We were visiting my better half's uncle in Salt Lake City, and he told us that Utah has the highest prozak prespription levels in America. He theorizes it's because Mormon's aren't aloud to drink or do illicit drugs...
It's apparantly so problematic that their temples (?) are talking about it to the congregations.
But I'm nat'd. So unless it's listening on an exposed port, it's pretty useless isn't it?
I mean, I only leave 3389 open -> terminal services, and an offending program would need to hijack that port. I'd know about it if that port was hijacked.
The only thing that sucks is when something calls home. I can take care of that crap. I don't let spyware be installed on my computer. And I run adaware constantly. Only thing it finds is tracking cookies.
I'd say then your disaster recovery plan for desktops is flawed. I'd keep a ghost image of every peecee, and you set a company policy for every user to backup to the network. (Or automate it using software)
You should be able to recover a pc in less than an hour. And it's only a matter of inserting a CD.
IMO when a machine is network boot, a PeeCee needs not be anything more than the base model. A $299PC should more than suffice. Floor space and all that is irrelevant if the machine's under the desk. The Sun Ray's have a lot of bling to them.
As well, I don't like Dell servers anyway. IBM x86 servers offer much better corporate support, given a heftier price tag.
As far as the Dell workstations, really, if they're network boot, there's probably not going to be much need for tech support, unless there's a hardware failure / warranty issue.
Lastly, I'm not sold yet on the security of smart cards. All it takes is for people to leave them in their desks or forget them in the washroom or something and you have a security problem. And I'd bet in those environments you see that a lot of the former.
Windows Messenger -> the chat client
There's an uninstall command for it:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
You're referring to the Messenger Service. Two different things.
Excuse me, but I think Gregorio made a very good point; you inflated the price.
So when you went to your CTO or whatever with your report, he thinks the sun rays are a good idea - you WANTED them in your office, so you provided a comparable x86 quote.
Thing is you bloated your Norton Licenses, and you overpriced the PC costs in order to justify the SunRay purchases. Gregorico cited a comparable Dell PC, not a x86 hack job.
Maybe you did it unconsciously, bcuz you felt the SunRays were a good deal, but you really didn't do your job in providing a valid report to your superiors.
IT people are funny with stuff like that I suppose. Put their own spin on things so they get their way.
Not trying to start a flame war here.
I mean, I respect Solaris and all, but it's not right to discount FreeBSD's capabilities either. It's a pretty swanky OS IMO. For stability and security, it's pretty awesome.
I dunno, I don't see too many solaris based web servers on Netcraft's list of longest uptimes. They're all running FreeBSD - and guess what OSX is based on?
Doesn't mean it's necessarily as capable as Solaris in the enterprise computing world, but it's probably more secure, and likely more stable.
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It's a trap. To entrap someone is entrapment; it's not necessarily the leagalease definition; look it up...
You can call it a discount if you like, but it's a surcharge for those willing to give up their civil liberties.
What they'll do is offer it as a discount, until enough jump on the bandwagon, and then reverse course and raise the standard rate before discount. Ergo the discount will become a surcharge. Common insurance trick.
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It was the commercial licnese that was out of the question actually. That's what I really want to get.
I might be able to do recreational.
Yeah, I wanted to be a fighter pilot too. Happened about the time I saw Top Gun and Iron Eagle:)
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No clue if it's new tech honestly, i just assumed.
However, I think my good eye is just catching up to my bad one, and I'm slowly starting to get it back lol...
It sounds stupid to most people, but for me, someone who had never been able to see a 3d movie before, it definately scored marks in the ultra-coolness factor!
That was the best one for my eyes. The muppetvision didn't work so well - I was at the back. Saw a couple things, but no where near as good as bug's life. We sat in the second row. It could have been positioning, or whatever too... Dunno, but it was the first time in my life I could see a 3d image.
Usually, on a driving test you get the four circles and need to say which one is closest. I could see one that was offset a bit for a second, and that was about it.
Nonsense. You should have the right to refused to be monitored, and you should not be coerced into selling those rights by paying a premium to have the right to not upload your data.
It may be worded as a discount if you do upload, but it's a surcharge if you don't.
A deal between two people still needs to be within the letter of the law.
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Start -> Control Panel -> Network
right click on network connection. hit properties
look at the bottom -> there's a checkbox to show/hide the status on the taskbar.
some of them lost an "M".
What's the big deal about being an ormon?
ROFLMAO What's with the water:)
We were visiting my better half's uncle in Salt Lake City, and he told us that Utah has the highest prozak prespription levels in America. He theorizes it's because Mormon's aren't aloud to drink or do illicit drugs...
It's apparantly so problematic that their temples (?) are talking about it to the congregations.
Maybe it's all the Prozak?
But I'm nat'd. So unless it's listening on an exposed port, it's pretty useless isn't it?
I mean, I only leave 3389 open -> terminal services, and an offending program would need to hijack that port. I'd know about it if that port was hijacked.
The only thing that sucks is when something calls home. I can take care of that crap. I don't let spyware be installed on my computer. And I run adaware constantly. Only thing it finds is tracking cookies.
I'd say then your disaster recovery plan for desktops is flawed. I'd keep a ghost image of every peecee, and you set a company policy for every user to backup to the network. (Or automate it using software)
You should be able to recover a pc in less than an hour. And it's only a matter of inserting a CD.
That only disables messenger. The command i posted earlier actually uninstalls it.
And hopefully you either store the data somewhere on the network or payroll is smart enough to make backups, and have an image of the hard drive.
Recovery is a matter of restoring a ghost image and restoring the data.
Desktop PC's are never as critical as servers are.
IMO when a machine is network boot, a PeeCee needs not be anything more than the base model. A $299PC should more than suffice. Floor space and all that is irrelevant if the machine's under the desk. The Sun Ray's have a lot of bling to them.
As well, I don't like Dell servers anyway. IBM x86 servers offer much better corporate support, given a heftier price tag.
As far as the Dell workstations, really, if they're network boot, there's probably not going to be much need for tech support, unless there's a hardware failure / warranty issue.
Lastly, I'm not sold yet on the security of smart cards. All it takes is for people to leave them in their desks or forget them in the washroom or something and you have a security problem. And I'd bet in those environments you see that a lot of the former.
Windows Messenger -> the chat client There's an uninstall command for it: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove You're referring to the Messenger Service. Two different things.
And pray tell what critical systems do YOU have running Windows XP, a user desktop?
I've had no problems yet to report; the only thing that pissed me off is it reinstalled windows messenger after I had already uninstalled it.
Other than that it's fine; I turned off the firewall; I'm already NAT'd and have limited ports of entry anyway.
Aren't the Wal-Mart PC's the same price without the dial-up commitment?
Excuse me, but I think Gregorio made a very good point; you inflated the price.
So when you went to your CTO or whatever with your report, he thinks the sun rays are a good idea - you WANTED them in your office, so you provided a comparable x86 quote.
Thing is you bloated your Norton Licenses, and you overpriced the PC costs in order to justify the SunRay purchases. Gregorico cited a comparable Dell PC, not a x86 hack job.
Maybe you did it unconsciously, bcuz you felt the SunRays were a good deal, but you really didn't do your job in providing a valid report to your superiors.
IT people are funny with stuff like that I suppose. Put their own spin on things so they get their way.
Free content on a cell phone you say? With a limited display size, where the hell do you put the banner ads to pay for the content?
And we all know the web really took off for the same reason VHS did: Pr0n...
No pop-ups? No banner ads? No free content...
Here's what Apple says.
Looks like they've used portions of the kernel and libc. I understand Darwin / OSX FreeBSD, but I'll argue it's quite comparable.
I stand corrected
Not trying to start a flame war here. I mean, I respect Solaris and all, but it's not right to discount FreeBSD's capabilities either. It's a pretty swanky OS IMO. For stability and security, it's pretty awesome.
I dunno, I don't see too many solaris based web servers on Netcraft's list of longest uptimes. They're all running FreeBSD - and guess what OSX is based on?
Doesn't mean it's necessarily as capable as Solaris in the enterprise computing world, but it's probably more secure, and likely more stable.
Did you at least click some google ads? We're up to fifty bux already... Every click helps ;)
And the broken link award goes to... you?
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What a useless link...
Honestly, they are comparable in features. Nero just seems to not put as much junk in the gui...
And all the options are readily available so you don't need to go searching. IMHO it does the job I need quite well.
And a loan shark has the right to offer you money in exchange for stupid crazy interest rates. You have the right to refuse.
Does that mean loan sharks are legal?
Stop being an idiot and realize that the consumer can be manipulated to forego inalienable rights.
It's a trap. To entrap someone is entrapment; it's not necessarily the leagalease definition; look it up...
You can call it a discount if you like, but it's a surcharge for those willing to give up their civil liberties.
What they'll do is offer it as a discount, until enough jump on the bandwagon, and then reverse course and raise the standard rate before discount. Ergo the discount will become a surcharge. Common insurance trick.
It was the commercial licnese that was out of the question actually. That's what I really want to get.
:)
I might be able to do recreational.
Yeah, I wanted to be a fighter pilot too. Happened about the time I saw Top Gun and Iron Eagle
No clue if it's new tech honestly, i just assumed.
However, I think my good eye is just catching up to my bad one, and I'm slowly starting to get it back lol...
It sounds stupid to most people, but for me, someone who had never been able to see a 3d movie before, it definately scored marks in the ultra-coolness factor!
That was the best one for my eyes. The muppetvision didn't work so well - I was at the back. Saw a couple things, but no where near as good as bug's life. We sat in the second row. It could have been positioning, or whatever too... Dunno, but it was the first time in my life I could see a 3d image.
Usually, on a driving test you get the four circles and need to say which one is closest. I could see one that was offset a bit for a second, and that was about it.
Nonsense. You should have the right to refused to be monitored, and you should not be coerced into selling those rights by paying a premium to have the right to not upload your data.
It may be worded as a discount if you do upload, but it's a surcharge if you don't.
A deal between two people still needs to be within the letter of the law.