Coming off these things is worse than coming off heroin. The best thing is to not start! Feel you somehow _need_ Prozac? Try a curry instead... the comedown is much easier and doesn't last months:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...
Here in the UK you don't need a special prescription to buy glasses or contact lenses, but if you do need to use them then it is good to know what it is! It doesn't need a doctor, but an optician to test your eyes.
VR glasses, Harry?
Yeah. Like, pretty much this. We knew this, they knew this. No-one could be bothered to do it properly. Same thing will happen again with Windows in 2020. Rinse, repeat.
"sudo rm -f/usr/bin/Auto.bash/usr/bin/run.bash/etc/profile.d/gnome.sh index.php run.bash && sudo dpkg -r app5552"
Man. I'm going to have to get me some anti-malware software...
This is a sad day indeed. Possibly one of the greatest and most lasting influences from my childhood was the power that Gary helped to nurture - imagination. Combined with that very special way of being able to get together with friends. Back then, pen and paper, and today with MMOs. We have lost, but the legend will live on.
I've been using Xen for a while now (Slackware dom0), and its been just fine. In fact, its been ace. Now I can have 4 servers running on one, and even migrate legacy software onto new hardware. Xen r0x0rz my s0x0rz.
Thats right. You see, video games are for LOSERS. While you are being a loser and "grinding" with your fake friends, everyone else is out doing PROPER things. Like painting their faces red-and-white and watching FOOTBALL and drinking BEER. Don't let your kids become sad geeks and use computers all day long - get them outside, theres plenty to steal and lots of swear-words they need to learn. These things will become very useful to them later in life; for example, when they are watching football.
I fully agree with ZoneLabs. Like it or not, most people don't know what the hell a firewall is or how it works. But then, whats wrong with that? And indeed, The Enterprise may not have the resources when you take into account its 1,200 strong army of Windows Vista systems. Most likely they have 2 maybe 3 people who even properly understand the concept of a firewall. And I speak from experience, out of out 1,500+ staff - I'm one of those two. Even the programmers don't understand firewalls, ports, and all that stuff; because its my job. The myriad of applications spread through the enterprise would be a nightmare to configure. And then you need the staff re-training. Most people are used to having their Windows wide open, so to speak.
You remember the first time you tightened everything up, having a default deny and only letting exactly what you wanted happen? Then the DNS servers changed, and you had to update and distibute the firewall policies to allow for this change? Heck, I don't even know if Windows Vista has a centralised management capability for its firewall, but if it doesn't then it simply isn't workable to run with a default of full security. Heck, full security means that even the management stations can't get in to deploy the new security profile!
And anyway, its hardly "crippled" - its still perfectly capable of blocking outbound connections. I'm sure it will be very easy for those home users to select from 3 or 4 presets - like 'no firewall', 'outbound only', 'webserver' and 'full protection'?
Yes, Microsoft are bad. Default choice they've selected? Really not so bad.
Besides. Who cares if a few home users get pwned? Doh! And I'd started so well;)
I often download the internet and put it onto someones hard disk for them.
I still have people calling their computer the "hard disk". People who know nothing are still trying to sound vaguely competant by saying "my hard disk is broken". Of course, saying this to someone with 1 point more tech-savvy than then just ends up confusing the poor person... as they actually believe the person.
So. Whats the easiest way to get these technophobes to switch to firefox? Lets see... make it as a flashy banner ad, spyware-style and they'll install it no time!! ^^
I keep my Microsoft Windows XP SP2 desktop fully patched, combine that with my anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-rootkit, adblocker, auto-defrag and 3rd party firewall, I'm completely safe. Bugs like this don't actually exist, and I'm protected from them anyway.
... unless they actually call it "Photoshop", and it it exactly the same as Photoshop in every way. People will still want Photoshop installed, regardless of the alternatives.
Heres a thought though; why don't Microsoft stop trying to "kill" everything and work on making their operating systems more secure and robust?
Less than can be used before a plural noun that denotes a measure of time, amount, or distance: less than three weeks; less than $400; less than 50 miles. Less is sometimes used with plural nouns in the expressions no less than (as in No less than 30 of his colleagues signed the letter) and or less (as in Give your reasons in 25 words or less).
This isn't just down to people's habits - poor quality software is also to blame.
Microsoft Windows PCs are top of the spyware tree. Even with changing "habits" and installing a list of "security" bolt-ons as long as your arm, the poor quality of the Microsoft software is still going to let you down.
Both at work and in the home, even the most well looked after Microsoft Windows machine is going to get infected.
Take for example by PHB's machine. Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Microsoft anti-spyware, McAfee Anti-virus, fully patched.. last scan with Spybot S&D - 81 red entries. Sure, 56 were just cookies but also in the list was some really nasty malware.
Then there is good old mum. Just browing using a 56k modem. Bless. Windows 2000 - can't patch as she only has a modem. Thing stopped working. It was so hosed the only way to recover was to use Knoppix to copy her files off. Of course, as it was my mum, I had full control over the situation. I upgraded her to Linux (Slackware 10, to be exact) - its now been 8 months and her PC is still spyware free. Not a single virus. Not one single problem. Mum isn't a techie and she loves not having to worry about "spybot" "mcafee" "norton" and a load of other things that mean nothing to her. She tells her friends how she is using Linux at home and how good it is. What amazed me, is that her friends had even heard of Linux. I mean, they're all over 60. Needless to say, they all want it too now.
Sure, Linux on the desktop at work = a lot of corporate hassle. Linux on the desktop at home for non technical users who just want to browse, email and message = 100% perfect - and spyware free.
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Coming off these things is worse than coming off heroin. The best thing is to not start! Feel you somehow _need_ Prozac? Try a curry instead... the comedown is much easier and doesn't last months: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...
New? I actually agree with him? (again)? No, wait.. that makes it old. Oh dear.
Here in the UK you don't need a special prescription to buy glasses or contact lenses, but if you do need to use them then it is good to know what it is! It doesn't need a doctor, but an optician to test your eyes. VR glasses, Harry?
Yeah. Like, pretty much this. We knew this, they knew this. No-one could be bothered to do it properly. Same thing will happen again with Windows in 2020. Rinse, repeat.
Pretty sure I smelt this bad as a student too. Anyway, you're only 40!
Overclocking is fun. Maybe you'll find a new new cooling method too! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16285036
I believe the acronym here is P2W (pay to win)
"sudo rm -f /usr/bin/Auto.bash /usr/bin/run.bash /etc/profile.d/gnome.sh index.php run.bash && sudo dpkg -r app5552"
Man. I'm going to have to get me some anti-malware software...
This is a sad day indeed. Possibly one of the greatest and most lasting influences from my childhood was the power that Gary helped to nurture - imagination. Combined with that very special way of being able to get together with friends. Back then, pen and paper, and today with MMOs. We have lost, but the legend will live on.
I've been using Xen for a while now (Slackware dom0), and its been just fine. In fact, its been ace. Now I can have 4 servers running on one, and even migrate legacy software onto new hardware. Xen r0x0rz my s0x0rz.
Thats right. You see, video games are for LOSERS. While you are being a loser and "grinding" with your fake friends, everyone else is out doing PROPER things. Like painting their faces red-and-white and watching FOOTBALL and drinking BEER. Don't let your kids become sad geeks and use computers all day long - get them outside, theres plenty to steal and lots of swear-words they need to learn. These things will become very useful to them later in life; for example, when they are watching football.
(sigh)
Personally I'd say F-Secure. Small footprint, not annoying in any way. It just works.
Failing that, ensure you only do "dangerous" operations (browse, use Microsoft Word, etc) inside a virtual machine.
I fully agree with ZoneLabs. Like it or not, most people don't know what the hell a firewall is or how it works. But then, whats wrong with that? And indeed, The Enterprise may not have the resources when you take into account its 1,200 strong army of Windows Vista systems. Most likely they have 2 maybe 3 people who even properly understand the concept of a firewall. And I speak from experience, out of out 1,500+ staff - I'm one of those two. Even the programmers don't understand firewalls, ports, and all that stuff; because its my job. The myriad of applications spread through the enterprise would be a nightmare to configure. And then you need the staff re-training. Most people are used to having their Windows wide open, so to speak.
;)
You remember the first time you tightened everything up, having a default deny and only letting exactly what you wanted happen? Then the DNS servers changed, and you had to update and distibute the firewall policies to allow for this change? Heck, I don't even know if Windows Vista has a centralised management capability for its firewall, but if it doesn't then it simply isn't workable to run with a default of full security. Heck, full security means that even the management stations can't get in to deploy the new security profile!
And anyway, its hardly "crippled" - its still perfectly capable of blocking outbound connections. I'm sure it will be very easy for those home users to select from 3 or 4 presets - like 'no firewall', 'outbound only', 'webserver' and 'full protection'?
Yes, Microsoft are bad. Default choice they've selected? Really not so bad.
Besides. Who cares if a few home users get pwned? Doh! And I'd started so well
With a veggie oil powered generated, they really should have a distro called OilSlix...
I often download the internet and put it onto someones hard disk for them.
I still have people calling their computer the "hard disk". People who know nothing are still trying to sound vaguely competant by saying "my hard disk is broken". Of course, saying this to someone with 1 point more tech-savvy than then just ends up confusing the poor person... as they actually believe the person.
So. Whats the easiest way to get these technophobes to switch to firefox? Lets see... make it as a flashy banner ad, spyware-style and they'll install it no time!! ^^
Um. That sounds like ALL the staff at my place, not just the contractors. Mind you, 40% of the staff are contractors, so maybe its contageous?
As for the "Internet Department"? Just 1 - I mean, the internet isn't all that important anyway... is it?
These things take time. After all, Microsoft Office is evolving. They have to keep it in the jar wait until its ready...
I keep my Microsoft Windows XP SP2 desktop fully patched, combine that with my anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-rootkit, adblocker, auto-defrag and 3rd party firewall, I'm completely safe. Bugs like this don't actually exist, and I'm protected from them anyway.
-- Microsoft Zealot
There are loads. Personally I use Devil Linux, and in fact, you can run pretty much any distro with tweaking ;) Yes, I know.. you said easy!
The main thing you need to consider is the size of the distro. I'm got a full 512 Mb on my stick, so its not too bad.
Anyway, as far as easy goes - grab Damn Small Linux. Or Feather Linux.
I remember seeing Mandrake Go! or something a while back as well. Haven't tried that one though.
You may also like to head over to Live Distro for some light reading!
... unless they actually call it "Photoshop", and it it exactly the same as Photoshop in every way. People will still want Photoshop installed, regardless of the alternatives.
Heres a thought though; why don't Microsoft stop trying to "kill" everything and work on making their operating systems more secure and robust?
Less than can be used before a plural noun that denotes a measure of time, amount, or distance: less than three weeks; less than $400; less than 50 miles. Less is sometimes used with plural nouns in the expressions no less than (as in No less than 30 of his colleagues signed the letter) and or less (as in Give your reasons in 25 words or less).
This isn't just down to people's habits - poor quality software is also to blame. Microsoft Windows PCs are top of the spyware tree. Even with changing "habits" and installing a list of "security" bolt-ons as long as your arm, the poor quality of the Microsoft software is still going to let you down. Both at work and in the home, even the most well looked after Microsoft Windows machine is going to get infected. Take for example by PHB's machine. Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Microsoft anti-spyware, McAfee Anti-virus, fully patched.. last scan with Spybot S&D - 81 red entries. Sure, 56 were just cookies but also in the list was some really nasty malware. Then there is good old mum. Just browing using a 56k modem. Bless. Windows 2000 - can't patch as she only has a modem. Thing stopped working. It was so hosed the only way to recover was to use Knoppix to copy her files off. Of course, as it was my mum, I had full control over the situation. I upgraded her to Linux (Slackware 10, to be exact) - its now been 8 months and her PC is still spyware free. Not a single virus. Not one single problem. Mum isn't a techie and she loves not having to worry about "spybot" "mcafee" "norton" and a load of other things that mean nothing to her. She tells her friends how she is using Linux at home and how good it is. What amazed me, is that her friends had even heard of Linux. I mean, they're all over 60. Needless to say, they all want it too now. Sure, Linux on the desktop at work = a lot of corporate hassle. Linux on the desktop at home for non technical users who just want to browse, email and message = 100% perfect - and spyware free.
Surely this would be better used for keyboards?
Sorry, just how is this different to doing tech support for anyone else?
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