gdp's Comments

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Sun, 30 May 2010 07:06:08 +0000

1. It comes from the vendor that way. I don't know, I wasn't here two years ago when they made that decision.
2. Again, another I have no idea I wasn't here at the time. I've heard that it's just protocol that any machine running Windows has to have AV. McAfee sales person probably sold it to us.
3. We should and I agree with you, but that's outsourced somewhere else. Not even my department.
4. I didn't design any of the current systems and I certainly would not have done it this way. A lot of the decisions made are based on standards set by credit card processors. Similar to how healthcare IT has to deal with HIPAA, we have to deal with the credit card equivalent.

If I had any power at all here, things would be very different. But nothing will ever change. It just doesn't happen with these large organizations. After all, I am just a temporary contract guy.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Sat, 22 May 2010 21:23:04 +0000

Not all of the POS systems are XP, in fact only one is. The others are Win CE embed that are basically thin clients.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Sat, 22 May 2010 20:22:04 +0000

They won't switch. They are too unfamiliar with it and there are maybe a handful if not less people in the building who know how to really use Linux. Plus after the serious investment made into the whole infrastructure, software, patches etc would be akin to admitting the past two years have been a colossal mistake. This day and age, no one wants to admit mistake or be held accountable.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Sat, 22 May 2010 03:49:03 +0000

The POS systems are not directly on the internet. They aren't even indirectly. The updates were pushed down the private MPLS network.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Fri, 21 May 2010 18:16:03 +0000

I'm probably younger than most being 26. Though there are a good mix of young and old here in the office�

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Fri, 21 May 2010 18:15:04 +0000

Nothing because McAfee picked up the tab on everything. They kinda had too. :)

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Wed, 19 May 2010 04:13:55 +0000

I am a donating member of the EFF if that counts. Honestly, I am currently paying off my recent wedding and underemployed. If I could donate, I would.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:12:56 +0000

If I had my way, I probably would. But I am not the one in charge of such things.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:12:20 +0000

I'm most familiar with Ubuntu. I've been using it since probably version 5.04.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:11:09 +0000

I won't disagree with you, but the stores were still working regardless of the issue being fixed or not. After all, it was just one POS that wen't down. It's just that something like 80% of business is done through the drive thru.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:03:23 +0000

There are plenty of older IT people here, but my department doesn't handle the AV. That's actually outsourced to another sub-contractor.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:02:25 +0000

Sadly I am but a gun for hire and have no say in what happens. A common occurrence, I'm sure.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant.

Tue, 18 May 2010 04:42:11 +0000

You are correct that the username is indeed fake as well as the password. Something that simple for a production environment is just asking for trouble. For clarity I will edit it to be the same as the others.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : An Experiment With Google Wave - Crowd Sourcing Class Notes - CCNA: Week 1

Wed, 12 May 2010 22:47:09 +0000

Just the bigger CCNA Exam. Eventually I would like to get some other ones too.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : My New Bicycle Commute

Wed, 5 May 2010 23:47:28 +0000

The cynic in my says it's because if they didn't promote healthy living, no one would be fit enough to work because of the products they sell. But that's just me. ;)

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : Your mail.

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:56:02 +0000

It took Comcast almost TWO WEEKS to install my cable internet and they didn't even have to run a wire! All they had to do was plug me back into the network at the post and I would've been online. The iPhone is a PITA to maintain jailbroken with tethering. Thankfully its super easy and free on Android.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : Moving on from the cult of iPhone.

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:21:05 +0000

I know for sure T-Mobile's network is both smaller and slower than AT&T, but being unemployed with no stable income, the lower price is more important at the moment. My phone bill with AT&T and the iPhone is $70 - $80 a month. With T-Mobile I can get it down to near $50 a month.

WMP is just as chunky and thankfully don't use that. I play my music in http://Foobar2000.org and will sync the N1 with http://getsongbird.com which I have used throughout the years with much success.

I also don't use my phone for my main audio / video device. I used to in the past but never bother with it now.

Thanks for the comments. I will make sure to let you know how the N1 is.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : The Pep talk

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:44:05 +0000

Maybe this year I can come to the slap and tickle. I think Shannon is out of sister that will run off to Mexico to marry a pastor.

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : The Goods: Feburary Flickr Meetup

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:48:25 +0000

There is always next time! I also attend the Shoot Miami and South Dade Photography meetups when I can. http://www.meetup.com/shootmiami/ http://www.meetup.com/South-Dade-Photography-Meet...

Holy Crap My Hair Is On Fire : Global Agenda

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 17:10:04 +0000

Once my PSU gets back from being RMA'ed, I will try and get to it. I'm not sure if I am willing to pay a monthly fee yet. Maybe once I find a job and finish school.