my partner manages IT for a law firm. here you have senior lawyers who are partners - they literally do OWN the firm. what you don't typically have is IT representation at that level - the partner says they want to, say, dial in from home or access their mail from cybercafes, and you then have to nicely point out that it's not really all that simple and you've got to nail security first.
in a corporation, you typically have an IS organisation that has clout at the highest levels - in parallel to your other management structures.
most of the cost of running fiber anywhere is backhoe. once you've dug a trench, the cost implications for adding double the amount of fiber/cable you actually need is negligible - so you put loads in to allow for future expansion. this extra fiber just sits there until it's needed, or until other fiber breaks and is swapped over to the spare capacity...
there are *plenty* of enterprise-grade voice recognitions systems out there: both real time (dictation) and offline (digital typing). all are in constant use all over the world in legal practices, large corporations, etc, all working very nicely indeed, thank you.
dragon + decent headset and sound card = very effective.
IBM is a bit of a curate's egg. IBM global services suck ass royally in every conceivable way, but IBM hardware is actually Very Good Indeed - right down to desktop/laptop components. Sure, they all look like they were designed by Darth Vader on an off day but build quality is excellent, and their service is second to none - we've had field users from the UK out in Eastern Europe with a dying Thinkpad, and the UK warranty's covered them getting it fixed abroad by an IBM tech.
We were using their S50 desktops recently and discovered a bug relating to serial comms: their technical third line guys WROTE US A NEW BIOS UPDATE within a week to fix the problem after we sent them a sample peripheral we were having trouble with.
It's a little like HP selling off the printer business: you can't help feeling they're getting rid of some of the things they do best, leaving just service industry components of their business behind.
VESA MOUNT. you bolt the screen to the wall using the standard mounts and a bracket or arm.
pc out of way in a desk or open cupboard, and only the keyboard and mouse exposed - neither of which will break the bank if they're damaged.
i can get 15" lcds for 110UKP here, not really significantly more expensive than the glass monitors anymore.
a "small house" and you recommend an 8 foot rack unit? only on slashdot!
seriously, the way to do it is this:
* a shuttle small form factor PC. put unit in cupboard.
* an LCD vesa-mounted to the wall with cables cable tied out of the way
* a cheap wireless kb/mouse (forget bluetooth, it's overkill)
* nothing else.
this is the answer. any other suggestions are just plain wrong.
there's some neocon advantage. like they insist on making your credit easily available to the individual, and a nice side effect is it's very easy for them to get a copy too, which will tie in nicely with all the other records they have on you.
...is that here is a linux project, that's been put together in a half-arsed manner, that doesn't really do what most normal people would ask of such a system, but has a cool name?
no change there, then.
they're the SAME FUCKING COMPANY that REBRANDED WHEN THE GOING GOT TOUGH. like any fucking consultancy group. AND WE PAID FOR THE NEW LOGO through the fricking neck...
the 9600xt uses a FLOPPY connector, not a molex. if you've not got one, get a molex splitter/floppy power adaptor - if you buy your card retail there'll be one in the box.
agreed. also, turning up every now and again 30 minutes late but wearing a sharp suit gives the impression you've been off to interviews and gives a subtle hint to managers that they might want to review your terms of employment.
...it's more that once you've used your ipod, you've also started using iTunes, which looks like a Mac app. you start admiring the interface and thinking "hell, this is nice. pretty too. wonder what an OS like this would be like? is all i really do a bit of internet, a bit of MS office? i could shift to a mac without too much mither. and i'd get cool points too...hmmm"
not the GREATEST tech, but it could be the latest. examples might be forthcoming P3M desktop machines - cheap, aimed at the low TCO corporate market, but new technology. latest does not equal most expensive.
spending a few tens of thousands on a fun project, overstating the cost to your company to the press, and enjoying WORLDWIDE FEELGOOD PUBLICITY FOR NOTHING? doesn't sound that bad a deal to me. Look how much bridgestone spend on F1 tyres, for example...
you find any reputable medical practice that would perform an abortion post, say, 14 weeks.
would you say that a mother-to-be was a murderer, if, for example, she had a glass of wine or sat down too fast and killed off 2 cells that were just starting to split and could have otherwise eventually formed an embryo?
...this should be done as a last resort. usually just before you're preparing to nuke the box and start again. just making the point that it often *does* fix stuff, although as you say there's no subsitute for backing up and doin it properly.
because *finding* a dry joint isn't trivial. they're usually difficult to spot, and depending on where on the contact the dry joint is, can sometimes be invisible. if you've an intermittent fault, you spray an area, and see if it fixes anything. this tends to work better on devices like TVs than on high-density stuff like motherboards, but same principle applies.
use the corporate tool to either disable windows update, or better pull patches from your own patch server. use the qchain utility to automate patching. script installs of patches and run in the logon script, removing any unneccessary reboots. consider the use of an app like symantec personal firewall.
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in a corporation, you typically have an IS organisation that has clout at the highest levels - in parallel to your other management structures.
basically, it sucks ass, but it IS different...
most of the cost of running fiber anywhere is backhoe. once you've dug a trench, the cost implications for adding double the amount of fiber/cable you actually need is negligible - so you put loads in to allow for future expansion. this extra fiber just sits there until it's needed, or until other fiber breaks and is swapped over to the spare capacity...
there are *plenty* of enterprise-grade voice recognitions systems out there: both real time (dictation) and offline (digital typing). all are in constant use all over the world in legal practices, large corporations, etc, all working very nicely indeed, thank you.
dragon + decent headset and sound card = very effective.
IBM is a bit of a curate's egg. IBM global services suck ass royally in every conceivable way, but IBM hardware is actually Very Good Indeed - right down to desktop/laptop components. Sure, they all look like they were designed by Darth Vader on an off day but build quality is excellent, and their service is second to none - we've had field users from the UK out in Eastern Europe with a dying Thinkpad, and the UK warranty's covered them getting it fixed abroad by an IBM tech.
We were using their S50 desktops recently and discovered a bug relating to serial comms: their technical third line guys WROTE US A NEW BIOS UPDATE within a week to fix the problem after we sent them a sample peripheral we were having trouble with.
It's a little like HP selling off the printer business: you can't help feeling they're getting rid of some of the things they do best, leaving just service industry components of their business behind.
VESA MOUNT. you bolt the screen to the wall using the standard mounts and a bracket or arm.
pc out of way in a desk or open cupboard, and only the keyboard and mouse exposed - neither of which will break the bank if they're damaged.
i can get 15" lcds for 110UKP here, not really significantly more expensive than the glass monitors anymore.
oh. yes. it. is. in the UK, it's actually now legally defined as abuse, and you can be charged for it.
you could feed your kid on tins of beans and catfood for the first year of it's life.
seriously, the way to do it is this:
* a shuttle small form factor PC. put unit in cupboard.
* an LCD vesa-mounted to the wall with cables cable tied out of the way
* a cheap wireless kb/mouse (forget bluetooth, it's overkill)
* nothing else.
this is the answer. any other suggestions are just plain wrong.
there's some neocon advantage. like they insist on making your credit easily available to the individual, and a nice side effect is it's very easy for them to get a copy too, which will tie in nicely with all the other records they have on you.
...is that here is a linux project, that's been put together in a half-arsed manner, that doesn't really do what most normal people would ask of such a system, but has a cool name?
no change there, then.
they're the SAME FUCKING COMPANY that REBRANDED WHEN THE GOING GOT TOUGH. like any fucking consultancy group. AND WE PAID FOR THE NEW LOGO through the fricking neck...
the 9600xt uses a FLOPPY connector, not a molex. if you've not got one, get a molex splitter/floppy power adaptor - if you buy your card retail there'll be one in the box.
agreed. also, turning up every now and again 30 minutes late but wearing a sharp suit gives the impression you've been off to interviews and gives a subtle hint to managers that they might want to review your terms of employment.
...it's more that once you've used your ipod, you've also started using iTunes, which looks like a Mac app. you start admiring the interface and thinking "hell, this is nice. pretty too. wonder what an OS like this would be like? is all i really do a bit of internet, a bit of MS office? i could shift to a mac without too much mither. and i'd get cool points too...hmmm"
not the GREATEST tech, but it could be the latest. examples might be forthcoming P3M desktop machines - cheap, aimed at the low TCO corporate market, but new technology. latest does not equal most expensive.
still hurting?
spending a few tens of thousands on a fun project, overstating the cost to your company to the press, and enjoying WORLDWIDE FEELGOOD PUBLICITY FOR NOTHING? doesn't sound that bad a deal to me. Look how much bridgestone spend on F1 tyres, for example...
OP is perfectly reasonable: for "grille" he means the shadowmask behind the screen glass, not some antenna - i don't know *where* you got that from.
you find any reputable medical practice that would perform an abortion post, say, 14 weeks.
would you say that a mother-to-be was a murderer, if, for example, she had a glass of wine or sat down too fast and killed off 2 cells that were just starting to split and could have otherwise eventually formed an embryo?
...instead you'd have your house, garden and neighbourhood replaced with a huge crater with a squashed packet from amazon in the centre?
...this should be done as a last resort. usually just before you're preparing to nuke the box and start again. just making the point that it often *does* fix stuff, although as you say there's no subsitute for backing up and doin it properly.
because *finding* a dry joint isn't trivial. they're usually difficult to spot, and depending on where on the contact the dry joint is, can sometimes be invisible. if you've an intermittent fault, you spray an area, and see if it fixes anything. this tends to work better on devices like TVs than on high-density stuff like motherboards, but same principle applies.
which is why you need to install the fix that limits incoming connections. http://www.lvllord.de/4226fix/4226fix.htm
...that other people apply it to.
what does this tell you?
use the corporate tool to either disable windows update, or better pull patches from your own patch server. use the qchain utility to automate patching. script installs of patches and run in the logon script, removing any unneccessary reboots. consider the use of an app like symantec personal firewall.