The difference is that we expect slashdot to be edited, and as a result censored to some extent. Digg isn't supposed to be that way, but it seems increasingly likely that it is censored.
Could it be? The RIAA has gotten away with these silly, "you've been downloading, so it must be illegal" accusations quite a bit over the last year. Maybe it is finally time for the users to finally stand up and say "Oh yeah? Prove it!"
No, I suppose I did not. Doesn't seem like the slashdot gods like me. It did get submitted to Digg.com which is better than slashdot anyways. Just doesn't get the hits that slashdot does.
Anyone who has taken even a beginners course on statistics knows that statistics can be distorted to tell any tale that you want. This follows the same line as the whole bit about how gun owners are more likely to commit a gun related crime. Well, shiver me timbers. Thats a novel concept. Whats the numbers on knife owners? All construed to tell us the tale they want to tell.
And where are their parents?
Obviously, you don't work with software companies that use activeX. People keep saying that FireFox needs to be accepted into the corporate world for it to truly begin to take over the IE world. Well, when you work with software companies that use ActiveX, you don't have any choice but to use IE. So, when you get into the professional world, let me know and then we can begin talking about who's a "troll,joking or simply clueless".
Which may be true, however, we're also talking about something that is used in a fairly good portion of Websites and in a good portion of propietary softwares with web interfaces. Pretty good handicap for FireFox to not have it. Of course it is a bonus at times too.
ActiveX. It's great that FireFox gets a little added functionality, but I've spoken with many IT people that cannot implement FireFox into their network for the simple reason that they need to have ActiveX fuctionality. If we could get that addon(or maybe it exists?) that would be spectacular for FireFox and it's spread.
Seems a little drastic to me. Think that it will open up Google to a lot of cases just like that where someone is trying to get that little extra advertisement in. But the problem is that Geico paid for the advertisement and other people paid for it as well. Same thing happens in the Yellow Book(tm), businesses pay to be in it and Geico isn't the only one under Insurance. Sure if it were Geico insurance header then they might be, but there are still other insurance places and it used to be a free market. used to be.
ok, but the inverse is that many companies are now integrating their own IT departments. Also, alot of not IT people will look at hiring a consultant as "your hiring someone anyway, so whats the difference?" I realize that there is a monetary difference of course, but try convincing a MS office drone that OS will be better, and its like talking to a wall.
Umm, your vendor or whomever you contracted for support.
And when you download it from a website somewhere without contact info? Which does happen btw.
If your admin can't manage a recovery plan and/or can't figure out how to run and install the software you need then you need a new admin...your systems administrator can't figure out Apache, fire his ass pronto.
Managing a recovery plan and running and installing software is completely different from finding a bug in software. Where I'm from(North Dakota, USA) admins only get paid about 50k, so finding one who can handle everything is fairly rare. And there are some errors/bugs that are rare enough that until you run into them, you haven't a clue how to fix them and thus need some form of support. The thing to remember is that not everyone is an UberGeek.
Until something doesn't work, then who do you call?
Personal computers are one thing, since at the moment the only people that use open source software are geeks, but in a corporate(business) environment, if something goes down, it has to be back up fast and without support, how does one accomplish that if it isn't withing that admin's realm of expertise?
And actually it wasn't all that bad. The books weren't technically DRM'd tho. Merely online passcode protection where you could actually print off the book if you wanted too(500+pages of pdf), but the professor actually put in the dates that the passcode would be valid for, so that it wouldn't expire before exams. Saved about $60 on just one book. Easy to see why students would jump on this bandwagon if they can fix the expiring too soon problem.
and isn't there supposed to be a PHP framenet coming out soon? Seems easier to use existing technology than new stuff, unless I misunderstand the RoR tech.
Amazon recently rolled out peerflix, or has done some advertising for it in any case. It's a dvd trading service. Think P2P for DVD's. Perhaps this is what they are hiring for?
"Pick a service, and review the last years worth of vulnerabilities for it..."
I don't personally manage any "world facing" servers, but I kinda thought that that was what firewalls and rounters were for. While I realize that those don't stop it all, they do act as a preventative. Also, I don't think that taking a server down for updates and patches should be considered for downtime either. Of course, I seldom see linux/unix patches/updates that increase cpu load and memory load like microsoft frequently releases.
"Of course, I also think there should be signifigant fines for companies "losing" customer data."
I agree. Of course, there are some significant losses in trust and customer count for most of the companies that "lose" their customer data.
With the reliability and up-time of UNIX servers and the usability of Linux, it was only a matter of time before this happened and I for one am glad it did.
'it's got to get the final tier of reliability and predictability that I'm going to bet a multi-billion dollar corporation's future on.'
last time I checked, a microsoft server can't stay up for years at a time without babysitting. And something that is as stable as most linux servers are seems pretty predictable to me. I'm thinking that somebody told him this and he doesn't have the knowledge to call foul.
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The difference is that we expect slashdot to be edited, and as a result censored to some extent. Digg isn't supposed to be that way, but it seems increasingly likely that it is censored.
I'm as confused as you are... Maybe Uncle Bill has something up his sleeve?
Could it be? The RIAA has gotten away with these silly, "you've been downloading, so it must be illegal" accusations quite a bit over the last year. Maybe it is finally time for the users to finally stand up and say "Oh yeah? Prove it!"
No, I suppose I did not. Doesn't seem like the slashdot gods like me. It did get submitted to Digg.com which is better than slashdot anyways. Just doesn't get the hits that slashdot does.
I said the same darn thing yesterday on my blog http://thatedeguy.blogspot.com/ this article is a little more technical about it but what the heck...
Since when does slashdot stoop this low? Where's the 'Stuff that matters."?
Anyone who has taken even a beginners course on statistics knows that statistics can be distorted to tell any tale that you want. This follows the same line as the whole bit about how gun owners are more likely to commit a gun related crime. Well, shiver me timbers. Thats a novel concept. Whats the numbers on knife owners? All construed to tell us the tale they want to tell. And where are their parents?
Obviously, you don't work with software companies that use activeX. People keep saying that FireFox needs to be accepted into the corporate world for it to truly begin to take over the IE world. Well, when you work with software companies that use ActiveX, you don't have any choice but to use IE. So, when you get into the professional world, let me know and then we can begin talking about who's a "troll,joking or simply clueless".
Which may be true, however, we're also talking about something that is used in a fairly good portion of Websites and in a good portion of propietary softwares with web interfaces. Pretty good handicap for FireFox to not have it. Of course it is a bonus at times too.
Thanks for the info. I hadn't thought of the scripting objects. Chalk it up as one more reason we need to have software standards for the internet.
ActiveX. It's great that FireFox gets a little added functionality, but I've spoken with many IT people that cannot implement FireFox into their network for the simple reason that they need to have ActiveX fuctionality. If we could get that addon(or maybe it exists?) that would be spectacular for FireFox and it's spread.
Seems a little drastic to me. Think that it will open up Google to a lot of cases just like that where someone is trying to get that little extra advertisement in. But the problem is that Geico paid for the advertisement and other people paid for it as well. Same thing happens in the Yellow Book(tm), businesses pay to be in it and Geico isn't the only one under Insurance. Sure if it were Geico insurance header then they might be, but there are still other insurance places and it used to be a free market. used to be.
ok, but the inverse is that many companies are now integrating their own IT departments. Also, alot of not IT people will look at hiring a consultant as "your hiring someone anyway, so whats the difference?" I realize that there is a monetary difference of course, but try convincing a MS office drone that OS will be better, and its like talking to a wall.
Umm, your vendor or whomever you contracted for support.
And when you download it from a website somewhere without contact info? Which does happen btw.
If your admin can't manage a recovery plan and/or can't figure out how to run and install the software you need then you need a new admin...your systems administrator can't figure out Apache, fire his ass pronto.
Managing a recovery plan and running and installing software is completely different from finding a bug in software. Where I'm from(North Dakota, USA) admins only get paid about 50k, so finding one who can handle everything is fairly rare. And there are some errors/bugs that are rare enough that until you run into them, you haven't a clue how to fix them and thus need some form of support. The thing to remember is that not everyone is an UberGeek.
How is RoR then?
I've heard that Ruby is a bit of a complicated language to learn, but have thought about looking into it a little.
Until something doesn't work, then who do you call?
Personal computers are one thing, since at the moment the only people that use open source software are geeks, but in a corporate(business) environment, if something goes down, it has to be back up fast and without support, how does one accomplish that if it isn't withing that admin's realm of expertise?
And actually it wasn't all that bad. The books weren't technically DRM'd tho. Merely online passcode protection where you could actually print off the book if you wanted too(500+pages of pdf), but the professor actually put in the dates that the passcode would be valid for, so that it wouldn't expire before exams. Saved about $60 on just one book. Easy to see why students would jump on this bandwagon if they can fix the expiring too soon problem.
and isn't there supposed to be a PHP framenet coming out soon? Seems easier to use existing technology than new stuff, unless I misunderstand the RoR tech.
Amazon recently rolled out peerflix, or has done some advertising for it in any case. It's a dvd trading service. Think P2P for DVD's. Perhaps this is what they are hiring for?
"Pick a service, and review the last years worth of vulnerabilities for it..." I don't personally manage any "world facing" servers, but I kinda thought that that was what firewalls and rounters were for. While I realize that those don't stop it all, they do act as a preventative. Also, I don't think that taking a server down for updates and patches should be considered for downtime either. Of course, I seldom see linux/unix patches/updates that increase cpu load and memory load like microsoft frequently releases. "Of course, I also think there should be signifigant fines for companies "losing" customer data." I agree. Of course, there are some significant losses in trust and customer count for most of the companies that "lose" their customer data.
If your linux box has one year of uptime, and it is a world facing server, you deserve to be fired. What exactly do you mean by that?
An added bit of usability and stability to an already stable and usable system can't hurt in the war on microsoft.
With the reliability and up-time of UNIX servers and the usability of Linux, it was only a matter of time before this happened and I for one am glad it did.
'it's got to get the final tier of reliability and predictability that I'm going to bet a multi-billion dollar corporation's future on.' last time I checked, a microsoft server can't stay up for years at a time without babysitting. And something that is as stable as most linux servers are seems pretty predictable to me. I'm thinking that somebody told him this and he doesn't have the knowledge to call foul.