I'd be wary of a hand-coded bios running on a Mac, but even if it were *perfect* it would be susceptible to EMI. No, the only way to make sure your computer is stable is to turn it off and place it flat on the floor.
USB has even better than less loss, it has effectively no loss, since it's not an analog signal and has error checking between the WiFi card and the host controller. This definitely sounds like a cheaper, more efficient solution. Maybe when a mirror is up I'll actually get to see it!
Where I work we use a LOT of shared Excel spreadsheets for filling in information about what has been completed on various versions of various products, and what that result was. It's a nice interface that's easily accessible... to WINDOWS clients. Office for Mac has somehow managed to skip over this really useful feature, requiring us to use Windows boxes to record all our results. AFAIK this feature wasn't put in to office 2k4 for Mac even though it's been around since Office XP in Windows. Honestly, I'd rather have something else, but I don't know any better way to get the job done. Anybody have suggestions?
Yes, that was the point. Hence my complete agreement and extrapolation in the last two sentences of my post. I was just pointing out the inherent problems with relying on a boxed linux solution for absolute local security without using encryption as well. You really don't have to be so defensive, I agree with you wholeheartedly.
You have to get it off of the machine for it to be hidden from users that have local access to a machine that thinks it's you - unless every email is encrypted.
Actually, even in linux if a person has local access to the system it's not secure, so your last part about encryption, or removal of the files (usb key) are the ONLY ways to make it secure, and encryption doesn't require linux. Even so, I'd say using linux is more desirable than using Win98, and just as easy, if not easier, with the right distro. Plus, I doubt most room mates would bypass the local security just to go through your shizz, so the regular old security would most likely have the desired effect.
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All they need is to add 802.11g in there and we'd have the ultimate incognito war-walking/driving/biking device!
If you boot to the OS X install CD there will be an "Options" button that you can check which will give you the option to move the old system to a different folder, install a new system and then re-import all the user-specific settings that you had previously.
Windows never had an reinstall option like that...
I've run security updates on dozens of Macs over the last two years and have yet to see one break anything. This isn't like Microsoft Windows, y'know
contrarily, i've been using mac's for just over a year now and i've had one update install an ethernet driver that didn't work, and another update kernel panic my system into an unbootable state. however, i have to say that fixing these problems was way easier than anything i've seen in all the years i've been working on windows boxen.
Please show one Windows update that erased your entire hard drive (like iTunes), or prevented it from booting (like iTunes for Windows and one OS-X update), or any of the other SEVERE issues that Apple continually has with updates.
It was either the IE 5 or IE 5.5 update on win98 that corrupted the OS so that it needed to be reloaded. When I worked at Gateway we told people NOT to update their browsers if they weren't having problems because we were sick of having to FFR (Fdisk, Format, Reload) people's systems when the patch made their systems unbootable.
Using VPN has always been a good idea when connecting to public networks, but if it's going to help you block ads that would otherwise be issued to your browser, triggered by going through their router on port 80, then sanity is next to security on reasons to use a VPN.
QwikBar suggests an Explorer toolbar, so my question is this... Is this going to make Wi-Fi free only for IE users, or is it only going to make IE users look at ads?
Yes, running a hot-spot costs money, but the theory is that having "free" wi-fi will attract enough business to pay for the initial invetment, upkeep, and then some. If advertising will increase the profit then of course a wise business will choose that as well. I think that advertising income is easier to make solid numbers from, since you can't realiably track how much money your wi-fi users are spending at your shop, which makes it another plus for business owners.
You say "yet" as if you're expecting that to happen, or insinuating that it has happened in the past... So, where is this that you live? I could use a G5, even if it has fallen 7 stories to the streets below.
Reasons like this are why I skipped out on AppleCare and went with a CompUSA warranty.
http://www.compusa.com/tech_services/serviceplans. asp
Notice the "No Lemon Guarantee" which says that the product will be replaced if a single component fails three times. I've had several amigos with laptops that have failed who have ended up with a better generation one, such as going from a G3 PowerBook to an original G4 TiBook, at no cost over the inital price of the warranty.
How can you complain about an american Dell employee posting company policy on a website when Indian outsourcers are releasing entire databases of personal information that was outsourced to them?
I think it'd be sweet if somebody made the application so that the board just floated over the other windows, not inside of it's own window. I thought that's how it was supposed to be originally, but unfortunately I was wrong.
Apple may not have a large market share, but those of us who use them love them. As for prices, they're definitely reasonable. Somebody else pointed out that consumers are stupid and look at the lower mhz of the mac line as a negative selling point, but I think anybody who can't sell a Mac simply based on that is a terrible salesman. There are plenty of great things about the Mac that you could sell people on, which is why I've personally seen an increase in Apple products within my circle of friends in the last year. Several long-time windows users have bought Mac's, though not switched per se, and love them. The reasons why are the selling points: Expose, no viruses, tons of free software from the OSS community, simplicity of the interface along with the polished look and feel. I think that if average Joe gets an unbiased look at both, the Mac is at least considerable, even in the low-priced market. But honestly, I'm happy with where Apple is right now. Slick, stable, unix, and without the MS sized mass of users to make it too common.
The single-button thing was something that kept me away from mac for a long time (the 12" pb was my first mac) but actually it's not so bad on a laptop since your hands are right next to the modifier keys. when you plug a mouse into a mac you get right-click just like in windows, but you can do the same thing with ctrl-click. on a desktop mac it's not quite as convenient because you might have to move your hand to the ctrl key, but on a laptop everything is so tight that it's a negligible distance. i've also found that most of the keyboard shortcuts on mac make better sense so you end up using context menus less. this is the best computer i've ever owned, hands down, and i've been using wintel since 8086 and dos 3.2.
Yeah, you're right. Whoever made that annotation sure didn't know what they were looking at, otherwise it would've said "And only slightly related, here's a picture of a storm trooper holding an aibo, neither of which will be competing in the event, but they sure look geeky eh?"
I'm seeing this problem in two situations, neither of which would be either of the computers going to sleep. The first is when I switch wireless networks. Even though I can still ping the other computer, if I didn't unmount an SMB share before switching I will have problems. The second situation is when I go from wireless to wired, which I often do at home as I wander up to my desk after fixing dinner and unwinding a bit. Even if the share I'm connecting to is in the same subnet as my PB's en1, if I plug in my en0 while I still have that SMB share mounted the connection will go sour. I'm guessing that the SMB mount is adapter specific and wants to keep sending out data on en1, but the OS wants to use en0 since ethernet takes priority in OSX. In any case, I hope, but don't expect, that this update fixes the problem. No biggie, there's always afp, scp, ftp, http, and even sneaker net. Good thing we have so many choices out of the box with OSX. =)
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I can't imagine the glee he might have felt for being so clever as to chop a compound word in half...
This is a good place to start. japanese-online
I'd be wary of a hand-coded bios running on a Mac, but even if it were *perfect* it would be susceptible to EMI. No, the only way to make sure your computer is stable is to turn it off and place it flat on the floor.
Can't afford new network cards?? That's for sure, especially after dishing out half a million dollars for a router!
USB has even better than less loss, it has effectively no loss, since it's not an analog signal and has error checking between the WiFi card and the host controller. This definitely sounds like a cheaper, more efficient solution. Maybe when a mirror is up I'll actually get to see it!
Where I work we use a LOT of shared Excel spreadsheets for filling in information about what has been completed on various versions of various products, and what that result was. It's a nice interface that's easily accessible... to WINDOWS clients. Office for Mac has somehow managed to skip over this really useful feature, requiring us to use Windows boxes to record all our results. AFAIK this feature wasn't put in to office 2k4 for Mac even though it's been around since Office XP in Windows. Honestly, I'd rather have something else, but I don't know any better way to get the job done. Anybody have suggestions?
Yes, that was the point. Hence my complete agreement and extrapolation in the last two sentences of my post. I was just pointing out the inherent problems with relying on a boxed linux solution for absolute local security without using encryption as well. You really don't have to be so defensive, I agree with you wholeheartedly.
All they need is to add 802.11g in there and we'd have the ultimate incognito war-walking/driving/biking device!
If you boot to the OS X install CD there will be an "Options" button that you can check which will give you the option to move the old system to a different folder, install a new system and then re-import all the user-specific settings that you had previously.
Windows never had an reinstall option like that...
Using VPN has always been a good idea when connecting to public networks, but if it's going to help you block ads that would otherwise be issued to your browser, triggered by going through their router on port 80, then sanity is next to security on reasons to use a VPN.
QwikBar suggests an Explorer toolbar, so my question is this... Is this going to make Wi-Fi free only for IE users, or is it only going to make IE users look at ads?
Yes, running a hot-spot costs money, but the theory is that having "free" wi-fi will attract enough business to pay for the initial invetment, upkeep, and then some. If advertising will increase the profit then of course a wise business will choose that as well. I think that advertising income is easier to make solid numbers from, since you can't realiably track how much money your wi-fi users are spending at your shop, which makes it another plus for business owners.
"Spandex. It's a privilege, not a right."
You say "yet" as if you're expecting that to happen, or insinuating that it has happened in the past... So, where is this that you live? I could use a G5, even if it has fallen 7 stories to the streets below.
Reasons like this are why I skipped out on AppleCare and went with a CompUSA warranty.
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http://www.compusa.com/tech_services/serviceplans
Notice the "No Lemon Guarantee" which says that the product will be replaced if a single component fails three times. I've had several amigos with laptops that have failed who have ended up with a better generation one, such as going from a G3 PowerBook to an original G4 TiBook, at no cost over the inital price of the warranty.
How can you complain about an american Dell employee posting company policy on a website when Indian outsourcers are releasing entire databases of personal information that was outsourced to them?
I think it'd be sweet if somebody made the application so that the board just floated over the other windows, not inside of it's own window. I thought that's how it was supposed to be originally, but unfortunately I was wrong.
For the educational users, yes, but for the average users they're iMprovements.
Apple may not have a large market share, but those of us who use them love them. As for prices, they're definitely reasonable. Somebody else pointed out that consumers are stupid and look at the lower mhz of the mac line as a negative selling point, but I think anybody who can't sell a Mac simply based on that is a terrible salesman. There are plenty of great things about the Mac that you could sell people on, which is why I've personally seen an increase in Apple products within my circle of friends in the last year. Several long-time windows users have bought Mac's, though not switched per se, and love them. The reasons why are the selling points: Expose, no viruses, tons of free software from the OSS community, simplicity of the interface along with the polished look and feel. I think that if average Joe gets an unbiased look at both, the Mac is at least considerable, even in the low-priced market. But honestly, I'm happy with where Apple is right now. Slick, stable, unix, and without the MS sized mass of users to make it too common.
The single-button thing was something that kept me away from mac for a long time (the 12" pb was my first mac) but actually it's not so bad on a laptop since your hands are right next to the modifier keys. when you plug a mouse into a mac you get right-click just like in windows, but you can do the same thing with ctrl-click. on a desktop mac it's not quite as convenient because you might have to move your hand to the ctrl key, but on a laptop everything is so tight that it's a negligible distance. i've also found that most of the keyboard shortcuts on mac make better sense so you end up using context menus less. this is the best computer i've ever owned, hands down, and i've been using wintel since 8086 and dos 3.2.
Yeah, you're right. Whoever made that annotation sure didn't know what they were looking at, otherwise it would've said "And only slightly related, here's a picture of a storm trooper holding an aibo, neither of which will be competing in the event, but they sure look geeky eh?"
I'm seeing this problem in two situations, neither of which would be either of the computers going to sleep. The first is when I switch wireless networks. Even though I can still ping the other computer, if I didn't unmount an SMB share before switching I will have problems. The second situation is when I go from wireless to wired, which I often do at home as I wander up to my desk after fixing dinner and unwinding a bit. Even if the share I'm connecting to is in the same subnet as my PB's en1, if I plug in my en0 while I still have that SMB share mounted the connection will go sour. I'm guessing that the SMB mount is adapter specific and wants to keep sending out data on en1, but the OS wants to use en0 since ethernet takes priority in OSX. In any case, I hope, but don't expect, that this update fixes the problem. No biggie, there's always afp, scp, ftp, http, and even sneaker net. Good thing we have so many choices out of the box with OSX. =)