I am sure Vista is fine with the latest software, and for personal use. However, have you tried deploying Vista in an enterprise environment (or use older software for that matter)? Here is a small list of issues that have caused us to stop looking at Vista for a rollout:
1. Group Policy management (the move to admx files has caused numerous backwards compatibility issues) 2. The ever-growing winsxs folder. There is no way to shrink or compress it. 3. Try creating images with default software for imaging workstations due to #2. 4. In-house applications need to be recoded. 5. Minimum requirements for Vista would require a major purchase of machines to be able to run it. 6. Activation process fails ~1/3 of the time, even when trying to use an in-house key server. 7. Random core dumps on Dell Latitude laptop line (have had 8 of them do this), even with the latest drivers and firmware.
I saw an i7 motherboard/cpu combo for $534. The prices does seem to be coming down.
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I get the impression that the article author was not on the web then. I used ATT Worldnet back then and paid a monthly fee for unlimited dialup. I recall using Infoseek and Excite to search for information, as well as use IRC. My tinkering on the net back then launched my IT career. Can't say I ever used AOL...
Sprint seems to. My contracts ran out on two lines and I went shopping around. TMobile ended up with the best pricing, but no 3G and more expensive international calls. I told Sprint I planned on switching anyway, and they gave me 160 dollars of service credit on top of the 150 dollars for each line for phones. I then got 2 50 dollar mailin rebates with the phones I bought. Do the math and you can see that Sprint does shoot for retention now. Sprint used to have horrendous customer service. After speaking to some reps in the store, they apparently modified their bonus structure for call center people to push service over sales.
Mine doesn't cost more per month, but it did have a 199 install fee. However, I had issues with my antenna and they came out next day and upgraded me to a nice Motorola 2.4 dish antena. You are right, they are much more technically saavy when you call too...they even told me when my former Dlink router was running at half-duplex.
You may want to see if you still have any local ISP's. I get wireless internet for 49/mo with a free public IP address. They give me 5Mbps down and 2 up...and I really do get about that...even during thunderstorms. You may have local DSL, cable, or wireless ISP's that can beat the offers from the big companies.
This may explain their actions...look how much a BP officer is paid:
Q: What is the pay and benefits package? A: New agents are hired at the GL-5, GL-7 or GL-9 level depending on education and experience and are paid at a special salary rate for Federal law enforcement personnel. The base starting salary is GL-5 ($36,658), GL-7 ($41,729), and GL-9 ($46,542) grade levels, with excellent opportunity for overtime pay. In addition, you'll receive a uniform allowance of $1500.00 and an excellent Federal Government benefits package including life insurance, health insurance, liberal retirement benefits, and a thrift savings plan (401-K).
It is part of the US, it just doesn't belong to any state. It was designed to prevent any one state from having too much power by housing the federal government.
I prefer autodiscovery. When a new device comes up, I don't have to do anything. It magically is part of the correct groups, is graphing, and alerts are done without me lifing a finger. Much better than needing to connect to the box, editing the config files, and reloading the config.
I migrated from Nagios to OpenNMS/Hyperic and never looked back. Between the Hyperic agent and its granular statistics, and OpenNMS's alerting, mapping, and autodiscovery, I would never use Nagios in an enterprise environment again.
Not everywhere is restricted to DSL or cable. I use wireless internet and get speeds around 6 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up. It works quite well in thunderstorms and any other bad weather as well. Should I choose to switch providers, there are 3 wireless providers, 1 cable provider, and 1 DSL provider. However, it works well here as I am in the Rockies and it is easy for them to put up antenas on mountains so that most houses can be in range. There are places in the US with a few options.
Where I live, starting salary for a police officer is in the mid-20000s. You do get what you pay for. If you pay next to nothing, you are not attracting the best. Instead, you might end up with low paid people wielding power. How many in the Slashdot crowd would quit their jobs to be a police officer? It is a low paid profession, and therefore you get what you pay for.
China and Russia are big importers of oil from Iran. Does anyone think they will standby as we attack their oil source? Yes our economies are intertwined, but that probably wouldn't stop a country from protecting their oil source.
As I recall, the US military is also composed of private citizens, many of which are probably private gun owners themselves. Having a military comprised of private volunteers is probably a great deterrent against tyranny.
Well said. My time in the USAF recalls 1A*** aviators sending sensitive information from blackberries while on the flightline...completely in the clear. Just because SIPR and JWICS exist, does not mean that everyone uses them when they should. Human error is tough to guard against.
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I am sure Vista is fine with the latest software, and for personal use. However, have you tried deploying Vista in an enterprise environment (or use older software for that matter)? Here is a small list of issues that have caused us to stop looking at Vista for a rollout:
1. Group Policy management (the move to admx files has caused numerous backwards compatibility issues)
2. The ever-growing winsxs folder. There is no way to shrink or compress it.
3. Try creating images with default software for imaging workstations due to #2.
4. In-house applications need to be recoded.
5. Minimum requirements for Vista would require a major purchase of machines to be able to run it.
6. Activation process fails ~1/3 of the time, even when trying to use an in-house key server.
7. Random core dumps on Dell Latitude laptop line (have had 8 of them do this), even with the latest drivers and firmware.
There is an SR-71 on display at Hill AFB in Utah. I am sure there are others. Safe to say they are probably mostly decommissioned.
I saw an i7 motherboard/cpu combo for $534. The prices does seem to be coming down.
I get the impression that the article author was not on the web then. I used ATT Worldnet back then and paid a monthly fee for unlimited dialup. I recall using Infoseek and Excite to search for information, as well as use IRC. My tinkering on the net back then launched my IT career. Can't say I ever used AOL...
Sprint seems to. My contracts ran out on two lines and I went shopping around. TMobile ended up with the best pricing, but no 3G and more expensive international calls. I told Sprint I planned on switching anyway, and they gave me 160 dollars of service credit on top of the 150 dollars for each line for phones. I then got 2 50 dollar mailin rebates with the phones I bought. Do the math and you can see that Sprint does shoot for retention now. Sprint used to have horrendous customer service. After speaking to some reps in the store, they apparently modified their bonus structure for call center people to push service over sales.
Great...now NASA will have useless Gatling guns on space vehicles like in the movie Armageddon...
Mine doesn't cost more per month, but it did have a 199 install fee. However, I had issues with my antenna and they came out next day and upgraded me to a nice Motorola 2.4 dish antena. You are right, they are much more technically saavy when you call too...they even told me when my former Dlink router was running at half-duplex.
You may want to see if you still have any local ISP's. I get wireless internet for 49/mo with a free public IP address. They give me 5Mbps down and 2 up...and I really do get about that...even during thunderstorms. You may have local DSL, cable, or wireless ISP's that can beat the offers from the big companies.
The new version of rpm (4.6) shipped with Fedora 10 claims that it can handle packages over 2GB now. Does anyone have packages that big?
This may explain their actions...look how much a BP officer is paid:
Q: What is the pay and benefits package?
A: New agents are hired at the GL-5, GL-7 or GL-9 level depending on education and experience and are paid at a special salary rate for Federal law enforcement personnel. The base starting salary is GL-5 ($36,658), GL-7 ($41,729), and GL-9 ($46,542) grade levels, with excellent opportunity for overtime pay. In addition, you'll receive a uniform allowance of $1500.00 and an excellent Federal Government benefits package including life insurance, health insurance, liberal retirement benefits, and a thrift savings plan (401-K).
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/careers/customs_careers/border_careers/bp_agent/faqs_working_for_the_usbp.xml#PayandBenefits
It is part of the US, it just doesn't belong to any state. It was designed to prevent any one state from having too much power by housing the federal government.
so once again we'll inconvenience EVERYONE except the people who DO trade kitty porn.
"kitty porn"...won't anyone think of the cats?
I prefer autodiscovery. When a new device comes up, I don't have to do anything. It magically is part of the correct groups, is graphing, and alerts are done without me lifing a finger. Much better than needing to connect to the box, editing the config files, and reloading the config.
I migrated from Nagios to OpenNMS/Hyperic and never looked back. Between the Hyperic agent and its granular statistics, and OpenNMS's alerting, mapping, and autodiscovery, I would never use Nagios in an enterprise environment again.
Not everywhere is restricted to DSL or cable. I use wireless internet and get speeds around 6 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up. It works quite well in thunderstorms and any other bad weather as well. Should I choose to switch providers, there are 3 wireless providers, 1 cable provider, and 1 DSL provider. However, it works well here as I am in the Rockies and it is easy for them to put up antenas on mountains so that most houses can be in range. There are places in the US with a few options.
Almost thought the submitter was ok with an anal fee for a moment...
Do the editors not have spellchecks?
I knew us Americans were growing obese...but was this really necessary?
That would explain how they contort themselves in a non-human fashion...
Or even worse...after finishing off the processes, it goes after the kernel leading the whole thing.
Where I live, starting salary for a police officer is in the mid-20000s. You do get what you pay for. If you pay next to nothing, you are not attracting the best. Instead, you might end up with low paid people wielding power. How many in the Slashdot crowd would quit their jobs to be a police officer? It is a low paid profession, and therefore you get what you pay for.
China and Russia are big importers of oil from Iran. Does anyone think they will standby as we attack their oil source? Yes our economies are intertwined, but that probably wouldn't stop a country from protecting their oil source.
Will soldiers fire on their families and friends? The US military is not a bunch of single orphans.
As I recall, the US military is also composed of private citizens, many of which are probably private gun owners themselves. Having a military comprised of private volunteers is probably a great deterrent against tyranny.
That was my first thought as well..."hasn't this been done already?" I recall wasting quite a bit of time playing the flight sim in Excel 97.
Well said. My time in the USAF recalls 1A*** aviators sending sensitive information from blackberries while on the flightline...completely in the clear. Just because SIPR and JWICS exist, does not mean that everyone uses them when they should. Human error is tough to guard against.