Posts by Pascal Monett 19174 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Apr 2007
I'm a programmer. Project manager, senior developer, 25 years of experience in my specific domain.
And yes, I'm lazy as fuck. But that means that I'm going to test my code in every concievable configuration to ensure that it does its job right.
The lazy part comes after, when I just have to select the data set and push a button to get a report.
But before I let that button go into production, you can be sure that I have worked my ass off to make sure that it will respond properly to every concievable case.
But yeah, I'm lazy as fuck.
Okay, so why the deliberate decision to shorten the cert validity time ?
This thingamajig appears to be useful to many people. Did Google estimate that the newer version wouldn't last more than ten years, or what ?
Somebody made this decision conciously. I'd really like to know the reason.
The real question is : why is it that the rule "always wait for version 1.02" is still valid ?
Because Borkzilla & Co push out "bright" ideas ideas without a clue as to what the consequences may be.
Admins, on the other hand, have to ensure that the business continues running because, if everything comes crashing to a halt, it's their ass on the line to get everything running again.
In that kind of situation, you get burned once and you've got the lesson.
Borkzilla, on the other hand, appears to never have learned any lesson.
I know that the readership of El Reg is primarily English-speaking, but we are talking about a French company, so it would have been nice to see the pounds and dollars converted into Euros.
$612 million is (following Wise's current exchange rate of 0.9209) equivalent to €563.59 million.
Just for the record.
It's interesting to contemplate the fact that His Muskiness is suddenly an expert on Science and a visionary when it comes to deciding what should be or not be done in space.
The ISS has invaluable utility and, if it does need to be replaced, it needs to be done in the most progressive way possible, preserving what exists and allowing for a new station to be built before decommissioning the old one.
Musk has a habit of throwing his toys out of the pram.
He is not qualified to decide on how Science should advance.
Unfortunately, he's got the position now, for a mere $250 million.
But that's the whole point, these days.
You're not supposed to climb that ladder. You're supposed to be the obedient Warlock, toiling tirelessly in the subterranean depths while the "elite" profit from the sunlight.
I'm starting to think that it's time for a new revolution, except that, when I see the result of the previous one, I'm wondering if it's worth it.
Didn't DeepSeek just demonstrate that you didn't need 100,000 GPUs to get a viable result ?
Shouldn't those grandiose plans be revised, or are the administrative busybodies too chuffed with the idea that they are going to be at the basis of a ridiculously expensive project to notice that they are already obsolete ?
There is, in general, only one problem with benchmarks : they're published by the same people who want to sell you something.
The only reliable benchmark is the one made by someone who has no skin in the matter, who is entirely devoted to actual results and who doesn't have any shares in the company.
That is a rare gem, these days.
Standard Marketing Procedure. You always boast about anything "new" as being great, even if it took you 10 years to get there.
Especially for SAP, which is apparently desperate to move its slaves customers to The CloudTM, even though there is no benefit for anyone but SAP.
Your customers are not your private shopping center.
Dean was a very, very nice guy.
I would not have fudged the problem, I would have called my manager and escalated, and if Colin got fired (or worse), too bad for him.
You're a professional. Act professional.
I can cover someone having made a mistake. God knows I've made my share.
But stealing ? I draw the line there. You're done.
I am not following the issue in any way, but I am sure of one thing : before you criticize someone, you need to be sure that you have the authority to do so.
Linus Torvalds has his faults, like everyone, but he has been exemplary in building a revolutionary open source OS and in managing its maintainance.
So, before you go mouthing off about how you don't appreciate how you've been treated, how's about you build something as significant and try to maintain it ?
Then you might see how difficult it is.
Yeah, sure.
They put them on screen and wait a second before validating, but I'll be damned if they really take any time to check anything.
After all, it's written by AI, right ? If they change anything, then it's their fault.
Okay, question : was there an examining attorney because that is SOP, or was it because somebody complained about the whole thing ?
Because, from where I sit, the USPTO feels like a rubber stamp for any demand and I have a hard time believing that they actually examine anything before granting a trademark.
"The crew uses several methods to compromise victims' internet-facing infrastructure and gain access to critical sectors including energy, oil and gas, telecommunications, shipping, arms manufacturing, and international governments "
So, what are you guys waiting for to isolate your critical infrastructure from the Internet ?
What is it going to take for you to understand ? A total meltdown ?
