Posts by John 104 1062 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Jul 2009
I love how you mentioned Gartner. The shop that I worked for that did DevOps (poorly), were always going on about getting into the "Magic Quadrant." Basically if you pay Gartner enough money, pay to go to their conferences and tow their line, you somehow end up in the "Magic Quadrant" and suddenly get business from other idiots who think that Gartner is something more than a marketing company. Laughable at best.
it is possible to do so in a way that makes the public safer and is consistent with the Second Amendment," the administration said.
Never mind that pesky 4th amendment...
As trustworthy as our wonderful US government is, I'm sure they would never keep track of innocent citizens with this technology. Yeah right...
Looks like a big pay out to me.
I caught about 5 seconds of the state of the union last night. Right at the point where the POTUS declared that "we need to stand up to lobbyists like the NRA and their lies." Then I turned it off.
Never before in my adult life have I been more embarrassed by a president. The blatant partisan nonsense that comes from his mouth is disgusting. And people suck it up and believe it.
It is like global warming, er, I mean Climate Change. Settled Science is it? Hardly. It is a working theory. But hey, if we say it enough times from the bully pulpit, people will believe it. Never mind the scientific method.
Of course, our choices for the next election are so much better. A loudmouth and a criminal. Awesome.
@Bailey86
Congratulations. What you have described is what I call Dev Dev. Not once in your comment did you mention systems. For Dev-Ops (emphasis on Ops) to work, both parties need to be involved. That's the goal, right? Rapid, collaborative development and deployment of applications to production, involving all required teams to meet customer needs.
If your development team uses the Agile method or scrum or whatever, welcome to 2010+. That isn't Dev-Ops. It's just you doing your job. :) Sorry if it comes off snarky, but this is the problem with "Dev-Ops". Developers are all over it, but have no idea what it really is supposed to mean. Then they deliver a product to engineering and wonder why it won't get released to production or why there isn't capacity for it. Dev Dev.
Another week, another DevOps article.
And yet, no one can seem to make it work.
Like Little Mouse said, its just more management mumbo jumbo. And the fact that there is now a coined term to highlight "How to do it!" should tell you something...
I've espoused my experience and distaste for the idea here many times. The only way it could possibly ever work is if you had a CTO who was proficient in both development and infrastructure and was able to view things objectively. Such people are rare to say the least.
If Apple can sue Samsung, and win, for round corners, I say let them get sued for lifting patented technology, which they were obviously aware of.
The patent system exists so that an individual can come up with an idea without having deep pockets to produce it, but not get dinged by some mega company with bully lawyers. There are and have been many people who have come up with ideas and sold them to companies. It is how it works, folks. And if a business makes its money buying ideas and licensing them, so what?
Both Apple and FitBit have made millions (billions?) on someone else's idea. They need to pay, and they will likely settle out of court. Look for the article here in 6 months.
While I'll continue to make a living off of their server and desktop products, I'm finished with them for my personal use.
Last week their awesome windows 10 desktop decided to do a major update on my laptop. During the day. While I was in a paid SCCM class. Right at lab time. 30 minutes later I finally had my desktop back.
Next day, logged into my wife's computer and it threw up a nag about updating to the latest version of Office for 50% off. Like I fucking care.
When I buy an operating system or software I expect to be left alone.This isn't freeware. This is paid software. If MS makes deals with manufacturers and are giving their shit away, that's their problem. Don't try to upsell your end users and don't fucking upgrade my OS without my permission you ass hats.
Installed Mint with Cinnamon and am so far loving it. I've kept my W10 install for netflix. Microsoft can kiss my ass.
Correct order to watch the films is 4,5,6. Fuck the prequels.They were poorly envisioned, poorly executed, horribly acted, and generally boring to watch.
Oh, and sorry, but best stop motion award goes to Ray Harryhausen. :)
Yes, kids of the 90's and beyond were used to CGI. However, that doesn't mean that older filming techniques don't have merit and aren't enjoyable to watch. My kids, born in the 2000's, LOVE the original Star Wars movies, can't stand the prequels, and thoroughly enjoy watching older sci-fi/fantasy films that use the techniques of their day. Remember, folks, effects don't make a movie. Good writing and acting always win in the end. This is something Lucas didn't realize when he made the prequels. They were effects exhibitions with some sort of plot thrown in just because.
What Lucas has done to the originals is something that I don't think has been done ever to that degree on any other film. Restoration is fantastic. Color correction is fantastic. Special directors cuts are fine (as long as the originals are available) Leave the rest alone.
Imagine if someone went back and started screwing about with Clint Eastwood Spaghetti westerns? They were made on a very low budget, but are incredible films. But you know, we had to make it better because we wanted more at the time. We should add more towns people and horses (digital of course). And make the towns bigger. And his horse should be different. And add dialog. And and.
Or perhaps we should go back and 'fix' 2001? Those antiquated AT&T video phones aren't how it is today so we should put high res images there instead. And the space station, well, we could make that look cooler.
Forbidden Planet. That animated monster is weak. We should replace it with a CGI version and give it better lines.And the set pieces are dated. Let's put modern designs in there and real plants.
Star Trek. you know, big toggle switches don't look futuristic enough .lets digitize the whole thing. And re-shoot all the exterior scenes too. And we have smart phones, not flip communicators. Let's swap those out too.
Me, I'll stick to my laser disc copies and hope that TFA is as good as everyone is saying.
May The Force be With You!
Right?
I find and have found, in 16 year of being in IT, that devs really have no idea what hardware is, how it works, how long it takes to spec, req, and acquire, etc. Cloud based infra helps speed things along to a degree, but it doesn't eliminate the problem of requirements vs reality.
As for users, they are probably about the same as Devs. Maybe Devs are worse as I expect them to have better knowledge of the systems their software is designed to run on...
And, to ro55mo's point. VMWare isn't free. Hyper-V isn't free. You don't just get to spin up an OS and forget about it. You have to PAY for it just the same. Same with physical assets. Management doesn't want to spend the money on good equipment for users or the server room, so IT is left holding the bag when the old stuff breaks.
Having administrative access precludes the need to use this attack vector in the first place. The question is: what other methods can be used to access memory to get this key/value to THEN be able to crack the code and start creating accounts, etc.That is what I would be on the look out for.
Gnosis_Carmot
I despise them. 1 employee/4 registers. That's 3 people out of work. Yes, yes, there are some jobs created to develop, test, maintain the equipment, but this number doesn't come close to unskilled jobs being lost.
They are convenient for the reasons you mentioned above, but I avoid them at all costs and would rather wait in line to interact with a human (and provide them a reason for being there).
As for Walmart, they treat their employees poorly. Benefits offered if you work full time, but they keep the hours down so no one qualifies. Moving targets for schedules. Low pay. Who would want to work there?
And, an anecdote. Years ago, the meat department workers at several WalMart stores attempted to unionize in an attempt to better their working conditions. WalMart's response was to shut down the meat departments. In ALL of its stores. Fuck WalMart.
It always amazes me that a prediction can be fore 50 cents, actual profit can be 40 cents and somehow a company is on the rocks. Profit is profit. If it is declining, sure, do things to improve business, but it isn't like they predicted 44 cents and came in in negative numbers...
And as for printing being the bottom line generator. That went out the window when they changed their model to basically free printers and low capacity ink jet cartridges. When a printer costs $100 and a full kit of replacement cartridges cost more and last for just 6 months, it doesn't make sense to replace them. Its more economical to just go buy a new printer.
Me, I'll stick to my laser color by HP. More up front but cheaper in the long run for me. Maybe not so much for H P... :)
What is it with all the complaints about apple chargers fraying? I have laptops that are a decade old (or older) and the chargers are in fine shape. Same story for phones too? Designed obsolescence? Or strictly money grubbing?
You would think for the premium Apple charge they could pony up for some slightly larger gauge wire and housing for their product.
Verily he was filled with woe. For he realized the error of his ways. His words, whilst ringing true, were misspoken and presented in the manner of an uncultured commoner.
Realizing what he had wrought upon himself, he slopped through the mire and filth, head held despondently, and entered that den of evil to drown his shame in the Devils fire.
With a forlorn look over his shoulder, he beheld The Kings appointed grammar baron and spoke, "I salute you sir! Please look on me with favor upon our next encounter!"
(in the states)
Their pricing is no better here, I'm afraid. Same crap specs for inflated prices.
I recently went through a round in trying to find a good ultrabook at an affordable price.
Big discounter Costco had the new Asus UX 303UB for $1,000 on discount. This was an i7 Skylake, 512 2.5 SSD and 12 GB RAM, coupled with a 950 Nvidia 2GB graphics card, QHD screen.
Unfortunately the build quality was not that great. Screen wobbled, way too much glare for the touch screen and the chassis was uneven. Took it back disappointed.
Ordered an XPS13. i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB HD. Matte screen. $1,000. Upgrading the drive or proc was another $300 each. So I settled for stock.
But low and behold, HP released their ENVY 13T. Customizable in every way for reasonable pricing. Add in a coupon and it was unbeatable. Canceled the Dell order post haste.
ENVY: i7, 128SSD, FHD screen, $932. However, with coupon and after tax, delivered to my door for $850. Either way, a better spec and deal than the Dell.
Just my example, but there is no way Dell is going to beat HP or Lenovo this Winter unless they start lowering their prices.
I'm an MS fan and I think the 8 interface was horrible and one of the most stupid industry decisions made. Ever. And it was a costly one too. Giving away 10 to fix it is a multi-billion dollar fix.
I suspect politics more than user input led to that disaster.
As for Apple. Yes, one of my biggest complaints about that OS since X came out was that it was impossibly un-intuitive. I still battle with portions of it when I am unfortunate enough to have to use it.
"Like its one-time great PC sparring partner, Dell, HP has determined survival comes not from shifting boxes but from being aspirational."
I aspirated beer once. I was watching Nights of Terror, a bad italian zombie movie. One line in a scene made me inhale right as I was taking a drink. Coughed for 20 minutes all the while laughing at the movie and myself.
I'm searching for some metaphorical connection to this story, but I really can't find one.
You don't have to use the web client... You CAN if you are not near storage of any kind. However, every business subscription to O365 comes with 10 - yes 10 - licensed copies of the entire Office suite. So each user can install it on 10 of their favorite machines. And if you don't want MS storing what you work on, just save it local. It's a pretty sweet heart deal really.
Can't thumb up enough.
Used Google Docs at a previous job. It was a nightmare. Any serious document writing required copying the doc into the on prem Word, fixing all the formatting fuck ups, then doing your writing. Once finished, copying that back to the cloud, whilst saving a local copy.
Total Joke.
Microsoft makes 1/4 of their money off of Office for a reason...
Apple had countered that the patent was invalid and had suggested WARF was a patent troll.
Seems to me that this will likely hold up in an outside WI court. If they had a previous private settlement that was paid out it looks pretty cut and dried. Just more Apple getting bent because they got caught stealing and are getting taken to task on it. Chumps.
Besides the mindless dronage of the typical iWhatever user, it is this type of arrogant attitude that Apple does that has prevented me from ever buying their products. Remember antennagate? "Not our fault. You are holding it wrong." I take it back, not chumps. Ass holes is more like it.
Cray’s reputation as a genius – he was as close to Steve Jobs among that community as you could get."
Shame on whoever said that for being such a mindless sheep.
Jobs may have been a marketing genius, but Cray actually invented and built things. Jobs and company have been in the improving someone eles technology game for far to long to be considered genious or any other complimentary term.
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