Good Idea. Only Bellsouth had our network down for most of yesterday. When I got in the office this morning, the already MS03-026 patched network was teeming with something Norton thought was Welchia, but couldn't stop. Enough traffic that our Checkpoint FW was knocked offline trying to keep up with it's internal interface.
Whatever this is (I don't know if it has been identified), it kicked our ass before MS even released the Security Bulliten.
Give me a break. I have a bunch of On Demand channels on my Time Warner Digital channels. It's slow. Way slow. Menus take forever to load/change. It's awful.
It doesn't even compare to the wonder that is Tivo. I'll give mine up when it's pried from my cold, dead hands.
We need an NRA type organization for Tivo. Or Tivo owners need to start carrying firearms.
Perhaps. But I am a Systems Administrator. I have a professional responsibility to make things WORK. If I wanted to make diverting responsibility away from myself, I would have gotten my MBA.
When Windows screws up, it's my ass on the line. I don't like to place blame. I like to make sure the systems I'm responsible for work like they need to. To suggest we would use Windows just to give us an easy out is utter nonsense.
Evolution is a 'theory', just like gravity. If you don't like it, go jump off a bridge.
This is just not the case. Gravity is a Law, not a Theory. It accurately describes something, but does not explain "how" something works. Only that it does. Evolution, OTH, attempts to explain how a process works. Very little if any progress has been made towards this end WRT Gravity.
A quick Google search for "difference between a Theory and a Law" should provide an explanation of the differences. It was not too long ago that this distiction was pointed out to me, while making the same assertion you have. This page explains it better.
Classic Mac OS had a great error. When you had a window for a folder open, and tried to drag and drop the folder's icon into that window, you'd get something like "A folder may not be placed within itself."
That I had to think for a moment to recall who Shawn Fanning was says enough about him to satisfy whatever curiousity would lead me to read an interview with him.
1.) Companies are having difficulty implementing the calendar system that Exchange uses properly. 2.) Microsoft professional support, big business likes the idea of having someone to blame when things don't work. They sign contacts that make people have it fixed within a specific time period or they recieve
Wrong. I work for a medium sized company. And I can't find anything that provides my clients the functionality that Outlook/Exchange provides. I've looked, but it just isn't there yet.
It has nothing to do with support. If you think anyone buying MS products actually expects them to be "suppported" outside of their in-house IT staff, you're imagining things.
Give me a product, open source or not, that provides my clients (on whose interests I act) with the functionality of Exchange, and I'll get the Purchase Order ready by close of business today.
Huh? How can that be? Can you cite some sources? I have to assume a $15,000 car has less than $15,000 worth of labor, parts, and marketing costs in it.
I think this compares the wholesale costs of the manufacturer to the retail cost of the replacement parts. If you go to you local service dept. with a list of all the parts in your car, the cost would be far more than you paid for the car. Just b/c I had to pay $310 this week to replace my alternator, doesn't mean that part costs GM even half as much to make.
While this is true, the OMB has the power as a consumer to request things of it's vendor. While some of these stipulations may prove unrealistic, others may be a good idea, and may help utilize the monstrosity that is our Federal Gov't to be used to our advantage as sonsumers and users of similar technologies.
If this does prove to be illegal (sending unathorized email) the first person I'm suing is mydadssister@msn.com from whom I recieve 3-5 stupid FWD:s a day.
I agree. The most anoying thing about Lucas is that he is a filmaker second, and a salesman first. He cares about marketing way more than is healthy. I can't believe that he appreciates his films for their inherent value more than thier market value. And that just isn't a quality I value in an artist.
SpaceBalls had the Franchise pegged perfectly. It's all about the Boba Fett toilet paper.
I don't have a PVR. But I still choose not watch most commercials, except during the Super Bowl. In addition to choosing not to watch commercials, I will be choosing not to watch the following:
TNT TBS CNN TCM and (ouch) The Cartoon Network.
For a list of all the things I have added to my "list of things not to watch" today, visit http://www.turner.com/
Umm, yeah. I see myself upgrading my 100Mb home network sometime soon. ..
And better than 5.1 channel sound? Sure, but how many people really care about that?
Right now my 5 slots are occupied by a NIC (taken care of) a Live! (taken care of) a 1394 (taken care of) a 2940U2W (down to two slots) and an IDE RAID card (taken care of).
Hmm. Seems as though I have room to grow. Besides, we replace computers every two years anyway. You might have to upgrade the 1394 by then. But not much else. Jesus, I'd sell my soul for 10 USB ports.
The thing I wouldn't mind about metering during peak usage is the same thing I don't mind about "Nights and Weekends" on my cell phone. I don't mind that. I can shift my heavy use to a diffrent time with little inconvenience to me. But I won't pay more for it.
I'll settle with only getting 256Kbs/DL before 9pm. As long as it goes back up to 2Mbps after the peak hours. And I'll keep giving them 45 bucks a month.
Of course, I understand the TOS that I agreed to allows me use whatever I want. But I also know they will do whatever they want anyway. And I'd rather not go through Bell South for anything more than I have to.
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Good Idea. Only Bellsouth had our network down for most of yesterday. When I got in the office this morning, the already MS03-026 patched network was teeming with something Norton thought was Welchia, but couldn't stop. Enough traffic that our Checkpoint FW was knocked offline trying to keep up with it's internal interface.
Whatever this is (I don't know if it has been identified), it kicked our ass before MS even released the Security Bulliten.
My "description" in AD is "Dashing Young Systems Engineer".
I've always liked "Key Grip". I reckon that fits us as well as anything.
Give me a break. I have a bunch of On Demand channels on my Time Warner Digital channels. It's slow. Way slow. Menus take forever to load/change. It's awful.
It doesn't even compare to the wonder that is Tivo. I'll give mine up when it's pried from my cold, dead hands.
We need an NRA type organization for Tivo. Or Tivo owners need to start carrying firearms.
Whichever.
Really. It's co-loed in Ohio. I'm not in Ohio. And my companies website? It's 300 miles away. How functional can this be, really?
Perhaps. But I am a Systems Administrator. I have a professional responsibility to make things WORK. If I wanted to make diverting responsibility away from myself, I would have gotten my MBA.
When Windows screws up, it's my ass on the line. I don't like to place blame. I like to make sure the systems I'm responsible for work like they need to. To suggest we would use Windows just to give us an easy out is utter nonsense.
Evolution is a 'theory', just like gravity. If you don't like it, go jump off a bridge.
This is just not the case. Gravity is a Law, not a Theory. It accurately describes something, but does not explain "how" something works. Only that it does. Evolution, OTH, attempts to explain how a process works. Very little if any progress has been made towards this end WRT Gravity.
A quick Google search for "difference between a Theory and a Law" should provide an explanation of the differences. It was not too long ago that this distiction was pointed out to me, while making the same assertion you have. This page explains it better.
What do you think the future will bring?
An increasingly distorted perspective of the past.
Classic Mac OS had a great error. When you had a window for a folder open, and tried to drag and drop the folder's icon into that window, you'd get something like "A folder may not be placed within itself."
But, IIS = Microsoft. ;)
That I had to think for a moment to recall who Shawn Fanning was says enough about him to satisfy whatever curiousity would lead me to read an interview with him.
1.) Companies are having difficulty implementing the calendar system that Exchange uses properly. 2.) Microsoft professional support, big business likes the idea of having someone to blame when things don't work. They sign contacts that make people have it fixed within a specific time period or they recieve
Wrong. I work for a medium sized company. And I can't find anything that provides my clients the functionality that Outlook/Exchange provides. I've looked, but it just isn't there yet.
It has nothing to do with support. If you think anyone buying MS products actually expects them to be "suppported" outside of their in-house IT staff, you're imagining things.
Give me a product, open source or not, that provides my clients (on whose interests I act) with the functionality of Exchange, and I'll get the Purchase Order ready by close of business today.
I just got the article in this month's print edition.
Not to complain too much, but check the date at the top of the article (thats what 10-99 is in case you are wondering).
Actually, there was a lengthy article about him in this month's issue. I just read it this past weekend.
True. But why take the PC's? The bandwith isn't on them. :)
Windows NT can try and divide by zero...
Will somebody mod this brother up?
It was for a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am with the 3.4L V6. I called around to 7 different places. The best price was 275 for a rebuilt one.
Huh? How can that be? Can you cite some sources? I have to assume a $15,000 car has less than $15,000 worth of labor, parts, and marketing costs in it.
I think this compares the wholesale costs of the manufacturer to the retail cost of the replacement parts. If you go to you local service dept. with a list of all the parts in your car, the cost would be far more than you paid for the car. Just b/c I had to pay $310 this week to replace my alternator, doesn't mean that part costs GM even half as much to make.
While this is true, the OMB has the power as a consumer to request things of it's vendor. While some of these stipulations may prove unrealistic, others may be a good idea, and may help utilize the monstrosity that is our Federal Gov't to be used to our advantage as sonsumers and users of similar technologies.
Exactly. Care to see our invoices for Windows 2000? I'd love to pay $250. $250 is a drop in the bucket for us customers.
If this does prove to be illegal (sending unathorized email) the first person I'm suing is mydadssister@msn.com from whom I recieve 3-5 stupid FWD:s a day.
I agree. The most anoying thing about Lucas is that he is a filmaker second, and a salesman first. He cares about marketing way more than is healthy. I can't believe that he appreciates his films for their inherent value more than thier market value. And that just isn't a quality I value in an artist.
SpaceBalls had the Franchise pegged perfectly. It's all about the Boba Fett toilet paper.
I don't have a PVR. But I still choose not watch most commercials, except during the Super Bowl. In addition to choosing not to watch commercials, I will be choosing not to watch the following:
TNT
TBS
CNN
TCM
and (ouch) The Cartoon Network.
For a list of all the things I have added to my "list of things not to watch" today, visit http://www.turner.com/
Umm, yeah. I see myself upgrading my 100Mb home network sometime soon. . .
And better than 5.1 channel sound? Sure, but how many people really care about that?
Right now my 5 slots are occupied by a NIC (taken care of) a Live! (taken care of) a 1394 (taken care of) a 2940U2W (down to two slots) and an IDE RAID card (taken care of).
Hmm. Seems as though I have room to grow. Besides, we replace computers every two years anyway. You might have to upgrade the 1394 by then. But not much else. Jesus, I'd sell my soul for 10 USB ports.
The thing I wouldn't mind about metering during peak usage is the same thing I don't mind about "Nights and Weekends" on my cell phone. I don't mind that. I can shift my heavy use to a diffrent time with little inconvenience to me. But I won't pay more for it.
I'll settle with only getting 256Kbs/DL before 9pm. As long as it goes back up to 2Mbps after the peak hours. And I'll keep giving them 45 bucks a month.
Of course, I understand the TOS that I agreed to allows me use whatever I want. But I also know they will do whatever they want anyway. And I'd rather not go through Bell South for anything more than I have to.