...it'll make sure that broadcasts are tagged up with useful metadata about the contents, if nothing else; which I'm sure will be good for everyone, and it'll add some granularity of control between different devices - which sounds ripe for adding cool new features.
Someone comes in with their own laptop and spends their days downloading something naughty all day long, or sends threatening or libellous emails to someone. This gets noticed by a legal authority, who comes knocking at the address on that IP address spaces' bill. You stand up in court and basically say "yes, I admit that's our IP range. No, I have no idea who did it. No, we don't keep any records".
From my experience, most software that "needs" admin rights, doesn't. It just needs slightly more rights than a standard user - for example it may need permission to set system time, or to write to a particular registry key during the install.
The usual Sysinternals tools are great for troubleshooting this, and when you've done it you can tweak the user account to give it the appropriate level of access.
You should note that this is an excellent example of why "no software installs unless we've tested it and scripted it" is a good policy in a big company.
Just thought I'd post a quick response to say that the silent majority who agree with you are here in the background, nodding occasionally and feeling your pain.
In the UK virtually all retailers insist on the PIN for all cards, and your PIN is readily changed at any ATM, even ATMs belonging to banks other than the card-issuing one.
This is also the case in France, which had C&P years before us, and most other places I've been to in Europe.
There have been some well-documented cases of C&P hardware hacking, usually by replacing the C&P unit with a hard-compromised one - Shell petrol stations suffered from this, for example, but newer terminals are more resistant to this.
Isn't there a hardware restriction that stops you outputting different audio to headphone out and line out simultaneously? You'd need a 4 channel audio device in the iPhone...
this is why it's tremendously important that we create as many new terrorists as we can: in order to make our detection more accurate we need as many as possible. This explains current US foreign policy.
This is, of course, the best answer. Shame it's going to get buried under a lot of well-meaning posts about how running your own mail server is more appropriate.
Get a Gmail account, buy your own domain and point some or all addresses at that domain to forward to your Gmail account. Set Gmail account reply-to address to one that matches your personal domain.
Bingo, local IMAP copy of your mail on PC/iPhone/whatever, copy stored on Gmail's servers accessible over the web at any time, and it all syncs up seamlessly, and appears to come from yourdomain.com.
Well, it doesn't bloody work for me under iTunes 8 and iPhone 2.01. I wrote and recorded the MP3 I'm trying to add as a ring tone and the only thing that's done it is iToner, which is 15 dollars for the licence. Grr.
why does the carrier need to support it? So long as it's available in GSM-flavour for GSM areas, and CDMA for CDMA-areas, then the handset you use is immaterial. Nowhere have I seen any network-specific features like the iPhones' visual voicemail.
The virtualisation aspect is so he can do his experimentation on a virtual network, which a) isn't going to upset anyone but him if he hoses it, and b) can be snapshot-restored back to working after anything disasterous.
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...it'll make sure that broadcasts are tagged up with useful metadata about the contents, if nothing else; which I'm sure will be good for everyone, and it'll add some granularity of control between different devices - which sounds ripe for adding cool new features.
I tell everyone one this. Maybe it's a double-bluff.
he's not going to keep their interest if all he talks about is how his job's going to be outsourced...
Someone comes in with their own laptop and spends their days downloading something naughty all day long, or sends threatening or libellous emails to someone. This gets noticed by a legal authority, who comes knocking at the address on that IP address spaces' bill. You stand up in court and basically say "yes, I admit that's our IP range. No, I have no idea who did it. No, we don't keep any records".
Doesn't look great, does it?
The usual Sysinternals tools are great for troubleshooting this, and when you've done it you can tweak the user account to give it the appropriate level of access.
You should note that this is an excellent example of why "no software installs unless we've tested it and scripted it" is a good policy in a big company.
Just thought I'd post a quick response to say that the silent majority who agree with you are here in the background, nodding occasionally and feeling your pain.
I get this, I'm just pointing out that "Linux FTW!" doesn't really cut it here. It's "energy-efficient processors and lightweight OS FTW!" instead.
FWIW, I thought this whole thing was what MS Sideshow was meant to be...
...you are aware that a good proportion of Windows Mobile devices run on OMAP processors, right? Like the venerable HTC Wizard etc?
What do you think an odour is? Magic smell-waves? It's particles of the smelly item in question landing in the receptors in your nose.
This is also the case in France, which had C&P years before us, and most other places I've been to in Europe.
There have been some well-documented cases of C&P hardware hacking, usually by replacing the C&P unit with a hard-compromised one - Shell petrol stations suffered from this, for example, but newer terminals are more resistant to this.
...and a creationist, and therefore an utter dolt who shouldn't be trusted with balancing the household checks, let alone a global economy.
Isn't there a hardware restriction that stops you outputting different audio to headphone out and line out simultaneously? You'd need a 4 channel audio device in the iPhone...
Really? I wouldn't know. I've been drinking.
this is why it's tremendously important that we create as many new terrorists as we can: in order to make our detection more accurate we need as many as possible. This explains current US foreign policy.
Get a Gmail account, buy your own domain and point some or all addresses at that domain to forward to your Gmail account. Set Gmail account reply-to address to one that matches your personal domain.
Bingo, local IMAP copy of your mail on PC/iPhone/whatever, copy stored on Gmail's servers accessible over the web at any time, and it all syncs up seamlessly, and appears to come from yourdomain.com.
Well, it doesn't bloody work for me under iTunes 8 and iPhone 2.01. I wrote and recorded the MP3 I'm trying to add as a ring tone and the only thing that's done it is iToner, which is 15 dollars for the licence. Grr.
off the top of my head you'll be using Mail.app with Gmail IMAP and iCal with Google Calendar via WebDAV. Dunno about Address Book.
I despair. Anyone who doesn't actively participate in NNTP then please hand your geek card in at the door on your way out.
why does the carrier need to support it? So long as it's available in GSM-flavour for GSM areas, and CDMA for CDMA-areas, then the handset you use is immaterial. Nowhere have I seen any network-specific features like the iPhones' visual voicemail.
it's nothing new. vodafone payg is capped at 1 ukp per day, o2 do a 20 ukp/month unlimited plan; just get the sim and put in your 3g modem
...42, obviously.
The virtualisation aspect is so he can do his experimentation on a virtual network, which a) isn't going to upset anyone but him if he hoses it, and b) can be snapshot-restored back to working after anything disasterous.
no, I think you'll find that's straddling. Not allowed.
I cannot read this without picturing Pete Townshend windmilling
which isp was this? so i can avoid them?