I think the answer lies in the number of installed systems running linux at home. Most viruses/worms today seem to recruit zombie machines to carry out larger attacks. The easiest machines to compromise are those installed at the home without firewalls. Nearly all of those machines are Windows based. That being the case, those who are taking advantage of security holes to carry out attacks focus on creating windows based worms/viruses since machines running windows are more numerous and accessible.
I also believe that if the majority of unfirewalled machines were Linux based, we would see more linux security holes exploited via worm/virus. I believe there is evidence to backup this claim in that there is a higher percentage of viruses/worms per security hole on average, written to exploit windows.
Just adding additional confirmation to MrResistor's comment. I have experienced the same thing. If you boot the machine while you have it selected with the KVM, the mouse wheel will work fine.
in Orange County, CA. where my father works for the County of Orange. When a judgement is decided against a business, if the business does not pay up, the party owed can elect to hire a county official such as my father to go in to the place of business and collect the funds. This only works in a place of business that receives cash funds. My father watches the cash come in all day long and at the end of the day, he takes the amount of the judgement. The persons who do this such as my father work in 12 hour shifts and stay on premises 24 hours a day to prevent the owner from taking funds out of a safe if any during after hours.
I have seen businesses get around this though. In the case of a restaurant my father was working at, the person who one the judgement was the owner's ex-wife and rather then see her get any money, the restaurant owner gave away free food all day. Then there are other cases such as the time my father worked at Dennis Rodman's restaurant and he walked in and paid the judgement to my father in cash.
I would check to see if the county or state in which you live offers a similar service.
Looks like there has been a lot of great ideas for storage but, little mention of how to keep the devices powered up. A couple of people have suggested rigging solar panels to battery chargers. That is a good idea but, here is an all inclusive product for charging batteries via solar power.
Xwall because we are running Exchange. It supports Bayesian filtering as well as MAPS/RBL rejection and virus scanning. Currently I am running only MAPS/RBL and have found it to be very effective with very few false positives. To answer your question regarding effectiveness of quick checks, I would have to say in my experience that they are effective. I have not stopped 100% of incoming spam but I would say around 98% and feel that is acceptable. Xwall is also cheap, $300.00 USD. Unfortunatley it will only run on windows.
As consoles offer network play, pc users are going to lose out even more. Right now we get titles first in that area such as Unreal Tournament & Warcraft type games. Once people start using their consoles for networkable games, & they pull enough market share, pc users are going to start waiting on those games as well.
Public Sector:
1.) Has better job security
2.) Has better benifits
3.) Has lower pay scale
4.) Has higher IT budget
5.) Get's low end technology due to need to bid high dollar items and go with lowest bid. Unless it can be proven that the item desired has features or benifits that are only available from the manufacturer or make then, it is considered to be sole source and can be purchased without a bidding process.
6.) Has lot's of red tape. It is difficult to make changes. Adding staff is difficult, getting approval for and making purchases is difficult. Sometimes approval requires going before a supervisory body for approval.
7.) More training received due to higher budget.
Private Sector:
Pretty much the reverse of Public sector with the following exception
1.) Still often times has to get bids for many high dollar items with the exception that there may not be an obligation to accept the lowest bid.
This is just my experience however, I gave it since that was asked for in the original question. I'll admit that my view is narrow because I have only been working in this field for 8 years which by the standards of many/. readers may not be considered to be very long. Also I have only worked in 1 public sector organization and 3 private sector companies.
I love his opening statement "I'm going to get engaged" as if she has no choice.
I wonder if he believes the following:
I will not gain weight after marriage.
I will have dinner prepared for me every night.
I will have sex every time I want it.
I will receive an endless supply of massages.
I will have children when I am ready.
My wife will have her period when I tell her to damn it!
Truly his girlfriend is fortunate to be obligated to such a man.
Although not a game, for many painting or another form of art can be just as fun as a game but, more importantly, it can stimulate the mind very well. I believe it meets the criteria, you can save it, no programming required, it can be very hands on, it stimulates the mind, you don't need the original software to view it should you use a computer.
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I think the answer lies in the number of installed systems running linux at home. Most viruses/worms today seem to recruit zombie machines to carry out larger attacks. The easiest machines to compromise are those installed at the home without firewalls. Nearly all of those machines are Windows based. That being the case, those who are taking advantage of security holes to carry out attacks focus on creating windows based worms/viruses since machines running windows are more numerous and accessible.
I also believe that if the majority of unfirewalled machines were Linux based, we would see more linux security holes exploited via worm/virus. I believe there is evidence to backup this claim in that there is a higher percentage of viruses/worms per security hole on average, written to exploit windows.
Just adding additional confirmation to MrResistor's comment. I have experienced the same thing. If you boot the machine while you have it selected with the KVM, the mouse wheel will work fine.
I have seen businesses get around this though. In the case of a restaurant my father was working at, the person who one the judgement was the owner's ex-wife and rather then see her get any money, the restaurant owner gave away free food all day. Then there are other cases such as the time my father worked at Dennis Rodman's restaurant and he walked in and paid the judgement to my father in cash.
I would check to see if the county or state in which you live offers a similar service.
Looks like there has been a lot of great ideas for storage but, little mention of how to keep the devices powered up. A couple of people have suggested rigging solar panels to battery chargers. That is a good idea but, here is an all inclusive product for charging batteries via solar power.
Xwall because we are running Exchange. It supports Bayesian filtering as well as MAPS/RBL rejection and virus scanning. Currently I am running only MAPS/RBL and have found it to be very effective with very few false positives. To answer your question regarding effectiveness of quick checks, I would have to say in my experience that they are effective. I have not stopped 100% of incoming spam but I would say around 98% and feel that is acceptable. Xwall is also cheap, $300.00 USD. Unfortunatley it will only run on windows.
As consoles offer network play, pc users are going to lose out even more. Right now we get titles first in that area such as Unreal Tournament & Warcraft type games. Once people start using their consoles for networkable games, & they pull enough market share, pc users are going to start waiting on those games as well.
and found that
/. readers may not be considered to be very long. Also I have only worked in 1 public sector organization and 3 private sector companies.
Public Sector:
1.) Has better job security
2.) Has better benifits
3.) Has lower pay scale
4.) Has higher IT budget
5.) Get's low end technology due to need to bid high dollar items and go with lowest bid. Unless it can be proven that the item desired has features or benifits that are only available from the manufacturer or make then, it is considered to be sole source and can be purchased without a bidding process.
6.) Has lot's of red tape. It is difficult to make changes. Adding staff is difficult, getting approval for and making purchases is difficult. Sometimes approval requires going before a supervisory body for approval.
7.) More training received due to higher budget.
Private Sector:
Pretty much the reverse of Public sector with the following exception
1.) Still often times has to get bids for many high dollar items with the exception that there may not be an obligation to accept the lowest bid.
This is just my experience however, I gave it since that was asked for in the original question. I'll admit that my view is narrow because I have only been working in this field for 8 years which by the standards of many
I love his opening statement "I'm going to get engaged" as if she has no choice. I wonder if he believes the following: I will not gain weight after marriage. I will have dinner prepared for me every night. I will have sex every time I want it. I will receive an endless supply of massages. I will have children when I am ready. My wife will have her period when I tell her to damn it! Truly his girlfriend is fortunate to be obligated to such a man.
Although not a game, for many painting or another form of art can be just as fun as a game but, more importantly, it can stimulate the mind very well. I believe it meets the criteria, you can save it, no programming required, it can be very hands on, it stimulates the mind, you don't need the original software to view it should you use a computer.