Yes, IIS is on the rise, but the submission fails to mention that the number of Apache Web servers still far outpaces all other Web server packages -- Apache is still almost double the number of IIS Web servers.
This sounds completely tongue-in-cheek; it's totally a serious question. What if you have spreadsheets stored in a database? Would that pass muster for audits and reviews?
I know that the parent post is 'tongue-in-cheek', but in all seriousness I think you'll find that both most corporations and most home users run as the Administrator. Many don't even know it.
No. The author hits the issue right on the head. The challenge is interoperability. Sure, sit a computer novice down in front of a Linux PC, and if it's the first technology/OS that they learn, they'll probably be able to send and receive e-mail, surf the Web, and create a simple document or spreadsheet. Great.
The challenge with Linux is that you can't easily deal with document interchange. Yes, I've used OpenOffice.org for years now. I'm sorry, but there are still challenges between opening a *.doc file in OpenOffice.org that your 'average' computer user may not be able to overcome.
The burden for overcoming this challenge, IMHO, seems to be placed on the shoulders of GNU/Linux mainly because they're viewed as the 'outsider' technology (meaning in the minority). Not, that's not fair, but what the heck is?
Apple's laptops are assembled somewhere over there (don't recall if it's Taiwan or the main land) and they're good quality.
Actually, that's not correct. While 9 of the top 10 PC retailers do use components made in China by Chinese companies, Apple is the 1 of 10 that doesn't. Oh, I think that you're right about the 'good quality' part.
From the post, Zonk editorializes that "There just has to be better uses of our intelligence community's time."
This concern was well documented as part of the CFIUS review done when the purchase by Lenovo was being considered by the Government (e.g., prior to approval). Think about it this way; hey, the Chinese Government knows that the U.S. Government is going to buy a ton of Lenovo laptop computers. Ahh-so, maybe re can insert some microcode that will arrow us to spy on zee Americans!
OK, I'm going to Hell for that overly sarcastic, racist stereotypical statement, but you see where I'm going, right? The U.S. intelligence community must take the time to investigate the issue. That's only being responsible.
Exactly. People are way too dumb to detect all but the cheesiest phishing e-mails and Web sites. How are people supposed to be masters of the technical knowledge required to detect a phishing attempt? Most of them are way too clueless about computers overall. IT security is ridiculously obscure to the average user; don't even get me started on things like phishing! engagebot said it best when he stated this in his response to this article:
I've had support calls here at the *hospital* from *doctors* who are trying to 'log in' to their computer in the Address Bar of IE.
The parent poster is correct! I have been using OpenOffice.org religiously for 3 years now, and none of my Microsoft Office-only coworkers have noticed at all.
However, I work on a customer account that uses a highly customized and programmed Excel spreadsheet to compute risk assessment values (a numerical scoring). I'm sure that this thing could be rewritten to work with OpenOffice.org, but my customer isn't really interested in doing that. So, I have to keep Excel and use it on just that one spreadsheet when I need to make edits.
Microsoft tops UNIX in sales. This doesn't mean that there are more Microsoft servers than UNIX.
It might mean that UNIX systems are much more stable and powerful, and that owners of UNIX systems don't need to buy more systems to support their applications. UNIX already handles it!
I have used most all the popular job Web sites out there today. I take care to indicate that I do not desire any temporary or contract work.
However, I bet I've been contacted about the same AT&T job 35 times in the last year. Yes, my resume contains all the buzzwords that match what AT&T is looking for -- but I am simply not interested because it is a 6-12 month contract.
Job sites become much less valuable if recruiters are only going to scrape your text-based resume for keywords and not take your preferences into consideration!
As has always been the case, in IT security, physical access to a system is everything. I'd state with relative certainty that any security control is heavily mitigated if a malicious user has physical access to the system.
I think the sensational part of this story is that lots of people use iPods at work and that they've typically been viewed as innocuous devices. Clearly, similar threats are presented by portable USB drives, cell phones with built-in cameras, Bluetooth devices, Web cameras, etc.
Mainly because this poor woman (note: making the assumption of total innocence) is going to have to hire a lawyer, deal with this crap on her offtime or maybe even take off time from work in order to deal with this crap.
I hope she files suit against the RIAA and sues them for her lawyer fees, etc.
Well, my company already pays to furnish my office, and they provide me with a phone, while also reimbursing me for my cable modem. Any increment in cost due to tiered Internet access services will have to be paid for in order to me to continue to have the access required to do my job, which means they'll have to pay up.
This is going to bite companies in the butt, as they push more and more people to work from home. So instead of my paying $49.99/month for cable modem access, I'm gonna be charged $99.99/month for my 'gold tier' service? I'm sure my company isn't going to pay for that shit.
Great, now I'll have to try and itemize my Internet usage? Great...
Now, you know that won't happen. That was a carefully written statement you quoted. What's left unsaid is that Firefox had all these features first. Again, Microsoft isn't going to admit that in any kind of written form.
As has been said several times in posts here, the really sad part is that a lot of people will adopt IE7 (mainly because Microsoft's EOL/EOS update cycle will force them to do so), never knowing about the alternatives.
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Yeah, that Nigerian money scam is just the tip of the iceberg... Now all the 3rd world countries can get on the game!
Yes, IIS is on the rise, but the submission fails to mention that the number of Apache Web servers still far outpaces all other Web server packages -- Apache is still almost double the number of IIS Web servers.
Yeah, I'd hit it (said the Troll)...
This sounds completely tongue-in-cheek; it's totally a serious question. What if you have spreadsheets stored in a database? Would that pass muster for audits and reviews?
Picasa for Linux uses Wine internally; this shows a bit in the interface, but it works even better than we had hoped.
I wonder why Google hasn't embraced Eclipse so that they can code once for Windows and Linux (and Mac)?
My previous post was supposed to be funny. :-)
I know that the parent post is 'tongue-in-cheek', but in all seriousness I think you'll find that both most corporations and most home users run as the Administrator. Many don't even know it.
I agree. I haven't done any research, but I wonder if there's a standard, acceptable method to reference a blog in a bibliography, etc.?
Is there an e-mail options check box to disable routing though AT&T's networks? Screen shots welcome...
Can Ordinary PC Users Ditch Windows for Linux?>
No. The author hits the issue right on the head. The challenge is interoperability. Sure, sit a computer novice down in front of a Linux PC, and if it's the first technology/OS that they learn, they'll probably be able to send and receive e-mail, surf the Web, and create a simple document or spreadsheet. Great.
The challenge with Linux is that you can't easily deal with document interchange. Yes, I've used OpenOffice.org for years now. I'm sorry, but there are still challenges between opening a *.doc file in OpenOffice.org that your 'average' computer user may not be able to overcome.
The burden for overcoming this challenge, IMHO, seems to be placed on the shoulders of GNU/Linux mainly because they're viewed as the 'outsider' technology (meaning in the minority). Not, that's not fair, but what the heck is?
This happens to me all the time on my Ubuntu box, but not on Windows...
Apple's laptops are assembled somewhere over there (don't recall if it's Taiwan or the main land) and they're good quality.
Actually, that's not correct. While 9 of the top 10 PC retailers do use components made in China by Chinese companies, Apple is the 1 of 10 that doesn't. Oh, I think that you're right about the 'good quality' part.
I knew I wouldn't be the only one to catch this. What a dumbass. This cat should've been prevented from taking the course as a matter of principle.
Well said, weiserfireman.
From the post, Zonk editorializes that "There just has to be better uses of our intelligence community's time."
This concern was well documented as part of the CFIUS review done when the purchase by Lenovo was being considered by the Government (e.g., prior to approval). Think about it this way; hey, the Chinese Government knows that the U.S. Government is going to buy a ton of Lenovo laptop computers. Ahh-so, maybe re can insert some microcode that will arrow us to spy on zee Americans!
OK, I'm going to Hell for that overly sarcastic, racist stereotypical statement, but you see where I'm going, right? The U.S. intelligence community must take the time to investigate the issue. That's only being responsible.
Exactly. People are way too dumb to detect all but the cheesiest phishing e-mails and Web sites. How are people supposed to be masters of the technical knowledge required to detect a phishing attempt? Most of them are way too clueless about computers overall. IT security is ridiculously obscure to the average user; don't even get me started on things like phishing! engagebot said it best when he stated this in his response to this article:
I've had support calls here at the *hospital* from *doctors* who are trying to 'log in' to their computer in the Address Bar of IE.
The parent poster is correct! I have been using OpenOffice.org religiously for 3 years now, and none of my Microsoft Office-only coworkers have noticed at all.
However, I work on a customer account that uses a highly customized and programmed Excel spreadsheet to compute risk assessment values (a numerical scoring). I'm sure that this thing could be rewritten to work with OpenOffice.org, but my customer isn't really interested in doing that. So, I have to keep Excel and use it on just that one spreadsheet when I need to make edits.
Microsoft tops UNIX in sales. This doesn't mean that there are more Microsoft servers than UNIX.
It might mean that UNIX systems are much more stable and powerful, and that owners of UNIX systems don't need to buy more systems to support their applications. UNIX already handles it!
/didn't RTFA
I have used most all the popular job Web sites out there today. I take care to indicate that I do not desire any temporary or contract work.
However, I bet I've been contacted about the same AT&T job 35 times in the last year. Yes, my resume contains all the buzzwords that match what AT&T is looking for -- but I am simply not interested because it is a 6-12 month contract.
Job sites become much less valuable if recruiters are only going to scrape your text-based resume for keywords and not take your preferences into consideration!
As has always been the case, in IT security, physical access to a system is everything. I'd state with relative certainty that any security control is heavily mitigated if a malicious user has physical access to the system.
I think the sensational part of this story is that lots of people use iPods at work and that they've typically been viewed as innocuous devices. Clearly, similar threats are presented by portable USB drives, cell phones with built-in cameras, Bluetooth devices, Web cameras, etc.
Seriously, somebody queue up Ric Romero from Fark...
/troll, I don't care.
Mainly because this poor woman (note: making the assumption of total innocence) is going to have to hire a lawyer, deal with this crap on her offtime or maybe even take off time from work in order to deal with this crap.
I hope she files suit against the RIAA and sues them for her lawyer fees, etc.
Well, my company already pays to furnish my office, and they provide me with a phone, while also reimbursing me for my cable modem. Any increment in cost due to tiered Internet access services will have to be paid for in order to me to continue to have the access required to do my job, which means they'll have to pay up.
I wouldn't call that "freaking out".
This is going to bite companies in the butt, as they push more and more people to work from home. So instead of my paying $49.99/month for cable modem access, I'm gonna be charged $99.99/month for my 'gold tier' service? I'm sure my company isn't going to pay for that shit.
Great, now I'll have to try and itemize my Internet usage? Great...
Now, you know that won't happen. That was a carefully written statement you quoted. What's left unsaid is that Firefox had all these features first. Again, Microsoft isn't going to admit that in any kind of written form.
As has been said several times in posts here, the really sad part is that a lot of people will adopt IE7 (mainly because Microsoft's EOL/EOS update cycle will force them to do so), never knowing about the alternatives.
Disclaimer: I'm a privacy advocate. Is it not true that the illegality of the NSA's wiretapping is still being debated?