Well, it should also be noted that most of those virus definitions in that count also include obsolete software and OS versions. Many of those were DOS based (including the uncommon "companion infectors", something unique to DOS), and floppy MBR infectors, etc. It's misleading to imply that over 60,000 strains are potentially going to infect your Windows XP box from across the 'net.
I lump Gator in with any spyware/adware that is installed behind your back. Personally, as far as I'm concerned, they're all criminal if they install software on your system without your consent or knowledge. It's no better than a common virus or trojan horse.
-Every system must glow at night. Server rooms should be scary I second that. Modders for beautification are generally not all that interested in the software and are gamers.
Actually there's more diversity here too, not just in terms of sci-fi affinity or software vs hardware specialization. Case in point... I'm not much of a gamer (as in, I play games occasionally, and I'm far from being a l33t gamerz d00d), however my rack glows... I'm in the process of installing LED fans for the rack exhaust, every server has a matrix-orbital LCD display showing useful information, plus various machines in my work area include LED fans, backlit fan-buses and temperature monitors, PCI bus monitoring devices, and more. And I'm primarily a programmer.
Beautification and software do not have to be mutually exclusive.
But admittedly, my tastes aren't always mainstream, even amongst geeks. I'm curious as to how many other/. readers are addicted to their blinkenlights and yet are not really game-addicts.
Correction- I meant to say about 20 watts each, which is about equivelant to 5 of those night-lights... I need to slap my brain into doing "real math".:)
I've been running SETI@Home on multiple computers since it first debuted, and have had no problems at all. The temperature difference on my processors usually at most a few degrees, and the power draw, as measured by my UPS, changes by only about 2 watts as compared to sitting mostly idle (on P2/P3 era machines, anyway). That's about half of one of those small night-lights, in terms of power consumption.
[I have a rackmount 1500VA APC UPS, max load is about 960 watts. With two servers connected, I see the load change from about 18.8% down to about 16.9% after killing SETI on one machine, hence roughly 2 watts each]
I still have my 286. It was the first computer I owned personally (though we had even more ancient machines in the family). I still pull it out from time to time to run some of those old programs that just won't run correctly on modern hardware.
And it was a pretty kick-ass 286 too. It actually had a 287 math co-processor, ran at 12 MHZ, and 5 MB of RAM! Yes, a 286 with _5_ MB. Wierd, I know, but that was the system's maximum, with 1 MB on-board, and 4 SIPP slots. It originally was equipped with a hercules graphics adapter, with an amber monitor (both of which I still have), and a 30 MB MFM HD, but it currently sports a VGA and IDE HD.
Despite the enormous size and weight of the original AT-clone cases, I have a hard time parting with this box... it was home to my BBS for years, and I learned assembly language on it.
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Well, it should also be noted that most of those virus definitions in that count also include obsolete software and OS versions. Many of those were DOS based (including the uncommon "companion infectors", something unique to DOS), and floppy MBR infectors, etc. It's misleading to imply that over 60,000 strains are potentially going to infect your Windows XP box from across the 'net.
Oh! ME TOO! ME TOO!
:)
... well... ok, we have blinkenlights. But that's NOT THE POINT.
No, not really. I'm not here for the scandals. I'm just in it for the free stuff, as are the rest of the miniscule NerdReviews.net crew.
Nobody ever said technology reviews were glamorous with bright lights and
Bleh..
I lump Gator in with any spyware/adware that is installed behind your back. Personally, as far as I'm concerned, they're all criminal if they install software on your system without your consent or knowledge. It's no better than a common virus or trojan horse.
-Every system must glow at night. Server rooms should be scary
/. readers are addicted to their blinkenlights and yet are not really game-addicts.
I second that. Modders for beautification are generally not all that interested in the software and are gamers.
Actually there's more diversity here too, not just in terms of sci-fi affinity or software vs hardware specialization. Case in point... I'm not much of a gamer (as in, I play games occasionally, and I'm far from being a l33t gamerz d00d), however my rack glows... I'm in the process of installing LED fans for the rack exhaust, every server has a matrix-orbital LCD display showing useful information, plus various machines in my work area include LED fans, backlit fan-buses and temperature monitors, PCI bus monitoring devices, and more. And I'm primarily a programmer.
Beautification and software do not have to be mutually exclusive.
But admittedly, my tastes aren't always mainstream, even amongst geeks. I'm curious as to how many other
Correction- I meant to say about 20 watts each, which is about equivelant to 5 of those night-lights... I need to slap my brain into doing "real math". :)
Pretty inconsequential if you ask me...
I've been running SETI@Home on multiple computers since it first debuted, and have had no problems at all. The temperature difference on my processors usually at most a few degrees, and the power draw, as measured by my UPS, changes by only about 2 watts as compared to sitting mostly idle (on P2/P3 era machines, anyway). That's about half of one of those small night-lights, in terms of power consumption.
[I have a rackmount 1500VA APC UPS, max load is about 960 watts. With two servers connected, I see the load change from about 18.8% down to about 16.9% after killing SETI on one machine, hence roughly 2 watts each]
I still have my 286. It was the first computer I owned personally (though we had even more ancient machines in the family). I still pull it out from time to time to run some of those old programs that just won't run correctly on modern hardware.
And it was a pretty kick-ass 286 too. It actually had a 287 math co-processor, ran at 12 MHZ, and 5 MB of RAM! Yes, a 286 with _5_ MB. Wierd, I know, but that was the system's maximum, with 1 MB on-board, and 4 SIPP slots. It originally was equipped with a hercules graphics adapter, with an amber monitor (both of which I still have), and a 30 MB MFM HD, but it currently sports a VGA and IDE HD.
Despite the enormous size and weight of the original AT-clone cases, I have a hard time parting with this box... it was home to my BBS for years, and I learned assembly language on it.
-Bones.