Comment It's VAX, not Vax (Score 1) 62
VAX (Virtual Address Extension) is the name of the OS, not Vax.
Comment Break it down per student per year (Score 1) 248
I sat on a school board (until last year) and ran the Technology subcommittee. We budgeted and spent about $45/student/year on technology. I think this was reasonable and provided a complete computer classroom used by every student every year teaching them solid computer skills, along with equipping classrooms with reasonable computer and AV equipment. Each teacher got their own laptop replaced every 3 years.
In this Ann Arbor situation assuming a 5 year lifecycle to IT equipment. $45M over 5 years over 16440 students, works out to be $547/student/year.
In my experience this is absurdly high. I pulled it off for $45/student, why do they need $547/student?
A closer review is required before sent to the voters.
Submission + - Most enterprises plan to be on IPv6 by 2013 (networkworld.com)
Julie188 writes: "More than 70% of IT departments plan to upgrade their websites to support IPv6 within the next 24 months, according to a recent survey of more than 200 IT professionals conducted by Network World. Plus, 65% say they will have IPv6 running on their internal networks by then, too. One survey respondent, John Mann, a network architect at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, said his organization has been making steady IPv6 progress since 2008. "Mostly IPv6 has just worked," he said. "The biggest problem is maintaining forward progress with IPv6 while it is still possible to take the easy option and fall back to IPv4.""
Comment I wish I had more general ED (Score 1) 913
As someone who's been working in the software industry for 30 years, and having a BSCS and a Masters in Software Engineering, here's my take on this question.
I wish I had taken more general ED and more classes in other subjects. I had a great education in BSCS (Cal Poly SLO) as well as a great Masters in Software Engineering (OMSE at PSU Portland, OR), but what I miss today is the more well rounded experience and exposure to what I call 'non core' classes.
Open your eyes and heart and challenge yourself to learn somethign that actually could be useful at a cocktail party other than the latest anti-pattern of the latest language fad. Languages and design patterns come and go with generations, but the concepts of philosophy and proper english writing never go out of style.
Space Photos Taken From Shed Stun Astronomers 149
krou writes "Amateur astronomer Peter Shah has stunned astronomers around the world with amazing photos of the universe taken from his garden shed. Shah spent £20,000 on the equipment, hooking up a telescope in his shed to his home computer, and the results are being compared to images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. 'Most men like to putter about in their garden shed,' said Shah, 'but mine is a bit more high tech than most. I have fitted it with a sliding roof so I can sit in comfort and look at the heavens. I have a very modest set up, but it just goes to show that a window to the universe is there for all of us – even with the smallest budgets. I had to be patient and take the images over a period of several months because the skies in Britain are often clouded over and you need clear conditions.' His images include the Monkey's head nebula, M33 Pinwheel Galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy and the Flaming Star Nebula, and are being put together for a book."
Sharp Rise In Jailing of Online Journalists; Iran May Just Kill Them 233
bckspc writes "The Committee to Protect Journalists has published their annual census of journalists in prison. Of the 136 reporters in prison around the world on December 1, 'At least 68 bloggers, Web-based reporters, and online editors are imprisoned, constituting half of all journalists now in jail.' Print was next with 51 cases. Also, 'Freelancers now make up nearly 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide, a dramatic recent increase that reflects the evolution of the global news business.' China, Iran, Cuba, Eritrea, and Burma were the top 5 jailers of journalists."
rmdstudio writes, too, with word that after the last few days' protest there, largely organized online, the government of Iran is considering the death penalty for bloggers and webmasters whose reports offend it.
Scientists Say a Dirty Child Is a Healthy Child 331
Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of California have shown that the more germs a child is exposed to, the better their immune system in later life. Their study found that keeping a child's skin too clean impaired the skin's ability to heal itself. From the article: "'These germs are actually good for us,' said Professor Richard Gallo, who led the research. Common bacterial species, known as staphylococci, which can cause inflammation when under the skin, are 'good bacteria' when on the surface, where they can reduce inflammation."
Comment Re:JMX Support (Score 1) 342
Cyberax,
Check out dynaTrace. They have just what you're talking about. Deep dive into the JVM (or CLR).
Submission + - Does SPF really work?
Intelopment writes: "My Domain name has recently been used a lot as the REPLY field by some inconsiderate spammer and my ISP has suggested that I consider using the Open SPF service (http://openspf.org/) as a way to stop spammers from using my domain name for their REPLY field. From what I can tell it requires the receiving mail server to actually participate in the SPF service, which is where I get my doubts. Does anyone have any experience with this service? Does it work? Are many ISPs using openSFP?"
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