I used to work for the International Computer Security Association, now TruSecure. Go to the Labs, Anti-Virus links to find certified products. They do AV Software testing. I've seen how the testing labs are run and read the certification requirements (very stringent). If a product earns an ICSA certification, it's as good as the rest of the certified products. Everything else between certified brands of AV products is just user oriented bells and whistles.
I buy the cheapest ICSA certified AV product I can find because I know it's as protective as the more expensive ones.
I pre-apologize for any stereotypical statements I make here.
The typical 'Redneck' is assumed to not be able to afford a PC. I guess this puts it in their price range. In turn, the 'Redneck' enhances their intelligent thoughts by using these and starts using them PCs in their Roadkill Cafe' business ventures. MS and the BSA tries to come in and 'audit' their software......
How fast do you think the shotguns would come out (owners AND patrons) telling MS/BSA to '...back off Billy!'
The 'Rednecks' WILL stand up for themselves, guaranteed.
But then you won't be present for all the useless meetings.....
At least that's the mindset where I work. Please TRY to convince the management where I work that this is a viable alternative.
As a programmer, I can connect to the network at work via a VPN that has already been established for remote offices. However, I need to drive the 45 minutes each way to sit at a desk and do the same stuff I can do from home. Heck, they don't even think the programmers should get a laptop. Instead, we take notes at meetings and use our desktop computers to provide the answers afterwards.
all that trouble every few months just to save $100 in up front costs
Every few months??? Try once a month. And that's even on normal/economy printing. I don't just print e-mails. Among other things, I also print companion albums of my digital photos when I burn them on CD. I'm not so stupid that I will buy $600 worth of ink cartridges per year when I can take 10-20 minutes a month to refill them at a rate of about $100/year. And that's including replacement carts after about 5 refills.
We were ALWAYS checking the condition of our equipment that would never get used between check intervals (weekly). I figured all Army equipment mearly dissolved to nothing in free air if left alone.
That's never been an issue. There are people at work who know how I log onto the network. I even challenged them to try to log in using their choice of items on and in my desk, office, pockets, wallet. Of course, I ended up having to ask IT to reset my password (in person) so I could change it after the failed attempts.
The nice thing about technology is that in most cases, some people carry at least a half dozen or more acceptable bar codes with them without even knowing it. Have you ever gone shopping lately? Some stores now print bar codes on their receipts. These are useful sources of barcodes. The supply of barcodes change frequently. Don't forget the barcodes on the books on your bookshelf, software CDs, music CDs, UPS slips, boxes with shipping labels, etc.
My point is, there's far too many to try for someone to try and get it right. A major deterrent for those attempting to get in. Because after hours, it's 5 times and your done.
That's an understandable perception and theoretically will work. Consider this enlightenment and not a flame.
Current FM radio modulates the signal above and below the designated carrier frequency. Therefore a 20Khz signal (peak of human hearing) will modulate a 95.3MHz carrier between 95.28 and 95.32MHz. IIRC the full 40Khz deviation accounts for both channels of a stereo broadcast.
There's additional use for Broadcast radio. I forget where I saw it, but I believe there is an offset from the designated frequency to place a mono only 20Khz band away from the stereo part of the transmission for mono FM radios to pick up properly. This may however be an outdated use of the extra bandwidth.
Additional bandwidth can be used for other data/audio signals to be carried independent of the main broadcast for Broadcast FM plus 'padding' between stations.
I use a dissected CueCat for password entry. It allows me to use any bar code found on snack food, coupons, product ID's, etc. as a random sequence of alphanumeric characters of significant length. All I need to do is remember where I kept, stored, tucked, stuck, shoved the item with the code on it, scan it, and I'm logged onto the company network.
People may find a myriad of scannable codes on or near my desk at any given time. The trick is to know which one it is unless I carry it with me. Five attempts at a wrong password locks out the account. Due to the significant amount of digits, the IT department STILL has yet to crack my password using their cracking tools.
We're required (forced) to change our passwords at regular intervals. Since I've been scanning things, I have not found that an inconvenience.
I'm not going to address the 'wiretapping' issue in this post. I'm mostly opposed to it for censorship reasons.
However, I do favor a.kids.us domain simply for an easy to select group of online entertainment for children. Makes it "REALLY" easy to filter at the firewall level. This new domain simply could not and will not help with instant messaging, but not all children use it (believe it or not).
Some children simply want to play the games offered by current kids web sites. Maybe some of the mismatched banner ads could disappear from current 'children' web sites. I saw a nickjr.com page that popped up an ad for new Ford trucks. WTF??? Talk about poor target marketing. Why not just make it a Casino ad instead.
I have a hard time envisioning doubleclick.kids.us. However, if they pop up koolaid ads or something, I wouldn't be 'nearly' as disappointed.
It won't be long now until Ron Popeil has an infomercial for the:
AutoTrapp (extra 'p' for a catchy name)
Along with a has-been or no-name actress and a paid audience with great clapping ability, you too can find out how you can get this remarkable device (which also cleans vinyl records) for,
Not $3000, not $2000, not even $1000, but for 4 easy payments of $99.95 (plus $78.34 S/H)
If I had Moderator status right now, I'd hope for a [+0 uummmm....] moderator rating
You provide an interesting point. SHOULD the bill become law, 'media resamplers' might become a fast moving market and hopefully leave the RIAA with their pants down around their ankles.
However, on the flip side, I don't think I want to open that Pandora's Box. I'd rather not see the bill pass at all.
I owned an iPaq 3765, up until the time I tried expanding it.
I wanted to 'go mobile' this year. So, with the iPaq (which I bought at $500), I bought a PCMCIA adaptor (which greatly thickens the handheld) for $100 used (Retails for $149) so I could use my PCMCIA Ethernet card. Well, when I got it, I found out that it doesn't support ALL PCMCIA ethernet cards. So I would have had to buy another one. The supported cards cost in excess of $100. That would have totaled $700, just to attempt to surf the net from my easy chair. Add an additional amount for a wireless card and access point for true mobility.
I sold it all to someone at work and got 100% back on my investment ($600).
Took the money, bought a developer's version of the Zaurus @ $399, a CF Ethernet card for $100, AND a 64MB MMC memory card for $75 and I was 'going mobile' so to speak from my easy chair. I even had plenty of room to DL files off of MP3.com or IUMA. The remaining $25 went to a good meal at a local restaurant.
The apps sync fine on my Win98 setup at work. The Sync button even works as it should IF USING THE Intellisync Software. I haven't tested the other sync software that came with it.
As for the amount of apps, give it time. The first Palm apps were few and far between when it appeared on the market. The Zaurus has a Java VM and you can write/compile Java apps right on the Zaurus. There's plenty of Java stuff to tinker with.
"but i cant see how it will ever be standard on the desktop."
12 years ago, I sold Amiga computers that boasted full color GUI interfaces for the OS.
There were many "IBM Users" with EGA and DOS Shell coming in saying things like: "Well..... I don't need THAT!"
These same kind of people come in years later with the "Hey, look what I can do with my computer" attitude when Windows becomes popular. You Mac users know what I'm talking about.
There will be the 'killer app' for this technology before you know it. It just might not be anything any of us can think of right now. I personally forsee 3D TV. The computer desktop is slowly becoming a media center anyway.
Some of us simply can't afford to be buying upgrades to our OS every 18 months. I personally like to put those monies into routine hardware upgrades.
If you want the OSS stuff to come around quicker, pick up GCC and start contributing. Help is always welcome. I for one wish I had the time to do that myself. Instead, I try to contribute a little time/money to existing OSS projects when I can. I feel it's a well spent investment.
Also, if KDE seems to crash on you all the time (even though I've never had it crash on me since I actively started using it over a year ago), try Gnome, Sawfish, WM or their variants. At least you are offered the choice.
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AVG is ICSA Certified. Period.
I used to work for the International Computer Security Association, now TruSecure. Go to the Labs, Anti-Virus links to find certified products. They do AV Software testing. I've seen how the testing labs are run and read the certification requirements (very stringent). If a product earns an ICSA certification, it's as good as the rest of the certified products. Everything else between certified brands of AV products is just user oriented bells and whistles.
I buy the cheapest ICSA certified AV product I can find because I know it's as protective as the more expensive ones.
I pre-apologize for any stereotypical statements I make here.
The typical 'Redneck' is assumed to not be able to afford a PC. I guess this puts it in their price range.
In turn, the 'Redneck' enhances their intelligent thoughts by using these and starts using them PCs in their Roadkill Cafe' business ventures.
MS and the BSA tries to come in and 'audit' their software......
How fast do you think the shotguns would come out (owners AND patrons) telling MS/BSA to '...back off Billy!'
The 'Rednecks' WILL stand up for themselves, guaranteed.
But then you won't be present for all the useless meetings.....
At least that's the mindset where I work. Please TRY to convince the management where I work that this is a viable alternative.
As a programmer, I can connect to the network at work via a VPN that has already been established for remote offices. However, I need to drive the 45 minutes each way to sit at a desk and do the same stuff I can do from home. Heck, they don't even think the programmers should get a laptop. Instead, we take notes at meetings and use our desktop computers to provide the answers afterwards.
So, it turns any piece of sh** movie into something which is environmentally useful?
Sorry.. couldn't resist...
all that trouble every few months just to save $100 in up front costs
Every few months??? Try once a month. And that's even on normal/economy printing. I don't just print e-mails. Among other things, I also print companion albums of my digital photos when I burn them on CD. I'm not so stupid that I will buy $600 worth of ink cartridges per year when I can take 10-20 minutes a month to refill them at a rate of about $100/year. And that's including replacement carts after about 5 refills.
I say 'nearly-perfect' because I found that sometimes, I needed to do a little more blotting before everything is perfect.
Thanks for the idea....
I've always found it a pain myself. Maybe if everybody got locked out, they'll drop the rule from policy.
Still, I guess you now need to determine what the (non-conventional) usernames are in order to lock out accounts.
SimPMCS
We were ALWAYS checking the condition of our equipment that would never get used between check intervals (weekly). I figured all Army equipment mearly dissolved to nothing in free air if left alone.
That's never been an issue. There are people at work who know how I log onto the network. I even challenged them to try to log in using their choice of items on and in my desk, office, pockets, wallet. Of course, I ended up having to ask IT to reset my password (in person) so I could change it after the failed attempts.
The nice thing about technology is that in most cases, some people carry at least a half dozen or more acceptable bar codes with them without even knowing it. Have you ever gone shopping lately? Some stores now print bar codes on their receipts. These are useful sources of barcodes. The supply of barcodes change frequently. Don't forget the barcodes on the books on your bookshelf, software CDs, music CDs, UPS slips, boxes with shipping labels, etc.
My point is, there's far too many to try for someone to try and get it right. A major deterrent for those attempting to get in. Because after hours, it's 5 times and your done.
That's an understandable perception and theoretically will work. Consider this enlightenment and not a flame.
Current FM radio modulates the signal above and below the designated carrier frequency. Therefore a 20Khz signal (peak of human hearing) will modulate a 95.3MHz carrier between 95.28 and 95.32MHz. IIRC the full 40Khz deviation accounts for both channels of a stereo broadcast.
There's additional use for Broadcast radio. I forget where I saw it, but I believe there is an offset from the designated frequency to place a mono only 20Khz band away from the stereo part of the transmission for mono FM radios to pick up properly. This may however be an outdated use of the extra bandwidth.
Additional bandwidth can be used for other data/audio signals to be carried independent of the main broadcast for Broadcast FM plus 'padding' between stations.
Bombard you with ads....
(wait, already done..)
Transmit Pr0n!!!!!!
I use a dissected CueCat for password entry. It allows me to use any bar code found on snack food, coupons, product ID's, etc. as a random sequence of alphanumeric characters of significant length. All I need to do is remember where I kept, stored, tucked, stuck, shoved the item with the code on it, scan it, and I'm logged onto the company network.
People may find a myriad of scannable codes on or near my desk at any given time. The trick is to know which one it is unless I carry it with me. Five attempts at a wrong password locks out the account. Due to the significant amount of digits, the IT department STILL has yet to crack my password using their cracking tools.
We're required (forced) to change our passwords at regular intervals. Since I've been scanning things, I have not found that an inconvenience.
However, I do favor a .kids.us domain simply for an easy to select group of online entertainment for children. Makes it "REALLY" easy to filter at the firewall level. This new domain simply could not and will not help with instant messaging, but not all children use it (believe it or not).
Some children simply want to play the games offered by current kids web sites. Maybe some of the mismatched banner ads could disappear from current 'children' web sites. I saw a nickjr.com page that popped up an ad for new Ford trucks. WTF??? Talk about poor target marketing. Why not just make it a Casino ad instead.
I have a hard time envisioning doubleclick.kids.us. However, if they pop up koolaid ads or something, I wouldn't be 'nearly' as disappointed.
Those were much better toys in the late '70s, early '80s era.
Instead of the silver dots to use it, I want to put 4 General's stars on my forehead like that guy on The Young Ones (Adrian Edmundson?)
It won't be long now until Ron Popeil has an infomercial for the:
AutoTrapp (extra 'p' for a catchy name)
Along with a has-been or no-name actress and a paid audience with great clapping ability, you too can find out how you can get this remarkable device (which also cleans vinyl records) for,
Not $3000,
not $2000,
not even $1000,
but for 4 easy payments of $99.95 (plus $78.34 S/H)
Let me just yank it out with a pair of pliers first....
Great idea!! I wonder if Weird Al can offer a little contribution and make a parody of an old Sonny and Cher hit called, "You've got Mail, Babe"
Before my SPAM has all been sent,
all my thousand hours have been spent.
Babe. You've got Mail, Babe.....
Put the Hydrogen components ONLY in SUV's as part of a mandatory 'changeover' process and finally get people not to buy them.
Manufacturers can say, "See, nobody wants to buy them". Before long, they'll be fewer luxury SUV's on the road.
If I had Moderator status right now, I'd hope for a [+0 uummmm....] moderator rating
You provide an interesting point. SHOULD the bill become law, 'media resamplers' might become a fast moving market and hopefully leave the RIAA with their pants down around their ankles.
However, on the flip side, I don't think I want to open that Pandora's Box. I'd rather not see the bill pass at all.
I owned an iPaq 3765, up until the time I tried expanding it.
I wanted to 'go mobile' this year. So, with the iPaq (which I bought at $500), I bought a PCMCIA adaptor (which greatly thickens the handheld) for $100 used (Retails for $149) so I could use my PCMCIA Ethernet card. Well, when I got it, I found out that it doesn't support ALL PCMCIA ethernet cards. So I would have had to buy another one. The supported cards cost in excess of $100. That would have totaled $700, just to attempt to surf the net from my easy chair. Add an additional amount for a wireless card and access point for true mobility.
I sold it all to someone at work and got 100% back on my investment ($600).
Took the money, bought a developer's version of the Zaurus @ $399, a CF Ethernet card for $100, AND a 64MB MMC memory card for $75 and I was 'going mobile' so to speak from my easy chair. I even had plenty of room to DL files off of MP3.com or IUMA. The remaining $25 went to a good meal at a local restaurant.
The apps sync fine on my Win98 setup at work. The Sync button even works as it should IF USING THE Intellisync Software. I haven't tested the other sync software that came with it.
As for the amount of apps, give it time. The first Palm apps were few and far between when it appeared on the market. The Zaurus has a Java VM and you can write/compile Java apps right on the Zaurus. There's plenty of Java stuff to tinker with.
12 years ago, I sold Amiga computers that boasted full color GUI interfaces for the OS.
There were many "IBM Users" with EGA and DOS Shell coming in saying things like: "Well..... I don't need THAT!"
These same kind of people come in years later with the "Hey, look what I can do with my computer" attitude when Windows becomes popular. You Mac users know what I'm talking about.
There will be the 'killer app' for this technology before you know it. It just might not be anything any of us can think of right now. I personally forsee 3D TV. The computer desktop is slowly becoming a media center anyway.
<BLATENT PLUG>
Or, you can build this speaker/mic hack with a few cheap parts.
</BLATENT PLUG>
In that case, to prevent removal, maybe the kid should shove it up his/her nose.
Some of us simply can't afford to be buying upgrades to our OS every 18 months. I personally like to put those monies into routine hardware upgrades.
If you want the OSS stuff to come around quicker, pick up GCC and start contributing. Help is always welcome. I for one wish I had the time to do that myself. Instead, I try to contribute a little time/money to existing OSS projects when I can. I feel it's a well spent investment.
Also, if KDE seems to crash on you all the time (even though I've never had it crash on me since I actively started using it over a year ago), try Gnome, Sawfish, WM or their variants. At least you are offered the choice.