I'm curious, did you have a reason for saying it isn't a trollish post? When I wrote it, I didn't think it was trollish. But I'm thinking the single person who marked it Troll is a Gateway fanboy. Are you thinking the same way? (If you had specified this, you may not have been modded troll... but it's just a guess.)
Granted, I like Gateway computers... for what they are. In my opinion, Gateway computers are a step down from Dell, and maybe on par with HP/Compaq. I owned one of the eMachines laptops, which was very good, except for the excessive heat (this = "not concerned about quality"), which ultimately melted the plastic supporting hinges, motherboard components, etc. The tech support was excellent and spoke American english. I still have the laptop, it still works, but excessively hot and the hinges are broken and I'd like to place the motherboard and components in a slimline.
And how does all of this relate to McAfee? Well, in my post I did mention that I felt McAfee is not that great of a product. If I find a user who has McAfee AV installed on their computer, I will attempt to get them to uninstall it and use Grisoft: AVG with the free ZoneLabs: ZoneAlarm SE (please point me to a more feature rich, but free MS Windoze firewall... I want port control with program control!). However, if the user has paid for their license, I'm willing to let them run their license out before replacing it. Mostly, though, McAfee is now making deals with AOL, Earthlink, and other ISPs to bundle a free version of their AV for their users. If I was a little concerned about their quality before, I am now even more concerned about their quality now. Quality before being the ability efficiently clean a PC without being a resource hog; quality now being: Do I trust them now that they are offering services as a bundle... where's the money trail, is it spyware on my PC, is it my (non)personal information from the ISP?
By their logic it would be trivial to hack into a Linux computer because it is open-source, and next to impossible to hack into a Microsoft computer. That's what I gleaned from the headline. According to McAfee's logic, if the source is open it means it is less secure. I suppose they've never had the benefit of thousands of friendly eyes pouring over their code in the hopes of helping them improve their code.
I'm of the belief that there are more people wanting to do good than bad. Of course, McAfee probably can only see the attacks they receive on their product by the nefarious trying to bypass their systems. From all that I can tell, McAfee is the Gateway (computers) of the AV world, it's useful if you aren't too worried about quality.
/sorry, early in the morning. thoughts may be incomplete and incoherent.
[IT Staff]
CIFS9000, it's cool, it's hip, it allows our Li^B^BUnix servers to talk with the Windows computers.
[/IT Staff]
[PHB]Ooh, and it's got a cool large round number like 9000. It's like ISO9000, right? It must be good![/PHB]
(OT, I know... I thought it was funny.)
Wow, since this thread, and apparently my comment, is still being commented on and moderated, I feel I should make a follow-up post to clarify some things.
I realize that Flash 9 being buggy and locking up some systems is not Linux's fault as an OS. It's Adobe's fault for not supporting a small, but growing OS.
Second, I also realize that it wasn't MythTV that discontinued web service, it was TMS who discontinued its service because of the scrapers. I still have a goal to do a MythTV setup, because I can still schedule recordings, I just have to do it a little more manually. (Plus, my TV is a Panasonic TH42PX.... whatever that has a VGA input.)
Here's my experience with Ubuntu 7.10. The install was GREAT! On my mom's PC, one built for WinME, with a total of 640MB RAM, the install took less time than a WinXP install.
My experience afterwards was less than thrilling. I tout Ubuntu, and Linux, as a great system for people who want to do most things except gaming. Even gaming works with a little understanding of Wine.
Unfortunately, most web sites are using Flash 9, and I have had nothing but complete lock-ups with Ubuntu and Adobe's flash player installed. The mouse would move, but that was it, no keyboard response. Even Windows, for all of its problems, rarely locks up the keyboard without first locking the mouse.
Another issue that exacerbated the issue was their golf GPS device that works only on Windows. For a guy like me, who would like to get away from crappy OS and security design and paying the MS tax, this was nothing but frustrating and annoying to the nth degree. I suppose I could have tried getting the device to work in Wine, but that the Flash 9 issue caused me to reload Windows on the thing.
I do need to spend more time in Linux myself so that I can better support others using it. This has been a long process, though. (Mostly trying to get my Mythbox up and running... and they've taken away the biggest advantage it had, it's own free programming guide via http interface.)
As opposed to all other nations imposing their socialist policies and agendas on the US? That is a BAD thing in my book. Actually, from where I sit (in the USA, obviously), I'm tired of having bad world legislation forced upon the USA. We do a good enough job with our own crappy legislation.
The problem I have with these new bulbs is that they promise five years worth of use before burning out. I have yet to have a bulb last more than 6 months.
My beginnings with Tcl/Tk. My software engineering teacher wanted to teach the Linux OS, and that was the class for which I signed up. It turned out that he was attempting to teach us Linux like a programmer (use a language in the OS) rather than Linux itself. He drastically changed the format the next semester.
But, boy, did I run with it. I suppose I should learn some of the other scripting languages, but I really like Tcl/Tk and my ability to quickly frame a GUI with all the basic functionality (Tcl) I need. Although, I'm really liking the BWidgets use of a dropdown.
The main thing I like about Tcl is the ability to write a simple text file of code that can be interpreted on any platform; be it Windows, Linux, or Mac OS. It will all look relatively similar, yet native.
If people were willing to make that kind of sacrifice I doubt the major labels would be able to set music prices as high as they do and get away with it. And that's just it. The major labels aren't able to set the prices as high as they do and get away with it anymore. People are choosing other avenues of distribution to obtain their music, whether it's piracy, iTunes (and the like), direct purchase, or actively avoiding RIAA content. The major labels are attempting to hold control over all distribution and trying to keep prices high, but failing miserably by not listening to their customers and making 'compilation CDs that could only exist in the dreams of a music fan'; and, more importantly, not adapting to market trends and distribution methods.
I was thinking the same thing. Doesn't cloud cover warm a planet? Sure, most living things die due to lack of sunlight, but the planet's internal heat is blocked.
I don't know if it is related, but I know in my part of Kentucky, our mild winters are a promise of a lot of rain. If it gets close to or below 0c, when the clouds with the precipitation finally arrive, the temperature is back above 0c and it is raining/sleeting again. (IANA-Meteorologist/astronomist)
Yes, I thought for any engineer, student of fluid dynamics, this was a known. Isn't this part of bernoulli's equations?
I usually try to buffer the stoppage effect for people behind me by slowing sufficiently ahead so as to not stop or remain slightly faster than the person in front of me, so that when they speed up, I don't use as much force and energy getting back up to speed and that section of the wave will move slightly faster than it currently was.
So, why don't the smaller companies share their knowledge with the bigger players (like you mention everyone does with the global infectors)? This is not meant as an accusatory question. Perhaps they do, but the larger companies ignore them... I don't know.
I'm surprised WinFS wasn't listed. But then again, why beat up on MS more (oh, yeah, because it's fun!).
Windows Future Storage... it's stored in the future, so you'll have it when you need it...?
My first day in 7th grade Apple ][e "programming" class was exactly this:
Welcome to the Basic programming class.... Hey! turn off those computers... TURN OFF THE COMPUTERS! (imagine unintelligent, hick, you-gotta-wonder-how-he-got-through-high-school voice.)... (all computers are now off.) Today we are going to learn how to turn on the computers.
He then proceeds to explain the monitor and the case and the keyboard and the obnoxiously big, red power switch on the back of the computer. Later, he misspelled his name on the blackboard.
It's interesting that my wife, who is not that much of a techie, asked as her first question, "Will they monitor my habits and get me in trouble when I make backups of my music CDs?"
Actually, they can make more money by being family/workplace friendly. I had written Drew a few years ago requesting the ability to hide the NSFW stuff (before he categorized it). He mentioned that it was going off the main page (and left to other accessible areas) because certain of the advertisers didn't want to advertise on a page that could have been construed as a porn site. He did not elaborate beyond that. Also, realize, a few years ago means 2003-ish.
Now, this is funny, but I want to caution you that this is something they need to change. If you criticize them for attacking their own vulnerabilities, you're not giving them a chance to change. Excellent point, those with mod points are correct in modding you up. I also want to add that I hope MS sees the errors in their ways concerning HDD partitioning. Why do they make it so hard to define the Program Files directory on a different partition?
I realize that you can force the user space to a different partition, but it is kludgy and you can't define it during install (so you will still have a ghost "C:\Documents and Settings" in XP or "C:\Users" in Vista).
The main benefit of defining at install is that all the environment variables are setup before files start getting dropped onto C:, the registry won't need to be hacked post-install, and new programs will recognize on which drive they need to be placed. Of course, this doesn't excuse the installers that hard code C:\Program Files (instead of using the environment var) during the install process.
I've sent my flash drives through the wash many times. They don't seem to last over 4 washings, though. It's either that, or they don't handle my static ridden jacket... which is more likely the case.
A few years ago I had Hodgkins Lymphoma cancer in my lungs. After going through the ordeal of biopsy and chemo, I then went through the mostly painless procedure of radiation therapy. Also, throughout this time I had multiple MRI/CAT scans to determine the progress. Each time I made sure my flash drive was sufficiently out of the way of the large magnets and radiation... or so I thought. As it turned out, a week after the PNY warranty expired, so did the flash drive.
FYI, rad therapy is mostly painless because it does dry up your esophagus (sp?) after a month of doing it.
Does the laptop come preloaded with Vista? Then, yes, it does need that much power to run Wow at an acceptable speed comparable to your P4 2.0GHz WinXP machine!
How could people be missing an opportunity to promote the wonderfulness that is the Ultimate Boot CD 4 Windows. You can even put the Ultimate Boot CD image on there. I have a disc that can boot into either. If you are opposed to the MS Windows version, or don't have an extra XP license laying around, the Ultimate Boot CD has the wonderful utility called Test Disk by Christophe Grenier. It can recover MBRs and potentially rebuild tables and/or indexes for crashed drives.
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I'm curious, did you have a reason for saying it isn't a trollish post? When I wrote it, I didn't think it was trollish. But I'm thinking the single person who marked it Troll is a Gateway fanboy. Are you thinking the same way? (If you had specified this, you may not have been modded troll... but it's just a guess.)
Granted, I like Gateway computers... for what they are. In my opinion, Gateway computers are a step down from Dell, and maybe on par with HP/Compaq. I owned one of the eMachines laptops, which was very good, except for the excessive heat (this = "not concerned about quality"), which ultimately melted the plastic supporting hinges, motherboard components, etc. The tech support was excellent and spoke American english. I still have the laptop, it still works, but excessively hot and the hinges are broken and I'd like to place the motherboard and components in a slimline.
And how does all of this relate to McAfee? Well, in my post I did mention that I felt McAfee is not that great of a product. If I find a user who has McAfee AV installed on their computer, I will attempt to get them to uninstall it and use Grisoft: AVG with the free ZoneLabs: ZoneAlarm SE (please point me to a more feature rich, but free MS Windoze firewall... I want port control with program control!). However, if the user has paid for their license, I'm willing to let them run their license out before replacing it. Mostly, though, McAfee is now making deals with AOL, Earthlink, and other ISPs to bundle a free version of their AV for their users. If I was a little concerned about their quality before, I am now even more concerned about their quality now. Quality before being the ability efficiently clean a PC without being a resource hog; quality now being: Do I trust them now that they are offering services as a bundle... where's the money trail, is it spyware on my PC, is it my (non)personal information from the ISP?
I'm of the belief that there are more people wanting to do good than bad. Of course, McAfee probably can only see the attacks they receive on their product by the nefarious trying to bypass their systems. From all that I can tell, McAfee is the Gateway (computers) of the AV world, it's useful if you aren't too worried about quality.
/sorry, early in the morning. thoughts may be incomplete and incoherent.
[IT Staff] CIFS9000, it's cool, it's hip, it allows our Li^B^BUnix servers to talk with the Windows computers. [/IT Staff] [PHB]Ooh, and it's got a cool large round number like 9000. It's like ISO9000, right? It must be good![/PHB] (OT, I know... I thought it was funny.)
Strangely, I rarely stepped into my college's library for their books. Study groups, sure, but never for their books.
I have gone to my local library in search of books (usually on CD), but I have been disappointed as they have usually already been checked out.
Wow, since this thread, and apparently my comment, is still being commented on and moderated, I feel I should make a follow-up post to clarify some things.
I realize that Flash 9 being buggy and locking up some systems is not Linux's fault as an OS. It's Adobe's fault for not supporting a small, but growing OS.
Second, I also realize that it wasn't MythTV that discontinued web service, it was TMS who discontinued its service because of the scrapers. I still have a goal to do a MythTV setup, because I can still schedule recordings, I just have to do it a little more manually. (Plus, my TV is a Panasonic TH42PX.... whatever that has a VGA input.)
Here's my experience with Ubuntu 7.10. The install was GREAT! On my mom's PC, one built for WinME, with a total of 640MB RAM, the install took less time than a WinXP install.
My experience afterwards was less than thrilling. I tout Ubuntu, and Linux, as a great system for people who want to do most things except gaming. Even gaming works with a little understanding of Wine.
Unfortunately, most web sites are using Flash 9, and I have had nothing but complete lock-ups with Ubuntu and Adobe's flash player installed. The mouse would move, but that was it, no keyboard response. Even Windows, for all of its problems, rarely locks up the keyboard without first locking the mouse.
Another issue that exacerbated the issue was their golf GPS device that works only on Windows. For a guy like me, who would like to get away from crappy OS and security design and paying the MS tax, this was nothing but frustrating and annoying to the nth degree. I suppose I could have tried getting the device to work in Wine, but that the Flash 9 issue caused me to reload Windows on the thing.
I do need to spend more time in Linux myself so that I can better support others using it. This has been a long process, though. (Mostly trying to get my Mythbox up and running... and they've taken away the biggest advantage it had, it's own free programming guide via http interface.)
As opposed to all other nations imposing their socialist policies and agendas on the US? That is a BAD thing in my book.
Actually, from where I sit (in the USA, obviously), I'm tired of having bad world legislation forced upon the USA. We do a good enough job with our own crappy legislation.
The problem I have with these new bulbs is that they promise five years worth of use before burning out. I have yet to have a bulb last more than 6 months.
My beginnings with Tcl/Tk. My software engineering teacher wanted to teach the Linux OS, and that was the class for which I signed up. It turned out that he was attempting to teach us Linux like a programmer (use a language in the OS) rather than Linux itself. He drastically changed the format the next semester.
But, boy, did I run with it. I suppose I should learn some of the other scripting languages, but I really like Tcl/Tk and my ability to quickly frame a GUI with all the basic functionality (Tcl) I need. Although, I'm really liking the BWidgets use of a dropdown.
The main thing I like about Tcl is the ability to write a simple text file of code that can be interpreted on any platform; be it Windows, Linux, or Mac OS. It will all look relatively similar, yet native.
I was thinking the same thing. Doesn't cloud cover warm a planet? Sure, most living things die due to lack of sunlight, but the planet's internal heat is blocked.
I don't know if it is related, but I know in my part of Kentucky, our mild winters are a promise of a lot of rain. If it gets close to or below 0c, when the clouds with the precipitation finally arrive, the temperature is back above 0c and it is raining/sleeting again. (IANA-Meteorologist/astronomist)
Yes, I thought for any engineer, student of fluid dynamics, this was a known. Isn't this part of bernoulli's equations?
I usually try to buffer the stoppage effect for people behind me by slowing sufficiently ahead so as to not stop or remain slightly faster than the person in front of me, so that when they speed up, I don't use as much force and energy getting back up to speed and that section of the wave will move slightly faster than it currently was.
So, why don't the smaller companies share their knowledge with the bigger players (like you mention everyone does with the global infectors)? This is not meant as an accusatory question. Perhaps they do, but the larger companies ignore them... I don't know.
I'm surprised WinFS wasn't listed. But then again, why beat up on MS more (oh, yeah, because it's fun!).
Windows Future Storage... it's stored in the future, so you'll have it when you need it...?
It's interesting that my wife, who is not that much of a techie, asked as her first question, "Will they monitor my habits and get me in trouble when I make backups of my music CDs?"
No, Fark's just made it easy for them to do their work. It would be nice, however, if they would credit their source.
Actually, they can make more money by being family/workplace friendly. I had written Drew a few years ago requesting the ability to hide the NSFW stuff (before he categorized it). He mentioned that it was going off the main page (and left to other accessible areas) because certain of the advertisers didn't want to advertise on a page that could have been construed as a porn site. He did not elaborate beyond that. Also, realize, a few years ago means 2003-ish.
I realize that you can force the user space to a different partition, but it is kludgy and you can't define it during install (so you will still have a ghost "C:\Documents and Settings" in XP or "C:\Users" in Vista).
The main benefit of defining at install is that all the environment variables are setup before files start getting dropped onto C:, the registry won't need to be hacked post-install, and new programs will recognize on which drive they need to be placed. Of course, this doesn't excuse the installers that hard code C:\Program Files (instead of using the environment var) during the install process.
And if you don't have Acronis True Image, try Partimage Is Not Ghost.
Meh, time to wast a mod point, but it's worth it.
I've sent my flash drives through the wash many times. They don't seem to last over 4 washings, though. It's either that, or they don't handle my static ridden jacket... which is more likely the case.
A few years ago I had Hodgkins Lymphoma cancer in my lungs. After going through the ordeal of biopsy and chemo, I then went through the mostly painless procedure of radiation therapy. Also, throughout this time I had multiple MRI/CAT scans to determine the progress. Each time I made sure my flash drive was sufficiently out of the way of the large magnets and radiation... or so I thought. As it turned out, a week after the PNY warranty expired, so did the flash drive.
FYI, rad therapy is mostly painless because it does dry up your esophagus (sp?) after a month of doing it.
Does the laptop come preloaded with Vista? Then, yes, it does need that much power to run Wow at an acceptable speed comparable to your P4 2.0GHz WinXP machine!
Leave Bri... RI... er MPAA ALONE!!!
but there are GIRLS there!
How could people be missing an opportunity to promote the wonderfulness that is the Ultimate Boot CD 4 Windows. You can even put the Ultimate Boot CD image on there. I have a disc that can boot into either. If you are opposed to the MS Windows version, or don't have an extra XP license laying around, the Ultimate Boot CD has the wonderful utility called Test Disk by Christophe Grenier. It can recover MBRs and potentially rebuild tables and/or indexes for crashed drives.