Comment I predict a rash of muggings (Score 2) 81
Mysteriously foreigners with expensive and fine goods will find themselves routinely mugged by peeps with access to this dataâ¦
Comment Re:What is the value proposition here? (Score 1) 24
Great point, there is a system in place for these things, and in the case that Google doesn't trust the commit access that the maintainers have, they should probably be publicly highlighting that too vs just trying to route around any issues.
Comment One thing to check into (Score 4, Interesting) 115
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mapbox.com%2F
Not exactly proect management oriented, but could be an easy bolt on to Trello or your project management tool of choice
Aussie Gov't Says Wiretap Laws Fine, Telcos 'Wrong' 127
mask.of.sanity writes "A top bureaucrat from the Australian Attorney-General's department has said telcos are wrong to complain about changes to the country's wiretapping laws, which will force them to report every product and network system change to law enforcement for approval, lest they affect the ability to intercept communications. The telcos argue there are simply too many products and network architecture changes to report and that it would become overbearing. It's the latest in a string of changes to communications law in the country, and comes as the government mulls data retention and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement."
FBI Watching Oracle-SAP Trial 66
angry tapir writes "An FBI agent has been in the courtroom each day this week watching the Oracle-SAP trial, suggesting US law enforcement continues to take an interest in the case. SAP said in 2007, when Oracle filed its civil lawsuit against the company, that the Department of Justice had requested documents related to the matter from SAP and its TomorrowNow subsidiary. SAP said at the time that it would 'fully cooperate.' In a court filing in August, SAP said there was an 'ongoing investigation' by the DOJ and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into 'some facts and circumstances that are involved in this matter.'"
CyberForensics 58
brothke writes "CyberForensics: Understanding Information Security Investigations is a new book written by a cast of industry all-stars. The book takes a broad look at cyberforensics with various case studies. Each of the book's 10 chapters takes a different approach to the topic. The book is meant to be a source guide to the core ideas on cyberforensics." Read on for the rest of Ben's review.
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.
Comment SCO "leads" the way (Score 1) 393
In June, we released SCO OpenServer 6, which was a multi-year, multi-million dollar development effort that resulted in a product that goes beyond simply leveling the playing field with Linux. Based on the feedback from our strategic partners, customers, resellers, engineers, and many others, I believe SCO OpenServer 6 outshines Linux on a number of fronts:
Sorry, Darl. Things like large file support, additional processor support, and many other "advances" in OpenSewer 6 are things that Linux has had for a while now.
Sorry, Darl. Things like large file support, additional processor support, and many other "advances" in OpenSewer 6 are things that Linux has had for a while now.
Comment Re:All software has bugs (Score 1) 310
Friend Speaks my mind.
As a current government contractor I can say with some authority that at least in my little nitch just about any code you demo to a manager and get even a mild grunt of afrimation from is both going to be used and expected to work as if you had spent 4 months carefully crafting it, refining it, load testing it, and what not.
I've found that there's a real lack of technical savvy in the people who actually make the decisions about how to do things, and what to do. Most of the time contractors bid on a problem, get the problem, and then figure out what the real problems are, and then have to pitch a solution to the "real" problems to managment. It's pretty rare that their vision of the solution really jives with what some practical and scalable solutions might be.
I'd also say that there is an appalling lack of automation in many government systems. Even routine things such as "is the disk filled" or "is a mission critical webserver up" are novel advances when automated.
But even given all of this, my experience has been that most contractors are putting out very high quality work compared to Federal FTEs, and that usually after a year or two of wrestling with the existing architecture contractor built systems tend to be fairly good.
As a current government contractor I can say with some authority that at least in my little nitch just about any code you demo to a manager and get even a mild grunt of afrimation from is both going to be used and expected to work as if you had spent 4 months carefully crafting it, refining it, load testing it, and what not.
I've found that there's a real lack of technical savvy in the people who actually make the decisions about how to do things, and what to do. Most of the time contractors bid on a problem, get the problem, and then figure out what the real problems are, and then have to pitch a solution to the "real" problems to managment. It's pretty rare that their vision of the solution really jives with what some practical and scalable solutions might be.
I'd also say that there is an appalling lack of automation in many government systems. Even routine things such as "is the disk filled" or "is a mission critical webserver up" are novel advances when automated.
But even given all of this, my experience has been that most contractors are putting out very high quality work compared to Federal FTEs, and that usually after a year or two of wrestling with the existing architecture contractor built systems tend to be fairly good.
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