It doesn't. We normally pull the hard drive and give it to the customer. We don't like to have customer data sitting around. In this case, the customer had the old hard drive in hand and we had the rest of the PC.
Basic, yes, for you and me and most everyone here.
Not so much for my customer. He does not have the skills, experience, tools, resources or time to deal with this. He brought his computers to us, we helped him out. We looked at the problem, gave him an up-front estimate of the cost, he agreed and we did the job. That's how I earn my living.
Had a customer come in with a problem. His old computer was dying (hardware, bad capacitors on the MB), we copied his data to a new PC he purchased, set him up and out the door...
Boomeranged. seems he had audio files, some purchased, some of his own creation, in ATRAC format. Of course, he could not play them on his new PC. Seems that Sony recently dropped ATRAC and shut down their licensing servers, too.
Fortunately, we were able to resurrect his old PC, which was still in our boneyard, and run it long enough to export his DRM'ed files to WAV. Lost his meta-data, cost him a couple hundred $ in labor, but we got his stuff. He left happy, and we talked with him about DRM and how it hosed him.
Anyway, my solution is not a smartphone. I use an LG CU500, bluetooth tethered to a 12" G4 iBook. I get a real keyboard and AT&T (originally Cingular) gets me 3G in most places I go. Even on "edge" service, SSH is tolerable, 200ms-ish of latency.
I, (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. (So help me God.)
I believe that means that when the Constitution is violated by the government, you are sworn to uphold the Constitution.
I have observed that a frequent claim made by "internet tough guys" is that they are ex-military. I have no way to know if this is true in your case, but I certainly question either your military status or your understanding of the oath of enlistment.
I put a good deal of effort into getting spamassassin configured to classify spam into imap folders for my users, and giving them tools for whitelisting, etc. on an individual basis. One man's spam is another man's ham, after all.
I could not in good faith arbitrarily delete mail based on automatic filtering. I would rather run completely unfiltered than make that decision for somebody, and for a long time I resisted the idea of filtering server-side. Bottom line was that my customers demanded it, so I had to come up with a system that met their requirements and mine.
I too am not a lawyer, but I don't think so. You seem to be saying that if you are visiting me in my home, I can search through your backpack, your pockets, your wallet, your "cavities".
My rights on my private property end at your person and possessions. You do not give up those rights by entering my house.
No problem - I realize my OP was fairly trollish, but it was intended in the opposite direction from how it was perceived. Seems we may actually agree.
Where did I claim to be a conservative? Please don't put words in my mouth.
I'll admit, my OP could easily be misunderstood, but it was intended as commentary on the recent trend for many stories to be tagged (inappropriately) as "liberal whining".
That's a very similar tactic to what I learned from a co-worker. When dealing with a tough issue, and also sure that he is in the right, he will say, with great politeness and kindness:
"You have three choices. You can fix my problem, you can escalate me to someone else that can fix my problem, or you can hang up on me. I've got time, I can hold, but be assured that if you hang up on me, I will follow up."
I can't imagine in my wildest dreams what you could ever put into one little capsule that would be worth $1,000. Even gold dust isn't worth that much money. Perhaps some diamonds??
Well, diamonds also aren't worth what they charge for them, as their price is inflated by an artificial shortage and aggressive marketing.
Now, if you filled those capsules with inkjet printer ink...
That depends on the 'couple of applications' in question.
Ok, that's a reasonable point. The OP seemed pretty trollish, so I guess I should not have replied. I'll admit my needs are pretty slim, a few terminal and browser windows.
I know I have been trolled, but no, 10.4 runs just fine on 512MB.
iBook G4, 512MB, Firefox, Thunderbird, Safari, Mail.app, terminal all open, all running just fine, quick enough, thank you very much, I have just fed the troll...
I was very unhappy when I heard that McAfee bought SiteAdvisor. I had recommended SiteAdvisor to a few clients who's kids were repeatedly screwing up thier machines, and it really seemed useful, seemed to help. I'm sure that McE will have SiteAdvisor all screwed up in a matter of months. Can't blame the guys that came up with SA, hope they got good money and retired to Tahiti or sumpin'...
It's a tough place to be - explaining to mom or dad why they are again paying me to scrape junior's machine. It's an honest and valid question from an end user - "what can we do to prevent this?"
Same old speach: use firefox, don't use any AOL products, don't download random crappy binaries, use AVG, maybe something like SpySweeper or even MS Antispyware / Windows Defender.
Sure, it's income, money for my employer to pay my salary, but it ain't clean money.
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In this case, it's even worse.
Some of the ATRAC'ed files were audio recordings of lectures my customer gave - content that he created, that Sony locked, that we liberated.
It was difficult for me to explain the whole deal to my customer without appearing to be a ranting geek. The situation really made me crazy.
It doesn't. We normally pull the hard drive and give it to the customer. We don't like to have customer data sitting around. In this case, the customer had the old hard drive in hand and we had the rest of the PC.
Basic, yes, for you and me and most everyone here.
Not so much for my customer. He does not have the skills, experience, tools, resources or time to deal with this. He brought his computers to us, we helped him out. We looked at the problem, gave him an up-front estimate of the cost, he agreed and we did the job. That's how I earn my living.
...as a matter of fact, this week.
Had a customer come in with a problem. His old computer was dying (hardware, bad capacitors on the MB), we copied his data to a new PC he purchased, set him up and out the door...
Boomeranged. seems he had audio files, some purchased, some of his own creation, in ATRAC format. Of course, he could not play them on his new PC. Seems that Sony recently dropped ATRAC and shut down their licensing servers, too.
Fortunately, we were able to resurrect his old PC, which was still in our boneyard, and run it long enough to export his DRM'ed files to WAV. Lost his meta-data, cost him a couple hundred $ in labor, but we got his stuff. He left happy, and we talked with him about DRM and how it hosed him.
As my nieces would say, Durrrr! Yes, of course - you need a UPS. Next question please.
Hmphf - frist posit?
Anyway, my solution is not a smartphone. I use an LG CU500, bluetooth tethered to a 12" G4 iBook. I get a real keyboard and AT&T (originally Cingular) gets me 3G in most places I go. Even on "edge" service, SSH is tolerable, 200ms-ish of latency.
No, you took an oath to defend the Constitution.
I, (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. (So help me God.)
I believe that means that when the Constitution is violated by the government, you are sworn to uphold the Constitution.
I have observed that a frequent claim made by "internet tough guys" is that they are ex-military. I have no way to know if this is true in your case, but I certainly question either your military status or your understanding of the oath of enlistment.
Concur, wholeheartedly.
I put a good deal of effort into getting spamassassin configured to classify spam into imap folders for my users, and giving them tools for whitelisting, etc. on an individual basis. One man's spam is another man's ham, after all.
I could not in good faith arbitrarily delete mail based on automatic filtering. I would rather run completely unfiltered than make that decision for somebody, and for a long time I resisted the idea of filtering server-side. Bottom line was that my customers demanded it, so I had to come up with a system that met their requirements and mine.
Fine. There's a million other websites that have the same or better content. I'll go to one of them.
Wow! Good one! I've no mod points to give you, but here's hoping you dine on lark's tongues.
I too am not a lawyer, but I don't think so. You seem to be saying that if you are visiting me in my home, I can search through your backpack, your pockets, your wallet, your "cavities".
My rights on my private property end at your person and possessions. You do not give up those rights by entering my house.
No problem - I realize my OP was fairly trollish, but it was intended in the opposite direction from how it was perceived. Seems we may actually agree.
Where did I claim to be a conservative? Please don't put words in my mouth.
I'll admit, my OP could easily be misunderstood, but it was intended as commentary on the recent trend for many stories to be tagged (inappropriately) as "liberal whining".
..."slashdotliberalwhining" tag in 3.. 2.. 1..
That's a very similar tactic to what I learned from a co-worker. When dealing with a tough issue, and also sure that he is in the right, he will say, with great politeness and kindness:
"You have three choices. You can fix my problem, you can escalate me to someone else that can fix my problem, or you can hang up on me. I've got time, I can hold, but be assured that if you hang up on me, I will follow up."
Seems to work pretty well...
They're just pissed that NoScript and AdBlock knock down their revenue stream.
"...while continuing to support the sites we love by allowing most ads to appear."
Bzzt - sorry. I chose to not see ads.
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I wonder how many more exploits would be found if Google Desktop ended up on 90% of desktop computers?
What with bundling, I'm seeing Google Desktop preinstalled on almost every new PC I work on. Dell, Lenovo, HP all seem to do so now.
I also get unlimited use of Starbuck's WiFi network, which works great when I am really in the boonies.
Ummm, if you are close enough to a Starbuck's to get WiFi, you are nowhere near the "boonies".
I can't imagine in my wildest dreams what you could ever put into one little capsule that would be worth $1,000. Even gold dust isn't worth that much money. Perhaps some diamonds??
Well, diamonds also aren't worth what they charge for them, as their price is inflated by an artificial shortage and aggressive marketing.
Now, if you filled those capsules with inkjet printer ink...
The terrorists fight dirty. The only way to fight them is to adopt some of their own tactics.
And you become that which you hate.
That depends on the 'couple of applications' in question.
Ok, that's a reasonable point. The OP seemed pretty trollish, so I guess I should not have replied. I'll admit my needs are pretty slim, a few terminal and browser windows.
I know I have been trolled, but no, 10.4 runs just fine on 512MB.
iBook G4, 512MB, Firefox, Thunderbird, Safari, Mail.app, terminal all open, all running just fine, quick enough, thank you very much, I have just fed the troll...
Have a little (more) faith with Sony.
One word: "rootkit".
I will have faith in Sony only after I see them die in a fire.
I was very unhappy when I heard that McAfee bought SiteAdvisor. I had recommended SiteAdvisor to a few clients who's kids were repeatedly screwing up thier machines, and it really seemed useful, seemed to help. I'm sure that McE will have SiteAdvisor all screwed up in a matter of months. Can't blame the guys that came up with SA, hope they got good money and retired to Tahiti or sumpin'...
It's a tough place to be - explaining to mom or dad why they are again paying me to scrape junior's machine. It's an honest and valid question from an end user - "what can we do to prevent this?"
Same old speach: use firefox, don't use any AOL products, don't download random crappy binaries, use AVG, maybe something like SpySweeper or even MS Antispyware / Windows Defender.
Sure, it's income, money for my employer to pay my salary, but it ain't clean money.