I'm Australian, but NOT South Australian. They're ~7% of the Australian population, so all Australians can't do much, otherwise we'd have bounced Atkinson a while ago.
No, it was a manager publicly promising a short delivery time for the project. The manager got replaced part way through, but the customer still wanted it and the vendors were locked in.
Somewhat better security. IE8 is 'unsupported' and the vendor automatically closes any support ticket not using a supported browser. We can also now use a normal JVM, not the Oracle one, and this has made a lot of things easier.
If it was just GPOs and WSUS, IE8 would dominate simply for security reasons. The main reason for IE6 is the combination of idiotic managers/developers that have locked a lot of applications into IE6 only. As for 2012, we got approval to upgrade to IE7 six months ago. Thanks, Oracle.
Better yet, some RPGs, similar to D&D use the term Referee instead of Dungeon Master, therefore any activity using a referee is suspect. No more sports. It's not like sports teams and gangs have any similarities either.
Except it's the industry association that have been telling politicians they're full of it for years. The people supporting this are some of the same people opposed to the mandatory filter.
Thanks, you've just blocked Linux and the BSDs. You've also blocked the XBox, PS3, DS, iPod, iPhone and so on. This proposal is only in cases where the account is being a problem and the ISP can see the traffic.
Windows users running with Admin rights is due to bad application software that ignores the advice Microsoft have been providing since the mid nineties. If these same software vendors move to Linux who's to say they'll do things the right way?
Several of the large Australian ISPs block outgoing port 25 completely unless you ask to have it opened. You talk to their mail server or none at all. It was a pain when we had people roaming on laptops. We moved them to 2525 and all was good. The ISPs assume that if you can run a server on an alternate port, you know enough to not be a problem.
Limiting the connection may get more attention than sending an email. The customer calls the help-desk to ask why he's being slowed and cleanup can start. It assumes you've already been told and ignored the message.
Disconnecting people from the Internet over something they're not willingly doing is completely absurd, and in may ways should be considered criminal in the Western world.
Did you read the summary? Disconnection is the last resort. They notify first and most likely offer to help. I'm sure there will be a flood of people in the local paper offering to clean up machines for a small cost. Disconnection is only for the people who refuse to do anything about the problem.
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A 'postal' code is like an American ZIP code and covers a pretty big area or do you have nomadic homeless covering large grazing ranges?
Question: how do they know I provided accurate information? I can see a lot of 'Michael Atkinson - Adelaide' comments.
Dunno, tried the White Pages, couldn't find any. Couldn't be stuffed looking further.
I'm Australian, but NOT South Australian. They're ~7% of the Australian population, so all Australians can't do much, otherwise we'd have bounced Atkinson a while ago.
Put Balmer there and you'll get way more funding.
No, it was a manager publicly promising a short delivery time for the project. The manager got replaced part way through, but the customer still wanted it and the vendors were locked in.
Excuse me, I'm still waiting for the last page and it's almost bed time.
Why don't you Get the Facts before you post.
That doesn't play well on an eeePC 701. I don't like its chances on this unit.
Quick guess, cheaper but bigger and heavier components. Same reason desktops are relatively cheaper than laptops.
800 > 720, so turn it sideways. And now for the humor impaired...
Somewhat better security. IE8 is 'unsupported' and the vendor automatically closes any support ticket not using a supported browser. We can also now use a normal JVM, not the Oracle one, and this has made a lot of things easier.
If it was just GPOs and WSUS, IE8 would dominate simply for security reasons. The main reason for IE6 is the combination of idiotic managers/developers that have locked a lot of applications into IE6 only. As for 2012, we got approval to upgrade to IE7 six months ago. Thanks, Oracle.
What's a warden but a 'dungeon master.' Maybe he didn't want to share the title.
Better yet, some RPGs, similar to D&D use the term Referee instead of Dungeon Master, therefore any activity using a referee is suspect. No more sports. It's not like sports teams and gangs have any similarities either.
I've found if you make it easy to comply and harder to violate, policies are a lot more successful.
Except it's the industry association that have been telling politicians they're full of it for years. The people supporting this are some of the same people opposed to the mandatory filter.
Thanks, you've just blocked Linux and the BSDs. You've also blocked the XBox, PS3, DS, iPod, iPhone and so on. This proposal is only in cases where the account is being a problem and the ISP can see the traffic.
They're already doing it with banks and the ATO, so what's your point? An anti-phishing campaign sounds like a good idea.
Windows users running with Admin rights is due to bad application software that ignores the advice Microsoft have been providing since the mid nineties. If these same software vendors move to Linux who's to say they'll do things the right way?
I am deadly serious when I say this: This is one of the all-time worst ideas I have ever read on Slashdot.
This is funny, because I didn't read any idea, only a counter to a car analogy, but your mileage may vary.
Several of the large Australian ISPs block outgoing port 25 completely unless you ask to have it opened. You talk to their mail server or none at all. It was a pain when we had people roaming on laptops. We moved them to 2525 and all was good. The ISPs assume that if you can run a server on an alternate port, you know enough to not be a problem.
Limiting the connection may get more attention than sending an email. The customer calls the help-desk to ask why he's being slowed and cleanup can start. It assumes you've already been told and ignored the message.
Two-pronged attack: cut off the zombies and back-trace the control connections.
Disconnecting people from the Internet over something they're not willingly doing is completely absurd, and in may ways should be considered criminal in the Western world.
Did you read the summary? Disconnection is the last resort. They notify first and most likely offer to help. I'm sure there will be a flood of people in the local paper offering to clean up machines for a small cost. Disconnection is only for the people who refuse to do anything about the problem.