I'm not trolling, but are there really so many towers in large areas that you have many available? We don't seem to have a large number of towers in South Florida (many spots without coverage for both Sprint and AT&T).
Comcast has already done this in many areas. Recently I received a letter stating that without their new digital boxes I would receive channels 2-22 and 97-99 only. They had already removed the TV Guide channel. Good thing I qualified for 1 "real" box and 2 DTA's for free -- my association dues pay for cable and I wasn't about to start paying for it twice.
Maybe it's not part of the contract, but that doesn't solve the issue. Dial-up isn't a workable solution for most people, and if they're in an area where cable or DSL internet service isn't available (I recently spent a month trying to get AT&T DSL service after signing up for it and being told it was available -- eventually I gave up and cancelled). Satellite still requires a modem, and most people don't live in WiMAX range. So wireless is pretty much all there is.
I live in a very large metropolitan area and coverage is spotty with Sprint (my aircard vendor). Literally less than 2 miles east I get max bars, but outside the unit I'm in I get 0 to 2 bars, and download speed is 1/4 of what I get at the other site.
Unfortunately there aren't many choices if you need to be connected. Fortunately in my case I was able to get connected with the local cable provider, as bad as they are.
Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal, so let's look at the numbers. These charts show historical sales of iDevices. One shows iPod sales being replaced by higher-margin iPhone and iPad sales. And they're increasing, not decreasing. I think iPhone sales are more important as we have device convergence. If you truly want to look at just iPod sales another graph is there too. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/10/23/the-ipods-rise-and-fall/
You responded with a 2004 article from some unheard-of company, which was subsequently trashed because people knew it didn't make sense? Are you kidding me? I do this for a living.
From the article you quoted:
There are trade-offs to removing administrator rights. For instance, standard users typically can't install software and use applications that require elevated privileges
Now how does that translate to the home environment? That's right, many home Windows users (and many corporate users) are admins. In the corporate world, the UPS software as well as many other Windows software requires admin rights to run. Some software packages restrict the version of IE that is installed. Installing printers in Windows requires admin rights.
Let's contrast that to OSX: There are standard installers. You must enter the admin password. I'm not aware of any way to run OSX as "root" although you can enable the root account (it's disabled by default). OSX has significantly fewer prompts for authentication which means more people actually read them.
The issue is Windows, its pitiful security model is broken and recent attempts by Microsoft to patch it haven't worked. Windows accounts for the vast majority of worm and virus-related incidents throughout the world. A problem which does not exist on other platforms. This is not news, so stop pretending it's fixed. It's not and a simple Google search would tell you that.
So what's your solution to salespeople who have to use Windows and need the ability to install printers on the road? You can't do that in Windows without admin rights.
Or what about the people who rely on UPS software? Also requires admin rights.
But I'm sure you have it all down pat, in your little limited environment, and none of the Windows viruses / worms affect your company at all. Right. Because it's gotten to the point that a simple Google search can get you infected if you run IE -- even IE 8 and 9. Or maybe your company doesn't use any of the other Microsoft products (SharePoint for one) which require IE?
The point is the other OS's -- Linux, UNIX, OSX -- all ship with more security and fewer holes. When's the last time you saw someone infected with a virus / worm on Linux? On UNIX? On OSX? Think hard. Now when was the last time that happened for Windows users?
You realize Patch Tuesday is there for a reason, right? And that the Windows anti-malware and antivirus industries make a ton of money, selling products people need to keep their machines working until the next threat comes out and the arms race begins again.
Defective by design -- that's Windows. Doesn't require an idiot to launch a trojan to get infected. Just connect it to a network or the Internet and let the fun begin.
At work we have setup externally hosted FTP and granted rights to over a dozen users explicitly for this purpose. Our auditors use it to collaborate with our Finance and Accounting departments. They use the built-in Windows tools to accomplish this. So yes it can be done, by nontechnical personnel, in a corporate environment, with minimal effort.
Nope, that's the Microsoft apologist way of thinking.
UNIX and Mac have been around longer than Windows and do not require antivirus, anti-malware or malicious software removal tools.
Linux is newer but still does not require antivirus, anti-malware or malicious software removal tools.
There exist ZERO versions of Windows which should not have antivirus and anti-malware software installed and running at all times.
Even if a computer running Windows is removed from the network, it should still be protected. Simply inserting a USB key can cause its contents to autorun. Simply inserting an "enhanced" music CD can cause software to be installed without prompting (see Sony rootkit debacle)
While Windows users may be less educated as a whole, the flaws in Windows design result in higher failure rate due to viruses and worms. It's simply not possible to secure a Windows system without removing it from the network.
We're not talking only trojans here, which can affect almost any OS. We're talking about security in general. Windows is beyond laughable in this department, and the common thinking is that of course you got hacked, you're running Windows. It's fairly common knowledge that you can't secure Windows -- too many flaws and too many patches, there's more broken than not.
Hey, but at least Windows is cheap, right? I mean, I'm not including the time spent for updates and patches, or the downtime when I get infected and have to restore / reinstall. Oh, wait, the time I spend making sure all my anti-malware tools are kept up-to-date, yeah, and the time I spend...
You aren't getting a steak dinner with Windows, you're getting the cheapest-to-produce McMeal possible.
large attachments caused their emails to bounce (somewhere in the 10-15 MiB range IIRC)
If you're sending 10MB attachments via email, you're doing it wrong. Most email servers have an upper limit around 10 MB... converting that email attachment to email format makes it about 30% larger... so anything over 7.5 MB can be problematic.
Email was never designed for large attachments. Send a link. Use FTP. Find another method out of the 10,000 different ways you could do this.
Well it takes a lot of effort for them to remove all the features! All the code that has to be removed must be a lot of work. Surely they have to be paid for their hard work.
Or maybe because Microsoft has rarely been accused of over-optimizing anything. However they have been caught many times using code to degrade competitors' products scores or experience on the Windows and DOS platforms, so it's not a stretch to imagine them "cheating" in code to help their benchmark scores.
It all goes back to setting expectations through behavior. When you get a reputation, it's difficult to change people's perceptions. Sometimes it's a good reputation, in which that's great for you, but other times the "problem child" is sometimes blamed simply because they have set up a pattern of misbehavior.
Apple's marketing is going pretty well for them. The industry got all excited about this news and what it would be. Even people who think it's all just "hype and BS" cared enough to take a peek, or comment about it.
While I'm not a Beatles fan, this is a pretty big deal to a lot of people. Just not necessarily you and me.
Mod parent up. Those who forget the errors of the past are doomed to repeat them. Trust Microsoft? After all they've done? You would have to be stark raving mad.
There's a registry key for the location of each user's profile. Login as admin, move the profile and update the key. So far as ease of use is concerned yes there could be a more user friendly method.
I went to Amazon earlier and found the same thing. I was pretty sure it was a typo since the book just came out in October 2010, so I clicked their "call me". An automated system called me, but in the process of transferring me to a rep it hung up on me. So I tried their "chat" feature. The rep took about 10 minutes and finally came back and said the same thing as the website, 2 to 6 months.
The publisher supposedly has the book in stock, as well as other stores such as ecampus.com, but it ranges from slightly more expensive to 33% more expensive ($100 vs $63 is a big difference to me).
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I'm not trolling, but are there really so many towers in large areas that you have many available? We don't seem to have a large number of towers in South Florida (many spots without coverage for both Sprint and AT&T).
Comcast has already done this in many areas. Recently I received a letter stating that without their new digital boxes I would receive channels 2-22 and 97-99 only. They had already removed the TV Guide channel. Good thing I qualified for 1 "real" box and 2 DTA's for free -- my association dues pay for cable and I wasn't about to start paying for it twice.
Maybe it's not part of the contract, but that doesn't solve the issue. Dial-up isn't a workable solution for most people, and if they're in an area where cable or DSL internet service isn't available (I recently spent a month trying to get AT&T DSL service after signing up for it and being told it was available -- eventually I gave up and cancelled). Satellite still requires a modem, and most people don't live in WiMAX range. So wireless is pretty much all there is.
I live in a very large metropolitan area and coverage is spotty with Sprint (my aircard vendor). Literally less than 2 miles east I get max bars, but outside the unit I'm in I get 0 to 2 bars, and download speed is 1/4 of what I get at the other site.
Unfortunately there aren't many choices if you need to be connected. Fortunately in my case I was able to get connected with the local cable provider, as bad as they are.
Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal, so let's look at the numbers. These charts show historical sales of iDevices. One shows iPod sales being replaced by higher-margin iPhone and iPad sales. And they're increasing, not decreasing. I think iPhone sales are more important as we have device convergence. If you truly want to look at just iPod sales another graph is there too. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/10/23/the-ipods-rise-and-fall/
You responded with a 2004 article from some unheard-of company, which was subsequently trashed because people knew it didn't make sense? Are you kidding me? I do this for a living.
From the article you quoted:
There are trade-offs to removing administrator rights. For instance, standard users typically can't install software and use applications that require elevated privileges
Now how does that translate to the home environment? That's right, many home Windows users (and many corporate users) are admins. In the corporate world, the UPS software as well as many other Windows software requires admin rights to run. Some software packages restrict the version of IE that is installed. Installing printers in Windows requires admin rights.
Let's contrast that to OSX: There are standard installers. You must enter the admin password. I'm not aware of any way to run OSX as "root" although you can enable the root account (it's disabled by default). OSX has significantly fewer prompts for authentication which means more people actually read them.
The issue is Windows, its pitiful security model is broken and recent attempts by Microsoft to patch it haven't worked. Windows accounts for the vast majority of worm and virus-related incidents throughout the world. A problem which does not exist on other platforms. This is not news, so stop pretending it's fixed. It's not and a simple Google search would tell you that.
So what's your solution to salespeople who have to use Windows and need the ability to install printers on the road? You can't do that in Windows without admin rights.
Or what about the people who rely on UPS software? Also requires admin rights.
But I'm sure you have it all down pat, in your little limited environment, and none of the Windows viruses / worms affect your company at all. Right. Because it's gotten to the point that a simple Google search can get you infected if you run IE -- even IE 8 and 9. Or maybe your company doesn't use any of the other Microsoft products (SharePoint for one) which require IE?
The point is the other OS's -- Linux, UNIX, OSX -- all ship with more security and fewer holes. When's the last time you saw someone infected with a virus / worm on Linux? On UNIX? On OSX? Think hard. Now when was the last time that happened for Windows users?
You realize Patch Tuesday is there for a reason, right? And that the Windows anti-malware and antivirus industries make a ton of money, selling products people need to keep their machines working until the next threat comes out and the arms race begins again.
Defective by design -- that's Windows. Doesn't require an idiot to launch a trojan to get infected. Just connect it to a network or the Internet and let the fun begin.
At work we have setup externally hosted FTP and granted rights to over a dozen users explicitly for this purpose. Our auditors use it to collaborate with our Finance and Accounting departments. They use the built-in Windows tools to accomplish this. So yes it can be done, by nontechnical personnel, in a corporate environment, with minimal effort.
While Windows users may be less educated as a whole, the flaws in Windows design result in higher failure rate due to viruses and worms. It's simply not possible to secure a Windows system without removing it from the network.
We're not talking only trojans here, which can affect almost any OS. We're talking about security in general. Windows is beyond laughable in this department, and the common thinking is that of course you got hacked, you're running Windows. It's fairly common knowledge that you can't secure Windows -- too many flaws and too many patches, there's more broken than not.
Hey, but at least Windows is cheap, right? I mean, I'm not including the time spent for updates and patches, or the downtime when I get infected and have to restore / reinstall. Oh, wait, the time I spend making sure all my anti-malware tools are kept up-to-date, yeah, and the time I spend...
You aren't getting a steak dinner with Windows, you're getting the cheapest-to-produce McMeal possible.
large attachments caused their emails to bounce (somewhere in the 10-15 MiB range IIRC)
If you're sending 10MB attachments via email, you're doing it wrong. Most email servers have an upper limit around 10 MB... converting that email attachment to email format makes it about 30% larger... so anything over 7.5 MB can be problematic.
Email was never designed for large attachments. Send a link. Use FTP. Find another method out of the 10,000 different ways you could do this.
When you hang up, the teletype in the phone prints a response. Then you call back. Repeat as necessary, or at least until the paper tape runs out.
Well it takes a lot of effort for them to remove all the features! All the code that has to be removed must be a lot of work. Surely they have to be paid for their hard work.
With laptops and aircards becoming more popular, I see this limitation becoming less of an issue.
I use my mobile phone. It has the ability to use Google and Google Maps. I charge it from my car. Phone books aren't necessary for me.
Or maybe because Microsoft has rarely been accused of over-optimizing anything. However they have been caught many times using code to degrade competitors' products scores or experience on the Windows and DOS platforms, so it's not a stretch to imagine them "cheating" in code to help their benchmark scores.
It all goes back to setting expectations through behavior. When you get a reputation, it's difficult to change people's perceptions. Sometimes it's a good reputation, in which that's great for you, but other times the "problem child" is sometimes blamed simply because they have set up a pattern of misbehavior.
+1 Insightful
Apple's marketing is going pretty well for them. The industry got all excited about this news and what it would be. Even people who think it's all just "hype and BS" cared enough to take a peek, or comment about it.
While I'm not a Beatles fan, this is a pretty big deal to a lot of people. Just not necessarily you and me.
But won't they need to make a syringe controller too?
Some Motorola routers can be used as toasters!
Mod parent up. Those who forget the errors of the past are doomed to repeat them. Trust Microsoft? After all they've done? You would have to be stark raving mad.
TRIM is not necessary for OSX; OSX doesn't have the huge performance hit which requires the use of TRIM on Windows. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/apple/2010/07/01/mac-ssd-performance-trim-in-osx/7
There's a registry key for the location of each user's profile. Login as admin, move the profile and update the key. So far as ease of use is concerned yes there could be a more user friendly method.
I went to Amazon earlier and found the same thing. I was pretty sure it was a typo since the book just came out in October 2010, so I clicked their "call me". An automated system called me, but in the process of transferring me to a rep it hung up on me. So I tried their "chat" feature. The rep took about 10 minutes and finally came back and said the same thing as the website, 2 to 6 months.
The publisher supposedly has the book in stock, as well as other stores such as ecampus.com, but it ranges from slightly more expensive to 33% more expensive ($100 vs $63 is a big difference to me).
They don't have a monopoly and aren't a convicted monopolist. Until then they won't be forced to unbundle anything.
I doubt that's an issue with this low-voltage, low-amp RISC device. Your cell phone charger probably pulls more amperage and creates more heat.
Boombox of the '10's?