If the data is *really* irreplacable, I suggest both RAID-5 and tape backup. Using both technologies together gives you added benefits.
1. The RAID-5 gives you an "online" storage. 2. The tape provides backup in the event 2 drives fail simultaneously - less likely, but it has been known to happen.
To reduce the risk of 2 drives failing at once, make sure the drives are from different lot numbers.
I disagree. Simply doing one's job is not the same as good customer service. Good customer service can translate into repeatable business. I had a problem with my Air Conditioning. Twice it had failed, and I came home from work to find the house at over 80 degrees. I'm using to working in a server room. 80 degrees is pure torture for me.
The first company I called came out and fixed the AC. When I called them, the office assistant was short (almost rude). I had to take the day off waiting for the technician. When he arrived, the technician grunted and mumbled a lot. He did his work and left.
The second time my AC broke, I called another company. The office assistant was very pleasant to speak with. She offered to call to my cell phone to let me know when the technician was "on his way". So, I was able to work most of the day and saved a vacation day. The technician was also pleasant to talk with. Not only did he fix my AC, but he explained how it failed and how I can catch it in the future. He also went over some preventative maintenance tips with me.
The next time I have any AC problem, I will call the latter company. I passed along this info to my friends. Good customer service. Repeatable business. Referrals.
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When Time Warner first opened cable modem service, I had 5 mbps download and 1 mbps upload. It didn't last long before Time Warner lowered their upload speeds. The city I lived in was entirely fiber. The reason the uploads were capped were to prevent running businesses at home. Let's face it, at $40/month, cable modem service was the optimal choice for small business.
Now Time Warner offers the higher upload speeds as part of their bBusiness package". But the costs are also a lot higher. I'll still miss running an FTP server wit a 1 mbps upload in my studio apartment. Ahh, those were the days.
I am curious how this is measured. If an illegal downloader is being "measured" in this statistic, does that mean he/she is being "caught"? What about the silent masses illegally downloading music that is not measured?
Unless Microsoft uses NO wireless on its campus or unless the walls were RF shielded, this was a very dangerous stunt. If a hacker can gain access to a Windows machine via wireless (and they can according to this account), then they would be able to (and might have) accessed wireless networks outside the meeting room but inside the corporate firewall.
Microsoft's wlan and corporal wan are completely different networks.
1. Write about a new product or software release. 2. Portray Microsoft negatively. 3. Portray Firefox positively. 4. Claim that MS is trying to sabotage Firefox users.
We implemented an internal IRC server. Trillian supports IRC and it's completely internal. We also added a "java web client" for those employees who are ignorant to IRC.
We also setup WASTE for more "private" communications.
Both solutions give IM, chat, and file transfer capabilities. Both are 0 cost.
Even with sites using SSL, you need to be careful about proxy servers. The proxy could be setup two handle 2 SSL certificates (browser to proxy, then proxy to website). In this latter config, the proxy server can log everything you get/post.
Taking this idea a step farther, you can setup remote access to home. I've helped many of my coworkers connect to their home machines using encryption tunnels.
Once logged in at home (most of them being Windows users, using encrypted a Remote Desktop connection) they can do whatever they want - email, instant message, transfer files.
Our company has a rule about viewing "web sites that portray the company negatively" from the company network. Just visiting some URL's will trigger alarms.
Those stats don't really say much. There's no indication of number of users or demographics. For example, I bet Slashdot has more Firefox users than sites such as eBay or Yahoo.
Now, if your website was cnn.com, then those numbers might be more interesting. Remember, us "techy folks" are the market minority.
The market share IE enjoys in no way reflective of it's quality.
I guess there are fanatics on both sides of the fence. How did the parent post get modded up as "Insightful"? What's insightful about fanatiscm? To say that the 80%+ market dominance has nothing to do with product quality is not very insightful, IMHO.
If mom or pop is going to download a silly program or run a program sent in an email, it doesn't matter what browser or mail program they have.
Every time I visit my parents, my dad has to show me some little game he downloaded from the 'Net. Then a few months later, he complains that his computer is infected with viruses or malware.
OSS wouldn't be an answer for him. And there are lot of home users that download lots of crap from the 'Net.
I remember now. It was called "zddesk". It was written by Ziff-Davis in 1997. You can have up to 9 virtual desktops and can mark programs as "sticky" across all desktops (e.g. your favorite mp3 player).
As a user of both Firefox and IE, tabbed browsing would still be welcome.
At work, I use a host of applications that require IE. Some may have the opinion, "well, they must not be good apps". Hoever, there are plenty of high end applications that offer more functionality in IE than in Firefox or alternate browsers.
I dunno about any of you. But when I was in college, the professors would post exam grades outside their offices using SSN. If you knew Jane Doe had the highest grade, it wasn't too hard to figure out her SSN.
The Perkins Loan (a federal loan) prints your SSN on each bill you receive. And you're supposed to print your SSN in the Memo section of your payment.
If SSN is going to be so critical, we should be able to change it routinely. According to the SSA website, you can only change it if you are changing your identity (as in to escape an abusive situation or a witeness protection action).
The Wireless Bartender. Yes, even you can host coolest parties. Wireless Bartender not only comes with a comprehensive list of drinks, but allows you to create new and exciting drinks.
I used to be a Cingular customer, then switched to Verizon. Superior cell phone service and in more areas. Cell phone reception isn't perfect everywhere, but I'll pay the company that gives me the best reception.
BTW, Verizon is not a monopoly. They aren't the largest cell phone provider in the US anymore.
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If the data is *really* irreplacable, I suggest both RAID-5 and tape backup. Using both technologies together gives you added benefits.
1. The RAID-5 gives you an "online" storage.
2. The tape provides backup in the event 2 drives fail simultaneously - less likely, but it has been known to happen.
To reduce the risk of 2 drives failing at once, make sure the drives are from different lot numbers.
I disagree. Simply doing one's job is not the same as good customer service. Good customer service can translate into repeatable business. I had a problem with my Air Conditioning. Twice it had failed, and I came home from work to find the house at over 80 degrees. I'm using to working in a server room. 80 degrees is pure torture for me.
The first company I called came out and fixed the AC. When I called them, the office assistant was short (almost rude). I had to take the day off waiting for the technician. When he arrived, the technician grunted and mumbled a lot. He did his work and left.
The second time my AC broke, I called another company. The office assistant was very pleasant to speak with. She offered to call to my cell phone to let me know when the technician was "on his way". So, I was able to work most of the day and saved a vacation day. The technician was also pleasant to talk with. Not only did he fix my AC, but he explained how it failed and how I can catch it in the future. He also went over some preventative maintenance tips with me.
The next time I have any AC problem, I will call the latter company. I passed along this info to my friends. Good customer service. Repeatable business. Referrals.
When Time Warner first opened cable modem service, I had 5 mbps download and 1 mbps upload. It didn't last long before Time Warner lowered their upload speeds. The city I lived in was entirely fiber. The reason the uploads were capped were to prevent running businesses at home. Let's face it, at $40/month, cable modem service was the optimal choice for small business.
Now Time Warner offers the higher upload speeds as part of their bBusiness package". But the costs are also a lot higher. I'll still miss running an FTP server wit a 1 mbps upload in my studio apartment. Ahh, those were the days.
I am curious how this is measured. If an illegal downloader is being "measured" in this statistic, does that mean he/she is being "caught"? What about the silent masses illegally downloading music that is not measured?
illegal downloads
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legal downloads
not downloading?
Some people do buy CD's at a store.
Microsoft's wlan and corporal wan are completely different networks.
Part of "looking professional" is about your vocal & visual presentation being "accepted" in the workplace.
If someone walks into an interview cussing and swearing, do you think he'll get the job? Are we hindering his/her free speech if the job is denied?
Compare the prices to Intel based computers.
While "technies" like us may look at IBM/Linux vs Apple/Linux relationships, the common user is looking at a price tag.
Hardly news worthy.
Too bad we can't mod the article submission "overrated".
1. Write about a new product or software release.
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2. Portray Microsoft negatively.
3. Portray Firefox positively.
4. Claim that MS is trying to sabotage Firefox users.
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We implemented an internal IRC server. Trillian supports IRC and it's completely internal. We also added a "java web client" for those employees who are ignorant to IRC.
We also setup WASTE for more "private" communications.
Both solutions give IM, chat, and file transfer capabilities. Both are 0 cost.
Even with sites using SSL, you need to be careful about proxy servers. The proxy could be setup two handle 2 SSL certificates (browser to proxy, then proxy to website). In this latter config, the proxy server can log everything you get/post.
Taking this idea a step farther, you can setup remote access to home. I've helped many of my coworkers connect to their home machines using encryption tunnels.
Once logged in at home (most of them being Windows users, using encrypted a Remote Desktop connection) they can do whatever they want - email, instant message, transfer files.
Our company has a rule about viewing "web sites that portray the company negatively" from the company network. Just visiting some URL's will trigger alarms.
Connect to home, then view the web sites.
Those stats don't really say much. There's no indication of number of users or demographics. For example, I bet Slashdot has more Firefox users than sites such as eBay or Yahoo.
Now, if your website was cnn.com, then those numbers might be more interesting. Remember, us "techy folks" are the market minority.
The market share IE enjoys in no way reflective of it's quality.
I guess there are fanatics on both sides of the fence. How did the parent post get modded up as "Insightful"? What's insightful about fanatiscm? To say that the 80%+ market dominance has nothing to do with product quality is not very insightful, IMHO.
If mom or pop is going to download a silly program or run a program sent in an email, it doesn't matter what browser or mail program they have.
Every time I visit my parents, my dad has to show me some little game he downloaded from the 'Net. Then a few months later, he complains that his computer is infected with viruses or malware.
OSS wouldn't be an answer for him. And there are lot of home users that download lots of crap from the 'Net.
I remember now. It was called "zddesk". It was written by Ziff-Davis in 1997. You can have up to 9 virtual desktops and can mark programs as "sticky" across all desktops (e.g. your favorite mp3 player).
... the Microsoft one is kinda cheesy. I should have tried it before posting the link.
http://freepctech.com/rode/003.shtml
It's not bad for a program written in 1997. And you're right
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... vdesk I think. Wish I could remember. Brain doesn't work well on a Friday night.
I'm not sure if you tried this, but there is a Virtual Desktop Manager for Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powe
I used to use one back in Windows 98 days
As a user of both Firefox and IE, tabbed browsing would still be welcome.
At work, I use a host of applications that require IE. Some may have the opinion, "well, they must not be good apps". Hoever, there are plenty of high end applications that offer more functionality in IE than in Firefox or alternate browsers.
Firefox was not the first browser to use tabbed browsing. I love Firefox too, but they folks there didn't invent tabbed browsing.
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You could ask it to clean up your web site. Your URL for your resume is http://127.0.0.1/Alex/Web/primer/content/resume.h
Ya might want to fix that.
I dunno about any of you. But when I was in college, the professors would post exam grades outside their offices using SSN. If you knew Jane Doe had the highest grade, it wasn't too hard to figure out her SSN.
The Perkins Loan (a federal loan) prints your SSN on each bill you receive. And you're supposed to print your SSN in the Memo section of your payment.
If SSN is going to be so critical, we should be able to change it routinely. According to the SSA website, you can only change it if you are changing your identity (as in to escape an abusive situation or a witeness protection action).
The Wikipedia hyperlink was better reading the the wrongplanet link. Asperger's Syndrome - had never heard of it before now.
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ty kentmartin for the book reference.
The Wireless Bartender. Yes, even you can host coolest parties. Wireless Bartender not only comes with a comprehensive list of drinks, but allows you to create new and exciting drinks.
Coming to a frat party near you.
I used to be a Cingular customer, then switched to Verizon. Superior cell phone service and in more areas. Cell phone reception isn't perfect everywhere, but I'll pay the company that gives me the best reception.
BTW, Verizon is not a monopoly. They aren't the largest cell phone provider in the US anymore.