C'Mon Guys,
Look at the success story of Bottled Water.
It's 99.9% the same as the stuff everyone gets for (almost) free out of the tap, except it comes well packaged and advertised.
It's all down to the marketing and packaging of the product.
You could think about running 'Ubuntu on Ubuntu' - as both the main desktop OS, and another copy in a VM running VirtualBox. Anything they're trying for the first time, or that has the possibility to go wrong, they can do on the VM and snapshot + remove it as required. Once they are more capable, maybe they can start to perform tasks on the Desktop copy.
If anything goes wrong and the workstation needs to be re-imaged, there's a chance the VM could be be backed up (so the work is not lost) and it's also portable, so it can be used at home.
Think about the fundamental reason we use banks - they protect and secure our money. Think back to the Gold Rush era, they upped the security until the robberies stopped.
This problem (and it's solution) lies solely with the banks.
I hypothesize that it mustn't be costing them as much to pay out on Fraud claims as it would cost to implement effective security countermeasures.
A couple of things they are already doing:
Verified by Visa: http://www.anz.com/personal/credit-cards/security/verified-visa/
Security Chips: http://www.anz.com/personal/credit-cards/security/chip-cards/
2 suggestions of mine: compulsory presentation of Photo ID for every CC transaction, and biometrics.
How utterly ridiculous. Grown men wasting tax payer $ to play real life video games.
It just goes to show you how much money can be wasted on 'defense' spending, and no one bats an eyelid.
Hang on, didn't terrorists use Fertilizer as one of the two major components in the 1993 Oklahoma city bombings?
I smell a rat.....(or is it something else?)...
I'm with you. In the consulting space, and the MAJORITY of companies don't have anything coming close to 'sensitive corporate data' to fall into the wrong hands that would necessitate encryption. To tell you the truth, the majority couldn't give two hoots about who reads their monthly sales figures, HR reviews, etc etc. Anyone who REALLY wants to is going to read them anyway, right?
The MAJORITY of companies could care less. Eg. a Club. They sell alcohol and have a couple of restaurants, etc. Exactly the same as the Club down the street. And there is NO competitive advantage for the 'club down the street' to gain by reading the competitors reporting.
Not a big deal.
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C'Mon Guys, Look at the success story of Bottled Water. It's 99.9% the same as the stuff everyone gets for (almost) free out of the tap, except it comes well packaged and advertised. It's all down to the marketing and packaging of the product.
IOPS - USB2 ports max out at about 35MB/s when saturated :-)
eSATA or SD card is the way to go IMO
You could think about running 'Ubuntu on Ubuntu' - as both the main desktop OS, and another copy in a VM running VirtualBox. Anything they're trying for the first time, or that has the possibility to go wrong, they can do on the VM and snapshot + remove it as required. Once they are more capable, maybe they can start to perform tasks on the Desktop copy. If anything goes wrong and the workstation needs to be re-imaged, there's a chance the VM could be be backed up (so the work is not lost) and it's also portable, so it can be used at home.
Think about the fundamental reason we use banks - they protect and secure our money. Think back to the Gold Rush era, they upped the security until the robberies stopped. This problem (and it's solution) lies solely with the banks. I hypothesize that it mustn't be costing them as much to pay out on Fraud claims as it would cost to implement effective security countermeasures. A couple of things they are already doing: Verified by Visa: http://www.anz.com/personal/credit-cards/security/verified-visa/ Security Chips: http://www.anz.com/personal/credit-cards/security/chip-cards/ 2 suggestions of mine: compulsory presentation of Photo ID for every CC transaction, and biometrics.
*ahem* 1 USD = 1.078 AUD
How utterly ridiculous. Grown men wasting tax payer $ to play real life video games. It just goes to show you how much money can be wasted on 'defense' spending, and no one bats an eyelid.
Tsk, tsk - you should read slashdot more religiously. Already mentioned here: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/12/30/231217/Boost-a-Weak-3G-Modem-Signal-With-a-Saucepan Give it a go, it'll cost you $0 if it works.
Hang on, didn't terrorists use Fertilizer as one of the two major components in the 1993 Oklahoma city bombings? I smell a rat.....(or is it something else?)...
I'm with you. In the consulting space, and the MAJORITY of companies don't have anything coming close to 'sensitive corporate data' to fall into the wrong hands that would necessitate encryption. To tell you the truth, the majority couldn't give two hoots about who reads their monthly sales figures, HR reviews, etc etc. Anyone who REALLY wants to is going to read them anyway, right? The MAJORITY of companies could care less. Eg. a Club. They sell alcohol and have a couple of restaurants, etc. Exactly the same as the Club down the street. And there is NO competitive advantage for the 'club down the street' to gain by reading the competitors reporting. Not a big deal.