1 DLT Tape Drive: $2500 20 DLT Tapes: $30 each Knowing that your data is safe offsite after a flood: [insert value of your business]
You need to ask yourself if your ass is covered should you loose all that data. If the cost and time is more than your salary, start bugging somebody to give your IT budget what it deserves. I'd say $30 for a tape that holds 75GB is a good deal.
I cringe whenever I talk to a mom 'n pop operation that doesn't do proper backups.
Since the dawn of civlization man has always lusted after the shiny pretty things over the dull simple things.
I'm thinking back in the 70's people still handed over cash for the rhinestone covered clogs and passed on the plain leather ones whenever possible.
Maybe a more interesting study would be in the psychology of why we pick the stylish clear box over the beige one? Are we collecting pretty objects to attract mates? If so, I should have bought that new Mac!
I'm thinking it's more the case that the author has "discovered" that there is a difference in styles from ten years ago.
NTFS has a theoretical limit of 16 exabytes (minus some). Linux's ext2 can support up to 4 terabytes. The other Linux filesystems (ReiserFS, ext3, JFS, etc.) support even more space.
I think at this point in disk technology, the casual users need not worry if their OS will support the latest greatest. The people that need to worry about disk space already have solutions involving more hardware than a single disk drive. As Joe User, we get the added benefit that the open source people as well as the big software companies are acting with a bit more foresight than in the old days, and hence, we get desktop OS's that scale much better than the early PC days.
First, I want to be able to keep my number stable for using in in such things as name & address applications for bills, banking, etc.
Second, how about some sort of wireless base station that I could put in my house and jack in my old phone sets, or something similar that allows me to have multiple sets in my house. That way I don't have the kids knocking on the bathroom door to come get my cell phone which is attached to my belt which is halfway down my legs:).
Just like way back when the NES sold for $89 (if I recall correctly) with a game too. They sold like mad for Xmas. Those were the glory days for Nintendo, maybe we'll see a renewel of that.
Ahh, memories! Gradius, Contra, Heavy Gear, Castlevania, Blaster Master, Metroid... Good times, good times.
Hi, I was a hardcore Diablo 2 fan for years and recently jumped to a MMORPG and have no desire to look back.
Let's just say you get what you pay for. If you are the kind of person who plays strictly with friends, then D2 isn't so bad. If you like to meet new people and play in open games, then you start to see where Blizzard fails. D2 is arguably as hacked as D1 ever was and in my view a joke of what it was promised to be. I do not enjoy hacked or duped items, and I do not enjoy hacks that nullify the point of playing in D2's hardcore mode. Furthermore, knowing these outstanding issues, they have failed to deliver any sort of regular update to the game (especially the mythical 1.10 patch).
D2 is exactly the Skinner box you're talking about. The desire to have the most uber weapon or armor has driven these assclowns to hack it to death, which in turn has driven out the people who enjoy social gaming. It's really sad. I hope Blizzard can get it right with Worlds of Warcraft, but I'm not holding my breath.
However, this is not just in games... it's the internet as a whole! Nice, well-balanced people in the real world (tm) will do things in an email, forum, or IM that would normally be out of character for them. Why? Because they can!
People will act differently online... because there are no consequences to their actions. Until it comes full circle, we will all have duel personalities... our real world one and our online one.
As an experienced Diablo II player, recently converted to Everquest, I can plainly see the difference in the consequences issue.
In D2, online play is free, the games are fast paced, and while your character is the same, the game world is not persistent. Everquest, as you may know, is pay to play. When you log out, the game is still there. Furthermore, the game balance is such that Everquest basically requires you to form groups to advance your characters. Really advanced players are likely good leaders and can organize other players in long lasting guilds.
Now for the critical point. The risk free environment in D2 is full of assholes. The game's design is such that you don't have to rely on anyone else to be good, thus eliminating the need to keep up your relationships with other players. You also can completely disrupt cooperative play, since any player can declare hostility and throw you into a player vs player situation. Everquest has it's own PvP areas, but basically it is a consensual thing, which to me seems like the better way to promote a sense community rather than allow random acts of digital violence.
So yeah, I see the article's point about deterents and how it is up to the game designer. In this case, D2 is a strange wide open game, with very few penalties, which only serves the the death penalty to a few cheaters and hackers. Everquest, on the otherhand, seems to be an interesting balance geared at fostering online communities (i.e. guilds), yet is willing to lay down the law on hacking or cheating.
What happens when I disable auto-play on the drive or hold shift down when I pop that cd in? I don't like the idea of anti-user software installing itself with out my say so.
Finally, if you're into minor spoilers, head over to the IMDB record for Episode III, and you might recognize some interesting character names in the cast list...
I don't know if it is safe to say smart people don't need antivirus software. In today's high speed networked world, you'll find yourself up to your neck in dumbasses who don't patch or like to download and install any sort of garbage. If your system is somehow connected to said dumbasses, there is a good possibility that you could be hit. Of course, if the dumbasses got slapped with a few fines now and then, as the article suggests, then we'd see people start taking responsibility for their hack-bait systems and get with the patching and locking down.
The Blaster worm was a perfect example of how assuming perimeter defense is good enough. All it takes is one dumbass PHB bringing his infected laptop back to the office and it's game over man.
So lets try remembering these tried and true security basics:
Come on, consoles are supposed to be free of any sort of end-user maintenance. If MS wants to patch your Xbox, that's their prerogative. It's similar to Everquest's constant patching--you know they are maintaining the quality of the on-line experience.
Yes, those were some doosies, but then again you're talking NT. However, I'm pretty sure MS Software Update Services (as in the package for sysadmins to distribute patches, as mentioned in the summary) does not automatically install Service Packs. I've got about 40 Windows 2000 workstations automatically updating with SUS and they are still on SP3. On top of being configured with SUS, you can control what patches get rolled out to your organization by manually approving the updates. Seems to work for those who like to test before rolling out changes.
I have no issue about Microsoft being involved in schools as long as the administrators and faculty keep MS in check. That is, don't let MS start dictating course content or convincing the sys admins to convert all their administration systems to MS software. I think it is good for the students to have exposure to MS's technology, as long as they are exposed to other systems as well. Of course this is true for any university dealing with a vendor.
The article mentions students at one university protesting the requirement of C# as a first year programming language. The school decided to offer a multi-lingual course instead. That's the right way to deal with MS. Students should always be shown the alternatives in a fair and balanced view. Computer Science should be about methodology and theory first, implementations and tools later. It's reassuring to see that the next generation of technical people are recognizing MS's marketing BS as BS.
On a somewhat related note, Microsoft gives out software for use on your own servers to act as a mirror of WindowsUpdate. You can configure the clients to automatically connect to that mirror and download updates from there. Look for Software Update Services on their website.
I just installed SUS this morning on one of my companies 2000 servers in order to update our 50 Win2k desktops in a controlled manner. I was thinking "Gee, MS is actually doing a good thing here".
In any case, SUS is better than setting all those desktops to simultaneously flood our internet connection while trying to sync up with windowsupdate.com.
Um, have you actually used Novell or are you just trolling?
Yes, the Netware server doesn't have a fantastic GUI, but then just like Unix or Linux, having a character based console is preferred by many sysadmins. It's fast and simple--no wasted memory on a GUI there.
I'm thinking Novell knows a little bit about GUI apps since they've built a very important one. The ConsoleOne GUI for managing eDirectory is an interesting program, you can extend its capabilities with snapins. Maybe not the best GUI but it gets the job done. Adding the Gnome developer will only help Novell in the long run.
Novell also has a great interest in the desktop since one of their hottest bits of software, Zenworks, is all about managing desktop PC's. If you've ever had to manage 50 or more desktops, you'll realize how handy all the Zenworks tools are. If I'm not mistaken, you'll be seeing those tools on Linux soon.
As for.Net, it seems to make perfect sense that Novell would like.Net running on their platforms if they want to play the "embrace and extend" game that Microsoft is so good at. Give the developers no reason to avoid Novell.
As for the licensing, I would argue that the value you get in Novell's products is well worth the cost. I have yet to see any thing else that can do a better job at managing a network for an enterprise for Novell's price.
One last thing, Novell has certainly been good with supporting Open Source projects. Very cool, unlike the alternative that is trying to squash the GPL.
If I had my mod points today, you sir would have not been given insightful.
Interestingly, that topic has been discussed more in non-US media. Our beloved CNN, Fox, and MSNBC seem intent to entertain us more than educate us.
This war is not just about oil or "liberating" the Iraqi people. This war is about maintaining the US's political, economic and military dominance in the world.
If we are succesful, the conflict won't end. There is a group who would see the US taking a first strike policy to keep our dominance, whether the rest of the world agrees or not.
Sounds like a great idea on paper, and then you get the users involved. They'll probably check each other's logs one or two times, then they'll forget about it.
Who the fsck wants to have the job of keeping tabs on your neighbor web sites? It's already bad enough in business environments... nobody wants to add another item for somebody to manage. It's about as pointless as being a jizzmopper.
Just set a policy and make do when it becomes a problem. Or install Websense or some other filter at the firewall.
From what I've seen on Cartoon Network, Lupin III is pretty much crap. It's got that old school anime look to it and the dubbing is goofy. Anytime I see the bulging eyes or the spindly legs I cringe. I mean the animation is from the 70's and the dubbing is strangely modern, it sucks ass.
Sorry to be such a troll, but I can think of a few more Japanese gems that would make better movies.
And here I thought SCSI performance was especially important in server type situations with multiple threads doing multiple disk accesses. The disk speed is one issue, managing multiple disk accesses from different threads is another. From what I've understood about IDE (ATA) is that even with multiple disks on an IDE cable, one thread blocks all other requests on the cable. Compared to SCSI where the multiple disks can be doing differnt tasks in parallel.
Am I wrong to still see SCSI as still the enterprise class disk solution?
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1 DLT Tape Drive: $2500
20 DLT Tapes: $30 each
Knowing that your data is safe offsite after a flood: [insert value of your business]
You need to ask yourself if your ass is covered should you loose all that data. If the cost and time is more than your salary, start bugging somebody to give your IT budget what it deserves. I'd say $30 for a tape that holds 75GB is a good deal.
I cringe whenever I talk to a mom 'n pop operation that doesn't do proper backups.
Since the dawn of civlization man has always lusted after the shiny pretty things over the dull simple things.
I'm thinking back in the 70's people still handed over cash for the rhinestone covered clogs and passed on the plain leather ones whenever possible.
Maybe a more interesting study would be in the psychology of why we pick the stylish clear box over the beige one? Are we collecting pretty objects to attract mates? If so, I should have bought that new Mac!
I'm thinking it's more the case that the author has "discovered" that there is a difference in styles from ten years ago.
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hecubas
NTFS has a theoretical limit of 16 exabytes (minus some). Linux's ext2 can support up to 4 terabytes. The other Linux filesystems (ReiserFS, ext3, JFS, etc.) support even more space.
I think at this point in disk technology, the casual users need not worry if their OS will support the latest greatest. The people that need to worry about disk space already have solutions involving more hardware than a single disk drive. As Joe User, we get the added benefit that the open source people as well as the big software companies are acting with a bit more foresight than in the old days, and hence, we get desktop OS's that scale much better than the early PC days.
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hecubas
First, I want to be able to keep my number stable for using in in such things as name & address applications for bills, banking, etc.
:).
Second, how about some sort of wireless base station that I could put in my house and jack in my old phone sets, or something similar that allows me to have multiple sets in my house. That way I don't have the kids knocking on the bathroom door to come get my cell phone which is attached to my belt which is halfway down my legs
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hecubas
Just like way back when the NES sold for $89 (if I recall correctly) with a game too. They sold like mad for Xmas. Those were the glory days for Nintendo, maybe we'll see a renewel of that.
Ahh, memories! Gradius, Contra, Heavy Gear, Castlevania, Blaster Master, Metroid... Good times, good times.
having been the guy that fixes computers at a sorority for over three years now
Screw business networks, that's a sysadmin job I want!
Hi, I was a hardcore Diablo 2 fan for years and recently jumped to a MMORPG and have no desire to look back.
Let's just say you get what you pay for. If you are the kind of person who plays strictly with friends, then D2 isn't so bad. If you like to meet new people and play in open games, then you start to see where Blizzard fails. D2 is arguably as hacked as D1 ever was and in my view a joke of what it was promised to be. I do not enjoy hacked or duped items, and I do not enjoy hacks that nullify the point of playing in D2's hardcore mode. Furthermore, knowing these outstanding issues, they have failed to deliver any sort of regular update to the game (especially the mythical 1.10 patch).
D2 is exactly the Skinner box you're talking about. The desire to have the most uber weapon or armor has driven these assclowns to hack it to death, which in turn has driven out the people who enjoy social gaming. It's really sad. I hope Blizzard can get it right with Worlds of Warcraft, but I'm not holding my breath.
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hecubas
Right on.
However, this is not just in games... it's the internet as a whole! Nice, well-balanced people in the real world (tm) will do things in an email, forum, or IM that would normally be out of character for them. Why? Because they can!
People will act differently online... because there are no consequences to their actions. Until it comes full circle, we will all have duel personalities... our real world one and our online one.
As an experienced Diablo II player, recently converted to Everquest, I can plainly see the difference in the consequences issue.
In D2, online play is free, the games are fast paced, and while your character is the same, the game world is not persistent. Everquest, as you may know, is pay to play. When you log out, the game is still there. Furthermore, the game balance is such that Everquest basically requires you to form groups to advance your characters. Really advanced players are likely good leaders and can organize other players in long lasting guilds.
Now for the critical point. The risk free environment in D2 is full of assholes. The game's design is such that you don't have to rely on anyone else to be good, thus eliminating the need to keep up your relationships with other players. You also can completely disrupt cooperative play, since any player can declare hostility and throw you into a player vs player situation. Everquest has it's own PvP areas, but basically it is a consensual thing, which to me seems like the better way to promote a sense community rather than allow random acts of digital violence.
So yeah, I see the article's point about deterents and how it is up to the game designer. In this case, D2 is a strange wide open game, with very few penalties, which only serves the the death penalty to a few cheaters and hackers. Everquest, on the otherhand, seems to be an interesting balance geared at fostering online communities (i.e. guilds), yet is willing to lay down the law on hacking or cheating.
What happens when I disable auto-play on the drive or hold shift down when I pop that cd in? I don't like the idea of anti-user software installing itself with out my say so.
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hecubas
Finally, if you're into minor spoilers, head over to the IMDB record for Episode III, and you might recognize some interesting character names in the cast list...
Chewie, is that you?
Sweet!!
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hecubas
The Blaster worm was a perfect example of how assuming perimeter defense is good enough. All it takes is one dumbass PHB bringing his infected laptop back to the office and it's game over man.
So lets try remembering these tried and true security basics:
--
hecubas
Come on, consoles are supposed to be free of any sort of end-user maintenance. If MS wants to patch your Xbox, that's their prerogative. It's similar to Everquest's constant patching--you know they are maintaining the quality of the on-line experience.
--
hecubas
Yes, those were some doosies, but then again you're talking NT. However, I'm pretty sure MS Software Update Services (as in the package for sysadmins to distribute patches, as mentioned in the summary) does not automatically install Service Packs. I've got about 40 Windows 2000 workstations automatically updating with SUS and they are still on SP3. On top of being configured with SUS, you can control what patches get rolled out to your organization by manually approving the updates. Seems to work for those who like to test before rolling out changes.
--
hecubas
Finally there will be some humor from the other side, instead of that moronic Mallard the Duck.
While a little political humor is good now and then, Mallard can be down right unfunny at times.
Welcome back, penguin!
I have no issue about Microsoft being involved in schools as long as the administrators and faculty keep MS in check. That is, don't let MS start dictating course content or convincing the sys admins to convert all their administration systems to MS software. I think it is good for the students to have exposure to MS's technology, as long as they are exposed to other systems as well. Of course this is true for any university dealing with a vendor.
The article mentions students at one university protesting the requirement of C# as a first year programming language. The school decided to offer a multi-lingual course instead. That's the right way to deal with MS. Students should always be shown the alternatives in a fair and balanced view. Computer Science should be about methodology and theory first, implementations and tools later. It's reassuring to see that the next generation of technical people are recognizing MS's marketing BS as BS.
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hecubas
C'mon slashdot, what is with this Microsoft fetish lately? Get with it and keep up the SCO bashing for goodness sake!
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hecubas
On a somewhat related note, Microsoft gives out software for use on your own servers to act as a mirror of WindowsUpdate. You can configure the clients to automatically connect to that mirror and download updates from there. Look for Software Update Services on their website.
--
hecubas
ARGH!!
I just installed SUS this morning on one of my companies 2000 servers in order to update our 50 Win2k desktops in a controlled manner. I was thinking "Gee, MS is actually doing a good thing here".
In any case, SUS is better than setting all those desktops to simultaneously flood our internet connection while trying to sync up with windowsupdate.com.
ARGH!!
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hecubas
Um, have you actually used Novell or are you just trolling?
.Net, it seems to make perfect sense that Novell would like .Net running on their platforms if they want to play the "embrace and extend" game that Microsoft is so good at. Give the developers no reason to avoid Novell.
Yes, the Netware server doesn't have a fantastic GUI, but then just like Unix or Linux, having a character based console is preferred by many sysadmins. It's fast and simple--no wasted memory on a GUI there.
I'm thinking Novell knows a little bit about GUI apps since they've built a very important one. The ConsoleOne GUI for managing eDirectory is an interesting program, you can extend its capabilities with snapins. Maybe not the best GUI but it gets the job done. Adding the Gnome developer will only help Novell in the long run.
Novell also has a great interest in the desktop since one of their hottest bits of software, Zenworks, is all about managing desktop PC's. If you've ever had to manage 50 or more desktops, you'll realize how handy all the Zenworks tools are. If I'm not mistaken, you'll be seeing those tools on Linux soon.
As for
As for the licensing, I would argue that the value you get in Novell's products is well worth the cost. I have yet to see any thing else that can do a better job at managing a network for an enterprise for Novell's price.
One last thing, Novell has certainly been good with supporting Open Source projects. Very cool, unlike the alternative that is trying to squash the GPL.
If I had my mod points today, you sir would have not been given insightful.
full of sound and fury, signifying nothing...
C'mon people, you have free will. Especially if this is America, you have a choice.
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hecubas
Want to know why US is at war now?
Two words: Wolfowitz Doctrine
Interestingly, that topic has been discussed more in non-US media. Our beloved CNN, Fox, and MSNBC seem intent to entertain us more than educate us.
This war is not just about oil or "liberating" the Iraqi people. This war is about maintaining the US's political, economic and military dominance in the world.
If we are succesful, the conflict won't end. There is a group who would see the US taking a first strike policy to keep our dominance, whether the rest of the world agrees or not.
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hecubas
Sounds like a great idea on paper, and then you get the users involved. They'll probably check each other's logs one or two times, then they'll forget about it.
Who the fsck wants to have the job of keeping tabs on your neighbor web sites? It's already bad enough in business environments... nobody wants to add another item for somebody to manage. It's about as pointless as being a jizzmopper.
Just set a policy and make do when it becomes a problem. Or install Websense or some other filter at the firewall.
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hecubas
Just to the project's main page: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/
Better than trying to download TIFFs that your system will choke on anyways.
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hecubas
From what I've seen on Cartoon Network, Lupin III is pretty much crap. It's got that old school anime look to it and the dubbing is goofy. Anytime I see the bulging eyes or the spindly legs I cringe. I mean the animation is from the 70's and the dubbing is strangely modern, it sucks ass.
Sorry to be such a troll, but I can think of a few more Japanese gems that would make better movies.
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hecubas
And here I thought SCSI performance was especially important in server type situations with multiple threads doing multiple disk accesses. The disk speed is one issue, managing multiple disk accesses from different threads is another. From what I've understood about IDE (ATA) is that even with multiple disks on an IDE cable, one thread blocks all other requests on the cable. Compared to SCSI where the multiple disks can be doing differnt tasks in parallel.
Am I wrong to still see SCSI as still the enterprise class disk solution?
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hecubas