Hey, don't forget those theiving bastards also got into the Video and Music business too (even if their selection sometimes sucks). Clearly, since it is free, it must be illegal.
No, what I said was accurate. You just apparently don't have a very clear understanding on different types of malware and the common reason that computers get infected.
So quickly here:
Malware-Any malicious software Virus-Self-replicating malware Worm-Virus that spreads via network without user intervention Trojan horse-User downloaded and run malware typically hidden in useful software
You are generally correct in your 'eye-poking' argument, and I would not attempt to disagree with you there. What you don't realize, is that the eye-poking is what afflicts the overwhelming majority of infected Windows machines, too. Most viruses are replicated via e-mail or similar means, and the user runs the virus themselves. Or they download a trojan, just like this one that came as a 'bonus' with these Mac software torrents. This is the main type of malware that infects most computers of any operating system, because even if the operating system is secure, it has to listen to its idiot user. You need background antivirus software to mointor for known threats to prevent this, and even then it's far from foolproof.
Your 'herpes' is referring to worms...stuff that gets on your computer without user intervention or knowledge. And you GREATLY overstate the threat here. While there are thousands of worms out there, very few of them work on a fully-patched version of Windows, and they are not severe enough to be widespread. The one obvious and complete way to protect yourself is to keep your OS updated...just like you should on OSX and Linux (Yes, Apple has released patches for potential worm holes before...I even recall of hearing one with an exploit in the wild about a year or so ago).
And even that is still not 100% effective (for any OS). Exploits often appear in the wild before patches exist. But, they are rarely widespread and only infect a relatively small number of machines before a patch is released. The last unpatched widespread one I can remember is the Blaster worm from back in 02 or 03.
But we haven't seen any worms like Blaster in a long time (Conficker was released well after its exploit was patched in October 08). Microsoft got a (very deservedly) bad rap for security in years prior, but with XP SP2, that is when they kind of hit a turning point and really started to get their shit together and focus on security. As long as you keep Windows patched and aren't an idiot, the odds are so slim you basically have nothing to worry about. The problem is, there are a lot of lazy idiots. And as Mac marketshare increases, we will see more and more of this for OSX as well.
Well, it's $300B, but it's not all US Taxpayer money (most of it is). The second biggest backer is the UK, and it's also being funded by Australia, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and Turkey. That's why it's called the JOINT Strike Fighter...we are developing it jointly with other nations.
It's been disigned to be quite versatile with several variants. The most unique thing being Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capability, as it is intended to replace the Harrier in the UK. It also has stealth capabilities, and a very advanced targeting/pilot control system.
Stardock won't install spyware, unless they want to flag themselves as one of the biggest hypocrites on the planet. They co-authored the Gamers Bill of Rights with Gas-Powered Games. Number 6 states:
"Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their express consent."
I implemented a nightly shut down policy for our users because I got sick and tired of them lying to me about the last time they rebooted their PC.
"Everything is running like crap"
"Have you rebooted?"
"Yeah, like 5 times."
*walk over to PC, bring up command prompt*
-net statistics server
"Statistics since 8:00AM at."
*facepalm*
I pitched it to management as power savings, but really I could care less. I just wanted to have a way to force those bastards to reboot every night. And yes, it did make a pretty significant difference in the amount of support calls I got. I suppose you can thank Windows XP for saving power, haha.
PS-Is it wrong for a sysadmin to hate his user base? Even if they're really, really stupid, because your company is cheap and only hires incompetent morons (excluding the sysadmin, naturally...)?
I was able to set up a working Exchange 2007 server in 2 days. I had never configured an e-mail server before. I'm not even an MCSA (well MCTS woudl be the new name for it)....really only about halfway to it.
So it's even easier than you say it is:-) But you are absolutely correct...you need a competent admin to do it right (I know I sure as hell didn't do it right...it was just a test box)...they don't necessarily have to be an "E-mail Admin" to do it right, they just need to be competent enough to follow best practice guidelines (and obviously have a basic understanding of how e-mail works...any of your 'MCSE monkeys' should have that).
And that is a big part of why Exchange predominates...it's easily administered, and it has features that nothing else offers on an equivalent level.
Also keep in mind that it's not just the PHB's being resistant to change that stops OSS...it's the fact that Microsoft does a good job of making sure that their stuff integrates with eachother very well (and they don't exactly go out of their way to make sure other stuff can integrate with their products). The reason Exchange was so easy to get up and running for me is due in large part to Active Directory integration, and ISA Server 2006 is basically preconfigured to allow an Exchange server the proper access just by telling it the IP address.
Generally, the more talented a lawyer is, the pickier they can be about their clients/employer. These guys chose to work for the RIAA for a presumably large pile of cash. Their moral convictions, if they existed, obviously had a price. And they've been suing the public over poorly-designed copyright law for years. While none of that necessarily means they will continue on such paths, it's still not a good indicator to me.
Remember, just because you think Obama is the magical fairy godfather that is going to fix all our problems and let us live happily ever after, it doesn't mean he's always going to make good decisions that you agree with 100% of the time. It's OK to admit he's not perfect like the rest of us, and even *gasp* admit he's a normal politician that panders to campaign contributors.
I'm no fan of the anthropological theory of Global Warming myself, but I know those zealots will be around here soon enough, and they will most certainly want sources for your claims. If you could post some it would be appreciated-I would personally like to read over them myself, if what you say is true, it is a very interesting piece of the puzzle indeed.
If the dolphins were further away, the sonar would be far less damaging, but it could still interefere with their navigation.
It's also very possible that the dolphins were following the ships and exposed to deafening decibel ranges.
This study (like most studies) is just a stepping stone to narrow down criteria/goals for other studies...we need to A) Determine the effect of lesser decibel levels and B) Gather real observational data on how often dolphins and other marine life venture very near to naval vessels.
Ultimately results of these studies should just regulate situations on when active sonar is used, where you can train with it, etc, because active sonar is necessary until something better is developed. Despite the very slim chances of nuclear war, as tragic as it is, I'm willing to sacrifice a few hundred sea critters (I wold hope it's a much smaller number though) just to know that we can effectively track and destroy nuclear missile subs (as well as the many other uses for sonar). That's just my opinion and you can call me a barbarian for it if you like.
Yes, that has been stated, but it has nothing to do with what I am talking about. I am talking about this article, and it does not have anything to do with the legality of P2P networks themselves.
The defendant is accused of copyright infringement by the RIAA. His lawyer's defensive strategy is to claim that putting copyrighted material on a P2P network constitutes as 'Fair Use' of the copyrighted works in question, and therefore his client is innocent of copyright infringement.
It has absolutely nothing to do with the legality of P2P networks or technology itself. That is not being brought into question at all.
You're not supposed to know that until May 1st! Dirty pirate!
And really, it was Striker's fault. He lacked the skills to control Weapon IX properly. If he wasn't such a noob, he could have pwned Wolverine. Should have bought one of those newfangled mouse thingies from Apple...best way to control something in the first person, of course. Or wait for IBM's so he could alt-fire with a right-click.
I think you are misunderstanding the issue at hand. Fair Use is a legal term in copyright law (US and some others) for limited rights to reproduce copyrighted work (either for personal use or derivative works). The lawyer is basically arguing that transmitting copyrighted work over P2P networks qualifies as Fair Use...not whether or not P2P networks are legal themselves.
Eh, he's got a shot. Remember, judges are usually lawyers, too. Old ones that may have a hard time understanding technology...something the MAFIAA has capitalized on so far...maybe it can work both ways.
I don't know how happy I would be if it gets decided in his favor, really. This would set an ugly precedent...electroncally shared media would be 'Fair Use'. While the media industry is in major need of reform, I don't feel we should be able to have anything we want for free. It does cost someone money to produce this stuff, after all.
I would agree. If memtest actually finds an error, there is almost certainly something wrong. The problem with memtest is when it *doesn't* find errors, but there is still something wrong. And also, keep in mind the memory may not be bad, it may just be misconfigured.
Memtest is commonly used by overclockers to test system stability. Depending on the motherboard/chipset you have (esepecially 'performance' chipsets), it may like it's memory at a certain voltage other than the default. This is the most common misconfiguration I have seen. You would also want to check to make sure the FSB and memory frequency are running at the correct speeds, too.
The fact that Ubuntu ran stable and Vista did not may just have to do with how the different OSes work with RAM...I don't know enough about memory handling to state for certain either way, just a thought. There is clearly a problem you need to fix. Also, ECC RAM is almost exclusively used in servers nowadays, and even then it's not a 100% requirement...some get away without it.
Actually I quite liked FileFront. High download speeds (it nearly caps out my 10Mb connection), a limited number of ads, and no waiting in line, unlike the eyesore that is FilePlanet. I'm sad to see it go. I think you all are just lumping them together when they really are not one in the same.
I switched to Opera when FF was in version 2, because Opera was considerably faster in most cases. Now that FF is up to speed with Opera, I'm still with it because I'm more familiar with it...and it feels more 'complete' out of the box to me...no need for extensions. For someone who uses it regularly on four different machines (and irregularly on several more), that's important.
Sure, it's not open source, but I'm concerned about free beer more than free speech (not to say that it's unimportant, I just have my priorities...as far as my browser is concerned, open vs closed is not nearly as important as it is with OS or production stoftware).
But Firefox has changed the browser 'market' more than any other I think, and in a very good way. They were striving to make a good free browser when no one else seemed to care about the web browser as much, as long as it worked. Opera was the only one really trying, and to compete they dropped the ads and became completely free. MS actually tried with IE7 (still failed), and...I know I will catch crap for this...have actually did a pretty damn good job with IE8. Chrome came out, obviously, and Apple has shown more interest in improving Safari.
So while Opera is my browser of choice, I know I owe a lot to FF for setting the bar higher.
I think you're confusing pixel response times with input lag. 50ms is a big difference. Ask any online FPS player if there's a difference between a 25ms ping and 75ms.
With the LCDs there was very noticable ghosting effect when the pixel response was 25ms or higher. Only when those numbers got lower did people consider them acceptable for gaming, as the ghosting effect has become almost unnoticable with 6ms response time monitors.
Even further, quite a few people can tell minute differences in latency on wireless vs wired mice, which is only a few ms at worst. So you can sure as hell bet that 10ms to a server for input delay is going to be very noticable.
Yep, you don't need power, or server class hardware if this is just a test setup.
Now everything is entirely dependent on your setup, but your biggest factor is going to be RAM. Unless you are running SQL or something else CPU intensive, RAM will be your limiting factor on how many VMs you can run in most cases.
The most cost effective solution I think would be to build some whitebox AMD 64 X2 systems from Newegg and load them down with 8GB of RAM...should run you about $350-400 each. One of those systems could run several VMs. If you think one of them might need some CPU horsepower, you should be able to build a Core 2 E8200 system for about $100 more.
I would also suggest building an iSCSI storage box to house the VMs and their data. Openfiler (www.openfiler.com) does a great job of this. iSCSI is a technology that works very will with virtualization and its failover capability. For a system like this, you just need a coupla big hard drives, mobo capable of RAID, and 1GB of RAM.
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Hey, don't forget those theiving bastards also got into the Video and Music business too (even if their selection sometimes sucks). Clearly, since it is free, it must be illegal.
No, what I said was accurate. You just apparently don't have a very clear understanding on different types of malware and the common reason that computers get infected.
So quickly here:
Malware-Any malicious software
Virus-Self-replicating malware
Worm-Virus that spreads via network without user intervention
Trojan horse-User downloaded and run malware typically hidden in useful software
You are generally correct in your 'eye-poking' argument, and I would not attempt to disagree with you there. What you don't realize, is that the eye-poking is what afflicts the overwhelming majority of infected Windows machines, too. Most viruses are replicated via e-mail or similar means, and the user runs the virus themselves. Or they download a trojan, just like this one that came as a 'bonus' with these Mac software torrents. This is the main type of malware that infects most computers of any operating system, because even if the operating system is secure, it has to listen to its idiot user. You need background antivirus software to mointor for known threats to prevent this, and even then it's far from foolproof.
Your 'herpes' is referring to worms...stuff that gets on your computer without user intervention or knowledge. And you GREATLY overstate the threat here. While there are thousands of worms out there, very few of them work on a fully-patched version of Windows, and they are not severe enough to be widespread. The one obvious and complete way to protect yourself is to keep your OS updated...just like you should on OSX and Linux (Yes, Apple has released patches for potential worm holes before...I even recall of hearing one with an exploit in the wild about a year or so ago).
And even that is still not 100% effective (for any OS). Exploits often appear in the wild before patches exist. But, they are rarely widespread and only infect a relatively small number of machines before a patch is released. The last unpatched widespread one I can remember is the Blaster worm from back in 02 or 03.
But we haven't seen any worms like Blaster in a long time (Conficker was released well after its exploit was patched in October 08). Microsoft got a (very deservedly) bad rap for security in years prior, but with XP SP2, that is when they kind of hit a turning point and really started to get their shit together and focus on security. As long as you keep Windows patched and aren't an idiot, the odds are so slim you basically have nothing to worry about. The problem is, there are a lot of lazy idiots. And as Mac marketshare increases, we will see more and more of this for OSX as well.
Well, it's $300B, but it's not all US Taxpayer money (most of it is). The second biggest backer is the UK, and it's also being funded by Australia, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and Turkey. That's why it's called the JOINT Strike Fighter...we are developing it jointly with other nations.
It's been disigned to be quite versatile with several variants. The most unique thing being Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capability, as it is intended to replace the Harrier in the UK. It also has stealth capabilities, and a very advanced targeting/pilot control system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fighter
Stardock won't install spyware, unless they want to flag themselves as one of the biggest hypocrites on the planet. They co-authored the Gamers Bill of Rights with Gas-Powered Games. Number 6 states:
"Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their express consent."
Viruses are self-replicating. This is not...but really, it's just a play on terminology. The end result is basically the same.
Note to self, do not use carrots even if you select plain text...that is supposed to say 8am at [date that is 5 freaming months old]
I implemented a nightly shut down policy for our users because I got sick and tired of them lying to me about the last time they rebooted their PC.
"Everything is running like crap"
"Have you rebooted?"
"Yeah, like 5 times."
*walk over to PC, bring up command prompt*
-net statistics server
"Statistics since 8:00AM at ."
*facepalm*
I pitched it to management as power savings, but really I could care less. I just wanted to have a way to force those bastards to reboot every night. And yes, it did make a pretty significant difference in the amount of support calls I got. I suppose you can thank Windows XP for saving power, haha.
PS-Is it wrong for a sysadmin to hate his user base? Even if they're really, really stupid, because your company is cheap and only hires incompetent morons (excluding the sysadmin, naturally...)?
I was able to set up a working Exchange 2007 server in 2 days. I had never configured an e-mail server before. I'm not even an MCSA (well MCTS woudl be the new name for it)....really only about halfway to it.
So it's even easier than you say it is :-) But you are absolutely correct...you need a competent admin to do it right (I know I sure as hell didn't do it right...it was just a test box)...they don't necessarily have to be an "E-mail Admin" to do it right, they just need to be competent enough to follow best practice guidelines (and obviously have a basic understanding of how e-mail works...any of your 'MCSE monkeys' should have that).
And that is a big part of why Exchange predominates...it's easily administered, and it has features that nothing else offers on an equivalent level.
Also keep in mind that it's not just the PHB's being resistant to change that stops OSS...it's the fact that Microsoft does a good job of making sure that their stuff integrates with eachother very well (and they don't exactly go out of their way to make sure other stuff can integrate with their products). The reason Exchange was so easy to get up and running for me is due in large part to Active Directory integration, and ISA Server 2006 is basically preconfigured to allow an Exchange server the proper access just by telling it the IP address.
Generally, the more talented a lawyer is, the pickier they can be about their clients/employer. These guys chose to work for the RIAA for a presumably large pile of cash. Their moral convictions, if they existed, obviously had a price. And they've been suing the public over poorly-designed copyright law for years. While none of that necessarily means they will continue on such paths, it's still not a good indicator to me.
Remember, just because you think Obama is the magical fairy godfather that is going to fix all our problems and let us live happily ever after, it doesn't mean he's always going to make good decisions that you agree with 100% of the time. It's OK to admit he's not perfect like the rest of us, and even *gasp* admit he's a normal politician that panders to campaign contributors.
I'm no fan of the anthropological theory of Global Warming myself, but I know those zealots will be around here soon enough, and they will most certainly want sources for your claims. If you could post some it would be appreciated-I would personally like to read over them myself, if what you say is true, it is a very interesting piece of the puzzle indeed.
I think you're both essentially right.
If the dolphins were further away, the sonar would be far less damaging, but it could still interefere with their navigation.
It's also very possible that the dolphins were following the ships and exposed to deafening decibel ranges.
This study (like most studies) is just a stepping stone to narrow down criteria/goals for other studies...we need to A) Determine the effect of lesser decibel levels and B) Gather real observational data on how often dolphins and other marine life venture very near to naval vessels.
Ultimately results of these studies should just regulate situations on when active sonar is used, where you can train with it, etc, because active sonar is necessary until something better is developed. Despite the very slim chances of nuclear war, as tragic as it is, I'm willing to sacrifice a few hundred sea critters (I wold hope it's a much smaller number though) just to know that we can effectively track and destroy nuclear missile subs (as well as the many other uses for sonar). That's just my opinion and you can call me a barbarian for it if you like.
Yes, that has been stated, but it has nothing to do with what I am talking about. I am talking about this article, and it does not have anything to do with the legality of P2P networks themselves.
The defendant is accused of copyright infringement by the RIAA. His lawyer's defensive strategy is to claim that putting copyrighted material on a P2P network constitutes as 'Fair Use' of the copyrighted works in question, and therefore his client is innocent of copyright infringement.
It has absolutely nothing to do with the legality of P2P networks or technology itself. That is not being brought into question at all.
You're not supposed to know that until May 1st! Dirty pirate!
And really, it was Striker's fault. He lacked the skills to control Weapon IX properly. If he wasn't such a noob, he could have pwned Wolverine. Should have bought one of those newfangled mouse thingies from Apple...best way to control something in the first person, of course. Or wait for IBM's so he could alt-fire with a right-click.
I think you are misunderstanding the issue at hand. Fair Use is a legal term in copyright law (US and some others) for limited rights to reproduce copyrighted work (either for personal use or derivative works). The lawyer is basically arguing that transmitting copyrighted work over P2P networks qualifies as Fair Use...not whether or not P2P networks are legal themselves.
Eh, he's got a shot. Remember, judges are usually lawyers, too. Old ones that may have a hard time understanding technology...something the MAFIAA has capitalized on so far...maybe it can work both ways.
I don't know how happy I would be if it gets decided in his favor, really. This would set an ugly precedent...electroncally shared media would be 'Fair Use'. While the media industry is in major need of reform, I don't feel we should be able to have anything we want for free. It does cost someone money to produce this stuff, after all.
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only that gets unecessarily upset by misuse of their/ere/ey're.
Well Firefox is doing it, therefore it is innovative and cool and must be newsworthy. No one cares about us Opera users. We're such a minority.
But this does appear to be more robust than that. I use the hell out of it in Opera. It's really nice that you can set up custom ones, too.
I would agree. If memtest actually finds an error, there is almost certainly something wrong. The problem with memtest is when it *doesn't* find errors, but there is still something wrong. And also, keep in mind the memory may not be bad, it may just be misconfigured.
Memtest is commonly used by overclockers to test system stability. Depending on the motherboard/chipset you have (esepecially 'performance' chipsets), it may like it's memory at a certain voltage other than the default. This is the most common misconfiguration I have seen. You would also want to check to make sure the FSB and memory frequency are running at the correct speeds, too.
The fact that Ubuntu ran stable and Vista did not may just have to do with how the different OSes work with RAM...I don't know enough about memory handling to state for certain either way, just a thought. There is clearly a problem you need to fix. Also, ECC RAM is almost exclusively used in servers nowadays, and even then it's not a 100% requirement...some get away without it.
Actually I quite liked FileFront. High download speeds (it nearly caps out my 10Mb connection), a limited number of ads, and no waiting in line, unlike the eyesore that is FilePlanet. I'm sad to see it go. I think you all are just lumping them together when they really are not one in the same.
I switched to Opera when FF was in version 2, because Opera was considerably faster in most cases. Now that FF is up to speed with Opera, I'm still with it because I'm more familiar with it...and it feels more 'complete' out of the box to me...no need for extensions. For someone who uses it regularly on four different machines (and irregularly on several more), that's important.
Sure, it's not open source, but I'm concerned about free beer more than free speech (not to say that it's unimportant, I just have my priorities...as far as my browser is concerned, open vs closed is not nearly as important as it is with OS or production stoftware).
But Firefox has changed the browser 'market' more than any other I think, and in a very good way. They were striving to make a good free browser when no one else seemed to care about the web browser as much, as long as it worked. Opera was the only one really trying, and to compete they dropped the ads and became completely free. MS actually tried with IE7 (still failed), and...I know I will catch crap for this...have actually did a pretty damn good job with IE8. Chrome came out, obviously, and Apple has shown more interest in improving Safari.
So while Opera is my browser of choice, I know I owe a lot to FF for setting the bar higher.
That's an oxymoron if I ever saw one.
I think you're confusing pixel response times with input lag. 50ms is a big difference. Ask any online FPS player if there's a difference between a 25ms ping and 75ms. With the LCDs there was very noticable ghosting effect when the pixel response was 25ms or higher. Only when those numbers got lower did people consider them acceptable for gaming, as the ghosting effect has become almost unnoticable with 6ms response time monitors. Even further, quite a few people can tell minute differences in latency on wireless vs wired mice, which is only a few ms at worst. So you can sure as hell bet that 10ms to a server for input delay is going to be very noticable.
Yep, you don't need power, or server class hardware if this is just a test setup.
Now everything is entirely dependent on your setup, but your biggest factor is going to be RAM. Unless you are running SQL or something else CPU intensive, RAM will be your limiting factor on how many VMs you can run in most cases.
The most cost effective solution I think would be to build some whitebox AMD 64 X2 systems from Newegg and load them down with 8GB of RAM...should run you about $350-400 each. One of those systems could run several VMs. If you think one of them might need some CPU horsepower, you should be able to build a Core 2 E8200 system for about $100 more.
I would also suggest building an iSCSI storage box to house the VMs and their data. Openfiler (www.openfiler.com) does a great job of this. iSCSI is a technology that works very will with virtualization and its failover capability. For a system like this, you just need a coupla big hard drives, mobo capable of RAID, and 1GB of RAM.
Seconded. Very nice device, and has a physical keyboard, unlike the other one likely to get mentioned a lot.
Just put a tazer in it to randomly shock the rodent, that way he doesnt think any path is safe. Problem solved :-)
Well that one at least. You'll need some of iRobot's more serious military projects to handle the PETA onslaught after you add the taser.