Thankfully I have nothing to hide. But if I did: Thankfully my main GUI is a Mac. I wonder how LittleSnitch would handle a.EXE? Thankfully my networks are Linux and BSD based. They don't like.DLL's. Thankfully my VoIP is handled by a Sipure non-PC based box. It doesn't allow / nor has needed updates. Thankfully the one place I do use Windows for now (work) will be replaced with a Mac in short time.
I do have to wonder if and how heuristic type scans and/or zonealarm tweaked all the way up would react to this type of software. Recently there was a "new" virus that showed up (one week ago today) on the email (Linux) server which my workstation immediately flagged as suspicious before even reading the body of the message (which was supposedly from the email admin [myself]:). This virus, at that time, was not known my Norton, McAfee, or Clam-AV. Thankfully my Windows workstation _is_ a work-hourse and I do have heuristic type scanning turned on for everything it ever touches.
As for the firewall, well, trust me, you have no idea HOW I configure it and what I do (or don't) allow out under normal circumstances. VoIP? Only from authorized IP's and MAC address' -- and only to specific OpenVMS servers (which REALLY hate to run Windows software and are even harder to infect:). Sure -- you could capture the OTHER END of the call probably much easier.
I prefer this method: go to AutoPatcher and choose your OS (Win2K, XP, 64, or 2k3). Benefit here is that they do have some nice registry tweaks and/or installers (TweakUI for example) all rolled in for you. Wonderful to bring a new install "up to speed" in as few clicks as possible and keep the file size requirements to a minimum.
Don't trust somebody other than Microsoft themselves? (I can even write that with a straight face:)
Go to: Microsoft Downloads and Search in the Windows sub-section. Search for "iso-9660". Be amazed. Problem with this is these downloads are huge (not that I mind on a 10Mbit synchronous pipe:) -- they cover the same Windows families, but to get one you have to download it ALL. This is, of course, good for multi-flavored environments...
Me, myself, and I? I prefer to click on the Apple and choose "Software Update..." (or softwareupdate -ia from the command line). Of course on the servers a good 'ol fashioned "yum update" does the trick. But hey, that's just me. Microsoft is making this WAY TOO HARD -- and I've begrudgingly paid for each and every one of my Windows installs (personal and/or corporate).
The fix for MS06-040 is KB921883, which is part of the recent batch of critical updates from Microsoft. TFA is confusing because it makes it appear as though the latest MS updates *cause* this vulnerability, while in actual fact they *fix* it.
Yes, BUT -- the latest MS updates will certainly cause ANOTHER vulnerability, though it is one we just have not found yet...
Where will the madness end? F15 to turn monitor brightness up, F14 to turn the brightness down, [I use F13 for external DVD drive, Shifted to Snapz activate], F12 for Expose (and heck, hold it to eject the CD/DVD tray), F11 to see my desktop, F10 to see current application windows, F9 to see all windows, and [I use MousePose because I can;]. I've even been known to use a non-Apple keyboard and use F1 for Mute, F2 to turn the sound down, and F3 to turn it up.
I haven't had the pleasure to watch the video yet, but NOW they're adding Virtual Desktops AND a Time Machine !? Where are those supposed to go on the keyboard? F7 and F6? I've only got 12 function keys [on my keyboard], for you know, FUNCTIONS. Oh wait...
At least on the plus side I'm sure I'll be able to customize these new fangled options as I so desire like most anything else and "it will just work". Very different than my 'experience' has been with XP at work...
I wonder if this new Time Machine will allow me to navigate back to $0.99/gal gas days???
Instead of Microsoft trying to throw the dog [us, the customer] a bone [their garbage bug riddled software] -- why don't they do their job, damn IT. Really! There are complex problems in IT and at this moment a zero day PowerPoint exploit in the wilds. What does Microsoft do? Patch it? No, they introduce a not very well documented way for more virus to possibly sneak into our infrastructure. It is no wonder [with WGA] that we no longer even ALLOW access to *.microsoft.com at the router level anymore. We've been forced to this and they probably wonder why.
The funny thing is I do trust most of my users -- it is Microsoft I do not trust. The engineers can't even PROPERLY run AutoCAD 100% the way they want and need to... if they are not running as "administrator". I didn't create this problem. Microsoft did. They should be working on fixing this problem in the EXISTING software -- not introducing more garbage and spending so much time and money on developing "Vista" would have been a good start.
And Microsoft probably wonders why there are (and there are) companies out there ripping out XP... and where Windows is absolutely needed -- going BACK to Windows 2000 and locking it down as much as possible. My solution is Windows just isn't allowed to talk to the Internet. EVER. For that type of work the user can use their Linux box and/or Mac. Windows is being removed full stop.
It is easier to work on solutions where Windows isn't even used. Shout at Microsoft? No -- they won't (and haven't) listened anyway.
While other people repeat the "embrace, extent, extinguish, extort, exume" prophecy, I see reasons not to make that assumption about Microsoft.
Sorry, I've got 20 years of experience that tells me differently.
I also admin Windows boxes along with BSD, Linux, and my favorite: the Mac's.
I'll openly admit I'm also a Un*x freak (my favorite hat today is "got root?" -- yesteryear it was a Redhat red hat:). With that said -- I've had a lot of time to compare the differences in the various OS' -- and frankly I still miss Netware and OS/2. Too bad BeOS didn't take off either. In comparing all the flavors it is IMHO that Windows is simply fundamentally flawed. The reasons why are for another type of debate.
I also find it interesting to watch the industry as a whole and note that there is in one corner Microsoft with Windows. Then there's IBM with Linux/AIX (Un*x), Novell is going with Suse Linux (Un*x), Redhat is Linux (Un*x), Apple is Darwin/BSD (Un*x), Sun is Un*x, so on and so forth.
Good riddance to Microsoft is what I say... I've honestly not been too impressed with anything out of Redmond since WFW-3.11... Watching what they've done with "standards" over the years -- and buying out companies to butcher good products -- not to mention the games with the OEMS and paying the 'Windows tax'... and yes, all my Windows are paid for, yet WGA has gotten in my way in a few cases (since removed, and no longer using WindowsUpdate).
I simply don't trust them in any way, shape, or form.
If it means admins across the world have to roll out plugins instead of new office suites, which do you think they would be more inclined to do?
Sorry, you lose. OpenOffice it is... In a heartbeat.
I specifically chose the Mac Mini due to its size -- and had the need for some serious storage and usage requirements. The built in drive was more than enough to run the system -- and in this case it has one purpose and only one purpose.
It is hooked up to ~23 network cameras at 640x480 capturing real time 24x7 and storing it to the external drive array holding 3 terabytes of video. It is also hooked up to a 23" monitor and using a Powermate for zoom capabilities (among other uses) it is an impressive display (if I do say-so myself:).
In this installation I specifically didn't want a huge honking computer when there wasn't the need for one. The Mini has more than enough bandwidth and horsepower to accomplish this particular task.
"There's a reason why Penguinistas don't like Microsoft"
I believe you meant to say trust.
And no, I know many (even those "devoted" to Microsoft products) that do not trust them. Any further than they could bribe Bill himself. They're history (as a company) has proven themselves to be completely untrustworthy. There's really very little they could do anymore to garnish my personal interest. Yeah, I'm one of those still (grudgingly/happily?) using Win2K -- and very thankful that I'm not caught up in the DRM showing up in XP. There's also a reason my servers run Linux and my desktop runs Linux/OS.X. Windows is there only when "I have to".
From the article:
I think that the culture of the company is rich and established. After 31 years, Bill has put a fairly indelible imprint on the company. A lot of people have 'grown up' inside this company and we do what we do the way we have grown up doing it to some extent. I don't expect there to be any abrupt change as a function of that.
The irony in this statement is one of my jobs today -- working for a +30 year old company with people who have been there forever. So many processes are butt back-ass-wards that nobody even realizes it. They're so used to doing it the way it was done because that it how it's always been done. Unfortunately those processes won't work with this company and allow for growth in sales -- nor will it work with Microsoft and "playing nice" in the GPL world.
The only way Microsoft would EVER even get my attention again is if they came out with "Microsoft Linux" with Word/Excel -- and even then I'll probably tell them to go jump and go with Suse, Redhat, whatever -- and OpenOffice. You see -- I *still* remember buying many servers ~10 years ago and HAD to pay the "Microsoft tax" if I wanted server grade hardware from my choice of vendor(s). Funny thing is... they all still run Linux to this day...
In fact, my very own IP address begins with 81. I live in Britain, which - as you may be aware - is not in "Asia, Latin America, or Eastern Europe". It's a good thing I don't want to email you, isn't it?
Haven't you been paying attention? WE'RE AMERICAN. We **SUCK** at geography. You're blocked.
I'll also add to that and note that since Microsoft bought Connectix out that the product has gone to hell in a hand bag (looking at it from the Mac end, of course:). With each release (Connectix) it just got better and _faster_. That is no longer the case it seems -- today it just seems to be full of Microsoft induced bugs and problems (as usual).
With Apple going to Intel I'm frankly waiting (with baited breath) for VMWare to come out with a version for OS X [Intel]. It is then that I'll probably get serious about buying a new Mac. In the mean time I find that using VNC to tie to a real Windows box (if/when needed, albeit more and more rare:) is much faster than the current iteration of VirtualPC.
So, er, has there been a performance increase or loss? Why have none of these reviews done anything vaguely quantitative?
If you're running Windows (I am not)... have YOU read the EULA lately? You're not allowed to (publicly) release benchmarks to state a performance [loss] and quantify the eXPerience.
Yes, there is a reason Windows is not allowed in my home (beyond the obvious security concerns:).
using a text editor, would you rather try to fix a bug in an odf or ms xml file?
Such as vi?:)
I'm still amazing people what can be done with "vi" to this day. Not long ago I was handed a file to "clean up" -- a +14,000 page (printed) document that when stripped and prodded down was only ~80 pages.
With some basic logic and a little vi scripting magic the computer worked through the file as I walked out back and had a break.
Word [on Windows] wouldn't even OPEN the.txt file.
His reponse: "I didn't pay for 4 years of college to get any backchat out of you. Now answer my fucking question!"
My 'ol man had a similar response -- albeit the situations are slightly different (he's retired). I got him a iMac. VERY FEW calls related to computers -- and yes, he uses it all the time (along with Mom -- she got the Powerbook). How do I know this? I admin the system where their emails sits and can see how often they check/send.
Embedded devices have no need for brand names. Who cares what your VCR runs other than stinkfingered cheeto monkeys watching tapes of Enterprise frame by frame to see the T'Pol nipple shot?
There's a T'Pol nipple shot? Which episode is that in (or are they in)???
Is there a keyboard shortcut (yet) to go into / out-of full-screen mode? 90% of the time I don't want/need/use full-screen mode, but I find it odd that I have to disconnect, go into preferences, choose the Control/Observe tab, change the option, and re-connect... all to get into / out-of full-screen mode.
Every other type of application that gives you a remote has some settable option to do this...
Perhaps this is just a natural phenomenon, the likes of which our planet has seen several times before, and will see several times again.
I have to say I tend to agree -- even to the degree that previous "humans" may have (or may not have) induced such changes.
We (humanoids as we understand ourselves) have been around for 5-6 million years as we understand it. We're just now uncovering 3-400 million year old fossils of dinosaurs. The Earth itself is believed to be 4-5 BILLION years old. 4,000 million years is a heck of a long time -- and there is a large portion of that time that we have no clue what may have happened here (nor ever will)...
There really should be a C&C type of warning before posting such drivel. I was with Mr. Jobs when he first read this -- and he dutifully kicked the [C]at and spit a mouth full of [C]oke all over the keyboard.
My cat is not very happy at the moment and my qwerty keyboard is ruined. Figures.
The only reason I own a Apple is due to its Un*x core -- the Apple interface is only icing on the cake. If (and that is a BIG IF) Apple were to do something so stupid (Steve says, "NO") -- then it would be the last Mac I probably own; existing Mac's would, of course, be running Linux at that point and time.
Every time you see a [Microsoft Windows] article telling of some new flaw found -- save it. Every time they release a bulletin [and a patch] -- save a copy of those too. I did this for years for just such a defense in "my logic". The sheer volume you throw back at them may make them think twice -- and do it diplomatically when you do. Even suggest going over their article to understand the half truths, lies, and it will help eliminate their FUD.
I've been doing this -- its a simple print/preview (save-as PDF -- you are using a Mac yourself, correct:). I can even remember some management being surprised when new services were always available instantly when needed. Email was brought in-house, DNS, ftp [virus updates for Windows clients], posting files to private web pages, so on and so forth. When questioned they were more happy with the cost ($0 for Linux based solutions) than the "how".
The show-down did come in the not too distant past over the companies 401-K plan -- I quickly used the same tactic to show them how insecure Windows was which is what they wanted to post our plan on (IIS). Allowing employees to make changes themselves online as necessary was their money-saving short sighted goal -- it SCARED THE HELL out of me as it was MY MONEY in play as well.
As head of IT I put my foot down and simply said "no" -- and if it was allowed to go through with upper management that 1) they have been warned and 2) I was no longer going to be in the 401-K plan. I also happen to know (as I did the audits) that I was ranked in the almost (but not quite) "top-heavy" equations and my pulled out would have cost them to not to be able to save quite so much. But I digress, and that is of another issue.
I would also question -- are there are Windows servers there now? How much time is spent maintaining them? How much down time? I know with a Linux based farm that the maintenance is easy and I've well exceeded 99.99% uptime every year. During normal business hours it's been easily 99.999%...
At least the tapes were encrypted (not the disks in this incident). Even though this case doesn't affect me this was the first question that (always) pops in my head.
For much the same reasons cited here our company backups are taken offsite (daily) -- only difference is that instead of tapes and disks we found that for speed, volume, and cost it was better to go with external hard drives (I figured this out almost ten years ago myself:).
Even though we are a small organization (under a few hundred employees) the data is encrypted. That was step one and one of the most important IMHO. The average Joe who finds / steals any of our external drives (which has never happened thankfully) would be hard pressed to even figure out the filesystem (Ext3). Not that that would really slow down anybody who knows what they're doing -- nor was it done for security (I just like / trust Linux:).
Of course I can think of other problem areas where data is flying around unencrypted and sensitive. The Department of Employment Security (which many states all report to for and through payroll to track dead beat dads) takes their data with your social security number in a plain ASCII text file sent through the US mail on a floppy. What happens when you lose a floppy, or what do they do with the processed disks?
Fortunately and unfortunately we need and there will be laws requiring any such sensitive information to be encrypted for "National Security" (Big Brother [tm]) reasons. It's only a matter of time. It is unfortunate that it will take a law and more bureaucratic BS to make this happen, it is fortunate for all our privacy and the fact someone has to program this (more work for me:).
I read this and nearly fell off my chair: Hell, I *am* the IT department. 40 some-odd servers, 20 or so desktops, 10 or so laptops. I do all the purchasing, and let me tell you, they sure as heck don't cater to *me*.
Dude -- do you need some *HELP*? 2 servers for every workstation? Are you running solely Windows? With 20 or so desktops and 10 or so laptops that would require MAYBE 6 servers. This would cover privatizing the Intranet servers (2) from the Internet servers (1) for the *workgroup* you're catering to. It would also give you one (1) completely redundant server in place and ready to go for every server deployed (over kill).
There's _nothing_ you could be doing that would require more than 10 servers for a workgroup of 50 users. If all they're doing is typical office type work (accounting, word processing, spreadsheets, some database use, etc)... then you really only need one (1) server for a group that large. Add one redundancy in for good measure and split you Intranet from the Internet server(s) and you've got a total of 4. Max.
I hope the 40 was a typo for the stated 4 above (?)
If not... then based on your over-buying habits *somebody* should be catering to your wants and needs. Is it Microsoft perhaps?
Sorry Anonymous Coward. You are very incorrect in your statement. Adolf Hitler was NOT the Man of the Year in 1936. It was Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson for that year. Please see Time Magazine for verification.
Of course Time's history rather sucks - Joseph Stalin made it both in 1939 and 1942...
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Thankfully I have nothing to hide. But if I did: .EXE? .DLL's.
:). This virus, at that time, was not known my Norton, McAfee, or Clam-AV. Thankfully my Windows workstation _is_ a work-hourse and I do have heuristic type scanning turned on for everything it ever touches.
:). Sure -- you could capture the OTHER END of the call probably much easier.
:)
Thankfully my main GUI is a Mac. I wonder how LittleSnitch would handle a
Thankfully my networks are Linux and BSD based. They don't like
Thankfully my VoIP is handled by a Sipure non-PC based box. It doesn't allow / nor has needed updates.
Thankfully the one place I do use Windows for now (work) will be replaced with a Mac in short time.
I do have to wonder if and how heuristic type scans and/or zonealarm tweaked all the way up would react to this type of software. Recently there was a "new" virus that showed up (one week ago today) on the email (Linux) server which my workstation immediately flagged as suspicious before even reading the body of the message (which was supposedly from the email admin [myself]
As for the firewall, well, trust me, you have no idea HOW I configure it and what I do (or don't) allow out under normal circumstances. VoIP? Only from authorized IP's and MAC address' -- and only to specific OpenVMS servers (which REALLY hate to run Windows software and are even harder to infect
Thankfully, I have nothing to hide.
I prefer this method: go to AutoPatcher and choose your OS (Win2K, XP, 64, or 2k3). Benefit here is that they do have some nice registry tweaks and/or installers (TweakUI for example) all rolled in for you. Wonderful to bring a new install "up to speed" in as few clicks as possible and keep the file size requirements to a minimum.
:)
:) -- they cover the same Windows families, but to get one you have to download it ALL. This is, of course, good for multi-flavored environments...
Don't trust somebody other than Microsoft themselves? (I can even write that with a straight face
Go to: Microsoft Downloads and Search in the Windows sub-section. Search for "iso-9660". Be amazed. Problem with this is these downloads are huge (not that I mind on a 10Mbit synchronous pipe
Me, myself, and I? I prefer to click on the Apple and choose "Software Update..." (or softwareupdate -ia from the command line). Of course on the servers a good 'ol fashioned "yum update" does the trick. But hey, that's just me. Microsoft is making this WAY TOO HARD -- and I've begrudgingly paid for each and every one of my Windows installs (personal and/or corporate).
The fix for MS06-040 is KB921883, which is part of the recent batch of critical updates from Microsoft.
TFA is confusing because it makes it appear as though the latest MS updates *cause* this vulnerability, while in actual fact they *fix* it.
Yes, BUT -- the latest MS updates will certainly cause ANOTHER vulnerability, though it is one we just have not found yet...
Where will the madness end? F15 to turn monitor brightness up, F14 to turn the brightness down, [I use F13 for external DVD drive, Shifted to Snapz activate], F12 for Expose (and heck, hold it to eject the CD/DVD tray), F11 to see my desktop, F10 to see current application windows, F9 to see all windows, and [I use MousePose because I can ;]. I've even been known to use a non-Apple keyboard and use F1 for Mute, F2 to turn the sound down, and F3 to turn it up.
I haven't had the pleasure to watch the video yet, but NOW they're adding Virtual Desktops AND a Time Machine !? Where are those supposed to go on the keyboard? F7 and F6? I've only got 12 function keys [on my keyboard], for you know, FUNCTIONS. Oh wait...
At least on the plus side I'm sure I'll be able to customize these new fangled options as I so desire like most anything else and "it will just work". Very different than my 'experience' has been with XP at work...
I wonder if this new Time Machine will allow me to navigate back to $0.99/gal gas days???
Instead of Microsoft trying to throw the dog [us, the customer] a bone [their garbage bug riddled software] -- why don't they do their job, damn IT. Really! There are complex problems in IT and at this moment a zero day PowerPoint exploit in the wilds. What does Microsoft do? Patch it? No, they introduce a not very well documented way for more virus to possibly sneak into our infrastructure. It is no wonder [with WGA] that we no longer even ALLOW access to *.microsoft.com at the router level anymore. We've been forced to this and they probably wonder why.
... if they are not running as "administrator". I didn't create this problem. Microsoft did. They should be working on fixing this problem in the EXISTING software -- not introducing more garbage and spending so much time and money on developing "Vista" would have been a good start.
... and where Windows is absolutely needed -- going BACK to Windows 2000 and locking it down as much as possible. My solution is Windows just isn't allowed to talk to the Internet. EVER. For that type of work the user can use their Linux box and/or Mac. Windows is being removed full stop.
The funny thing is I do trust most of my users -- it is Microsoft I do not trust. The engineers can't even PROPERLY run AutoCAD 100% the way they want and need to
And Microsoft probably wonders why there are (and there are) companies out there ripping out XP
It is easier to work on solutions where Windows isn't even used. Shout at Microsoft? No -- they won't (and haven't) listened anyway.
While other people repeat the "embrace, extent, extinguish, extort, exume" prophecy, I see reasons not to make that assumption about Microsoft.
:). With that said -- I've had a lot of time to compare the differences in the various OS' -- and frankly I still miss Netware and OS/2. Too bad BeOS didn't take off either. In comparing all the flavors it is IMHO that Windows is simply fundamentally flawed. The reasons why are for another type of debate.
... and yes, all my Windows are paid for, yet WGA has gotten in my way in a few cases (since removed, and no longer using WindowsUpdate).
Sorry, I've got 20 years of experience that tells me differently.
I also admin Windows boxes along with BSD, Linux, and my favorite: the Mac's.
I'll openly admit I'm also a Un*x freak (my favorite hat today is "got root?" -- yesteryear it was a Redhat red hat
I also find it interesting to watch the industry as a whole and note that there is in one corner Microsoft with Windows. Then there's IBM with Linux/AIX (Un*x), Novell is going with Suse Linux (Un*x), Redhat is Linux (Un*x), Apple is Darwin/BSD (Un*x), Sun is Un*x, so on and so forth.
Good riddance to Microsoft is what I say... I've honestly not been too impressed with anything out of Redmond since WFW-3.11... Watching what they've done with "standards" over the years -- and buying out companies to butcher good products -- not to mention the games with the OEMS and paying the 'Windows tax'
I simply don't trust them in any way, shape, or form.
If it means admins across the world have to roll out plugins instead of new office suites, which do you think they would be more inclined to do?
Sorry, you lose. OpenOffice it is... In a heartbeat.
You still need a pretty dense atmosphere for it to be able to fly...
Have you met the "average" PC user? Are they not pretty dense? It just may fly...
I specifically chose the Mac Mini due to its size -- and had the need for some serious storage and usage requirements. The built in drive was more than enough to run the system -- and in this case it has one purpose and only one purpose.
:).
It is hooked up to ~23 network cameras at 640x480 capturing real time 24x7 and storing it to the external drive array holding 3 terabytes of video. It is also hooked up to a 23" monitor and using a Powermate for zoom capabilities (among other uses) it is an impressive display (if I do say-so myself
In this installation I specifically didn't want a huge honking computer when there wasn't the need for one. The Mini has more than enough bandwidth and horsepower to accomplish this particular task.
"There's a reason why Penguinistas don't like Microsoft"
... they all still run Linux to this day...
I believe you meant to say trust.
And no, I know many (even those "devoted" to Microsoft products) that do not trust them. Any further than they could bribe Bill himself. They're history (as a company) has proven themselves to be completely untrustworthy. There's really very little they could do anymore to garnish my personal interest. Yeah, I'm one of those still (grudgingly/happily?) using Win2K -- and very thankful that I'm not caught up in the DRM showing up in XP. There's also a reason my servers run Linux and my desktop runs Linux/OS.X. Windows is there only when "I have to".
From the article: I think that the culture of the company is rich and established. After 31 years, Bill has put a fairly indelible imprint on the company. A lot of people have 'grown up' inside this company and we do what we do the way we have grown up doing it to some extent. I don't expect there to be any abrupt change as a function of that.
The irony in this statement is one of my jobs today -- working for a +30 year old company with people who have been there forever. So many processes are butt back-ass-wards that nobody even realizes it. They're so used to doing it the way it was done because that it how it's always been done. Unfortunately those processes won't work with this company and allow for growth in sales -- nor will it work with Microsoft and "playing nice" in the GPL world.
The only way Microsoft would EVER even get my attention again is if they came out with "Microsoft Linux" with Word/Excel -- and even then I'll probably tell them to go jump and go with Suse, Redhat, whatever -- and OpenOffice. You see -- I *still* remember buying many servers ~10 years ago and HAD to pay the "Microsoft tax" if I wanted server grade hardware from my choice of vendor(s). Funny thing is
In fact, my very own IP address begins with 81. I live in Britain, which - as you may be aware - is not in "Asia, Latin America, or Eastern Europe". It's a good thing I don't want to email you, isn't it?
Haven't you been paying attention? WE'RE AMERICAN. We **SUCK** at geography. You're blocked.
I'll also add to that and note that since Microsoft bought Connectix out that the product has gone to hell in a hand bag (looking at it from the Mac end, of course :). With each release (Connectix) it just got better and _faster_. That is no longer the case it seems -- today it just seems to be full of Microsoft induced bugs and problems (as usual).
:) is much faster than the current iteration of VirtualPC.
With Apple going to Intel I'm frankly waiting (with baited breath) for VMWare to come out with a version for OS X [Intel]. It is then that I'll probably get serious about buying a new Mac. In the mean time I find that using VNC to tie to a real Windows box (if/when needed, albeit more and more rare
I'll see your 396 days and up it:
... type server.
... again :).
:(
12:11:24 up 440 days, 21:43, 18 users, load average: 0.24, 0.25, 0.24
This is from one of my remote office installs and acts a smb, http[s], ftp, ssh, smtp, imap, pop, dns, and whatever else I forgot
What does happen at 500 days? (I'll find out
I call the Windows. Bullsh*t.
My best uptime record? NW 3.12 which ran weeks shy of just under a decade. The only reason it was shutdown? That company went belly up.
So, er, has there been a performance increase or loss? Why have none of these reviews done anything vaguely quantitative?
... have YOU read the EULA lately? You're not allowed to (publicly) release benchmarks to state a performance [loss] and quantify the eXPerience.
:).
If you're running Windows (I am not)
Yes, there is a reason Windows is not allowed in my home (beyond the obvious security concerns
using a text editor, would you rather try to fix a bug in an odf or ms xml file?
:)
.txt file.
:%s /Windows/OS.X/g
Such as vi?
I'm still amazing people what can be done with "vi" to this day.
Not long ago I was handed a file to "clean up" -- a +14,000 page (printed) document that when stripped and prodded down was only ~80 pages.
With some basic logic and a little vi scripting magic the computer worked through the file as I walked out back and had a break.
Word [on Windows] wouldn't even OPEN the
In my home:
Problem solved.
How many tapes would it take to backup Google?
His reponse:
"I didn't pay for 4 years of college to get any backchat out of you. Now answer my fucking question!"
My 'ol man had a similar response -- albeit the situations are slightly different (he's retired). I got him a iMac. VERY FEW calls related to computers -- and yes, he uses it all the time (along with Mom -- she got the Powerbook). How do I know this? I admin the system where their emails sits and can see how often they check/send.
Embedded devices have no need for brand names. Who cares what your VCR runs other than stinkfingered cheeto monkeys watching tapes of Enterprise frame by frame to see the T'Pol nipple shot?
:)
There's a T'Pol nipple shot? Which episode is that in (or are they in)???
No, really.
Is there a keyboard shortcut (yet) to go into / out-of full-screen mode? 90% of the time I don't want/need/use full-screen mode, but I find it odd that I have to disconnect, go into preferences, choose the Control/Observe tab, change the option, and re-connect ... all to get into / out-of full-screen mode.
Every other type of application that gives you a remote has some settable option to do this...
Am I missing something (ARD 2.2)?
Perhaps this is just a natural phenomenon, the likes of which our planet has seen several times before, and will see several times again.
I have to say I tend to agree -- even to the degree that previous "humans" may have (or may not have) induced such changes.
We (humanoids as we understand ourselves) have been around for 5-6 million years as we understand it. We're just now uncovering 3-400 million year old fossils of dinosaurs. The Earth itself is believed to be 4-5 BILLION years old. 4,000 million years is a heck of a long time -- and there is a large portion of that time that we have no clue what may have happened here (nor ever will)...
April Fools.
Haha.
Now PUT IT BACK.
My eyes are bleeding already...
Unbearable and almost unreadable.
There really should be a C&C type of warning before posting such drivel. I was with Mr. Jobs when he first read this -- and he dutifully kicked the [C]at and spit a mouth full of [C]oke all over the keyboard.
My cat is not very happy at the moment and my qwerty keyboard is ruined. Figures.
The only reason I own a Apple is due to its Un*x core -- the Apple interface is only icing on the cake. If (and that is a BIG IF) Apple were to do something so stupid (Steve says, "NO") -- then it would be the last Mac I probably own; existing Mac's would, of course, be running Linux at that point and time.
Do the same -- it will be much more in volume...
:). I can even remember some management being surprised when new services were always available instantly when needed. Email was brought in-house, DNS, ftp [virus updates for Windows clients], posting files to private web pages, so on and so forth. When questioned they were more happy with the cost ($0 for Linux based solutions) than the "how".
Every time you see a [Microsoft Windows] article telling of some new flaw found -- save it. Every time they release a bulletin [and a patch] -- save a copy of those too. I did this for years for just such a defense in "my logic". The sheer volume you throw back at them may make them think twice -- and do it diplomatically when you do. Even suggest going over their article to understand the half truths, lies, and it will help eliminate their FUD.
I've been doing this -- its a simple print/preview (save-as PDF -- you are using a Mac yourself, correct
The show-down did come in the not too distant past over the companies 401-K plan -- I quickly used the same tactic to show them how insecure Windows was which is what they wanted to post our plan on (IIS). Allowing employees to make changes themselves online as necessary was their money-saving short sighted goal -- it SCARED THE HELL out of me as it was MY MONEY in play as well.
As head of IT I put my foot down and simply said "no" -- and if it was allowed to go through with upper management that 1) they have been warned and 2) I was no longer going to be in the 401-K plan. I also happen to know (as I did the audits) that I was ranked in the almost (but not quite) "top-heavy" equations and my pulled out would have cost them to not to be able to save quite so much. But I digress, and that is of another issue.
I would also question -- are there are Windows servers there now? How much time is spent maintaining them? How much down time? I know with a Linux based farm that the maintenance is easy and I've well exceeded 99.99% uptime every year. During normal business hours it's been easily 99.999%...
At least the tapes were encrypted (not the disks in this incident). Even though this case doesn't affect me this was the first question that (always) pops in my head.
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For much the same reasons cited here our company backups are taken offsite (daily) -- only difference is that instead of tapes and disks we found that for speed, volume, and cost it was better to go with external hard drives (I figured this out almost ten years ago myself
Even though we are a small organization (under a few hundred employees) the data is encrypted. That was step one and one of the most important IMHO. The average Joe who finds / steals any of our external drives (which has never happened thankfully) would be hard pressed to even figure out the filesystem (Ext3). Not that that would really slow down anybody who knows what they're doing -- nor was it done for security (I just like / trust Linux
Of course I can think of other problem areas where data is flying around unencrypted and sensitive. The Department of Employment Security (which many states all report to for and through payroll to track dead beat dads) takes their data with your social security number in a plain ASCII text file sent through the US mail on a floppy. What happens when you lose a floppy, or what do they do with the processed disks?
Fortunately and unfortunately we need and there will be laws requiring any such sensitive information to be encrypted for "National Security" (Big Brother [tm]) reasons. It's only a matter of time. It is unfortunate that it will take a law and more bureaucratic BS to make this happen, it is fortunate for all our privacy and the fact someone has to program this (more work for me
I read this and nearly fell off my chair:
... then you really only need one (1) server for a group that large. Add one redundancy in for good measure and split you Intranet from the Internet server(s) and you've got a total of 4. Max.
... then based on your over-buying habits *somebody* should be catering to your wants and needs. Is it Microsoft perhaps?
Hell, I *am* the IT department. 40 some-odd servers, 20 or so desktops, 10 or so laptops. I do all the purchasing, and let me tell you, they sure as heck don't cater to *me*.
Dude -- do you need some *HELP*? 2 servers for every workstation? Are you running solely Windows? With 20 or so desktops and 10 or so laptops that would require MAYBE 6 servers. This would cover privatizing the Intranet servers (2) from the Internet servers (1) for the *workgroup* you're catering to. It would also give you one (1) completely redundant server in place and ready to go for every server deployed (over kill).
There's _nothing_ you could be doing that would require more than 10 servers for a workgroup of 50 users. If all they're doing is typical office type work (accounting, word processing, spreadsheets, some database use, etc)
I hope the 40 was a typo for the stated 4 above (?)
If not
Sorry Anonymous Coward. You are very incorrect in your statement. Adolf Hitler was NOT the Man of the Year in 1936. It was Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson for that year. Please see Time Magazine for verification.
... it was so "1984". :)
Of course Time's history rather sucks - Joseph Stalin made it both in 1939 and 1942...
For a quick rundown take a look here.
For a nice graphical layout look through Time's version.
You will note, however, that Adolf Hitler was Man of the Year in 1938.
I personally like their 1982 pick