filehippo.com is my favorite one-stop for all my Windows 3rd party apps and utilities. They even keep track of old revisions so you can grab those if needed. Also check out majorgeeks.com. They seem to have more stuff, but I don't like the layout of that site.
One of our clients got a new SBS 2008 box along with an antivirus suite. While MSE is damn good (and free), Forefront is OTOH we feel is crap from deployment, management and reporting. It does share the same deffs that MSE uses, so protection should be good in theory.
We've tried most of the major brands first-hand across many different networks. Of all of them, both my co-workers and I think Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security is the best. It blocks spam at the Exchange server level, and stops drive-by web viruses dead in their tracks. It also has very good reporting and deployment methods. Oh, and it's really easy to use and requires very little (if any) customizations. It just works right out of the box per se.
One thing to be aware of with that product however. It has a feature called Smart Scan. If your server is under powered and/or you have WAN connections to other networks, disable this feature. It doesn't seem to be much use anyways. We have seen strange issues with it on though when left on.
No one can take your individuality. But, once you've allowed yourself to become absorbed into a hive like mindset, eventually you lose it. It's like a slow and eroding processes. Blind to what once was, if you will.
So tell me, where does that leave us when those sensory experiences become artificial and malleable?
I leaves us as members of the hive that is defined as a wired society.
I say this because I'm in an agreement with you. We are quickly losing our individuality and freedom as you so stated. I'm already at my breaking point of just "unplugging" myself from all this noise. I'm sure it will lead to depression and loneliness at first. Eventually however, I will feel liberated!
I need a very very long walk in the desert...alone. Just give me water and the clothes on my back. I will figure the rest out later.
It's all bullshit anyways. Until you actually have military presents (boots on the ground), the Moon doesn't belong to anyone regardless of what fuckall a contract has to say.
At least Slashdot got it right unlike Wired who states it was an act of "hacking". WTF Wired, it wasn't a hack. It was as simple act of intrusion without authorization. Nothing special or fancy was required to do so.
Some say that life on Earth started (and evolved) around hydrothermal vents where there is no sunlight. The get their energy through a process known as chemosynthesis. If true, life on any ocean bearing planet could become common if not expected. Going to Europa will change those odds one way or another.
Yet architects and decorators have been utilizing fluorescent lights for decades in commercial and industrial settings.
Because they're cheap, have a high MTBF rate, and use less electricity per lumen. Other than that, the color temp sucks and have been known contributors to Sick Building Syndrome (failing ballasts main cause).
Our weapon of war is undoubtedly a beacon of intelligence. Sounds ironic, I know. But when you think about it, detonating vast amounts of plutonium releases a tremendous amount of energy all over the EM spectrum. It also gives off a unique signature of the kind that doesn't, or could *never* happen naturally. It really takes a civilization to make and concentrate plutonium into a bomb.
Forget TV or radio transmissions. The true universe of intelligent language is THE BOMB! It all started with Trinity on July 16, 1945.
I agree with the parent post. ET may not be friendly at all.
they can probably find whatever they need much closer, and sending anything from here back wherever they came from is probably mind boggingly expensive in energy expenditures.
I'm sure that's what the Spanish thought in 1492 too. The human race is the most intelligent on Earth. But when you think about it, are actions are someone irrational. What makes you think ET wouldn't have irrational behavior as well?
The universe is a vacuum, and a sterile one at that. Because life is an exception rather than the rule, it only makes sense for it to fill in an otherwise empty void. It serves no purpose to eliminate the universe of life. However, it does serve a purpose for life to get rid of life as a means of predator/pray survival.
Two things are of value monetarily. Time and Materials. Anyone would choose the cheaper route when making a decision to fix or replace.
I work on computers for a living like most here. If its my personal machine, I'll fix it on my own spare time. But, if I'm on the clock, I might actually scrap the machine to save the company money so I can move on to more important (valuable) tasks. In fact, I might even recommend keeping the drive (sensitive data and all) and donating the hardware to charity or sell it to an employee. It might even have some value laying around the bone yard for those pick-a-part moments.
Mr. Tucker is not dumb. What he did was smart, and many people including myself advocate the same depending on how old your computer is. You have to factor in things such as your current hardware, warranty length (expired), version of OS, time it would take to diagnose and cleanup a virus. All in all, it may be best to cut your losses and just purchase a new machine which includes newer technologies, warranty, and a shiny new OS. I've personally seen attempted cleanup and format/reinstall work cost more in billable hours than a new machine!!!
It's a risk assessment that has to be made a head of time. But the dirty little secret is this: Home/Office PCs have become more cost effective to be "throwaways".
Why should one expect a decentralized optimization algorithm to converge to a global optimum and a centralized one not to? If anything, shouldn't one expect more problems from the decentralized approach?
A decentralized optimization algorithm would be like...evolution. An invisible hand that takes on a life of its own, quite literally. A free-market environment is like that. Along with the good, bad, and ugly.
A centralized approach is often a solution looking for a problem which leads to wasteful use of human/material resources.
Because it's fraud. The Healthcare as being discussed in Congress is nothing but a giant power-grab of epic proportions. If they were serious about healthcare reform (and we truly need it), they would scrap these bills and deal with laws already in place that cause high cost in the industry in the first place.
It's sort of like having a painter come in and paint your house. He did such a horrible job, yet you hired him again to fix what he messed up in the first place. That's exactly what's about to happen with regards to Healthcare reform in the US.
Eventually they will have to build a lot of nuclear power plants and reprocess the fuel. They already had "the bomb" ages ago, so I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.
Good point. The private and public sector do not play by the same set of rules. In other words, there's the Government, and then there's the rest of us. You know how it is. Power accretes and all that.
I see how it is. Don't set yourself up for a fall, and all will be forgiven. In other words, in your view we shouldn't even *try* to live a christian life! Never mind the fact most (more than 50%) don't have the fortitude and perseverance to do so. Riiighhhtt..
I'm a native Texan. FYI, we affectionately call liberal Austinites "star children". It means a lone mind of the Lone Star of Texas. Austin = San Fran indeed!
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filehippo.com is my favorite one-stop for all my Windows 3rd party apps and utilities. They even keep track of old revisions so you can grab those if needed. Also check out majorgeeks.com. They seem to have more stuff, but I don't like the layout of that site.
One of our clients got a new SBS 2008 box along with an antivirus suite. While MSE is damn good (and free), Forefront is OTOH we feel is crap from deployment, management and reporting. It does share the same deffs that MSE uses, so protection should be good in theory.
We've tried most of the major brands first-hand across many different networks. Of all of them, both my co-workers and I think Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security is the best. It blocks spam at the Exchange server level, and stops drive-by web viruses dead in their tracks. It also has very good reporting and deployment methods. Oh, and it's really easy to use and requires very little (if any) customizations. It just works right out of the box per se.
One thing to be aware of with that product however. It has a feature called Smart Scan. If your server is under powered and/or you have WAN connections to other networks, disable this feature. It doesn't seem to be much use anyways. We have seen strange issues with it on though when left on.
Hijacked 3rd party ad pop-ups = Drive by shooting
My I recommend some long surgical gloves? Having a box of disposables near by might be a common practice in these type of data centers.
No one can take your individuality. But, once you've allowed yourself to become absorbed into a hive like mindset, eventually you lose it. It's like a slow and eroding processes. Blind to what once was, if you will.
I leaves us as members of the hive that is defined as a wired society.
I say this because I'm in an agreement with you. We are quickly losing our individuality and freedom as you so stated. I'm already at my breaking point of just "unplugging" myself from all this noise. I'm sure it will lead to depression and loneliness at first. Eventually however, I will feel liberated!
I need a very very long walk in the desert...alone. Just give me water and the clothes on my back. I will figure the rest out later.
It's all bullshit anyways. Until you actually have military presents (boots on the ground), the Moon doesn't belong to anyone regardless of what fuckall a contract has to say.
At least Slashdot got it right unlike Wired who states it was an act of "hacking". WTF Wired, it wasn't a hack. It was as simple act of intrusion without authorization. Nothing special or fancy was required to do so.
Some say that life on Earth started (and evolved) around hydrothermal vents where there is no sunlight. The get their energy through a process known as chemosynthesis. If true, life on any ocean bearing planet could become common if not expected. Going to Europa will change those odds one way or another.
Because they're cheap, have a high MTBF rate, and use less electricity per lumen. Other than that, the color temp sucks and have been known contributors to Sick Building Syndrome (failing ballasts main cause).
I was playing around with the VQF format at that time. Sounds great compared to MP3 at the same bit rate. At least Vorbis had *some* hardware support.
http://www.mp3-tech.org/vqf.html
Our weapon of war is undoubtedly a beacon of intelligence. Sounds ironic, I know. But when you think about it, detonating vast amounts of plutonium releases a tremendous amount of energy all over the EM spectrum. It also gives off a unique signature of the kind that doesn't, or could *never* happen naturally. It really takes a civilization to make and concentrate plutonium into a bomb.
Forget TV or radio transmissions. The true universe of intelligent language is THE BOMB! It all started with Trinity on July 16, 1945.
I agree with the parent post. ET may not be friendly at all.
I'm sure that's what the Spanish thought in 1492 too. The human race is the most intelligent on Earth. But when you think about it, are actions are someone irrational. What makes you think ET wouldn't have irrational behavior as well?
The universe is a vacuum, and a sterile one at that. Because life is an exception rather than the rule, it only makes sense for it to fill in an otherwise empty void. It serves no purpose to eliminate the universe of life. However, it does serve a purpose for life to get rid of life as a means of predator/pray survival.
National Security folks. National Security. Gotta keep that GDP up for increased tax revenue. At least, so they think.
Two things are of value monetarily. Time and Materials. Anyone would choose the cheaper route when making a decision to fix or replace.
I work on computers for a living like most here. If its my personal machine, I'll fix it on my own spare time. But, if I'm on the clock, I might actually scrap the machine to save the company money so I can move on to more important (valuable) tasks. In fact, I might even recommend keeping the drive (sensitive data and all) and donating the hardware to charity or sell it to an employee. It might even have some value laying around the bone yard for those pick-a-part moments.
Low end base is fine on your ears, for the most part. It's the treble and mid-range that's dangerous at high volume.
Mr. Tucker is not dumb. What he did was smart, and many people including myself advocate the same depending on how old your computer is. You have to factor in things such as your current hardware, warranty length (expired), version of OS, time it would take to diagnose and cleanup a virus. All in all, it may be best to cut your losses and just purchase a new machine which includes newer technologies, warranty, and a shiny new OS. I've personally seen attempted cleanup and format/reinstall work cost more in billable hours than a new machine!!!
It's a risk assessment that has to be made a head of time. But the dirty little secret is this: Home/Office PCs have become more cost effective to be "throwaways".
A decentralized optimization algorithm would be like...evolution. An invisible hand that takes on a life of its own, quite literally. A free-market environment is like that. Along with the good, bad, and ugly.
A centralized approach is often a solution looking for a problem which leads to wasteful use of human/material resources.
Because it's fraud. The Healthcare as being discussed in Congress is nothing but a giant power-grab of epic proportions. If they were serious about healthcare reform (and we truly need it), they would scrap these bills and deal with laws already in place that cause high cost in the industry in the first place.
It's sort of like having a painter come in and paint your house. He did such a horrible job, yet you hired him again to fix what he messed up in the first place. That's exactly what's about to happen with regards to Healthcare reform in the US.
Eventually they will have to build a lot of nuclear power plants and reprocess the fuel. They already had "the bomb" ages ago, so I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.
Good point. The private and public sector do not play by the same set of rules. In other words, there's the Government, and then there's the rest of us. You know how it is. Power accretes and all that.
US ranks #23 on official development assistance while we rank #1 on private philanthropy as a percentage of GDP.
The latter shows true charity as it's optional while the former is not at the individual level, but through government.
I see how it is. Don't set yourself up for a fall, and all will be forgiven. In other words, in your view we shouldn't even *try* to live a christian life! Never mind the fact most (more than 50%) don't have the fortitude and perseverance to do so. Riiighhhtt..
I'm a native Texan. FYI, we affectionately call liberal Austinites "star children". It means a lone mind of the Lone Star of Texas. Austin = San Fran indeed!
Now you know.