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Comment: MS Certifications implications (Score 2) 780

by dakohli (#38688960) Attached to: Windows Admins Need To Prepare For GUI-Less Server

So, MS is going to make a shift towards more CLI. I had already heard rumours and stories that some configurations would have to be done on the Command Line. I may be a little cynical here, but consider the following:

Over the past while, the perceived value of having MS Certifications has dropped somewhat as MS Windows Servers become more easily configured. Now, Administrators will have to know some of the more arcane commands, and have a better understanding of how the systems work in order to properly configure Windows Server without the GUI's.

Aside from some of the improvements that folks have already mentioned, would this not also revitalize the revenue stream that MS gets from the training and certifications? And, make these certifications actually more relevent?

Space

Chance to Snap Up Your Own Observatory

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes "Like to own your own five story observatory equipped with a 12" Meade Schmidt Cassegrain catadioptric telescope and a 20-inch Shafer-Maksutov telescope — the second largest of its kind in the world. Well, there's one for sale at Marina Towers in Swansea at an observatory that could be Wales' largest telescope. The Swansea Astronomical Society moved out two years ago blaming increased rent and other costs so the city council has asked interested parties to submit their proposals and financial offers by the end of March. Brian Spinks, the chair of the society, says the extra rent and running costs meant the society's members would have had to find around £40,000 over the next 10 years. "The members can no longer be expected to finance such a public presence from their annual subscription. If we had to find £40,000 over the next 10 years it would kill the society." The observatory was built in 1988 and includes a domed roof, an access tower that houses a spiral staircase, a stained-glass roof by artist David Pearl and panels of carved poetry by Nigel Jenkins. "We'd like to see a mixed-use development that incorporates features of the existing observatory building," says Coun Gareth Sullivan, Swansea council's cabinet member for regeneration. "Bringing the observatory back into use would add even more vitality to the promenade.""
Blackberry

Leaked Memo Says Apple Provides Backdoor to Govern 2

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Voline writes "In a tweet early this morning, cybersecurity researcher Christopher Soghoian pointed to an internal memo of India's Military Intelligence that has been liberated by hackers and posted on the Net. The memo suggests that, "in exchange for the Indian market presence" mobile device manufacturers, including RIM, Nokia, and Apple (collectively defined in the document as "RINOA") have agreed to provide backdoor access on their devices.

The Indian government then "utilized backdoors provided by RINOA" to intercept internal emails of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a US government body with a mandate to monitor, investigate and report to Congress on "the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship" between the US and China. Manan Kakkar, an Indian blogger for ZDNet, has also picked up the story and writes that it may be the fruits of an earlier hack of Symantec.

If Apple is providing governments with a backdoor to iOS, can we assume that they have also done so with Mac OS X?"
Microsoft

Microsoft scraps 'Where's my phone update?' site->

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An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft disappointed some Windows Phone users on Friday by saying it would stop providing specifics about who will get software updates and when, and announcing vaguely that a new update is "available to all carriers that request it." The update fixes a few issues, including one that caused the on-screen keyboard to disappear and another that caused problems with synching Gmail. Eric Hautala, general manager of customer experience engineering for Windows Phone, said Microsoft will no longer say when people will get updates based on their country, phone model and carrier."
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Comment: Re:Why USA? (Score 4, Insightful) 177

by dakohli (#38624638) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Tech-Related Summer Camps For Teenagers?

Why would you want to come to this gestapo country? Stay in Europe. What are you going to want to do next summer, go to summer camp in North Korea?

I think this kid would like to broaden his horizons. I don't think this would be a negative experience overall, as a youth I attended a summer camp located on the border between Canada and the US, besides North Americans, there were a number of other nationalities. It made for a more interesting experience.

I think this sort of thing should be encouraged, it not only will benefit him, but the other campers will benefit being exposed to his culture.

SPAM: Always Innovating has announced "HDMI Dongle", a s

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An anonymous reader writes "Always Innovating has announced the HDMI Dongle which a portable set-top box on a stick. Based on OMAP4, the device can be plugged in any HDMI port of a TV to run Android and is controlled with a 9-button remote control and voice. The device is available for licensing only and a first licensee should hit the shelves during next summer."
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XKCD Webcomic Reaches 1000 Milestone

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jcreus writes "With the last comic, xkcd has reached the kilocomic milestone. Still, as the webcomic says, some comics left for the first kibicomic! xkcd is probably the best-known geek webcomic, referenced so many times on Slashdot."

Comment: Re:We'll be whatever you want... (Score 1) 727

by dakohli (#38587446) Attached to: Are Engineers Natural Libertarians Or Technocrats?
This does seem to be a problem when executives lose sight of what is important. You can have a company that does a billion dollars in business every year, but because there is no "growth", it is supposedly not viable. That is when you start getting stupid business decisions made which are designed to maximize profit, not enable the company to continue to do what it is actually good at. I would not do well in the current business environment.

Comment: Re:We'll be whatever you want... (Score 1) 727

by dakohli (#38582076) Attached to: Are Engineers Natural Libertarians Or Technocrats?

I did look it up:

Schizophrenia (play /sktsfrni/ or /sktsfrini/) is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness.[1] It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social or occupational dysfunction.

-Wikipedia

I get you don't agree with me. And I will consider that writing device drivers/kernel code may not require the same amount of documentation that an application might. Just because I am looking at this situation from a different perspective does not make it "Schizophrenic".

For adult education nothing beats children.