Anyone who uses Symantec software with the expectation that it will actually protect them from anything deserves whatever they get.
I deal with hundredes of machines monthly, and it's always the NIS/Norton Antivirus machines that have been completely compromised without Norton making a peep.
US companies suck at malware detection. I've found the eastern European companies to be among the best.
Yeah, a pretty nice piece of shit that will fall apart within the first year.
I work as a technical consultant. One of my clients had a kid who was off to college. The kid wanted a Dell first, then a Sony (based on nothing more than the way the machine looked or ads he saw, I guess)...
I flatly refused to recommend any machine other than a Thinkpad. Three years later it's still going strong (sans a few keys on the keyboard, which Lenovo replaced no questions asked under the default 3-yr warranty). He reported that NONE of his friends machines (Sony, HP, Dell, etc.) lasted this long, and thanked me for recommending the "boring" ThinkPad.
Dells are great if you want a disposable computer, or are interested in paying for it twice when it fails right outside of the 90-day warranty they offer at that price.
If your client trusts in your expertise well enough to ask this question, and you've led them on by pretending to know what you're doing (we can deduce this based on your need to post a question to "Ask Slashdot"), maybe you ought to save yourself from the forthcoming embarassment and step down from this project?
I've had several phones and pagers that allow you to set "quiet time", where the phone/pager will automatically put itself in vibrate mode at the times you choose.
More recently, a Hitachi cellphone I used on the Sprint network had a light sensor that muted the ringer the moment it was removed from a pocket. If left on a desk, the ringer volume would be set lower than if it were in a dark place (i.e. your pocket)
So, while this is certainly interesting, there have already been practical applications of such technology.
Their extended warranty does in fact cover bulbs. I was so flabbergasted to hear this that I made the manager add it in writing with a signature on my service contract.
The bulb is considered an intergral part of the unit and is obviously essential to its operation. Thus, any failure of the bulb constitutes a failure of the unit.
The nice part is, if the unit fails for any reason more than three times, I get a brand new projector of equal or greater spec.
This project is pointless... add up all the time scrounging parts, building boxes, finding space to put this huge thing... for some people it's just not worth it.
I picked up an Optoma DLP projector for $999 that does native XGA and has every input under the sun. It's small enough to fit in a backpack, super quiet, and gives excellent performance.
The bulbs are expensive, yes... but with the purchase of an 3-yr warranty that costs less than a replacement bulb and still covers bulbs, I can leave the thing on 24/7 if I choose.
Why can't these clever open source zealots figure out how to provide an update feature on the Windows platform that doesn't leave an installer sitting on the user's desktop when it's finished? Also, how about resetting the update flag so the little red "Critical Updates" arrow goes away after you've updated?
This Microsoft guy is an idiot... Senior Program Director for Security Policy? Please.
Creating and remembering complex passwords is trivial if you have a system. Here's one that works well for everyone I've introduced it to:
Think of a long word, or even a phrase, that you will easily remember. For example, let's use "iloveslashdot".
Now, take all of the vowels and replace them with punctuation or numeric characters that resemble the letters. So, "iloveslashdot" becomes "!l0v#sl@shd0t".
You can modify this "core" password for use at different sites/services. Let's say your bank is Bank of America... the password could then become "b0f@!l0v#sl@shd0t". Your ebay password, using this system, would be "#b@y!l0v#sl@shd0t".
The nice part about this system is that it can be modified for obscurity. Above, I used a 4-letter abbreviation for the various sites/services and attached it before the "core" password. You could add it to the middle or end of the password as well.
As long as you are consistent with your vowel/punctuation character replacements and the unique identifiers you use for your various sites/services, this system is almost impossible to forget. Even the biggest BOFH i've encountered uses this method and has no issue remembering 14+ character passwords that have extraordinary complexity.
Take a look at the rapid growth of Koren company Samsung in the global handset market. They came out of nowhere and now are in the top 3 of handset manufacturers along with established giants Nokia and Motorola.
Hyundai is also doing a great job undercutting other auto compaines with surprisingly decent cars at excellent prices. 5 years ago I would never have considered owning a Hyundai, now I think they're just as good or better than some manufacturers.
If you don't think China already has a major stronghold on the US, you haven't been to a Wal-Mart lately. It's a global market, like it or not.
The "scanner that lights up" is simply a UV light. Most casino chips have some form of logo or identifying mark that can be seen under UV. Try this with your credit cards also! The California drivers license also has an image of a bear that is visible only under UV.
The N equipment gets its performance increases by using multiple channels simultaneously. This means that if you have other 2.4 GHz devices in your home, they will be most likely rendered almost useless.
The click-wheel iPods can be used with an accessory by Belkin (F8E477) which allows USB transfers of photos from a digital camera right into your iPod.
It's about $80 on Belkin's site, probably cheaper elsewhere:
Is that "best-of-field" engineering team also responsible for an iBook that has a nearly impossible-to-replace hard disk drive or an iPod that has no means to easily swap out a dead battery?
I guess you could say Apple is good at putting things together without thinking about who might someday want to take them apart.
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Anyone who uses Symantec software with the expectation that it will actually protect them from anything deserves whatever they get.
I deal with hundredes of machines monthly, and it's always the NIS/Norton Antivirus machines that have been completely compromised without Norton making a peep.
US companies suck at malware detection. I've found the eastern European companies to be among the best.
Yeah, a pretty nice piece of shit that will fall apart within the first year.
I work as a technical consultant. One of my clients had a kid who was off to college. The kid wanted a Dell first, then a Sony (based on nothing more than the way the machine looked or ads he saw, I guess)...
I flatly refused to recommend any machine other than a Thinkpad. Three years later it's still going strong (sans a few keys on the keyboard, which Lenovo replaced no questions asked under the default 3-yr warranty). He reported that NONE of his friends machines (Sony, HP, Dell, etc.) lasted this long, and thanked me for recommending the "boring" ThinkPad.
Dells are great if you want a disposable computer, or are interested in paying for it twice when it fails right outside of the 90-day warranty they offer at that price.
If your client trusts in your expertise well enough to ask this question, and you've led them on by pretending to know what you're doing (we can deduce this based on your need to post a question to "Ask Slashdot"), maybe you ought to save yourself from the forthcoming embarassment and step down from this project?
It's OK to say "I don't know".
I've had several phones and pagers that allow you to set "quiet time", where the phone/pager will automatically put itself in vibrate mode at the times you choose.
More recently, a Hitachi cellphone I used on the Sprint network had a light sensor that muted the ringer the moment it was removed from a pocket. If left on a desk, the ringer volume would be set lower than if it were in a dark place (i.e. your pocket)
So, while this is certainly interesting, there have already been practical applications of such technology.
Best Buy (yeah, I know... shitty place)... but:
Their extended warranty does in fact cover bulbs. I was so flabbergasted to hear this that I made the manager add it in writing with a signature on my service contract.
The bulb is considered an intergral part of the unit and is obviously essential to its operation. Thus, any failure of the bulb constitutes a failure of the unit.
The nice part is, if the unit fails for any reason more than three times, I get a brand new projector of equal or greater spec.
This project is pointless... add up all the time scrounging parts, building boxes, finding space to put this huge thing... for some people it's just not worth it.
I picked up an Optoma DLP projector for $999 that does native XGA and has every input under the sun. It's small enough to fit in a backpack, super quiet, and gives excellent performance.
The bulbs are expensive, yes... but with the purchase of an 3-yr warranty that costs less than a replacement bulb and still covers bulbs, I can leave the thing on 24/7 if I choose.
Har har... nice pun.
To the tune of the "Mickey Mouse Club" theme song... though a few too many syllables. Still funny. And I'm drunk and still figured it out.
Why can't these clever open source zealots figure out how to provide an update feature on the Windows platform that doesn't leave an installer sitting on the user's desktop when it's finished? Also, how about resetting the update flag so the little red "Critical Updates" arrow goes away after you've updated?
I received an automatic update notification for this very issue just a couple of hours ago. Applied and restarted. Until the next update...
This Microsoft guy is an idiot... Senior Program Director for Security Policy? Please.
Creating and remembering complex passwords is trivial if you have a system. Here's one that works well for everyone I've introduced it to:
Think of a long word, or even a phrase, that you will easily remember. For example, let's use "iloveslashdot".
Now, take all of the vowels and replace them with punctuation or numeric characters that resemble the letters. So, "iloveslashdot" becomes "!l0v#sl@shd0t".
You can modify this "core" password for use at different sites/services. Let's say your bank is Bank of America... the password could then become "b0f@!l0v#sl@shd0t". Your ebay password, using this system, would be "#b@y!l0v#sl@shd0t".
The nice part about this system is that it can be modified for obscurity. Above, I used a 4-letter abbreviation for the various sites/services and attached it before the "core" password. You could add it to the middle or end of the password as well.
As long as you are consistent with your vowel/punctuation character replacements and the unique identifiers you use for your various sites/services, this system is almost impossible to forget. Even the biggest BOFH i've encountered uses this method and has no issue remembering 14+ character passwords that have extraordinary complexity.
Take a look at the rapid growth of Koren company Samsung in the global handset market. They came out of nowhere and now are in the top 3 of handset manufacturers along with established giants Nokia and Motorola.
Hyundai is also doing a great job undercutting other auto compaines with surprisingly decent cars at excellent prices. 5 years ago I would never have considered owning a Hyundai, now I think they're just as good or better than some manufacturers.
If you don't think China already has a major stronghold on the US, you haven't been to a Wal-Mart lately. It's a global market, like it or not.
If you can't grasp the fact that you live in a tourist city, maybe you should move.
Just shut the fuck up and stick to the topic, how's that?
Is this what people talk about when they never get laid?
By road. Maybe 100 miles as the crow flies. The volcano would have to take out Seattle first I think.
Not to mention it's currently nighttime where the camera is located. Duh.
So why can't I do this with my existing machine and maybe an additional hard disk for storage? Oh wait, I already do!
The "scanner that lights up" is simply a UV light. Most casino chips have some form of logo or identifying mark that can be seen under UV. Try this with your credit cards also! The California drivers license also has an image of a bear that is visible only under UV.
The N equipment gets its performance increases by using multiple channels simultaneously. This means that if you have other 2.4 GHz devices in your home, they will be most likely rendered almost useless.
The click-wheel iPods can be used with an accessory by Belkin (F8E477) which allows USB transfers of photos from a digital camera right into your iPod.
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It's about $80 on Belkin's site, probably cheaper elsewhere:
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.proces
Good article... sorry I don't have points at the moment :(
This is a valid point, not sure why some numbnut is modding this "flamebait"...
Repeat after me:
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HIV is not AIDS
Futhermore, the rest of your rambling is complete rubbish. Educate yourself:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=HIV+mosquito
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/YourPC.mspx
That's how you know.
Is that "best-of-field" engineering team also responsible for an iBook that has a nearly impossible-to-replace hard disk drive or an iPod that has no means to easily swap out a dead battery?
I guess you could say Apple is good at putting things together without thinking about who might someday want to take them apart.