Comment Re:93 million accounts? (Score 1) 68
Wow 50 million PS3s? Increase that by another 50% and it's getting close to the number of Blackberry subscribers...
Which is, what, about 1.5% of cell phones?
Comment Re:Can't you just..... (Score 1) 475
You forgot the person that was electrocuted in Edison's new "Electric Chair" as the final demonstration of the "evil" of AC power. Yeah, it took him like 8 minutes to die as he was slowly cooking from the inside and screaming like a banshee.
Comment Re:What proof do you have? (Score 1) 545
If the software was never publicly published, it wasn't really open source software to begin with. You release early and you release often, also for these sort of things.
He released it to himself. I wonder if that is enough? If so, there are some strange implications for anyone coding for a living. Want to have rights to continue using your code? Add an open source license to it, even if the employer removes it later. Somehow, I think that there may be a reason this won't work.
Comment Re:Apparently (Score 1) 149
The poster probably saw the chart, as they seem to have actually read the article in addition to merely glancing at a picture on the last page. Right below that graph:
But under the best of conditions, hard drives typically top out at 3% by the fifth year. Suffice it to say, the researchers at CMRR are adamant that today's SSDs aren't an order of magnitude more reliable than hard drives.
So you're quoting that SSDs are not 10x more reliable than HDDs. That doesn't exactly prove a point that HDDs are more reliable.
Comment Re:Not as surprising as it should be (Score 1) 103
You have obviously not come across the special breed of divalopers that we like to call Updatus Avoidus. Above and beyond the lovable characteristics of your run-of-the-mill divaloper, the Updatus Avoidus can be identified by it's shrill cries that often sound like "Don't patch! *squaaaak* My code will break! *squaaaaak*"
Comment Re:Not as surprising as it should be (Score 2) 103
Lately we've also been finding out that many major websites are storing passwords as plain text and are untested against SQL injection. So it's unsurprising that they're also unpatched.
Web servers need to be actively watched, maintained and scanned for vulnerabilities. Just because it's a LAMP server doesn't mean it's rock-solid. The fire-and-forget philosophy does not apply.
The problem is generally far beyond the necessary LAMP or IIS patching: The vulnerabilities you describe are flaws in the site's design and code. You can't patch a stupid divaloper.
Comment Re:I was "all in" for a bit (Score 1) 538
Walking away is an option in the implementation phase, sure. If something doesn't work right, you can just pull back and do something else.
The problem is when you get beyond implementation, and the vendor has your data by the naughty bits. You can't just "walk" without walking away from all your data. You think you have an SLA that allows you to walk away with your data? Take a look and see if it defines EXACTLY which format they export it in. Chances are, you've agreed to get a few TB of incomprehensible junk if you break contract.
The problem is when you get beyond implementation, and the vendor has your data by the naughty bits. You can't just "walk" without walking away from all your data. You think you have an SLA that allows you to walk away with your data? Take a look and see if it defines EXACTLY which format they export it in. Chances are, you've agreed to get a few TB of incomprehensible junk if you break contract.
Comment Re:Of course (Score 1) 538
The problem is that the "employer can't fire you for not doing something illegal" protections are really quite pathetic, especially in at-will states. At best, you can expect to win a couple month's pay after the 2-year court battle and attorney's fees. At worst, you're out the cost of attorneys' fees for both sides, and get nothing to show for it but a spot on the local IT blacklist.
Regardless of the law, the choice is still between a) do what you're told and b) hope you can make your mortgage without a job.
Regardless of the law, the choice is still between a) do what you're told and b) hope you can make your mortgage without a job.
Comment Re:Of course (Score 1) 538
Rejoice, IT people! KingMotley has discovered that there are unlimited opportunities for employment in every job market. If you're not lazy, there are sufficiently-compensating IT jobs for every specialty available ANYWHERE!
Parochial jackass.
Parochial jackass.
Comment Re:Duh (Score 0) 538
Or, it's a set of clustered servers that provide abstracted and elastic resources to guest applications and services.
The more I read your contributions to this story, the more it's becoming apparent that you're either a troll or a shill.
The more I read your contributions to this story, the more it's becoming apparent that you're either a troll or a shill.
Comment Re:Duh (Score 1) 538
If it's all outsourced to the cloud, guess what? *Poof*, no admin! That's the whole point, remember? Outsource anything that requires any skill or training, and keep a help desk flunky around part time to swap out broken mice.
Comment Re:Other uses IBM found for its technology (Score 2) 189
You must have missed the part where IBM's wholly owned subsidiaries in Germany and Poland operated closely with the Nazi regime to design, create, and maintain the various census and camp-tracking systems.
Comment Re:Zero to Godwin (Score 0) 189
IBM: Let's build a smarter oven.
Submission + - Open Source alternative to Dropbox?
garry_g writes: While "the cloud" may be one of the major buzzwords of the Internet industry, anybody concerned with security and privacy will most likely not touch it with a 10-foot pole. While I am guilty of using Dropbox for occasional data storage or quick picture snaps with my Android phone, I do watch out not to store anything important on there (or inciminating), no matter what the "privacy policy" may be.
As someone that has been running his personal mail server and MTA for years, stores Firefox profile information not on either Xmarks or FF Sync public server but my own, I was wondering: what useful alternative is there to Dropbox on the FOSS market, which will allow access by both windows/linux boxes, but also mobile devices (specifically Android). I know there are frontend addons for Windows (and linux tools of course) e.g. for SVN, but most likely no implementations for mobile use as far as I can tell...
And, of course, the backend should run on a Linux box ;)
As someone that has been running his personal mail server and MTA for years, stores Firefox profile information not on either Xmarks or FF Sync public server but my own, I was wondering: what useful alternative is there to Dropbox on the FOSS market, which will allow access by both windows/linux boxes, but also mobile devices (specifically Android). I know there are frontend addons for Windows (and linux tools of course) e.g. for SVN, but most likely no implementations for mobile use as far as I can tell...
And, of course, the backend should run on a Linux box
Comment Re:Yeah... (Score 1) 283
Agreed. For MMO gaming, I haven't found anything that can beat the Naga. It takes a few days to get used to, but after the initial muscle memory is created you're golden. My only complaint is the ergonomics, since my hand doesn't quite fit right with the pinky-rest on the right.
