With investment proceeds inherently uncertain, in a defined benefit scheme (ie where the pension is agreed up front and not directly related to the amount contributed nor the returns) someone always gets screwed. Its usually the taxpayer as the schemes are usually too generous, but sometimes its the employee.
I've not followed this story in detail, but one thing which could explain why the brakes do not counteract the engine is if they were initially applied gently - over a period of time the brakes balance the engine acceleration until the brakes overheat and become ineffective. At that point, stomping on the brakes does not help and you crash. If you have a stuck throttle and can't get the engine off/in neutral/disengage clutch/etc then apply the brakes hard and you will stop promptly.
Its not just you. The +5 child post is only visible if the parent is not abbreviated. I want to see ALL posts, with low-rated posted abbreviated, as per my comment settings. I've tried to be open to change, but I am really starting to dislike the recent 'upgrade'!
Spot on about Android being best OS with any real future. Sadly, it is clear that Nokia is not going to give Meego more than token support and will continue its doomed attempts to turn Symbian into a usable modern smartphone OS. Android does have Google 'lock-in', but it is much more 'gentle' and avoidable than with any other platform. For example, Android is oriented to using Google services, but with minimal effort you can get around this and you know Google won't sue or harass you if you do.
I'd love to see Nokia push Meego forward and offer great smartphones. But sadly I think they will give it minimal resources and continue to push symbian instead. Their market share will continue to reduce as good phones like N8 are dragged down by the poor UI and limited apps base for symbian.
Fair points. Wave may indeed be successfully used in collaboration products like Pulse, and that would be good. But for me that would still be a very disappointing outcome and is what I had in mind when I wrote 'languishing in obscurity'. The great promise and potential, which sadly won't be fulfilled, was for collaboration and communication across broader communities beyond one company or group of friends.
I agree the implementation was lousy. Unfortunately, now that Google isn't backing wave, fixing the implementation will not prevent wave from languishing in obscurity. By its nature wave is only useful if many of the people you know or work with are signed up. Open source can fix the implementation, but its lousy at marketing.
Spot on. If IPv6 had a practical upgrade path I would have implemented it in my business networks and on our websites. But it doesn't. For those of us who have ip4s for our websites and offices IPv6 is all pain and no gain.
I wish you were right, but according to Microsoft's own blog: 'The public disclosure demonstrated using this technique to retrieve the contents of web.config. '
spot on - I nearly bought an N900. If I had I would be seriously pissed off. Maemo is very rough and when I was considering buying the N900 I assumed Nokia would continue to improve it. Instead Maemo has been abandoned. Is Nokia going to stick with meego? Or will it finally push symbian forward? Who knows...
Vanjoki also addressed recent reports that Nokia would use MeeGo on all future members of the N series. The N8 will be Nokia's only Symbian 3-based smartphone, says Vanjoki. However, a Symbian 4-based N series is a very strong possibility, he says.
Why would anyone buy an N8 - obviously going to be another orphan.
Until Nokia actually chooses between symbian and meego as their smartphone platform, I expect that neither will prosper.
The reason nobody is adoping ipv7 is that all the so-called advantages of ipv6 are all disadvantages, except bigger address space. If there were some advantage then we would be willing to invest the substantial time and money to switching over.
* get rid of NAT - I like NAT, it helps me keep the private parts of my network - well - private
* auto-configure - what an awful idea, a recipe for disaster
* every device their own ip - um why?
And then there's the cost of implementing. Just as a simple example you can currently ssh or rdp to servers without needing dns to be working because you remember those critical ips and can type them in quickly. Try doing that in the ipv6 world. So you need new infrastructure to manage your addresses - that's not theoretically a difficult thing to do, but just one more reason to put off a non-urgent (to the people with ip4 addresses) change which gives no upgrade advantage.
There may be advantages to ISPs and network managers, I don't know, but they obviously aren't big enough that ISPs are pushing this change to consumers.
Not all knowledge is in formal publications, a heck of a lot of information that falls short of the publication threshold is shared at conferences and through informal communication. While rivalries can sometimes reduce communication there is a lot of information shared between colleagues.
In addition there is often a lot of benefit in working things out for yourself - this provides the in depth understanding to base deeper work on which can be lacking if merely following instructions...
nobody wants an ipv6 address -- because all websites are on ipv4 -- because there is no demand for websites to be on ipv6 -- so nobody wants an ipv6 address
Also, FFS could someone write some simple and easy to implement deployment guides for common website configurations like LAMP, IIs6/asp.net, etc. Right now I have to read the technical specifications and figure it out - no way I have time for that!
In my experience working with various advertisers, the problem is mainly not with Google or Yahoo who act on click fraud but their second-tier competitors like Miva, looksmart, etc who basically would go broke if they prevented click fraud.
How it works is that the scammers set up affiliate accounts with the above ad networks and then the botnet (or other means) is used to direct clicks through affiliate links to genuine ads, thus defrauding the advertisers. In most cases they redirect clicks intended for another purpose, so the advertiser's website which eventually appears to the victim is generally unwanted. I know this due to hate mail accusing our company of perpetrating this on purpose. The links look somewhat 'real' on your logs due to the wide geographic spread of IP addresses, but this traffic can be easily identified by the fact that the real people on the hijacked computers *never* buy.
Unfortunately the only solution is to not use Google and Yahoo's competitors, the net result of which is to reduce competition in a very bad way.
Yeah mate, I feel your pain, I've been there! However, for servers you still need raid - software raid in server OS is just fine these days, or better still if you've been burned, any server-quality raid card really does 'just work' (look for hardware with 'hot swap' drives - worth the money).
You're right, rebuild times are not short. However, I think they're still a lot shorter than failure times. I think rebuild times are probably a big advantage of the better hardware raid controllers. Rebuild IOs are 'local' to the card. I recently rebuilt a 300G drive while the mirror continued with an online and fairly active database, with no noticeable performance loss during the rebuild.
Um, don't schemes like raid 1+0 solve the parity rebuild problem? Even in the worst case of full disk loss, only one disk needs to be rebuilt and even for a large disk that doesn't take very long. Am I missing something?
Transcript of the bit that made me cringe most quoted below. Yes, the cops make a call to get a forum post made. Seriously, what sort of credible deterrent is a police force where the elite cybercrime detectives have to call IT to make a forum post?
NEIL GAUGHAN (national manager hi-tech operations for AFP): G'day gents how we going?
AFP OFFICER: Morning Sir, how you going.
NEIL GAUGHAN: Good thanks.
AFP OFFICER: What we're gonna do is we're just gonna make a telephone call and we're going to post a message on this forum just letting these people now who are partaking that law enforcement has been watching them and that action will be taken.
NEIL GAUGHAN: Excellent, great let's go.
ANDREW FOWLER (ABC reporter): In the case of root-you.org, the Federal Police decided the best result was to effectively blow up the site by posting a notice that it was under law enforcement control.
TIM DAVIS, FEDERAL AGENT: Mate are you right to post that message on the forum.
MAN (on phone): Yep.
TIM DAVIS, FEDERAL AGENT: Well if you can do that now that'd be great.
Interesting that 'the suits' use the phrase 'sunk costs' to justify a poor decision based on the sunk cost falacy. The logical basis for decision making is to ignore sunk costs and consider only future costs and benefits. It may be that the transition cost outweighs the benefits of moving, but that would be an entirely different reason.
Marketing was extremely successful - the buy one get one program was oversubscribed initially. Then it fell apart - why? because kids didn't like it. Sugar is confusing and obscure and extremely limiting. My kids were extremely excited at first, but the barrier to entry was just too high. Even the couple of neat applications they did like were hidden by obscure icons and took a long time to find even with adult help. But no more applications (at least that could be easily found) - and after some frustrating excursions into 'obscure command line solutions' hell there is no enthusiasm to keep trying.
When the product just doesn't deliver, the marketing challenge is exponentially harder
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With investment proceeds inherently uncertain, in a defined benefit scheme (ie where the pension is agreed up front and not directly related to the amount contributed nor the returns) someone always gets screwed. Its usually the taxpayer as the schemes are usually too generous, but sometimes its the employee.
Nice link!
I've not followed this story in detail, but one thing which could explain why the brakes do not counteract the engine is if they were initially applied gently - over a period of time the brakes balance the engine acceleration until the brakes overheat and become ineffective. At that point, stomping on the brakes does not help and you crash. If you have a stuck throttle and can't get the engine off/in neutral/disengage clutch/etc then apply the brakes hard and you will stop promptly.
Its not just you. The +5 child post is only visible if the parent is not abbreviated. I want to see ALL posts, with low-rated posted abbreviated, as per my comment settings. I've tried to be open to change, but I am really starting to dislike the recent 'upgrade'!
useful information
Spot on about Android being best OS with any real future. Sadly, it is clear that Nokia is not going to give Meego more than token support and will continue its doomed attempts to turn Symbian into a usable modern smartphone OS. Android does have Google 'lock-in', but it is much more 'gentle' and avoidable than with any other platform. For example, Android is oriented to using Google services, but with minimal effort you can get around this and you know Google won't sue or harass you if you do.
I'd love to see Nokia push Meego forward and offer great smartphones. But sadly I think they will give it minimal resources and continue to push symbian instead. Their market share will continue to reduce as good phones like N8 are dragged down by the poor UI and limited apps base for symbian.
+1 informative, thanks
Fair points. Wave may indeed be successfully used in collaboration products like Pulse, and that would be good. But for me that would still be a very disappointing outcome and is what I had in mind when I wrote 'languishing in obscurity'. The great promise and potential, which sadly won't be fulfilled, was for collaboration and communication across broader communities beyond one company or group of friends.
I agree the implementation was lousy. Unfortunately, now that Google isn't backing wave, fixing the implementation will not prevent wave from languishing in obscurity. By its nature wave is only useful if many of the people you know or work with are signed up. Open source can fix the implementation, but its lousy at marketing.
Spot on. If IPv6 had a practical upgrade path I would have implemented it in my business networks and on our websites. But it doesn't. For those of us who have ip4s for our websites and offices IPv6 is all pain and no gain.
I wish you were right, but according to Microsoft's own blog: 'The public disclosure demonstrated using this technique to retrieve the contents of web.config. '
Why would anyone buy an N8 - obviously going to be another orphan.
Until Nokia actually chooses between symbian and meego as their smartphone platform, I expect that neither will prosper.
* get rid of NAT - I like NAT, it helps me keep the private parts of my network - well - private
* auto-configure - what an awful idea, a recipe for disaster
* every device their own ip - um why?
And then there's the cost of implementing. Just as a simple example you can currently ssh or rdp to servers without needing dns to be working because you remember those critical ips and can type them in quickly. Try doing that in the ipv6 world. So you need new infrastructure to manage your addresses - that's not theoretically a difficult thing to do, but just one more reason to put off a non-urgent (to the people with ip4 addresses) change which gives no upgrade advantage.
There may be advantages to ISPs and network managers, I don't know, but they obviously aren't big enough that ISPs are pushing this change to consumers.
In addition there is often a lot of benefit in working things out for yourself - this provides the in depth understanding to base deeper work on which can be lacking if merely following instructions...
Also, FFS could someone write some simple and easy to implement deployment guides for common website configurations like LAMP, IIs6/asp.net, etc. Right now I have to read the technical specifications and figure it out - no way I have time for that!
+1: funniest comment in ages
Neat
In my experience working with various advertisers, the problem is mainly not with Google or Yahoo who act on click fraud but their second-tier competitors like Miva, looksmart, etc who basically would go broke if they prevented click fraud.
How it works is that the scammers set up affiliate accounts with the above ad networks and then the botnet (or other means) is used to direct clicks through affiliate links to genuine ads, thus defrauding the advertisers. In most cases they redirect clicks intended for another purpose, so the advertiser's website which eventually appears to the victim is generally unwanted. I know this due to hate mail accusing our company of perpetrating this on purpose. The links look somewhat 'real' on your logs due to the wide geographic spread of IP addresses, but this traffic can be easily identified by the fact that the real people on the hijacked computers *never* buy.
Unfortunately the only solution is to not use Google and Yahoo's competitors, the net result of which is to reduce competition in a very bad way.
I'll never touch a RAID again.
Yeah mate, I feel your pain, I've been there! However, for servers you still need raid - software raid in server OS is just fine these days, or better still if you've been burned, any server-quality raid card really does 'just work' (look for hardware with 'hot swap' drives - worth the money).
For workstations, backups plus SSD for speed.
You're right, rebuild times are not short. However, I think they're still a lot shorter than failure times. I think rebuild times are probably a big advantage of the better hardware raid controllers. Rebuild IOs are 'local' to the card. I recently rebuilt a 300G drive while the mirror continued with an online and fairly active database, with no noticeable performance loss during the rebuild.
Um, don't schemes like raid 1+0 solve the parity rebuild problem? Even in the worst case of full disk loss, only one disk needs to be rebuilt and even for a large disk that doesn't take very long. Am I missing something?
NEIL GAUGHAN (national manager hi-tech operations for AFP): G'day gents how we going?
AFP OFFICER: Morning Sir, how you going.
NEIL GAUGHAN: Good thanks.
AFP OFFICER: What we're gonna do is we're just gonna make a telephone call and we're going to post a message on this forum just letting these people now who are partaking that law enforcement has been watching them and that action will be taken.
NEIL GAUGHAN: Excellent, great let's go.
ANDREW FOWLER (ABC reporter): In the case of root-you.org, the Federal Police decided the best result was to effectively blow up the site by posting a notice that it was under law enforcement control.
TIM DAVIS, FEDERAL AGENT: Mate are you right to post that message on the forum.
MAN (on phone): Yep.
TIM DAVIS, FEDERAL AGENT: Well if you can do that now that'd be great.
This is what the suits call "sunk costs."
Interesting that 'the suits' use the phrase 'sunk costs' to justify a poor decision based on the sunk cost falacy. The logical basis for decision making is to ignore sunk costs and consider only future costs and benefits. It may be that the transition cost outweighs the benefits of moving, but that would be an entirely different reason.
Marketing was extremely successful - the buy one get one program was oversubscribed initially. Then it fell apart - why? because kids didn't like it. Sugar is confusing and obscure and extremely limiting. My kids were extremely excited at first, but the barrier to entry was just too high. Even the couple of neat applications they did like were hidden by obscure icons and took a long time to find even with adult help. But no more applications (at least that could be easily found) - and after some frustrating excursions into 'obscure command line solutions' hell there is no enthusiasm to keep trying.
When the product just doesn't deliver, the marketing challenge is exponentially harder