I'm watching less CABLE -- yes. I was paying originally $45/mo a couple of years ago for the basic type with the extended channels and maybe one premium (HBO). That's it.
Then they _forced_ me to go digital to get the same channels. That's another $5/mo rental. Then the prices went up. Then they went up again. I forgot who I originally had -- I remember not liking AT&T cable, not too impressed w/ Comcast... who is being bought out by who?
When it was hitting almost $70/mo for the *SAME* services I decided to cut them. I put it to $12/mo "television basic" and haven't really noticed. Maybe two or three shows are watched during the week (my wife and I) with anything being looked forward to on the weekend (HBO). Fortunately the cable company screwed up (go figure) and left the filter on the line, but did disconnect everything else.
If I could I'd KEEP HBO for $12.95/mo. Al-a Carte if I could (and legislation is in the works to force this I believe?). HBO will be going shortly as Comcast moves their channels around (again) and the filter will be useless. HBO and everything else is on their digital packages _only_ and start around $60/mo for anything decent.
My solution? I'll leave the laptop somewhere and record HBO on Sunday for a couple of hours and maybe Mac a movie here and there as wanted. Screw them. Otherwise Raymond is nice before bed and TLC and Discovery are cool, but for $60/mo? Nah.
Microsoft's *PDF* (why wouldn't they put it out in.DOC virus format?) was made with QuarkXPress 4.11 with the Acrobat distiller 4.05 for *Macintosh*.
The sad thing is I can't even agree with Microsoft on THAT one. Acrobat didn't go OS.X until 5.05 I believe so this was created on a Mac using OS 9. At least they go HALF of it right.
I'll be keeping my Mac. Can't wait for the NATIVE version of OO to emerge. 2006 - bah. It'll beat Longhorn to market though. That's even sadder.
Perhaps, with just a chance of luck -- Microsoft will hear what I'm actually saying every time one of their products causes me headaches... with their new Speech Server 2004 (it'll be another costly flop, I hope:)
Around the same time I remember working on many a NeXT. Couldn't justify the price (ie: afford one). Fortunately today I can afford a Mac. OS.X, well, smokes anything I've ever seen Windows able to do (and all at the *same time* mind you:).
Of course having a couple of computing degrees and starting out on AT&T SysVr4 I know not what I am speaking about when I say, "Windows? Mickey-mouse platform."
I used to have Ameritech, now it's SBC. I still miss Ma-Bell and couldn't stand dealing with GTE and Verizon when I had to.
I've tried all their services. Unfortunately not one of them could or can keep a sDSL connection at a mere 768K for more than a week at a time. Nor do they allow "unbundled" pairs any longer -- try and get DSL without paying for a POTS line. I couldn't even get DSL bundled to a ISDN line which _was_ my home phone system/backup-Internet.
I highly doubt they'll be able to offer 100Mbit speeds, much less what their talking about. They have a hard time with 1Mbit links. Personally I've gone wireless with a 10Mbit uplink.
Yeah, +900K/sec is common... if the remote site has the bandwidth. I regularly consume the office(s) T1's -- combined I'm blocking everybody out with 300K/sec.
On top of that... it is also my dialtone (VoIP... thanks to number portability SBC just lost my last account w/ them). No issue making UNLIMITED long distance calls for FREE. $40/mo additional for the first dialtone. $20/mo additional per line. Quality? I sound *better* than when I use my ISDN line/equipment. No lag. No echo. Free calls. No SBC.
.Mac I use though. The absolutely wonderful video chat with your auto-AIM account helps (though you can get a free AIM account and go to town too).
Moving from the Mac @ home to the laptop to the Mac at the office... there's nothing like having all your mail on IMAP servers, identical bookmarks in the browser, identical address book entries, identical calendars (of course this all also goes on the iPod for easy use on the road:).
Heck, once in a while I'll find I'd like to quickly move a few dozen work.DWG files. Sure, I could email them to myself, but I can also just drop them on my iDisk. Locally cached and seamlessy implemented. Don't knock it until you try it...
I also use the @Mac.com address for administrative type email (of course auto-filtered as well) -- with another home email and work email address available. All separated, but all also the same "Inbox" -- everywhere. It's a backdoor way to reach me if you've been blocked accidently on the over aggressive spam filtering _I_ do @ work and @ home. Well worth the $100/yr IMHO.
Yeah, there's also free virus software included, but what for? To scan YOUR Windows files? I don't bother...
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, one of the richest men on Earth, today pledged to donate $US13.5 million ($17.99 million) for research into extra-terrestrial life.
Of course -- Microsoft _needs_ to find new customers. We both know that...
I specifically call -3 when calling the mount with NFS Manager. It's nagware and does a great job IMHO.
I've been hitting this same wall since I hit the 2G limit with ext2 on the Linux end. That forced my migration to ext3, then updated it's NFS then updated the Mac then it still doesn't work.:()
Today I still resort to SMB connections and for backup use DeJaVu to a SMB connected sparse disk image (works like a charm). Why does NFS suck bunnies through straws with your experience? In mine I am able to saturate 100Mbit and 1,000Mbit connections (~9M/sec and ~90M/sec) with the right equipment on either end (1Gbit connected, SCSI-320's, etc:)... all via NFS. I'm lucky to see 6-7Mbit/sec speeds with a SMB connection it seems (100Mbit). ssh loses about 5-10% in speed (from saturation) and ftp/http are also mechanisms I've used for transferring as they can go full speed. WebDav isn't bad either, but I want my NFS!:)
Not an issue. Locally all disks are HFS+ extended and I have routinely moved and worked with 10,20, and 30G files no problem. I've done the same on the Linux end.
It is when I access the Linux partition as a NFS volume on OS.X that there is an issue (Linux Linux can deal with 10G files no problem as both ends are also ext3 formatted).
Ironically I have no issue when running a Samba server (Linux) and access it via OS.X that way. It makes absolutely no sense to go Linux Microsoft SMB networking OS.X at all... and speed wise NFS will smoke SMB hands down.
I still it's odd that Apple's OS.X would still be using such broken NFS daemons (and haven't given up that I have the wrong set of flags used -- though Linux works perfectly my BSD boxes as well). I also found it odd that I could download the Garageband update for the addition packs set ($$) -- and simply navigate the app's structure, find the.pax files and unpax them and simply install them myself. Apple's good, but not perfect. Am I the _only_ one with NFS issues? Yikes.
Ok, I give up. I have NFS volumes exported/mounted across a few Linux systems (no issue). OS.X mounting the same Linux NFS mount can only handle 2.something gig files (it's bigger than 2 and smaller than 3 is all I know right now).
A 4,707M file shows as 611M on OS.X. No, I can not create files larger than the "limit" -- they eat themselves. The same applies to both the command line and the Finder. Any/. ideas out there?
I say GO FOR IT. Do you like and trust your family (I do mine)? Coming from working at the major portion of the family business I had no issue working across the hall from my brother. Father running it at the other end of the building. Mom down the hall handling personnel. Heck, the admin assistant to the VP of sales is now my wife.
Dad started it and we all fell into it over the years. $250,000 to start and grew it to a 20 million dollar little biscuit over the 15+ years we all worked together. The good times were great and the bad sure didn't rip the family apart.
Economics of it just were not worked -- and what ticks me off is that we weren't getting RICH. I saw many business' come and go over the years with the owners having boats, race cars, jets, too many houses, etc. Sure, there was a nest egg being set aside in various assets -- but the business was MAKING money (then:). Shut the big portion down last year and pretty much went out separate ways -- not big business like the corporate setup before, but ironically we all still work together in one manner or another and of course still have a couple of other spawned family ventures in the works.
No, it would not have been possible without all of us working _together_ -- both in the thick and thin.
Heck, I've hired friends into the business over the years (and even had to lay off some of them -- including myself and my wife:(). I've even seen a friend fired from one job (working part time) that was another business from another branch of the family tree (bar tending and drinking the product doesn't work well:). His main job was no issue (and drinking at lunch was warned as a no-no:)... and even though he's a borderline alcoholic -- he's still a friend (and employed again:).
Who are you going to trust? Keep your enemies nearby and at arms length. I wouldn't want to hire them though. I'd hire my brother or my wife in a heart beat. I trust them.
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You *WILL* get spam my friend. I've been doing this for almost 20 years (admin) now -- and have specifically used aliased accounts for various reasons over the years as you are doing.
Wait... You'll be interested to know that the biggest problem with the spam coming in comes from virus infected Windows boxes. They send it. They harvest the users Outlook address book. If you ever end up in somebody's Outlook box... it only a matter of time before you're screwed.
I chuckle at the whole Exchange thing. You pay for that?
I personally pay to have a fixed IP @ home and run a old Linux box. A lot of aliases I've used over the years (and some blatantly used to harvest) all go to some local account that processes the spam. Upon receipt -- mail the wrong account and sorry, but you're blocked (unless white-listed). White-listing can come from valid already received email -- but I work everything based off of IP. My hope is that the registered MX host(s) or any valid listed server by the authenticating DNS server will be the type of scheme that's re-implemented (or more to the point SHOE-horned in real soon:). Bill's idea of email stamps, well, hahahahaha...
Over the last decade I've now got 380 aliased harvesting spam address' in use -- two valid email accounts @ home (my wife and myself) which is on my own IP with my own domain. I pay $5 extra a month above my broadband (10Mbit [yeah, solid] wireless) -- how much do you pay for that Exchange box?
I've run this type of setup through many offices scaled to dozens of email servers -- and the beauty is they also talk to each other sharing block/white-listed address' as needed. Wait -- you will get spam. Filtered through my account to I'm seeing 80 something that got in -- 2,164 blocked IP's [today], 380 harvested address', and 48 for various other infractions (attempts to relay through me, from a country where I know nobody, etc:).
Statistically (yeah, they all get nmap'd back)? 96% Windows based.
I give my email to friends. I have a work email that anybody that knows how to call me can have it. I even print it on my business card. No, I wouldn't post it to USENET or even here -- but it's still "out there". My unlisted phone number, OTOH, anybody can have. 847.854.0048. It's always busy and one channel of my ISDN home line. The other channel routes to the house for two phone lines (or Internet backup if and as needed) and is automatically unlisted and unpublished (at no cost since it is a "data circuit") -- and no, I'd rather not post that either.:)
Comcast is doing something about their Windows infected users who have been infected with virus', worms, and trojans (oh my!) and used to relay spam spam spam? Really? I have to wonder...
I was curious -- as I just got a email, no problem, from a Mac (regardless) subscriber who has DSL. Their email, of course, went through Comcast's mailhost on a different subnet with no problem.
Like you I've been doing work on Unix computers for many many years. Started on AT&T SysVr4 running on a 3B15 to be specific. Worked on Sparc stations, until OS X missed the NeXT, Coherent [remember that?;], BSD, and Linux.
Isn't it interesting that all these Un*x's work very nicely together -- heck, in some cases they can (and do) use the same originating code (ssh, ftp, smtp, etc:). A flaw found in ssh is very quickly looked at by many, many eyes -- the originating teams, RedHat, IBM, Apple, etc. What a benefit to have good, serious patches available, when needed, usually within 24 hours -- not like dealing with that other company, eh?
The Mac does offer a wonder front end to make simple things simple and even in the GUI can make it stand up on end and sing -- of course I personally will always go for 'vi' if I have any serious editing needs to happen. Heck, I still use a lot of my code that originated back on AT&T Unix in the 80's [written by myself] on OS X today (and the Linux servers peppered about:).
Perhaps times are finally starting to change again? They always do...
The problems with all of this comes into play how I run things at home. Fortunately I refused to go w/ Comcast (or more to the point wait for them -- this month they are now available in my area). My ISP knows what I run (Linux, BSD, and OS X) and doesn't take much issue w/ me on a fixed IP -- I send my own mail directly and don't use their relay as my 'smarthost' (yet?). I may be forced to do this -- but will of course do whatever becomes the "norm" out there and apply those changes to my own domain (@ home as well).
I use my home connection/domain as my first place test bed before rolling anything out to the networks @ the offices. Thankfully I don't sit in the normal seat a end/home user does -- as my job _is_ IT admin.:)
Just FYI -- due to the simple volume of spam I personally gave up on reporting a long time ago... about the time I figured out what was really happening out there (Windows boxes being infected and used as their relays). The mechanism now in place is rather simple and effective -- sure bayesian filtering @ the clients (fed into the system for blocking) as well as many harvesting address' peppered about. When the spam does hit the entire subnet that IP is at is blocked. Typical dialup/dsl type infected boxes may re-connect, but usually at a very close IP (already blocked).
The normal end users email (even on a infected box) would go through their ISP email server (probably not blocked:). Advanced type end users with fixed IP's are usually on other subnets and not a problem either. Once in a blue moon there is a conflict (about 1 in every 10,000 spams processed)... and I have to manually "OK" a IP in the access file which otherwise dynamically takes care of itself and moves subnets into larger block groups as identified and looked up. My 'squelch' is set to 15/24 subnets being blocked before a potential/16 block is done.
Real problem children were easy to identify as well -- 210., 211., and 212. ring a bell?
But without notification you just got blocked. Sorry... Those that KNOW ME and are blocked can usually just pick up the phone and say WASSSUUUPPPP??? 1 per 10,000 spam comes to two calls a year for my networks. Ok...
Digital TV may do the same thing with ads. All of a sudden your volume, mute, change channel and power-off buttons will not work -- until the ad is over, of course.
The day that happens is the day I unplug the freakin' TV. I've already ripped my Cable bill down to $12/mo and frankly don't miss it. I have a Mac.:)
A buddy of mine, who I can't disclose unfortunately -- happens to work on RF type secret government contracts through a well known military contract type company (also can't name them).
As he works on typically the space type RF projects I'll refer to him as "Major Tom". Here's what Tom has to say:
Interesting. Knowing a little something about this:-)
The RF tag is frequency related. A larger tag can be read with a lower frequency signal - has to do with wavelength. I cannot find any metal in the right eye of Jackson on a twenty. If there was, in order to be read, it would have to be read with a much higher frequency ie, microwave. As lower frequencies travel farther with less power, this higher microwave frequency would have to be rather high in power to "read" it on someone through a body, clothing, and wallet. You would be on the level on a microwave oven, which means all our money would suddenly "burn up" not to mention the sudden outbreak of cancer, pacemaker malfunctions, unexplained feeling of heat, etc.
Finally, I have walked into many a store with these twenties (so have about 5 billion 999 million 999 thousand, 999 people) and not had the alarms go off.
I'm so glad right now that I drink Pepsi. Even after their lovely promotion I'll continue to purchase iTunes AAC locked type format. It's easy enough...
Download. Import with Quicktime Save as AIFF Import to iTunes Convert AIFF to MP3 Copy over the tag and delete M4P and AIFF files.
(hint: easy enough to automated through Applescript:)
And frankly I can't tell the difference from a original CD to their AAC format to the newly converted MP3 file. As long as it passed my ear test I'll just stick with their DRM scheme and work right around it (the day I can't is the day I stop buying).
Of course with tools like AudioHijack... if I can hear it I can copy it (heck, on a Mac the same applies that if I can see it [motion or otherwise] I can copy it:)
My advantage has ALWAYS been limiting the Microsoft exposure as much as possible. I saw the writing on the wall with Windows 95 (refused to deploy it -- stuck w/ WFW 3.11). Beyond the desktop, word, and excel Microsoft has been snuffed by me.
The out come? When everyones network, except mine, were going to hell in a hand basket... we were always operational and virus free. Always. With Windows now on a segmented network and only running for AutoCAD needs (everything else has been migrated across the offices I oversee)... my price just went up (I gave myself a bonus:).
The customer just sees what they didn't have to spend on Windows licensing, the difference between said licensing and the cost of Panther (OS X) [approved upgrade -- which costs ME] -- and the huge savings across all the Linux servers and those Linux desktops that have been deployed (OS X is winning w/ me).
Upgrade my cost to them while showing them a bill that is 1/2 if not 2/3 the full cost of staying with Windows licensing... add in the fact that all these Windows virus' just became a moot point -- and everybody walks away happy, working, and with more money in their pocket. Except Microsoft...
"They're saying it's more expensive," Ballmer told the Star yesterday
So we're going to base this entire article on HEARSAY?
Microsoft's Ballmer says this and says that in the article. What does MUNICH have to say about all this???
PS: my experience has shown that Linux is the cheapest, most secure, and most reliable system to run. #2 would be OS X with Windows boxes coming in a very distant third. All costs absorbed in the switching happened in the first year (higher hardware & training perhaps) -- but within two years it was paying for itself in the lack of Microsoft tax alone...
The default is CMD-OPT (1-9) to switch between the desktops. You can move running application windows around to each desktop and flip (or swirl or fade-in, etc) around. It is very much flavored after the same offerings that have been on Linux for many years now.
My only complaint w/ it is that I can't bring a running application and it's windows into the current desktop (directly). All the desktops are common as well -- it would be nice to actually have each desktop unique w/ its own file structure. Perhaps that is what Microsoft has a patent on?
I've said this before and I'll say it again. Run a current version of Windows and run your programs as a regular user, not as a "power user" or as "administrator."
Tell you what sparky -- YOU try that across a enterprise type installation. Actually there is ONE (1) remaining application running across any of my networks that requires Windows (2K) boxes to remain until something else is phased in: AUTOCAD.
Go ahead -- try to install and run AutoCAD (2004 release) with Architectural and Mechanical desktops loaded... as a regular user. I'd love to see you get AEC content networked and working on a local machine as a regular user. Good luck.
Fortunately the engineering types are special. They've got TWO computers now. 90% of their work is done on CAD which is Windows right now -- the other 10% they tap the Mac for services (file processing, email, web, word, whatever).
Every other sub-system requiring Windows has been replaced (for us -- started in 2000) and I have to agree with you 100% otherwise: regular users have no reason to run anything as administrator or "root". Just can't do that in the Windows world...
I saw a similar type email -- and after reading the article downloaded the a.exe file for review: $ file a.exe a.exe: MS-DOS executable (EXE), OS/2 or MS Windows
Yep, appears to be a executable type file.
Hey Microsoft -- this would a HINT for inbound type files: $ chmod 700 a.exe
Ready to execute -- what the heck. This is a sandboxed VMWAre type machine: $./a.exe sh:./a.exe: cannot execute binary file
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I'm watching less CABLE -- yes. I was paying originally $45/mo a couple of years ago for the basic type with the extended channels and maybe one premium (HBO). That's it.
... who is being bought out by who?
Then they _forced_ me to go digital to get the same channels. That's another $5/mo rental. Then the prices went up. Then they went up again. I forgot who I originally had -- I remember not liking AT&T cable, not too impressed w/ Comcast
When it was hitting almost $70/mo for the *SAME* services I decided to cut them. I put it to $12/mo "television basic" and haven't really noticed. Maybe two or three shows are watched during the week (my wife and I) with anything being looked forward to on the weekend (HBO). Fortunately the cable company screwed up (go figure) and left the filter on the line, but did disconnect everything else.
If I could I'd KEEP HBO for $12.95/mo. Al-a Carte if I could (and legislation is in the works to force this I believe?). HBO will be going shortly as Comcast moves their channels around (again) and the filter will be useless. HBO and everything else is on their digital packages _only_ and start around $60/mo for anything decent.
My solution? I'll leave the laptop somewhere and record HBO on Sunday for a couple of hours and maybe Mac a movie here and there as wanted. Screw them. Otherwise Raymond is nice before bed and TLC and Discovery are cool, but for $60/mo? Nah.
Microsoft's *PDF* (why wouldn't they put it out in .DOC virus format?) was made with QuarkXPress 4.11 with the Acrobat distiller 4.05 for *Macintosh*.
The sad thing is I can't even agree with Microsoft on THAT one. Acrobat didn't go OS.X until 5.05 I believe so this was created on a Mac using OS 9. At least they go HALF of it right.
I'll be keeping my Mac. Can't wait for the NATIVE version of OO to emerge. 2006 - bah. It'll beat Longhorn to market though. That's even sadder.
Microsoft: a rich pathetic company.
Perhaps, with just a chance of luck -- Microsoft will hear what I'm actually saying every time one of their products causes me headaches ... with their new Speech Server 2004 (it'll be another costly flop, I hope :)
I can beat their offer and simply block .mail email to my .com and .us domains. It'll cost me nothing ($0) but a good laugh.
Around the same time I remember working on many a NeXT. Couldn't justify the price (ie: afford one). Fortunately today I can afford a Mac. OS.X, well, smokes anything I've ever seen Windows able to do (and all at the *same time* mind you :).
Of course having a couple of computing degrees and starting out on AT&T SysVr4 I know not what I am speaking about when I say, "Windows? Mickey-mouse platform."
I used to have Ameritech, now it's SBC. I still miss Ma-Bell and couldn't stand dealing with GTE and Verizon when I had to.
... if the remote site has the bandwidth. I regularly consume the office(s) T1's -- combined I'm blocking everybody out with 300K/sec.
... it is also my dialtone (VoIP ... thanks to number portability SBC just lost my last account w/ them). No issue making UNLIMITED long distance calls for FREE. $40/mo additional for the first dialtone. $20/mo additional per line. Quality? I sound *better* than when I use my ISDN line/equipment. No lag. No echo. Free calls. No SBC.
I've tried all their services. Unfortunately not one of them could or can keep a sDSL connection at a mere 768K for more than a week at a time. Nor do they allow "unbundled" pairs any longer -- try and get DSL without paying for a POTS line. I couldn't even get DSL bundled to a ISDN line which _was_ my home phone system/backup-Internet.
I highly doubt they'll be able to offer 100Mbit speeds, much less what their talking about. They have a hard time with 1Mbit links. Personally I've gone wireless with a 10Mbit uplink.
Yeah, +900K/sec is common
On top of that
.Mac I use though. The absolutely wonderful video chat with your auto-AIM account helps (though you can get a free AIM account and go to town too).
... there's nothing like having all your mail on IMAP servers, identical bookmarks in the browser, identical address book entries, identical calendars (of course this all also goes on the iPod for easy use on the road :).
.DWG files. Sure, I could email them to myself, but I can also just drop them on my iDisk. Locally cached and seamlessy implemented. Don't knock it until you try it...
Moving from the Mac @ home to the laptop to the Mac at the office
Heck, once in a while I'll find I'd like to quickly move a few dozen work
I also use the @Mac.com address for administrative type email (of course auto-filtered as well) -- with another home email and work email address available. All separated, but all also the same "Inbox" -- everywhere. It's a backdoor way to reach me if you've been blocked accidently on the over aggressive spam filtering _I_ do @ work and @ home. Well worth the $100/yr IMHO.
Yeah, there's also free virus software included, but what for? To scan YOUR Windows files? I don't bother...
Of course -- Microsoft _needs_ to find new customers. We both know that...
Hopefully not a dead thread... :)
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:) ... all via NFS. I'm lucky to see 6-7Mbit/sec speeds with a SMB connection it seems (100Mbit). ssh loses about 5-10% in speed (from saturation) and ftp/http are also mechanisms I've used for transferring as they can go full speed. WebDav isn't bad either, but I want my NFS! :)
I specifically call -3 when calling the mount with NFS Manager. It's nagware and does a great job IMHO.
I've been hitting this same wall since I hit the 2G limit with ext2 on the Linux end. That forced my migration to ext3, then updated it's NFS then updated the Mac then it still doesn't work.
Today I still resort to SMB connections and for backup use DeJaVu to a SMB connected sparse disk image (works like a charm). Why does NFS suck bunnies through straws with your experience? In mine I am able to saturate 100Mbit and 1,000Mbit connections (~9M/sec and ~90M/sec) with the right equipment on either end (1Gbit connected, SCSI-320's, etc
Not an issue. Locally all disks are HFS+ extended and I have routinely moved and worked with 10,20, and 30G files no problem. I've done the same on the Linux end.
... and speed wise NFS will smoke SMB hands down.
.pax files and unpax them and simply install them myself. Apple's good, but not perfect. Am I the _only_ one with NFS issues? Yikes.
It is when I access the Linux partition as a NFS volume on OS.X that there is an issue (Linux Linux can deal with 10G files no problem as both ends are also ext3 formatted).
Ironically I have no issue when running a Samba server (Linux) and access it via OS.X that way. It makes absolutely no sense to go Linux Microsoft SMB networking OS.X at all
I still it's odd that Apple's OS.X would still be using such broken NFS daemons (and haven't given up that I have the wrong set of flags used -- though Linux works perfectly my BSD boxes as well). I also found it odd that I could download the Garageband update for the addition packs set ($$) -- and simply navigate the app's structure, find the
Ok, I give up. I have NFS volumes exported/mounted across a few Linux systems (no issue). OS.X mounting the same Linux NFS mount can only handle 2.something gig files (it's bigger than 2 and smaller than 3 is all I know right now).
/. ideas out there?
:)
A 4,707M file shows as 611M on OS.X. No, I can not create files larger than the "limit" -- they eat themselves. The same applies to both the command line and the Finder. Any
(yes, I want to move 50G files around sometimes
I say GO FOR IT. Do you like and trust your family (I do mine)?
:). Shut the big portion down last year and pretty much went out separate ways -- not big business like the corporate setup before, but ironically we all still work together in one manner or another and of course still have a couple of other spawned family ventures in the works.
:(). I've even seen a friend fired from one job (working part time) that was another business from another branch of the family tree (bar tending and drinking the product doesn't work well :). His main job was no issue (and drinking at lunch was warned as a no-no :) ... and even though he's a borderline alcoholic -- he's still a friend (and employed again :).
Coming from working at the major portion of the family business I had no issue working across the hall from my brother. Father running it at the other end of the building. Mom down the hall handling personnel. Heck, the admin assistant to the VP of sales is now my wife.
Dad started it and we all fell into it over the years. $250,000 to start and grew it to a 20 million dollar little biscuit over the 15+ years we all worked together. The good times were great and the bad sure didn't rip the family apart.
Economics of it just were not worked -- and what ticks me off is that we weren't getting RICH. I saw many business' come and go over the years with the owners having boats, race cars, jets, too many houses, etc. Sure, there was a nest egg being set aside in various assets -- but the business was MAKING money (then
No, it would not have been possible without all of us working _together_ -- both in the thick and thin.
Heck, I've hired friends into the business over the years (and even had to lay off some of them -- including myself and my wife
Who are you going to trust? Keep your enemies nearby and at arms length. I wouldn't want to hire them though. I'd hire my brother or my wife in a heart beat. I trust them.
You *WILL* get spam my friend. I've been doing this for almost 20 years (admin) now -- and have specifically used aliased accounts for various reasons over the years as you are doing.
... it only a matter of time before you're screwed.
:). Bill's idea of email stamps, well, hahahahaha...
:).
:)
Wait... You'll be interested to know that the biggest problem with the spam coming in comes from virus infected Windows boxes. They send it. They harvest the users Outlook address book. If you ever end up in somebody's Outlook box
I chuckle at the whole Exchange thing. You pay for that?
I personally pay to have a fixed IP @ home and run a old Linux box. A lot of aliases I've used over the years (and some blatantly used to harvest) all go to some local account that processes the spam. Upon receipt -- mail the wrong account and sorry, but you're blocked (unless white-listed). White-listing can come from valid already received email -- but I work everything based off of IP. My hope is that the registered MX host(s) or any valid listed server by the authenticating DNS server will be the type of scheme that's re-implemented (or more to the point SHOE-horned in real soon
Over the last decade I've now got 380 aliased harvesting spam address' in use -- two valid email accounts @ home (my wife and myself) which is on my own IP with my own domain. I pay $5 extra a month above my broadband (10Mbit [yeah, solid] wireless) -- how much do you pay for that Exchange box?
I've run this type of setup through many offices scaled to dozens of email servers -- and the beauty is they also talk to each other sharing block/white-listed address' as needed. Wait -- you will get spam. Filtered through my account to I'm seeing 80 something that got in -- 2,164 blocked IP's [today], 380 harvested address', and 48 for various other infractions (attempts to relay through me, from a country where I know nobody, etc
Statistically (yeah, they all get nmap'd back)? 96% Windows based.
I give my email to friends. I have a work email that anybody that knows how to call me can have it. I even print it on my business card. No, I wouldn't post it to USENET or even here -- but it's still "out there". My unlisted phone number, OTOH, anybody can have. 847.854.0048. It's always busy and one channel of my ISDN home line. The other channel routes to the house for two phone lines (or Internet backup if and as needed) and is automatically unlisted and unpublished (at no cost since it is a "data circuit") -- and no, I'd rather not post that either.
Exchange? Never!
Comcast is doing something about their Windows infected users who have been infected with virus', worms, and trojans (oh my!) and used to relay spam spam spam? Really? I have to wonder...
3 5.client.comcast.net c-67-163-212-62.client.comcast.net4 4.client.comcast.net c-67-165-36-98.client.comcast.net1 .client.comcast.net c-67-166-36-12.client.comcast.net8 .client.comcast.net c-67-168-221-55.client.comcast.net1 .client.comcast.net c-67-170-233-139.client.comcast.net8 8.client.comcast.net c-67-170-252-250.client.comcast.net1 70.client.comcast.net c-67-170-31-53.client.comcast.net1 .client.comcast.net c-67-171-17-151.client.comcast.net3 4.client.comcast.net c-67-172-156-210.client.comcast.net5 .client.comcast.net c-67-172-160-14.client.comcast.net3 2.client.comcast.net c-67-172-204-10.client.comcast.net. client.comcast.net c-67-172-48-34.client.comcast.net2 .client.comcast.net c-67-172-64-245.client.comcast.net9 0.client.comcast.net c-67-173-126-210.client.comcast.net1 79.client.comcast.net c-67-173-238-235.client.comcast.net3 9.client.comcast.net c-67-173-251-246.client.comcast.net6 .client.comcast.net c-67-173-25-77.client.comcast.netc lient.comcast.net c-67-174-68-215.client.comcast.net. client.comcast.net pcp01011096pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net1 -240.client.comcast.net pcp01156604pcs.newhav01.mi.comcast.net- 9.client.comcast.net pcp01502078pcs.coatsv01.pa.comcast.net- 172.client.comcast.net pcp01555191pcs.gdlett01.fl.comcast.net0 -65.client.comcast.net pcp01559252pcs.nftmyr01.fl.comcast.net5 -148.client.comcast.net pcp02678389pcs.ewndsr01.nj.comcast.net- 242.client.comcast.net pcp035458pcs.aberdn01.md.comcast.net2 6.client.comcast.net pcp03910323pcs.summit01.tn.comcast.net- 161.client.comcast.net pcp04095933pcs.mtsano01.ga.comcast.net- 30.client.comcast.net pcp04096552pcs.mtsano01.ga.comcast.net3 -90.client.comcast.net pcp04098763pcs.neave01.pa.comcast.net- 49.client.comcast.net pcp04301582pcs.prtmry01.nj.comcast.net9 -103.client.comcast.net pcp04386886pcs.nromeo01.mi.comcast.net1 -32.client.comcast.net pcp05184350pcs.salsbr01.md.comcast.net- 20.client.comcast.net pcp06586966pcs.nrockv01.md.comcast.net- 143.client.comcast.net pcp09045523pcs.rocsth01.mi.comcast.net3 -191.client.comcast.net pcp424540pcs.naugus01.ga.comcast.net7 1.client.comcast.net pcp690755pcs.rtchrd01.md.comcast.net5 -149.client.comcast.net pcp780241pcs.gnscrp01.va.comcast.
I was curious -- as I just got a email, no problem, from a Mac (regardless) subscriber who has DSL. Their email, of course, went through Comcast's mailhost on a different subnet with no problem.
I just happened to look a day after this article -- and TODAY here's the infected Comcast machines trying to contact me:
bgp01395060bgs.parads01.nm.comcast.net c-67-162-123-56.client.comcast.net
c-24-10-149-2
c-24-10-175-2
c-24-11-186-20
c-24-11-227-17
c-24-11-235-6
c-24-1-196-1
c-24-12-199-
c-24-12-232-21
c-24-13-137-2
c-24-13-89-2
c-24-14-222-1
c-24-14-39-97
c-24-15-101-21
c-24-15-145-1
c-24-17-206-
c-24-19-18-1
c-24-19-81-6
c-24-20-8-120.
c-24-21-196-1
c-24-2-25
c-24-2-57
c-24-2-80
c-24-3-10
c-24-3-23
c-24-3-33
c-24-3-41-1
c-24-3-43
c-24-3-45
c-24-6-15
c-24-6-175
c-24-7-14
c-24-7-24
c-24-7-32
c-24-8-33
c-24-9-15
c-24-9-233-
c-67-160-21
Like you I've been doing work on Unix computers for many many years. Started on AT&T SysVr4 running on a 3B15 to be specific. Worked on Sparc stations, until OS X missed the NeXT, Coherent [remember that? ;], BSD, and Linux.
:). A flaw found in ssh is very quickly looked at by many, many eyes -- the originating teams, RedHat, IBM, Apple, etc. What a benefit to have good, serious patches available, when needed, usually within 24 hours -- not like dealing with that other company, eh?
:).
Isn't it interesting that all these Un*x's work very nicely together -- heck, in some cases they can (and do) use the same originating code (ssh, ftp, smtp, etc
The Mac does offer a wonder front end to make simple things simple and even in the GUI can make it stand up on end and sing -- of course I personally will always go for 'vi' if I have any serious editing needs to happen. Heck, I still use a lot of my code that originated back on AT&T Unix in the 80's [written by myself] on OS X today (and the Linux servers peppered about
Perhaps times are finally starting to change again? They always do...
The problems with all of this comes into play how I run things at home. Fortunately I refused to go w/ Comcast (or more to the point wait for them -- this month they are now available in my area). My ISP knows what I run (Linux, BSD, and OS X) and doesn't take much issue w/ me on a fixed IP -- I send my own mail directly and don't use their relay as my 'smarthost' (yet?). I may be forced to do this -- but will of course do whatever becomes the "norm" out there and apply those changes to my own domain (@ home as well).
:)
... about the time I figured out what was really happening out there (Windows boxes being infected and used as their relays). The mechanism now in place is rather simple and effective -- sure bayesian filtering @ the clients (fed into the system for blocking) as well as many harvesting address' peppered about. When the spam does hit the entire subnet that IP is at is blocked. Typical dialup/dsl type infected boxes may re-connect, but usually at a very close IP (already blocked).
:). Advanced type end users with fixed IP's are usually on other subnets and not a problem either. Once in a blue moon there is a conflict (about 1 in every 10,000 spams processed) ... and I have to manually "OK" a IP in the access file which otherwise dynamically takes care of itself and moves subnets into larger block groups as identified and looked up. My 'squelch' is set to 15 /24 subnets being blocked before a potential /16 block is done.
I use my home connection/domain as my first place test bed before rolling anything out to the networks @ the offices. Thankfully I don't sit in the normal seat a end/home user does -- as my job _is_ IT admin.
Just FYI -- due to the simple volume of spam I personally gave up on reporting a long time ago
The normal end users email (even on a infected box) would go through their ISP email server (probably not blocked
Real problem children were easy to identify as well -- 210., 211., and 212. ring a bell?
But without notification you just got blocked. Sorry...
Those that KNOW ME and are blocked can usually just pick up the phone and say WASSSUUUPPPP??? 1 per 10,000 spam comes to two calls a year for my networks. Ok...
The day that happens is the day I unplug the freakin' TV. I've already ripped my Cable bill down to $12/mo and frankly don't miss it. I have a Mac.
A buddy of mine, who I can't disclose unfortunately -- happens to work on RF type secret government contracts through a well known military contract type company (also can't name them).
:-)
As he works on typically the space type RF projects I'll refer to him as "Major Tom". Here's what Tom has to say:
Interesting. Knowing a little something about this
The RF tag is frequency related. A larger tag can be read with a lower frequency signal - has to do with wavelength. I cannot find any metal in the right eye of Jackson on a twenty. If there was, in order to be read, it would have to be read with a much higher frequency ie, microwave. As lower frequencies travel farther with less power, this higher microwave frequency would have to be rather high in power to "read" it on someone through a body, clothing, and wallet. You would be on the level on a microwave oven, which means all our money would suddenly "burn up" not to mention the sudden outbreak of cancer, pacemaker malfunctions, unexplained feeling of heat, etc.
Finally, I have walked into many a store with these twenties (so have about 5 billion 999 million 999 thousand, 999 people) and not had the alarms go off.
I'm so glad right now that I drink Pepsi. Even after their lovely promotion I'll continue to purchase iTunes AAC locked type format. It's easy enough...
:)
... if I can hear it I can copy it (heck, on a Mac the same applies that if I can see it [motion or otherwise] I can copy it :)
Download.
Import with Quicktime
Save as AIFF
Import to iTunes
Convert AIFF to MP3
Copy over the tag and delete M4P and AIFF files.
(hint: easy enough to automated through Applescript
And frankly I can't tell the difference from a original CD to their AAC format to the newly converted MP3 file. As long as it passed my ear test I'll just stick with their DRM scheme and work right around it (the day I can't is the day I stop buying).
Of course with tools like AudioHijack
Bah -- DRM.
My advantage has ALWAYS been limiting the Microsoft exposure as much as possible. I saw the writing on the wall with Windows 95 (refused to deploy it -- stuck w/ WFW 3.11). Beyond the desktop, word, and excel Microsoft has been snuffed by me.
... we were always operational and virus free. Always. With Windows now on a segmented network and only running for AutoCAD needs (everything else has been migrated across the offices I oversee) ... my price just went up (I gave myself a bonus :).
... add in the fact that all these Windows virus' just became a moot point -- and everybody walks away happy, working, and with more money in their pocket. Except Microsoft...
The out come? When everyones network, except mine, were going to hell in a hand basket
The customer just sees what they didn't have to spend on Windows licensing, the difference between said licensing and the cost of Panther (OS X) [approved upgrade -- which costs ME] -- and the huge savings across all the Linux servers and those Linux desktops that have been deployed (OS X is winning w/ me).
Upgrade my cost to them while showing them a bill that is 1/2 if not 2/3 the full cost of staying with Windows licensing
"They're saying it's more expensive," Ballmer told the Star yesterday
So we're going to base this entire article on HEARSAY?
Microsoft's Ballmer says this and says that in the article. What does MUNICH have to say about all this???
PS: my experience has shown that Linux is the cheapest, most secure, and most reliable system to run. #2 would be OS X with Windows boxes coming in a very distant third. All costs absorbed in the switching happened in the first year (higher hardware & training perhaps) -- but within two years it was paying for itself in the lack of Microsoft tax alone...
The default is CMD-OPT (1-9) to switch between the desktops. You can move running application windows around to each desktop and flip (or swirl or fade-in, etc) around. It is very much flavored after the same offerings that have been on Linux for many years now.
My only complaint w/ it is that I can't bring a running application and it's windows into the current desktop (directly). All the desktops are common as well -- it would be nice to actually have each desktop unique w/ its own file structure. Perhaps that is what Microsoft has a patent on?
Powerbook 667Mhz, crap hand again. I fold. :)
No issues otherwise...
Tell you what sparky -- YOU try that across a enterprise type installation. Actually there is ONE (1) remaining application running across any of my networks that requires Windows (2K) boxes to remain until something else is phased in: AUTOCAD.
Go ahead -- try to install and run AutoCAD (2004 release) with Architectural and Mechanical desktops loaded ... as a regular user. I'd love to see you get AEC content networked and working on a local machine as a regular user. Good luck.
Fortunately the engineering types are special. They've got TWO computers now. 90% of their work is done on CAD which is Windows right now -- the other 10% they tap the Mac for services (file processing, email, web, word, whatever).
Every other sub-system requiring Windows has been replaced (for us -- started in 2000) and I have to agree with you 100% otherwise: regular users have no reason to run anything as administrator or "root". Just can't do that in the Windows world...
I saw a similar type email -- and after reading the article downloaded the a.exe file for review:
./a.exe ./a.exe: cannot execute binary file
:)
$ file a.exe
a.exe: MS-DOS executable (EXE), OS/2 or MS Windows
Yep, appears to be a executable type file.
Hey Microsoft -- this would a HINT for inbound type files:
$ chmod 700 a.exe
Ready to execute -- what the heck. This is a sandboxed VMWAre type machine:
$
sh:
Dag nabbit, what am I doing wrong?