card or ATM card. They are made out of the same plastic.
Shrinky Dinks are a kids toy. You cut it out and put it in the oven and it shrinks and gets stiff. See the video
No wonder snort kept sending me alerts while I was at the airport in Atlanta...
IF anyone sees any Russians, shoot to kill, boys!
I never said I had anything of those things. I just said you could buy your way into being cool, not that you had to.
You're just saying that because you don't have an Armani suit, Ferrari Testerosa, or a 1000-node grid computing cluster. Believe me. Money goes a very long way towards being 'cool'. You still gotta have a good attitude, but not being stressed about not having money will go a long way towards helping you maintain that attitude. That's why I'm cool and you're not. :-P
Can money buy you an Armani suit? Yes.
Can money buy you a Ferrari Testarosa? Yes.
Can money buy you a lot of gold bling? Yes.
Can money buy you a 1000-node grid cluster? Yes.
Can money buy you a date with a supermodel? Most definitely.
Hence, money can definitely buy you cool. Sorry to disappoint you. You must be broke. ;)
IT is basically landscaping but with computers instead of shrubbery.
So *that's* why the Knights Who Say Ni! keep following me around...
No. All browsers do this.
But inserting a payload into a trusted shared library (i.e., DLL in the Windows world) is not a new technique. It's been around for years. See virus.
It definitely sounds like a shatter attack, but I thought that Vista's new security model was supposed to prevent this. (No, not being facetious, I really thought this).
You're not doing it right! Look, you're not supposed to post anonymously. People will think you're a troll! No, you're supposed create an account, say some good stuff about Apple, get modded up, get good karma and THEN post our stuff! You're fired! *throws chair*
Astroturfers! Astroturfers Astroturfers!
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Just as there are readable Perl programs (There are. No, really! There really are! See Webmin.) there is unreadable COBOL code, yes. 'Readable' is less about the language and more about the coder who wrote the code. I've even seen readable assembler. Of course, my definition of 'readable' means 'readable by someone who knows the language' not 'supposed to be readable by your Aunt Tillie'.
Yeah, I hear you. The thing is that I also don't make my living doing COBOL programming (maybe I should after seeing this ;) nor have I written anything for for a 'real' COBOL development position. I currently make my living doing *nix administration. (working on a broken server now ;)
COBOL itself isn't all that hard. What you also have to know is the stuff that goes with COBOL on a mainframe environment like CICS (pronounced 'kix') and so forth. And then there's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real world experience. It's one thing to learn C by reading K&R, it's another thing to apply that knowledge to writing a real application or a piece of system software.
Just because you can learn COBOL doesn't mean you can match skills with some of those 90,000 coders.
(Spoken by someone who actually knows COBOL, and has actually written a real-world application in COBOL).
The 2008 will be known as the year of Lotus Notes on the desktop!
Re:Just wait ... (Score:1, Insightful)
by mvh (9295) on Tuesday August 05, @07:07PM (#24488549) Homepage
Which will hopefully, in turn, force us to create a better network. And perhaps we can start again and this time try to avoid Eternal September. ... (Score:2, Funny)
Reply to This Parent
Re:Just wait
by chris_mahan (256577) on Tuesday August 05, @07:09PM (#24488593) Homepage
me too!
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"Piter, too, is dead."
Me too!!!!
They do that, all bets are off. They'll be encrypted VPNs, private nets and all sorts of things that they'll NEVER be able to control. The tighter your grip becomes, the more Nets will slip through your fingers!
Perhaps I'm missing something obvious here, but how seriously are they considering the possibility of contamination? Because unless I'm remembering something wrong, perchlorates are most excellent oxidizers and hence commonly used in, oh, say, solid rocket fuel, among other things.
If someone wanted a new and cheap PC, get a Linux one and format c:
But not all the PCs are like that. For example, the Dell machines that come preloaded with Linux like the 1420n have an excellent Linux (Ubuntu) implementation, well-configured and everything. And not only that, but the last I checked, the 1420n wasn't any cheaper than the Windows machines it is like.
The Asus Eeeiiieeeeiiiioooo is machine that you probably wouldn't want to load a different OS on when you consider that the thing is actually configured to be a sort of information appliance. Most people aren't buying Eees to get a full-featured laptop, because they're just not capable of being one.