Last weekend, at a local Taco Bell, I saw a strange looking ATM. There were no banking network identifiers on it anywhere, except for the TACO BELL logo, and it claimed it did not dispense cash. Instead, it prints a receipt that you can redeem for cash at the cashier. It seems to me that using it would be the same thing as giving your ATM card number and PIN to Taco Bell. Why would I do that?
a VCR?!?! YIKES! That's not a typical piece of troubleshooting instrumentation.
What you want to do is prevent Windows from rebooting immediately after your bluescreen. Do this: Go into the control panel, and click System Properties. Click the ADVANCED tab, then click the SETTINGS button for STARTUP AND RECOVERY. There you will see a checkbox that is probably checked that says "Automatically Restart". Uncheck it.
Not that we all wouldn't like to see a video of your server crashing...
Sandra has some uses, but it, like a lot of other "hardware diagnostics" software, has a HUGE disadvantage.... It expects your operating system to be in good working order. It also expects that you have current (and appropriate) drivers installed for all your hardware. Any good technician already knows the tenet "Divide and conquer". When troubleshooting, you want to know if the problem is caused by the hardware or the software. If your software is screwed up, how can you trust the diagnostics to properly report that the HARDWARE is good? Likewise, anyone can write a driver bad enough to make the video tests fail, but that doesn't mean the video card is actually defective.
Years ago, I worked at a PC manufacturer and we used QAPLUS FE. It was small enough to fit on a floppy disk, and had modules for all the independant subsystems: CPU, RAM, VIDEO, IO Ports, Timer channels, interrupts, Hard disk... You could select all the tests and let it run all night. If it failed on something, it actually gave you an idea on what might be the problem. I would recommend QAPLUS if they had an up-to-date version that booted from a CD and had it's own KNOWN GOOD drivers for hardware. A Plus would be some sort of modular technology that would allow you to add drivers for more hardware in the future.
When microsoft declared security as their main goal ie5 was the current browser. ie6 has it fixed so they obviously wen't trough their stuff to fix it.
Doesn't MSIE 6.0 use the Gecko engine to render web pages? Isn't that what mozilla used? Isn't mozilla open source? How is that "Doing their job"?
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The number of virus created and holes which will be found (now and years in the future), IF this is true, will almost destroy any IT administrator to a weaping mound of tears and make them seriously consider moving to Linux/BSD/Mac.
I'm already a weeping mound of tears and I am seriously considering becoming a BOTANIST!
watch Star Trek: TNG on Spike TV sometime and watch the signal lose sync everytime somebody fires a phaser.
I wouldn't blame that on the digital compression or transmission... Sync loss from explosions has been happening even since TNG went into syndication. I think it's more due to the transmitter's built in Automatic gain control on their sync circuitry. It probably doesn't react fast enough to changes, and mistakes the transition from a bright explosion to plain old black as a vertical sync signal.
As for digital signal quality from satellite - a friend has directTV (satellite) and I see maybe 3 signal losses over 5 hours of use. Each interruption lasting only 5 seconds or so. It's not bad, but certainly not up to my level of quality, especially if I was recording something that I would want to save.
For some reason, executives get mad when they realize that customers are not being responded to, even when they send us a virus. It's the same thing as saying "Oh, we got your email alright. We just don't care about you...".
It might be some sort of legal accountability thing too. Imagine a conversation like this:
Customer: "I sent that proposal 10 minutes before the deadline. Did you get it?"
Employee: "Uh, no."
Customer: "Well, I have proof that I sent it, I'm going to sue you for a million dollars!"
Disney will probably start suing the hell out of everyone for copyright infringement, including ANYBODY who made a cartoon mouse. Their main source of income will be from litigation. Their theme park will be called the Copyrighted Kingdom.
There are a lot more costs involved than just time wasted deleteing emails or scanning for viruses.... The Novarg virus also installs a keylogger, presumably for capturing passwords. If a machine gets infected, then any passwords entered have been compromised. They need to be changed (after removing the keylogger). If the password was for your online banking website, the cost of the virus could match the total balance of your bank account.
Support the virus writer uses one of the captured passwords and steals your customer's medical history? The resulting lawsuit could run in the MILLIONS!
Then there is the PR value. Your company's image has been hurt because a virus allowed a hacker to compromise your system, and post your customer's credit card info on the web. You now need to launch an advertising campaign to show that your customers' security is your number one goal. It's a lot more than just erasing files and emails.
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I think the term you want is TROUBLESHOOTING.
Last weekend, at a local Taco Bell, I saw a strange looking ATM. There were no banking network identifiers on it anywhere, except for the TACO BELL logo, and it claimed it did not dispense cash. Instead, it prints a receipt that you can redeem for cash at the cashier. It seems to me that using it would be the same thing as giving your ATM card number and PIN to Taco Bell. Why would I do that?
a VCR?!?! YIKES! That's not a typical piece of troubleshooting instrumentation.
What you want to do is prevent Windows from rebooting immediately after your bluescreen. Do this: Go into the control panel, and click System Properties. Click the ADVANCED tab, then click the SETTINGS button for STARTUP AND RECOVERY. There you will see a checkbox that is probably checked that says "Automatically Restart". Uncheck it.
Not that we all wouldn't like to see a video of your server crashing...
She just didn't want you blocking her view.
Yeah, They will just harm you in a LEGAL manner.
It's only stealing if you steal the pepsi.
"Watch this dial. 150 - OK. 160 - ohhkayy. 200 - very bad for space station."
Sandra has some uses, but it, like a lot of other "hardware diagnostics" software, has a HUGE disadvantage.... It expects your operating system to be in good working order. It also expects that you have current (and appropriate) drivers installed for all your hardware. Any good technician already knows the tenet "Divide and conquer". When troubleshooting, you want to know if the problem is caused by the hardware or the software. If your software is screwed up, how can you trust the diagnostics to properly report that the HARDWARE is good?
Likewise, anyone can write a driver bad enough to make the video tests fail, but that doesn't mean the video card is actually defective.
Years ago, I worked at a PC manufacturer and we used QAPLUS FE. It was small enough to fit on a floppy disk, and had modules for all the independant subsystems: CPU, RAM, VIDEO, IO Ports, Timer channels, interrupts, Hard disk... You could select all the tests and let it run all night. If it failed on something, it actually gave you an idea on what might be the problem.
I would recommend QAPLUS if they had an up-to-date version that booted from a CD and had it's own KNOWN GOOD drivers for hardware. A Plus would be some sort of modular technology that would allow you to add drivers for more hardware in the future.
I just hope disney has enough spirit left to make the TRON sequel, and not wreck it, like Lawnmower man 2.
How about "Buried in the nearest black hole"?
I have always wanted to initate my own "ROLL" program....
You must be unplugging your web server a lot... Many users here keep complaing that the internet is down. What's your support line phone number?
We'll call it "Lindows for Lurkgroups"!
Put your new shirt in the microwave.
It sounds like he was just a student who had access to those machines. Does knowing the root password make you a hacker?
How about a new headline: Student abuses Lab's computers.
As for digital signal quality from satellite - a friend has directTV (satellite) and I see maybe 3 signal losses over 5 hours of use. Each interruption lasting only 5 seconds or so. It's not bad, but certainly not up to my level of quality, especially if I was recording something that I would want to save.
I think it's kinda funny that NASA no longer considers Hubble a Project, Program, or even equipment, but that it's simply referred to as MATTER....
For some reason, executives get mad when they realize that customers are not being responded to, even when they send us a virus. It's the same thing as saying "Oh, we got your email alright. We just don't care about you...".
It might be some sort of legal accountability thing too. Imagine a conversation like this:
Customer: "I sent that proposal 10 minutes before the deadline. Did you get it?"
Employee: "Uh, no."
Customer: "Well, I have proof that I sent it, I'm going to sue you for a million dollars!"
Employee: "Oh Crap!"
Disney will probably start suing the hell out of everyone for copyright infringement, including ANYBODY who made a cartoon mouse. Their main source of income will be from litigation. Their theme park will be called the Copyrighted Kingdom.
What's the atomic weight of Bolonium?
There are a lot more costs involved than just time wasted deleteing emails or scanning for viruses....
The Novarg virus also installs a keylogger, presumably for capturing passwords. If a machine gets infected, then any passwords entered have been compromised. They need to be changed (after removing the keylogger). If the password was for your online banking website, the cost of the virus could match the total balance of your bank account.
Support the virus writer uses one of the captured passwords and steals your customer's medical history? The resulting lawsuit could run in the MILLIONS!
Then there is the PR value. Your company's image has been hurt because a virus allowed a hacker to compromise your system, and post your customer's credit card info on the web. You now need to launch an advertising campaign to show that your customers' security is your number one goal.
It's a lot more than just erasing files and emails.
The real virtual dummy will be holding his wife's purse while SHE tries on clothes.
It's Anonymous Coward!!! OK SCO, Where's my reward?