For the monthly cost it does provide a certain amount of amusement at my office watching millennials get frustrated at using it. So Iâ(TM)d say there is some value left.
I remember when playing Q3 that players would chat about going and finding a DC server to pillage. They weren't kidding. I'm guessing the DC players didn't have much fun most of the time. Later on, I modded my original Xbox and got a port for Q3 for fun. A friend sometime after that was over that was leagues better than me at console play. Usually the best player at an Xbox lan party. That guy. He started talking about console vs PC, taking digs at my preference to PC gaming. I was trying to explain to him there really wasn't a comparison, but he wouldn't relent. So I booted the modded Xbox and ran Quake 3. I gave him 30 minutes to tweak the controls and run through some single player rounds until he felt confident at least that he wasn't going to lose badly. I got both of us connected to a dedicated server I set up while he was practicing. It's been a while, but I don't think he got one kill on me after 30 minutes of play. I eventually just used the pistol and melee, and he just quit in frustration. I told him hey man, don't worry about it. Two diff worlds and a game that was never meant for this anyway. At least he stopped the PC smack talk.:)
I bought an HP Elite X3 on a sale for about $250. I'm a sucker for certain gadgets that I think represent a significant point in history and I didn't want a refurbished model down the road. I think Windows 10 mobile is fairly polished. It's a fluid experience. Navigation of the OS and app's have a consistent feel. The downside is what most know, the app ecosystem is weak and the store search is horrible. You can search for an app by exact name and not even see it in the results even though it exists. The latter is inexcusable.
What's unique about the HP is the dock and laptop. I ordered the dock too (because this stuff is firesale at HP) and am thinking more and more that there really is something to continuum. I demoed it a bit in an MS store a while ago and found it to be laggy but none of the salespeople could confirm it was set up properly. They were happy to show me an Xbox though. But to me, to be able to dock your phone, and have a desktop experience available to you for basic document editing or lightweight app use would be incredible. Apple and Android could accomplish a similar feat in their own way. You have all your native phone apps, cloud connectivity, local storage, and the added benefit of a portion (or all) of a desktop experience if the phone is in an appropriate dock or peripheral.
Snapchat is hugely popular with young people, and I think one reason they use it is because their parents can't figure it out. Or can't fully. This lack of intuitiveness drives old people away. My kids would say that's a good thing.
On the krack attacks site, teh question is asked: "Do we now need WPA3?", and answered: "No". Yet the last sentence in that paragraph is: "Finally, although an unpatched client can still connect to a patched AP, and vice versa, both the client and AP must be patched to defend against all attacks"! So my question is, how do we block unpatched clients from our wireless networks? It seems as if I was a bad guy, I would keep an unpatched device handy to do bad deeds and there's nothing anyone can do to stop me?
I use Fing quite a bit for quick network scans. It's super useful because it identifies a large number of devices by brand. It does this by using MAC addresses. I got a notification in the app that with ios11 it would lose this capability as MAC addresses are no longer available for apps to see. The OS doesn't allow it. I remember when you could scan wifi channels with iOS. I like iPhones but I guess they just want normal people using the device, and not professionals who use it as a tool as well. Fing mentioned they will use other methods available to supplement the old method, but to expect it not to be as accurate.
I've never understood the time and resource investment made into duplicate functionality. If it was an improvement over stock it could be understandable, but most of the time it seems at best the no compelling change, just different, and often worse. Does less in some important way, or looks/functions amature like. I already have a firewall. I already have a calendar, email app, photo manager, diaper, whatever. These companies spend millions over time reinventing the wheel. People just download the gmail app anyway. Don't use their sync, use ours! Sheesh.
Sounds like your phone belongs to everyone else. It's easy to run through your apps and disable notifications. I have notifications enabled for phone calls and text messages. That's mostly it, with few other allowances for Google Maps or my financial apps. The only annoyances are apps that don't let you fine tune which notifications you get from within the app. I like to know when a payment is required, but not when new services are being offered.
They appeal to creatives. In more distant history they had a reputation of graphics capabilities. For some time this has been irrelevant as most software used for the creative graphics, video and music process is available on non Apple systems as well. But the reputation is something I still hear people talking about today. I think in music Apple still has an advantage. It's why I bought my daughter a MacBook. Garageband seems to have no equal on Windows or Linux. She boots it into Windows for her favorite graphics app (PaintTool Sai) and Wacom tablet use though.
Also no company but Apple took design seriously until recent years. There are some sexy looking laptops from other companies now, but it's reactive to Apple. And many who made something that looked good left quality of build out of the conversation.
This is probably the single reason why FF is still my primary browser, though I'm happy with it otherwise. It's the best way to peruse headlines because you never have to visit the site. It's probably saved my eyes from more distraction than any other feature I can think of.
The scammers seem to have little worry in the face of calling them out on their shaniannigans. I've had them point out the google search results to ME about phone scammers and using that to describe the REAL bad people out there. They're looking for low hangin fruit and efforts need to be made to stop this from happening, not sure this will make much of a dent in this particular case.
You use Ubiquiti but haven't found a wired only solution? Looked at EdgeRouter? If your AP is UniFi then look at their USG. It's basically the same hardware as the EdgeRouter Lite but running the UniFi software.
Non-tech persons call it Foxfire. Why? That and Linsky network gear. What psychological madness is occurring here? I try not to be that kind of nerd, but man it gets me every time I hear that and I wish I knew what their eyes were seeing.
I know this has been a popular comment, but Apple offers a premium product and usually when compared with premium products from other brands the price wasn't so bad. However $1800 for the base model 13" that is clearly the one that people want just makes me shake my head. And now $2400 base for a 15" laptop. Apple has so much money in the bank and building this wondrous campus. Seems like they could have sold the new models for the same price as the old and still been highly profitable. Seems like they want exclusivity of clientele. Seems greedy. With a hack I'm running 10.12 on my 2009 MBP. I'll just wait for a good price on a newer used model when 10.13 comes out.
Not having read the article, I do believe there is a high bar for knowledge in any DIY computer build to come out the other end with a polished product. Case selection can be challenging when taking into consideration the size the video card(s), the length of the cables from the power supply, connector and power req's, header placement of internal ports to external peripherals, etc. Motherboards seem to offer a huge range of memory and CPU compatibility but it's certainly not difficult to get something that won't work if you're not paying attention. For people wanting to do it themselves much knowledge can be gained reading through the comments and reviews on Newegg and Amazon for what others have already built. At least you know what works. There are buildersites too for beginners that walk you through the process.
As for cost, gaming computers for the masses are not much different than any quality computer. The types of parts you need are the same, just a higher spec in CPU/GPU which again, for most gamers adds a couple to a few hundred overall to a quality build. TFS seems to imply the top 1% types. These people don't care about stories like this anyway.
I suppose the symptom of this problem is the obvious loads of cash they're making. Interesting global economic discussion aside, these profits should help them weather this unfortunate storm.
Charging isn't the only thing the cable does. When you want to sync those multi-GB's of pictures, music and videos or do an iTunes backup, you'll want the cable.
A few years ago when my kids were that age, Club Penguin, Webkins, Disney Channel and just a few others were all the rage. I fail to see how it takes months to come up with a white list. Dozens if sites would take all of a few minutes to type up. I also created email addresses for them on a domain I registered for our family and whitelisted all inbound email in an "OK List" for their accounts. Any email that was sent to them who's sender wasn't in that list got a bounce that stated "I'm sorry, I don't know you yet. Tell $childs_name to give your email address to her dad so she can get your mail". Otherwise, K9 Web Protection is free and works well for the www stuff. It's at least a good starting point.
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For the monthly cost it does provide a certain amount of amusement at my office watching millennials get frustrated at using it. So Iâ(TM)d say there is some value left.
I remember when playing Q3 that players would chat about going and finding a DC server to pillage. They weren't kidding. I'm guessing the DC players didn't have much fun most of the time. Later on, I modded my original Xbox and got a port for Q3 for fun. A friend sometime after that was over that was leagues better than me at console play. Usually the best player at an Xbox lan party. That guy. He started talking about console vs PC, taking digs at my preference to PC gaming. I was trying to explain to him there really wasn't a comparison, but he wouldn't relent. So I booted the modded Xbox and ran Quake 3. I gave him 30 minutes to tweak the controls and run through some single player rounds until he felt confident at least that he wasn't going to lose badly. I got both of us connected to a dedicated server I set up while he was practicing. It's been a while, but I don't think he got one kill on me after 30 minutes of play. I eventually just used the pistol and melee, and he just quit in frustration. I told him hey man, don't worry about it. Two diff worlds and a game that was never meant for this anyway. At least he stopped the PC smack talk. :)
I bought an HP Elite X3 on a sale for about $250. I'm a sucker for certain gadgets that I think represent a significant point in history and I didn't want a refurbished model down the road. I think Windows 10 mobile is fairly polished. It's a fluid experience. Navigation of the OS and app's have a consistent feel. The downside is what most know, the app ecosystem is weak and the store search is horrible. You can search for an app by exact name and not even see it in the results even though it exists. The latter is inexcusable. What's unique about the HP is the dock and laptop. I ordered the dock too (because this stuff is firesale at HP) and am thinking more and more that there really is something to continuum. I demoed it a bit in an MS store a while ago and found it to be laggy but none of the salespeople could confirm it was set up properly. They were happy to show me an Xbox though. But to me, to be able to dock your phone, and have a desktop experience available to you for basic document editing or lightweight app use would be incredible. Apple and Android could accomplish a similar feat in their own way. You have all your native phone apps, cloud connectivity, local storage, and the added benefit of a portion (or all) of a desktop experience if the phone is in an appropriate dock or peripheral.
Snapchat is hugely popular with young people, and I think one reason they use it is because their parents can't figure it out. Or can't fully. This lack of intuitiveness drives old people away. My kids would say that's a good thing.
On the krack attacks site, teh question is asked: "Do we now need WPA3?", and answered: "No". Yet the last sentence in that paragraph is: "Finally, although an unpatched client can still connect to a patched AP, and vice versa, both the client and AP must be patched to defend against all attacks"! So my question is, how do we block unpatched clients from our wireless networks? It seems as if I was a bad guy, I would keep an unpatched device handy to do bad deeds and there's nothing anyone can do to stop me?
I use Fing quite a bit for quick network scans. It's super useful because it identifies a large number of devices by brand. It does this by using MAC addresses. I got a notification in the app that with ios11 it would lose this capability as MAC addresses are no longer available for apps to see. The OS doesn't allow it. I remember when you could scan wifi channels with iOS. I like iPhones but I guess they just want normal people using the device, and not professionals who use it as a tool as well. Fing mentioned they will use other methods available to supplement the old method, but to expect it not to be as accurate.
I've heard of waiting till SP1 hits, but now it looks like I should wait till SP3.
I've never understood the time and resource investment made into duplicate functionality. If it was an improvement over stock it could be understandable, but most of the time it seems at best the no compelling change, just different, and often worse. Does less in some important way, or looks/functions amature like. I already have a firewall. I already have a calendar, email app, photo manager, diaper, whatever. These companies spend millions over time reinventing the wheel. People just download the gmail app anyway. Don't use their sync, use ours! Sheesh.
Sounds like your phone belongs to everyone else. It's easy to run through your apps and disable notifications. I have notifications enabled for phone calls and text messages. That's mostly it, with few other allowances for Google Maps or my financial apps. The only annoyances are apps that don't let you fine tune which notifications you get from within the app. I like to know when a payment is required, but not when new services are being offered.
They appeal to creatives. In more distant history they had a reputation of graphics capabilities. For some time this has been irrelevant as most software used for the creative graphics, video and music process is available on non Apple systems as well. But the reputation is something I still hear people talking about today. I think in music Apple still has an advantage. It's why I bought my daughter a MacBook. Garageband seems to have no equal on Windows or Linux. She boots it into Windows for her favorite graphics app (PaintTool Sai) and Wacom tablet use though.
Also no company but Apple took design seriously until recent years. There are some sexy looking laptops from other companies now, but it's reactive to Apple. And many who made something that looked good left quality of build out of the conversation.
This is probably the single reason why FF is still my primary browser, though I'm happy with it otherwise. It's the best way to peruse headlines because you never have to visit the site. It's probably saved my eyes from more distraction than any other feature I can think of.
The scammers seem to have little worry in the face of calling them out on their shaniannigans. I've had them point out the google search results to ME about phone scammers and using that to describe the REAL bad people out there. They're looking for low hangin fruit and efforts need to be made to stop this from happening, not sure this will make much of a dent in this particular case.
You use Ubiquiti but haven't found a wired only solution? Looked at EdgeRouter? If your AP is UniFi then look at their USG. It's basically the same hardware as the EdgeRouter Lite but running the UniFi software.
Non-tech persons call it Foxfire. Why? That and Linsky network gear. What psychological madness is occurring here? I try not to be that kind of nerd, but man it gets me every time I hear that and I wish I knew what their eyes were seeing.
I know this has been a popular comment, but Apple offers a premium product and usually when compared with premium products from other brands the price wasn't so bad. However $1800 for the base model 13" that is clearly the one that people want just makes me shake my head. And now $2400 base for a 15" laptop. Apple has so much money in the bank and building this wondrous campus. Seems like they could have sold the new models for the same price as the old and still been highly profitable. Seems like they want exclusivity of clientele. Seems greedy. With a hack I'm running 10.12 on my 2009 MBP. I'll just wait for a good price on a newer used model when 10.13 comes out.
Not having read the article, I do believe there is a high bar for knowledge in any DIY computer build to come out the other end with a polished product. Case selection can be challenging when taking into consideration the size the video card(s), the length of the cables from the power supply, connector and power req's, header placement of internal ports to external peripherals, etc. Motherboards seem to offer a huge range of memory and CPU compatibility but it's certainly not difficult to get something that won't work if you're not paying attention. For people wanting to do it themselves much knowledge can be gained reading through the comments and reviews on Newegg and Amazon for what others have already built. At least you know what works. There are builder sites too for beginners that walk you through the process. As for cost, gaming computers for the masses are not much different than any quality computer. The types of parts you need are the same, just a higher spec in CPU/GPU which again, for most gamers adds a couple to a few hundred overall to a quality build. TFS seems to imply the top 1% types. These people don't care about stories like this anyway.
I suppose the symptom of this problem is the obvious loads of cash they're making. Interesting global economic discussion aside, these profits should help them weather this unfortunate storm.
Charging isn't the only thing the cable does. When you want to sync those multi-GB's of pictures, music and videos or do an iTunes backup, you'll want the cable.
A few years ago when my kids were that age, Club Penguin, Webkins, Disney Channel and just a few others were all the rage. I fail to see how it takes months to come up with a white list. Dozens if sites would take all of a few minutes to type up. I also created email addresses for them on a domain I registered for our family and whitelisted all inbound email in an "OK List" for their accounts. Any email that was sent to them who's sender wasn't in that list got a bounce that stated "I'm sorry, I don't know you yet. Tell $childs_name to give your email address to her dad so she can get your mail". Otherwise, K9 Web Protection is free and works well for the www stuff. It's at least a good starting point.