Posts by Gonzo_the_Geek
12 posts • joined Friday 16th November 2012 09:19 GMT
Posted in India gets paranoid about foreign tech
Re: Not about security
Absolutely correct.
We provide support for a carrier grade product adopted by a large telco in India, and we are not allowed to have remote access to the systems we're supposed to be supporting. We have to go through a local (very, very useless) "integrator" who is clueless and adds major delays and hassle to even the most simple tasks. All in the name of security apparently.
Protectionism pure and simple.
Considering some of the NSN people I've been unfortunate enough to have to work with, their strategy of paying peanuts and getting monkeys has not paid off. I'm sure that there are good engineers employed by NSN, I might just have been unlucky to have had dealings with the laziest and most clueless, but using someone with little or no Unix knowledge to manage a Unix farm and network engineers who don't know what snoop or tcpdump are is not the winning strategy they though it to be.
But if people want to throw good money after bad, that's their business....
Re: Wonder how that compares to what UI/OS you use?
What about us poor geeks who use Linux + Xmonad? What are we?
Mine's the one with the plastic pocket protector...
Re: Useless for hosting too
Absolutely, I was responding to the idea that it might be used instead of fixed line connectivity and suggesting a possible problem, both for business and those who want to run their own Minecraft servers etc.
Mind those trucks, they'll not slow down for a rollerskaterist.........
Re: Useless for hosting too
I know for a fact that VF and O2 do, they're all NATted on the Internet side of the GGSN (sort of an edge router for the Radio Area Network) through a load balancer. The public IP will be one on the Internet router beside the Load Balancer.
Useless for hosting too
Most Internet access offered by mobile companies is useless if you want to host any services at home or in the business, as they do not allow inbound connections. This is because end users are not given IP addresses outside the private ranges, the IP address of the phone/dongle will be private, usually 10.x.x.x address.. This means that you cannot host your own website or VPN server or game server or....
For home users this can be an inconvenience, but for business users it can be a deal breaker. Some times you just need a public IP address so you can access content/services hosted in-house and this is just not possible with any cellular access currently available.
Re: Time Legacy. @ Spaniel
Are you sure you got that the right way round?
Clocks go forward in Spring and back in Autumn...
Re: It's all very well being able to demonstrate an enthusiasm
The company where I work has a preliminary and full tech interview with candidates first, before the managers/HR types get involved. Different engineers carry out the tech interviews and discuss candidates amongst themselves, and this has generally meant that good candidates who fit into the team well get offers.
I don't have a degree, but could demonstrate experience in the tech interviews, along with a willingness to learn and I got the job. I'm also doing some of the tech interviews now, and look more for problem solving skills and a desire to learn. Learning a new scripting/programming language or other skill in spare time tends to score highly with me.
Either a sense of humour failure....
Or not a fan of Borat then?
Re: too much raspberry flavored koolaid
Can't say I've had any issues with USB, but then I only use it for my wireless keyboard and mouse receiver, or my integrated keyboard and track button from my Samsung Q1 (remember those?). NFS works perfectly for all storage and transfer needs, but for all those complaining about what the RPi can't do, did you do your research before getting one? If you didn't get one, why all the negativity?
No-one has said the RPi is perfect, it is obviously built to a price, but for an extremely low powered device for £30, it is extremely capable. If it's not for you, fine, get something else!
Fascinating series of articles.
Even more amazing to see that there was some nimble development work done in the 80s, even with the Civil Service involved.
Re: Desktop a way in ?
That's how I started, with Ubuntu Desktop, and I migrated to Ubuntu Server when I started working for a company where I had to deploy LAMP servers at a rate of 1-2 a week. Still use it for dev environments and jumpboxes etc.
