In what way does Outlook's settings have anything to do with IE? Who says they *are* using Outlook? Any security concerns would come from people doing some serious porn browsing on company time. Not likely. You're talking about a security problem IF a person visits one of 2 specially created websites to exploit a hole which is probably already patched with auto-update vs. a browser which doesn't render, say, an internal company app wrongly, causing it to have to be re-written. Hmmm... Call me nuts, but I'd stick with IE.
Exactly. He's never been in IT. You can't just "walk workstation to workstation" installing software willy nilly. And you don't do it unless you have a *damn* good reason to.
Tech: "Bob, this is Joe Schmoe in IT, I need to install something on your machine."
Bob: "I didn't call you guys. There's nothing wrong with my computer."
Tech: "Well, you see, Microsoft is evil. I have to install Mozilla on your box this afternoon."
Bob: "Who the hell is this? What the hell is Godzilla? Who's your boss? I don't have time for this shit. Talk to my boss if you want to touch my machine. Then, send me an email, and I'll try to remember to leave you my machine when I go on vacation in December. But if a single file is missing, I'll have your ass."
It's not Mozilla, but it's sure as shit a good comparison, and it'll come in handy when this guy realizes that Mozilla is too much of a risk and a pain in the ass. If I had mod points, I'd mod up the parent.
Oh yeah, and about those mod points... karma is irrelevant on/. It's all about how much of an OSS zealot you are. Nice "community", huh?
You'd rather bet your job on a new, untested, unstandard piece of software than the industry standard? You're out of your fucking mind. You don't have an IT job, do you? Hell, you probably don't have a job, do you? You don't risk everything over some new, buggy, piece of software that isn't anywhere close to industry standard (by a ratio of well over 1:10)! The safe and smart bet is to stick with IE.
What's the point, exactly? Why would MS bother? The NT kernel is stable, fast, and secure if you want it secure. Why would the re-invent the wheel? They've *finally* come out with a good product for the consumers (businesses have been using NT for a long time). After all of these years, and all of this work, why in the *hell* would they suddenly decide to start back at the drawing board again? That was one of the stupidest, for lack of a better word, article that I've read in a *long* time.
It's not ignorance. It's called journalism. The piece is about copy protection, not various kinds of desktop operating systems. It would be a shitty article if the author said, "This is meant to be used by Microsoft operating systems, as opposed to other operating systems, such as Apple's OSX, Debian, Mandrake, RedHat, Lindows, FreeBSD, OS/2, etc.". And since this article is geared toward the general public, yes, "Desktop PC" is synonymous with "Windows". I would be will to bet that you, in fact, are the one that doesn't "get it", especially since you work for a company that works to replace MS SQL with MySQL (ha!) and has a corporate website generated by somebody using Frontpage.
That's what the integrity ratings are an attempt at on the FastTrack network. The only problem with that is that the "intelligent" agents are the users.
Oh, that's true, it does, but generally during a showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, there's so much other stuff going on & flying through the air that you can't usually see the movie that well, anyway.:)
We didn't need fire-supression fields to stop people from smoking in theatres,
You don't smoke in theaters? Shit, I smoke and drink when I go to the movies! What's fun about going to the movies if you have to be a fucking Puritan when you're in there?
Well, if cell phones are outlawed while driving, I definitely think that kids in the car also need to be outlawed while driving. I've nearly gotten into many, many more accidents because of people yelling, hitting, doing something to/with their children then I have with cell phones.
Well, I'm just speaking from anecdotal evidence of my own use and the people that I know. The last few WD's that I saw were in family members' computers and they had to be replaced because they were so incredibly loud. As far as reliability, I've lost many, many more WD's in my lifetime than Quantum, Maxtor, Conner, and IBM drives combined. That seems to be the consensus with my friends, also.
I'm really worried about it. That's why all of my machines now have at least RAID 2. Luckily, hardware-based RAID 2 is a cheap, easy, and very viable option for even the most basic PC's now.
anyone who thinks they can pay a little bit of money and magically get high quality code from the underpants gnomes...er, I mean India, they're going to be disappointed.
I only wished that were true. From the article:
At the same time, Wipro has embraced quality. In six years, it has trained 7,000 employees in Six Sigma and completed 1,000 quality projects. Six years ago, Fast Company proled a team at Lockheed-Martin that wrote nearly perfect code ( "They Write the Right Stuff," Dec : Jan 1997 ). The team's claim to fame: It was one of only four outts in the world to achieve Level 5 certication from the Software Engineering Institute. Wipro has Level 5 certication in three different categories. It's eye-glazing stuff, but an amazing achievement.
Wow. That IS expensive. In the US, you can usually get something along the lines of 800 minutes a month (over 13 hours) to talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime, and you can talk for an unlimited amount of time, to anyone, anywhere on nights and weekends for only $60/month. At that price, it doesn't make any sense to use SMS. I wonder why prices are many, many, MANY times cheaper in the US than anywhere else?
But you *can* concentrate on typing on your phone (or play games on it, or whatever)? Shit, I wish that I went to meetings like *those* when I worked. I would've brought a Gameboy every day!
There's a big difference between self-publishing and publishing. Any yahoo can write a book and get it printed. It's called Kinko's. Publishers, on the other hand, actively filter out the good from the crap, and spend money to promote and sell and earn income for the author. Big difference.
Most people in the US don't use SMS. And why should they? I can speak a lot faster than I can type in a message on a tiny keypad, and it's much more personal.
Could somebody please explain why somebody would willingly squint at a tiny screen, and peck at a tiny keyboard to type out some message, reminiscent of the days of the telegraph, instead of just dialing the same damn phone and, god forbid, actually *speak* to someone? I have no idea how much "SMS" costs, and I really can't be bothered to go from virtually free voice calls (after the monthly fee) to hunting and pecking lines of text on the phone.
Onkyo, high end? Maybe not now, because they're always the el-cheapo brand that the drones at Circuit City are always pushing. The few Onkyo components I've owned have all been bottom of the barrel when it comes to quality.
It doesn't matter to me in the least. Onkyo makes some of the shittiest components I've ever used. I had a CD changer fail within 3 years, an amp fail within 5 years, and the sound quality coming out of even their "high end" models sucks ass. Onkyo could be running a full graphical interface of OSX, and I still wouldn't buy another one of their products. They make Sony look good by comparison.
Slashdot Mirror
In what way does Outlook's settings have anything to do with IE? Who says they *are* using Outlook? Any security concerns would come from people doing some serious porn browsing on company time. Not likely. You're talking about a security problem IF a person visits one of 2 specially created websites to exploit a hole which is probably already patched with auto-update vs. a browser which doesn't render, say, an internal company app wrongly, causing it to have to be re-written. Hmmm... Call me nuts, but I'd stick with IE.
Exactly. He's never been in IT. You can't just "walk workstation to workstation" installing software willy nilly. And you don't do it unless you have a *damn* good reason to.
Tech: "Bob, this is Joe Schmoe in IT, I need to install something on your machine."
Bob: "I didn't call you guys. There's nothing wrong with my computer."
Tech: "Well, you see, Microsoft is evil. I have to install Mozilla on your box this afternoon."
Bob: "Who the hell is this? What the hell is Godzilla? Who's your boss? I don't have time for this shit. Talk to my boss if you want to touch my machine. Then, send me an email, and I'll try to remember to leave you my machine when I go on vacation in December. But if a single file is missing, I'll have your ass."
It's not Mozilla, but it's sure as shit a good comparison, and it'll come in handy when this guy realizes that Mozilla is too much of a risk and a pain in the ass. If I had mod points, I'd mod up the parent.
/. It's all about how much of an OSS zealot you are. Nice "community", huh?
Oh yeah, and about those mod points... karma is irrelevant on
You'd rather bet your job on a new, untested, unstandard piece of software than the industry standard? You're out of your fucking mind. You don't have an IT job, do you? Hell, you probably don't have a job, do you? You don't risk everything over some new, buggy, piece of software that isn't anywhere close to industry standard (by a ratio of well over 1:10)! The safe and smart bet is to stick with IE.
What's the point, exactly? Why would MS bother? The NT kernel is stable, fast, and secure if you want it secure. Why would the re-invent the wheel? They've *finally* come out with a good product for the consumers (businesses have been using NT for a long time). After all of these years, and all of this work, why in the *hell* would they suddenly decide to start back at the drawing board again? That was one of the stupidest, for lack of a better word, article that I've read in a *long* time.
It's not ignorance. It's called journalism. The piece is about copy protection, not various kinds of desktop operating systems. It would be a shitty article if the author said, "This is meant to be used by Microsoft operating systems, as opposed to other operating systems, such as Apple's OSX, Debian, Mandrake, RedHat, Lindows, FreeBSD, OS/2, etc.". And since this article is geared toward the general public, yes, "Desktop PC" is synonymous with "Windows". I would be will to bet that you, in fact, are the one that doesn't "get it", especially since you work for a company that works to replace MS SQL with MySQL (ha!) and has a corporate website generated by somebody using Frontpage.
Yup, I guess so... I use two drive RAID 1 systems like this one) because IDE is so damned unreliable.
Anybody know what NetHack's relation to Rogue is? The games are incredibly similar.
That's what the integrity ratings are an attempt at on the FastTrack network. The only problem with that is that the "intelligent" agents are the users.
Oh, that's true, it does, but generally during a showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, there's so much other stuff going on & flying through the air that you can't usually see the movie that well, anyway. :)
We didn't need fire-supression fields to stop people from smoking in theatres,
You don't smoke in theaters? Shit, I smoke and drink when I go to the movies! What's fun about going to the movies if you have to be a fucking Puritan when you're in there?
Well, if cell phones are outlawed while driving, I definitely think that kids in the car also need to be outlawed while driving. I've nearly gotten into many, many more accidents because of people yelling, hitting, doing something to/with their children then I have with cell phones.
Well, I'm just speaking from anecdotal evidence of my own use and the people that I know. The last few WD's that I saw were in family members' computers and they had to be replaced because they were so incredibly loud. As far as reliability, I've lost many, many more WD's in my lifetime than Quantum, Maxtor, Conner, and IBM drives combined. That seems to be the consensus with my friends, also.
Perfect only if you don't mind buying a new one of these every year:
Warranty Period 3 1 year (USA), 2 year (Europe)
Opening the USB hard drive case will void the warranty
And that's not even mentioning that WD probably has the most unreliable, loudest drives on the market.
I'm really worried about it. That's why all of my machines now have at least RAID 2. Luckily, hardware-based RAID 2 is a cheap, easy, and very viable option for even the most basic PC's now.
paves the way for other tech companies that have held out paying dividends.
I agree, if there were any tech companies that were profitable right now!
anyone who thinks they can pay a little bit of money and magically get high quality code from the underpants gnomes...er, I mean India, they're going to be disappointed.
I only wished that were true. From the article:
At the same time, Wipro has embraced quality. In six years, it has trained 7,000 employees in Six Sigma and completed 1,000 quality projects. Six years ago, Fast Company proled a team at Lockheed-Martin that wrote nearly perfect code ( "They Write the Right Stuff," Dec : Jan 1997 ). The team's claim to fame: It was one of only four outts in the world to achieve Level 5 certication from the Software Engineering Institute. Wipro has Level 5 certication in three different categories. It's eye-glazing stuff, but an amazing achievement.
Wow. That IS expensive. In the US, you can usually get something along the lines of 800 minutes a month (over 13 hours) to talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime, and you can talk for an unlimited amount of time, to anyone, anywhere on nights and weekends for only $60/month. At that price, it doesn't make any sense to use SMS. I wonder why prices are many, many, MANY times cheaper in the US than anywhere else?
But you *can* concentrate on typing on your phone (or play games on it, or whatever)? Shit, I wish that I went to meetings like *those* when I worked. I would've brought a Gameboy every day!
Please raise your hand if you trust a book filtered (ie: published) by O'Reilly more than you trust a book published by the "For Dummies" press.
There's a big difference between self-publishing and publishing. Any yahoo can write a book and get it printed. It's called Kinko's.
Publishers, on the other hand, actively filter out the good from the crap, and spend money to promote and sell and earn income for the author. Big difference.
Most people in the US don't use SMS. And why should they? I can speak a lot faster than I can type in a message on a tiny keypad, and it's much more personal.
Could somebody please explain why somebody would willingly squint at a tiny screen, and peck at a tiny keyboard to type out some message, reminiscent of the days of the telegraph, instead of just dialing the same damn phone and, god forbid, actually *speak* to someone? I have no idea how much "SMS" costs, and I really can't be bothered to go from virtually free voice calls (after the monthly fee) to hunting and pecking lines of text on the phone.
Onkyo, high end? Maybe not now, because they're always the el-cheapo brand that the drones at Circuit City are always pushing. The few Onkyo components I've owned have all been bottom of the barrel when it comes to quality.
It doesn't matter to me in the least. Onkyo makes some of the shittiest components I've ever used. I had a CD changer fail within 3 years, an amp fail within 5 years, and the sound quality coming out of even their "high end" models sucks ass. Onkyo could be running a full graphical interface of OSX, and I still wouldn't buy another one of their products. They make Sony look good by comparison.