Posts by Ian Michael Gumby

@Stuart H. M.2 isn't replacing RAM...

Here's the skinny.

DRAM is the fastest although its volatile. Lose power, you lose what's in memory. Then there's the density. 1 TB of memory takes up a lot of DIMM slots. Its also the closest to the CPU.

But what happens when you want to persist your data?

SATA spinning rust? very slow.

SATA SSD? Faster but limited by the SATA interface.

PCIe (Closer to the CPU) faster.

NVME (M.2) faster still.

So now with the faster bus, you're able to get better performance from the flash drive.

This is why the M.2 is a good thing. You now have a persistence layer that is fast so that you can still get better performance without maximizing your memory.

At the same time... these m.2 flash cards/SSDs use less energy and throw less heat than older alternatives.

Outside of this... the UltraDIMM technology (Diable) where you have DIMM slots with a persistence layer, albeit smaller than what you can get on an M.2 card.

@Veti Re: Tu use Hillary's own words...

I think you missed the OP's initial point.

Putin if the allegations are true... didn't craft the emails which indicate that the DNC party's nomination and election was a sham. In short, if you're a democrat who voted for your party's candidate, you were disenfranchised but their actions.

This has nothing to do with Putin but the DNC and its own corruption along with the corruption from the Clintons.

@captain solo

The real villian?

It the modern 'Bonnie and Clyde' team.

The other irony is that while everyone talks about Trump being an anti-Semite, his daughter converted to Judaism because her husband is Jewish.

@Hyper Re: @Bob Dole ... Could Also Be...

"The Apple Watch keeps perfect time."

Perfect time?

Really?

Time is relative.

The clock chip in the watch is cheap and probably has a bit of skew.

It works well enough because it syncs to the iPhone. Who also has a bit of skew in their cheap clocks.

But it works ok, because it occasionally syncs with the cell towers which have much better clocks which are more accurate.

Good base station clocks have both GPS and Radio antennas to connect to the radio clock signal from a known site and along with knowing their GPS coordinates they are able to sync properly to the time signal and then keep track of the time and its internal skew.

And of course there are differences in terms of the types of clocks and their relative accuracy.

I guess what you meant to say was that your iWatch keeps time well enough that your girlfriend doesn't yell at you for being late. ;-)

@JimmyPage Re: Language ...

SQL ... yes you can do it. However it would be pretty slow and you would need a SQL engine ... (Isn't that outside of the rules ? )

However, it would be trivial to do in Scala.

Which means its trivial in Java or C too.

Seriously... is this a contest to stretch your skills or for college kids?

Re: IMG @James 51

https://defenseissues.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/cleaning-up-red-flag-alaska-f-22-vs-typhoon-debate-2/

@AN Re: I know that feeling well...

Anyone who has had back issues and sits at a desk for 8-10 hours a day knows that having a decent seat and desk is important.

The flame icon is for the author, not you.

I realize Alasdair is trying to tongue in cheek, however, for those of us IT professionals... its not a laughing matter. (Yes, I've spent time at clients where the working environment was a joke. )

I've always wanted a desk that could be adjusted from seated to standing. I just couldn't justify the price.

My wife had back surgery and I ended up spending $$$ for a desk in her office. She loves it and uses it both sitting and standing. I'm still looking for a new desk and a new chair. My Areon chair is pushing 20 years...

Sorry Dobbs, you're no thought leader and not really that funny. This really isn't a laughing matter.

As to the IOT kickstarter desk... not really a good idea. How does the desk know you're there. What happens if you disappear to head to a meeting? Coffee/Tea break? Lunch?

Imagine if your work buddies hacked your desk? Not cool!

While this seems more like a gimmick, the mechanical desk is not.

@ma1010 ... Re: Probably management

Actually the conversation goes more like this...

IT Guy: "Its going to take $$$X to secure our systems from a possible attack"

Bean Counter: "Well why should we spend $$$X when we estimate we'll lose $$Y?"

Bottom line, the bean counters won.

Now post Target (department store that was hacked), the actual loss may be $$Y. But the loss in revenue/sales is $$$$Z as well as good will and now exposure from lawsuits.

To add to this... because they are still on mag stripes and have not moved over to CHIP & SIGN, they are liable for the losses.

This little fiasco will cost the company a lot. They will file for bankruptcy protection and may not survive.

@Ivan 4 Re: @Ratfox...

First, I seriously doubt that you will see a lot of news about extraditions from the US unless the person was famous.

I mean where's the news value of Joe Blow getting yanked to the UK over X and he's not fighting it?

The other issue... why would Hacker X in the US go after your spies when he has a ripe target here in the US?

Sorry, but when you're #1, you have a large target on your back.

@Dave 126 Re: "Funny" error messages

Uhm... Windows? You're young.

I wonder how many people here remember Unix and that there's one error message that pokes fun of Cleveland OH...

Now I forget if that was ATT's SYS III or SYS V or both?

Mine's the jacket with the Geritol (Old Geezer vitamins) in the pocket.

Re: "Stole"?

Ah, but you have.

The idea (IP) has value.

Since you now have it... your use of it deprives the owner of value that you would have to pay for the idea, or value lost because you could be offering a competing product. So any value you gain from the IP is value that he or she has lost.

Even if you give it away for free, where you don't gain any value from the IP you stole, you are depriving the IP owner from gaining revenue by those who now use said IP and do not have to pay the owner for the use of the IP.

Got it?

@AC Re: Linkedin?

I think that its a bit ingenious on the part of the author.

In the article he stated:

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These obligations also apply to the outgoing employee. In May 2016, the Information Commissioner’s Office successfully prosecuted Mark Lloyd (his real name), an ex-employee of Acorn Waste Management Ltd in Shropshire, for emailing the details of 957 clients to his personal email address along with purchase history and commercially sensitive information prior to taking a role with a rival. In that particular case, the individual in question pleaded guilty and was fined £300, ordered to pay £405.98 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

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[emphasis added]

Here's the sticky issue. You (Mark Lloyd) have formed a business relationship with the clients.

Taking the names of the clients and their contact information (e.g. phone/email) in itself isn't going to be an issue because the relationship could extend beyond work. This has more to do with what he does with the information.

If Mark attempts to sell the information... he's in hot water. If he passes it on to a new work colleague... he's in hot water. If he sends out a farewell email announcing he's leaving/left the company and provides his contact information... he would not be in any hot water.

What really hurt Mark is that he didn't just take the contact info, but the sales information which is company specific and not in any shape or form personal.

Connecting with clients on LinkedIn, aka your third party, in itself isn't an issue or anything for an employer to fret about, nor something that they could do anything legally about.

@Anon ... Re: And the consequence is..?

You miss the point.

Yes, teens are going to hook up.

The issue is that here in the US you have the following:

1) A diverse culture with differing views on morality

2) Too many lawyers.

So Tinder has to question their culpability for promoting teenage sex as well as if a predator snuck in to the teen site by lying about his or her age.

Remove the group, remove the risk.

A teen sneaking on pretending to be an adult? If it happens and Tinder takes adequate precautions? It reduces the risk of lawsuits.

The other question... how does Tinder monetize that age group?

And ... what about the data collection laws concerning minors?

Re: back to the future

It's slow, doesn't work well enough and the local indexes are DOA from the start.

Re: Your files are still where you left them

You could do what I did... uninstall windows 10 and went back to Windows 7.

This was on my wife's work machine.

I use a Mac and Linux boxes... ;-)