if I have root access, in theory I can access any data on the system. that's not the same as saying I can read the darn stuff.
Doesn't the NSA encrypt their sensitive data?
and the answer is...
'Automation'....:(
However, it's only as good as who wrote the rules and it is
not flexible enough to handle the 'omigosh what happened'
scenarios whihc you hire SAs for...
Plus you need to hire a whole cadre of staff to support the
'automation' tool...
Kind of Ironic. I can't even play HBO and MAX videos on my PC any more with whatever they/MS/Adobe
did to Flash Player API...
And I'm legal to do it!
EPIX still works..
there is no such thing as 'sysadmins', just like there is no such thing as white, black, yellow, green, Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Hindo, Moslem...
There are only 'people'...
I couldnt get by this part " I had nothing loaded save Outlook and Word, plus a few background apps"...
that's enough to spin your CPU and disk any day...especially Outlook...
that only apps I have that are bigger hogs are Firefox, MacAfee, and VPNssss
yoiks! when did this become a 'breeders' vs. 'non-breeders' issue?
To get back to the subject.
I work from home all the time. My job could be outsourced, but since I support DOD systems - it can't be.
I got to work from home in an underhanded way. I'm a System Administrator, so they expect me
to be able to login to systems in 5-15 minutes when on-call - so working strictly from the office
wouldn't cut it. Not that they didn't try. The customer support reps. got laptops years ago and they
wouldn't get them for the SAs.... finally common sense or a reasonable simulacrum prevailed.
So the SA work at night - don't bother coming into the office in the morning. The company shuts
off the heat/AC after 6pm and on weekends - so the SAs stop coming to the office at all.
The teams are 'global team' so the people next to you don't work on anything remotely like you.
They make the single cubes into 'quad cubes' , lower the partition sizes , do away with storage
space, pencils, paper, etc... absolutley no point in coming to the office now.
The company decides to save on Real Estate by making almost everyone work form home.
At the same time, they stop paying for home internet...
So now I work form home all the time. My team is in 3 different time zones, and the only person in the
same state is 4 hours drive way, as is the nearest office...
Hm. I'm trying to think of a different perspective on all this.
My company (not to be named) basically encourages everyone to work from home
so they can get rid of high priced real estate.
They don't provide , pens, pencils, or paper any more, not even CDs DVDs
and they don't pay for my Internet any more either.
So all these people who are now forced to work from home and probably
pulling more data are a 'captive market'.
sheep for the slaughter...
The reason the government was so adamant was because this was a 'property' crime.
You can go to jail for 5/10 for killing someone but you get 10/30 for stealing stuff from the 1%.
If you ARE one of the 1%, you get free money from the Fed to lend to the peons...
What's 'absurd and dangerous' is the Congress approving spending and then not allowing the debt
limit to be raised so the executive branch can implement the spending Congress told them to do!
I pretty much agree with the deficiencies of a tablet over say a laptop. I have arthritis and I use a laptop on my lap , the touchpad with my left or right hand and the keyboard is right there/here for typing. If I have to use a tablet my upper arms would overdevelop...
"and do absolutely nothing except provide for 'snack/bathroom break' time during the show"
I wonder if Advertising is responsible for the rise
in obesity in the US population then?
Isn't it a bit like Pavlov/Behavioural ?
Once you get up to fix a snack during a break, you
ALWAYS get up to fix a snack during a break, except when you are going to the restroom to relieve yourself of the aforementioned snack?
So when I'm out for a walk, and I try to whistle back at the
birds to get them to respond (and sometimes I'm close enough to get a response) I have to pay royalties?
What about duck calls? You don't want to tell a guy with a gun that he owes you money...
ROTFL
What happened to peer code reviews?
Maybe it;s not 'quick' or 'agile', or 'extremee',
but a code review is where you tell the programmer
"You need better comments in here. etc. etc"
Harass people at their homes?
Try to force their way into people's homes?
Really?
Any evidence for those statements?
Certainly Unions are not perfect, but they are better than the alternative - Matewan...
"You can't learn that in college, and the smart managers know that."
The you missed the whole point of college.
In school they baby you, in college it's entirely up to you to do the work outside of the lectures/labs and how well you do it. In other words, learn how to learn.. That's what hiring managers know about you when you have a degree - doesn't even have to be a CS degree. "This person can learn how to program from a book, or one their own "...
As an HP consultant once told me. HP was a company that measured everything (before they spun off Agilent).
they determined that they could use a pretty slow chip (PA-RISC) and slap a bunch of cache on it and out perform the Alpha, which was a beter chip, but with less cache..
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if I have root access, in theory I can access any data on the system. that's not the same as saying I can read the darn stuff. Doesn't the NSA encrypt their sensitive data?
and the answer is... 'Automation'.... :(
However, it's only as good as who wrote the rules and it is
not flexible enough to handle the 'omigosh what happened'
scenarios whihc you hire SAs for...
Plus you need to hire a whole cadre of staff to support the
'automation' tool...
think about it. probably 'who/how' the uss maine blew up in Manilla harbour...
Kind of Ironic. I can't even play HBO and MAX videos on my PC any more with whatever they/MS/Adobe did to Flash Player API... And I'm legal to do it! EPIX still works..
Personally, I would scan the whole code , if it was short, to asses the style of whomever wrote it, plus alterations.. It's art, not science
there is no such thing as 'sysadmins', just like there is no such thing as white, black, yellow, green, Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Hindo, Moslem... There are only 'people'...
and the competent ones seem lazy and useless because the systems stay running day after day, night after night and you don't SEE them doing anything
I couldnt get by this part " I had nothing loaded save Outlook and Word, plus a few background apps"... that's enough to spin your CPU and disk any day...especially Outlook... that only apps I have that are bigger hogs are Firefox, MacAfee, and VPNssss
Lawyer joke.
98% of lawyers give the rest a bad name....
yoiks! when did this become a 'breeders' vs. 'non-breeders' issue? To get back to the subject. I work from home all the time. My job could be outsourced, but since I support DOD systems - it can't be. I got to work from home in an underhanded way. I'm a System Administrator, so they expect me to be able to login to systems in 5-15 minutes when on-call - so working strictly from the office wouldn't cut it. Not that they didn't try. The customer support reps. got laptops years ago and they wouldn't get them for the SAs.... finally common sense or a reasonable simulacrum prevailed. So the SA work at night - don't bother coming into the office in the morning. The company shuts off the heat/AC after 6pm and on weekends - so the SAs stop coming to the office at all. The teams are 'global team' so the people next to you don't work on anything remotely like you. They make the single cubes into 'quad cubes' , lower the partition sizes , do away with storage space, pencils, paper, etc... absolutley no point in coming to the office now. The company decides to save on Real Estate by making almost everyone work form home. At the same time, they stop paying for home internet... So now I work form home all the time. My team is in 3 different time zones, and the only person in the same state is 4 hours drive way, as is the nearest office...
The Fed's remit is to keep the economy stable financially and secure employment. A bit different than 'jack up the rate so we can make more money'...
Hm. I'm trying to think of a different perspective on all this. My company (not to be named) basically encourages everyone to work from home so they can get rid of high priced real estate. They don't provide , pens, pencils, or paper any more, not even CDs DVDs and they don't pay for my Internet any more either. So all these people who are now forced to work from home and probably pulling more data are a 'captive market'. sheep for the slaughter...
The reason the government was so adamant was because this was a 'property' crime. You can go to jail for 5/10 for killing someone but you get 10/30 for stealing stuff from the 1%. If you ARE one of the 1%, you get free money from the Fed to lend to the peons...
What's 'absurd and dangerous' is the Congress approving spending and then not allowing the debt limit to be raised so the executive branch can implement the spending Congress told them to do!
I pretty much agree with the deficiencies of a tablet over say a laptop.
I have arthritis and I use a laptop on my lap , the touchpad with my left or right hand and the keyboard is right there/here for typing. If I have to use a tablet my upper arms would overdevelop...
"and do absolutely nothing except provide for 'snack/bathroom break' time during the show" I wonder if Advertising is responsible for the rise in obesity in the US population then? Isn't it a bit like Pavlov/Behavioural ? Once you get up to fix a snack during a break, you ALWAYS get up to fix a snack during a break, except when you are going to the restroom to relieve yourself of the aforementioned snack?
So when I'm out for a walk, and I try to whistle back at the birds to get them to respond (and sometimes I'm close enough to get a response) I have to pay royalties? What about duck calls? You don't want to tell a guy with a gun that he owes you money... ROTFL
Reminds me of the training video "Meetings, Bloody Meetings" with John Cleese
What happened to peer code reviews? Maybe it;s not 'quick' or 'agile', or 'extremee', but a code review is where you tell the programmer "You need better comments in here. etc. etc"
Harass people at their homes? Try to force their way into people's homes? Really? Any evidence for those statements? Certainly Unions are not perfect, but they are better than the alternative - Matewan...
"You can't learn that in college, and the smart managers know that." The you missed the whole point of college. In school they baby you, in college it's entirely up to you to do the work outside of the lectures/labs and how well you do it. In other words, learn how to learn.. That's what hiring managers know about you when you have a degree - doesn't even have to be a CS degree. "This person can learn how to program from a book, or one their own "...
As an HP consultant once told me. HP was a company that measured everything (before they spun off Agilent). they determined that they could use a pretty slow chip (PA-RISC) and slap a bunch of cache on it and out perform the Alpha, which was a beter chip, but with less cache..
'carbon black' sounds interesting. Could that be used for Ink jet refills?
Evolution's Path May Lead To Shorter, Heavier Women
Well, shit. That sucks.
Cue the movie 'Idiocracy'...
This could put the State of Delaware out of business. There's a reason so many US companies are incorprated there. What't next? The Cayman Islands?