Corporate images are updated continously and employees/contractors come and go. When laptops gets returns to desktop support, they have to reimage it. So it will still be a massive burden for them.
Where I'm from master desktop images are updated only a few times a year at most. Minor updates and patches are typically pushed down with something like System Center Configuration Manager or LANdesk. Only time the master images are updated is when there is a major change such as a service pack or a major update of a core component.
What about the other option of "use an open hardware with open software"? thinkpenguinpc.com sells i7 PCs with 80GB hard drives for as low as $948.
Not an option for 95% or so of all corporations that have multiple business critical applications that run on Windows only. Even if that weren't the case you would probably want to install a corporate version of whatever distro IT has standardized on rather than the plain vanilla install of the Ubuntu or Fedora version of the week.
Most corporate desktop admins are far happier if the machine can be deployed with less mucking around. Just unboxing 1200 new machines is a pain in the ass... if they also have to reimage and reconfigure each new machine (actually easier and more streamlined than unboxing these days, but nonetheless, extra time, extra money they'd rather not spend), they'll not be so joyous, and everything slows down.
If you are deploying 1200 new machines Dell or HP or whoever will most likely gladly pre-install your corporate OS image for you. There will be an additional cost for doing so but it's usually much less than having your own desktop support staff doing it.
As I've said before, I do believe that we landed on the Moon. But I enjoy playing a little devil's advocate. So, with that said...
The images are obviously real. And they show that something on the Moon changes according to the day. The assumption is that it is the flag. But it could be any oddly shaped thing.
So were I a conspiracy theorist, I'd point out that we never said that there weren't missions to the Moon. But were there any people on board? NASA proved that they could land on the Moon with the Surveyor missions. So these could easily be Apollo landers that were sent to the Moon in order to echo back radio messages to convince people that they were originating on the Moon. They could drop a flag and such off before landing.
Heck, I should be on "Dancing with the Stars!"
As an aside, I've never really heard from the conspiracy theorists on this one: Were Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 faked? Apollo 8 was the mission that flew around the Moon. Apollo 10 was the one that went to the Moon with a LEM but didn't actually land. The whole "leaving the Van Allen belts would kill the astronauts" theory would seem to imply that those missions must have been faked.
Let's switch to new-school conspiracy theory: It's Obama's fault that they had to fake the moon landings. I'm not sure how but everything is Obama's fault right? After all he's the one that killed off all the dinosaurs, caused the great flood, started the civil war, Talked Napoleon into invading Europe, Made Hitler anti-Semitic, Shot JFK and RFK, and started Global Warming.
Wait, that's almost as credible as some of the moon landing conspiracy theories.
(I'm not a big fan of Obama by the way, I just think it's funny that the right-wing wackos seem to find the need to blame *Everything* on Obama)
Hope that jaw doesn't ache too much from the jacking that Mr. Aldrin gave it.
Oh yeah, here's more proof from one of our lunar orbiters that there are, indeed, flags on the moon where the landings occurred and that all but one are still standing.
Hoax theory disproved bitch!
NASA
No, they will just change the conspiracy theory based on this new "evidence", like perhaps NASA had the Russians put that stuff on the moon back in the '80s or something. If you took the conspiracy nuts to the moon and showed them the lunar lander site they would say that they were drugged and hallucinated the whole thing rather than admit that they were wrong.
"SOPA wouldn't have stopped piracy... It wasn't powerful enough! We'd need legislature that takes away even more internet freedom! The new bill we're going to be lobbying for will allow us to stop piracy once and for all. In addition, it'll stimulate the economy, create new jobs, and combat terrorism."
Outlaw this pesky internet thingy. And all forms of writable media including paper.
And you are not allowed to memorise any song or film. Your memory must be erased after exposure, or else you might commit piracy by singing the song or telling the plot to someone.
Didn't they try that with 'Men In Black'? They even had the tagline 'See it again for the fist time".
It worked better for "Men In Black II". The movie simply wasn't as memorable.
Sharepoint is a success, it locks you into IE, Windows desktop, Windows server, IIS, SQL server, Exchange, Office, and probably a few products I have forgotten about.
There's nothing remarkabe about iApple products anymore, they're no better than MicroSoft products.
Have you looked at a Windows phone lately? All but the most blinded by Apple hatred can see that the iPhone is vastly superior to Windows phone. I'd use a BlackBerry before using a Windows phone.
If Google were a Roy company there would be about 20 feet of tape, 35 twist ties, 14 molded pieces of clear plastic, and 55 plastic retainers to keep you from pulling the previously mentioned twist ties through the cardboard. Yes, I have children, how did you guess.?
Why is it OK for a baseball player with 20/20 vision to have LASIK surgery to improve his eyesight to above normal so he can hit more fast balls and make more home runs but not OK for him to take steroids to make his strength above normal to hit more home runs? I just don't see the difference.
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Well, Apple has that lawsuit going on right now... so I don't think they've learned any lessons from this yet.
Well, Apple does have more of a case with the rounded corners thing than SCO had with it's 'stolen' source code...
Buyout of it's patents once it hits bottom.
Corporate images are updated continously and employees/contractors come and go. When laptops gets returns to desktop support, they have to reimage it. So it will still be a massive burden for them.
Where I'm from master desktop images are updated only a few times a year at most. Minor updates and patches are typically pushed down with something like System Center Configuration Manager or LANdesk. Only time the master images are updated is when there is a major change such as a service pack or a major update of a core component.
What about the other option of "use an open hardware with open software"? thinkpenguinpc.com sells i7 PCs with 80GB hard drives for as low as $948.
Not an option for 95% or so of all corporations that have multiple business critical applications that run on Windows only. Even if that weren't the case you would probably want to install a corporate version of whatever distro IT has standardized on rather than the plain vanilla install of the Ubuntu or Fedora version of the week.
Larry still needs to build his secret lair and buy a Persian cat.
Most corporate desktop admins are far happier if the machine can be deployed with less mucking around. Just unboxing 1200 new machines is a pain in the ass... if they also have to reimage and reconfigure each new machine (actually easier and more streamlined than unboxing these days, but nonetheless, extra time, extra money they'd rather not spend), they'll not be so joyous, and everything slows down.
If you are deploying 1200 new machines Dell or HP or whoever will most likely gladly pre-install your corporate OS image for you. There will be an additional cost for doing so but it's usually much less than having your own desktop support staff doing it.
CL only has 1 thing going for it: most people use it. Just like eBay.
Craigslist has two things going for it: They are not eBay (and therefore don't suck as much), and they are free.
You would think Verizon would encourage thethering. That much easier to change overages.
Gandalf Shot First!!!!!
As I've said before, I do believe that we landed on the Moon. But I enjoy playing a little devil's advocate. So, with that said...
The images are obviously real. And they show that something on the Moon changes according to the day. The assumption is that it is the flag. But it could be any oddly shaped thing.
So were I a conspiracy theorist, I'd point out that we never said that there weren't missions to the Moon. But were there any people on board? NASA proved that they could land on the Moon with the Surveyor missions. So these could easily be Apollo landers that were sent to the Moon in order to echo back radio messages to convince people that they were originating on the Moon. They could drop a flag and such off before landing.
Heck, I should be on "Dancing with the Stars!"
As an aside, I've never really heard from the conspiracy theorists on this one: Were Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 faked? Apollo 8 was the mission that flew around the Moon. Apollo 10 was the one that went to the Moon with a LEM but didn't actually land. The whole "leaving the Van Allen belts would kill the astronauts" theory would seem to imply that those missions must have been faked.
Let's switch to new-school conspiracy theory: It's Obama's fault that they had to fake the moon landings. I'm not sure how but everything is Obama's fault right? After all he's the one that killed off all the dinosaurs, caused the great flood, started the civil war, Talked Napoleon into invading Europe, Made Hitler anti-Semitic, Shot JFK and RFK, and started Global Warming.
Wait, that's almost as credible as some of the moon landing conspiracy theories.
(I'm not a big fan of Obama by the way, I just think it's funny that the right-wing wackos seem to find the need to blame *Everything* on Obama)
Dear Mr. Sibrel,
Hope that jaw doesn't ache too much from the jacking that Mr. Aldrin gave it. Oh yeah, here's more proof from one of our lunar orbiters that there are, indeed, flags on the moon where the landings occurred and that all but one are still standing.
Hoax theory disproved bitch!
NASA
No, they will just change the conspiracy theory based on this new "evidence", like perhaps NASA had the Russians put that stuff on the moon back in the '80s or something. If you took the conspiracy nuts to the moon and showed them the lunar lander site they would say that they were drugged and hallucinated the whole thing rather than admit that they were wrong.
that people would pay them to invent stuff...
Fixed that for you.
I want to know !!
It's Tom Cruse and Katie Holmes daughter, right?
"SOPA wouldn't have stopped piracy... It wasn't powerful enough! We'd need legislature that takes away even more internet freedom! The new bill we're going to be lobbying for will allow us to stop piracy once and for all. In addition, it'll stimulate the economy, create new jobs, and combat terrorism."
Outlaw this pesky internet thingy. And all forms of writable media including paper.
And you are not allowed to memorise any song or film. Your memory must be erased after exposure, or else you might commit piracy by singing the song or telling the plot to someone.
Didn't they try that with 'Men In Black'? They even had the tagline 'See it again for the fist time". It worked better for "Men In Black II". The movie simply wasn't as memorable.
Sharepoint is a success, it locks you into IE, Windows desktop, Windows server, IIS, SQL server, Exchange, Office, and probably a few products I have forgotten about.
Worse than that -- Omarosa, the designated villain from the first Apprentice, was still working for Trump 5 years later.
Some people seem to enjoy punishment.
This reminds me of the joke about "The Apprentice". The winner gets to work for Donald Trump for a year. The loosers have to work for two.
There's nothing remarkabe about iApple products anymore, they're no better than MicroSoft products.
Have you looked at a Windows phone lately? All but the most blinded by Apple hatred can see that the iPhone is vastly superior to Windows phone. I'd use a BlackBerry before using a Windows phone.
Even if the rocket doesn't get to orbit the pilot surely will...
Perhaps you didn't get the reference: http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103414/drugs-are-bad
Simple enough to solve - have employees in the store, child picks up a package and opens it, parent gets to buy it.
Parents need to be more mindful of their children.
Doesn't work so well for gifts or mail order.
If Google were a Roy company there would be about 20 feet of tape, 35 twist ties, 14 molded pieces of clear plastic, and 55 plastic retainers to keep you from pulling the previously mentioned twist ties through the cardboard.
Yes, I have children, how did you guess.?
Why is it OK for a baseball player with 20/20 vision to have LASIK surgery to improve his eyesight to above normal so he can hit more fast balls and make more home runs but not OK for him to take steroids to make his strength above normal to hit more home runs? I just don't see the difference.
Drugs are bad, mkay
For sale, one barely used 127.0.0.1 ip address. $5000. First come first serve!
I'll show you. I'm going to launch a DDOS attack against that IP and then we'll see how much you can sell it f[NO CARRIER]