Non-IT News Thread
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
I posted an article to Scott yesterday - he asked if it was real. He then said that there have been a lot of fake stories claiming this a lot.
What I want to know is, what's failing? Why would they go back? What legitimate reason do they have for going back to Windows? Or is it all just political agenda?
According to the articles I looked at, nothing is failing and the move has nothing to do with what's good for the city but purely a political move (where political probably means kickbacks.)
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
I posted an article to Scott yesterday - he asked if it was real. He then said that there have been a lot of fake stories claiming this a lot.
What I want to know is, what's failing? Why would they go back? What legitimate reason do they have for going back to Windows? Or is it all just political agenda?
There have been a few fake stories but I'm guessing this may be a bit blown out the water, not saying someone didn't say something but that it was probably in passing and is being investigated as an alternative. They were setting this up for failure, they hired a Microsoft partner to investigate if moving to Microsoft was going to save them money. One of the findings is that the majority of issues brought forward were due to using out of date software.
Yes, they asked a salesman what to do and the salesman told them to spend money. The very definition of IT corruption, some person claiming to be IT on the inside asked his vendor how they could siphon money out of the tax pool. Whether he is getting a cash kickback or he's just getting paid to not do his job, there is almost certainly no chance of there not being corruption here.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
I posted an article to Scott yesterday - he asked if it was real. He then said that there have been a lot of fake stories claiming this a lot.
What I want to know is, what's failing? Why would they go back? What legitimate reason do they have for going back to Windows? Or is it all just political agenda?
There have been a few fake stories but I'm guessing this may be a bit blown out the water, not saying someone didn't say something but that it was probably in passing and is being investigated as an alternative. They were setting this up for failure, they hired a Microsoft partner to investigate if moving to Microsoft was going to save them money. One of the findings is that the majority of issues brought forward were due to using out of date software.
Yes, they asked a salesman what to do and the salesman told them to spend money. The very definition of IT corruption, some person claiming to be IT on the inside asked his vendor how they could siphon money out of the tax pool. Whether he is getting a cash kickback or he's just getting paid to not do his job, there is almost certainly no chance of there not being corruption here.
The funny thing is that the sales person didn't even do their job. The report pointed at an internal misstep (not using the most up-to-date software for the task) instead of pointing out that MS would be better. It seems like the only thing wrong with the LiMux deployment is the IT support team behind the deployment itself.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not sure if it was talked about already. I'm sure this has nothing to do with Microsoft moving their German headquarters and investing in Munich at all.
This is clearly an issue of people being set in their ways, using Office 2000 and claiming that "It doesn't work on anything newer" (because they don't know how or refuse to upgrade).
They likely have applications built in Visual Basic from the same time that don't operate either. Might as well stick with Windows XP...
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
I posted an article to Scott yesterday - he asked if it was real. He then said that there have been a lot of fake stories claiming this a lot.
What I want to know is, what's failing? Why would they go back? What legitimate reason do they have for going back to Windows? Or is it all just political agenda?
There have been a few fake stories but I'm guessing this may be a bit blown out the water, not saying someone didn't say something but that it was probably in passing and is being investigated as an alternative. They were setting this up for failure, they hired a Microsoft partner to investigate if moving to Microsoft was going to save them money. One of the findings is that the majority of issues brought forward were due to using out of date software.
Yes, they asked a salesman what to do and the salesman told them to spend money. The very definition of IT corruption, some person claiming to be IT on the inside asked his vendor how they could siphon money out of the tax pool. Whether he is getting a cash kickback or he's just getting paid to not do his job, there is almost certainly no chance of there not being corruption here.
The funny thing is that the sales person didn't even do their job. The report pointed at an internal misstep (not using the most up-to-date software for the task) instead of pointing out that MS would be better. It seems like the only thing wrong with the LiMux deployment is the IT support team behind the deployment itself.
Which is probably the same team that gets paid more if they sell and support Microsoft.
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Marmite owner Unilever sees no merit in Kraft takeover
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Zealandia: Is there an eighth continent under New Zealand?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Zealandia: Is there an eighth continent under New Zealand?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39000936My 10 year old niece can draw a better map than that.
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German parents told to destroy Cayla dolls over hacking fears
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
German parents told to destroy Cayla dolls over hacking fears
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39002142I would rather try to get back my money, but burning it would be the next option. We take privacy very seriously.
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@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
We take privacy very seriously.
Wish more amaericans did.
Stress seriously, not the tin foil hat types like @travisdh1
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@JaredBusch just because you didn't believe the Edward Snowden stuff was real until he leaked it, doesn't mean it's not real.
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Belgium train derailment: One dead and many injured
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Panama just had a 5.0 as reported by @MarigabyFrias
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
We take privacy very seriously.
Wish more amaericans did.
Stress seriously, not the tin foil hat types like @travisdh1
At least I own it. Anyone else want one? I'll share.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
We take privacy very seriously.
Wish more amaericans did.
Stress seriously, not the tin foil hat types like @travisdh1
At least I own it. Anyone else want one? I'll share.
I'll take one.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
We take privacy very seriously.
Wish more amaericans did.
Stress seriously, not the tin foil hat types like @travisdh1
At least I own it. Anyone else want one? I'll share.
I'll take one.
I'm too much of a free-thinker to not realize that a sizeable portion of "conspiracy theories" are at least connected to truth. If I'm going to pick one side and go with it, I'll err on the side of caution.
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@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
We take privacy very seriously.
Wish more amaericans did.
Stress seriously, not the tin foil hat types like @travisdh1
At least I own it. Anyone else want one? I'll share.
I'll take one.
I'm too much of a free-thinker to not realize that a sizeable portion of "conspiracy theories" are at least connected to truth. If I'm going to pick one side and go with it, I'll err on the side of caution.
How the general public doesn't accept this as well is beyond me. With all of the leaks, etc, stranger and stranger things seem to be true.
Heck Google has a working prototype software that adds data to existing photos to provide more detail. Through their analysis of the billions of photos they have, they are able to guess what is typically next to something else to increase the resolution on a picture. Sure, they could never add something like a license plate number to a picture, but tons of other details can be - Those CSI shows aren't that far fetched anymore.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
- Those CSI shows aren't that far fetched anymore.
I'm not sure I'd go that far...
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Speaking of CSI shit, I saw this over the weekend. A tiny microphone, small enough to fit on the edge of a dime and they are indestructible.
http://www.wcvb.com/article/local-company-developing-microscopic-indestructible-microphones/8950236
