Hmmm... Forgetting the privacy issues for a while, look for the money - costs and gains.
It is supposedly "activated by an erratic vehicle movement - extreme braking, cornering, and acceleration or if there is a collision". Detected by accelerometer, I guess. And then transmits -10/+10 secs of video for analysis by an "expert coach", resulting in a weekly "report" for parents.
I suppose the hourly rate for "expert coaches" are not far from what computer professionals are paid, and the time spent viewing, "analyzing" and commenting on countless clips would be prohibitive. Which leads me to believe that random footage would be captured, parents would be able to log in and see their loved ones brake and accelerate ad nauseam, which would be boring at best - and the program would mostly be used in processing (avoiding?) claims, as well as maybe play a slightly disciplinary role. For a while, at least.
I presume you've got it by now, but here's a quick summary:
- If you don't have the "Directory Services Restore" password, it's really the local administrator account (stored in SAM), which means any bootable CD tool to reset local Windows passwords will do it for you.
- In DS restore, AD is not running so you cannot reset domain administrator's password.
- But go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop, set SCRNSAVE.EXE to dsa.msc (or cmd.exe...), enable it (ScreenSaveActive) and set a really low ScreenSaveTimeOut.
- Reboot and wait for "screensaver" to activate. dsa.msc or whatever will run with localsystem privileges, which will be sufficient to set domain admin's password.
Don't jump to your guns and proclaim ESR's clairvoyant genius, though. In 2000, he said to LWN "I believe that will happen probably within five to six month from now." I hope for his sake he didn't sit and wait it out...
There's a new breed of lusers entering the *nix world. Today I scolded the three most computer literate students in my Basic Economy with Computers class, ?? grade (non US, 16 yr olds). The three of them use their own laptops, even in the comp. lab, hooking them up to the school's LAN & 'net access, rather than using the aging PCs in the lab. All three recently switched from Win2k to Linux on their computers, and having Office running on wine, they happily ditched Windows from the once-multiboot setup. Alas, lots and lots of beginner's computer courses in Norway presupposes usage of M$ products. Of course, in my course most of the computer part is waaay below them, they're there for the economy bit.
Why I scolded three wonderful dream students so badly (albeit humorously)? For taking class notes logged in as root. All three of them.
Chipset support makes a big difference. Has anyone tried to make a simple file/mail/web/whateverserver really stable on an Athlon/VIA combo? I have. And with "really stable" I mean rock stable under heavy load for at least a week. I am an AMD user & lover, but accomplishing that stability on BX440 is just so much easier.
Everywhere I read about HW trends, the general line is that "AMD stresses once again that they're not a chipset maker." Why? Apparently no-one can make better chipsets. The 750 ("Irongate") chipset was good. Lacking PC133 and ATA-66, it fell short to the VIA line, but only just so. Running a VIA set at PC100 / ATA-33 against an Irongate clearly showed who had the best memory performance.
Now we see it again with the 760. VIA's line has matured with the new KT133A, and I cross my fingers for their DDR-chipset. But 760 is really good. Why, oh why, can't AMD keep designing chipsets? Maybe let someone else manufacture, if they get somehow nervous from doing it themselves? Anyone got a clue?
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It is supposedly "activated by an erratic vehicle movement - extreme braking, cornering, and acceleration or if there is a collision". Detected by accelerometer, I guess. And then transmits -10/+10 secs of video for analysis by an "expert coach", resulting in a weekly "report" for parents.
I suppose the hourly rate for "expert coaches" are not far from what computer professionals are paid, and the time spent viewing, "analyzing" and commenting on countless clips would be prohibitive. Which leads me to believe that random footage would be captured, parents would be able to log in and see their loved ones brake and accelerate ad nauseam, which would be boring at best - and the program would mostly be used in processing (avoiding?) claims, as well as maybe play a slightly disciplinary role. For a while, at least.
I presume you've got it by now, but here's a quick summary: - If you don't have the "Directory Services Restore" password, it's really the local administrator account (stored in SAM), which means any bootable CD tool to reset local Windows passwords will do it for you.
- In DS restore, AD is not running so you cannot reset domain administrator's password.
- But go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop, set SCRNSAVE.EXE to dsa.msc (or cmd.exe...), enable it (ScreenSaveActive) and set a really low ScreenSaveTimeOut.
- Reboot and wait for "screensaver" to activate. dsa.msc or whatever will run with localsystem privileges, which will be sufficient to set domain admin's password.
No wait, make that 2000.
Don't jump to your guns and proclaim ESR's clairvoyant genius, though. In 2000, he said to LWN "I believe that will happen probably within five to six month from now." I hope for his sake he didn't sit and wait it out...
Why I scolded three wonderful dream students so badly (albeit humorously)? For taking class notes logged in as root. All three of them.
Everywhere I read about HW trends, the general line is that "AMD stresses once again that they're not a chipset maker." Why? Apparently no-one can make better chipsets. The 750 ("Irongate") chipset was good. Lacking PC133 and ATA-66, it fell short to the VIA line, but only just so. Running a VIA set at PC100 / ATA-33 against an Irongate clearly showed who had the best memory performance.
Now we see it again with the 760. VIA's line has matured with the new KT133A, and I cross my fingers for their DDR-chipset. But 760 is really good. Why, oh why, can't AMD keep designing chipsets? Maybe let someone else manufacture, if they get somehow nervous from doing it themselves? Anyone got a clue?