Next time do a google or even ask the 10 year old computer nerd that lives next door before trying to add information on something you know nothing about.
Anyone ever teach you manners? It doesn't appear so.
University facility: 5 Macs(ProTools LE/HD)
Time: 1 full time studio manager, spends about 10%-20% of his time in front of a computer.
Ah, I remember those days when I worked at a naval air station. My coworker was in charge of the swapping of parts and my job was lead/fixing said parts to component level.
One day I decided to fix all the spares we had and see how long I could cruise. They were proprietary terminals, power supplies, video cards and card readers. Back in the late '80s.
I did my deed for about a week and then spent two weeks in the base library reading whatever interested me. As the lead I had to be on site.
There were several hundred terminals. I also had to keep my eye one a Tandem mainframe.
Obviously my experience is a bit antecdotal and anybody with more experience using Macs might have an easier time of it. None the less, I find that statement about one admin being able to admin 100+ OSX boxes to be wishful thinking.
I do around 200 mostly on my own. It is not that hard and I find time to script the defaults and do upgrades.
I was a Unix system admin for around six years. Once you know Unix it makes Macs much easier to admin. bash and ssh are your friends.
Example 1: "I right click and my whole desktop dis-appears and then comes back but no menu" (no idea where to start)
Usually a user profile problem. I have seen this but have not had the time to narrow it down to a specific plist file. Easy way: Drop their ~/Library/Preferences folder. Not much rebuilding.
Example 2: fonts turn to gobley-gook in some applications
Not much help here.
Example 3: Office just randomly stopped working on a computer
Do away with ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data. The DB gets corrupted.
It's not that hard. The MS hive scares me more than dropping a few plist files.
Typical Apple. I have been working on them since the plus and they still have a weakness - preference files. Same as with MS and the registry.
If you like living on the edge and want the latest then Vista is a must, but if you're happy with XP or you are the kind of person that doesn't actually use the OS that much, then you're probably safe holding back and waiting until you buy a new PC before getting Vista.
The T-Rex in Jurassic Park, while cool, was a special effect.
Yeah it was but it was not all CG. At the time I was taking CG classes and some of the rex was a puppet. It was funny watching the operators try to pick up a traffic pylon. Puppets are special effects too.
Clearchannel recently forced XM to put ads in their music stations as well, so some of the music stations have ads (although there are generally clone stations that do not).
The companies billed the deal announced Monday as a merger of equals, with shareholders of both companies owning approximately 50 percent of the combined entity. However, Sirius will be giving $4.57 billion of its stock to XM shareholders, a substantial premium to the value of their shares.
But you have a point. Even if the deal is rejected one of them may go under and the other receives the monopoly by default.
So in the end it is the same. And this is not a good thing.
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It is simply a variation on Godwins law.
Maybe someone should claim it.
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For the record I have to FISMA all my Macs and we do fine with that.
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Tiger does fine on 2-3 year old computers.
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Next time do a google or even ask the 10 year old computer nerd that lives next door before trying to add information on something you know nothing about.
Anyone ever teach you manners? It doesn't appear so.
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Ah, I remember those days when I worked at a naval air station. My coworker was in charge of the swapping of parts and my job was lead/fixing said parts to component level.
One day I decided to fix all the spares we had and see how long I could cruise. They were proprietary terminals, power supplies, video cards and card readers. Back in the late '80s.
I did my deed for about a week and then spent two weeks in the base library reading whatever interested me. As the lead I had to be on site.
There were several hundred terminals. I also had to keep my eye one a Tandem mainframe.
Fun days.
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I do around 200 mostly on my own. It is not that hard and I find time to script the defaults and do upgrades.
I was a Unix system admin for around six years. Once you know Unix it makes Macs much easier to admin. bash and ssh are your friends.
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Usually a user profile problem. I have seen this but have not had the time to narrow it down to a specific plist file. Easy way: Drop their ~/Library/Preferences folder. Not much rebuilding.
Example 2: fonts turn to gobley-gook in some applications
Not much help here.
Example 3: Office just randomly stopped working on a computer
Do away with ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data. The DB gets corrupted.
It's not that hard. The MS hive scares me more than dropping a few plist files.
Typical Apple. I have been working on them since the plus and they still have a weakness - preference files. Same as with MS and the registry.
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Stating the obvious here. Not much use as a fighter if it couldn't.
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The common cold still exists. It always will. Linux will exist long after MS is in the grave.
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Young Frankenstein.
Where wolf?
Der wolf.
Ya. See the movie. It is very goot.
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I use FF and Adblock. I don't like the hosts file thing above. Why should I have to enable my web server to block ads?
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And they won't get off my lawn!
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[cough] Snapz Pro X [cough]
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Yeah it was but it was not all CG. At the time I was taking CG classes and some of the rex was a puppet. It was funny watching the operators try to pick up a traffic pylon. Puppets are special effects too.
I saw this on video, not live.
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Where are the mod points when you need them?
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They want responsive, not productive. Our responsive to their "needs" will not make them more "productive."
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Welcome to Linux.
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OH MY GAWDZ! My JAVA app KILLED Cingulars network!
Maybe they should work on that.
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Sorry. I just did a search for cell and/or phone(s) in the DMCA. No mention. Please quote your sources.
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And how long before the law suits start?
3...2...1...
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Yer right. It's not like there are dozens of alternatives.
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Linky, plz.
Thx.
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It sounds like Sirius is buying out XM:
The companies billed the deal announced Monday as a merger of equals, with shareholders of both companies owning approximately 50 percent of the combined entity. However, Sirius will be giving $4.57 billion of its stock to XM shareholders, a substantial premium to the value of their shares.
But you have a point. Even if the deal is rejected one of them may go under and the other receives the monopoly by default.
So in the end it is the same. And this is not a good thing.
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Or do like I did and install Linux on an old eMachines box I had cluttering up my closet. It is RedHat and, quite remarkably, everything works.
But my plans for a Linux server were shot down. It has only 3 gig free space on the drive.
But it did work.
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