Changing the name from Digital Rights Management to 'Digital Consumer Enablement' is like changing the term rape into 'surprise sex'. Either way, you're still getting fucked.
The market will dictate whether these things will be around for a while or not. Most likely, people won't buy them, and they'll go the way of the divx disc.
Obviously, your admins were not qualified to administer a Linux server like this. If it took them two weeks to get software installed and running like that, I'd fire them right away. Even if it is SAP, a complex piece of software. Just because you got it up and running in 2 days on Windows doesn't mean it was done right, or done securely.
Remember, these are desktop processors that Intel is releasing. AMD is slated to release dual core OPTERONS. Those are server cpus, much more important than the puny stuff Intel is putting out.
How much is Microsoft paying him to do all this? Seriously, how can someone who is obviously educated and had the capacity to read and understand all the points about open source software make the decision to be so avidly against it? He must be getting paid off by Microsoft.
There's a product that lets you set policies about what devices can be attached to computers in your domain. You can lock down all non-necessary ports on your PCs. We turn off USB and firewire ports and only turn them on for specific people on specific PCs. Works like a charm. Sometimes too well!
Sure Symantec catches it, but the real point is, why should we have to spend all this extra money on antivirus software that just protects us from a web browser that doesn't deal with code correctly?
Actually, tequila doesn't come with a worm. You're thinking of mezcal. It's made from the agave plant, same as tequila, but it's a different drink entirely.
Why do we need these new computers anyway? Is 3.4GHz *really* that much better than 2.8GHz? I can live with Linux on a slightly slower machine in order to not have to use that fuck-awful drm bios crap. It'll work just fine even on my old pentium-pro 200 machine. Also, my G5 doesn't have this crap on it, and hopefully never will.
Added a new classification system to nmap-os-fingerprints. In addition to the standard text description, each entry is now classified by vendor name (e.g. Sun), underlying OS (e.g. Solaris), OS generation (e.g. 7), and device type ("general purpose", router, switch, game console, etc). This can be useful if you want to (say) locate and eliminate the SCO systems on a network, or find the wireless access points (WAPs) by scanning from the wired side. >:|
I've always thought that Sun's PROM setup was much better than anything on any Wintel box. Serial console is standard. Booting your OS only requires configuring which disk to use. Hardware test tools built in. What's wrong with that?
How about Broadcom release the specs of their chips so that we can have more Linux Wi-fi support. It kills me that I have a card with one of their chips on it and it is USELESS to me.
Linksys has a wireless card out that uses both the Prism2 driver (I don't remember the chipset) and one that has no driver which uses a Broadcom chipset that has no Linux driver. The WMP-11 v2.7 uses the Broadcom one and is totally unsupported. $80 down the drain?
Sure it's great that they're doing this for a nice 54mbps wireless router, but what happened to the WMP11 v2.7 wireless card? I thought they were going to release a gpl gnu/linux driver for the broadcom chipset version. Here I am, stuck with this stupid card that won't work under my favorite o/s. What's a nerd to do?
Spend more time with your dad because he's going to get cancer and die when you're 21. You'll really miss him and the rift that you've created between the two of you will make you wish you'd spent more time with him while he was alive.
You might also try to get him to see a doctor and screen him for cancer when you're 19. Maybe you can prevent his having to go through chemotherapy and all those surgeries.
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Mission Critical Systems Management by Yuval Lirov is a great book for IT people and managers alike. Yuval used to be my manager back when I worked at Lehman Brothers. All of the applications he describes in this book are real and are used there. This is a great read for anyone who has to manage 24x7 systems. Especially thousands of them.
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Changing the name from Digital Rights Management to 'Digital Consumer Enablement' is like changing the term rape into 'surprise sex'. Either way, you're still getting fucked.
The market will dictate whether these things will be around for a while or not. Most likely, people won't buy them, and they'll go the way of the divx disc.
Obviously, your admins were not qualified to administer a Linux server like this. If it took them two weeks to get software installed and running like that, I'd fire them right away. Even if it is SAP, a complex piece of software. Just because you got it up and running in 2 days on Windows doesn't mean it was done right, or done securely.
I'd really be interested to know what breaks when you 'add stuff on'. Can someone enlighten me?
Remember, these are desktop processors that Intel is releasing. AMD is slated to release dual core OPTERONS. Those are server cpus, much more important than the puny stuff Intel is putting out.
How much is Microsoft paying him to do all this? Seriously, how can someone who is obviously educated and had the capacity to read and understand all the points about open source software make the decision to be so avidly against it? He must be getting paid off by Microsoft.
There's a product that lets you set policies about what devices can be attached to computers in your domain. You can lock down all non-necessary ports on your PCs. We turn off USB and firewire ports and only turn them on for specific people on specific PCs. Works like a charm. Sometimes too well!
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Isn't this the same department that told us to stock up on duct tape?
http://www.senate.gov and find your Senator. Write to them and tell them not to support this bill. It's what we can do to help this bill die.
Sure Symantec catches it, but the real point is, why should we have to spend all this extra money on antivirus software that just protects us from a web browser that doesn't deal with code correctly?
Actually, tequila doesn't come with a worm. You're thinking of mezcal. It's made from the agave plant, same as tequila, but it's a different drink entirely.
Why do we need these new computers anyway? Is 3.4GHz *really* that much better than 2.8GHz? I can live with Linux on a slightly slower machine in order to not have to use that fuck-awful drm bios crap. It'll work just fine even on my old pentium-pro 200 machine. Also, my G5 doesn't have this crap on it, and hopefully never will.
So when can the people sue Microsoft/SCO for monopolistic behavior? When does this trickle down to the little guy who's getting screwed?
Added a new classification system to nmap-os-fingerprints. In addition to the standard text description, each entry is now classified by vendor name (e.g. Sun), underlying OS (e.g. Solaris), OS generation (e.g. 7), and device type ("general purpose", router, switch, game console, etc). This can be useful if you want to (say) locate and eliminate the SCO systems on a network, or find the wireless access points (WAPs) by scanning from the wired side. >:|
How about they LOWER their prices to COMPETE with CD-WOW? Isn't that what economics teaches us? WTF PEOPLE!
I've always thought that Sun's PROM setup was much better than anything on any Wintel box. Serial console is standard. Booting your OS only requires configuring which disk to use. Hardware test tools built in. What's wrong with that?
How about Broadcom release the specs of their chips so that we can have more Linux Wi-fi support. It kills me that I have a card with one of their chips on it and it is USELESS to me.
Linksys has a wireless card out that uses both the Prism2 driver (I don't remember the chipset) and one that has no driver which uses a Broadcom chipset that has no Linux driver. The WMP-11 v2.7 uses the Broadcom one and is totally unsupported. $80 down the drain?
I thought Microsoft's products were more #2 than anything else.
Sure it's great that they're doing this for a nice 54mbps wireless router, but what happened to the WMP11 v2.7 wireless card? I thought they were going to release a gpl gnu/linux driver for the broadcom chipset version. Here I am, stuck with this stupid card that won't work under my favorite o/s. What's a nerd to do?
Exactly. I think this benchmark is worthless. Tested with Windows XP? That's about as good as racing a Geo Metro vs. a drag racer in the quarter mile.
Spend more time with your dad because he's going to get cancer and die when you're 21. You'll really miss him and the rift that you've created between the two of you will make you wish you'd spent more time with him while he was alive.
You might also try to get him to see a doctor and screen him for cancer when you're 19. Maybe you can prevent his having to go through chemotherapy and all those surgeries.
White tube socks with a TUX?!?!
Mission Critical Systems Management by Yuval Lirov is a great book for IT people and managers alike. Yuval used to be my manager back when I worked at Lehman Brothers. All of the applications he describes in this book are real and are used there. This is a great read for anyone who has to manage 24x7 systems. Especially thousands of them.