User: NaDrew

Re:Cheese

On: Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations?

MINI-BONBEL - Apple Airport Extreme

s/Extreme/Express

Some things you don't see until after you post them for everyone else.

Cheese

On: Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations?

In my homenet, I have:

SAKURA - Nintendo Wii (Sakura is a well-regarded Japanese cheese)
EMMANTALER - Apple Airport Extreme-N (Emmantaler is a decent Swiss variety... lots of air in those holes)
MINI-BABYBEL - Apple Airport Express-N (the two Expresses are a pair, Mini-Bonbel and Mini-Babybel. if I get another one it'll be Mini-Gouda)
MINI-BONBEL - Apple Airport Extreme
GRUYERE - Apple Mac Mini (Gruyere is excellent in mac-and-cheese)
EDAM - Maxtor Central Axis (no particular reason for this one)
STILTON - Dell Dimenson 4300 (no particular reason for this one)
BRIE Dell - Inspiron 600m (no particular reason for this one)
GJETOST - Apple MacBook Pro (Gjetost is a Norwegian brown cheese that is really good with sliced apples)
SAGEDERBY - SageTV HD Theatre (SageTV -> Sage Derby cheese)
DOUBLE-GLOUCESTER - Home-built file server [retired] (it had two drives, thus Double)

Naming is extensible practically forever (how many different cheeses are there?) and while some of the names have whimsical meanings, some don't and it isn't necessary. Names are mapped to machines/devices in a spreadsheet. And it's unique among everyone I know. Lots of people use Star Trek or Tolkien or WoW, but I don't know anyone else who uses cheese.

Re:Please bring out Mac support

On: Picasa Rolls Out 3.0 — Now With Facial Recognition

To Mac. I've installed Darwine and was able to run the Picasa/Win installer and it even launched, but dies when I try to find photos to catalog.

Re:Please bring out Mac support

On: Picasa Rolls Out 3.0 — Now With Facial Recognition

Seconded (or eighthed, or whatever). Since switching earlier this year I've been missing Picasa terribly. I haven't been successful in getting the Windows version to work under WINE, either.

Re:Insurance?

On: How Do I Prevent Lan Party Theft?

what, they don't have taco bell in Finland?

In the future, all restaurants are Taco Bell.

Link to software?

On: IT Repair Installs Webcam Spying Software

Purely for forensic purposes, of course.

Re:Speaking of technicians doing things....

On: IT Repair Installs Webcam Spying Software

However, I've never seen a computer where you had to do the equivalent of removing the engine to change an oil filter. I've seen motherboards that required the CPU or video card to be removed in order to remove/insert RAM, but that's about as far as it goes. Also, I don't think I've seen a computer in more than 5 years that requires anything more than a standard screwdriver to completely disassemble/assemble.

Never disassembled a Dell laptop, eh? In order to reach the CPU fan (to clean out years of accumulated lint) you have to remove the battery, keyboard, RAM cover panel, internal HD, 802.11 adapter cover panel, palm rest and CPU cover.

To Dell's credit, the teardown instructions are posted on their Web site, are very clear and only require a small Philips screwdriver.

Re:Cheeses

On: Best DNS Naming Scheme For Small/Medium Businesses?

The University of Wisconsin CS Dept. used cheeses. Never seemed to have a problem with running out...

I use cheeses for my home net. The WiFi SSID is Wensleydale, my wife's desktop is Stilton, a (now decommissioned) two-disk file server was DoubleGloucester, its replacement--a Seagate NAS device--is Edam, my slowly dying Dell laptop is Brie, and my new MacBook Pro is Gjetost.

As you say, there won't ever be a problem with running out of names, and it's certainly unique among other networks in the area.

Re:Actually, much of it is accessable.

On: Dilbert Goes Flash, Readers Revolt

Thank you! I was using the Tapestry Comics feed which mysteriously died a few days ago. I've now replaced it with the one you linked.

Though I think the daily strips look better in b/w than color.

Re:NSFW.

On: Understanding Art for Geeks

suddenly coming upon _L'Origine du Monde_. At least wipe up after yourself.

Re:A solution

On: Corporate Email Etiquette - Dead or Alive?

You are my new favorite person.

Well, for the next five minutes or so.

Novell's Client32 for Windows

On: Corporate Email Etiquette - Dead or Alive?

We had this problem at work until we got people to use Softros Lan Manager. We pushed it to all the clients, and amazingly they stopped using e-mail for 1 line replies and quick conversations. We had a similar problem at a company I worked for in the late 90s until IT pushed the Novell Client32 for Windows down to all users. Amazingly, they stopped using email.

Re:Good in some ways...

On: Microsoft to Force IE7 Update on February 12th

even if a user happens to have local admin (not many do here) they can't install the update. Come on, having physical control of the machine means they own it. Elevate to local-admin using one of a number of tricks, then read Mark Russinovich's TechNet column on defeating Group Policy settings.

Whether doing so violates your IT policy and leads to disciplinary action is another matter altogether, of course.

Re:Turn off UPNP

On: Most Home Routers Vulnerable to Flash UPnP Attack

Myself, I use ThinkVantage Access Connections, but that only works on ThinkPads. Thanks for the tip, anyway.

Re:Turn off UPNP

On: Most Home Routers Vulnerable to Flash UPnP Attack

There's apps out there that assign different settings based on which network you're on, if you go between networks. Got a recommendation? I move my laptop between home and work every day and would love to use static at home, DHCP at work.

New shimmer

On: Cryptographically Hiding TCP Ports

So let me get this straight. It's a dessert topping and a floor wax?

Re:Two seperate networks

On: Boeing 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack

I'm not an avionics engineer - however, even in a small hotel I service... So you did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night?

Re:I don't get it...

On: Boeing 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack

If you increase the temperature in the firewall you have to be very careful not to melt the Black ICE behind it. Ahh, nostalgia.

-- ex-Network ICE engineer

Re:Hall of Shame

On: GUI Design Book Recommendations?

Don't forget to have a good look at the Interface Hall of Shame for examples of what not to do. I used to love the laughably bad examples on that site, but it hasn't been updated since 2000. Now it's almost an example of what it derides.

Re:Don't use Godaddy

On: Domains May Disappear After Search

So, what registrar doesn't suck?

Gandi. A bit pricey for USians with the current exchange rate, but worth it.

IKEA to the rescue, with a bit of hacking

On: Lap Desks

From Ikea Hacker:

this absurdly simple hack was done using the $19 benjamin stool and a $6 coping saw. you could make it pretty snappy by taping off the edges and spray painting the inside a really bright color. you could also make a shallower tray if you had access to a table-saw with a plywood blade on it.

Start with a Benjamin stool ($19.99) and cut off the bottom half of the legs. Done.

Re:dynamic html

On: Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source

Of course, I'd rather translate it as "where there is no police, there is no speed limit".

I learned it as "Cop didn't see it, I didn't do it."

Re:Freeing up 45K

On: DOS 5 Upgrade Video

It was (tadaa): mem

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
 
C:\WINDOWS\system32>mem
 
    655360 bytes total conventional memory
    655360 bytes available to MS-DOS
    598224 largest executable program size
 
  1048576 bytes total contiguous extended memory
        0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
    941056 bytes available XMS memory
          MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area

Re:Are they making the arguement that.....

On: Microsoft Forces Shutdown of Autopatcher

Thank you, Simone.

Re:Not sure thats a good thing

On: The Mindset of the Class of 2029

You know, some of us liked the prequels Ah, you're the one.