When you make a purchase with Newegg, just cancel the VbV box and the charge will go thru. Yes, that's right. You can completly bypass the security check by canceling it. I have VbV set up and went to make a purchase a few months ago on Newegg. Didn't remember the password and canceled the password check to go and reset the password. The order was charged and went thru. I called Newegg and ask them what happened. I was told "Newegg passed the Visa charge request off to Visa and it returned a thumbs up. The VbV check is optional."
My understanding of 'unlimited access' is that you have a no-restrictions 24/7 ability to access your ISP (dial in or turn on your cable modem and be able to connect to them) and not unlimited internet access.
I'm currently using the freeware helpdesk software Liberum and am working on modifying it to track project requests (it's taking me a bit of time because I'm not a developer by trade and am an 'army of one'). It's free, web-based and it works.
I'd be interested in how you've set up Jabber with your servers and your server monitoring scripts. If you wouldn't mind, drop me a line. I'd like to discuss this if you have the time. Thanks!
I think Norman may be right... I can't find the same security advisory for the 2600 series routers. I think the way the advisory reads applies to the 7200 series...
Dude! Those photos of people look way wierd with thier head all spread out. Kind of creepin' me out, man...
I really want to understand...
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Everyone is talking about how cool this is and how well it runs but what would I use this for in the real world (even the 'fake' world). So, I have a network by day, cluster by night. What am I going to run on it? I mean folding proteins in realtime may be cool to some but, come on... I really would like to understand (I'm an MCSE running all MSFT except one server - finance server is running RedHat). Someone explain this to me (linux avocates - this is your chance)...
See there lies the problem... To function as a NAS in a production enviroment, I used top of the line components (but shopped around for the best prices - the 7500-8 I'm using is only $413 - The Maxtor drives are $216 each but I've got all 8 channels filled, etc.). The MB is a Tyan S2462 with dual Althon MP 1600+ and a gig of memory. You're talking about a bunch of drives in a PC for storage, I'm talking about a production server for off-site storage and disaster recovery. Apples and oranges...
I'd like to know where you're shopping at... I just priced out a setup like this with 1.2TB of space and it's going to cost about $4500 (and that's not counting some of the stuff that I have lying around like cables, floppy drive, video card, etc.). The drives alone were almost $1800.
I'm not saying you can't but I'd like to know where you got those numbers from...
Re:WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT - It's already been done
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Even better... I seem to recall a scam that did just that with paypal. They sent out bulk mail about updating your account or something but the link was not paypa(lower case 'L').com but paypa(Capital 'I').com and had made a carbon-copy of paypal's website, hoping you would log in. The address in the location bar looks identical for both. This sounds like the same kind of thing but using Unicode to make the spoof.
Has anyone hacked one as a display for a PC?
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I don't know if anyone has priced an LCD display to use for a headless PC display or MP3 player but when I saw this, I thought it would make a good display and it's inexpensive. Has anyone hacked this thing (or a cheap Visor/Palm device) as a display for a PC?
I would venture to guess that this is true of any certification (and not just Microsoft). I have talked to plenty of people that have gotten certifications just by reading a book and then have gone to take the test. In thier defence, they typically were people that have been in the industry for a while and already had a good handle on the 'big picture' to begin with. A few of them were just smart beyond belief and really, all they did was look at a book for a few days and pass a cert test for something they had never working with before.
I'd have to disagree with you. I left a national, publicly traded company to go work for a local city government (pop. of about 22K in SW Ohio). I've been working on and rolling out 'cutting edge' technology (VoIP, wireless PDA's, etc.) for a city government where at my private sector job, I wouldn't have even thought of being able to. I'm have fun at my job, working with top notch people, with current technology. Average length of employment is 3-4 years (then they typically move on to a promotion and a larger city). I might be the exception to the 'rule'...
I'd like to know where you get 40hr./yr. of downtime for NT... Where are you getting those numbers from? If you're an NT administrator and you have 40 hours of downtime a year, you're doing something wrong. I've got 16 NT servers (On various flavors of Compaq Proliants) and I'm lucky if I've got 4 hours a year for all 16.
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When you make a purchase with Newegg, just cancel the VbV box and the charge will go thru. Yes, that's right. You can completly bypass the security check by canceling it. I have VbV set up and went to make a purchase a few months ago on Newegg. Didn't remember the password and canceled the password check to go and reset the password. The order was charged and went thru. I called Newegg and ask them what happened. I was told "Newegg passed the Visa charge request off to Visa and it returned a thumbs up. The VbV check is optional."
It's not about 'political feasibility', it's about state law. All finacial records (with a few exceptions because of privacy laws) are public record.
My understanding of 'unlimited access' is that you have a no-restrictions 24/7 ability to access your ISP (dial in or turn on your cable modem and be able to connect to them) and not unlimited internet access.
It's all a matter of interpretation...
I'm currently using the freeware helpdesk software Liberum and am working on modifying it to track project requests (it's taking me a bit of time because I'm not a developer by trade and am an 'army of one'). It's free, web-based and it works.
www.liberum.org
I'd be interested in how you've set up Jabber with your servers and your server monitoring scripts. If you wouldn't mind, drop me a line. I'd like to discuss this if you have the time. Thanks!
I think Norman may be right... I can't find the same security advisory for the 2600 series routers. I think the way the advisory reads applies to the 7200 series...
Dude! Those photos of people look way wierd with thier head all spread out. Kind of creepin' me out, man...
Everyone is talking about how cool this is and how well it runs but what would I use this for in the real world (even the 'fake' world). So, I have a network by day, cluster by night. What am I going to run on it? I mean folding proteins in realtime may be cool to some but, come on... I really would like to understand (I'm an MCSE running all MSFT except one server - finance server is running RedHat). Someone explain this to me (linux avocates - this is your chance)...
See there lies the problem... To function as a NAS in a production enviroment, I used top of the line components (but shopped around for the best prices - the 7500-8 I'm using is only $413 - The Maxtor drives are $216 each but I've got all 8 channels filled, etc.). The MB is a Tyan S2462 with dual Althon MP 1600+ and a gig of memory. You're talking about a bunch of drives in a PC for storage, I'm talking about a production server for off-site storage and disaster recovery. Apples and oranges...
I'd like to know where you're shopping at... I just priced out a setup like this with 1.2TB of space and it's going to cost about $4500 (and that's not counting some of the stuff that I have lying around like cables, floppy drive, video card, etc.). The drives alone were almost $1800.
I'm not saying you can't but I'd like to know where you got those numbers from...
Have you got a link to that Gartner report?
Even better... I seem to recall a scam that did just that with paypal. They sent out bulk mail about updating your account or something but the link was not paypa(lower case 'L').com but paypa(Capital 'I').com and had made a carbon-copy of paypal's website, hoping you would log in. The address in the location bar looks identical for both. This sounds like the same kind of thing but using Unicode to make the spoof.
I don't know if anyone has priced an LCD display to use for a headless PC display or MP3 player but when I saw this, I thought it would make a good display and it's inexpensive. Has anyone hacked this thing (or a cheap Visor/Palm device) as a display for a PC?
I would venture to guess that this is true of any certification (and not just Microsoft). I have talked to plenty of people that have gotten certifications just by reading a book and then have gone to take the test. In thier defence, they typically were people that have been in the industry for a while and already had a good handle on the 'big picture' to begin with. A few of them were just smart beyond belief and really, all they did was look at a book for a few days and pass a cert test for something they had never working with before.
I'd have to disagree with you. I left a national, publicly traded company to go work for a local city government (pop. of about 22K in SW Ohio). I've been working on and rolling out 'cutting edge' technology (VoIP, wireless PDA's, etc.) for a city government where at my private sector job, I wouldn't have even thought of being able to. I'm have fun at my job, working with top notch people, with current technology. Average length of employment is 3-4 years (then they typically move on to a promotion and a larger city). I might be the exception to the 'rule'...
BTW, I got a raise coming here...
Did I win?
I'd like to know where you get 40hr./yr. of downtime for NT... Where are you getting those numbers from? If you're an NT administrator and you have 40 hours of downtime a year, you're doing something wrong. I've got 16 NT servers (On various flavors of Compaq Proliants) and I'm lucky if I've got 4 hours a year for all 16.