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May 23rd: Backup Verification Day.
May-23, 2013 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ I'm declaring May 23rd "Verify your backup(s) day!" - I just found a backup script that was failing to mount the backup drive, and therefor was making a huge file where the mount (share) was supposed to be mounted, so it did not error. The good news is this was only one of several backup schemes, I like doing backups several different ways to different targets. Sometimes they need raw human verification as well. Time to rewrite this one.. Please go verify yours as well before the holiday weekend. Now that you have been warned, the "Chaos Monkey" is sure to visit. --Mike--
At The Risk of Stating The Obvious: "What Does It Matter Where You Live, Anyway?!"
May-23, 2013 by: Mike Robinson
From: Mike Robinson
------------------------------------------------------
Pardon me for being the one (Jim Carey: "Liar, Liar" it was me (short) =
(liar liar)) who actually ADMITTED TO farting in the elevator ... B-U-T =
...
... perhaps I just won't rest easy tonight until I ...=20
... among the ~316 million other US Citizens on this grand glorious =
sun-orbiting piece of rock ...
... state TWO(!!!) points that SHOULD, by now, be EXTREMELY obvious:
(1) "It does not matter, in the slightest, WHERE you live."
... and, therefore ...
(2) "If you limit your search-pattern to 'only that subset of the =
population that you can actually confine to a nearby (i.e. "downtown =
Manhattan") CUBE FARM so that you can =3DPERSONALLY=3D =3DSEE=3D that =
they are =3DACTUALLY=3D =3DWORKING=3D ...
... (2a) You are excluding 99.9% of the world-wide population of =
"by-the-way EXTREMELY ..." qualified professionals who could have "long =
ago" dealt with your particular technical requirements (whatever they =
are)
.. A-N-D ..
... (2b) You've (unnecessarily!) paid A VERY DEAR PRICE to the Ghost of =
Leona Hemlsley (R.I.P.) ... by (unnecessarily!!) restricting your =
search-pattern to "those who don't mind throwing money away to a ghost!"
...
Let's face it. You call yourself the world's first genius by =
recognizing that "it does not matter where YOUR CUSTOMERS are." (Goody =
For You.=99)
... AND YET ... "you bloody-well INSIST that 'your employees' must live =
in Manhattan?!"
("the remainder is left as an exercise to the reader")
"Misery loves company ..."
May-23, 2013 by: Mike Robinson
From: Mike Robinson ------------------------------------------------------ If I may say ... "doesn't anyone in New York City (or any "place" else) = ... like ... "get it" ... what THE INTERNET is All About?! At the present time, I find myself engaged with a team of people who are = (simultaneously, I kid you not ...) "in": Australia, France, Moscow, = Mexico City, Corvallis (OR), Albuquerque (NM), and Winchester (VA). The servers that are being accessed by those people, in order to serve = the needs of give-or-take 5 million people around-the-world, are ... = "strategically located." Therefore: what does "would like to visit Manhattan" have to do with = it? I mean, "seriously." Are the SERVERS located "in Manhattan?" = Undoubtedly not. The 'GIT' REPOSITORIES? (Who knows where they are? = Who cares??) If you "visit" Manhattan, as the saying (apparently ...) goes, what does = that actually MEAN? I'll tell ya: "it means 'well-Northward of = $3,000-a-month rent, paid to the likes of the late great Leona Hemlsley = ... and for WHAT, exactly?" Answer: "absolutely nothing." If you seriously want "a plethora of C++ experience," you can find it in = .. say .. Chattanooga, Tennessee. :-) .. AND ..=20 .. that "plethora of experience" will be ON THE JOB AT 8:00 AM EASTERN = .. for one-tenth (if not more) of the price that you would be obligated = to pay to "anyone that you could physically look at in Manhattan" ... = simply because THIS individual has no reason to pay (the ghost of ...) = Leona Hemsley one red cent! G-E-T A G-R-I-P !!! If you want (in my case, just sayin', but I am not exactly "alone" here) = "a plethora of C++ experience", then you can (quite easily) have it. = But if you are for some reason hung-up about "having it 'in Manhattan'" = ... then ... ... "you are YOUR OWN worst enemy," ... ... and T-H-A-T is Why You Fail. On May 22, 2013, at 9:14 PM, chugalug-request@chugalug.org wrote: > Anyone with a plethora of C++ experience that would like to visit > Manhattan? - >=20 > My Team lead asked me again today if I knew of anyone that might be > interested in interviewing for a contractor or full-time position. > Bloomberg seems to always be hiring, but a few departments in Trading > Systems are particularly desperate. I'll be happy to pass along = resumes > for anyone that cares to send me one. --------- Mike Robinson Technical Director Sundial Services International, LLC http://www.sundialservices.com miker@sundialservices.com (615) 268-3829 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-robinson/51/532/5a
Contract programming
May-23, 2013 by: Stephen Haywood
From: Stephen Haywood ------------------------------------------------------ I may be doing some programming on a 1099 basis soon. What kind of gotchas do I need to watch out for in the contract negotiations? -- Stephen Haywood Owner, ASG Consulting CISSP, GSEC, OSCP W: www.averagesecurityguy.info T: @averagesecguy
Rocky Perry
May-23, 2013 by: John Aldrich
From: John Aldrich ------------------------------------------------------ Anyone know a Rocky Perry??? The name sounds really familiar and I've gotten some possible junk email from someone with that email address... just wondering if it's legit or if it's really spam???