Compatibility issues on x86 platforms Linux compatibility, ZFS file system and other promised features not yet available....so? People who use Solaris10 on desktop computers are pussies anyway. UFS is still an excellent filesystem, and Solaris10 has a lot of improvements that make it a big step up from Solaris 9/8. Solaris is for Big Servers, not mincy little desktop PC that is made with the cheapest parts on the block. I like linux. Really! I'm even beginning to warm up to Windows (*duck*), but when it comes to heavy computing give me Solaris 10 and a 36 SparcIV E20K! I don't want some home-built willy-nilly hodge-podge linux server.
I agree. Most often these security folks come in a make a fuss (I know being one myself) about every little thing. It's called CYA (cover your ass). Of course most businesses out there don't have any idea about the costs of mitigation or even the real value of their assets. You don't spend $2,000 on a safe to protect your $1 bill.
Don't worry about the desktop PC's. Focus on the big bucks, such as servers. As long as you have a well designed network with firewall, use anti-virus, and keep up with your patches (see Shavlik HFnetChk) your doing enough to CYA. IDS gets awful pricey and logging/monitoring is worth while if you have the tools and staff to monitor it all. Management has to decide where to spend their resources. If they are running a small shop, chances are they'll have to spend money for tools to help ease the additional effort needed to keep things clean.
I agree. Most Sun equipment I've lasts forever. If my hump were on the line for providing 24/7/365 service Sun is my 1st choice. And yes the Dells are faster, but only for low-end computing. An 24 processor SunFire will be faster and more reliable than anything else I've seen.
For old or dead hard drives the only way to go is to destroy the platters. Open the drive. Scratch the platters. Bend the platters. Stomp on them. Yell at them. I'm not sure if microwaving would work, but that would be great if it does. Use a gauss device too.
But that's not foolproof because there is still some data there. That's where starting with encryption on the whole drive is a plus as a precaution.
No doubt. There's no way a mother would pass off their kid so their man could buy Macintosh equipment. As a matter of a fact, I would assume that she would spend it on at least one huge ass diamond, lots of decorations in various pastels, and a pink VW Cabriolet. And for the husband... $0. That's what you get for not paying enough attention to her.
Generic CompUSA case (fugly) CoolMAX (ha!) CT-400 power supply Boxed AMD 2400+ (with stock fan) 3 hard drives. Sapphire Radeon 6600 Pro. Other miscellaneous bits and pieces.
Here's how I got it cool and quiet: - Bought a bunch of Zalman FanMasters to control fan speeds. - Replaced stock CPU heatsink with Zalman's CNPS6000-Cu. Very quiet! - A Pabst case fan at 7v added to the case. Not much to hear. - HD drive enclosures for noisy hard drives. - Superglued a piece of carpet to the removable panel on the case. A nice shade of pink. Hey it's all I could find in my Grandma's basement!:\ - Rewired Power supply fans through FanMasters. - Rewired stock POS fan on VGA card to v7. Still cool and much more quiet.
I was hoping to replace the Power Supply fan with something quieter, but I'd rather save the $$$. Rubber drive mounts for fans and HD's could make things more quiet. Same for some good rubber feet for the case.
Attitude and money have been eternal problems with gov agencies. It takes some really big balls to tell a titanic size department that, "your're going to change the way you do business now". Otherwise OMB, and other forms of management, seems to be most effective when they threaten to cut budgets as a motivating factor. I think that many offices have resonable security, but it's not all documented which results in the poor grades. If it's not in the black and white then it doesn't exist as far as the lawyers are concerned. All in all, as Gov security policies and guidances are solidfied and implemented I think that the results will be very impressive, but it won't happen over night.
That is officially F#*'3d. Think of the what could happen if a hybrid mouse/human had a mouse only disease that mutates to become effective to humans too!
YES. After 1000 days of 1% increases... my 486 smokes my AthlonXP. And we paint our computers red (cause red makes them faster), and I lean the CPU on a downhill slope with a fan blowing behind it.
I'd say your secured enough to keep you out of trouble for a bit.
But a firewall is only a thin blanket on a cold night. And how is your encrypted volume supposed to help? If you computer is compromosed and the volume is mounted... folks have a one stop shop to all your fancy data. An what if your computer is snatched from your home? Is your RAM clean? Swap space? Unlinked inodes?
If you really want to start to be secure, don't use the internet. And keep your inportant data locked up in a safe.
I just dropped a FusionHDTV card into my rig. It works great, especially considering it's price. I just recored The Tonight Show for kicks. The quality is fantasic, and not as rough as some of the earlier cards like the AccessDTV card.
QAM support is a bit shady. I get comcast here, and every now and then a HD broadcast will pop up, but I've had better luck sticking to over-the-air broadcasts (via TERK TV55 antenna).
It's decoder is all software, and therefore you won't likely be able to use it with a unix-like OS until the vendor supports it. The pcHDTV HD-3000 is likely your best bet. Not that I love Windows, but I was a bit bummed XP is not supported.
I disagree, respectfully. EA is reacting to a situation where there are lots of people who want to work for them. It's just like the television industry here in the states. So as a result, if someone doesn't like their crummy paycheck and long hours, there are plenty of warm bodies who can't wait for the opportunity to take their place. Supply and demand baby, it's the American Way. If you want job stability do someone nobody else does and nobody wants to do.
There is something truly magic about this game. I realized this when a bunch of us hardend paper-pushers were captivated by, "who could make the best pile-up". Mix in a litter beer... goog times for everyone.
For all those/.-games-are-news-flamebait-bitches out there... -1 Troll for you. This is news for Nerds. And this really does matter.
It was a sad day when my father and I retired the A1200 w/030 cpu for a PII 400. I had gone through my freshmen year at university with our A1000. I can still hear the floppies grinding away.
Unfortunately with 10 years past, I can't see any future for the old buggers except for low budget TV stations. Mac OS X is everything the Amiga could have been in my opinion.
I got started with a terminal that dialed up to a large company's mainframe, via 300 baud modem. I don't remember how old I was, but I'm guessing this was late 70's early 80's. My father would log me in so I could play rouge. Good times. Cool thing was that I later remembered some of the basic unix commands, like 'ls', in the 90's when I got into Linux for the first time. In any case it was a good start. I immediately began trying to reprogram every thing: stereo volume knobs, escalator stop, buttons, etc. Pushing buttons does cool things!
I've been a contractor for almost two years now, and I would be hesitant to leave my position for an employee position. The important thing to look at is the contractor. How do they treat their people? Are they just a body shop or do they try to keep their talent? I'm getting great benefits and more pay. If my contract ever goes belly-up chances are I'll be moved to another position elsewhere or the next contractor will pick me up.
It's the short term temp contracts that are bad news for someone looking for long term work.
So far a nice collection of security loopholes have been closed up. Of course it isn't perfect, but it is an improvement. Stack smashing is a bit harder to do, the firewall is greatly improved, and there are lots of warnings to give the worlds Luddite community a clue. It still has a long way to go to match OpenBSD or Solaris 10, but it's good enough if configured properly, and you ditch MS Office.
Patching a current installation of XP seems to be problematic, but doing a fresh install with a slipstreamed SP2 copy of XP works very well.
Although I think that Kerry wouldn't have made a bad president, I do think that keeping Bush in office will be more effective in the long run. I'm assuming that his administration has long term plans that need to be pushed through the next for years to be fully effective.
I realize that./'ers lean a bit to the left, and may be disappointed by the results, but keep in mind that the real change in this country beings with each individual whos convictions drive them to make this country better by getting involved in their local communities.
Each OS has it's strengths and weaknesses. I generally prefer Solaris as it seems to be less chaotic than the linuxes with regards to the complete distribution. Solaris versions are more significant in feature improvement.
Solaris also is more tighly integrated with it's hardware. Maintenance wise I feel much more confident with dealing with a crisis when using Solaris. Linux again seems chaotic in it's hardware support.
And don't forget support. Linux does have great community support, but nothing beats a Sun box with a support contract. Nothing.
Now before you mod me as flamebait, I have to give props to Linux. If your on a tight budget, and you need lean and mean, a linux distro is where it's at. For example, Gentoo 2004.2 can really smoke a Sun in a low-end bang for the buck contest. You also have the ability to change every tiny aspect of the OS if you so choose.
So there you have it. Bottom line for me is, if my reputation is on the line I'm going to choose Solaris any day (on Sun hardware). Otherwise if things aren't so critical and there's a pinch for money, Linux is king.
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...so? People who use Solaris10 on desktop computers are pussies anyway. UFS is still an excellent filesystem, and Solaris10 has a lot of improvements that make it a big step up from Solaris 9/8. Solaris is for Big Servers, not mincy little desktop PC that is made with the cheapest parts on the block. I like linux. Really! I'm even beginning to warm up to Windows (*duck*), but when it comes to heavy computing give me Solaris 10 and a 36 SparcIV E20K! I don't want some home-built willy-nilly hodge-podge linux server.
Compatibility issues on x86 platforms Linux compatibility, ZFS file system and other promised features not yet available.
I agree. Most often these security folks come in a make a fuss (I know being one myself) about every little thing. It's called CYA (cover your ass). Of course most businesses out there don't have any idea about the costs of mitigation or even the real value of their assets. You don't spend $2,000 on a safe to protect your $1 bill.
Don't worry about the desktop PC's. Focus on the big bucks, such as servers. As long as you have a well designed network with firewall, use anti-virus, and keep up with your patches (see Shavlik HFnetChk) your doing enough to CYA. IDS gets awful pricey and logging/monitoring is worth while if you have the tools and staff to monitor it all. Management has to decide where to spend their resources. If they are running a small shop, chances are they'll have to spend money for tools to help ease the additional effort needed to keep things clean.
I agree. Most Sun equipment I've lasts forever. If my hump were on the line for providing 24/7/365 service Sun is my 1st choice. And yes the Dells are faster, but only for low-end computing. An 24 processor SunFire will be faster and more reliable than anything else I've seen.
Screw Sony. I use a Rio Forge and I'm very happy!
For old or dead hard drives the only way to go is to destroy the platters. Open the drive. Scratch the platters. Bend the platters. Stomp on them. Yell at them. I'm not sure if microwaving would work, but that would be great if it does. Use a gauss device too.
But that's not foolproof because there is still some data there. That's where starting with encryption on the whole drive is a plus as a precaution.
Horse S**t! Isn't the lack of morality what makes the internet so nice?
No doubt. There's no way a mother would pass off their kid so their man could buy Macintosh equipment. As a matter of a fact, I would assume that she would spend it on at least one huge ass diamond, lots of decorations in various pastels, and a pink VW Cabriolet. And for the husband... $0. That's what you get for not paying enough attention to her.
Ok. Here's my original setup:
:\
Generic CompUSA case (fugly)
CoolMAX (ha!) CT-400 power supply
Boxed AMD 2400+ (with stock fan)
3 hard drives.
Sapphire Radeon 6600 Pro.
Other miscellaneous bits and pieces.
Here's how I got it cool and quiet:
- Bought a bunch of Zalman FanMasters to control fan speeds.
- Replaced stock CPU heatsink with Zalman's CNPS6000-Cu. Very quiet!
- A Pabst case fan at 7v added to the case. Not much to hear.
- HD drive enclosures for noisy hard drives.
- Superglued a piece of carpet to the removable panel on the case. A nice shade of pink. Hey it's all I could find in my Grandma's basement!
- Rewired Power supply fans through FanMasters.
- Rewired stock POS fan on VGA card to v7. Still cool and much more quiet.
I was hoping to replace the Power Supply fan with something quieter, but I'd rather save the $$$. Rubber drive mounts for fans and HD's could make things more quiet. Same for some good rubber feet for the case.
Those of us who use VoIP should be friendly neighbors and use compression if possible to conserve bandwidth?
Attitude and money have been eternal problems with gov agencies. It takes some really big balls to tell a titanic size department that, "your're going to change the way you do business now". Otherwise OMB, and other forms of management, seems to be most effective when they threaten to cut budgets as a motivating factor.
I think that many offices have resonable security, but it's not all documented which results in the poor grades. If it's not in the black and white then it doesn't exist as far as the lawyers are concerned.
All in all, as Gov security policies and guidances are solidfied and implemented I think that the results will be very impressive, but it won't happen over night.
That is officially F#*'3d. Think of the what could happen if a hybrid mouse/human had a mouse only disease that mutates to become effective to humans too!
But then I already feel like a White Lab Rat...
YES. After 1000 days of 1% increases... my 486 smokes my AthlonXP. And we paint our computers red (cause red makes them faster), and I lean the CPU on a downhill slope with a fan blowing behind it.
Wow. /.'ed. That was quick. Sure ain't Solaris.
I'd say your secured enough to keep you out of trouble for a bit.
But a firewall is only a thin blanket on a cold night. And how is your encrypted volume supposed to help? If you computer is compromosed and the volume is mounted... folks have a one stop shop to all your fancy data. An what if your computer is snatched from your home? Is your RAM clean? Swap space? Unlinked inodes?
If you really want to start to be secure, don't use the internet. And keep your inportant data locked up in a safe.
I just dropped a FusionHDTV card into my rig. It works great, especially considering it's price. I just recored The Tonight Show for kicks. The quality is fantasic, and not as rough as some of the earlier cards like the AccessDTV card.
QAM support is a bit shady. I get comcast here, and every now and then a HD broadcast will pop up, but I've had better luck sticking to over-the-air broadcasts (via TERK TV55 antenna).
It's decoder is all software, and therefore you won't likely be able to use it with a unix-like OS until the vendor supports it. The pcHDTV HD-3000 is likely your best bet. Not that I love Windows, but I was a bit bummed XP is not supported.
I disagree, respectfully. EA is reacting to a situation where there are lots of people who want to work for them. It's just like the television industry here in the states. So as a result, if someone doesn't like their crummy paycheck and long hours, there are plenty of warm bodies who can't wait for the opportunity to take their place. Supply and demand baby, it's the American Way. If you want job stability do someone nobody else does and nobody wants to do.
There is something truly magic about this game. I realized this when a bunch of us hardend paper-pushers were captivated by, "who could make the best pile-up". Mix in a litter beer... goog times for everyone.
/.-games-are-news-flamebait-bitches out there... -1 Troll for you. This is news for Nerds. And this really does matter.
For all those
Oh no. Double Troll wammy for me!
It was a sad day when my father and I retired the A1200 w/030 cpu for a PII 400. I had gone through my freshmen year at university with our A1000. I can still hear the floppies grinding away.
Unfortunately with 10 years past, I can't see any future for the old buggers except for low budget TV stations. Mac OS X is everything the Amiga could have been in my opinion.
I got started with a terminal that dialed up to a large company's mainframe, via 300 baud modem. I don't remember how old I was, but I'm guessing this was late 70's early 80's. My father would log me in so I could play rouge. Good times. Cool thing was that I later remembered some of the basic unix commands, like 'ls', in the 90's when I got into Linux for the first time. In any case it was a good start. I immediately began trying to reprogram every thing: stereo volume knobs, escalator stop, buttons, etc. Pushing buttons does cool things!
This would compliment my telegraph powered internet connection and my horse drawn dishwasher. Heh.
I've been a contractor for almost two years now, and I would be hesitant to leave my position for an employee position. The important thing to look at is the contractor. How do they treat their people? Are they just a body shop or do they try to keep their talent? I'm getting great benefits and more pay. If my contract ever goes belly-up chances are I'll be moved to another position elsewhere or the next contractor will pick me up.
It's the short term temp contracts that are bad news for someone looking for long term work.
Does this mean that computer professionals can get weed for preventative medical treatment? SWEEEET!
So far a nice collection of security loopholes have been closed up. Of course it isn't perfect, but it is an improvement. Stack smashing is a bit harder to do, the firewall is greatly improved, and there are lots of warnings to give the worlds Luddite community a clue. It still has a long way to go to match OpenBSD or Solaris 10, but it's good enough if configured properly, and you ditch MS Office.
Patching a current installation of XP seems to be problematic, but doing a fresh install with a slipstreamed SP2 copy of XP works very well.
Thumbs up and some props to MS... wait... shit...
Although I think that Kerry wouldn't have made a bad president, I do think that keeping Bush in office will be more effective in the long run. I'm assuming that his administration has long term plans that need to be pushed through the next for years to be fully effective.
./'ers lean a bit to the left, and may be disappointed by the results, but keep in mind that the real change in this country beings with each individual whos convictions drive them to make this country better by getting involved in their local communities.
I realize that
God Bless America!
Each OS has it's strengths and weaknesses. I generally prefer Solaris as it seems to be less chaotic than the linuxes with regards to the complete distribution. Solaris versions are more significant in feature improvement.
Solaris also is more tighly integrated with it's hardware. Maintenance wise I feel much more confident with dealing with a crisis when using Solaris. Linux again seems chaotic in it's hardware support.
And don't forget support. Linux does have great community support, but nothing beats a Sun box with a support contract. Nothing.
Now before you mod me as flamebait, I have to give props to Linux. If your on a tight budget, and you need lean and mean, a linux distro is where it's at. For example, Gentoo 2004.2 can really smoke a Sun in a low-end bang for the buck contest. You also have the ability to change every tiny aspect of the OS if you so choose.
So there you have it. Bottom line for me is, if my reputation is on the line I'm going to choose Solaris any day (on Sun hardware). Otherwise if things aren't so critical and there's a pinch for money, Linux is king.