Except where companies tell employees not to turn machines off. It's easier to VNC in if the machine is, you know, on to respond to the request. (And Wake on LAN is in the pipe, but we have some crappy NICs in our older PCs...)
But they don't license it for use on other hardware. You can get firmware for DVD players online, but that doesn't mean it has to work in the crappy APEX you bought from Wal-Mart.
I'm a big fan of OCRemix. Even though I'm not always a fan of DJPretzel's writeups for the songs (using them occasionally as a double for a news page, which I think is wrong), the judge panel they use ensures that nearly all of the music posted on the site is of very high quality. The variety of music, too, is incredible. Nearly all genres of music are covered (as far as I can recall) and literally hundreds of games are represented.
This is wonderful. I have an HTPC in my living room, but it is enclosed in a cheap MATX case with 3 small case fans, plus the CPU fan. Since I don't like turning it off (thus preventing me from recording TV programs), the sound of the fans is just something I've learned to live with. However, with a case like this, I could enjoy my expensive home theatre setup just that much more.
Now, that's a very good question. I asked this myself when I first started working here. The fact of the matter is, in a 2000+ workstation environment where passwords need to change every 90 days, that's unrealistic. United States Banker's Law requires all passwords used to have a minimum level of complexity and for them to be changed every 90 days. We're fine if there isn't a password there, since the BIOS is not required to be protected, but if there was a password, it would have to be changed every 90 days.
I work at a bank, which of course has some pretty stringent security policies. It's pretty simple here: USB is disabled in the BIOS. It can be enabled by special request (usually for execs and their PDAs) and in such cases, we disable USB2.0 (just 1.1), require stronger passwords on the workstation, and have a screensaver set to lock the PC after 3 minutes of inactivity.
This doesn't mean we don't have problems from enthusiuastic users that know how to change BIOS settings, but for the most part, problems were avoided.
I don't know what Wal-Marts you've been going to. The Kodak Picture Maker uses a dye-sublimation printer, and the other photo kiosk uses the location's photographic process printer...usually a Fuji Frontier 390 or 370.
That's one thing a lot of people don't realize about financial institutions and their data infrastructures...we can't try anything new or novel because we always have to comply with those damn audit requirements.
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Hah, I bought a BE-300 when it first came out...man, the hacks for that thing were amazing...
Except where companies tell employees not to turn machines off. It's easier to VNC in if the machine is, you know, on to respond to the request. (And Wake on LAN is in the pipe, but we have some crappy NICs in our older PCs...)
It is in the market.
If all the gamers out there can't play Quake 6 or Galaxy of Starcraft (it'll happen) on their new machines, they will opt for x86 machines.
You left off: BSD is always dying, no matter what.
Not to depreciate your point at all, but it is also possible for hurricanes to damage hams.
Do Small Business Server CALs come with Outlook licenses, too, since SBS has an Exchange server built-in?
But they don't license it for use on other hardware. You can get firmware for DVD players online, but that doesn't mean it has to work in the crappy APEX you bought from Wal-Mart.
Sheesh, ruin a perfectly good subject line. :p
I'm a big fan of OCRemix. Even though I'm not always a fan of DJPretzel's writeups for the songs (using them occasionally as a double for a news page, which I think is wrong), the judge panel they use ensures that nearly all of the music posted on the site is of very high quality. The variety of music, too, is incredible. Nearly all genres of music are covered (as far as I can recall) and literally hundreds of games are represented.
Psh. I'm never without computers when the power is out. Otherwise, I'd go crazy!
This is wonderful. I have an HTPC in my living room, but it is enclosed in a cheap MATX case with 3 small case fans, plus the CPU fan. Since I don't like turning it off (thus preventing me from recording TV programs), the sound of the fans is just something I've learned to live with. However, with a case like this, I could enjoy my expensive home theatre setup just that much more.
Now, that's a very good question. I asked this myself when I first started working here. The fact of the matter is, in a 2000+ workstation environment where passwords need to change every 90 days, that's unrealistic. United States Banker's Law requires all passwords used to have a minimum level of complexity and for them to be changed every 90 days. We're fine if there isn't a password there, since the BIOS is not required to be protected, but if there was a password, it would have to be changed every 90 days.
I work at a bank, which of course has some pretty stringent security policies. It's pretty simple here: USB is disabled in the BIOS. It can be enabled by special request (usually for execs and their PDAs) and in such cases, we disable USB2.0 (just 1.1), require stronger passwords on the workstation, and have a screensaver set to lock the PC after 3 minutes of inactivity. This doesn't mean we don't have problems from enthusiuastic users that know how to change BIOS settings, but for the most part, problems were avoided.
I always confuse my UIN and SSN, too. They're both the same length and use some of the same numbers.
Are you sure the SNES didn't have challengers?
I don't know what Wal-Marts you've been going to. The Kodak Picture Maker uses a dye-sublimation printer, and the other photo kiosk uses the location's photographic process printer...usually a Fuji Frontier 390 or 370.
That's one thing a lot of people don't realize about financial institutions and their data infrastructures...we can't try anything new or novel because we always have to comply with those damn audit requirements.
If your users would still like the weather in the system tray, here is a great Spyware-free alternative to WeatherBug: Weatherwatcher.
I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than that.
That's exactly what I thought when I saw the title. Imagine my dismay when I RTFA.
What the heck are these terrabytes I keep hearing about?
Then maybe you should spend money on a chair.
Wormholes. (They explain everything.)
I had my own 15 minutes of fame here in Wichita, KS because of Star Wars and my Jedi costume:
Me in the Newspaper
It was fun being on every newscast. People I've never met before recognize me.
Well, the newest AGP standard (AGP 8x) supports two AGP devices on one bus, but I don't think any mobo manufacturers have taken advantage of this.