Comment Re:The U.S. lost ground by not doing what? (Score 1) 429
That's not a judgement on the ethics of the situation, I'm just trying to lay out the facts as I see them.
They aren't facts if they're open to interpretation.
That's not a judgement on the ethics of the situation, I'm just trying to lay out the facts as I see them.
They aren't facts if they're open to interpretation.
HIPAA is very specific about how data is to be handled and audited from end-to-end, and includes specifics on how data can be properly de-identified. As a systems and network administrator at a major trauma center, HIPAA has been a nightmare to implement and a security officer's dream come true. That said, the focus on personal accountability and the high level of monitoring and enforcement leads to an environment much different than a credit card processor or company.
Isn't it strange that people are still surprised that their computers are fast? Computers have gotten ridiculously fast compared during the last 20 years, and still they seem slow to many of us. Is that just the result of crappy programming, or is there more to it?
It's the hard drive, stupid. Consider the Core i7 processor, which has 64 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth. Now consider your hard drive, which has 100 megabytes per second bandwidth. Yes, I am VERY surprised when my computer is fast because I'm using the technological equivalent of an Intel 8088 (née 1979) for my 5.25" HDD (née 1980).
I am considerably less surprised these days since my purchase of a solid state drive, but I'm still forced to use three spinning platter drives for archival storage.
chances are, the users of Windows 2000 are still using the OS that they are because they're frustrated with Microsoft's "support" policies and the further regressions (performance and usability issues, product activation) posed by newer versions of its products.
People who have no problem using an operating system that is ten years old (Windows 2000 went RTM Dec '99) probably have no problem using a web browser that is zero years old (Firefox 3.5, which hasn't been released). But by your logic, they'll instead want to use Netscape 5, aka Mozilla, also released ten years ago, to avoid further regressions (performance and usability issues) posed by newer versions of web browsers.
Tapes are rubbish. Tape is expensive and unreliable. Anyone that tells you otherwise is selling the stuff.
I hope nobody confuses your inability to think beyond your world with fact, because this is the hugest crock of shit.
I have about 12 TB of data that I am required to be able to restore to any day within the last five weeks. One week of backups = 20 TB. In addition, I must:
1) always have at least four weeks' worth of data in different building on the same site
2) always have at most one week's worth of data in the rack
3) always have at least one full backup from within the last five weeks at an off-site storage facility
4) retain every fifth backup for one year
5) retain every 52nd backup for seven years
What are my options?
Option 1 (your option): Buy a minimum of 442 TB of additional disks (102 TB for five weeks of storage [1 & 2 above]; 200 TB for [4]; 140 TB for [5]; 37 times more storage than we currently use), plus the SAN, plus the network, power, and cooling systems to support it. When rotating media, physically remove the drives and carry them around. Carefully. Because one backup weighs thirty pounds. Media cost: $132,000 ($300 per); SAN cost: $50,000.
Option 2 (my option): Buy a tape library and 442 TB of tapes (one library, 368 tapes). When rotating media off-site, throw the tapes into a bag. Carelessly. Because they weigh 15 pounds and don't break. Media cost: $20,600 ($56 per); Library cost: $20,000
Looking at the last 600+ rotations I've done for various systems in the last five years, the failure rate is far, far, far lower than hard drives already; when you take into account the fact that 20% of all tapes are transported 60 miles per year and 50% of all tapes are transported between local sites at least twice per month, the failure rate of hard drives would be through the roof. Further, while I have had tapes fail during a write operation, I have never had a tape fail during a data restore, even on tapes overwritten hundreds of times and tapes stored for years. Perhaps your backup administrator has never heard of data verification or proper media storage, but if he had perhaps you wouldn't have experienced all those repeated failures of your backup system.
Try being a backup administrator, not just playing pretend like you are now, before being so glib.
For all the other innovations that Valve pushes, they don't have these basic features that most modern FPSes have.
Valve has taken the approach that they are great at making fun action shooters, and others are great at making various types of plugins and mods, especially for the servers. They created the marketplace for those and over time the better software has more or less won out. There's nothing wrong with this model any more than there is with a model like Bungie's, where everything is strictly controlled. They both make heaps of money and legions of dedicated players.
I'm not saying you're wrong for being displeased with them not including more features, just trying to shed light.
What a crock of BS. 'it downscaled it'? OMGWTF BBQ??? You can play full HD content shot on your home HD camcorder for all you choose. If you don't have a HDCP monitor, only the protected ones that have a flag set(don't think this flag is set on ANY media yet?) will not play. Simply stay away and watch the non protected full HD to your heart's content.
You know that law that says any cop that stops you is allowed to rape your mouth, and you have to comply? Someone told me they were concerned about getting raped in the mouth and didn't think it was a good law.
What a crock of BS. 'raped in the mouth'? OMGWTF BBQ??? You can walk down the street or sit in your home without getting raped in the mouth for all you choose. If you don't bother a cop that rapes people in the mouth (don't think ANY cops have decided to start raping yet?), you won't get raped in the mouth. Simply stay away from cops and enjoy not getting raped in the mouth to your heart's content.
When faced with a new programming task, the first thing they do is fire up Google.
Heavens to Betsy, I've seen this happen so many times it's insane. There was even this one time when someone on my team was working on a problem, and the guy picked up a book. That's right, a fucking BOOK. I cringed, but that's just how some people were made.
After seeing that I wrote out my resignation on vellum, sealed it with wax, and left it for my boss. If that's the kind of shop they wanted to run, they could do it without me.
IF I HAD A MINE SHAFT, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's got to be a better way. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.