Apple needs to implement a common blocking scheme. Maybe 10 wrong then wipe is too extreme for some users, but even Mac OSX respects 3 wrong then hide the input box for a delay.
That's true, but we're talking about Guberments and Militards. The folks that did Stuxnet don't have issues getting into your phone and the ability to do this has been around for years.
I don't know why you get all the hate. To repeat what others have already said, OP eliminated all common options. An unlimited number of disks in one location are a fire or flood or theft or whatever from being gone. I used to back up to a DVD and left a copy at work. Then it became more than a DVD and I stopped. Now I have about 100GB at Carbonite with a complete local copy at home. A true cloud backup like Carbonite or Mozy allows you to pick and choose what you backup up (prioritize) and will also throttle bandwidth (and you can turn it off when you chew through too much of your cap). Personally I bought a USB 3 2TB drive for swapping.
Either it's important enough to save with possibly some pain or you're willing to lose it. I also agree that if you can't be bothered to swap a disk at 50GB intervals then you're not serious about it.
You mean the factories that also produce for Acer, Amazon, Apple Inc., Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, Nintendo, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony, Toshiba, and Vizio? I do agree Apple is working hard but also has the time to ask for a third-party audit of working conditions, conduct 40 Foxconn audits since 2006 and 500 supply chain audits in the past five years.
The exerpt below is from an Apple audit of Foxconn back in 2006 when Apple used 15% of Foxconn's capacity. The biggest worker complaint was a lack of overtime during non-peak periods. I know I sound like a shill but the daylight savings time change makes me cranky. And I wonder about someone like this who is spewing vitriol because of their concern for human rights knows the supply chain for the products they own, starting with the low-tech hanging in the closet and ending with the high-tech electronics REEs.
Like many of you, we were concerned by reports in the press a few weeks ago alleging poor working and living conditions at a manufacturing facility in China where iPods are assembled. Our Supplier Code of Conduct mandates that suppliers of Apple products follow specific rules designed to safeguard human rights, worker health and safety, and the environment. We take any deviation from these rules very seriously.
In response to the allegations, we immediately dispatched an audit team comprised of members from our human resources, legal and operations groups to carry out a thorough investigation of the conditions at the manufacturing site.
I agree because it's a compliment, and I'll also say it's true the other way around. ATV2 is my media center and everything else is an accessory to it. iTunes and all my iOS devices can play to it, and it can pull media from iTunes, my PC/Mac, NAS or Internet. I don't buy / rent movies or TV shows, but we stream lots 'o Netfix and some YouTube. The screensaver is my photos stored on the Internet. HMDI / Optical audio out. Wireless. Plug and Play. And there's a bunch more stuff I don't use. The kids can use it and it has parental controls. Yeah, I sound like a shill but it exceedeed my expectations after dealing with a crappy Iomega solution and junky interfaces built into DVD players.
You'll find that when a device is designed without something, either the manufacturer or third parties first find a way to work around it then design their solutions for it.
But hey if you want to add to the cost and complexity of every device, and reduce the battery life, as well as require an AP for them to work, sure let's go all 802.11.
You're assuming it doesn't already have 802.11. If the choice is USB only then I'll pass. In your world you claim a device cannot have both without adding to cost, complexity, low battery life, etc. Duh.
If that were your drive, we could have your personal information sitting on a shelf for years, waiting for someone to access it. While this didn't happen to me, a friend of mine was asked to peruse the hard drive of a terminated employee, and what she found led to criminal charges being filed against the ex employee. Not saying you would do anything illegal, but never put yourself in a situation where someone else has unlimited and unrestricted access to your personal data.
Very true. (And to me) more importantly if the laptop has HIPAA on it and the temporary images don't follow HIPAA rules you are personally liable. You, OP, will pay the fines out of your pocket. And that may prove difficult without a job.
Um. OK. I'll mention that to my co-worker that got malware from The Druge Report. I should have told him to not install malware. Sheesh.
Frankly if my employer would fire someone over using a company laptop for personal use then I would know they don't value their employees and I would move on. (Posting from company laptop)
Your company appreciates your position and depending on their policies will take you up on that.
Holy jebus. You should be embarrased to post that in what used to be technical forum. A laptop in possession of a trustworthy employee governed by policy is not losing physical control. It's not your resource to do what you please and you don't manage it. You also didn't build and tweak it so don't assume the things that work on yours will work at it. The company will have policies on what's appropriate ranging from "no personal use" to "occasional use" to "go forth and surf". The OP didn't mention what the policies and so this entire thread will be a flame war. The rest of what you say is so obvious as to be insulting. Except the last paragraph which is dangerously naive. Any decent IT shop will evaulate the risks before rolling out a patch just because it's Tuesday. It might not be necessary at all.
Just because the OP has no self-control to 'not browse the internet' that doesn't mean his company has to assume the cost and risk of him doing so.
Prejudice: An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts.
Facts, or better, google hits:
ie.crashes -> 27800000 results
chrome.crashes -> 35000000 results
ff.crashes -> 4.740.000 firefox.crashes ->1.810.000
So, according to Google itself, IE IS crashy, Chrome IS crashier.
Release Year:
1995 - IE
2003 - FF
2008 - Chrome
Also, the Chrome folks have to be better with numbers to figure out what verion they're using while FF users only need to add 1 to their version number every few months. IE users don't get to use numbers much. When they copy their IE version into a support incident, the only real decision they need to make is yes or no to leave a large amount of data on the clipboard when finished.
In your prejudice, did you mean computers, laptops, smartphones, media players, tablets, and online music sale/rental stores? Or were you referring to Apple's products specifically?
My other snarky comment is that assuming your statement is directed at Apple and it's true, they do a bang-up job of making things people want.
$175,587 for a study on the link between cocaine and the mating habits of quail
$765,828 to subsidize a “pancakes for yuppies” program in Washington, D.C.
Hey, where can I get some of those pancakes?
The coked-out mating quails are using them like a papasan chair. No thanks.
...$0.01/song, you should be able to cover your bandwidth costs.
Considering the music industry, why should he make more than the artist?:rimshot:
Realistically, bandwidth is going to be the main cost for a business model like this. If you're streaming 10TB+ per month and can't cover the bandwidth based on your existing revenue, you won't be able to scale this up and make much profit, either.
Well played, sir. You beat me to it. He's solving the wrong problem.
So they'll be forced to write their own client applications to do the streaming, rather than banking on browser developers to do all that work AND support their (inevitably) failed DRM schemes for them.
I wouldn't mind the generater noise if they gave me a tap into it. Power goes out, my lights stay on. And I agree with an earlier post. Having grown up in the Midwest, the summer the lawnmowing starts early and ends late. Leaf blowers and edgers are the worst. Then the winter snow-blowers. I know... First world problems.
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Apple needs to implement a common blocking scheme. Maybe 10 wrong then wipe is too extreme for some users, but even Mac OSX respects 3 wrong then hide the input box for a delay.
They do.
That's true, but we're talking about Guberments and Militards. The folks that did Stuxnet don't have issues getting into your phone and the ability to do this has been around for years.
I don't know why you get all the hate. To repeat what others have already said, OP eliminated all common options. An unlimited number of disks in one location are a fire or flood or theft or whatever from being gone. I used to back up to a DVD and left a copy at work. Then it became more than a DVD and I stopped. Now I have about 100GB at Carbonite with a complete local copy at home. A true cloud backup like Carbonite or Mozy allows you to pick and choose what you backup up (prioritize) and will also throttle bandwidth (and you can turn it off when you chew through too much of your cap). Personally I bought a USB 3 2TB drive for swapping.
Either it's important enough to save with possibly some pain or you're willing to lose it. I also agree that if you can't be bothered to swap a disk at 50GB intervals then you're not serious about it.
So you're saying that if you are served a subpoena you won't comply? Better lawyer up!
You mean the factories that also produce for Acer, Amazon, Apple Inc., Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, Nintendo, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony, Toshiba, and Vizio? I do agree Apple is working hard but also has the time to ask for a third-party audit of working conditions, conduct 40 Foxconn audits since 2006 and 500 supply chain audits in the past five years.
The exerpt below is from an Apple audit of Foxconn back in 2006 when Apple used 15% of Foxconn's capacity. The biggest worker complaint was a lack of overtime during non-peak periods. I know I sound like a shill but the daylight savings time change makes me cranky. And I wonder about someone like this who is spewing vitriol because of their concern for human rights knows the supply chain for the products they own, starting with the low-tech hanging in the closet and ending with the high-tech electronics REEs.
Like many of you, we were concerned by reports in the press a few weeks ago alleging poor working and living conditions at a manufacturing facility in China where iPods are assembled. Our Supplier Code of Conduct mandates that suppliers of Apple products follow specific rules designed to safeguard human rights, worker health and safety, and the environment. We take any deviation from these rules very seriously.
In response to the allegations, we immediately dispatched an audit team comprised of members from our human resources, legal and operations groups to carry out a thorough investigation of the conditions at the manufacturing site.
Yadda yadda yadda.
They haven't made a "spectacular product" yet, you must have a low "spectacular" threshold
That's an embarrasing statement in what used to be a technical forum. So instead of FUD, enlighten us with your spectacular product list.
The only thing wrong with Austin is that it’s surrounded by Texas.
In much the same way that an insane asylum is surrounded by guards, to keep the crazy contained.
Yeah, but in your example the crazy don't want to get out.
The part he made up.
Actually, that's just their commute.
I agree because it's a compliment, and I'll also say it's true the other way around. ATV2 is my media center and everything else is an accessory to it. iTunes and all my iOS devices can play to it, and it can pull media from iTunes, my PC/Mac, NAS or Internet. I don't buy / rent movies or TV shows, but we stream lots 'o Netfix and some YouTube. The screensaver is my photos stored on the Internet. HMDI / Optical audio out. Wireless. Plug and Play. And there's a bunch more stuff I don't use. The kids can use it and it has parental controls. Yeah, I sound like a shill but it exceedeed my expectations after dealing with a crappy Iomega solution and junky interfaces built into DVD players.
You'll find that when a device is designed without something, either the manufacturer or third parties first find a way to work around it then design their solutions for it.
But hey if you want to add to the cost and complexity of every device, and reduce the battery life, as well as require an AP for them to work, sure let's go all 802.11.
You're assuming it doesn't already have 802.11. If the choice is USB only then I'll pass. In your world you claim a device cannot have both without adding to cost, complexity, low battery life, etc. Duh.
If that were your drive, we could have your personal information sitting on a shelf for years, waiting for someone to access it. While this didn't happen to me, a friend of mine was asked to peruse the hard drive of a terminated employee, and what she found led to criminal charges being filed against the ex employee. Not saying you would do anything illegal, but never put yourself in a situation where someone else has unlimited and unrestricted access to your personal data.
Very true. (And to me) more importantly if the laptop has HIPAA on it and the temporary images don't follow HIPAA rules you are personally liable. You, OP, will pay the fines out of your pocket. And that may prove difficult without a job.
shitcanned for being a lazy cunt
What made you think I was lazy?
If that was directed at me I'm not sure the first and only thing I would disagree with is being lazy.
Just dont install any trojans or malware.
Um. OK. I'll mention that to my co-worker that got malware from The Druge Report. I should have told him to not install malware. Sheesh.
Frankly if my employer would fire someone over using a company laptop for personal use then I would know they don't value their employees and I would move on. (Posting from company laptop)
Your company appreciates your position and depending on their policies will take you up on that.
Agreed. Someone has to say it: First world problems.
Posting as AC is good when you don't understand the discussion.
Holy jebus. You should be embarrased to post that in what used to be technical forum. A laptop in possession of a trustworthy employee governed by policy is not losing physical control. It's not your resource to do what you please and you don't manage it. You also didn't build and tweak it so don't assume the things that work on yours will work at it. The company will have policies on what's appropriate ranging from "no personal use" to "occasional use" to "go forth and surf". The OP didn't mention what the policies and so this entire thread will be a flame war. The rest of what you say is so obvious as to be insulting. Except the last paragraph which is dangerously naive. Any decent IT shop will evaulate the risks before rolling out a patch just because it's Tuesday. It might not be necessary at all.
Just because the OP has no self-control to 'not browse the internet' that doesn't mean his company has to assume the cost and risk of him doing so.
Prejudice: An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts.
Facts, or better, google hits: ie.crashes -> 27800000 results chrome.crashes -> 35000000 results ff.crashes -> 4.740.000 firefox.crashes ->1.810.000
So, according to Google itself, IE IS crashy, Chrome IS crashier.
Release Year:
1995 - IE
2003 - FF
2008 - Chrome
Also, the Chrome folks have to be better with numbers to figure out what verion they're using while FF users only need to add 1 to their version number every few months. IE users don't get to use numbers much. When they copy their IE version into a support incident, the only real decision they need to make is yes or no to leave a large amount of data on the clipboard when finished.
That makes nothing you need.
In your prejudice, did you mean computers, laptops, smartphones, media players, tablets, and online music sale/rental stores? Or were you referring to Apple's products specifically? My other snarky comment is that assuming your statement is directed at Apple and it's true, they do a bang-up job of making things people want.
But what is the alternative?
Dismantle NASA.
$175,587 for a study on the link between cocaine and the mating habits of quail
$765,828 to subsidize a “pancakes for yuppies” program in Washington, D.C.
Hey, where can I get some of those pancakes?
The coked-out mating quails are using them like a papasan chair. No thanks.
...$0.01/song, you should be able to cover your bandwidth costs.
Considering the music industry, why should he make more than the artist? :rimshot:
Realistically, bandwidth is going to be the main cost for a business model like this. If you're streaming 10TB+ per month and can't cover the bandwidth based on your existing revenue, you won't be able to scale this up and make much profit, either.
Well played, sir. You beat me to it. He's solving the wrong problem.
And?
So they'll be forced to write their own client applications to do the streaming, rather than banking on browser developers to do all that work AND support their (inevitably) failed DRM schemes for them.
Um, yes.
You just nweed to type dcarefullyand reiveiw.
I wouldn't mind the generater noise if they gave me a tap into it. Power goes out, my lights stay on. And I agree with an earlier post. Having grown up in the Midwest, the summer the lawnmowing starts early and ends late. Leaf blowers and edgers are the worst. Then the winter snow-blowers. I know... First world problems.