I'm sure there is no thought that managing the servers remotely
from 8 miles away means that they can also be managed remotely
2,000 miles away.
This is an alternate explanation for 'server hugging'. People
are trying to hold on to their US-based jobs!
I think everyone is missing a point.
This is only going to apply to drivers
who actually have insurance. The drivers
who don't have insurance won't have cameras
in their cars, but we're still paying for their
accidents.
Back in 1973-74, I attended Jordanhill Teachers College outside of Glasgow, Scotland.
During a 3-4 hour class/lab we were told that we could only hold people, and kids,
attention for 20 minutes at a time. You need to have a break then.
Also, BACKUPS run at night.
When I had a desktop sitting at work, I would leave it on
so that the backups would run 'off hours'.
I had a purloined laptop for after hours calls.
Then I got a laptop as my primary 'device',
so backups either run while I'm at work, or over
dialup conections, or I have to pay for broadband.
My company pushed out a 'Hibernate after 20 minutes of inactivity' policy,
but it didn't work right and would hibernate while I was in the middle of OS
patching and such.
Basically, give every regular worker a desktop and power it off at night.
Give the Admins, oncall people laptops and let them do what they want.
You're not paying their power bill anyway - they are...
You shouldn't be concerned about references - no company
gives references any more, other than 'so-and-so was
employed by XY corp. between these dates'.
They are too scared of being sued if the give
a good reference and you go postal, or if they give
a bad reference and you sue.
Leave now!
I wonder what is meant by 'audible click' e.g. Krakatoa 'audible'.
So this would apply to all cameras, VCRs, etc.., right?
Am I going to have to put a subwoofer on my Olympus OM-1?
What really is the problem these idiots are trying to solve?
Would it be citizens photographing riot police beating other citizens?
I'm glad I'll be dead soon...
I worked on budget allocation system 25 year ago that did exactly this. Funds were allocate at a certain level and a percentage thereoff and further percentages thereoff allocated down the line until there was no money left....
I haven't tried this on all Unix or Linux variants,
but I believe this will not work, unless you want to press 'Y'
100k times.
The correct method is
echo 'Y' | rm -r/*
The Unix tip I use most is 'xp' in vi to flip the last two characters
Write your code as if you were a maintenance programmer
that got paged at 3am because the critical batch update
crashed.
IOW, write it clearly and document concisely so the
poor dumb schmuck who get's called to debug it has a hope
of figuring it out
"Power providers and tech companies are working to redesign the grid so you can switch off your house when high demand strains the system, or program your house or appliances to make that move."
Isn't this a typo? Shouldn't it says 'So THEY can switch off your house..'?
I think I agree with the 'algae' analogy more than the 'Dead Sea' analogy.
Some good people leave, but lot's of good people stay because they are tired
of moving around, or they like the technical work, or working with the client
(and trying to help them!) more than the Corporate BS.
The 'algae' that clogs the pond are the new hires, who are typically all cluesless
project managers, (ISO/ITIL/CMM) process 'specialists' who know naught about the
actual work or the clients.
I have stayed with the same company for 19 years because
(a) they used to have a really good training program
(b) I was able to change from mainframe application programming (IMS/PL/1/DB2) to Client/Server (Oracle/C) to Unix
administration without changing companies, pensions, etc...
(c) I get to play with technology and get paid for it
Yes, I used to use ISPF on green on black for many years....it was hard on the eyes.
This was compensated somewhat by the ISPF editor which had soem really nice features.
Also, no 'proptional fonts'.
Another thing IBM got rigth was the 'top, left, down' screen design.
I hate Excel.....
I use black on white for my shell windows
I use blue or fuschia italics for regular email, docs etc or 'courier new'
The fuschia is a little faint, so I tend to bold it as well
I find the italics and lighter colours are more relaxing.
Also they are cutting staff and making the aging SAs support more and more clients,
beyond their capacity and the capacity of the poor or non-existent tools supplied,
thereby accelerating the point at which they will hit this wall.
I agree. I was born (just) in the second half of the 20th Century.
My company provides a fine desktop with tools to read email, surf
the web, update change and problem tickets, but NO tools to do
my job as an Unix System Administrator.
Consequently, I feel no compunction to installing e.g. putty and
other tools that allow me to manage the servers and provide value to
my company's clients....
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Obviously they have discovered that the friction of the atmosphere and the ether is causing this.
I'm sure there is no thought that managing the servers remotely from 8 miles away means that they can also be managed remotely 2,000 miles away. This is an alternate explanation for 'server hugging'. People are trying to hold on to their US-based jobs!
I think everyone is missing a point. This is only going to apply to drivers who actually have insurance. The drivers who don't have insurance won't have cameras in their cars, but we're still paying for their accidents.
They were trying to sell an extended warranty to the elevator at my work last spring... for real..
Back in 1973-74, I attended Jordanhill Teachers College outside of Glasgow, Scotland. During a 3-4 hour class/lab we were told that we could only hold people, and kids, attention for 20 minutes at a time. You need to have a break then.
I have a reasonablly new laptop with 2 RAM and a decent Graphis card and Vista still sucks...
Isn't this just another way of making your PC part of a zombie network even while it's sleeping?
Installed Slackware 1.2.13 or so, on a 486 with 16M RAM and a 200 M HD and ran a Departmental DNS server and a mail server
Also, BACKUPS run at night. When I had a desktop sitting at work, I would leave it on so that the backups would run 'off hours'. I had a purloined laptop for after hours calls. Then I got a laptop as my primary 'device', so backups either run while I'm at work, or over dialup conections, or I have to pay for broadband. My company pushed out a 'Hibernate after 20 minutes of inactivity' policy, but it didn't work right and would hibernate while I was in the middle of OS patching and such. Basically, give every regular worker a desktop and power it off at night. Give the Admins, oncall people laptops and let them do what they want. You're not paying their power bill anyway - they are...
add Chrome plating and FINS to make you netbook more manly. Or a couple of cigarette/cigar burns on the case?
You shouldn't be concerned about references - no company gives references any more, other than 'so-and-so was employed by XY corp. between these dates'. They are too scared of being sued if the give a good reference and you go postal, or if they give a bad reference and you sue. Leave now!
I wonder what is meant by 'audible click' e.g. Krakatoa 'audible'. So this would apply to all cameras, VCRs, etc.., right? Am I going to have to put a subwoofer on my Olympus OM-1? What really is the problem these idiots are trying to solve? Would it be citizens photographing riot police beating other citizens? I'm glad I'll be dead soon...
I worked on budget allocation system 25 year ago that did exactly this. Funds were allocate at a certain level and a percentage thereoff and further percentages thereoff allocated down the line until there was no money left....
I haven't tried this on all Unix or Linux variants, but I believe this will not work, unless you want to press 'Y' 100k times. The correct method is echo 'Y' | rm -r /*
The Unix tip I use most is 'xp' in vi to flip the last two characters
Well, clouds are composed of water vapor/vapour, so does this make it 'vaporware'?
Write your code as if you were a maintenance programmer that got paged at 3am because the critical batch update crashed. IOW, write it clearly and document concisely so the poor dumb schmuck who get's called to debug it has a hope of figuring it out
Shouldn't the headline be 'Iran plans to put an IMAM into Space in 10 Years'?
That's the magic of 'Gestalt'. Why do the have to use 'Wisdom of the Crowds'? It's always been called 'Gestalt'..
"Power providers and tech companies are working to redesign the grid so you can switch off your house when high demand strains the system, or program your house or appliances to make that move." Isn't this a typo? Shouldn't it says 'So THEY can switch off your house..'?
Why do they even bother? The major Unix vendors have had s/w that manages Unix and Windows servers for years...
I think I agree with the 'algae' analogy more than the 'Dead Sea' analogy. Some good people leave, but lot's of good people stay because they are tired of moving around, or they like the technical work, or working with the client (and trying to help them!) more than the Corporate BS. The 'algae' that clogs the pond are the new hires, who are typically all cluesless project managers, (ISO/ITIL/CMM) process 'specialists' who know naught about the actual work or the clients. I have stayed with the same company for 19 years because (a) they used to have a really good training program (b) I was able to change from mainframe application programming (IMS/PL/1/DB2) to Client/Server (Oracle/C) to Unix administration without changing companies, pensions, etc... (c) I get to play with technology and get paid for it
Yes, I used to use ISPF on green on black for many years....it was hard on the eyes. This was compensated somewhat by the ISPF editor which had soem really nice features. Also, no 'proptional fonts'. Another thing IBM got rigth was the 'top, left, down' screen design. I hate Excel.....
I use black on white for my shell windows I use blue or fuschia italics for regular email, docs etc or 'courier new' The fuschia is a little faint, so I tend to bold it as well I find the italics and lighter colours are more relaxing.
Also they are cutting staff and making the aging SAs support more and more clients, beyond their capacity and the capacity of the poor or non-existent tools supplied, thereby accelerating the point at which they will hit this wall.
I agree. I was born (just) in the second half of the 20th Century. My company provides a fine desktop with tools to read email, surf the web, update change and problem tickets, but NO tools to do my job as an Unix System Administrator. Consequently, I feel no compunction to installing e.g. putty and other tools that allow me to manage the servers and provide value to my company's clients....