I hate JS! (no you dont)

I believe I am not ONLY one who would cry out loud that JS was bad design solution. Internet Explorer used to pop-up that JS has caused an error or misplace object that is critical on page operations.

As a support person.. again you get all the blame from the users. Why isnt this page showin up correctly ? It only failes in Citrix! Fix it!

Please… IE on server is not same as IE on XP or Vista. We have more LOCK downs and restrictions!!! and sometimes even on different patch level!

and worse case scenarios that is developers NEVER able to help you why JS is broken.

I hate JS..

well point is that JS hater like me, can not live in the dark scared of JS, web is moving towards more and more AJAX and without JS, nothing works these days. (well either that you get flash based site)

and thanks to firebug, even without dev’s useless help. I can at least READ the JS and help debug the issue.

Dont we just love AJAX? (at least I must admit I do), M$ predicts that over 90% of new applications are now web based. (I think this is sort of true, controlled environment, centrallised GUI, one place to change/update the code. All helps to maintain flexibility and agility in development)

so if you are keen on JS now, I guess you may wish to check 75 really useful JS technique.

ICM nightmare

It must be just me or canon printer ICM is getting out of control ? (PIXMA MP800)
I let printer driver (I use Vista x64 and XP SP2 ) to handle the colour matching and I get awful washed out colours.
I let software (light room 2 in this case) and I get sort of OK colour but its still not perfect.

several users post their concern on the canon printers ICM but oh well I’d say it’s a bit to late for me now.

Lastly, how come there is no explanation of ICM files in Canon web sites??

NOT HAPPY JEN!

Some Tips of ICM for canon

PR – Pro Paper
MP – Matt Paper
SP – Photo Paper (Super Photo Paper)
Numbers 1 to 5 (1 as high quality – 5 as high speed)

you are not from USA.

lot of sites (especially one for DRM or content thats US only) prevents only US IP address ranges)

Is it just me or it is just useless form of filtering?
What if you’re accessing from US proxy ?
(you’re working for US based company via VPN and going out to internet from US based proxy)

What if you’re using anonymous proxy (there are 100s of them on the internet.)

Im not really sure WHY they even bother. filtering users based on IP isnt perfect and never will be.
I know IPV6 isnt coming anywhere in near future but If users are browsing with IPv6?

Real question is, is there any perfect way to filter them (provide social security number? , not that I would submit that over internet)

hungry? stupid?

<sarcasm>I CAN TAKE THE RISK NOW!!!</sarcasm> yeah right…

I must say, its a heck of a good speech. but comeon. if he was a failure he wouldnt even stand there.
I’d say if you can connect the dot, and be proud you’ve made it. (or else)

cheat!

Interesting post about how online game DB design is completely different to other business application designs.

Do not trust client, Do not place data on client (any data will be and can be used for cheat)

rather interesting concept and raises interesting point how other field sees the server-client model with completely different views.

Usually you design as such that DB access is distributed and access less (cache on memory or on client side) but how would you handle it if every data has to be on the server end ?

bigotry at its max.

Firstly, I was born in Korea, lived in Japan/Canada/Australia. I have absolutely 0 nationalism nor patriotism. I pay TAX and I do believe I have rights and duty as Australian but that’s about it. I try to be non emotional at any argument and discussions. (regarding national matter like DOK DO, Korean War-with JPN, etc)

For me, I’ve learnt about japanese invasion of China/Korea. Obvisouly I have never paid full attention nor memorise full extent but thanks to media, and other brain washing mechanisms, i get fed with “data” that Japan Invasion were EVIL and something to hate (well they dont teach to hate but sooner or later you have to, to show that you love the country you live in)

Now, for Chiense side, one example would be Nankin Massacre. again I have fed by the “data” that EVIL Japanese have manged to kill 300,000 people.

Why are they data? because they are not processed and I have NEVER really criticised any data fed to me prior to today. And simply swallow them (usually to get mark in History exam, hey who wouldnt really at high school and it was 1990s, not 1940s,) as I did before and never questioned the data integrity. (I mean why should I care eh?)

Now move on to more recent occasions, I have started to read and enjoy more conspiracy theories and have massive doubt over what is really getting fed to our day to day lives.

http://tanakanews.com (written in jpn)
photos-of-nanking-massacre
and Loose Change 911

Like my previous post regarding robot stock trader, way too many things are get done without checking its credible reference and people amazingly swallow them. (I still do and I will for many occasions..)

I am not saying Invasion was good, I am not saying massaca never happened, I’m not saying 911 never happend.
But come on. Look at the photos(nankin) , some photos are FAKE and FABRICATED to match govenrment propaganda. Also do you know why WTC collapsed ? Its because of ? (1 implosion, 2 explosion, 3 fire? now I dont REALLY know but watching/viewing some video, I have doubt it was really simple fire.. or was it)

Im not here to start an historic discussions, but would like to advise that we shouldnt simply start an discussion or an argument based on the data thats not understood by self.

Instead, I see more emotional posts and comments on forums (at least people can comment on forums, try that on the public, you will be labelled as public enemy #1) when you post some argument that doesn’t suit them.
And a lot of times, if not all posts/comment are really emotional like “you f*** pig and event XYZ never happened??!!!”, “how can you deny these event!, admit and apologise!”, “you’re a loser and all your people are —put any swearing—”

If you can, read this and this
Reading two (sort of) well presented “information” on the argument table.

As above, dont be emotional when post/comment to start an argument, instead, can we just be civilised and discuss with “informations” ? not government propaganda?

Lastly, I think media manupilation at worst for this occasion. We are learning/brainwashed to hate Islam now (thanks to war on terror, and thanks to Mr Bush)
However, my main concern is that people who have been on recorded interview were making comment like “muslims should go back to middle east!” just worries me. These people probably never deal with muslims nor wish to interact with them. They would never read Koran. They would never even TRY to understand what relaly is they are facing but jumping in red face calling names to muslims.

Ignorance is a blessing…. for them.

What makes this news more intersting than others is that, they are welcoming the move of Chatholic school.

Now thats LOW.

no junkmail please

Why dont you place an advertisement? a site without an ad looks non-professional.(Written in JPN)

Something silly but what I thought lightly(more of a joke than business idea). What if we place ads within an Intranet ? IT department gets blamed for running over the budget and never get praised for doing goood job.

Other alternative is to become an subsidary of a main company. (become independent company and charge for every service you do to main company)

Both ideas are nothing more than my rant at this stage for alternative income. I know it will be extreamly difficult for normal IT department to charge everyservice, I know NO ONE will agree to place silly ads within Intranets.

But? someone has to pay and if IT department can generate income? Why not?
Google started to generate more money than before, when they started to sell adwords. They’ve become advertisement oriented to generate large sum of money.

we make the rules, you dont like it? tough luck

The US Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it had banned the short selling of shares in a bid to help crisis-ridden stock markets.

Wow Wow Wow, thats it eh ? so when you wanna make quick buck you make the new rule but now it turns against you, so you just flip it ?

I cant believe what am I reading, this is really screwed up. (I mean NOT FAIR to those who used the rule correctly and obey as expected)

becareful what it may do to you.

I’ve released M$ Office 2003 SP3 to the environment today. Reason was that I had to roll KB947674 which requires Office SP3.

Warning to others and myself. Office SP3 replaces some file extension (what I notices was TIF/TIFF has been replaced by Windows Fax Viewer not Office Document Imaging.)

Oh not least and not last. M$ word SP3 has new so-called protection that prevents users from opening “OLD” style document (eg WORD 1.0)

No one probably uses WORD 1.0 but when backend subsystem is using Office automation to create/manage document with WORD 1.0 format, it wasnt funny. (fix was to deploy reg key using new ADM file released by M$. )

<sarcasm>Thanks M$, you made my day.. again…</sarcasm>

hand over your “job” or else

put all the money in the bag and hand it over! , and don’t even think about pressing that alarm.

Working in IT Operations means that people generally do not recognise your great work but instead ready to shoot the gun at problems they are facing. good example is instead of concentrating 99% up time, you will get shot at 1% down time. And write heavy/long/political report about how it could have been prevented or why it did happen so that it affected millions of dollars.

So, after keep getting shot at the head or/and rolling heads and/or managing blame games, eventually what management think is that IT operation SUCKs big time.

What do we ask ? CASH!! a lot of them for no reason and keep asking for more.
Few examples I can think of

1. File server storage space. User place more and more files, and IT keep going back to business and ask for more money to buy storage space.
2. Application license renewal for apps that no one uses or care.
3. Ask for more head count year after year saying that IT operation is more time consuming and require more resources.

(Lets not think how we can reduce these, for the argument sake at this stage)

Eventually IT budget will be over blown and somehow somewhere, something had to be cut to reduce cost.

Hey what is more effective and easiest but to throw the work to someone else? Yes, OUTSOURCING.
On the book it offers great ideas.

1. Greater pool of talents (100 head is better than 1?, WRONG! thats when 100 HEADs do talk to each other)
2. History of excellent operations (or customer case studies on their web pages which you know that it is sugar coated)
3. Cost effective operations (from their point of view, not yours)
4. Reduce the head count (this is big one, yes on the accounting books, IT operation is now just a cost not EMPLOYEE per share/dividend)
5. Reduce the IT budget and put it on the control. (you wont be charged for more for whats on the contract but you will be charged more for whats NOT on the contract.. and A LOT of them wont be on it)
6. We keep it running!, we provide service level agreement ! (yes SLA that can not be met and they do own internal blame game to cover each others back when things go wrong.)

I do believe managed service has its places. But that’s when people understand that they did not shift responsibilities to outsourcing but instead simply hired work force behind it.
However, reality is that end-user thinks outsourcers will deliver the dream and be active at it.

Ironically, some innovations result in lost of income for them, why would they ven bother be innovative at them?

For example, 1000 tickets/incident per month = $$$, then it has no incentive to reduce the tickets immediately even though they may be obliged to provide so-called improvements to customers.

Reduction in server by server consolidations “vmware anyone?” may result in loss of fund if management fee is like 1 server=> $$$/month.

A project management is another funny part of of working with outsourcers. You may get fancy water fall graph or gantt chart on M$ Project print out with estimate quotes and dollar signs. No matter how small or how trivial the project may be, you will get TONS of bill.
(Water fall model is flawed ? that’s right but its a topic of its own. trying to convince customer with agile deployment and bill for the “unknown”. They wont pay you, you need to tell them with flawed chart that it will be handled by xyz and finished by abc date even though it may be delayed and you will pay for more at the end)

But you know all these and even insource IT department is same thing! (they may not cost immediatly and cost more for many cases than these outsourcing!!)

That where the sad story is. IT operation is always has been and most likely will be on spending spree on many companies. Until they get fired.

Good news is that IT can fight back. I believe in a direct profit contribution by innovation that can lead to greater immediate visible “returns”! so dont just sit there, and be proactive and show your business leaders how much contributions you are making and can make.

We shall be dynamic!
We shall be agile!
We shall be more business oriented!
We shall not be budget blackhole and not returning anything!

what am i saying…before I do these, I shouln’t say s**t happens when things break….

Even after making contributions, yes if you still lose your job. Isnt it time to move on ?