Over here in the UK, we had the mighty, the master, the supreme genius of John Peel. And boy, did he do something for music. He single-handedly launched the music careers of countless artists. There is a reason that Glastonbury, that most wonderful and muddy of places, renamed 'The New Bands Tent' to 'The John Peel Stage'. Who can you name on your local / national radio stations who actually does 'a show about music'? DJs today play songs, they don't engage with bands outside of carefully crafted commercial moments. Weird to say, really, but on this I pretty much wholesale agree with Jay Z.
Y'know, I've seen you commenting a lot, and I have to say - I very much appreciated the fact you do - because I frankly struggled to come up with a response that didn't include a bunch of swearing and the like. So, cheers for being you:)
So then, any response from Wikileaks / Assange? Will he now give himself up, as per this tweet - https://twitter.com/wikileaks/... ? (Note - not a troll response, genuinely interested to hear what folks think happens on that front now... )
As per subject - are these workers doing this stuff full time, year in, year out?
In the UK, even the Police who do this are limited to two years on a team that has a responsibility to view the kind of content we're talking about here. Is this the case in companies such as Microsoft?
(Note - this was told to me by a copper a few years ago, so, pinch of salt, etc!)
So logically, he was what we'd call (here in the UK at least) an accessory?
He is (and this is stretching the definition of theft a tad...) the getaway driver for a bank robber?
The reason for asking being that being an accessory to a crime is still a crime, if you're facilitating without actually 'doing'.
No, fair point that - we've got databases, CMS, Exchange and all the normal gubbins floating around as well, but you are absolutely right - they're different and we should use traffic analysis to see what the load really is.
The demands of education are higher than business. Business is one station, one logon per day. Two tops if you include lunch breaks. My networks see nearly 5000 different logons PER hour. Just one of our academies has 40+ switches, 100+ Meru APs and 1000+ connected devices. Business is easy. Education - entirely different beast.
Forget Cisco.
Phone your local HP Gold Partner - get them to put you in touch with the local HP Business Team.
They'll give you free courses and training, and that is the end of that.
For 100 networked devices, HP kit will do the job.
I don't get the obsession with Cisco - I'm running 8 networks on 10 sites that are all HP, serving nearly 10,000 students and 1200 staff, and we've never regretted bypassing Cisco altogether.
Why should I, as a UK TV licence payer, fund programs for other people to watch?
Additionally, I believe that since the BBC co-producers shows with other broadcasters in other countries, the licensing agreements currently in place mean the BBC has to take steps to stop (for example) a co-Canadian produced drama appearing for free before it is shown in Canada.
Oh, and the BBC is not a state-run tv channel. It is a public broadcaster, but aside from the BBC Trust (which is more advisory), Government input is limited. Indeed the BBC have a very long and strong history of taking the Government (be it Tory or Labour) to task.
It should also be noted that there isn't a 'TV tax' in the UK. The TV licence is only payable if you actually own a TV capable of receiving BBC programming. Now whilst the licence system could use a bit of modernising, it isn't a blanket tax.
The cameras everywhere thing is a bit of a myth to be fair. Walk down Oxford Street in London and you'll be caught on a few. Step outside the heavy foot traffic places though, and the situation changes.
I think there might be a few cameras at my local train station, but that would be it for a town with a population circa 12k+.
All the major currencies are taking a bit of a hammering at the moment - our European cousins have seen their banks make some dodgy loans as well. To be honest, I think that is why commodities are sky-rocketing at the moment - they are a safe bet right now.
And no worries about the UK/England thing, I've seen NYT/CNN/Fox get it completely wrong too many times;)
1. England != UK. Confusing the two is bad form; our Scots and Welsh brethren will surely kick up a stink at that.
2. Alton Towers are free to trial this. The fact they are trialling it first is a good way to go about things.
3. We use the Pound (Sterling) as our currency - you'll prise it from my euro-sceptic-dead-hands.
Considering the pasting that Labour are getting in the papers and at the polling booths, I'd say us 'British Subjects' are still quite capable of fighting back, in the more general sense of the political climate here at the moment.
I can have plenty of fun without my phone, but more often than not half the fun of going out is getting to a pub later and reliving the event with all your friends.
I'm from the UK, and have quite enjoyed Alton Towers a few times.
I certainly won't be going again if this policy becomes 'official'.
Actually, that is probably not true. I'll go, have fun, use my phone to take pictures, and kindly tell these phone police people to take a hike.
Well, I have to admit, being a Southern Fairy I wasn't completely aware of that.
Just done a bit of background research; and I have to say I am rather shocked.
Appalling situation - I'm surprised Ofcom haven't done something - considering the hammering they give BT over de-regulation etc, I wonder why this hasn't been addressed.
Just FYI - whilst Virgin have the cable market in the UK sewn up, we're lucky enough to not have a situation whereby ISPs are limited to any particular area.
Of course - the only other alternative for digital TV would be freeview (limited channels) or Rupert Murdoch's Sky.
However, if enough people got wind of this, it would be possible to give Virgin a bit of a kicking financially.
You can manually search for new updates now and it'll appear and can be manually installed - however the phased process (3 updates total I think) will automatically occur next month.
Not sure who you are with, but I'm further down the road towards Southend and I've got 8 meg from Demon - and I've had downloads from *cough* Microsoft hit over 1500kbs on a direct download.
Kind of shocking to see this kind of honesty from the games industry.
Really, Zonk? Nothing in this article surprises me at all. I think any project, in any industry, can suffer from the problems described... Complaining about it afterwards doesn't help though.
The Project Lead needs to stand up sometimes and say 'No, this isn't working, we need to stop and re-assess the situation'. It is entirely possible to deal with these problems - a decent Project Lead would do exactly that imho.
According to Microsoft, typical load times for the final version should range from 30 to 60 minutes. The installation requires 7GB of free hard-drive space (some of which will be reclaimed after the installation isn complete), though the finalized install file itsel is expected to be a 50MB download via Windows Update.
Is this a service pack, or a fresh install replacing most of the core files? Really, should a service pack take that long to install, and require that much space? To put it into context, after a year of use, this XP machine's Window's directory totals somewhere in the region of 3gb.
Looking at my current Vista laptop, I wouldn't be able to install the SP without removing some of my music files first...
Oh yeah, I remember the articles in the mainstream media, kinda funny really.
I can remember changing a friend's device name to something highly inappropriate before jumping onto a Circle Line train... and despite his name we didn't get a single offer...!
An excellent example of how the general public has no idea what technology is capable of. Imagine this chap was in the mood to cause a bit of disruption; I wonder how many of these phones would automatically accept a data transmission?
Case in point - a local pub automatically sends a simple java-based football game to your phone (or attempts to) via bluetooth when you enter. Some people have set their bluetooth to accept automatically and wonder what has happened when they discover the application sitting there a few days later.
Mildly amusing at times, but it does highlight the security risks associated with a system that can rely on users thinking about security to work properly.
Up until October 2005 there wasn't any OSS on the network, aside from one or two Apache web servers for custom web apps. I guess this is the same in many places - what started as a few Windows 3.1 machines has just grown over time - nothing says 'vendor-lock-in' like a continued upgrade path.
A break down of the current situation (essentially what has changed since I started);
* Firefox on all machines - users have the choice of using IE or Firefox, we don't mandate which.
* Old RM laptops rebuilt using thinstation (http://thinstation.sourceforge.net) to connect into terminal servers.
* LTSP (http://www.ltsp.org/) trial in place, using Sun Ray One thin clients, KDE / Open Office / Firefox delivered on the desktop, full AD integration.
Considering how entrenched the Microsoft-mentality is, I don't think it is a bad start. As I've discussed elsewhere, I am led by the needs of my users. I will do my best to provide the tools they need to teach and learn - sometimes this goes against my better judgement, but I'd rather prove the alternatives work before doing a wholesale changeover.
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Over here in the UK, we had the mighty, the master, the supreme genius of John Peel. And boy, did he do something for music. He single-handedly launched the music careers of countless artists. There is a reason that Glastonbury, that most wonderful and muddy of places, renamed 'The New Bands Tent' to 'The John Peel Stage'. Who can you name on your local / national radio stations who actually does 'a show about music'? DJs today play songs, they don't engage with bands outside of carefully crafted commercial moments. Weird to say, really, but on this I pretty much wholesale agree with Jay Z.
Y'know, I've seen you commenting a lot, and I have to say - I very much appreciated the fact you do - because I frankly struggled to come up with a response that didn't include a bunch of swearing and the like. So, cheers for being you :)
So then, any response from Wikileaks / Assange? Will he now give himself up, as per this tweet - https://twitter.com/wikileaks/... ? (Note - not a troll response, genuinely interested to hear what folks think happens on that front now... )
As per subject - are these workers doing this stuff full time, year in, year out? In the UK, even the Police who do this are limited to two years on a team that has a responsibility to view the kind of content we're talking about here. Is this the case in companies such as Microsoft? (Note - this was told to me by a copper a few years ago, so, pinch of salt, etc!)
So logically, he was what we'd call (here in the UK at least) an accessory? He is (and this is stretching the definition of theft a tad...) the getaway driver for a bank robber? The reason for asking being that being an accessory to a crime is still a crime, if you're facilitating without actually 'doing'.
No, fair point that - we've got databases, CMS, Exchange and all the normal gubbins floating around as well, but you are absolutely right - they're different and we should use traffic analysis to see what the load really is.
The demands of education are higher than business. Business is one station, one logon per day. Two tops if you include lunch breaks. My networks see nearly 5000 different logons PER hour. Just one of our academies has 40+ switches, 100+ Meru APs and 1000+ connected devices. Business is easy. Education - entirely different beast.
Forget Cisco. Phone your local HP Gold Partner - get them to put you in touch with the local HP Business Team. They'll give you free courses and training, and that is the end of that. For 100 networked devices, HP kit will do the job. I don't get the obsession with Cisco - I'm running 8 networks on 10 sites that are all HP, serving nearly 10,000 students and 1200 staff, and we've never regretted bypassing Cisco altogether.
I can only assume that your sense of humour also took a trip off the edge of the world...
Well to be fair, region locking makes sense.
Why should I, as a UK TV licence payer, fund programs for other people to watch?
Additionally, I believe that since the BBC co-producers shows with other broadcasters in other countries, the licensing agreements currently in place mean the BBC has to take steps to stop (for example) a co-Canadian produced drama appearing for free before it is shown in Canada.
Oh, and the BBC is not a state-run tv channel. It is a public broadcaster, but aside from the BBC Trust (which is more advisory), Government input is limited. Indeed the BBC have a very long and strong history of taking the Government (be it Tory or Labour) to task.
It should also be noted that there isn't a 'TV tax' in the UK. The TV licence is only payable if you actually own a TV capable of receiving BBC programming. Now whilst the licence system could use a bit of modernising, it isn't a blanket tax.
Someone should get an ass-kicking for this.
Agreed. I'll certainly be asking for my money back...
The cameras everywhere thing is a bit of a myth to be fair. Walk down Oxford Street in London and you'll be caught on a few. Step outside the heavy foot traffic places though, and the situation changes.
;)
I think there might be a few cameras at my local train station, but that would be it for a town with a population circa 12k+.
All the major currencies are taking a bit of a hammering at the moment - our European cousins have seen their banks make some dodgy loans as well. To be honest, I think that is why commodities are sky-rocketing at the moment - they are a safe bet right now.
And no worries about the UK/England thing, I've seen NYT/CNN/Fox get it completely wrong too many times
Whoa, hang on a minute.
A few things to think about;
1. England != UK. Confusing the two is bad form; our Scots and Welsh brethren will surely kick up a stink at that. 2. Alton Towers are free to trial this. The fact they are trialling it first is a good way to go about things. 3. We use the Pound (Sterling) as our currency - you'll prise it from my euro-sceptic-dead-hands.
Considering the pasting that Labour are getting in the papers and at the polling booths, I'd say us 'British Subjects' are still quite capable of fighting back, in the more general sense of the political climate here at the moment.
My phone is my camera.
I can have plenty of fun without my phone, but more often than not half the fun of going out is getting to a pub later and reliving the event with all your friends.
I'm from the UK, and have quite enjoyed Alton Towers a few times.
I certainly won't be going again if this policy becomes 'official'.
Actually, that is probably not true. I'll go, have fun, use my phone to take pictures, and kindly tell these phone police people to take a hike.
Really?
Well, I have to admit, being a Southern Fairy I wasn't completely aware of that.
Just done a bit of background research; and I have to say I am rather shocked.
Appalling situation - I'm surprised Ofcom haven't done something - considering the hammering they give BT over de-regulation etc, I wonder why this hasn't been addressed.
Just FYI - whilst Virgin have the cable market in the UK sewn up, we're lucky enough to not have a situation whereby ISPs are limited to any particular area.
Of course - the only other alternative for digital TV would be freeview (limited channels) or Rupert Murdoch's Sky.
However, if enough people got wind of this, it would be possible to give Virgin a bit of a kicking financially.
If your IT Department is that bad, surely other users are raising the same concerns?
What was the response from management regarding your complaints?
You can manually search for new updates now and it'll appear and can be manually installed - however the phased process (3 updates total I think) will automatically occur next month.
Agreed - this is why I replace all my users with inanimate carbon rods - I haven't had a security problem in months!
Ilford or Romford, I'm assuming?
Not sure who you are with, but I'm further down the road towards Southend and I've got 8 meg from Demon - and I've had downloads from *cough* Microsoft hit over 1500kbs on a direct download.
Sounds like you need to change your ISP mate?
Kind of shocking to see this kind of honesty from the games industry.
Really, Zonk? Nothing in this article surprises me at all. I think any project, in any industry, can suffer from the problems described... Complaining about it afterwards doesn't help though.
The Project Lead needs to stand up sometimes and say 'No, this isn't working, we need to stop and re-assess the situation'. It is entirely possible to deal with these problems - a decent Project Lead would do exactly that imho.
From TFA;
According to Microsoft, typical load times for the final version should range from 30 to 60 minutes. The installation requires 7GB of free hard-drive space (some of which will be reclaimed after the installation isn complete), though the finalized install file itsel is expected to be a 50MB download via Windows Update.
Is this a service pack, or a fresh install replacing most of the core files? Really, should a service pack take that long to install, and require that much space? To put it into context, after a year of use, this XP machine's Window's directory totals somewhere in the region of 3gb.
Looking at my current Vista laptop, I wouldn't be able to install the SP without removing some of my music files first...
Is this a joke?
Oh yeah, I remember the articles in the mainstream media, kinda funny really.
I can remember changing a friend's device name to something highly inappropriate before jumping onto a Circle Line train... and despite his name we didn't get a single offer...!
An excellent example of how the general public has no idea what technology is capable of. Imagine this chap was in the mood to cause a bit of disruption; I wonder how many of these phones would automatically accept a data transmission?
Case in point - a local pub automatically sends a simple java-based football game to your phone (or attempts to) via bluetooth when you enter. Some people have set their bluetooth to accept automatically and wonder what has happened when they discover the application sitting there a few days later.
Mildly amusing at times, but it does highlight the security risks associated with a system that can rely on users thinking about security to work properly.
Up until October 2005 there wasn't any OSS on the network, aside from one or two Apache web servers for custom web apps. I guess this is the same in many places - what started as a few Windows 3.1 machines has just grown over time - nothing says 'vendor-lock-in' like a continued upgrade path.
A break down of the current situation (essentially what has changed since I started);
* Firefox on all machines - users have the choice of using IE or Firefox, we don't mandate which. * Old RM laptops rebuilt using thinstation (http://thinstation.sourceforge.net) to connect into terminal servers. * LTSP (http://www.ltsp.org/) trial in place, using Sun Ray One thin clients, KDE / Open Office / Firefox delivered on the desktop, full AD integration.
Considering how entrenched the Microsoft-mentality is, I don't think it is a bad start. As I've discussed elsewhere, I am led by the needs of my users. I will do my best to provide the tools they need to teach and learn - sometimes this goes against my better judgement, but I'd rather prove the alternatives work before doing a wholesale changeover.