Have a nice little brick here. Supposed to be a procurve switch, but no power, and hp refuses to honour any and all support requests. They're supposed to have lifetime warranty, but evidently not. Not so surprising the support for the rest is going to pot too.
If the switch is dead then obviously it's "lifetime" support has expired...
Get a group of volunteers - perhaps parents - to be there every day after classes, to help with homework. Often, kids with little resources at home also struggle to get their schoolwork done; and trying alone often means failing alone.
Give these kids a place to go where they can get help with their homework and pick up school-related knowledge. They not only need it, but a library or "knowledge center" is also the perfect place to do it. Give the concept a more clear-cut name, like "homework cafe" or similar.
With this role it is easy to incorporate the role of the library in the minds of kids and parents. It becomes something essential for them (at least for the kids who decide this is useful to them) and it becomes a "community project" at the same time, making it easier for you to seek additional resources like volunteers and cash. Mixing books and information technology into this concept should not only be easy but a necessity.
You mean the POW camp that's hosting people captured on foreign battlefields? Is there a single person there of any nationality who was captured on American soil?
No, no, no, you clearly don't understand.
There are no Prisoners of War (POWs) at Gitmo. POWs have rights you know.
No, Gitmo houses a number of illegal combatants which is an entirely different thing. And, as we all know, illegal combatants have no rights at all. Your president at the time said so himself (you know, the one who held his Presidency due to legal technicalities and a large team of lawyers in the first place).
Clearly, creating a legal limbo is the solution to really serious problems in the US... with the possible exception of drowning people in drawn-out legal battles for years, as a last-minute exit strategy. The US authorities don't care much about the outcome anyway - it is the battle itself that matters.
I'm not a fan of Gitmo and would like to see it shuttered sooner rather than later, but let's at least confine our discussions about it to reality. Reality: Nobody has been admitted in Gitmo in years, and none of those who were got sent there after being captured for crimes (real or alleged) on American soil.
Ah, well, yes, that is what they want you to believe...
Jokes aside, I am sure current US "anti terrorism laws" provide the necessary options to transfer prisoners to Gitmo. After all, the only thing you need to do is classify such a person as an illegal combatant and all civil/human rights vaporize immediately. I am also pretty sure that ordinary citizens would know nothing about such transfers.
And don't even get me started on the secret CIA prisons in foreign countries, and the endless flights they took prisoners on (because hey: "people in transit are not covered by any local laws, so we can screw then and torture them as we see fit, as long as they're on the move").
I agree that the whole "police state" claim is a bit far-fetched, but as a US citizen you seriously have to wonder about the state of your... well... state. It seems more resources are spent bending (and in some cases breaking) the law, than actually following it.
Malicious code in a browser session could also be a serious problem. A compromised browser could alter the routers DNS to a malicious one for example, essentially giving the attacker an attack vector for any and all clients on the LAN side.
In fact I will be surprised if we don't see this kind if attack soon. Browsers and their plugins contain vulnerabilities. It's only a matter of time before someone uses that to compromise the entire LAN side through BS backdoor as these.
They didn't even need to root the device. They just deleted the restricted profile. iOS (and Android) are plain wrong for these sort of roll outs. They should have been looking at Chromebooks instead.
Not really. The admins were just idiots who didn't RTFMA.
It is perfectly possible in iOS to enforce policies which are tied to a non-deletable user profile. Most settings (and a lot of hidden ones) in the network configuration can be set and locked as well - for example by configuring the OS to remove the control-panel options in question. Configuring these iPads to adhere to certain policies and restrict their HTTP access to a proxy owned by the school should be no problem at all. The device would need to be completely factory-reset in order to get rid of that configuration; and the network admins would know if that happened.
I suspect the same is true for Android. Carriers have demanded such functionality for decades - for example to permanently disable tethering for certain devices or subscription plans.
Seriously. These admin failed. The tech to do it properly is already here.
Apple could capitalize on this by making a very stripped down E-iPad for educational use that neither includes WiFi nor cellular data. Apple could create a special education store like E-iTunes and have the tablet interface with that.
Yes, and this ePad with no network connectivity connects to the E-iTunes store with pixie magic?
The Kindle e-Book reader does exactly this.
While you may argue that it has "WiFi" or "cellular data" that is clearly not what the poster meant. The context is "usable WiFi or cellular data with access to any content and/or application". Arguing that this is "technically" still WiFi changes nothing.
I tend to agree with the basic premise of your argument.
It remains to be seen if they will find enough people downloading and seeding it though. Without people actually downloading these files and seeding them the whole plan is dead in the water.
But buying a key means everybody gets the same key (since they have the same file) or that the decryption is a mix of home brew stuff - and such things are eventually cracked. Especially on the PC.
The only argument I can find against cracking the key system or distributing the key, is the fact thatost likely someone will distribute the decrypted content anyway, so perhaps nobody will take the time to crack the system.
When speaking of torrents, why download the "paywalled" version if the free one is right next to it?
I know I would opt for a paid version; albeit from a different channel. But I just don't see the current bunch of torrent users picking the paywalled version over a pirated. They're often (with exceptions naturally) people who don't care about the ethics and morality concerning intellectual property...
In fact, some of them will go to great lengths defending their position by claiming it's really all just "data" and "information" which should be "free" to begin with, so the evil big corporations really should burn in hell for wanting money for it in the first place... ish.
I welcome any initiative which has the potential to channel money to the artists. But this? I just don't see it.
I would imagine that they hold the decryption key on the servers for the pay content, and only send it to you when you fulfill the terms of the bundle. That's not DRM, that's encryption, and it works.
Or they could be stupid. Either way.
Unless that encryption is built into the media players (ie "DRM"), it can obviously only protect the content as far as the first decryption. After that, the content is free from decryption and it can easily be redistributed.
Because SF is extremely expensive once your requirements leave the nice little cheap basic package they push on you - and you always end up with a gazillion added costs?
Marketing and BS is the only way they ever became a successful business. Their product isn't so bad; just extremely overpriced for what it does. Really. In a big way./J
I might head over to Wikipedia to correct that error.
It is really not the size of the company that matters, but the complexity if it's business processes.
A well-implemented ERP can do miracles for a production company with as little as 30 employees, as long as the production is sufficiently complex to warrant the kind of investment (both economically and time) that an ERP systems requires.
Hell, I've helped implement ERP for an 11-man business; though I will admit they were a very special and specific case.
You write "CRM/ERP" like the two are related in some way, but apart from both using a database they do extremely different things.
A true ERP system is orders of magnitudes larger and more complex than any CRM system, and while you can find examples of ERP systems with embedded CRM modules the reverse is not true. No CRM vendor - free or otherwise - has produced an ERP system.
Don't mix the two. It is like comparing a train with a motorcycle. They both have wheels and transport people, but beyond that...
Before you proceed any further I strongly suggest you read up on the meaning of those two TLAs. And you need to analyze your needs - not just pull a new IT system out if your (or slashdots) a**.
Here is what you should be doing.
1.) Understand what these systems do. Wikipedia and the various vendors own descriptions are a good place to start.
2.) Make a list of your business needs. Do you need Marketing functionality in your CRM? Or Sales Forecasting? How about ERP - do you need product life cycles agent? Shop floor time registration? Production management? And what about support? Hosting?
3.) Make a list of your technical requirements. Like if you need toolbars that plug into MS Office, integrations with other systems, and your options for management reporting tools.
4.) Collect information about the system vendors and products you think mach your needs.
5.) Make a gap-fit analysis between the vendors you have identified, and your list if business requirements.
6.) You end up with a winner.
This will take a few days; but at least you'll be doing things right. Your company will be stuck with your choice of system for yet another decade so you need to be professional and serious about all this.
I have an old video clip where you can see my Samsung series 7 TV getting bad (noisy) signal and within about a minute going completely black. I later discovered this was due to a cheap HDMI cable running close by an old school iron core power adapter.
The bad HDMI cable degraded the picture and made the HDCP link eventually fail. This would repeat every 7-10 minutes.
The HDMI standard contains lots if checks and mechanisms to compensate for data loss during the transmission of the digital signal. But it is in no way impossible to come by a cable so crappy the data loss becomes unmanageable.
There is no "DRM" in your power supply from Dell. The problems you describe sounds like a defective PSU or an error on the power circuits in your PC.
The reason you see these error message is because the PC and CPU can communicate and negotiate how much power is delivered from the PSU. This is to ensure proper operation and correct battery charging cycles.
Lenovo and other major vendors do this as well. Just try attaching a 65W Lenovo PSU to a machine that came with a 85W and see what happens.
You have faulty hardware.
Odds are a non-Dell replacement will work just fine for you. Say, a Kensington or similar.
Or pick up a used but original one on eBay. They come pretty cheap.
I hate DRM amd I hate what Apple has done with the Lightning port. But to keep the debate sane we also need to stick to the facts.
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Have a nice little brick here. Supposed to be a procurve switch, but no power, and hp refuses to honour any and all support requests. They're supposed to have lifetime warranty, but evidently not. Not so surprising the support for the rest is going to pot too.
If the switch is dead then obviously it's "lifetime" support has expired...
- Jesper
Get a group of volunteers - perhaps parents - to be there every day after classes, to help with homework. Often, kids with little resources at home also struggle to get their schoolwork done; and trying alone often means failing alone.
Give these kids a place to go where they can get help with their homework and pick up school-related knowledge. They not only need it, but a library or "knowledge center" is also the perfect place to do it. Give the concept a more clear-cut name, like "homework cafe" or similar.
With this role it is easy to incorporate the role of the library in the minds of kids and parents. It becomes something essential for them (at least for the kids who decide this is useful to them) and it becomes a "community project" at the same time, making it easier for you to seek additional resources like volunteers and cash. Mixing books and information technology into this concept should not only be easy but a necessity.
- Jesper
Just look at Gitmo.
You mean the POW camp that's hosting people captured on foreign battlefields? Is there a single person there of any nationality who was captured on American soil?
No, no, no, you clearly don't understand.
There are no Prisoners of War (POWs) at Gitmo. POWs have rights you know.
No, Gitmo houses a number of illegal combatants which is an entirely different thing. And, as we all know, illegal combatants have no rights at all. Your president at the time said so himself (you know, the one who held his Presidency due to legal technicalities and a large team of lawyers in the first place).
Clearly, creating a legal limbo is the solution to really serious problems in the US... with the possible exception of drowning people in drawn-out legal battles for years, as a last-minute exit strategy. The US authorities don't care much about the outcome anyway - it is the battle itself that matters.
I'm not a fan of Gitmo and would like to see it shuttered sooner rather than later, but let's at least confine our discussions about it to reality. Reality: Nobody has been admitted in Gitmo in years, and none of those who were got sent there after being captured for crimes (real or alleged) on American soil.
Ah, well, yes, that is what they want you to believe ...
Jokes aside, I am sure current US "anti terrorism laws" provide the necessary options to transfer prisoners to Gitmo. After all, the only thing you need to do is classify such a person as an illegal combatant and all civil/human rights vaporize immediately. I am also pretty sure that ordinary citizens would know nothing about such transfers.
And don't even get me started on the secret CIA prisons in foreign countries, and the endless flights they took prisoners on (because hey: "people in transit are not covered by any local laws, so we can screw then and torture them as we see fit, as long as they're on the move").
I agree that the whole "police state" claim is a bit far-fetched, but as a US citizen you seriously have to wonder about the state of your ... well ... state. It seems more resources are spent bending (and in some cases breaking) the law, than actually following it.
- Jesper
No, not really "dickish"?
Aren't they obligated (by law) to protect their trademark, or risk loosing it?
IANAL but as I recall it, you can only keep a trademark if you actively protect it. If you don't, you may loose your right to keep it.
- Jesper
TFA does not mention threats being made ... so if all they're really doing is "asking", what is the problem?
Let them ask, and just answer "no"?
I see no story here until threats are made.
- Jesper
Sure it is a "bribe". Bribes aren't taxed! ;-)
Revenue from a "contract" is taxed.
A "paycheck" is taxed.
A "reward" is taxed.
Hell... even a "bounty" is taxed.
A bribe never sees the light of day = not taxed ... ;-)
- Jesper
It is obviously a "bribe"; because bribes aren't taxed!
Revenue from a contract is taxed. A paycheck is taxed. A reward is taxed. Hell, even a bounty is taxed.
A bribe? Not so much ... ;-)
- Jesper
Hmmm. Wrong.
Malicious code in a browser session could also be a serious problem. A compromised browser could alter the routers DNS to a malicious one for example, essentially giving the attacker an attack vector for any and all clients on the LAN side.
In fact I will be surprised if we don't see this kind if attack soon. Browsers and their plugins contain vulnerabilities. It's only a matter of time before someone uses that to compromise the entire LAN side through BS backdoor as these.
- Jesper
They didn't even need to root the device. They just deleted the restricted profile. iOS (and Android) are plain wrong for these sort of roll outs. They should have been looking at Chromebooks instead.
Not really. The admins were just idiots who didn't RTFMA.
It is perfectly possible in iOS to enforce policies which are tied to a non-deletable user profile. Most settings (and a lot of hidden ones) in the network configuration can be set and locked as well - for example by configuring the OS to remove the control-panel options in question. Configuring these iPads to adhere to certain policies and restrict their HTTP access to a proxy owned by the school should be no problem at all. The device would need to be completely factory-reset in order to get rid of that configuration; and the network admins would know if that happened.
I suspect the same is true for Android. Carriers have demanded such functionality for decades - for example to permanently disable tethering for certain devices or subscription plans.
Seriously. These admin failed. The tech to do it properly is already here.
- Jesper
Apple could capitalize on this by making a very stripped down E-iPad for educational use that neither includes WiFi nor cellular data. Apple could create a special education store like E-iTunes and have the tablet interface with that.
Yes, and this ePad with no network connectivity connects to the E-iTunes store with pixie magic?
The Kindle e-Book reader does exactly this.
While you may argue that it has "WiFi" or "cellular data" that is clearly not what the poster meant. The context is "usable WiFi or cellular data with access to any content and/or application". Arguing that this is "technically" still WiFi changes nothing.
- Jesper
I tend to agree with the basic premise of your argument.
It remains to be seen if they will find enough people downloading and seeding it though. Without people actually downloading these files and seeding them the whole plan is dead in the water.
Perhaps.
But buying a key means everybody gets the same key (since they have the same file) or that the decryption is a mix of home brew stuff - and such things are eventually cracked. Especially on the PC.
The only argument I can find against cracking the key system or distributing the key, is the fact thatost likely someone will distribute the decrypted content anyway, so perhaps nobody will take the time to crack the system.
It's not a very compelling argument though ...
Question is: is it convenient enough?
When speaking of torrents, why download the "paywalled" version if the free one is right next to it?
I know I would opt for a paid version; albeit from a different channel. But I just don't see the current bunch of torrent users picking the paywalled version over a pirated. They're often (with exceptions naturally) people who don't care about the ethics and morality concerning intellectual property...
In fact, some of them will go to great lengths defending their position by claiming it's really all just "data" and "information" which should be "free" to begin with, so the evil big corporations really should burn in hell for wanting money for it in the first place ... ish.
I welcome any initiative which has the potential to channel money to the artists. But this? I just don't see it.
- Jesper
Meant DRM ... obviously ... :-)
I would imagine that they hold the decryption key on the servers for the pay content, and only send it to you when you fulfill the terms of the bundle. That's not DRM, that's encryption, and it works.
Or they could be stupid. Either way.
Unless that encryption is built into the media players (ie "DRM"), it can obviously only protect the content as far as the first decryption. After that, the content is free from decryption and it can easily be redistributed.
- Jesper
Unless there is yet another crappy DRM scheme buried inside these "bundles", what stops people from simply redistributing a paywall-free version?
Seeding CRM protected files has newer been difficult. It just so happens nobody wants to download them ...
- Jesper
Because SF is extremely expensive once your requirements leave the nice little cheap basic package they push on you - and you always end up with a gazillion added costs?
Marketing and BS is the only way they ever became a successful business. Their product isn't so bad; just extremely overpriced for what it does. Really. In a big way. /J
Actually it is a decent tool nowadays.
You can use it as the presentation layer for a SQL server (including non-MSSQL servers).
I used to hate it as well, but if you just use it without storing data locally it's not half bad. Not anyone anyway.
Mod parent up; +1 funny.
It can't be anything other than a morbid kind of twisted and dark humor.
It has to be. Please. ... ... please ... /J
If it is a proper system then integration is done through an application layer and not directly on the storage layer.
Hacking two systems together using the storage area is a method from the 70s which you really should abandon if at all possible.
Few scenarios may still warrant that approach. But they are few. Very few. And probably not present in a small company.
- Jesper
I might head over to Wikipedia to correct that error.
It is really not the size of the company that matters, but the complexity if it's business processes.
A well-implemented ERP can do miracles for a production company with as little as 30 employees, as long as the production is sufficiently complex to warrant the kind of investment (both economically and time) that an ERP systems requires.
Hell, I've helped implement ERP for an 11-man business; though I will admit they were a very special and specific case.
- Jesper
You write "CRM/ERP" like the two are related in some way, but apart from both using a database they do extremely different things.
A true ERP system is orders of magnitudes larger and more complex than any CRM system, and while you can find examples of ERP systems with embedded CRM modules the reverse is not true. No CRM vendor - free or otherwise - has produced an ERP system.
Don't mix the two. It is like comparing a train with a motorcycle. They both have wheels and transport people, but beyond that ...
Before you proceed any further I strongly suggest you read up on the meaning of those two TLAs. And you need to analyze your needs - not just pull a new IT system out if your (or slashdots) a**.
Here is what you should be doing.
1.) Understand what these systems do. Wikipedia and the various vendors own descriptions are a good place to start.
2.) Make a list of your business needs. Do you need Marketing functionality in your CRM? Or Sales Forecasting? How about ERP - do you need product life cycles agent? Shop floor time registration? Production management? And what about support? Hosting?
3.) Make a list of your technical requirements. Like if you need toolbars that plug into MS Office, integrations with other systems, and your options for management reporting tools.
4.) Collect information about the system vendors and products you think mach your needs.
5.) Make a gap-fit analysis between the vendors you have identified, and your list if business requirements.
6.) You end up with a winner.
This will take a few days; but at least you'll be doing things right. Your company will be stuck with your choice of system for yet another decade so you need to be professional and serious about all this.
- Jesper
I don't think that was in dispute.
the thing was: can a crappy cable create a bad HDMI signal. And the answer is yes.
But you are correct that a 149 USD cable from Monster is not the solution. :-)
- Jesper
I have an old video clip where you can see my Samsung series 7 TV getting bad (noisy) signal and within about a minute going completely black. I later discovered this was due to a cheap HDMI cable running close by an old school iron core power adapter.
The bad HDMI cable degraded the picture and made the HDCP link eventually fail. This would repeat every 7-10 minutes.
The HDMI standard contains lots if checks and mechanisms to compensate for data loss during the transmission of the digital signal. But it is in no way impossible to come by a cable so crappy the data loss becomes unmanageable.
- Jesper
There is no "DRM" in your power supply from Dell. The problems you describe sounds like a defective PSU or an error on the power circuits in your PC.
The reason you see these error message is because the PC and CPU can communicate and negotiate how much power is delivered from the PSU. This is to ensure proper operation and correct battery charging cycles.
Lenovo and other major vendors do this as well. Just try attaching a 65W Lenovo PSU to a machine that came with a 85W and see what happens.
You have faulty hardware.
Odds are a non-Dell replacement will work just fine for you. Say, a Kensington or similar.
Or pick up a used but original one on eBay. They come pretty cheap.
I hate DRM amd I hate what Apple has done with the Lightning port. But to keep the debate sane we also need to stick to the facts.
- Jesper