And if you had bought Linux machines for the same amount of money, you could have bought so many extra machines that you could have just pulled that machine, dumped it in the trash, and gone on merrily with your work.
You obviously aren't used to working in a mission critical environment where downtime costs money. It isn't about the hardware, its about the service that system provides. You can't just throw out a production server.
The only place that makes any sense at all is in a dumby web farm where they are all serving the exact content. But since most companies aren't dot coms, they need their systems to keep running.
I don't particularly care for your religion, but I have to side with you on this. It was the government that did this to the citizens of Utah.
As for "mormon bashing", please think about it. "Mormon" is a single word to describe who you are. Think about the other titles. "christian", "jewish", "muslim", "baptist", "atheist", "catholic". Now say "Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints". It is a mouthfull and its much easier to just say mormon. Generally speaking, everyone accepts that as an interchangeable reference, and isn't used as slang to hurt your feelings.
No it's not. You could get a fast food job in the US and make the same amount of money that a programmer in India makes.
But in India, you'd live like you worked on Wall Street.
Sure, the cost of living in India would be cheaper, but most people won't have to go to the drastic level of getting such a low paying job. Most people would probably accept a lower-paying job in the same field. It's happened to a lot of people that I used to work with.
Moving to a new country to get a job is "drastic" for most people, no doubt. But you must realize that many people move from one region to another all the time with cost of living differences. I work in the NYC metro area. If I took the same job in Northeast FL where I grew up, I could easily drop my salary by $20k and still live just as comfortable as I do here.
But if you live in Manhattan and are thinking of moving to India, I'd certainly be interestedin subletting your apartment.
I'd pay you relative to your new Indian living standard, of course.;>)
Everyone's kneejerk reaction is to scream bloody murder against the opposing political party, but as you've pointed out, its politics as usual. Both sides are hell bent on keeping and expanding what power they have in our government. In the end, the citizen is always the one to get screwed. Hence why I vote Libertarian.
I'm not a fan of "technology can solve anything" like many here, but I'm getting tired of the automatic "if some higher power than me uses technology they are evil and squashing the little guy" mentality that is yet again echo'd in this story submission.
This isn't the little guy being dominated anymore than they already were. This technology is used by many people for authentication and time carding. Datacenters use palm scanning devices as the defacto standard these days to verify you didn't steal a key or access card. All it does is make existing procedures less prone to abuse. The people who should be afraid are the abusers, not the average Slashdotter.
What really needs to be done is to have Sony and Real Doll get together and make a truly marketable robot. I mean, come on, everybody wants a Cherry 2000!
Did you hear about the guy who racked up $87000 in fines for doing just that? They knew exactly who it was. I'm surprised they didn't stop them via law enforcement at some point before it got to that level.
First off, in your scenario you are suggesting that the IRS will audit you and find out you are cheating on your taxes. That's illegal, and whatever happens to you or whoever else doing something illegal that gets caught by this will get no sympathy from anybody.
With that said, I don't see how establishing a pattern that you went over the tappan zee every day as to show how much money are you actually bringing in. If you claiming you are only making $24k a year, when you live in a $300k house and drive your $30k truck over the Tappan Zee every day, there are a multitude of ways to figure it out.
People need to get over the fact that some actions prevent you from being a "normal" member of society.
I think you miss the two biggest problems with publishing the list.
1) There is a possibility of having incorrect information, such as a wrong name or address, making it appear an innocent person is that sex offender.
2) It gives personal information out to the general public, who are likely to attack the person, or disrupt their life. Not that they shouldn't be watched, but when someone finishes their jail time, they should be allowed to rebuild their life into something productive.
LOL, this reminds me of the Tough Crowd skit where the white amercan tech worker moves to india to work in the tech shops. Comparitive cost of living, you make a killing in other countries or even some parts of the US.
And FYI, I lived in Florida where I was only paying $700 a month for rent of a 3 bedroom house with 1/2 acre yard. So it wasn't within walking distance of the beach, but hey, I knew people who lived at the beach for cheaper too.
It makes sense if you are an independant contractor, but not as a general telecommuting office worker.
Also, depending on where you live having an office downtown isn't always a drive. It could be a walk or a subway hop away, which gives you a bit of excersize and allows you to navigate through a real life human world. Whenever I work in the city, one of the things I enjoy most about it is the walk between the subway and my final destination. It gives me a chance to get some sunlight, and watch the people go by.
I spend between 50-60% of my work week telecommuting, and the other 40-50% onsite at customer/partner datacenter locations that are mostly filled with computers, not people.
Since a lot of my work is on-call and queue based, I am able to take off in the middle of the afternoon during a slow time or if I feel like I'm getting frustrated. I still have to get the work done, but its on my time. Go grocery shopping. Go see a movie. Just... don't forget to do your work. lol
I have also set aside my second bedroom as an office. It seperates my work space from my living space, so when I'm in there, I'm at work. It helps you get in the groove when you need to. It also helps get rid of the "whenever I'm home I'm really at work" feeling when you are home but don't want to think about work.
Probably the worst thing I've done so far is go wireless. Now I find myself dragging my laptop to the sofa so I end up watching TV and working at the same time.
Since you mention you are an independant contractor, you may be able to write a portion of your rent off your taxes, which also helps you afford a larger place, giving more room for a seperate workspace. I think the rule is that it has to be a dedicated workspace. i.e., the spare bedroom turned office is ok, but laptop and filefolder flung on the dinner table is not. You'll want to talk with an accountant on that one.
Another good way to get out is to see if you can find an independant contractor group that meets in your area. There is one in my area that tries to have a lunch/dinner meeting every so often. If that isn't available, try a Linux or other Users Group. They are great to network with other people in the same boat as you, and talk with real live humans. Getting into a hobby that isn't computer related can also help you get in contact with humans and de-stress you from working on your computer all day.
I guess my definition of "the internet" doesn't really include the last mile connection to users. Not that either one of us is right or wrong, mind you. But I guess if the users of "the internet" can't use it, then its not really working in a worthwhile manner.
Considering this was a backbone facility and home to several hundred different colocated and managed customers, I can't speak for all of them, but I do know no links to the outside world were lost. but then again, maybe thats because this was a high quality facility.:)
I live and work in the NYC metro area, and was at work when the blackout started. I didn't notice there was a blackout until I walked outside and saw our generators on. For the record, I work for a company that provides services to large internet datacenters. Any datacenter worth its monthly fee wasn't affected by the power outage. Yes, individual institutions including banks etc etc who weren't prepared did lose connectivity, but backbone providers and large carrier centers in the area didn't skip a beat.
Call me crazy, but I felt the whole space cowboy theme was a little much. I watched it, but I don't feel the angst that so many fellow slashdotters feel for its removal. What I do share is the angst of what they replaced it with. They went from mediocre to just plain crap.
Now when they pulled Greg The Bunny, that really pissed me off!
I have Vonage, which now supports 911 calling. What you do is register the address to tie to the number. It doesn't tie it to your *actual* location, so it calls a regional 911 center and they have your name and address on hand, just as if you were calling a local E911 center tied to your town or city.
Since I only use it at home, this arrangement is perfectly fine for me. If you travel around and use your VoIP phone from multiple locations, then it isn't going to give you appropiate levels of 911 service.
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And if you had bought Linux machines for the same amount of money, you could have bought so many extra machines that you could have just pulled that machine, dumped it in the trash, and gone on merrily with your work.
You obviously aren't used to working in a mission critical environment where downtime costs money. It isn't about the hardware, its about the service that system provides. You can't just throw out a production server.
The only place that makes any sense at all is in a dumby web farm where they are all serving the exact content. But since most companies aren't dot coms, they need their systems to keep running.
You mean its not McDonalds fault I'm fat? Its Jenny Craig? Damn, you learn something new every day.
I don't particularly care for your religion, but I have to side with you on this. It was the government that did this to the citizens of Utah.
As for "mormon bashing", please think about it. "Mormon" is a single word to describe who you are. Think about the other titles. "christian", "jewish", "muslim", "baptist", "atheist", "catholic". Now say "Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints". It is a mouthfull and its much easier to just say mormon. Generally speaking, everyone accepts that as an interchangeable reference, and isn't used as slang to hurt your feelings.
Maybe Andy works for the FBI and released MyDoom so they could get more funding.
Come on, conspiracies have been floating around for ages that the anti-virus software companies release a lot of virii. It makes sense. Right?
No it's not. You could get a fast food job in the US and make the same amount of money that a programmer in India makes.
;>)
But in India, you'd live like you worked on Wall Street.
Sure, the cost of living in India would be cheaper, but most people won't have to go to the drastic level of getting such a low paying job. Most people would probably accept a lower-paying job in the same field. It's happened to a lot of people that I used to work with.
Moving to a new country to get a job is "drastic" for most people, no doubt. But you must realize that many people move from one region to another all the time with cost of living differences. I work in the NYC metro area. If I took the same job in Northeast FL where I grew up, I could easily drop my salary by $20k and still live just as comfortable as I do here.
But if you live in Manhattan and are thinking of moving to India, I'd certainly be interestedin subletting your apartment.
I'd pay you relative to your new Indian living standard, of course.
Riiiiiiight.
Everyone's kneejerk reaction is to scream bloody murder against the opposing political party, but as you've pointed out, its politics as usual. Both sides are hell bent on keeping and expanding what power they have in our government. In the end, the citizen is always the one to get screwed. Hence why I vote Libertarian.
You are forgiven. But try not to let it happen again.
I believe the word you are looking for is "throttle".
I'm not a fan of "technology can solve anything" like many here, but I'm getting tired of the automatic "if some higher power than me uses technology they are evil and squashing the little guy" mentality that is yet again echo'd in this story submission.
This isn't the little guy being dominated anymore than they already were. This technology is used by many people for authentication and time carding. Datacenters use palm scanning devices as the defacto standard these days to verify you didn't steal a key or access card. All it does is make existing procedures less prone to abuse. The people who should be afraid are the abusers, not the average Slashdotter.
What really needs to be done is to have Sony and Real Doll get together and make a truly marketable robot. I mean, come on, everybody wants a Cherry 2000!
These are mechanical puppets... and God knows I want one! I'm going to start stealing old people's prescriptions so I can lure one to me!
That's an evil plot! Exploiting robots weakness for old people's prescriptions like that!
LOL!
:)
But you forgot one fact. Unix is already a religion.
Did you hear about the guy who racked up $87000 in fines for doing just that? They knew exactly who it was. I'm surprised they didn't stop them via law enforcement at some point before it got to that level.
First off, in your scenario you are suggesting that the IRS will audit you and find out you are cheating on your taxes. That's illegal, and whatever happens to you or whoever else doing something illegal that gets caught by this will get no sympathy from anybody.
With that said, I don't see how establishing a pattern that you went over the tappan zee every day as to show how much money are you actually bringing in. If you claiming you are only making $24k a year, when you live in a $300k house and drive your $30k truck over the Tappan Zee every day, there are a multitude of ways to figure it out.
People need to get over the fact that some actions prevent you from being a "normal" member of society.
I think you miss the two biggest problems with publishing the list.
1) There is a possibility of having incorrect information, such as a wrong name or address, making it appear an innocent person is that sex offender.
2) It gives personal information out to the general public, who are likely to attack the person, or disrupt their life. Not that they shouldn't be watched, but when someone finishes their jail time, they should be allowed to rebuild their life into something productive.
Unless a person is serving a life term... that's not what a prison is for.
LOL, this reminds me of the Tough Crowd skit where the white amercan tech worker moves to india to work in the tech shops. Comparitive cost of living, you make a killing in other countries or even some parts of the US.
And FYI, I lived in Florida where I was only paying $700 a month for rent of a 3 bedroom house with 1/2 acre yard. So it wasn't within walking distance of the beach, but hey, I knew people who lived at the beach for cheaper too.
It makes sense if you are an independant contractor, but not as a general telecommuting office worker.
Also, depending on where you live having an office downtown isn't always a drive. It could be a walk or a subway hop away, which gives you a bit of excersize and allows you to navigate through a real life human world. Whenever I work in the city, one of the things I enjoy most about it is the walk between the subway and my final destination. It gives me a chance to get some sunlight, and watch the people go by.
I spend between 50-60% of my work week telecommuting, and the other 40-50% onsite at customer/partner datacenter locations that are mostly filled with computers, not people.
Since a lot of my work is on-call and queue based, I am able to take off in the middle of the afternoon during a slow time or if I feel like I'm getting frustrated. I still have to get the work done, but its on my time. Go grocery shopping. Go see a movie. Just... don't forget to do your work. lol
I have also set aside my second bedroom as an office. It seperates my work space from my living space, so when I'm in there, I'm at work. It helps you get in the groove when you need to. It also helps get rid of the "whenever I'm home I'm really at work" feeling when you are home but don't want to think about work.
Probably the worst thing I've done so far is go wireless. Now I find myself dragging my laptop to the sofa so I end up watching TV and working at the same time.
Since you mention you are an independant contractor, you may be able to write a portion of your rent off your taxes, which also helps you afford a larger place, giving more room for a seperate workspace. I think the rule is that it has to be a dedicated workspace. i.e., the spare bedroom turned office is ok, but laptop and filefolder flung on the dinner table is not. You'll want to talk with an accountant on that one.
Another good way to get out is to see if you can find an independant contractor group that meets in your area. There is one in my area that tries to have a lunch/dinner meeting every so often. If that isn't available, try a Linux or other Users Group. They are great to network with other people in the same boat as you, and talk with real live humans. Getting into a hobby that isn't computer related can also help you get in contact with humans and de-stress you from working on your computer all day.
I guess my definition of "the internet" doesn't really include the last mile connection to users. Not that either one of us is right or wrong, mind you. But I guess if the users of "the internet" can't use it, then its not really working in a worthwhile manner.
Considering this was a backbone facility and home to several hundred different colocated and managed customers, I can't speak for all of them, but I do know no links to the outside world were lost. but then again, maybe thats because this was a high quality facility. :)
Were you subscribed to business level service? Did you have a contract with Service Level Agreements?
I live and work in the NYC metro area, and was at work when the blackout started. I didn't notice there was a blackout until I walked outside and saw our generators on. For the record, I work for a company that provides services to large internet datacenters. Any datacenter worth its monthly fee wasn't affected by the power outage. Yes, individual institutions including banks etc etc who weren't prepared did lose connectivity, but backbone providers and large carrier centers in the area didn't skip a beat.
Call me crazy, but I felt the whole space cowboy theme was a little much. I watched it, but I don't feel the angst that so many fellow slashdotters feel for its removal. What I do share is the angst of what they replaced it with. They went from mediocre to just plain crap.
Now when they pulled Greg The Bunny, that really pissed me off!
I have Vonage, which now supports 911 calling. What you do is register the address to tie to the number. It doesn't tie it to your *actual* location, so it calls a regional 911 center and they have your name and address on hand, just as if you were calling a local E911 center tied to your town or city.
Since I only use it at home, this arrangement is perfectly fine for me. If you travel around and use your VoIP phone from multiple locations, then it isn't going to give you appropiate levels of 911 service.