Remember too that the 'time-shifting' exception was only recently legislated - less than two years if memory serves correctly. Prior to that time recording TV shows on a VCR/PVR, even for private viewing, was technically illegal.
I'm not certain that format shifting is formally recognised as a legitimate exception to the copyright law (maybe it is, I don't know) but even if it isn't nobody is going to be jailed for that, just as nobody was jailed for using their VCR to record Neighbours.
Yes, apparently so, and it should work in a WAN situation as long as the network is configured properly. As I mentioned the main reason we haven't deployed it yet is we haven't decided what should needs to be replicated and what doesn't. It's more of an administrative hurdle than a technical one. Once we get a few more important things knocked off our list we'll get on to that...
I'm using IPCop for this - connecting 2 remote offices back to the central office. IPCop works well, is reliable, and simple to set up. Will have another 2-3 nodes added to the network this year.
It doesn't solve the OP's REAL problem though - whilst this infrastructure (or OpenSWAN, or OpenVPN, or similar) all provide an interconnection between the offices, but what next? Do you get everyone in the remote offices to use terminal servers in the head office? Or do you put servers in each office and have them work locally? If they work locally, how do you synchronise stuff between offices that needs to be synchronised? If they connect to central term servers, what happens if the link is down?
My company currently has a hybrid approach - some services are centralised, others are distributed. Haven't quite solved the file replication problem yet, mainly because we haven't put enough time into defining exactly what needs to be replicated and what doesn't. Our solution is still evolving. I'm hoping to find some hints elsewhere in this discussion.
How can a president deal rationally with issues such as biotechnology or global warming when he can't bring himself to accept evolution? Perhaps he takes the view that evolution was the tool that God used to create life on Earth. Many scientists also confess to Christian beliefs, I expect that they take a similar position.
There are other returns to being a teacher than just money. For some people the reward is teaching itself - seeing a student look at you as you explain something, then their eyes go really wide and you can see the comprehension in their eyes, then they dive into examples to confirm that they really do understand it. I love to see that light in their eyes and know that I helped ignite it.
I'm not a school teacher, but fill the role as mentor in my (IT admin) job, as a parent, and as a sports coach.
I very much doubt that the OP knew everybody's passwords. You'll most likely find that the boss gave the secretary the password himself. Given that anyone can lock anyone else's account (including the president, the janitor, CIO) by simply entering an incorrect password a few times it makes sense that a helpdesk operator was given privileges to untick the 'Account is Locked' box.
I find that this is a common problem with ISPs in particular. If I ever need to call tech support at my ISP, I usually start the conversation with 'I'm having trouble with this, I've tried [some possible solution] and also [string of technical information]. Are you having problems with [some service name]?".
The usual response I get is "I'll just put you through to level 2 support", which is great as I can then describe the problem to someone who actually understands how things work.
AMD admitted there were errors in the early Phenom CPUs back before launch. They also said that the performance of the new chips would be 'phenominimal'.
O.K. if I encode the opening chords of Harrison's "My Sweet Lord.... You had better stop right there, particularly since Harrison himself was sued for this very song because it sounded similar to 'He's So Fine' by the Chiffons.
Fact is, admitting to a crime is not the same as being guilty.
Fact is, legally you're incorrect. Aren't there occasions (especially with high-profile cases) where lots of people claim to have committed the crime? Are they all guilty of that crime? There is also the situation where people are coerced into a confession. They are usually not guilty either.
Or is this all just stuff we see on television shows and doesn't happen in real life?
I agree with the GP - admitting to a crime doesn't necessarily mean guilt. (Although in this particular case it seems to be true).
What kind of person has so much time on their hands that they would ever want to watch a major-league baseball game, full stop? Yeah, I don't get it, I can't believe people would waste so much of their time on that stuff.
On a completely unrelated and much more exciting topic, I'm so excited that the Australia / Sri Lanka test cricket series starts today!!
I can say that on my test certified Vista machine, brand new from Dell, I've already seen the network card totally disappear from the system only to reappear again an hour later. The Broadcom diagnostic tool reported no hardware issues. The Explorer shell still crashes/stalls frequently. Files get locked with no way aside from a reboot to unlock them. Wifi fails to reconnect to the same network it was previously connected to when sspi broadcast for that network is disabled. I just tried restoring a hibernated laptop, previously connected to a domain. Black screen & hard reboot. Yes, yes, but none of these are SECURITY issues, are they?
Your argument is really kinda weak. WoW is a great function of Windows, I wasn't complaining about WoW specifically, more that the application is not supported natively in 64-bit mode. Particularly for one of their flagship server environments.
Microsoft themselves still don't support 64-bit yet. I installed the 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 only to find it doesn't support 64-bit for SQL Mail and SSIS - you have to run the 32-bit versions of them under WoW64. Someone else has already mentioned drivers. If Microsoft can't or won't support their own software under 64 bit environments, they are going to have a heck of a time convincing developers to push everything over.
I fear there will be a loooooooong transition time - just as well they gave everyone an early warning.
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No no - *I* am Spartacus!
Remember too that the 'time-shifting' exception was only recently legislated - less than two years if memory serves correctly. Prior to that time recording TV shows on a VCR/PVR, even for private viewing, was technically illegal.
I'm not certain that format shifting is formally recognised as a legitimate exception to the copyright law (maybe it is, I don't know) but even if it isn't nobody is going to be jailed for that, just as nobody was jailed for using their VCR to record Neighbours.
Yes, apparently so, and it should work in a WAN situation as long as the network is configured properly. As I mentioned the main reason we haven't deployed it yet is we haven't decided what should needs to be replicated and what doesn't. It's more of an administrative hurdle than a technical one. Once we get a few more important things knocked off our list we'll get on to that...
I'm using IPCop for this - connecting 2 remote offices back to the central office. IPCop works well, is reliable, and simple to set up. Will have another 2-3 nodes added to the network this year.
It doesn't solve the OP's REAL problem though - whilst this infrastructure (or OpenSWAN, or OpenVPN, or similar) all provide an interconnection between the offices, but what next? Do you get everyone in the remote offices to use terminal servers in the head office? Or do you put servers in each office and have them work locally? If they work locally, how do you synchronise stuff between offices that needs to be synchronised? If they connect to central term servers, what happens if the link is down?
My company currently has a hybrid approach - some services are centralised, others are distributed. Haven't quite solved the file replication problem yet, mainly because we haven't put enough time into defining exactly what needs to be replicated and what doesn't. Our solution is still evolving. I'm hoping to find some hints elsewhere in this discussion.
I'm pretty sure that the guy knew exactly who John Carmack was. His post was (deservedly) rated up to 5-Funny very quickly.
(I had a bit of a look, I couldn't find a link to the post either)
A few more to add to the list:
- I wonder who their upstream provider is?
- How much data will be routed over the bridge?
- 'Flooding the network' now takes on a more literal meaning
- Updated 'ping' command at last returns echos (and a bearing!) from REAL ships.
- Add in your own 'sub-net' jokes here (I can't believe nobody has touched on this one yet)
I'm sure there are more...
There are other returns to being a teacher than just money. For some people the reward is teaching itself - seeing a student look at you as you explain something, then their eyes go really wide and you can see the comprehension in their eyes, then they dive into examples to confirm that they really do understand it. I love to see that light in their eyes and know that I helped ignite it.
I'm not a school teacher, but fill the role as mentor in my (IT admin) job, as a parent, and as a sports coach.
I very much doubt that the OP knew everybody's passwords. You'll most likely find that the boss gave the secretary the password himself. Given that anyone can lock anyone else's account (including the president, the janitor, CIO) by simply entering an incorrect password a few times it makes sense that a helpdesk operator was given privileges to untick the 'Account is Locked' box.
I find that this is a common problem with ISPs in particular. If I ever need to call tech support at my ISP, I usually start the conversation with 'I'm having trouble with this, I've tried [some possible solution] and also [string of technical information]. Are you having problems with [some service name]?".
The usual response I get is "I'll just put you through to level 2 support", which is great as I can then describe the problem to someone who actually understands how things work.
All of those that have headlights, heaters, or air-conditioners.
Fact is, legally you're incorrect. Aren't there occasions (especially with high-profile cases) where lots of people claim to have committed the crime? Are they all guilty of that crime? There is also the situation where people are coerced into a confession. They are usually not guilty either.
Or is this all just stuff we see on television shows and doesn't happen in real life?
I agree with the GP - admitting to a crime doesn't necessarily mean guilt. (Although in this particular case it seems to be true).
On a completely unrelated and much more exciting topic, I'm so excited that the Australia / Sri Lanka test cricket series starts today!!
Beautifully written, wonderful twist. Great job.
6. Party on, Dudes!
Can someone please develop something with a vowel?!? There are rumours of an 'Enhanced Lighttpd' in the works. So now you can be a LEPR.
The results are unitless. The parameters are not.
Where does 'science' fit in to that rule?
Yeah, sure, except US politics affects the rest of the world. US politics is everybody's politics.
The Mr Fusion powers the electric circuits that run the flux capacitor. But the engine runs on regular gas - it always has.
Microsoft themselves still don't support 64-bit yet. I installed the 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 only to find it doesn't support 64-bit for SQL Mail and SSIS - you have to run the 32-bit versions of them under WoW64. Someone else has already mentioned drivers. If Microsoft can't or won't support their own software under 64 bit environments, they are going to have a heck of a time convincing developers to push everything over.
I fear there will be a loooooooong transition time - just as well they gave everyone an early warning.