But it makes me not want to buy a PS3! I know that they say that if they've made any impact that makes you remember it, they've succeeded, but at what point does it become negative?
I mean, decency standards aside, I could put an ad on TV of a donkey getting sodomized by a midget, and then splash a company name up there. My message? "You're an ass, and we're small, but you'll still take it in the butt!"
It's offensive to our sensibilities in almost every way, but you'll probably remember the company name, right? Will that make you buy the product or service?
Nothing sounds better to me than -current and -stable.
What about -useful? It boggles the mind that OpenBSD doesn't support IrDA or IPX!
How can you live with an OS that lacks these fundamental and necessary technologies in today's world? I mean, what about reading IR codes from VCR remotes? What if you want to play StarCraft with a person that is at an early patch level? These are important questions that need to be addressed!
Actually, yes. Nothing quite like sitting several rows back from third base and having to actually watch a baseball game to make sure you don't get a foul ball delivered to the upside of your head. Makes the game much more exciting to watch.
In response to the surge in amateur videos, some law enforcement agencies have installed cameras in squad cars to protect officers against false allegations.
Why exactly would amateur videos help create the false allegations? Are people doing a little post-production work on them before they go up online to show a closed fist hitting not once, but twice? If anything, I'd think that video in squad cars would reduce the possibility of police brutality, since the cops know that they are being recorded on video, and an allegedly beaten person can get that video.
From a cynic's point of view, "itsatrap" is proper for more situations than you might think. Any story even somewhat related to a government action, social program, corporation's product, or "press release" by anyone could get the "itsatrap" tag. That covers a lot of stories.
Sorry, I call bullshit. Namely, because of this part:
How can I determine the installation requirements for Cat 6 such as termination, minimum radius around corners, proximity to electrical devices (ballasts, wiring, etc.)?
The requirements for installation of Category 6 are essentially the same as the requirements for Category 5e. Installation practices are in the TIA-568-B.1 and TIA-569-A documents.
As long as you use hardware that is cat6 compliant, which has a small cost premium, you'll be fine.
The article doesn't say, but it is capable of "up to 50 devices spread up to 1,000 feet apart on a single network". Whatever that means. The advantage this has is that it is capable of multispectrum operation?
Seems kinda redundant, since most new houses are being run with cat6 cable. I guess it would be more useful for older houses where retrofitting would be a pain.
If you don't know anything about any of the candidates, you are reduced to guessing.
What I find interesting are some of the local county sheriff elections. For those in my area, all you get is the name, and close to nobody even knows who they are or where they stand on the issues. All you ever see are the signs in peoples' front yards.
But the interesting part is the way people seem to vote for them: a dead 50/50 split! Almost like they just picked one at random!
If YOU'RE too stupid to properly use encryption to keep yourself from being nailed by one of these fishing expeditions, then you probably shouldn't be downloading music off P2P.
To repeat, the only way they can "figure it out" is one of two ways:
1. You give them the real encryption key, or otherwise let them know you have a hidden volume for which they can demand the real one.
2. The RIAA's designated agent successfully cracks your encryption. With proper encryption, this will take them far longer than they are possibly able to commit. On the order of at least decades, at most beyond the estimated age of universe.
In short, if "they" figure it out, it is YOU that have fucked up.
The "outsourced techs" that were hired by your employer did it improperly. They just messed up; don't put the blame on non-existent shortcomings of Windows. Your spurious claim of their competence based on the sole evidence of their use of Filezilla and Putty is laughable. This, combined with the fact that your employer did not have YOU do the procedure, shows that you are ignorant in these matters.
Yes, hardware diagnostic software isn't all it could be. Unfortunately, we're pretty dependent on the actual hardware manufacturers for that, since they aren't all that eager to open up specifications. Fixing computer problems in tech support has some likeness to how a doctor treats illnesses and problems in people. Both have a set of symptoms that are exhibited, we don't know exactly how the hardware works, and there are tests that can be done. I'm sure tech support is still a lot easier than being a doctor, since not only the is the human body much more complex, there's that pesky human emotional element to deal with.
But we do have certain tools in Windows at our command that were missing from previous incarnations of the OS (Win9x/ME).
Generally, my first (and often last) stop if I suspect a hardware problem is the combination of Event Viewer and EventID.net. If there's an error, it may leave an event in the log, and using the information within it, you can usually search for exactly what the problem is. Often there will be multiple possible problems, but you can eliminate them. The log in Event Viewer may even be detailed enough that you can see the problem without even searching EventID.net. Failing that, I start updating drivers based on the symptoms. Network problems - network driver. Sound cutting out - sound card drivers. You'll install (hopefully new) drivers anyway in an OS reinstall. If new drivers don't work, I start swapping hardware, with the exception of the motherboard if I don't have the same model at hand.
The reason that I don't like just blowing away the OS is that it doesn't solve anything, unless it's Windows itself that has become corrupted, and in my experience it just doesn't happen that often anymore. Sure, back in the Win9x/WinME days it was horrible, but since Win2k and XP (albeit post SP1) it's just not that bad. The biggest thing I do to stop these problems is just be sure to buy quality hardware in the first place from a manufacturer that I know is reliable. Often this will mean spending a bit more, but it's worth it to not have to spend time on tech support.
Besides that, I use Firefox (or Opera) and I don't log on with admin privileges by default. I know it's purely anecdotal, but I've never had a Windows install just die or exhibit sub par stability on me when I follow these self imposed rules. Decent hardware, no Internet Explorer, no default admin rights.
Have you tried to continue using XP after a mobo change (with different chipsets)?
I'll admit that's my one exception. Every time I've tried, it hasn't worked for me either. If I replace a motherboard with a different model, I'll just reinstall Windows. I've never really taken the time to find out why; I guess I just assume there's something wacky during the Windows install that acclimates itself to the target motherboard.
It might be my anthropomorphizing of the computer. If an OS reinstall is like a lobotomy, and the CPU is the brain hardware, the motherboard brings everything together and constitutes the torso. Maybe since I've never even heard of a torso transplant before, my subconscious finds the prospect of carrying it out on a computer offensive? Nah, that's too weird.
Done properly, locked down Windows systems aren't that much of a hassle. The only bad obstacles are getting all those legacy and poorly written apps to run correctly, and getting user acceptance. Difficult, but not insurmountable. You definitely still have to drink the kool-aid, though.
"Reinstall Windows." Every single hardware enthusiast that has ever built their own machine does this before checking their hardware.
What? No. If a person actually does that, then that person is no hardware enthusiast. Your comment reduces the reinstall argument to absurdity, and if sincere, reveals an appalling ignorance of how to carry out basic troubleshooting.
I'd say that you're a troll, but your posting history says otherwise, so I can only assume that you're being serious. How sad.
Instead of opening up copyrights, perhaps a good use for a little chunk of that big bag of cash would be to use some sort of viable long term storage for backup snapshots. I don't mean a better backup tape. I mean something like etching the raw binary info onto metal (or whatever) plates nano-engineering style, or some sort of sturdy media that is potentially readable by an electron microscope. Properly contained, might it last for hundreds of millions of years?
Then take a snapshot of the entire archive, edits and all, every other decade or so and create these plates. It would never be used for restoring, except for probably two cases. One, something Really Bad happens here on Earth, and the survivors of that catastrophe might be able to read these plates after a few centuries or millenia when they get back on their feet. Or Two, millions of years later the human race is long gone and an alien civilization might find it while passing through. The equivalent of "The Human Race Was Here."
In short, any properly advanced intelligence with the right tools should be able to figure it out, given some time. And the knowledge, whatever purpose it will be used for, will not be lost. I imagine I'm oversimplifying, but it might be nice to have something like that.
Just wait until video recording devices owned by the populace are so pervasive that nearly every moment outside a politician's office and home are recorded and on public display. Maybe we'll be able to see those lesser known (and arguably more decent) candidates that don't have the huge monetary and party backing get a few more votes, or even win a few elections.
You see, I have already destroyed my creditworthiness completely. It's hardly a risk that someone will take my info and get any kind of loan or credit card based on them.
Security through financial obscurity, huh? I can dig it.
What happens if you ever want to actually get a loan, though?
Great, now I'm misusing terms. I meant CMS (Content Management System). All of this terminology is meaningless to users. We should get rid of all these acronyms.
I'll concede that having all those services in separate places and accessed in potentially vastly different ways increases complexity and raises the bar of entry for normal users. And yes, current people communicating on the web that are not familiar with the way the system works do not see the distinction between the their computer and the web. But likening it to an OS is a bit disingenuous. If you still need Windows, OS X or Linux to run the application, it is NOT an OS, and you are doing a disservice to your users by misusing the term. Just call it what it is, a CRM front-end.
I know that it's supposed to be some sort of unification thing where you have all your stuff in one place, including on the web. Why make it open source, though? Logically, it doesn't make sense. So you make an application that brings all these media services under one umbrella, and you make money off of it by providing the services to the user.
Most or all of Parakey will be open source, under a license similar to Firefox's. [...] "Although Ross plans to incorporate the talents and passions of the free-software community, he's building Parakey around a for-profit business model."
Others that want to use it themselves will offer their own services, and the unification aspect is now irrelevant because there is competition. The details of the license are not noted. Can others still download the source and use it? If not, where's the incentive to contribute? So a company can make money off people and not pay them? The only way I can see the system working is if there is no fragmentation or competition, and I just don't see it happening.
Why not just make an API that companies can design around when they make a web service? Then the company can release an extension to add access to their service through this program. Throw in drag and drop functions and some file organization to keep things uncluttered.
There are far too many details missing about all of this for me to take seriously. We need more facts on how it will work.
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But it makes me not want to buy a PS3! I know that they say that if they've made any impact that makes you remember it, they've succeeded, but at what point does it become negative?
I mean, decency standards aside, I could put an ad on TV of a donkey getting sodomized by a midget, and then splash a company name up there. My message? "You're an ass, and we're small, but you'll still take it in the butt!"
It's offensive to our sensibilities in almost every way, but you'll probably remember the company name, right? Will that make you buy the product or service?
Nothing sounds better to me than -current and -stable.
What about -useful? It boggles the mind that OpenBSD doesn't support IrDA or IPX!
How can you live with an OS that lacks these fundamental and necessary technologies in today's world? I mean, what about reading IR codes from VCR remotes? What if you want to play StarCraft with a person that is at an early patch level? These are important questions that need to be addressed!
Obligatory Penny-Arcade.
Actually, yes. Nothing quite like sitting several rows back from third base and having to actually watch a baseball game to make sure you don't get a foul ball delivered to the upside of your head. Makes the game much more exciting to watch.
In response to the surge in amateur videos, some law enforcement agencies have installed cameras in squad cars to protect officers against false allegations.
Why exactly would amateur videos help create the false allegations? Are people doing a little post-production work on them before they go up online to show a closed fist hitting not once, but twice? If anything, I'd think that video in squad cars would reduce the possibility of police brutality, since the cops know that they are being recorded on video, and an allegedly beaten person can get that video.
From a cynic's point of view, "itsatrap" is proper for more situations than you might think. Any story even somewhat related to a government action, social program, corporation's product, or "press release" by anyone could get the "itsatrap" tag. That covers a lot of stories.
The thing is, almost any story that even indirectly has something to do with a company or government has a valid application of the "itsatrap" tag.
Sorry, I call bullshit. Namely, because of this part:
How can I determine the installation requirements for Cat 6 such as termination, minimum radius around corners, proximity to electrical devices (ballasts, wiring, etc.)?
The requirements for installation of Category 6 are essentially the same as the requirements for Category 5e. Installation practices are in the TIA-568-B.1 and TIA-569-A documents.
As long as you use hardware that is cat6 compliant, which has a small cost premium, you'll be fine.
Too expensive for consumer use, which is what this is supposed to be for?
The article doesn't say, but it is capable of "up to 50 devices spread up to 1,000 feet apart on a single network". Whatever that means. The advantage this has is that it is capable of multispectrum operation?
Seems kinda redundant, since most new houses are being run with cat6 cable. I guess it would be more useful for older houses where retrofitting would be a pain.
What was wrong with gigabit ethernet?
Each run being limited to a length of 100 meters?
If you don't know anything about any of the candidates, you are reduced to guessing.
What I find interesting are some of the local county sheriff elections. For those in my area, all you get is the name, and close to nobody even knows who they are or where they stand on the issues. All you ever see are the signs in peoples' front yards.
But the interesting part is the way people seem to vote for them: a dead 50/50 split! Almost like they just picked one at random!
but if they DO figure it out, YOUR Screwed!
If YOU'RE too stupid to properly use encryption to keep yourself from being nailed by one of these fishing expeditions, then you probably shouldn't be downloading music off P2P.
To repeat, the only way they can "figure it out" is one of two ways:
1. You give them the real encryption key, or otherwise let them know you have a hidden volume for which they can demand the real one.
2. The RIAA's designated agent successfully cracks your encryption. With proper encryption, this will take them far longer than they are possibly able to commit. On the order of at least decades, at most beyond the estimated age of universe.
In short, if "they" figure it out, it is YOU that have fucked up.
The "outsourced techs" that were hired by your employer did it improperly. They just messed up; don't put the blame on non-existent shortcomings of Windows. Your spurious claim of their competence based on the sole evidence of their use of Filezilla and Putty is laughable. This, combined with the fact that your employer did not have YOU do the procedure, shows that you are ignorant in these matters.
Yes, hardware diagnostic software isn't all it could be. Unfortunately, we're pretty dependent on the actual hardware manufacturers for that, since they aren't all that eager to open up specifications. Fixing computer problems in tech support has some likeness to how a doctor treats illnesses and problems in people. Both have a set of symptoms that are exhibited, we don't know exactly how the hardware works, and there are tests that can be done. I'm sure tech support is still a lot easier than being a doctor, since not only the is the human body much more complex, there's that pesky human emotional element to deal with.
But we do have certain tools in Windows at our command that were missing from previous incarnations of the OS (Win9x/ME).
Generally, my first (and often last) stop if I suspect a hardware problem is the combination of Event Viewer and EventID.net. If there's an error, it may leave an event in the log, and using the information within it, you can usually search for exactly what the problem is. Often there will be multiple possible problems, but you can eliminate them. The log in Event Viewer may even be detailed enough that you can see the problem without even searching EventID.net. Failing that, I start updating drivers based on the symptoms. Network problems - network driver. Sound cutting out - sound card drivers. You'll install (hopefully new) drivers anyway in an OS reinstall. If new drivers don't work, I start swapping hardware, with the exception of the motherboard if I don't have the same model at hand.
The reason that I don't like just blowing away the OS is that it doesn't solve anything, unless it's Windows itself that has become corrupted, and in my experience it just doesn't happen that often anymore. Sure, back in the Win9x/WinME days it was horrible, but since Win2k and XP (albeit post SP1) it's just not that bad. The biggest thing I do to stop these problems is just be sure to buy quality hardware in the first place from a manufacturer that I know is reliable. Often this will mean spending a bit more, but it's worth it to not have to spend time on tech support.
Besides that, I use Firefox (or Opera) and I don't log on with admin privileges by default. I know it's purely anecdotal, but I've never had a Windows install just die or exhibit sub par stability on me when I follow these self imposed rules. Decent hardware, no Internet Explorer, no default admin rights.
Have you tried to continue using XP after a mobo change (with different chipsets)?
I'll admit that's my one exception. Every time I've tried, it hasn't worked for me either. If I replace a motherboard with a different model, I'll just reinstall Windows. I've never really taken the time to find out why; I guess I just assume there's something wacky during the Windows install that acclimates itself to the target motherboard.
It might be my anthropomorphizing of the computer. If an OS reinstall is like a lobotomy, and the CPU is the brain hardware, the motherboard brings everything together and constitutes the torso. Maybe since I've never even heard of a torso transplant before, my subconscious finds the prospect of carrying it out on a computer offensive? Nah, that's too weird.
My first step isn't QUITE to reinstall windows
Good. I'd nearly given up hope that slashdot posters actually try fixing stuff before just blowing stuff away. :)
Done properly, locked down Windows systems aren't that much of a hassle. The only bad obstacles are getting all those legacy and poorly written apps to run correctly, and getting user acceptance. Difficult, but not insurmountable. You definitely still have to drink the kool-aid, though.
"Reinstall Windows." Every single hardware enthusiast that has ever built their own machine does this before checking their hardware.
What? No. If a person actually does that, then that person is no hardware enthusiast. Your comment reduces the reinstall argument to absurdity, and if sincere, reveals an appalling ignorance of how to carry out basic troubleshooting.
I'd say that you're a troll, but your posting history says otherwise, so I can only assume that you're being serious. How sad.
Instead of opening up copyrights, perhaps a good use for a little chunk of that big bag of cash would be to use some sort of viable long term storage for backup snapshots. I don't mean a better backup tape. I mean something like etching the raw binary info onto metal (or whatever) plates nano-engineering style, or some sort of sturdy media that is potentially readable by an electron microscope. Properly contained, might it last for hundreds of millions of years?
Then take a snapshot of the entire archive, edits and all, every other decade or so and create these plates. It would never be used for restoring, except for probably two cases. One, something Really Bad happens here on Earth, and the survivors of that catastrophe might be able to read these plates after a few centuries or millenia when they get back on their feet. Or Two, millions of years later the human race is long gone and an alien civilization might find it while passing through. The equivalent of "The Human Race Was Here."
In short, any properly advanced intelligence with the right tools should be able to figure it out, given some time. And the knowledge, whatever purpose it will be used for, will not be lost. I imagine I'm oversimplifying, but it might be nice to have something like that.
To that, I can think to respond in only one way...
:-(
Just wait until video recording devices owned by the populace are so pervasive that nearly every moment outside a politician's office and home are recorded and on public display. Maybe we'll be able to see those lesser known (and arguably more decent) candidates that don't have the huge monetary and party backing get a few more votes, or even win a few elections.
You see, I have already destroyed my creditworthiness completely. It's hardly a risk that someone will take my info and get any kind of loan or credit card based on them.
Security through financial obscurity, huh? I can dig it.
What happens if you ever want to actually get a loan, though?
Just call it what it is, a CRM front-end.
Great, now I'm misusing terms. I meant CMS (Content Management System). All of this terminology is meaningless to users. We should get rid of all these acronyms.
I'll concede that having all those services in separate places and accessed in potentially vastly different ways increases complexity and raises the bar of entry for normal users. And yes, current people communicating on the web that are not familiar with the way the system works do not see the distinction between the their computer and the web. But likening it to an OS is a bit disingenuous. If you still need Windows, OS X or Linux to run the application, it is NOT an OS, and you are doing a disservice to your users by misusing the term. Just call it what it is, a CRM front-end.
I know that it's supposed to be some sort of unification thing where you have all your stuff in one place, including on the web. Why make it open source, though? Logically, it doesn't make sense. So you make an application that brings all these media services under one umbrella, and you make money off of it by providing the services to the user.
Most or all of Parakey will be open source, under a license similar to Firefox's. [...] "Although Ross plans to incorporate the talents and passions of the free-software community, he's building Parakey around a for-profit business model."
Others that want to use it themselves will offer their own services, and the unification aspect is now irrelevant because there is competition. The details of the license are not noted. Can others still download the source and use it? If not, where's the incentive to contribute? So a company can make money off people and not pay them? The only way I can see the system working is if there is no fragmentation or competition, and I just don't see it happening.
Why not just make an API that companies can design around when they make a web service? Then the company can release an extension to add access to their service through this program. Throw in drag and drop functions and some file organization to keep things uncluttered.
There are far too many details missing about all of this for me to take seriously. We need more facts on how it will work.