[The Java Posse] Re: software engineering ideas can implement by JAVA

2010-03-01 Thread Christian Catchpole
i've always thought you could make a program called PhotoCrop. All it does it crop photos. But if you make it look similar to photoshop you can charge top dollar when people get confused. On Mar 1, 6:10 am, Bayan baya...@gmail.com wrote: thanx all, what about this ideas: photo editor: build

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: software engineering ideas can implement by JAVA

2010-03-01 Thread Viktor Klang
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Christian Catchpole christ...@catchpole.net wrote: i've always thought you could make a program called PhotoCrop. All it does it crop photos. But if you make it look similar to photoshop you can charge top dollar when people get confused. How about it shows

[The Java Posse] Re: software engineering ideas can implement by JAVA

2010-03-01 Thread Christian Catchpole
Pictures of crops... with a circle tool. O.. On Mar 1, 7:00 pm, Viktor Klang viktor.kl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Christian Catchpole christ...@catchpole.net wrote: i've always thought you could make a program called PhotoCrop.  All it does it crop

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Wildam Martin
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 16:18, John Wright fortyrun...@gmail.com wrote: This sort of thing is completely normal. Hell, I didn't know that such a bad situation is such common, as one of my friends works at a big company and he even is free to install his working machine on his own (and he is not

Re: [The Java Posse] Recommendations on cross-platform external drives?

2010-03-01 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/28/10 19:45 , Wildam Martin wrote: On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 13:51, Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it wrote: I got this: http://www.lacie.com/ie/products/product.htm?pid=8 My first thought seeing this: Hey, this is a washing

[The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Karsten Silz
On 27 Feb., 21:24, phil.swen...@gmail.com phil.swen...@gmail.com wrote: So I'm curious - do companies like Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel have policies like this? As a consultant, I've worked with big companies in the past, and they often constrain their employee's PCs/laptops heavily.

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin Wright
I think the most indefensible policy I've seen is to lock down the appearance of machines. So XP with the windows classic theme enforced and background unchangeable. There's clearly no security benefit in this, and I'd be very surprised if there had every been a case of someone using an

[The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Phil
In my last permanent job (I've been back freelance for the last two years) I used to work for a large American oursourcing company which is now part of HP and most of the things you have listed chime with my experience. We weren't completely bolted down - could install software and frequently did

[The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Phil
That's all very well for, dare I say, the likes of us who deal intimately on a daily basis with all sorts of technologies at all sorts of levels. We understand the dangers that come with unfettered access - at least from a technical perspective - and (hopefully) act accordingly. Your average

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Wildam Martin
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 15:06, Phil p...@haigh-family.com wrote: Personally I'm inclined to side with them - non IT-Savvy people do need protecting from themselves (once took a call from somebody complaining he couldn't access the company intranet from his WiFi enabled laptop, turned out he was

[The Java Posse] Recommendations for NAS drives?

2010-03-01 Thread Phil
On the back of Matt Stine's request I'm looking for recommendations (based on personal use) of reliable and reasonably priced NAS drives for a colleague. Nothing fancy - just file sharing under Windows and, possibly, Linux is required. Anything extra is a bonus. I've tried a couple of cheap

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Kevin Wright
This is about developer access to machines, not corporate droids in general. Computers and the internet are very much the tools of our trade, tools that are blunted and crippled by these security policies. The real problem is not the policies themselves, but their indiscriminate application.

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Robert Casto
You are right but this is a hard sell in many corporations. Many companies do not have the manpower or strong enough IT people to implement different sets of rules and so it is easier to dictate policy and make everyone follow it. Luckily I work somewhere where I can use whatever tool I find best

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Viktor Klang
I believe the main problem is that very few have actually taken the time to sit down and discuss what the needs are, what the purpose is, how to measure if the solution is aligned with the needs and the risks associated with strictness vs. nonstrictness. I fully understand the difficulty in

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Robert Casto
The need and purpose for many of these decisions is to avoid legal trouble. It is hard to argue with management when lawyers are telling them what they should do to avoid legal issues. There is no flexibility when decisions are based on that kind of information. I've known people using Notepad to

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Viktor Klang
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Robert Casto casto.rob...@gmail.com wrote: The need and purpose for many of these decisions is to avoid legal trouble. It is hard to argue with management when lawyers are telling them what they should do to avoid legal issues. There is no flexibility when

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Robert Casto
A lack of trust is one part of it, but essentially the company is trying to protect itself. Even the best employees will make mistakes sometimes. I think they try to be overly protective though, perhaps with good cause but it stifles productivity. I tend to work for smaller companies because they

[The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread josef newton
A few of these are reasonable. Most are ridiculous. What they are doing is instilling a blanket policy across all employees, no matter the job function. They are treating you like a call center employee. You are a software developer (I assume), you shouldn't be treated like a dumbass. And fact

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Marcelo Fukushima
but should devs have privileges over non devs? id be a little upset with that. Where i work, there are some restricted URL's, but devs are free to install whatever OS - but we have to manage them on our own. Those who install windows have to be in the domain and install AV (and causes build time

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Mark Fortner
Most of these measures have to do with the amount of risk that a company is willing to put up with. Having worked for pharmaceutical companies and defense contractors, I can attest to the fact that they have a certain degree of justifiable paranoia when it comes to security. Most of these types

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Alan Kent
josef newton wrote: Banning IM and Skype are silly. Do they ban cell phones/SMS? Same thing really. I don't think IM and cell phones are the same. IM and Skype are using company infrastructure - packets going out come from the company (not a personal phone), and so the company may be

Re: [The Java Posse] IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-03-01 Thread Josh Suereth
Sounds like you're in the government/security sector On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 3:24 PM, phil.swen...@gmail.com phil.swen...@gmail.com wrote: I am curious... I work for a large software vendor and our policies are: -windows only (XP) -outside IM is banned (we have internal jabber server)

Re: [The Java Posse] Recommendations on cross-platform external drives?

2010-03-01 Thread Josh McDonald
I've been using Drobo at home for a while now (the original, it used to be hard to get them here in .au). It's been treating me well. I've got a partition for Time Machine, and a partition for media. I lost a drive when I moved house last year, but Drobo came through unscathed. -Josh On 1 March