Retrieving the data on the tapes would require knowledge of and access to specific hardware and software and knowledge of the system and data structure
-Who wants to bet that all you need to pull the data out is something like: dd if=/dev/tape | strings, perhaps with conv=ascii given to dd... and maybe gunzip or bunzip2. Sigh. Specific hardware: tape drive and a scsi card. Software: any recent unix would do. Knowledge of data structure: they obviously Huffman-coded all their SQL dumps, right? Haha.
I'd take that bet.
Its not Unix, its OpenVMS. The software is written in MUMPS. When code looks like this http://www.hardhats.org/history/chcs4.htm you certainly do need to have specific knowledge of the system and datastructure.
Again, assuming this is the old system that has been in place for 30+ years because with the new system all data is sent to DISA Alabama.
This is essentially a 30 year old platform. Back then, nobody ever imagined identity theft would be such a problem or guessed there would be legislation for HIPPA/PII like we have today.
Hospitals generally don't keep old computer equipment because they are cheap bastards. Because of the patient safety issues, and related federal/state regulations, most medical related software have *extremely* narrow specs. They keep the old hardware around because the software provider will only certify the product's reliability on a specific class of computer. And this carries over to other responsibilities seemingly unrelated to direct patient care. I once had to maintain a quite old hospital food inventory system because it was the only thing that could talk to the billing system. The billing system was doing it's job, so there was no pressure to upgrade that.
But the terms are that I can't work for direct competitors in the industry. That is a list of only a handful of companies. They aren't precluding me from plying my trade as a developer overall, just as a developer for specifically what I'm doing now.
I'd read the non-compete again. It would be overly broad if it didn't specify a particular section of the workforce you couldn't work for.
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something more bizarrely inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
I'm sorry, but all I could think about when I read this was....
BEDEVERE:
How do you know she is a witch?
VILLAGER #2:
She looks like one.
CROWD:
Right! Yeah! Yeah!
BEDEVERE:
Bring her forward.
WITCH:
I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
BEDEVERE:
Uh, but you are dressed as one.
WITCH:
They dressed me up like this.
CROWD:
Augh, we didn't! We didn't...
I always did wonder about the stability of the purple fuzzy guy... I mean how did you know which way was up? Left actually went up and left meanwhile right went up and right and so on. Not to mention that nerve-racking sound when the springy green snake thingy grabbed him was awful. No wonder he is unstable. I would be too.
It's somewhat dated but the FUD busting response to the Mindcraft fiasco has all the formulas on how to figure out what you hardware you need for your pipe. You only need to plug in current processor specs to see what you need. I could only find it in the archives: http://web.archive.org/web/20040409223206/http://c s.alfred.edu/~lansdoct/mstest.html
But thats ok, if you can't get a sword in edgewise to score a tail for yourself, the IGN crew will be more than happy to sell it to you on ebay for real money, since they seem to have just "stumbled across" a few hundred extra. Now getting that tail isn't about patience or valor, just about shelling out enough dough on an auction site somewhere.
I thought the open source community was founded on COMMUNITY. Man, if the old days of USENET could see us now, they'd be ashamed
When people ask lame questions in public forums that could have been answered with a minimal amount of legwork on their part, the standard answer is RTFM, which coincidently was coined during the days of USENET. Google has built the community already. This guy is just walking around it with his eyes closed.
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Aside from the part where you make money from your extra space, it sure sounds a lot like D.I.B.S.
http://web.mit.edu/~emin/www.o...
Copilot is free on weekends.
https://www.copilot.com/
They are getting more govt. agencies on their systems.
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/01/noaa-moves-25000-to-google-apps.html
So they sell their hard drive business to seagate and buy out Sony tv.
Curious.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/19/139259/samsung-hd-unit-bought-by-seagate
Retrieving the data on the tapes would require knowledge of and access to specific hardware and software and knowledge of the system and data structure
-Who wants to bet that all you need to pull the data out is something like: dd if=/dev/tape | strings, perhaps with conv=ascii given to dd... and maybe gunzip or bunzip2. Sigh. Specific hardware: tape drive and a scsi card. Software: any recent unix would do. Knowledge of data structure: they obviously Huffman-coded all their SQL dumps, right? Haha.
I'd take that bet.
Its not Unix, its OpenVMS.
The software is written in MUMPS.
When code looks like this http://www.hardhats.org/history/chcs4.htm you certainly do need to have specific knowledge of the system and datastructure.
Again, assuming this is the old system that has been in place for 30+ years because with the new system all data is sent to DISA Alabama.
Pretty much...
http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=08/04/23/0699654
Rather this:
http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/85
Pretty much...
http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=08/04/23/0699654
Speaking as a former sysadmin at an Army hospital...
The tapes in question were probably these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape
Running backups on a cluster of these babies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_AlphaServer#AlphaServer_SC
This is essentially a 30 year old platform. Back then, nobody ever imagined identity theft would be such a problem or guessed there would be legislation for HIPPA/PII like we have today.
... or let me use my Apps for Domains account
I believe that line should read:
Microsoft says the study is not representative of what it wants to hear from its customers.
Hospitals generally don't keep old computer equipment because they are cheap bastards. Because of the patient safety issues, and related federal/state regulations, most medical related software have *extremely* narrow specs. They keep the old hardware around because the software provider will only certify the product's reliability on a specific class of computer. And this carries over to other responsibilities seemingly unrelated to direct patient care. I once had to maintain a quite old hospital food inventory system because it was the only thing that could talk to the billing system. The billing system was doing it's job, so there was no pressure to upgrade that.
But the terms are that I can't work for direct competitors in the industry. That is a list of only a handful of companies. They aren't precluding me from plying my trade as a developer overall, just as a developer for specifically what I'm doing now.
I'd read the non-compete again. It would be overly broad if it didn't specify a particular section of the workforce you couldn't work for.
Brilliant.
You should work for their PR firm.
Lets see here....
Who is making the chips???
IBM? Correct?
Think this is IBM's way of getting back at M$ for buying "licenses" from SCO?
Fun to think about....
I always did wonder about the stability of the purple fuzzy guy... I mean how did you know which way was up? Left actually went up and left meanwhile right went up and right and so on. Not to mention that nerve-racking sound when the springy green snake thingy grabbed him was awful. No wonder he is unstable. I would be too.
Wait... did I read that right???
Oops. missed that part.
Funny, Grokster seems to think they won.... hrm this could get interesting
It's somewhat dated but the FUD busting response to the Mindcraft fiasco has all the formulas on how to figure out what you hardware you need for your pipe. You only need to plug in current processor specs to see what you need. I could only find it in the archives: http://web.archive.org/web/20040409223206/http://c s.alfred.edu/~lansdoct/mstest.html
Sounds like they are pimpin out some tail to me
mpg123
When people ask lame questions in public forums that could have been answered with a minimal amount of legwork on their part, the standard answer is RTFM, which coincidently was coined during the days of USENET. Google has built the community already. This guy is just walking around it with his eyes closed.
not trueo llection/domain-member.html#ads-member
http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-C
First you need to learn how to google so that you can ask more sensible concise questions
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You didn't specify if this is servers or workstations. Didn't specify all or just yours. Come on man, do some research before you post to