Harmless but annoying Harmless according to the Tor user? This assumes that the Tor user is not pursuing illegal activities, but no one knows since it's Tor. Who's to say if he wasn't running a Tor server, allowing external users use of the university's resources? Who's to say the external users aren't kiddie porn sickos?
Just to make sure they don't have those pesky log entries saying there might be something bad going on. Should the university reliquish its responsibility for the use of its network? Of course not. If hanky panky is going on via Tor, the university may not be liable, but most certainly the PR fallout would be unwelcome. Who wants to send their kid to KPU?
This is exactly the case. The CMS hasn't killed the webmaster, but redefined the role. Today's webmaster is not necessarily an HTML\scripting hack, but more like an editor guiding content and creating a unified feel to the CMS-based website. By creating a gatekeeper\reviewer position, organizations produce a better experience to the end-user resulting in more professional product. A professional product generates sales or interest. Would you trust a company that cannot spell or write coherent copy? Certainly your CIO and CEO won't. Think of it as an online resume for your company: you want to look your best.
Give an liberal arts major a job other than selling you a cup of coffee.
I've used the Soekris Engineering boards for m0n0wall based firewalls before. They come in different models for different purposes: wireless, vpn (encryption acceleration), general network/communication, etc.
They pay the bill with ads. We continue to use it for search and usenet.
BTW have you ever tried to use Microsoft's search on their own site, msn.com? Even searching for KB123456 fails. Google, however, works. I think that qualifies as more than a hook.
If you are in the group required to do this, I'd print out and retain that message from the boys upstairs saying 'we can't afford this solution' or 'it doesn't apply to us.' I can just imagine someone saying, 'I thought we were doing this?' and the company being sanctioned. CYA never hurts, and the blank spot on your resume will be telling to your next boss.
At the past two companies I've worked for, we've found that OfficeXP has a good enough feature set for our users. Office2K was buggy and crashed, Office2K3 was an added expense for features we didn't even need with XP. About the only reason to upgrade would be for security patches or if you are in an audited environment, which most small and medium size companies are not. Outside of an audited environment, the only way I can see an upgrade is to foist an interface change on Office and sell it via the channel. Once a home user gets used to that, they'll start clamoring for it at work. And we all know what happens when a CEO sees a nifty trinket.
With the rise of virtualization, shouldn't all this be moot? How hard would it be for an IT department to install VMware or MS Virtual PC for many of these OS questions? For legacy DOS/Win9x applications not requiring network support, it's seems very simple. Networked applications running in legacy OSes will have issues with their OS's flaws, but some might run in a NAT'ed environment for improved security. As future feature, the Host OS (XP/Vista presumably) could utilize it's firewall or networking controls to limit exposure. It's really not a leap to see this is where it needs to go. Using virtualization, the host OS could be streamlined into something much, much smaller.
...ordering an Alienware will no longer be like putting in an order for a car in East Germany.
Hopefully they'll offer better support. An analogy: Alienware support is to Dell support like a Lada is to an Alfa Romeo. Sure they can both suck, but at least the wait for repair is shorter for the Alfa.
I know someone who owned not one, but three Alienware units. The first declared 'lemoned' and replaced. The replacement spent 6 weeks of it's 52 week warranty period at repair. After the warranty was up, the machine became unusable due to overheating. Unbelievably, he went for another. A month after the warranty was up on this one, the LCD quit and they would not repair it.
As a responsible admin, I spent countless hours on the phone with them, being referred back to the website for answers, etc., try this and call us back, etc. At least with Dell I got a call center with specific questions that ultimately lead to a resolution even if it took two pots of coffee.
The other has two very talented, young guns putting their lifelong influence on popular culture into screen, and the other has one of the best fantasy novels behind the story. If Wachowskis had the LotR-quality script to make a film of, I think they would've made it to the end. Now, the great deal of the best thoughts was already in the first part, the others were merely warming on it's afterglow.
Something to be said for asking for help when you need it. I keep thinking about how this compares to George Lucas blowing enough blown chances with his own material to need it wrenched from his graspy fingers. Think what the Wachowskis could have done had they relinquished some control to a decent writing team or even another director.
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It worked on his holodeck simulations. What else can go wrong?
This is exactly the case. The CMS hasn't killed the webmaster, but redefined the role. Today's webmaster is not necessarily an HTML\scripting hack, but more like an editor guiding content and creating a unified feel to the CMS-based website. By creating a gatekeeper\reviewer position, organizations produce a better experience to the end-user resulting in more professional product. A professional product generates sales or interest. Would you trust a company that cannot spell or write coherent copy? Certainly your CIO and CEO won't. Think of it as an online resume for your company: you want to look your best.
Give an liberal arts major a job other than selling you a cup of coffee.
Although I use VMWare for Win2K, if you don't want to pay for VMWare Workstation, you can use MS's VirtualPC for free while supplies last.
What? No one predicted Al Gore would invent the Internet?
Do you think they can throw in a JTK judo roll?
I've used the Soekris Engineering boards for m0n0wall based firewalls before. They come in different models for different purposes: wireless, vpn (encryption acceleration), general network/communication, etc.
They pay the bill with ads. We continue to use it for search and usenet.
BTW have you ever tried to use Microsoft's search on their own site, msn.com? Even searching for KB123456 fails. Google, however, works. I think that qualifies as more than a hook.
If you are in the group required to do this, I'd print out and retain that message from the boys upstairs saying 'we can't afford this solution' or 'it doesn't apply to us.' I can just imagine someone saying, 'I thought we were doing this?' and the company being sanctioned. CYA never hurts, and the blank spot on your resume will be telling to your next boss.
At the past two companies I've worked for, we've found that OfficeXP has a good enough feature set for our users. Office2K was buggy and crashed, Office2K3 was an added expense for features we didn't even need with XP. About the only reason to upgrade would be for security patches or if you are in an audited environment, which most small and medium size companies are not. Outside of an audited environment, the only way I can see an upgrade is to foist an interface change on Office and sell it via the channel. Once a home user gets used to that, they'll start clamoring for it at work. And we all know what happens when a CEO sees a nifty trinket.
With the rise of virtualization, shouldn't all this be moot? How hard would it be for an IT department to install VMware or MS Virtual PC for many of these OS questions? For legacy DOS/Win9x applications not requiring network support, it's seems very simple. Networked applications running in legacy OSes will have issues with their OS's flaws, but some might run in a NAT'ed environment for improved security. As future feature, the Host OS (XP/Vista presumably) could utilize it's firewall or networking controls to limit exposure. It's really not a leap to see this is where it needs to go. Using virtualization, the host OS could be streamlined into something much, much smaller.
Too bad these developers/publishers do something good and offer points for a true good act, say like donating cycles to folding@home.
...ordering an Alienware will no longer be like putting in an order for a car in East Germany.
Hopefully they'll offer better support. An analogy: Alienware support is to Dell support like a Lada is to an Alfa Romeo. Sure they can both suck, but at least the wait for repair is shorter for the Alfa. I know someone who owned not one, but three Alienware units. The first declared 'lemoned' and replaced. The replacement spent 6 weeks of it's 52 week warranty period at repair. After the warranty was up, the machine became unusable due to overheating. Unbelievably, he went for another. A month after the warranty was up on this one, the LCD quit and they would not repair it. As a responsible admin, I spent countless hours on the phone with them, being referred back to the website for answers, etc., try this and call us back, etc. At least with Dell I got a call center with specific questions that ultimately lead to a resolution even if it took two pots of coffee.
The other has two very talented, young guns putting their lifelong influence on popular culture into screen, and the other has one of the best fantasy novels behind the story. If Wachowskis had the LotR-quality script to make a film of, I think they would've made it to the end. Now, the great deal of the best thoughts was already in the first part, the others were merely warming on it's afterglow.
Something to be said for asking for help when you need it. I keep thinking about how this compares to George Lucas blowing enough blown chances with his own material to need it wrenched from his graspy fingers. Think what the Wachowskis could have done had they relinquished some control to a decent writing team or even another director.