If edefaulting to root is a very bad idea, the last thing you want to do is hook these people up with Microsoft Windows. You'd want to put them on Mac OS X actually (OS X admin != actual root, you have to go to a terminal and sudo for that), but aside from the used market that astarts at middle end, not low. "Windows = easy to use" is a myth if anything is, as it "Windows = the best thing for newbies and idiots" -- short of a Mac, such people SHOULD be on something like Lindows, if only for reduced viral vulnerability.
Well, if you were going to get AOL anyway, it's a good deal. And if, after a year of AOL you are sick of it, you're free to do whatever you want...MSN, NetZero, even cable/DSL with no hardware changes except the addition of an Ethernet modem.
Goo idea, except that I'd suggest ESPECIALLY suggesting Macs for the people you don't really care for, because guess who will be wanting you to fix their Windows every second week?
My advice is a Mac for anyone who isn't geeky enough to ride the Windows bull, or for that matter anyone who doesn't have good reason to wrestle it. Especially newbies:)
Play the original Baldur's Gate, the Win/Mac one. The second one is good too, particularly with its expansion. Not short at all, will run on loads of hardware, AND if you're a Linux type I think it'll run under WineX.
Same reason that institutions don't buy durable computers (or, for that matter, think longterm on any (especially purchase) decision). People don't think in the long term; TCO and total sales take second seat to the here and now, and the bottom line suffers.
Me, I'd take Linux as a second choice to that. Probably can sell computers with Fedora preloaded with no markup for OS, so the only improvement is the option of Windows, *BSD, or maybe even Solaris(!) if you want it. Lycoris only costs $40 and probably dirt cheap for OEMs, so second best thing.
Sorry to doublepost, but I forgot to mention:
When there ARE multiple admins on a server, there are usually so many that there's probably one with a bad password.
Amen.
If you are going to use a system with a bunch of proprietary stuff in the early part of the boot process, you might as well do it the right way. Besides, you then get *nix, user friendly interface, AND plenty of commercial software. Best of all worlds, I dare say.
Actually, there are floppy images floating about freely that wipe NT/2K/XP passwords. They amount to miniature Linux distros that convince Windows that the account has no password. A Windows admin's best friend, I daresay, because there'll always be the user who loses passwords.
Bubble sheets, as easy to use as possible, would be less prone to any sort of error than even a terminal with a simple printer. We use them where I live, and it seems everyone can fill them out fine. If people don't mark them correctly (despite repeated warnings) it's their fault.
Very much the case. In fact, a good Mac model that is known to have a long life has a great resale value, particularly if in good condition (appearance helps too...stylish ones sell better). Any modern Mac, except perhaps the iBook and maybe Powerbook though there are always exceptions, will make a pretty good fileserver in 2-3 years.
Agreed on that last bit. A nice Alienware or Apple (if you'd like to do some DV and stuff, or all the games you want come out for Mac anyways) high-end system is worth the money a lot more than an HDTV on an Xbox. For one thing, you don't have to geek the hardware in fishy ways to use it as a server whenever you are tired of it as a gaming machine. Just Linux the Alien, and if you go Apple you probably want to keep OS X on there.
You can get a big-ass LCD, too. If you add a TV tuner, a Power Mac G5 with a flatpanel (or a well-made CRT if you want to go cheap) is good for televison, I take it. Not high-definition, but everything good's on analog cable, or else you can get it on a DVD which will run on most modern computers.
Well, if you don't update the text books often, McGraw-Hill can't change them to meet their latest revised version of history. Think of the children...what if they learned something about Ancient Rome, or that Jefferson was a great man, or that the American Civil War was ONLY 5%, if that much, about slavery? What if the story problem characters in algebra are never named Jamal? Think of the children!
No, actually, it's an apronym. A backronym is created ex post facto by a third party; an apronym is a legitimate acronym designed to produce a certain abbreviation.
Actually, the PHBs would say "Heeey, waitasec, that pinko OpenOffice thing that Munich is using is now ENTIRELY Word compatible, and it's free! TCO of nil is a good thing, combined with outsourcing to India."
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If edefaulting to root is a very bad idea, the last thing you want to do is hook these people up with Microsoft Windows. You'd want to put them on Mac OS X actually (OS X admin != actual root, you have to go to a terminal and sudo for that), but aside from the used market that astarts at middle end, not low. "Windows = easy to use" is a myth if anything is, as it "Windows = the best thing for newbies and idiots" -- short of a Mac, such people SHOULD be on something like Lindows, if only for reduced viral vulnerability.
Well, if you were going to get AOL anyway, it's a good deal. And if, after a year of AOL you are sick of it, you're free to do whatever you want...MSN, NetZero, even cable/DSL with no hardware changes except the addition of an Ethernet modem.
Al Gore is involved.
When was the last time you saw who's on the Apple board?
Goo idea, except that I'd suggest ESPECIALLY suggesting Macs for the people you don't really care for, because guess who will be wanting you to fix their Windows every second week? My advice is a Mac for anyone who isn't geeky enough to ride the Windows bull, or for that matter anyone who doesn't have good reason to wrestle it. Especially newbies :)
Play the original Baldur's Gate, the Win/Mac one. The second one is good too, particularly with its expansion. Not short at all, will run on loads of hardware, AND if you're a Linux type I think it'll run under WineX.
Same reason that institutions don't buy durable computers (or, for that matter, think longterm on any (especially purchase) decision). People don't think in the long term; TCO and total sales take second seat to the here and now, and the bottom line suffers.
Me, I'd take Linux as a second choice to that. Probably can sell computers with Fedora preloaded with no markup for OS, so the only improvement is the option of Windows, *BSD, or maybe even Solaris(!) if you want it. Lycoris only costs $40 and probably dirt cheap for OEMs, so second best thing.
...the Free Software Foundation
Sorry to doublepost, but I forgot to mention: When there ARE multiple admins on a server, there are usually so many that there's probably one with a bad password.
Note that I said most Windows machines. Few actually use limited accounts, and even among servers, there's probably usually only one admin account.
Amen. If you are going to use a system with a bunch of proprietary stuff in the early part of the boot process, you might as well do it the right way. Besides, you then get *nix, user friendly interface, AND plenty of commercial software. Best of all worlds, I dare say.
Actually, there are floppy images floating about freely that wipe NT/2K/XP passwords. They amount to miniature Linux distros that convince Windows that the account has no password. A Windows admin's best friend, I daresay, because there'll always be the user who loses passwords.
Well, actually, on most Windows boxen, EVERYONE is root.
Sparta hardly invented militarism...Sparta, anyone?
"Los" is a MALE pronoun. Ban it too, it's sexist.
Bubble sheets, as easy to use as possible, would be less prone to any sort of error than even a terminal with a simple printer. We use them where I live, and it seems everyone can fill them out fine. If people don't mark them correctly (despite repeated warnings) it's their fault.
But the "team" will require circa 5x the salary, ergo, higher total cost...which is passed onto the consumers.
Actually, that'd be best rendered as: /
srm -rf
If, that is, srm is present
Maybe it's not Great Library material, but you gotta admit there's SOME pretty good stuff at mp3.com
Very much the case. In fact, a good Mac model that is known to have a long life has a great resale value, particularly if in good condition (appearance helps too...stylish ones sell better). Any modern Mac, except perhaps the iBook and maybe Powerbook though there are always exceptions, will make a pretty good fileserver in 2-3 years.
Agreed on that last bit. A nice Alienware or Apple (if you'd like to do some DV and stuff, or all the games you want come out for Mac anyways) high-end system is worth the money a lot more than an HDTV on an Xbox. For one thing, you don't have to geek the hardware in fishy ways to use it as a server whenever you are tired of it as a gaming machine. Just Linux the Alien, and if you go Apple you probably want to keep OS X on there. You can get a big-ass LCD, too. If you add a TV tuner, a Power Mac G5 with a flatpanel (or a well-made CRT if you want to go cheap) is good for televison, I take it. Not high-definition, but everything good's on analog cable, or else you can get it on a DVD which will run on most modern computers.
Well, if you don't update the text books often, McGraw-Hill can't change them to meet their latest revised version of history. Think of the children...what if they learned something about Ancient Rome, or that Jefferson was a great man, or that the American Civil War was ONLY 5%, if that much, about slavery? What if the story problem characters in algebra are never named Jamal? Think of the children!
No, actually, it's an apronym. A backronym is created ex post facto by a third party; an apronym is a legitimate acronym designed to produce a certain abbreviation.
Actually, the PHBs would say "Heeey, waitasec, that pinko OpenOffice thing that Munich is using is now ENTIRELY Word compatible, and it's free! TCO of nil is a good thing, combined with outsourcing to India."
Square Enix? Shouldn't you see an andrologist for that?