Correct. There's still a lot of time with new system setup and data migration that adds to the cost.
Speaking of HD image backups; I have some very good things to say about Norton Save and Restore 2.0. One of our clients PCs has this installed on it. It takes a full snapshot of the drive twice a week, and incrementals for the remaining three days of the work week. They get saved to an external USB drive. Anyways, the system got horked up for some reason. I simply got out the Norton disk and booted from it. From here, I could do a bare metal restore. Mind you, I've never used this program before, but it was easy to navigate the GUI in under five minutes. The best part though, the user doesn't even have to touch or maintain this program. It runs on schedule and doesn't bug the user with questions. Automated all the way. Very nice.
No, it's just my time is worth a lot. And based on how much my work is charged to a client per hour, it simply isn't worth jacking around a PC for three hours just to get it cleaned up. Yet, still not confident the work performed will ever be thorough enough post infestation. Most of the newer malware is very difficult to root out. This interview highlights why this is the case.
Again. With the trend of PCs getting cheaper every year, the battle for the customers wallet is between the PC vendors and the local PC repair service centers (like Geek Squad).
A new one can be purchased for about $500 bucks these days. It simply isn't worth cleaning up a major virus infection or re-installing the OS and applications. The billable time alone would exceed the cost of the machine! Basically, computers are one-trick ponies. Once they get infected, physically throw it away and buy a new one. We live in a disposable society and computer usage is no longer an exception that it once was.
If not done already, I can see the politically correct crowd demanding random flagging quotas in the name of "fairness". What a huge PITA this is going to be for business and family travelers.
To the user, it's the same thing. Granted, all newer versions of software tend to chew up more CPU cycles then the generation before it. But to the user, how it "feels" is the most important. Basically, the ability to work without feeling interrupted by background OS processes or a sluggish GUI.
I work at a Microsoft shop (providing outsourced IT support). We prefer HyperV when rolling out Server 2008 and SBS 2008 boxes for three main reasons.
1. It's available by adding it as a service.
2. It's easy to perform backups from the host and all VMs using the built in backup service.
3. Should something go wrong, it's all contained in the Microsoft realm. Thus, troubleshooting with MS dramatically reduces the "finger pointing" problem.
Once the premise has been accepted through actions like this, the lawsuits will start flying to cash in on our âoejackpot justiceâ system. What do you bet heâ(TM)s a former attorney helping his buddies out through this intellectual Trojan horse?
Only the neck and funnel of the tube are infused with lead. The only way to separate it is through smelting or electrolytic action. But the paper does seem to support what you just said. It's not economically viable to recycle lead from CRTs.
Iron and copper could be depleted by the end of the century
I'm sure our planet has a lot more of the stuff than you think. Right now, were just getting the easy stuff. That doesn't mean easy access equates to the most plentiful however. So far, strip mining our oceans (3/4th our entire planet surface) isn't economically viable yet. Once the technology and scale of industry provides the means, it will happen.
Oh, and their are plenty of asteroids, our moon, and Mars to go after next in the next 300 or so years from now. But I'm sure by then we will have mastered the art of recycling so who cares.
It's a monopoly only if the single provider is Government. At least in America, the private system provides choices in the market place.
Personally, I don't care which system you go for be it government, employer provided plan, or what not. The key issue is having choice. I don't want to be forced into only having one option.
The Dirty Little Secret is this. Everyone has a price tag. Be it from the private sector, or public Government.
Tell me, would both of these entities spend $1,000 to save your life? Cool. What about a Million? How about a Billion? Would they dare spend a Trillion on your life?
The moment you start negotiating the price for a single human being (in whole or in part) is the moment the argument still stands. We ALL have a price tag on our life.
So, what's the big deal about Insurance companies making a profit. Immoral yes, but also to be expected.
I did drugs thanks to Mario and Luigi. He showed me how eating mushrooms make me feel larger than life. Star power (stardust aka PCP) was truely a rush. Don't get me started on flower power though.
Ya, no shit. And to think I might have chose Denon when making my audio receiver purchase.
Sony is evil in many ways, but at least they offer a good receiver for the money. Their STRDG820 Model goes for $399, and you still save $100 over that damn Denon cable!
What's next? Acoustical aerosol spray that enhances audio, video, and smells like a new movie theater?
I'm an old gamer starting off both an Atari 2600 and a 286 with CGA graphics. I've played just about everything in between then and now. Currently, I enjoy gaming on my PS3 and PC loaded with 8GB RAM, Quad Core with nVidia 8800GT card.
The whole PC vs. Console war is just dumb. Anyone that relates to me will tell you that a PC has the potential to be the best platform, but the games are coded to be open ended (review the plethora of video, graphics, input and audio option settings to choose from) to capture the largest market share. A console will run with inferior spec when compared to a high-end PC, but it has been tuned and optimized just for that platform. Without question, the moment you play a console game, it will run as expected and designed for.
So, which platform *is* better? Depends on a lot of things. Will that latest game run on your PC to your own satisfaction? Or do you prefer games where it will run flawless on both your console and everyone else's; thus leveling the playing field?
It's called Global Economic Equilibrium. I agree that this migration should end (eventually), but I wouldn't say soon. The main factor will be if a nation losing jobs will still retain enough capitol to create new ones in their place.
That's a very good astute observation. When you think about it, the PS3 does have an nVidia RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' under the hood. Perhaps this is nVidia's technology being licensed to Sony given their previous partnership? The plot thickens!
I don't see why 64bit Vista can't run 16bit apps. I would have though Microsoft coded in some backward compatibility or emulation for them to run under.
Yup, and every drive comes with two of them used for the voice coil actuator. Just be careful when handling them. I've had them both snap together and give me a blood blister.
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Correct. There's still a lot of time with new system setup and data migration that adds to the cost.
Speaking of HD image backups; I have some very good things to say about Norton Save and Restore 2.0. One of our clients PCs has this installed on it. It takes a full snapshot of the drive twice a week, and incrementals for the remaining three days of the work week. They get saved to an external USB drive. Anyways, the system got horked up for some reason. I simply got out the Norton disk and booted from it. From here, I could do a bare metal restore. Mind you, I've never used this program before, but it was easy to navigate the GUI in under five minutes. The best part though, the user doesn't even have to touch or maintain this program. It runs on schedule and doesn't bug the user with questions. Automated all the way. Very nice.
No, it's just my time is worth a lot. And based on how much my work is charged to a client per hour, it simply isn't worth jacking around a PC for three hours just to get it cleaned up. Yet, still not confident the work performed will ever be thorough enough post infestation. Most of the newer malware is very difficult to root out. This interview highlights why this is the case.
Again. With the trend of PCs getting cheaper every year, the battle for the customers wallet is between the PC vendors and the local PC repair service centers (like Geek Squad).
Computers are cheap.
A new one can be purchased for about $500 bucks these days. It simply isn't worth cleaning up a major virus infection or re-installing the OS and applications. The billable time alone would exceed the cost of the machine! Basically, computers are one-trick ponies. Once they get infected, physically throw it away and buy a new one. We live in a disposable society and computer usage is no longer an exception that it once was.
If not done already, I can see the politically correct crowd demanding random flagging quotas in the name of "fairness". What a huge PITA this is going to be for business and family travelers.
Close, but I would say Windows 7 from Vista is equivalent to going to Win98SE from Win98.
To the user, it's the same thing. Granted, all newer versions of software tend to chew up more CPU cycles then the generation before it. But to the user, how it "feels" is the most important. Basically, the ability to work without feeling interrupted by background OS processes or a sluggish GUI.
I work at a Microsoft shop (providing outsourced IT support). We prefer HyperV when rolling out Server 2008 and SBS 2008 boxes for three main reasons.
1. It's available by adding it as a service.
2. It's easy to perform backups from the host and all VMs using the built in backup service.
3. Should something go wrong, it's all contained in the Microsoft realm. Thus, troubleshooting with MS dramatically reduces the "finger pointing" problem.
It's more insidious then that.
Once the premise has been accepted through actions like this, the lawsuits will start flying to cash in on our âoejackpot justiceâ system. What do you bet heâ(TM)s a former attorney helping his buddies out through this intellectual Trojan horse?
Doing a little Googling, I ran into this PDF.
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file30300.pdf
Only the neck and funnel of the tube are infused with lead. The only way to separate it is through smelting or electrolytic action. But the paper does seem to support what you just said. It's not economically viable to recycle lead from CRTs.
Iron and copper could be depleted by the end of the century
I'm sure our planet has a lot more of the stuff than you think. Right now, were just getting the easy stuff. That doesn't mean easy access equates to the most plentiful however. So far, strip mining our oceans (3/4th our entire planet surface) isn't economically viable yet. Once the technology and scale of industry provides the means, it will happen.
Oh, and their are plenty of asteroids, our moon, and Mars to go after next in the next 300 or so years from now. But I'm sure by then we will have mastered the art of recycling so who cares.
It's a monopoly only if the single provider is Government. At least in America, the private system provides choices in the market place.
Personally, I don't care which system you go for be it government, employer provided plan, or what not. The key issue is having choice. I don't want to be forced into only having one option.
The Dirty Little Secret is this. Everyone has a price tag. Be it from the private sector, or public Government.
Tell me, would both of these entities spend $1,000 to save your life? Cool. What about a Million? How about a Billion? Would they dare spend a Trillion on your life?
The moment you start negotiating the price for a single human being (in whole or in part) is the moment the argument still stands. We ALL have a price tag on our life.
So, what's the big deal about Insurance companies making a profit. Immoral yes, but also to be expected.
I did drugs thanks to Mario and Luigi. He showed me how eating mushrooms make me feel larger than life. Star power (stardust aka PCP) was truely a rush. Don't get me started on flower power though.
Ya, no shit. And to think I might have chose Denon when making my audio receiver purchase.
Sony is evil in many ways, but at least they offer a good receiver for the money. Their STRDG820 Model goes for $399, and you still save $100 over that damn Denon cable!
What's next? Acoustical aerosol spray that enhances audio, video, and smells like a new movie theater?
I'm an old gamer starting off both an Atari 2600 and a 286 with CGA graphics. I've played just about everything in between then and now. Currently, I enjoy gaming on my PS3 and PC loaded with 8GB RAM, Quad Core with nVidia 8800GT card.
The whole PC vs. Console war is just dumb. Anyone that relates to me will tell you that a PC has the potential to be the best platform, but the games are coded to be open ended (review the plethora of video, graphics, input and audio option settings to choose from) to capture the largest market share. A console will run with inferior spec when compared to a high-end PC, but it has been tuned and optimized just for that platform. Without question, the moment you play a console game, it will run as expected and designed for.
So, which platform *is* better? Depends on a lot of things. Will that latest game run on your PC to your own satisfaction? Or do you prefer games where it will run flawless on both your console and everyone else's; thus leveling the playing field?
That's what you get when you don't opt for Gold Tech Support. You buy cheap, you get cheap.
Get used to those phone calls to India using a cell phone tunnled through a VOIP connection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9fIjYnPazc
It's called Global Economic Equilibrium. I agree that this migration should end (eventually), but I wouldn't say soon. The main factor will be if a nation losing jobs will still retain enough capitol to create new ones in their place.
and yet, so deadly.
WARNING: Do not pet the Hispaniolan for it's cuteness can kill!!!
That's a very good astute observation. When you think about it, the PS3 does have an nVidia RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' under the hood. Perhaps this is nVidia's technology being licensed to Sony given their previous partnership? The plot thickens!
I don't see why 64bit Vista can't run 16bit apps. I would have though Microsoft coded in some backward compatibility or emulation for them to run under.
It's too bad they didn't.
You mean like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIRXh2oiqtA&NR=1
Yup, and every drive comes with two of them used for the voice coil actuator. Just be careful when handling them. I've had them both snap together and give me a blood blister.
Ya, I thought it was obvious to me as well. I tagged it "Patsy". Though fallman and scapegoat will suffice too.
It has always been very broken. Remember the Golden Rule?
"He who has the gold, makes the rules"
Jesus! So you get 5 years in the hole based purely on suspicion?
Aside from the human rights issues, how is the UK any different from China these days?