User end filters are about as good a solution to spam as kevlar vests are to the gun problem. It's not a solution at all, but a great business opportunity to make more money, buy selling people something to "solve" the problem.
Maybe that's not such a bad idea. With public Wi-Fi, couldn't spammers or worm writers simply pitch tent and stay as long as they please? I'm no expert on wireless technologies, but free ublic services almost always gets abused by some and ruin it for all. If you had to but a little card from a vending machine to get some access code (again, very little knowledge of wireless) it might act as a deterrent. That money might actually go into some road maintenance or public works of sorts, yeah right...
I've been hearing many people talking about RAM lately. I've never really worried about RAM, it either works or it doesn't. I have no objections to el cheapo RAM, as long as it works. I have never had a problem where I thought the RAM to be an issue (except on others' Athlon systems, where we know it was the issue). Other than clock speed I have failed to notice any difference. I've done the hardware shuffle from recycled machines, mix-matched RAM and never a problem. Besides that, I've never had, known of, or heard of RAM going bad, without help that is.
Motherboards as well, as long as the chipset on the board is something respectable (intel) I usually don't worry about it. Other chipsets (SiS 645DX) have given me trouble in the past, and perhaps that as due to the RAM. I can't speak for any of the latest AMD gear though.
As for PSUs, in my "main" machine I buy the good stuff, but for the rest, my other macihnes are usually the hand-me-downs from the last upgrade to the main box, so whatever still works is good enough.
I do find it a little odd though that the floppy drives in compaq/hp systems seem to live forever, while anything I bought at the store dies in short time. Maybe that's why these machines cost so much, it's all about the floppy drive!
I think most people realize that they probably won't win the lottery. But the fact that people have won it in the past, and more will win it in the future, might just be worth a buck a week for the odd chance that it will be them. (No I don't play) What gets to me is the people who don't understand that buying $20 in tickets doesn't really improve their odds enough to be worth $20. A buck a week, why not.
Now, if only it would handle dependancies. How many time have I had to find a disc or download a package because something is complaining about not finding a library.
I installed FreeBSD recently (heretic! BURN HIM!) to see what I had been missing, and I was rather surprised how similar the two installers are. FreeBSD managed the dependancies though.
It didn't *take* 2 bombs, they *had* 2 bombs. You never hear of the battles of Hiroshima or Nagasaki because there weren't any. Here were 2 convenient coastal targets to try this new fangled A-Bomb on. Japan would have surrendered shortly in any case. Since then, the US is the ONLY country to have ever used a WMD against an other country.
Just picking nits here, but perhaps you should have phrased that as "Nazi concentration camps". Nazis were (mostly, were there any non German Nazis) German, the vast majority or Germans weren't Nazis. Lets be fair here.
I am not an admin, I'm a tech... And even if I was, I'd still be at the mercy of the whims of the higher-ups. This University has decided they want to go Active Directory, so that's what we're doing. It doesn't help matters that they decided to centralize everything, and the techs don't have access to fix network problems, we aren't even allowed to open machines, unless it's to change a NIC. What can I say, it's not MY network.
Many people, Including myself have said "they should..." but the reality is that the support dept, is not the communications dept. They set it up, badly, and we support it. The switches are managed, but that is only as effective as the person watching it. We can't simply isolate machines either, since it is not only students on the lan. We also support the faculty members. It would not be wise to isolate the payroll dept's machines.
Uh-huh, I (ok, not just *I*) support a campus LAN with with over 10000 users. We are the people they bring their machines to, should I forward the support calls to you?
I work at a major university in Montreal doing tech support for the labs/faculty. Some Jobs we do for the student groups, we get paid in beer. And, it's not canoe-sex beer. (I'm sure all Canadians will get that) Our X-mass party last year, everything was free, all night, open bar, even the $50 Cuban cigars. So, is this a measure of Canada?
It's the management tools that really matter. After all, the installer is something you do once in a very long time. I'd use a distro that had the crappiest installer out there, as long as it put the software that I want in the right place (define "right" however you wish). I wouldn't even care if none of the software was preconfigured, as long as the management tools work, I can handle the rest. Unfortunately, I haven't liked (or tried in a while) any of the management tools out there, so I've just been hand editing config files.
If this is becoming a distro war, I use Slackware, now probably because of it's lack of a graphical installer and management tools.
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User end filters are about as good a solution to spam as kevlar vests are to the gun problem. It's not a solution at all, but a great business opportunity to make more money, buy selling people something to "solve" the problem.
Maybe that's not such a bad idea. With public Wi-Fi, couldn't spammers or worm writers simply pitch tent and stay as long as they please? I'm no expert on wireless technologies, but free ublic services almost always gets abused by some and ruin it for all. If you had to but a little card from a vending machine to get some access code (again, very little knowledge of wireless) it might act as a deterrent. That money might actually go into some road maintenance or public works of sorts, yeah right...
Motherboards as well, as long as the chipset on the board is something respectable (intel) I usually don't worry about it. Other chipsets (SiS 645DX) have given me trouble in the past, and perhaps that as due to the RAM. I can't speak for any of the latest AMD gear though.
As for PSUs, in my "main" machine I buy the good stuff, but for the rest, my other macihnes are usually the hand-me-downs from the last upgrade to the main box, so whatever still works is good enough.
I do find it a little odd though that the floppy drives in compaq/hp systems seem to live forever, while anything I bought at the store dies in short time. Maybe that's why these machines cost so much, it's all about the floppy drive!
They do indeed. But now my pay is going to be a few days late because of this!
I don't even know where to begin with this one...
I think most people realize that they probably won't win the lottery. But the fact that people have won it in the past, and more will win it in the future, might just be worth a buck a week for the odd chance that it will be them. (No I don't play) What gets to me is the people who don't understand that buying $20 in tickets doesn't really improve their odds enough to be worth $20. A buck a week, why not.
Ripped off? Ok, who let Bill in?
I installed FreeBSD recently (heretic! BURN HIM!) to see what I had been missing, and I was rather surprised how similar the two installers are. FreeBSD managed the dependancies though.
Slack will too, one day, I hope.
Anything to avoid calling it "killing civilians" ?
It didn't *take* 2 bombs, they *had* 2 bombs. You never hear of the battles of Hiroshima or Nagasaki because there weren't any. Here were 2 convenient coastal targets to try this new fangled A-Bomb on. Japan would have surrendered shortly in any case. Since then, the US is the ONLY country to have ever used a WMD against an other country.
Let's do the Chinese government a favor. Since they put so much effort into censoring the internet, let's give em a hand and unplug them on our end :)
Anyone ever notice that the Pod Racer engines sounded like Indycar engines? Or for you purists, Champcars.
otherwise yes, I totally sympathize.
I am not an admin, I'm a tech... And even if I was, I'd still be at the mercy of the whims of the higher-ups. This University has decided they want to go Active Directory, so that's what we're doing. It doesn't help matters that they decided to centralize everything, and the techs don't have access to fix network problems, we aren't even allowed to open machines, unless it's to change a NIC. What can I say, it's not MY network.
Many people, Including myself have said "they should ..." but the reality is that the support dept, is not the communications dept. They set it up, badly, and we support it. The switches are managed, but that is only as effective as the person watching it. We can't simply isolate machines either, since it is not only students on the lan. We also support the faculty members. It would not be wise to isolate the payroll dept's machines.
Uh-huh, I (ok, not just *I*) support a campus LAN with with over 10000 users. We are the people they bring their machines to, should I forward the support calls to you?
I only rebuild a WinBox behind some kind of NAT. At least I don't have to worry too much about being nailed by a worm before the updates are done.
...and I don't believe obtaining a DHCP lease would be a problem through this.
Asking users to plug/unplug their network cable is just plain silly.
Most Europeans know.
Don't we also have one of, if not THE best electrical system on the planet?
I think your comment basically sums up everything Canadians dislike about Americans in general.
I work at a major university in Montreal doing tech support for the labs/faculty. Some Jobs we do for the student groups, we get paid in beer. And, it's not canoe-sex beer. (I'm sure all Canadians will get that) Our X-mass party last year, everything was free, all night, open bar, even the $50 Cuban cigars. So, is this a measure of Canada?
Yeah, I suppose they don't need those people anymore. I bet those people have been having a real boring time at work for the last year or so.
If this is becoming a distro war, I use Slackware, now probably because of it's lack of a graphical installer and management tools.
Do I have to get a license when I need to hold the power button down on my computer for 4 seconds to power cycle it when Windows crashes?
Don't law firms use lawsuits as a business plan?
I might be wrong...
If you were IBM, what would you do: Motion for dissmissal (sp?) or Prolong the process until SCO is completely broke, and then buy them cheap?