In the cashless society you put forward, how would individuals pay other individuals?
Everyone would be forced to have a bank account. In the event no bank wants you as a customer, the individual's last option is to have an account with the Federal Government. Only this account wouldn't provide any other services or payback on interest. To the citizen, a Federal account is nothing more than a financial holding tank. Equivalent to a virtual wallet or safe.
I'm a firm believer that's where we are headed. For better or for worse.
Correct. It wasn't a typo. My bad. It's rare, but I've noticed that I will substitute the correct spelling of one word for another when they phonetically sound similar. While I do make a best effort to proofread prior to posting, I do screw up from time to time. And honestly, I try not to put too much effort into this. It is after all a public forum, not a dissertation. Life is too short. Call me lazy if you want.
Help me out here. Is this radiation transferred by residue, or lingering readings from the constant irradiation. If it's the later, how much radiation are these children actually getting at the source during the times spent at home? Doesn't inverse square law apply with regards to the source of radiation and distance from it?
Criminals aren't just dumb, some really don't give a rats ass about being identified. If they can run in, collect cash, and scram in less than a minute, it would be a productive day for them. Evidence and whatnot is meaningless as it only addresses the issue after the crime has already happened. So unless this only activates after performing a DB lookup of a citizen, there's nothing to prevent someone forging a false ID.
I think the root problem with this idea is the fact it's offering instant cash. Why in such a hurry? Just cut them a check which would imply proper shipping and traceable bank account. Which brings up another point. Sometime in the future, it's quite possible that we will live in a cashless society. Lord knows the Federal Gov want's to tract each and every transaction. It would cut down on violent crime, drug abuse, and prevent tax evasion. It would also save by not having the Treasury create physical currency. It would also allow them to inject more money (inflation) in real-time into the system via a few keystrokes sort of speak.
I've actually been shot at by someone that's been on PCP. He thought I was but one of many demons after him. He even ran over a night jogger, stopped, and put the truck into reverse to ensure he finished him off. Double-tapped his ass with a fucking truck! So yes, I'm a tyrant when it comes to advocating offing motherfuckers like these. PCP and Meth is hardcore stuff. You know, as an American, I will always tip my hat to the Chinese. Damn, how I envy their effectiveness at dealing with drugs abusers. They put up with none of that politically correct non-sense.
I say we kill all the meth addicts. Seriously. Bullet to the head and a proper burial in a pine box. People need to *FEAR* doing drugs of this variety. Potheads and coke addicts are harmless in comparison, they do not apply. No jail time. Just execution. Same goes for the sellers too. I believe in a war on drugs, but it's been an absolute failure because we are not treating it like one. Bodies need to fall to get results!
If you ever met a meth addict or someone doing PCP, they don't exactly want to be left alone. They start having delusions to the point of killing people. Not for the drugs or drug money. They kill because of some fucked up visions and feelings they have.
At the tip of a sword. Thankfully the West invented the gun. And we should all remember the ol saying. Never bring a knife to a gun fight. Trouble with the West however is that it's effectively using their guns for clubbing and not shooting.
Doesn't matter what side of the fence you're on with regards to the climate debate. Both sides are backed by an almost unmessurable amount of funding. As such there are two establishments fighting for power and control. On one hand, the deniers want to be left alone and fuck up the world for everyone else. Those that have accepted climate change research are looking for policies that control others lives while at the same time enriching themselves with financial and political glory. Al Gore for example.
The video adapter is already virtual for remote Windows sessions. So headless or not, the graphics adapter is not used for remote connectivity.
MS Server Core allows for the installation of Hyper-V to be administrated remotely. It's the equivalent of VMWare ESXi with it being remotely accessed with a vSphere client.
While VMWare is superior to Hyper-V, it's exceedingly cost prohibitive for many small and medium business that need multiple servers with little physical infrastructure as possible. It's this reason alone why the adoption rate of Hyper-V started off so strong. But any real fortune 500 will probably stick with VMWare for some time however. If they don't piss off their existing clients with absurd licensing costs. Basically, VMWare is pulling a "Cisco" in the marketplace. Bastards!
The MS platform has only two things going for it. Legacy support with pre-existing software, hardware, and AD forests. Secondly, an established knowledge base to keep the momentum going.
As a die-hard Microsoft admin with zero Linux/Unix knowledge, I *will* invest my time learning Unix over new MS commandlets. Unix admins are always in demand as the platform is used everywhere. Now add to the fact Apple is gaining vast market share from a platform that's based off Unix and there you go. Why waste my professional time with this? I've got bills to pay like everyone else, and I won't think twice about jumping the Microsoft ship. Money talks and my ass can walk.
I run Windows 2008 R2 from a few PowerEdge 2950s. I admin them via an RDP session. The GDI session is rendered by the CPU (not GPU). While yes, processing a GUI takes more processing cycles than pure text, I'd argue the difference in power consumption is negligible. Although, feel free to provide power consumption time graphs comparing remote PowerShell access to that of a single RDP session. Admittedly, the results would be interesting.
Now running a full Windows/Citrix Terminal Server with GUI for multiple users is a whole other story. But then again, that's what it's designed for. It's also why it's important to have multiple CPU cores for this role because, again, none of the RDP GDI sessions are processed by the server-side GPU. About the only time a server-side GPU would be used in a TS environment is if your using the new RemoteFX technology.
Designed or not, you can still throw just about any newer workstation/server into AWE mode. The question is, would it help? Iffy at best. AWE is not a panacea for 32bit OS, but rather a work-around.
There are various reasons to be stuck with a 32bit OS. The OS, application, hardware, end-of-life peripheral support, or just plain laziness by the vendors to provide a fully functional 64bit driver. The later is genuinely the case with printer manufactures. It has, and always will be a major thorn in the side for those upgrading from a 32bit to 64bit environment. Damn printer support is such a huge PITA.
Basically, it all comes down to T&M costs. Are the proposed solutions to the problem worth-while to your business? Only you can answer that.
I suspect Verizon has been doing this with their new air cards. One of my clients purchased a half dozen of these things, and VPN connectivity is broken. Ports will not be initialized on the other end. I suspect (but don't know) they've double-NATed in the manor you described.
The situation is quite ironic because that's precisely why they were purchased in the first place. VPN connectivity. Not "casual web browsing", but to establish a wireless private stream of data transfer from a remote safety inspection crew back to the parent office.
What massive savings? Most of the Dell PowerEdge servers I've worked with have barebones ATI video chips that frankly do nothing more than 2D video. Were talking about something equivalent of 10+ year old graphics technology shrunk down in die size with newer chip fab processes. It consumes all but what, a fraction of a watt? And that's if it's heavily utilized via consoled KVM?
Granted. So for the average Slashdotter that has zero experience coding except for the occasional batch file editing and understanding the most basic of basic HTML tags, what website would you recommend learning to code from?
Back in the late 90s, I remembering having a conversation with a car audio guy. He had a rather brilliant (if not deadly) idea. Run two exposed wires in parallel along the inside of the driver side door handle connected to the probes of a hidden taser (stun gun). When the would-be thief attempts to open the door, he get's a nasty little shock.
Only one problem with the idea. A semi-closed fist will clench harder when exposed to electricity. At least for AC current, not sure about DC however.
4GB of RAM on Windows 7 is not required for AV software, but highly recommended. When you start opening multiple instances of a web browser with tabs, Excel, Word, and Outlook, a Win7 PC with only 2GB of RAM and AV software starts to run sluggish. If all you're doing is printing labels from a somewhat dedicated PC for this task, a Win7 (32bit edition if printer driver availability limited from vendor) PC with 2GB RAM and AV software will be more than enough. YMMV of course.
None of the free AV suites provide central management from a server-side console. Secondly, even MSE states in the EULA that it's not to be used in a business environment. It's for personal use only. Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 however a version of MSE that's centrally managed and in fact uses the same engine and definitions.
BTW, I recommend Trend Micro WFB for small and medium businesses. The new version of Vipre is good from a management point of view, but still on the fence of how effective it actually is. Trend Micro on the other hand is exceptionally good and stopping most of the bad-nasties out there. At least when you compare the effectiveness to other products out there.
Regardless of what corporate AV suite you intend to go with (Symantec or not), be sure you have at least 4GB of RAM installed for all Windows 7 workstations and 2GB for XP. Oh, and stay the hell away from McAfee. That shit is the absolute devil that will fuck up your machines in of itself. Nothing's worse than an AV that makes IE take 20 full seconds to load, throws constant BSODs, and will prevent Windows Update from completing due to the constant registry blocking. McAfee is shit. I refuse to take any full time IT job at a company that uses it.
Quite a few big companies use OpenDNS. If business and users get blocked from using a 3rd party DNS lookup providers, there will be hell to pay. Nothing sucks balls worse that being forced to use a shitty-ass DNS lookup server hosted by a shitty-ass ISP in the middle of nowhere. Hosted off an old Dell Dimension collecting dust in the corner someplace no doubt.
Once again, proving how disposable hardware is. Got a virus? Need an upgrade? Throw it away and get a new one! The only thing of value is personal data such as pictures and documents.
The industry will eventually adopt two approaches with how data gets stored. The OS and Apps data will be installed on the build-in drive. All user apps will be stored on a removable drive. That can be flash, or a removable 3.5" HDD. If a drive isn't available, the OS prompts the user to install one so all local profile data can be redirected to it. Optionally, user data can be backed up over the cloud with an account provided. The idea being, if the PC turns into a boat anchor, you simply pull the easy-to-remove drive and toss the machine overboard.
We live in a disposable society. The numbers back it up. Don't get angry with me, I'm simply pointing out a known fact.
One level higher. When you empower men of any and all stripes and colors to the highest ranking of power, you have a recipe for suffering and injustice. Deep down inside, we are assholes. Only the true power of asshole-ness comes to fruition when we've been empowered to have dominion over other peoples lives. This has always been the case for mankind. This will not change today, or tomorrow either.
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In the cashless society you put forward, how would individuals pay other individuals?
Everyone would be forced to have a bank account. In the event no bank wants you as a customer, the individual's last option is to have an account with the Federal Government. Only this account wouldn't provide any other services or payback on interest. To the citizen, a Federal account is nothing more than a financial holding tank. Equivalent to a virtual wallet or safe.
I'm a firm believer that's where we are headed. For better or for worse.
Correct. It wasn't a typo. My bad. It's rare, but I've noticed that I will substitute the correct spelling of one word for another when they phonetically sound similar. While I do make a best effort to proofread prior to posting, I do screw up from time to time. And honestly, I try not to put too much effort into this. It is after all a public forum, not a dissertation. Life is too short. Call me lazy if you want.
Help me out here. Is this radiation transferred by residue, or lingering readings from the constant irradiation. If it's the later, how much radiation are these children actually getting at the source during the times spent at home? Doesn't inverse square law apply with regards to the source of radiation and distance from it?
Criminals aren't just dumb, some really don't give a rats ass about being identified. If they can run in, collect cash, and scram in less than a minute, it would be a productive day for them. Evidence and whatnot is meaningless as it only addresses the issue after the crime has already happened. So unless this only activates after performing a DB lookup of a citizen, there's nothing to prevent someone forging a false ID.
I think the root problem with this idea is the fact it's offering instant cash. Why in such a hurry? Just cut them a check which would imply proper shipping and traceable bank account. Which brings up another point. Sometime in the future, it's quite possible that we will live in a cashless society. Lord knows the Federal Gov want's to tract each and every transaction. It would cut down on violent crime, drug abuse, and prevent tax evasion. It would also save by not having the Treasury create physical currency. It would also allow them to inject more money (inflation) in real-time into the system via a few keystrokes sort of speak.
I've actually been shot at by someone that's been on PCP. He thought I was but one of many demons after him. He even ran over a night jogger, stopped, and put the truck into reverse to ensure he finished him off. Double-tapped his ass with a fucking truck! So yes, I'm a tyrant when it comes to advocating offing motherfuckers like these. PCP and Meth is hardcore stuff. You know, as an American, I will always tip my hat to the Chinese. Damn, how I envy their effectiveness at dealing with drugs abusers. They put up with none of that politically correct non-sense.
I say we kill all the meth addicts. Seriously. Bullet to the head and a proper burial in a pine box. People need to *FEAR* doing drugs of this variety. Potheads and coke addicts are harmless in comparison, they do not apply. No jail time. Just execution. Same goes for the sellers too. I believe in a war on drugs, but it's been an absolute failure because we are not treating it like one. Bodies need to fall to get results!
If you ever met a meth addict or someone doing PCP, they don't exactly want to be left alone. They start having delusions to the point of killing people. Not for the drugs or drug money. They kill because of some fucked up visions and feelings they have.
At the tip of a sword. Thankfully the West invented the gun. And we should all remember the ol saying. Never bring a knife to a gun fight. Trouble with the West however is that it's effectively using their guns for clubbing and not shooting.
Doesn't matter what side of the fence you're on with regards to the climate debate. Both sides are backed by an almost unmessurable amount of funding. As such there are two establishments fighting for power and control. On one hand, the deniers want to be left alone and fuck up the world for everyone else. Those that have accepted climate change research are looking for policies that control others lives while at the same time enriching themselves with financial and political glory. Al Gore for example.
The video adapter is already virtual for remote Windows sessions. So headless or not, the graphics adapter is not used for remote connectivity.
MS Server Core allows for the installation of Hyper-V to be administrated remotely. It's the equivalent of VMWare ESXi with it being remotely accessed with a vSphere client.
While VMWare is superior to Hyper-V, it's exceedingly cost prohibitive for many small and medium business that need multiple servers with little physical infrastructure as possible. It's this reason alone why the adoption rate of Hyper-V started off so strong. But any real fortune 500 will probably stick with VMWare for some time however. If they don't piss off their existing clients with absurd licensing costs. Basically, VMWare is pulling a "Cisco" in the marketplace. Bastards!
The MS platform has only two things going for it. Legacy support with pre-existing software, hardware, and AD forests. Secondly, an established knowledge base to keep the momentum going.
As a die-hard Microsoft admin with zero Linux/Unix knowledge, I *will* invest my time learning Unix over new MS commandlets. Unix admins are always in demand as the platform is used everywhere. Now add to the fact Apple is gaining vast market share from a platform that's based off Unix and there you go. Why waste my professional time with this? I've got bills to pay like everyone else, and I won't think twice about jumping the Microsoft ship. Money talks and my ass can walk.
I run Windows 2008 R2 from a few PowerEdge 2950s. I admin them via an RDP session. The GDI session is rendered by the CPU (not GPU). While yes, processing a GUI takes more processing cycles than pure text, I'd argue the difference in power consumption is negligible. Although, feel free to provide power consumption time graphs comparing remote PowerShell access to that of a single RDP session. Admittedly, the results would be interesting.
Now running a full Windows/Citrix Terminal Server with GUI for multiple users is a whole other story. But then again, that's what it's designed for. It's also why it's important to have multiple CPU cores for this role because, again, none of the RDP GDI sessions are processed by the server-side GPU. About the only time a server-side GPU would be used in a TS environment is if your using the new RemoteFX technology.
Designed or not, you can still throw just about any newer workstation/server into AWE mode. The question is, would it help? Iffy at best. AWE is not a panacea for 32bit OS, but rather a work-around.
There are various reasons to be stuck with a 32bit OS. The OS, application, hardware, end-of-life peripheral support, or just plain laziness by the vendors to provide a fully functional 64bit driver. The later is genuinely the case with printer manufactures. It has, and always will be a major thorn in the side for those upgrading from a 32bit to 64bit environment. Damn printer support is such a huge PITA.
Basically, it all comes down to T&M costs. Are the proposed solutions to the problem worth-while to your business? Only you can answer that.
I suspect Verizon has been doing this with their new air cards. One of my clients purchased a half dozen of these things, and VPN connectivity is broken. Ports will not be initialized on the other end. I suspect (but don't know) they've double-NATed in the manor you described.
The situation is quite ironic because that's precisely why they were purchased in the first place. VPN connectivity. Not "casual web browsing", but to establish a wireless private stream of data transfer from a remote safety inspection crew back to the parent office.
What massive savings? Most of the Dell PowerEdge servers I've worked with have barebones ATI video chips that frankly do nothing more than 2D video. Were talking about something equivalent of 10+ year old graphics technology shrunk down in die size with newer chip fab processes. It consumes all but what, a fraction of a watt? And that's if it's heavily utilized via consoled KVM?
Granted. So for the average Slashdotter that has zero experience coding except for the occasional batch file editing and understanding the most basic of basic HTML tags, what website would you recommend learning to code from?
Back in the late 90s, I remembering having a conversation with a car audio guy. He had a rather brilliant (if not deadly) idea. Run two exposed wires in parallel along the inside of the driver side door handle connected to the probes of a hidden taser (stun gun). When the would-be thief attempts to open the door, he get's a nasty little shock.
Only one problem with the idea. A semi-closed fist will clench harder when exposed to electricity. At least for AC current, not sure about DC however.
4GB of RAM on Windows 7 is not required for AV software, but highly recommended. When you start opening multiple instances of a web browser with tabs, Excel, Word, and Outlook, a Win7 PC with only 2GB of RAM and AV software starts to run sluggish. If all you're doing is printing labels from a somewhat dedicated PC for this task, a Win7 (32bit edition if printer driver availability limited from vendor) PC with 2GB RAM and AV software will be more than enough. YMMV of course.
None of the free AV suites provide central management from a server-side console. Secondly, even MSE states in the EULA that it's not to be used in a business environment. It's for personal use only. Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 however a version of MSE that's centrally managed and in fact uses the same engine and definitions.
BTW, I recommend Trend Micro WFB for small and medium businesses. The new version of Vipre is good from a management point of view, but still on the fence of how effective it actually is. Trend Micro on the other hand is exceptionally good and stopping most of the bad-nasties out there. At least when you compare the effectiveness to other products out there.
Regardless of what corporate AV suite you intend to go with (Symantec or not), be sure you have at least 4GB of RAM installed for all Windows 7 workstations and 2GB for XP. Oh, and stay the hell away from McAfee. That shit is the absolute devil that will fuck up your machines in of itself. Nothing's worse than an AV that makes IE take 20 full seconds to load, throws constant BSODs, and will prevent Windows Update from completing due to the constant registry blocking. McAfee is shit. I refuse to take any full time IT job at a company that uses it.
Oh come on! This whole topic is a first world problem. But thanks for making me out to be detached from reality.
They will be forced to kick the sand castle and stick you -the subscriber- with the bill via increased subscription rates.
Quite a few big companies use OpenDNS. If business and users get blocked from using a 3rd party DNS lookup providers, there will be hell to pay. Nothing sucks balls worse that being forced to use a shitty-ass DNS lookup server hosted by a shitty-ass ISP in the middle of nowhere. Hosted off an old Dell Dimension collecting dust in the corner someplace no doubt.
Once again, proving how disposable hardware is. Got a virus? Need an upgrade? Throw it away and get a new one! The only thing of value is personal data such as pictures and documents.
The industry will eventually adopt two approaches with how data gets stored. The OS and Apps data will be installed on the build-in drive. All user apps will be stored on a removable drive. That can be flash, or a removable 3.5" HDD. If a drive isn't available, the OS prompts the user to install one so all local profile data can be redirected to it. Optionally, user data can be backed up over the cloud with an account provided. The idea being, if the PC turns into a boat anchor, you simply pull the easy-to-remove drive and toss the machine overboard.
We live in a disposable society. The numbers back it up. Don't get angry with me, I'm simply pointing out a known fact.
A Chinese accordion.
Temporary insanity. After bringing the car to a safe and complete stop of course.
One level higher. When you empower men of any and all stripes and colors to the highest ranking of power, you have a recipe for suffering and injustice. Deep down inside, we are assholes. Only the true power of asshole-ness comes to fruition when we've been empowered to have dominion over other peoples lives. This has always been the case for mankind. This will not change today, or tomorrow either.