If the people Microsoft is calling out to had half a brain, they'd realize that open formats are a great thing, even if they want to use Microsoft products. You know, so you, as a sysadmin, can easily dump your data into microsoft word/excel/powerpoint for the boss's monthly numbers or whatever. Yeah, there's better ways to do it, but then it'd be more easily possible for those who must use those products for whatever reason.
Yeah. I was pretty Pissed at their lack of clue myself. I had comcast before, and NEVER had to play games to make my servers work, other than to smart relay through their gateways and throttle envelope sizes accordingly. Suckscom forced me to buy the business line. I stayed with it with comcast, b/c I like having it on a reserved block that doesn't get flagged as 'OH NO! OWNED MAIL SERVER!" by aol and such (lots of aol users on the mailing lists I maintain. *sigh*). They gave me a deal on analog cable too, so overall I think I'm still paying less than a normal customer.
Home Servers: a little longer because I have so much damned 1-off stuff on them. I guess the same goes for the enterprise ones.
Desktops: not much more than 'cd/home && tar -zxvf username.tgz' after doing the install. A couple of other minor tweaks in the init scripts (I've yet to find a distro that does everything exactly the way I like) is usually in order too.
By the time you deal with implementing infrastructure, re-designing systems so that they can be supported remotely, training your replacements (I ran a 250 man-hour project to transition some tasks to India...tasks we normally spent maybe 30 hours a YEAR performing), not to mention the longer amount of time it will take to get anything done, along with the fact that your remaining employees are no longer productive because they have to spend all of their time assigning work and making sure it was actually completed (loop 5 times per simple task assigned) using some inefficient system like HP Service Desk.... how much cost has been saved?
So, if you really want to save money, why not still redesign systems to be supported remotely and then just let your existing employees work from home? Or if you must outsource tasks, effectively making the remaining workers managers...get rid of the managers who no longer have a staff to manage.
sorry for the followup clarification. 'less bandwidth' above did not refer to any cap. Just lower throughput (but the lack of fluctuation made up for it, as did being on a subnet that is not constantly blackholed by AOL and such when trying to send mail to my list members).
Since my last ISP (suscom) saw fit to block inbound port 25 traffic, I was forced to pay extra for their business class line. This gave me 'less bandwidth' but a much more solid connection with a static IP address and no filtering.
Suscom was bought out by comcast, and I am still a business class customer, but now with lots more bandwidth.
I haven't had a serious issue yet other than rolling outages as comcast took over (grrrr).
Anyway. Even for home use, especially if you want to run your own servers, my experience has been pay the extra for the more stable business class line and don't worry about it. You get the advantage of bypassing the level 1 support monkeys when you have problems then, too.
My understanding is they don't ban the use during take off and landing for fear of interference. It is so you aren't fucking around with your gadgets at the most likely time an emergency should occur.
How can you trust a voting system if yo udon't know how it works? This is actually the bad part about electronic voting. The general public, even if the source code is available, won't be able to understand what happens to their vote. Not that they understand the backend with other schemes, but at least there is no question when they punch a hole or mark a box with pen and paper.
I can read code, and I didn't know what happened with my vote this past election. Who knows what those machines do? I was given an RFID card, which I used to cast my vote, and then returned that card when I left. It didn'tleave me feeling especially confident.
Terrorism is the act of inciting TERROR. I'm not terrified of losing all of my money, or of someone owning my computers or even disrupting my Internet connection. Being cut to pieces by rusty shrapnel, or possibly tortured while tied down in a dark room. Now *that* incites terror. Having to fight for my survival after being severely injured. THAT incites terror. If my computers or networks cease to function, it is inconvenience, NOT friggin' terrorism. People need to stop lightly throwing that word around. Terrorists don't give a fuck about your fucking computer or money. They care about SCARING THE HELL OUT OF YOU THROUGH VIOLENCE. In that regard, they've done really well (been to an airport lately?).
I haven't used the EE in OO (heh) lately, but from what I recall, it is very much like what was in word perfect. You are able to actually TYPE equations instead of having to click-click drool and hope for the best. Take the time to read the help files on the equation editing language in OO. You'll wonder how you could have ever done it any other way:)
The lesson to be learned here is that an open connection is a potentially exploitable one. So don't open connections unless you're sure you want to do so. The second part of that lesson is if you're going to enable a remote port, make sure your security patches are up to date. "Out of the box" software is only secure for a short period of time.
Which is one reason it's so hard to secure a windows system. Who knows what half of those listening services actually do and what depends on them.
Also, you missed the third part, which is to configure the services you do need conservatively (ie, configure apache to not allow methods you do not use for your site, disable anonymouse FTP, or if needed lock its permissions and probably chroot it, etc).
Security isn't *too* hard if you have admins that actually listen to their lead security guy:
Run only the services that you need
Configure those services securely
Keep those services patched
Yes, there is a lot more to security, and how services are used factors into your response in how to mitigate any known problems, but the sysadmin security stuff boils down to the above list.
These have great uses. Ever been skiing/snowboarding all day? That transition from day skiing to night can be a bitch. It'd also be nice to only have to deal with one pair of glasses at 24 hour mountain bike races. That dawn lap transition can suck if you come out of the woods facing east. Same goes for sunset and transition to using your lights. Clear at night. Yellow in the woods. On the snowboard go between dark during the day to rose/yellow when the light is flat, and then to clear.
Linux under VMWare's network performance is pretty bad. An interesting visual confirmation is to use an ssh shell and watch the lag. That may just be the broadcom chips in the servers the company I was working for used, though. Guest OSes are fine for some low traffic stuff that only a few people will be using, and is definitely the way to go in the test lab; but I wouldn't use this configuration as a company's primary reverse proxy or mail solution.
That said, I use a windows vmware session under linux for those times I have no choice, and it works just fine network-wise as a workstation.
I just do what I do for every site that I use that requires mail addresses. Create an alias for them. If you are sending to my 'real' email address claiming to be from paypal. Bzzt!
I'm surprised most ISPs don't offer this type of anti-phishing technique for their customers. Pop a warning if the from: domain doesn't match who you made the alias for or something. Oops. Maybe I should patent that now...
Let the marketplace decide... MS gets lazy with IE, and the next thing you know the hottest browser on the market is Firefox. Why can't Sun do the same thing with servers on its own without government interference???
Make no mistake. Microsoft is a criminal organization. When you buy their products, you are doing business with a convicted monopoly abuser; you are doing business with a company that has yet to have its crimes properly addressed.
Having a monopoly is itself not a crime. What microsoft did and was found guilty of then, and continues to do now most certainly is.
I seem to recall pretty much every app I used under OS/2 took advantage of threading. The workplace shell, of course, being the prime example. This was in 1992.
The problem, I think, is that the majority of programmers out there today who were just hobbyists back then, were learning on a very single-threaded platform. Because the model was never there, it's 'hard'. With OS/2 3+, it was always there, and anybody who dabbled on that platform were immediately exposed to how to implement threads, as they were such a core piece of the OS.
Exactly why I bought a laserjet 2605dn. Bonus: I get postscript, built-in networking, duplexing, and a printer that works perfectly with cups after downloading the custom ppd.
If you want to print some pictures, just upload them to wal-mart or something. I don't know about everyone else, but pictures are not something I print a lot of, and many things I do print would quickly exhaust ink cartridges. And as the parent stated: clogged cartridges suck. Who as a home user uses their printer frequently enough to keep that from happening? This is not a problem with laserjet toner.
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If the people Microsoft is calling out to had half a brain, they'd realize that open formats are a great thing, even if they want to use Microsoft products. You know, so you, as a sysadmin, can easily dump your data into microsoft word/excel/powerpoint for the boss's monthly numbers or whatever. Yeah, there's better ways to do it, but then it'd be more easily possible for those who must use those products for whatever reason.
I couldn't figure out your notation at first. It's spelled '!=' :-P
I've had nothing but bad things happen with every asus m/b I've tried. I'll stick with VIA and buy the nvidia card separately, thanks.
Yeah. I was pretty Pissed at their lack of clue myself. I had comcast before, and NEVER had to play games to make my servers work, other than to smart relay through their gateways and throttle envelope sizes accordingly. Suckscom forced me to buy the business line. I stayed with it with comcast, b/c I like having it on a reserved block that doesn't get flagged as 'OH NO! OWNED MAIL SERVER!" by aol and such (lots of aol users on the mailing lists I maintain. *sigh*). They gave me a deal on analog cable too, so overall I think I'm still paying less than a normal customer.
Home Servers: a little longer because I have so much damned 1-off stuff on them. I guess the same goes for the enterprise ones.
/home && tar -zxvf username.tgz' after doing the install. A couple of other minor tweaks in the init scripts (I've yet to find a distro that does everything exactly the way I like) is usually in order too.
Desktops: not much more than 'cd
By the time you deal with implementing infrastructure, re-designing systems so that they can be supported remotely, training your replacements (I ran a 250 man-hour project to transition some tasks to India...tasks we normally spent maybe 30 hours a YEAR performing), not to mention the longer amount of time it will take to get anything done, along with the fact that your remaining employees are no longer productive because they have to spend all of their time assigning work and making sure it was actually completed (loop 5 times per simple task assigned) using some inefficient system like HP Service Desk.... how much cost has been saved?
So, if you really want to save money, why not still redesign systems to be supported remotely and then just let your existing employees work from home? Or if you must outsource tasks, effectively making the remaining workers managers...get rid of the managers who no longer have a staff to manage.
educate thyself
sorry for the followup clarification. 'less bandwidth' above did not refer to any cap. Just lower throughput (but the lack of fluctuation made up for it, as did being on a subnet that is not constantly blackholed by AOL and such when trying to send mail to my list members).
Since my last ISP (suscom) saw fit to block inbound port 25 traffic, I was forced to pay extra for their business class line. This gave me 'less bandwidth' but a much more solid connection with a static IP address and no filtering.
Suscom was bought out by comcast, and I am still a business class customer, but now with lots more bandwidth.
I haven't had a serious issue yet other than rolling outages as comcast took over (grrrr).
Anyway. Even for home use, especially if you want to run your own servers, my experience has been pay the extra for the more stable business class line and don't worry about it. You get the advantage of bypassing the level 1 support monkeys when you have problems then, too.
My understanding is they don't ban the use during take off and landing for fear of interference. It is so you aren't fucking around with your gadgets at the most likely time an emergency should occur.
How can you trust a voting system if yo udon't know how it works? This is actually the bad part about electronic voting. The general public, even if the source code is available, won't be able to understand what happens to their vote. Not that they understand the backend with other schemes, but at least there is no question when they punch a hole or mark a box with pen and paper.
I can read code, and I didn't know what happened with my vote this past election. Who knows what those machines do? I was given an RFID card, which I used to cast my vote, and then returned that card when I left. It didn'tleave me feeling especially confident.
"economic terrorism?" WTF is that?
s /the_myth_of_cyber-terrorism/The_Myth_of_Cyber-Ter rorism.pdf
Terrorism is the act of inciting TERROR. I'm not terrified of losing all of my money, or of someone owning my computers or even disrupting my Internet connection. Being cut to pieces by rusty shrapnel, or possibly tortured while tied down in a dark room. Now *that* incites terror. Having to fight for my survival after being severely injured. THAT incites terror. If my computers or networks cease to function, it is inconvenience, NOT friggin' terrorism. People need to stop lightly throwing that word around. Terrorists don't give a fuck about your fucking computer or money. They care about SCARING THE HELL OUT OF YOU THROUGH VIOLENCE. In that regard, they've done really well (been to an airport lately?).
Same goes for 'cyberterrorism'. An interesting paper on the topic presented by Jay Dyson at Toorcon 2002: http://www.treachery.net/articles_papers/tutorial
And how much money have you given google for this service they apparently are obliged to give to you? Maps could go away tomorrow. Tough cookies.
I haven't used the EE in OO (heh) lately, but from what I recall, it is very much like what was in word perfect. You are able to actually TYPE equations instead of having to click-click drool and hope for the best. Take the time to read the help files on the equation editing language in OO. You'll wonder how you could have ever done it any other way :)
Which is one reason it's so hard to secure a windows system. Who knows what half of those listening services actually do and what depends on them.
Also, you missed the third part, which is to configure the services you do need conservatively (ie, configure apache to not allow methods you do not use for your site, disable anonymouse FTP, or if needed lock its permissions and probably chroot it, etc).
Security isn't *too* hard if you have admins that actually listen to their lead security guy:
Yes, there is a lot more to security, and how services are used factors into your response in how to mitigate any known problems, but the sysadmin security stuff boils down to the above list.
These have great uses. Ever been skiing/snowboarding all day? That transition from day skiing to night can be a bitch. It'd also be nice to only have to deal with one pair of glasses at 24 hour mountain bike races. That dawn lap transition can suck if you come out of the woods facing east. Same goes for sunset and transition to using your lights. Clear at night. Yellow in the woods. On the snowboard go between dark during the day to rose/yellow when the light is flat, and then to clear.
Linux under VMWare's network performance is pretty bad. An interesting visual confirmation is to use an ssh shell and watch the lag. That may just be the broadcom chips in the servers the company I was working for used, though. Guest OSes are fine for some low traffic stuff that only a few people will be using, and is definitely the way to go in the test lab; but I wouldn't use this configuration as a company's primary reverse proxy or mail solution.
That said,
I use a windows vmware session under linux for those times I have no choice, and it works just fine network-wise as a workstation.
Aerospace.
I just do what I do for every site that I use that requires mail addresses. Create an alias for them. If you are sending to my 'real' email address claiming to be from paypal. Bzzt!
I'm surprised most ISPs don't offer this type of anti-phishing technique for their customers. Pop a warning if the from: domain doesn't match who you made the alias for or something. Oops. Maybe I should patent that now...
Abuse of monopoly power.
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm
Make no mistake. Microsoft is a criminal organization. When you buy their products, you are doing business with a convicted monopoly abuser; you are doing business with a company that has yet to have its crimes properly addressed.
Having a monopoly is itself not a crime. What microsoft did and was found guilty of then, and continues to do now most certainly is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEKqU1fkYCI :-)
I seem to recall pretty much every app I used under OS/2 took advantage of threading. The workplace shell, of course, being the prime example. This was in 1992.
The problem, I think, is that the majority of programmers out there today who were just hobbyists back then, were learning on a very single-threaded platform. Because the model was never there, it's 'hard'. With OS/2 3+, it was always there, and anybody who dabbled on that platform were immediately exposed to how to implement threads, as they were such a core piece of the OS.
Exactly why I bought a laserjet 2605dn. Bonus: I get postscript, built-in networking, duplexing, and a printer that works perfectly with cups after downloading the custom ppd.
If you want to print some pictures, just upload them to wal-mart or something. I don't know about everyone else, but pictures are not something I print a lot of, and many things I do print would quickly exhaust ink cartridges. And as the parent stated: clogged cartridges suck. Who as a home user uses their printer frequently enough to keep that from happening? This is not a problem with laserjet toner.
And every time you post that picture, god kills a domo-kun...
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