Did you RTFA? It says that the bill covers "critical infrastructure." Not all private networks will fall under this category. The fine article says:
But the staffers say that the emergency powers will only apply to a relatively small number of companies, and only in the most extreme cases — when an electronic exploit might cause “catastrophic regional or national damage” resulting in “thousands of lives or billions of dollars” lost.
In fact, the article even points out that the recent Aurora attack against Google, Adobe, etc. wouldn't count. A staffer was quoted in the article as saying, “It’d have to be Aurora 2, plus the intel that country X is going to take us down using that vulnerability.”
This all sounds rather vague, however, and vaguely-worded open-ended legislation that stomps on people's Constitutional rights has a history of being shot down by the Supreme Court.
So what Microsoft is really saying here is that some hackers believe that third party security products targeted at Microsoft products aren't as good as Microsoft's in-house security solutions.
Yeah. Duh. Microsoft is a $200 billion company with an incentive to invest in improving the security of their own closed-source OS. Of course they're going to to do better than a 3rd-party company like McAfee or Symantec.
But that still doesn't mean they're doing better than other systems with security designed-in from day 1.
Microsoft has come a long, long way in security, yes, that's true. But the most secure? No way. Not compared to systems designed around security from the ground up like OpenBSD or a security-hardened Linux distro with SELinux and the like. I really like the progress that Microsoft has made, and Windows 7 is much improved over previous Windows versions, but if I want a system that's truly secure, it's not a system I'm likely to pick.
Actually, some of the best, most reliable drives are Seagate drives. Well, remanufactured Seagate drives, anyway. According to a friend of mine who used to work for Seagate, the "factory recertified" drives are rebuilt in a Seagate plant in Mexico, and they come from that facility better than new.
Western Digital drives, in my experience, are very, very cheap.
If you want the best reliability, by SCSI or SAS drives rather than ATA or SATA. These are enterprise-grade equipment and are far more reliable.
determines that your gigabit network is ACTUALLY a slow, high lag (most likely dial-up) link, and dynamically switched to some ancient version of the protocol to give you slightly less overhead, which seems to work fine at first blush, but just doesn't allow UPLOADING (downloading is okay) files over 2GBs.
The type of problem you describe can just as easily happen with Samba as it can with Windows Server. (Not sure about the specific problem you're describing, but protocol negotiation problems in general between a Samba server and a Windows client are found in abundance in the Samba FAQs and on the Samba mailing lists, where I'm a regular) Part of the problem is that some aspects of the protocol can be controlled by the client as well as the server.
And, let's face it, the only reason you'd be serving CIFS from Unix as opposed to, say, NFS v4 is that you have some Microsoft clients. CIFS is simply a headache you don't need in all-Unix environment, even though it is (obviously) possible to setup CIFS within one.
Anyway, I've never had any formal Microsoft training at all; I simply have lots of job experience. And finding these magickal Microsoft incantations you speak of is actually quite easy, especially in regard to CIFS. Oddly enough, the easiest way to find them is on the Samba Users' mailing list, however.;)
Yes, 2-3x is an exaggeration in computers, but not in portable media players.
which I suspect is a mistake on your part, confusing the electronics industry average with computing devices.
No. The average I took of 20% is for the personal computer hardware industry, taken directly from Yahoo Finance. Dell's 17%, which I quoted, is only slightly below industry average, while HPQ's 23% is slightly above industry average.
Say what? You're really claiming that Dell doesn't sell anything over $1000?
No, I'm saying that Dell doesn't sell any consumer PC's that cost over $1000. Corporate desktops, workstations and servers, yes. However, Apple doesn't sell any machines in those categories.
Even if it were double the gross margin of their large competitors (and the difference isn't that large), it would amount to a price difference of ~25%, about one-quarter to one-eighth your claim.
Wow. No, you're completely wrong about the difference in margins between Apple and it's competitors in terms of gross margins. The industry average is 20%. AAPL is at 41%, DELL is at 17%, HPQ is at 23% PALM is at 20%, you get the idea. This means AAPL makes more than twice as much as the industry average.
And your $100 analogy serves only to obfuscate and confuse. Apple has virtually no competitors in over-$1000 consumer PC market. None of their major competitors produce a consumer PC that costs over $1000. None.
I've done systems administration on both platforms for years and I don't think that there is any real appreciable difference between the amount of knowledge and training needed on one vs. the other when comparing systems that perform similar functions. Compare Active Directory to OpenLDAP+Kerberos 5, for example. They are very, very similar in a lot of ways; so much so, in fact, that OpenLDAP+Kerberos 5 can be used to host the directory portion of a Windows domain.
Because despite the fact that FoxConn make stuff for all sorts of people in the consumer electronics world, all the bile and invective seems to fall on Apple's shoulders.
Probably because Apple products are 2-3x more expensive than those of their competitors. It's well-known that Apple's profit margins are extremely high compared to their competitors, and that makes people think that perhaps Apple is a bit greedy.
I'm not saying it's deserved or anything like that, but I can definitely see why people think that way.
This isn't even a problem of not understanding the mechanisms, it's a problem of not having solid evidence that it even works.
I read the short-sighted, biased summary, yes. My comment contradicts it specifically because I don't agree with it. Aren't we all entitled to our own opinion, or do you think we should take whatever is written in the fine summary or the fine article as gospel truth?
And bloodletting is still commonly used to treat disorders such as hemochromatosis. Leeches and maggots are also still used to treat some kinds of infections due to open wounds and such.
Exactly. There are many things that like acupuncture that have been used medicinally for centuries. Just because we may not, at the time, understand any underlying mechanisms doesn't mean that they don't work; it just means that we don't understand the underlying mechanisms and therefore, have no proof that it works or does anything. But saying that is very different from saying that same thing doesn't work at all.
For example, we didn't understand the underlying mechanism for aspirin until 1971, but before that salicylates had been used for centuries.
The fundamental problem with your post is self-evident: "My Computer". If you were to use a Mac most of the updates etc. are done for you. iTunes automatically opens when you plug in your device, and after the initial setup syncing and updates are mostly automatic. Even "compiling" your library is dead simple, and things like the (piece-of-crap) genius playlists make it easier to find the music you prefer and all your podcasts are automatically downloaded and synced.
Um, hello? What the hell is so hard about plugging a media player into the USB port and have a file browsing window come up and you just drag and drop your media onto the player? That's how it works in Windows and that's how it works in Linux. Maybe you need iTunes to come up because you're too stupid to understand that each song (or movie) is contained in a file.
That's not entirely true. Last I checked Apple had requirements that standardized a lot of the interface components. With Windows it can be quite unpredictable as to where exactly you find a given option, even if you stick with MS' own software it's hardly a no brainer. Or in other words nobody seems to do a particularly good job of it.
I'm not a big Microsoft fan at all (I'm writing this in Google Chrome running on Ubuntu 9.10), but really, this is just bullshit. Do you really think that Microsoft got to be where they are by ignoring usability? Do you really think Microsoft hasn't written some standards and and guidelines of their own? And do you think they get to dictate what other software developers do with their software?
I'm sorry, but your entire post is nothing but complete bullshit. I'm 100% certain that there are plenty of Mac OS X applications, probably some even written by Apple itself, that don't follow Apple's user interface standards completely.
That's what I was told as well. Basically, you don't need the airlock, but if you want to seal that bucket, you're going to need one because otherwise the escaping gas will explode. And if you don't seal the bucket, other yeasts and bacteria could spoil your mead.
However, airlocks are quite cheap. You can pick a cheap plastic one at a home-brew store for $1, along with a stopper, plastic bucket and glass or PET plastic carboy to go with it. Also, chemistry geeks are likely to have all this stuff already.:)
Dogfish Head is also well known here in Delaware for recreating the mead found in King Midas' tomb, based on studies done by UPenn archaeologists in Turkey. The beverage is called Midas Touch and is frickin' amazing.
Even better, you can make it yourself. The recipe is posted here. Mead making is very, very easy. Combine the honey, water and other ingredients in a big plastic bucket, add some wine (or champagne) yeast, yeast nutrient and yeast energizer, and wait. Siphon out into a carboy when fermentation stops. Yummy.
I am totally unconcerned with Google or anyone else collecting this kind of data. If you don't want anyone to know about your access point then stop broadcasting for hundreds of feet over public property.
In addition, start using WPA, stop broadcasting your SSID, etc.
Personally, I do use WPA, but I still broadcast my SSID, which is currently set to 'hacker' and for some reason the neighbors say they don't want to mess with that wireless network.;)
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Did you RTFA? It says that the bill covers "critical infrastructure." Not all private networks will fall under this category. The fine article says:
In fact, the article even points out that the recent Aurora attack against Google, Adobe, etc. wouldn't count. A staffer was quoted in the article as saying, “It’d have to be Aurora 2, plus the intel that country X is going to take us down using that vulnerability.”
This all sounds rather vague, however, and vaguely-worded open-ended legislation that stomps on people's Constitutional rights has a history of being shot down by the Supreme Court.
Yeah. Duh. Microsoft is a $200 billion company with an incentive to invest in improving the security of their own closed-source OS. Of course they're going to to do better than a 3rd-party company like McAfee or Symantec.
But that still doesn't mean they're doing better than other systems with security designed-in from day 1.
Microsoft has come a long, long way in security, yes, that's true. But the most secure? No way. Not compared to systems designed around security from the ground up like OpenBSD or a security-hardened Linux distro with SELinux and the like. I really like the progress that Microsoft has made, and Windows 7 is much improved over previous Windows versions, but if I want a system that's truly secure, it's not a system I'm likely to pick.
Really? Just....don't ... touch me with it! Keep it away! ARGGGGHHHH!
Actually, some of the best, most reliable drives are Seagate drives. Well, remanufactured Seagate drives, anyway. According to a friend of mine who used to work for Seagate, the "factory recertified" drives are rebuilt in a Seagate plant in Mexico, and they come from that facility better than new.
Western Digital drives, in my experience, are very, very cheap.
If you want the best reliability, by SCSI or SAS drives rather than ATA or SATA. These are enterprise-grade equipment and are far more reliable.
(Just fixing a bad mod by posting.) But yes, that's why they call them 'wire' articles.
No, those are "overclocked gamer's PCs," not normal consumer PCs. Different market and one Apple doesn't participate in either.
Thanks for making my point for me.
Did you read the article you just linked to? Clearly, there was no pathway on that road.
Are you not from the U.S.? People from Europe are often surprised to learn that we have roads with no pedestrian pathways here.
CIFS? Okay, well...
The type of problem you describe can just as easily happen with Samba as it can with Windows Server. (Not sure about the specific problem you're describing, but protocol negotiation problems in general between a Samba server and a Windows client are found in abundance in the Samba FAQs and on the Samba mailing lists, where I'm a regular) Part of the problem is that some aspects of the protocol can be controlled by the client as well as the server.
And, let's face it, the only reason you'd be serving CIFS from Unix as opposed to, say, NFS v4 is that you have some Microsoft clients. CIFS is simply a headache you don't need in all-Unix environment, even though it is (obviously) possible to setup CIFS within one.
Anyway, I've never had any formal Microsoft training at all; I simply have lots of job experience. And finding these magickal Microsoft incantations you speak of is actually quite easy, especially in regard to CIFS. Oddly enough, the easiest way to find them is on the Samba Users' mailing list, however. ;)
Yes, 2-3x is an exaggeration in computers, but not in portable media players.
No. The average I took of 20% is for the personal computer hardware industry, taken directly from Yahoo Finance. Dell's 17%, which I quoted, is only slightly below industry average, while HPQ's 23% is slightly above industry average.
No, I'm saying that Dell doesn't sell any consumer PC's that cost over $1000. Corporate desktops, workstations and servers, yes. However, Apple doesn't sell any machines in those categories.
Even if it were double the gross margin of their large competitors (and the difference isn't that large), it would amount to a price difference of ~25%, about one-quarter to one-eighth your claim.
Wow. No, you're completely wrong about the difference in margins between Apple
and it's competitors in terms of gross margins. The industry average is 20%. AAPL is at 41%, DELL is at 17%, HPQ is at 23% PALM is at 20%, you get the idea. This means AAPL makes more than twice as much as the industry average.
And your $100 analogy serves only to obfuscate and confuse. Apple has virtually no competitors in over-$1000 consumer PC market. None of their major competitors produce a consumer PC that costs over $1000. None.
I've done systems administration on both platforms for years and I don't think that there is any real appreciable difference between the amount of knowledge and training needed on one vs. the other when comparing systems that perform similar functions. Compare Active Directory to OpenLDAP+Kerberos 5, for example. They are very, very similar in a lot of ways; so much so, in fact, that OpenLDAP+Kerberos 5 can be used to host the directory portion of a Windows domain.
Probably because Apple products are 2-3x more expensive than those of their competitors. It's well-known that Apple's profit margins are extremely high compared to their competitors, and that makes people think that perhaps Apple is a bit greedy.
I'm not saying it's deserved or anything like that, but I can definitely see why people think that way.
Um, there is no pedestrian walkway that I can see. This appears to be some kind of highway.
I read the short-sighted, biased summary, yes. My comment contradicts it specifically because I don't agree with it. Aren't we all entitled to our own opinion, or do you think we should take whatever is written in the fine summary or the fine article as gospel truth?
And bloodletting is still commonly used to treat disorders such as hemochromatosis. Leeches and maggots are also still used to treat some kinds of infections due to open wounds and such.
No, but if something doesn't work at all, it is far less likely to be used for very long. Why has Unix been so pervasive for the last 40 years?
Paid? Don't I wish... no, I'm not a viral advertiser. Just another J. Random Slashdotter.
Exactly. There are many things that like acupuncture that have been used medicinally for centuries. Just because we may not, at the time, understand any underlying mechanisms doesn't mean that they don't work; it just means that we don't understand the underlying mechanisms and therefore, have no proof that it works or does anything. But saying that is very different from saying that same thing doesn't work at all.
For example, we didn't understand the underlying mechanism for aspirin until 1971, but before that salicylates had been used for centuries.
You guys are just posting this story because...Apple doesn't have a 4G and you're jealous.
Sorry.
Had to be said.
Um, hello? What the hell is so hard about plugging a media player into the USB port and have a file browsing window come up and you just drag and drop your media onto the player? That's how it works in Windows and that's how it works in Linux. Maybe you need iTunes to come up because you're too stupid to understand that each song (or movie) is contained in a file.
I'm not a big Microsoft fan at all (I'm writing this in Google Chrome running on Ubuntu 9.10), but really, this is just bullshit. Do you really think that Microsoft got to be where they are by ignoring usability? Do you really think Microsoft hasn't written some standards and and guidelines of their own? And do you think they get to dictate what other software developers do with their software?
I'm sorry, but your entire post is nothing but complete bullshit. I'm 100% certain that there are plenty of Mac OS X applications, probably some even written by Apple itself, that don't follow Apple's user interface standards completely.
That's what I was told as well. Basically, you don't need the airlock, but if you want to seal that bucket, you're going to need one because otherwise the escaping gas will explode. And if you don't seal the bucket, other yeasts and bacteria could spoil your mead.
However, airlocks are quite cheap. You can pick a cheap plastic one at a home-brew store for $1, along with a stopper, plastic bucket and glass or PET plastic carboy to go with it. Also, chemistry geeks are likely to have all this stuff already. :)
In Soviet Russia, ancient mesoamerican beer shames YOU!!!
Even better, you can make it yourself. The recipe is posted here. Mead making is very, very easy. Combine the honey, water and other ingredients in a big plastic bucket, add some wine (or champagne) yeast, yeast nutrient and yeast energizer, and wait. Siphon out into a carboy when fermentation stops. Yummy.
In addition, start using WPA, stop broadcasting your SSID, etc.
Personally, I do use WPA, but I still broadcast my SSID, which is currently set to 'hacker' and for some reason the neighbors say they don't want to mess with that wireless network. ;)