"This video contains content from Vevo, who has decided to block it in your country.".
FYI, I live in a pinko commie 3rd world country called "Denmark":P
Gotta love the "rights protecton" - whose rights..?
.. in any area - broadband, speed limits, personal days off etc. etc. is that if you put a cap on anything, then people will consider anything below the cap as a right and use their right to the fullest. So Comcast may see a huge increase in traffic summed up as people start acting according to their rights.
This is pretty major as so many vendors are affected by it. However, until there's an update or complete recall & replacement, I'd recommend using Truecrypt. Certified by NIST (see HERE. Cross platform. Free (as in spoken beer;o). Of course, one can only hope that its implementation is better than the devices currently uncovered:P
Umm, we may have a global economy but with vested national interests. Whoever could have thought that something like this might happen? Oh my..
Anything that focuses on short-term isolated results (think national borders, corporations, quarterly statements etc.) will cause interesting situations like these, where the supply-and-demand chain will collapse if there are no rules to restrict monopolies. And there are on national levels, but not international, and again, with vested "individual" interests in "groups", an outcome for the greater good is decidedly not a given (think COP15 in Denmark..)
It's free and it's not (too) easily defeated. Of course the usual applies (if physical access to the machine is available, all measures are null and void in the end), but it's something at least.
And that's not all of the cost. Your numbers assume that there are no existing Linux apps to migrate to the Windows platform. So, to make things more interesting, you'll need to either 1) Add LTSP servers to run the legacy apps (a guestimate is a $10,000 server per 25-30 users) plus X Server licenses (say, $50 per PC if you don't want to fiddle with Cygwin), 2) Port the applications to Windows, 3) Provide users with an extra PC if they cannot use 1) or 2) for some reason.
Depending on the outcome, it can very quickly add another $100,000-$150,000 to the total cost of migrating the desktops to Windows. And that's not even counting salary expenses.
So we're now up to a migration cost of around $2,000 - per seat!
Now for some other numbers.. In a company which is doing fairly OK, the gross turnover per employee per year is around $150,000 (depending on the industry; assuming a generic production business with some R&D). Net revenue is around 5%. That's $7,500. In my humble opinion, there has got to be a _very_ compelling reason to want to migrate 250 users to a Windows desktop when the cost is approaching half a million $$ and blowing a third of a fiscal years net revenue!
(and yes, I know if's possible to write it off over several years, but it's still bucks out of the pocket right now)
If the OS is on a R/W flash, the malware *can* get to the OS. You could make the flash R/O. Then the occasional security updates - which are needed to stop malware getting to the machine in the first place - can't get to the OS either.
[sarcasm]Clever...[/sarcasm]
Re:Netcraft confirms..(this time in readable form)
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A quick click on Refresh confirms that it is indeed running IIS6 on Windows Server 2003.
(ugly copy/paste follows)
OS, Web Server and Hosting History for www.hackiis6.com http://www.hackiis6.com/ was running Microsoft-IIS on Windows Server 2003 when last queried at 5-May-2005 22:49:51 GMT Site Report Try out the Netcraft Toolbar! FAQ OS Server Last changed IP address Netblock Owner Windows Server 2003 Microsoft-IIS/6.0 5-May-2005 66.133.110.84 CONSONUS Windows Server 2003 Microsoft-IIS/6.0 4-May-2005 66.133.110.84 CONSONUS Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 1-Apr-2005 63.88.172.208 Consonus
A quick click on Refresh confirms that it is indeed running IIS6 on Windows Server 2003.
(ugly copy/paste follows)
OS, Web Server and Hosting History for www.hackiis6.com
http://www.hackiis6.com/ was running Microsoft-IIS on Windows Server 2003 when last queried at 5-May-2005 22:49:51 GMT Site Report
Try out the Netcraft Toolbar! FAQ
OS Server Last changed IP address Netblock Owner
Windows Server 2003 Microsoft-IIS/6.0 5-May-2005 66.133.110.84 CONSONUS
Windows Server 2003 Microsoft-IIS/6.0 4-May-2005 66.133.110.84 CONSONUS
Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 1-Apr-2005 63.88.172.208 Consonus
Correction: It won't even work on an UltraSPARC machine. I've got a dual-CPU Ultra 10. First message upon booting: Your system is not supported by this operating system (or something similar). So I guess it's supported for UltraSPARC 2+ based machines..
Who in the World would use METRICS? Such a complicated system where you have to *add* and *remove* 0's to convert?
No, it's _way_ easier to remember that there's 5280 feet on the mile and 202 US gallons on the cubic yard. Who can remember that there's 1000 meters on the kilometer? Or 1000 liters on the cubic meter? How non-standard is that?
Besides, who else than the rest of the World uses metric anyway?
Well, now he's vanished out of the polls, it's good to see that he's still alive.
Makes you wonder what kind of a dope trip he's been on during his absence, since his first comeback hit is a dupe. Maybe he's secretly sponsored by the RIAA and they make him do the same as any other RIAA-backed outdated pop star? Can you picture the album title; "Slashdot's Greatest Hits Volume I, II AND III" ?
I stumbled across this link today; micro engines to replace batteries.
quote:
An important asset of the internal combustion engine is the high energy density of liquid hydrocarbon fuels - approximately 30 times greater than that of the best batteries. and
The "mini"-rotary has a generating radius of 5.5mm and a depth of 3.63mm, which gives the engine a displacement of 77.5mm3, or about 1/64th the displacement of the smallest commercially available rotary engine. A second-generation "mini"-rotary engine has been fabricated and tested, and it has produced approximately 0.5W at 3000rpm.
Imagine an engine scaled at battery size. What can I say? Power to the people!:-)
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So that's what you call your parents' basement..? ;o)
"This video contains content from Vevo, who has decided to block it in your country.". FYI, I live in a pinko commie 3rd world country called "Denmark" :P
Gotta love the "rights protecton" - whose rights..?
.. in any area - broadband, speed limits, personal days off etc. etc. is that if you put a cap on anything, then people will consider anything below the cap as a right and use their right to the fullest. So Comcast may see a huge increase in traffic summed up as people start acting according to their rights.
No, but given the chance, she could make a run on Linus :P
This is pretty major as so many vendors are affected by it. However, until there's an update or complete recall & replacement, I'd recommend using Truecrypt. Certified by NIST (see HERE. Cross platform. Free (as in spoken beer ;o). Of course, one can only hope that its implementation is better than the devices currently uncovered :P
Umm, we may have a global economy but with vested national interests. Whoever could have thought that something like this might happen? Oh my..
Anything that focuses on short-term isolated results (think national borders, corporations, quarterly statements etc.) will cause interesting situations like these, where the supply-and-demand chain will collapse if there are no rules to restrict monopolies. And there are on national levels, but not international, and again, with vested "individual" interests in "groups", an outcome for the greater good is decidedly not a given (think COP15 in Denmark..)
I've been using this for my kids:
http://www.k9webprotection.com/
It's free and it's not (too) easily defeated. Of course the usual applies (if physical access to the machine is available, all measures are null and void in the end), but it's something at least.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2H6DSoqZz_s
And that's not all of the cost. Your numbers assume that there are no existing Linux apps to migrate to the Windows platform.
So, to make things more interesting, you'll need to either
1) Add LTSP servers to run the legacy apps (a guestimate is a $10,000 server per 25-30 users) plus X Server licenses (say, $50 per PC if you don't want to fiddle with Cygwin),
2) Port the applications to Windows,
3) Provide users with an extra PC if they cannot use 1) or 2) for some reason.
Depending on the outcome, it can very quickly add another $100,000-$150,000 to the total cost of migrating the desktops to Windows. And that's not even counting salary expenses.
So we're now up to a migration cost of around $2,000 - per seat!
Now for some other numbers..
In a company which is doing fairly OK, the gross turnover per employee per year is around $150,000 (depending on the industry; assuming a generic production business with some R&D). Net revenue is around 5%. That's $7,500.
In my humble opinion, there has got to be a _very_ compelling reason to want to migrate 250 users to a Windows desktop when the cost is approaching half a million $$ and blowing a third of a fiscal years net revenue!
(and yes, I know if's possible to write it off over several years, but it's still bucks out of the pocket right now)
If the OS is on a R/W flash, the malware *can* get to the OS. You could make the flash R/O. Then the occasional security updates - which are needed to stop malware getting to the machine in the first place - can't get to the OS either.
[sarcasm]Clever...[/sarcasm]
A quick click on Refresh confirms that it is indeed running IIS6 on Windows Server 2003.
(ugly copy/paste follows)
OS, Web Server and Hosting History for www.hackiis6.com
http://www.hackiis6.com/ was running Microsoft-IIS on Windows Server 2003 when last queried at 5-May-2005 22:49:51 GMT Site Report
Try out the Netcraft Toolbar! FAQ
OS Server Last changed IP address Netblock Owner
Windows Server 2003 Microsoft-IIS/6.0 5-May-2005 66.133.110.84 CONSONUS
Windows Server 2003 Microsoft-IIS/6.0 4-May-2005 66.133.110.84 CONSONUS
Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 1-Apr-2005 63.88.172.208 Consonus
A quick click on Refresh confirms that it is indeed running IIS6 on Windows Server 2003. (ugly copy/paste follows) OS, Web Server and Hosting History for www.hackiis6.com http://www.hackiis6.com/ was running Microsoft-IIS on Windows Server 2003 when last queried at 5-May-2005 22:49:51 GMT Site Report Try out the Netcraft Toolbar! FAQ OS Server Last changed IP address Netblock Owner Windows Server 2003 Microsoft-IIS/6.0 5-May-2005 66.133.110.84 CONSONUS Windows Server 2003 Microsoft-IIS/6.0 4-May-2005 66.133.110.84 CONSONUS Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 1-Apr-2005 63.88.172.208 Consonus
1: Form a band/company/whatever /.'ers know what #3 is
2: Assume geeky
3: ???????
4: Profit!
Mirror can be found at nyud.net
Correction part 2: The "10" was correct; only in binary - it was an Ultra 2 machine for mere mortals :o)
It has 1 or 2 CPU's of either UltraSPARC 1 167-200 MHz (which was the case here) or 1 or 2 UltraSPARC II 300-400 MHz CPU's.
The UltraSPARC 1 system I had available wouldn't boot Solaris 10.
Correction: It won't even work on an UltraSPARC machine.
I've got a dual-CPU Ultra 10. First message upon booting:
Your system is not supported by this operating system (or something similar).
So I guess it's supported for UltraSPARC 2+ based machines..
A Danish company called Amitech has had an Athlon 64 powered notebook since August 13 2003.
It does however suffer from the 90W power drain that the regular Athlon 64 imposes, so don't move too far away from that power outlet.
In other news, the food industry has considered using additives to improve the look, taste and durability of food products.
So, everyone are all worried about this; the Internet media are scared to death about the potential consequences of this.
Hey - wake up - take a good look at the site you are reading right now.
A site that delivers news and where readers can talk back and have their reply shown via a visible link for at least 24 hours.
Download SlashCode, remove the A/C posting feature - there, you comply with the upcoming regulations.
Problem being?
Who in the World would use METRICS? Such a complicated system where you have to *add* and *remove* 0's to convert?
No, it's _way_ easier to remember that there's 5280 feet on the mile and 202 US gallons on the cubic yard. Who can remember that there's 1000 meters on the kilometer? Or 1000 liters on the cubic meter? How non-standard is that?
Besides, who else than the rest of the World uses metric anyway?
Well, now he's vanished out of the polls, it's good to see that he's still alive.
Makes you wonder what kind of a dope trip he's been on during his absence, since his first comeback hit is a dupe.
Maybe he's secretly sponsored by the RIAA and they make him do the same as any other RIAA-backed outdated pop star?
Can you picture the album title; "Slashdot's Greatest Hits Volume I, II AND III" ?
So in essence, when the CFO comes I'll be able to detect "Oh man, here comes another suit.." ?
Yep, it works just fine and you can pick it up here - http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/cevncviewer.htm l - before Wednesday, that is! :-(
Oops, I better add that you need to click on the MEMS link - or just click here :-)
I stumbled across this link today; micro engines to replace batteries. :-)
quote:
An important asset of the internal combustion engine is the high energy density of liquid hydrocarbon fuels - approximately 30 times greater than that of the best batteries.
and
The "mini"-rotary has a generating radius of 5.5mm and a depth of 3.63mm, which gives the engine a displacement of 77.5mm3, or about 1/64th the displacement of the smallest commercially available rotary engine. A second-generation "mini"-rotary engine has been fabricated and tested, and it has produced approximately 0.5W at 3000rpm.
Imagine an engine scaled at battery size. What can I say? Power to the people!