If these are hot-swappable drives in cages, then a cardboard box or a milk crate in a cool dry environment should be adequate. You want to avoid dust, so make sure the box or crate is covered. Putting them in a lockable filing cabinet would be a good idea.
I haven't seen any IKEA-esque prefab shelving meant for HD cages. Of course, if you have the budget for it, many custom furniture contractors will build you a filing cabinet with shelves or pigeon holes that fit the dimensions of the HD cages. Not too expensive.
If the drives are not in hot-swap cages, then store them in the anti-static bags they came in. If you can afford USB/Firewire enclosures, there are stackable single-HD enclosures and multi-HD enclosures. You'll want to spin the drives up once every few months, so an enclosure is better than anti-static bags.
Either way, just remember to label all the drives. It's no fun hunting through 50 unlabelled HDs for a particular file.
From the article: "Eric Reynolds, author of the influential open source manifesto The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
Um, what? Sloppy research or just a typo? These mainstream "Look how geek everyone is becoming! Even your has an iPod and is therefore a geek." articles really irritate me.
If your target demographic is the layperson whose computer usage is simply a means to an end, i.e. using a computer to do their job, then give them an understanding of the tasks they perform. And maybe a list of Do's and Do-Not's for basic computer usage on your network. Too much theory about the underlying tech will be overkill for someone who just wants to be able to perform their job. Think the level of explaination in a software User's Guide. Very specific, functional instructions for the tasks at hand. "This is how you set up automatic IP addressing on your computer. Click this, then click that."
If you want to foster a basic understanding of the operating system and hardware and networking, then give them a comprehensive understanding of basic terminology and how all the components work together. Think the level of a For Dummies guide. General information on a broad scope. "Set up your computer as a DHCP client. Your computer then contacts the DHCP server to get an IP address. The DHCP server then gives your computer an available IP address."
If you actually want the reader to understand the underlying tech, then explain the tech in detail. Think sysadmin manuals or those certification textbooks. Detailed info explaining how something works under the hood. "The DHCP client broadcasts a DHCPDISCOVER message, and any DHCP server that hears this broadcast will reply with a DHCPOFFER message.....etc"
I've seen books that are geared towards the general public attempt to explain too much. And I've found that users on my network really need information specific to our setup, but do not want to know the underlying tech.
I'm not disparaging the intellectual capabilities of the non-geek reader. I just think that they need a firm foundation in the basics before you can get into details. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Heh, don't know about Japanese sounding cooler, but I find that even if I don't understand every Japanese word (Dialogue is usually spoken too fast for me to understand properly), the Japanese voice actors' intonations convey the mood of the scene. Something gets lost in translation when you listen to the dubbed English audio. Not so much linguistic differences, but rather cultural differences. The Major can bark out an order to her team in Japanese, and you feel something. The English dub will have the literal translation exactly right, but be missing the emotional pitch.
Hey, looks good. Just make sure you check the item description for the languages you want. Some stuff offered for sale has been re-dubbed into other languages with NO SUBTITLES. I like watching with Japanese audio and English subtitles.
Interestingly, amateur subtitles for anime are usually better than the subtitles on the officially distributed DVDs. Some of the fansubs for GITS episodes were amazingly detailed. Like when a character quotes a semi-obscure philosopher, the fansubs actually had a couple of extra lines explaining where the quote came from. Quite a nice surprise.
One word: ebay. Lots of selection, and most sellers ship worldwide. Shipping costs are a bugger, though.
I usually dld the eps when they appear (usually a week after airing in Japan) or go on ebay to buy DVDs from a seller in Asia. For some reason, anime shows are released very slowly in the U.S. (and Europe, I'm told). Prolly distributor-induced lag?
And then when the DVDs are finally released in the U.S., I buy them. Lots of unnecessary effort expended, but hey. I love the show.
And same here with the terrible selection in the local DVD stores.
Hmm, never heard of "The Glass Ocean" and no joy on Google.
The last good anime series I watched was "Paranoia Agent" (Mousou Dairinin) by Satoshi Kon (the chap who did Perfect Blue and Millenium Actress). Pretty good stuff. More complex than I expected. None of that mindless Pokemon/Big mechanoid theme. Just thoughtful tone poems, almost. I'm looking for more anime like that. But I keep having to wade through highly-rated but ultimately simplistic anime, for some reason.
True, that metaphor runs pretty deep in the actual symbolism of the series. But from another perspective, some eps were stand-alone eps that did not have a fixed place in the big storyarc whereas some eps were part of the season-long storyarc. I believe this was what the quoted text was referring to.
I love how the metaphor can be interpreted on multiple levels.
The movies and the tv series (1st Gig and 2nd Gig) are actually stories that exist in alternate universes. The movies and the tv series can be watched independently of each other, since both universes' storylines are self-contained.
In the movie universe, the events in the first movie (GITS) happen before the events in the second movie (GITS:Innocence), so it is best to watch in chronological order. Ditto for the episodes of the TV series. The TV series, however, is premised on a what-if-this-event-did-not-happen-in-the-movies universe. So you do not have to have watched the movies to grok the TV series.
Season 1 of the TV series (1st Gig) has a season-long story arc that is best appreciated if you watch the eps in order, but there are a few stand-alone episodes that are kinda Monster-of-the-week and do not tie into the big story arc. The events in season 2 of the TV series occur after the events in season 1, but it has its own season-long story arc that does not depend too much on your knowledge of season 1.
There are some fantastic subtleties that you get from watching the eps in chronological order.
Netflix has both movies and the entire 1st Gig. They also have the first 12 eps of 2nd Gig. I think the next DVD for 2nd Gig is coming out in March.
Cartoon Network airs some eps on weekends (Saturday midnight? Check your local listings.) Not the latest episodes, though.
Or you can just get the DVDs. If you have Netflix, both the movies are available. Entire 1st Gig is available, and the first 3 DVDs (first 12 episodes) for 2nd Gig. I think the next disc for 2nd Gig will be released in March (in the U.S.)
More recent episodes seems to be released on DVD faster in Asia. Who knows when new eps will be broadcast on TV. So choose your bootleg-delivery-method until you can get the DVDs. I am a hardcore GITS fan and I do buy the DVDs when they are released, but I usually first watch new eps on divx.
Claiming for damages, OK. Sounds fair. But claiming for expenses incurred to discover the full extent of the intrusion seems a mite dodgy. And terribly vulnerable to abuse. The company can say: "Our security is absolute crap. We don't even notice who comes and goes. If there is a security breach, we have to do a comprehensive security audit to discover the extent of any damage, made all the more time-consuming because we don't reliably detect intrusions. But the perpetrator has to pay for the unnnecessarily-complicated investigation. So there is no incentive for us to secure the network beforehand." Whatever happened to due dilligence?
It is fair that they seek to recover the money/man-hours which were expended to undo the actual damage inflicted by the perpetrator. They actually had to expend those resources to get their production environment back the way it was before the intrusion. But why include the cost to "make damn sure he didn't do anything more serious and insidious"? Yes, the intruder is ultimately responsible for the damage. But is he/she also punishable for the network's sloppy security?
I see more and more cases like this where the actual damage inflicted is very small and the actual recovery is not expensive. However, the sanitizing of the network takes up the bulk of the time.(E.g. one server compromised, easily spotted in what might be the preliminary stages of a deeper attack. But the incident response team spends absolutely ages tweaking filters and going through logs trying to see if anything else was compromised or if the intruder has gained a foothold in the network.)
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If these are hot-swappable drives in cages, then a cardboard box or a milk crate in a cool dry environment should be adequate. You want to avoid dust, so make sure the box or crate is covered. Putting them in a lockable filing cabinet would be a good idea.
I haven't seen any IKEA-esque prefab shelving meant for HD cages. Of course, if you have the budget for it, many custom furniture contractors will build you a filing cabinet with shelves or pigeon holes that fit the dimensions of the HD cages. Not too expensive.
If the drives are not in hot-swap cages, then store them in the anti-static bags they came in. If you can afford USB/Firewire enclosures, there are stackable single-HD enclosures and multi-HD enclosures. You'll want to spin the drives up once every few months, so an enclosure is better than anti-static bags.
Either way, just remember to label all the drives. It's no fun hunting through 50 unlabelled HDs for a particular file.
From the article: "Eric Reynolds, author of the influential open source manifesto The Cathedral and the Bazaar ."
Um, what? Sloppy research or just a typo? These mainstream "Look how geek everyone is becoming! Even your has an iPod and is therefore a geek." articles really irritate me.
Who is the target audience, and what is the goal?
If your target demographic is the layperson whose computer usage is simply a means to an end, i.e. using a computer to do their job, then give them an understanding of the tasks they perform. And maybe a list of Do's and Do-Not's for basic computer usage on your network. Too much theory about the underlying tech will be overkill for someone who just wants to be able to perform their job. Think the level of explaination in a software User's Guide. Very specific, functional instructions for the tasks at hand. "This is how you set up automatic IP addressing on your computer. Click this, then click that."
If you want to foster a basic understanding of the operating system and hardware and networking, then give them a comprehensive understanding of basic terminology and how all the components work together. Think the level of a For Dummies guide. General information on a broad scope. "Set up your computer as a DHCP client. Your computer then contacts the DHCP server to get an IP address. The DHCP server then gives your computer an available IP address."
If you actually want the reader to understand the underlying tech, then explain the tech in detail. Think sysadmin manuals or those certification textbooks. Detailed info explaining how something works under the hood. "The DHCP client broadcasts a DHCPDISCOVER message, and any DHCP server that hears this broadcast will reply with a DHCPOFFER message.....etc"
I've seen books that are geared towards the general public attempt to explain too much. And I've found that users on my network really need information specific to our setup, but do not want to know the underlying tech.
I'm not disparaging the intellectual capabilities of the non-geek reader. I just think that they need a firm foundation in the basics before you can get into details. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Heh, don't know about Japanese sounding cooler, but I find that even if I don't understand every Japanese word (Dialogue is usually spoken too fast for me to understand properly), the Japanese voice actors' intonations convey the mood of the scene. Something gets lost in translation when you listen to the dubbed English audio. Not so much linguistic differences, but rather cultural differences. The Major can bark out an order to her team in Japanese, and you feel something. The English dub will have the literal translation exactly right, but be missing the emotional pitch.
Hey, looks good. Just make sure you check the item description for the languages you want. Some stuff offered for sale has been re-dubbed into other languages with NO SUBTITLES. I like watching with Japanese audio and English subtitles.
Interestingly, amateur subtitles for anime are usually better than the subtitles on the officially distributed DVDs. Some of the fansubs for GITS episodes were amazingly detailed. Like when a character quotes a semi-obscure philosopher, the fansubs actually had a couple of extra lines explaining where the quote came from. Quite a nice surprise.
One word: ebay. Lots of selection, and most sellers ship worldwide. Shipping costs are a bugger, though.
I usually dld the eps when they appear (usually a week after airing in Japan) or go on ebay to buy DVDs from a seller in Asia. For some reason, anime shows are released very slowly in the U.S. (and Europe, I'm told). Prolly distributor-induced lag?
And then when the DVDs are finally released in the U.S., I buy them. Lots of unnecessary effort expended, but hey. I love the show.
And same here with the terrible selection in the local DVD stores.
Hmm, never heard of "The Glass Ocean" and no joy on Google.
The last good anime series I watched was "Paranoia Agent" (Mousou Dairinin) by Satoshi Kon (the chap who did Perfect Blue and Millenium Actress). Pretty good stuff. More complex than I expected. None of that mindless Pokemon/Big mechanoid theme. Just thoughtful tone poems, almost. I'm looking for more anime like that. But I keep having to wade through highly-rated but ultimately simplistic anime, for some reason.
True, that metaphor runs pretty deep in the actual symbolism of the series. But from another perspective, some eps were stand-alone eps that did not have a fixed place in the big storyarc whereas some eps were part of the season-long storyarc. I believe this was what the quoted text was referring to.
I love how the metaphor can be interpreted on multiple levels.
The movies and the tv series (1st Gig and 2nd Gig) are actually stories that exist in alternate universes. The movies and the tv series can be watched independently of each other, since both universes' storylines are self-contained.
In the movie universe, the events in the first movie (GITS) happen before the events in the second movie (GITS:Innocence), so it is best to watch in chronological order. Ditto for the episodes of the TV series. The TV series, however, is premised on a what-if-this-event-did-not-happen-in-the-movies universe. So you do not have to have watched the movies to grok the TV series.
Season 1 of the TV series (1st Gig) has a season-long story arc that is best appreciated if you watch the eps in order, but there are a few stand-alone episodes that are kinda Monster-of-the-week and do not tie into the big story arc. The events in season 2 of the TV series occur after the events in season 1, but it has its own season-long story arc that does not depend too much on your knowledge of season 1.
There are some fantastic subtleties that you get from watching the eps in chronological order.
Netflix has both movies and the entire 1st Gig. They also have the first 12 eps of 2nd Gig. I think the next DVD for 2nd Gig is coming out in March.
HTH
Cartoon Network airs some eps on weekends (Saturday midnight? Check your local listings.) Not the latest episodes, though.
Or you can just get the DVDs. If you have Netflix, both the movies are available. Entire 1st Gig is available, and the first 3 DVDs (first 12 episodes) for 2nd Gig. I think the next disc for 2nd Gig will be released in March (in the U.S.)
More recent episodes seems to be released on DVD faster in Asia. Who knows when new eps will be broadcast on TV. So choose your bootleg-delivery-method until you can get the DVDs. I am a hardcore GITS fan and I do buy the DVDs when they are released, but I usually first watch new eps on divx.
Claiming for damages, OK. Sounds fair. But claiming for expenses incurred to discover the full extent of the intrusion seems a mite dodgy. And terribly vulnerable to abuse. The company can say: "Our security is absolute crap. We don't even notice who comes and goes. If there is a security breach, we have to do a comprehensive security audit to discover the extent of any damage, made all the more time-consuming because we don't reliably detect intrusions. But the perpetrator has to pay for the unnnecessarily-complicated investigation. So there is no incentive for us to secure the network beforehand." Whatever happened to due dilligence?
It is fair that they seek to recover the money/man-hours which were expended to undo the actual damage inflicted by the perpetrator. They actually had to expend those resources to get their production environment back the way it was before the intrusion. But why include the cost to "make damn sure he didn't do anything more serious and insidious"? Yes, the intruder is ultimately responsible for the damage. But is he/she also punishable for the network's sloppy security?
I see more and more cases like this where the actual damage inflicted is very small and the actual recovery is not expensive. However, the sanitizing of the network takes up the bulk of the time.(E.g. one server compromised, easily spotted in what might be the preliminary stages of a deeper attack. But the incident response team spends absolutely ages tweaking filters and going through logs trying to see if anything else was compromised or if the intruder has gained a foothold in the network.)
Any thoughts on this?