OK, so I am a desktop/notebook guy. So this stuff may already exist for servers - but:
1) With multiple front-end servers behind NLB, make the NLB smart enough to put some servers to sleep when their processing isn't needed and wake-on-lan those servers (or the equivalent) when they are needed again?
2) Do servers do "speedstep" like desktops/notebooks where the processors and other components go to lower power level modes when they are not being fully utilized? If not, they should enable that.
Get elected, then just try raising taxes to pay for something that might happen someday. Or, try to re-allocate funds from some bleeding heart program and see how far you get. People in general are not willing to fund repairs for things that might happen. It reminds me somehow of the little guy "Short Round" in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom jumping up and down on the footbridge yelling "strong bridge, see, strong bridge" just before starting to fall through the bridge. Obviously this is NOT FUNNY that this happened, but it just shows how people always want to think everything is fine right up until the time that it isn't fine.
It would be an oversimplification to say everything works fine. I'm a tech lead on a team that is creating the Vista / Office 2007 image for 80,000 machines and have been running Vista since the earliest available versions. I have to admit that at this point in time it is not as stable as XP. This should come as no surprise to anyone. It probably is about as stable as XP was before it's first service pack though (and yes, I was in the TAP program for XP too; although it was called JDP back then).
However, the security gains are there and they are real. Things like ASLR, file and registry virtualization, BitLocker being much better integrated and a whole lot better recovery scenario that standalone encryption products, etc. Agreed that so far this year there have been only two patches that I needed for XP that I did not for Vista. That's not great - they need to do better there.
We are at 5 years on our existing hardware, so it is time to replace it. The replacement will be with Vista Enterprise. With the better security - it just makes sense to use Vista instead of shipping XP again.
Probably true, however I guess it moves some of the pollution from the tailpipe of the car out to the electrical plant. I haven't looked for a study on whether that equals less or just different - but since it is typically easier to do scrubbers and things on a large scale it probably is less pollution. However, in many areas in the US our power grids are already stressed since the NIMBY problem has caused it to not be upgraded / updated for 25 years or more. So just adding more draw onto a under designed grid isn't going to really help. Where I live it is currently 100 degrees during the afternoon and I don't want my A/C shut down so that people can charge their cars. Just like how a hydrogen car needs to have the refueling stations come before they can sell a ton of them, we need to have the electical grids handle cars like this before they can take off. Of course, there is also an issue with getting something small through the Federal highway safety testing - generally they can't pass it as they "squish" too much and aren't safe on the highway. If I can't commute to work in it, I wouldn't add it to my driveway. It's obviously more expensive to have to have one car to go to work in and one to pick up groceries in.
No, that doesn't hold up. What about that patent troll Eolas that beat Microsoft on the ActiveX thing? Complain all you want about ActiveX and "yeah, but it was Micrsoft" - but in the end, Eolas was a patent troll that beat a huge company with their patent.
And some large enterprises (we have 80,000 computers about half notebooks) require an ergonomic keyboard with keyboard tray, and external mouse and screen for normal "at your desk" office work (obviously not when in a meeting or on a plane or something, but for day to day stuff). So a keyboard, mouse, and port replicator are standard issue with their notebook.
I agree that I like a full size keyboard and monitor. That's why I have port replicator/docks for all my notebooks. My work notebook (Lenovo T60p) has a port rep at my desk in the office and at home in my home office. My personal Dell Lattitude D830 has a port rep in my home office. I certainly use the machines in other places, but the majority of the time they are on a port rep with a 20 inch 1600x1200 monitor and an ergo keyboard. When using it on the couch or something, the smaller screen and keyboard is "sufficient", but having the portability combined with the function of an external kb and screen is very very nice.
Just clarification: you can't run the "fancy-but-useless" graphics interface on Vista Basic (which this machine ships with) regardless of the graphics chip.
Internet Explorer protected mode in Vista puts IE running at the "low integrity" level meaning it can only access a very limited number of folders (for example the temporary internet files folder). At the low integrity level it is very difficult to actual exploit a machine as you don't have the rights to access much.
I really don't think it matters (for this analysis; obviously it matters in other areas) who chose the OS people are using. The point is that people are using an OS and those numbers are what you add up. Whether I (as an IT overlord) made you use it or you chose it yourself: the difference doesn't really matter for the statistical analysis of "how many people use OS Y" (can't say X there for obvious reasons).
On the other hand, the question "how many people got to choose the OS they are running right now while posting to slashdot" would be the place to count who chose the OS you are posting from.
That's right; not everybody can. For example me. I have Vista and Office 2007 here and neither one is supported by this plug in (I should have read the readme BEFORE the download, but oh well). You'd think they would release it for the current versions, but nope. So you are right that not everyone can use it. I still have to boot my Ubuntu partition to do ODF stuff.
You need some context in order to make much of that. For instance, it could be that more people have installed Linux and are browsing your site. It could be that your site has been promoted on sites that Linux users tend to frequent thus skewing your hits. It could even be (not likely, but possible) that someone has finally written that DDoS app for Linux and convinced people to load it as a FireFox add-in and it is not distributed enough yet to take your site out. Really, numbers without context are just - well, numbers.
From what I remember they were able to infer how to build the device based on extensive analysis of the encoded data that was captured. I don't believe they actually captured an Enigma device itself.
You are right that 64-bit Windows isn't mainstream yet. I don't know when it will be. However, we have been building both the 32 bit and 64 bit images for Vista at work and to tell you the truth most stuff just works fine (the 32 bit code on 64 bit Windows). I'm guessing in this case it must just be the driver that is the problem? The actual applications would probably work fine as 32 bit if Apple would just compile and sign a 64 bit driver for the phone.
Maybe that's so it can reset two PC's at once? I have to admit, I was scanning the comments to see if there was a "two wires?" one and if there wasn't I was going to add one. Got beat to it though.
I don't know much about emergency stop buttons, but maybe this one is multiple pole and has two for normally closed and the other two close when the button is pushed? For example the NC would complete a circuit for normal operation and the other two would activate an alarm? Otherwise, "I got nothing".
I'd never seen or heard of a clone wars cartoon (I am NOT saying that there wasn't one; just me being ignorant and had not heard of it or seen it). My first reaction on seeing this trailer though was: why would I want to watch this? It's a herky-jerky motion cartoon.
Even Yoda's got to be saying, "A cartoon I am in. Soon, the end of the franchise it will be."
Must be, since on Windows Vista it is currently taking 48 MB with three windows and 10 tabs. Doesn't seem to be a problem here. Of course, I hear a lot of the issues are with extensions and I only run one: adblock plus.
I was going to make the same comment: it seems totally overkill to put a "bookmarks" or "favorites" feature into even a scaled down RDMS. I just hope they make it easy to back the damn things up and move them between machines. (yes, I know I could just use some online service). However, it is my end users who want to have them backed up and restored to other machines, etc.
UI Customization is one of the main criticisms of IE? Darn, I guess I read/. too much. For some reason I was under the impression that the criticisms were:
1) Security (or lack thereof)
2) ActiveX
3) The fact that it came from Microsoft
4-50 other things
51) UI Customization or skinning or whatever useless thing that is
Seriously, if that is one of the main criticism, then no wonder IE is the dominant browser on the planet (which I say tongue-in-cheek as I type this in Firefox so I have spell checking).
If it is only solar powered (with no storage cell) then it wouldn't have an accurate clock (unless it also has an antenna and circuitry to go get the valid time). So I don't know that the time-based algorithm would work like it does with RSA SecureID cards. But if it is just solar power for the display and an actual storage cell or battery for the clock then it could indeed work like you mentioned.
The summary seems to indicate that, but when I read the article it seemed to be saying that they cannot consider "windows" to be a component of a computer. Not sure if that is really the decision, but the article sounded that way to me. If that's right, then they would still be left open for some other type of suit - just not one that says "windows, a component of computers sold...".
Well, to purloin a phrase from the people always harping about the MPAA/RIAA - these web sites should just get a modern business model and it's just too bad that we don't want to view their ads. It's not stealing... Oh, wait - that analogy only goes so far.
But, I guess it comes down to - for most sites anyway - I wouldn't bother going to them at all if I had to view their ads. So, if they can get some people to view the ads and that keeps them in business great. But I'll be damned if I will use the site if it has many on it. Some of these 10 ads and a paragraph of actual text, then click next for 10 more ads and a paragraph sites I have already stopped going to even WITH adblock plus. It just isn't worth it. Same thing with TV. If I can't TiVo it - forget it. It's my time and I get to decide what I watch with it (and guess what - ads aren't what I picked!).
If that forces some sites I like to go subscription - that would probably be fine with me. I imagine there would be a lot less flames and more reasonable discussion here on good old slashdot if it had to go subscription. Trolls probably don't want to pay, and I'd be willing to bet the crazy "mac switcher" guy with his maximize window crap and the GNAA guy wouldn't want to pay either.
After a couple of reboots and no network, I stumbled on some advice somewhere else that said to run "sudo/etc/init.d/networking restart". I did that, and it got connected (the output in the console showed the DHCP request and response and it worked with ping and firefox. I then actually enabled "desktop effects" (the beryl thing) and it wanted another reboot to install the nVidia blob driver. After that reboot, the network was working again. For some reason; I thought I might have to run that script every boot - but at least right now it is working again.
I know it doesn't have anything to do with reviewing the new UI and all, but I actually have this network manager issue now. Just yesterday I chose to update my working Ubuntu 6.10 machine online to 7.04. It downloaded all 966 files it needed, removed some packages, installed a whole bunch and rebooted. Now it is 7.04 and there is no network anymore. It has something to do with the CNet Pro200WL PCI Fast Ethernet card (which Feisty detects as a DEC Tulip compatible or something). It shows the card there, but as disconnected and I haven't found how to make it work so far. Definitely not the upgrade I had expected.
I guess what I am saying is that I understand why he would be harping on the network manager thing since it just doesn't seem to work with some cards that worked fine with the last version.
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OK, so I am a desktop/notebook guy. So this stuff may already exist for servers - but:
1) With multiple front-end servers behind NLB, make the NLB smart enough to put some servers to sleep when their processing isn't needed and wake-on-lan those servers (or the equivalent) when they are needed again?
2) Do servers do "speedstep" like desktops/notebooks where the processors and other components go to lower power level modes when they are not being fully utilized? If not, they should enable that.
Get elected, then just try raising taxes to pay for something that might happen someday. Or, try to re-allocate funds from some bleeding heart program and see how far you get. People in general are not willing to fund repairs for things that might happen. It reminds me somehow of the little guy "Short Round" in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom jumping up and down on the footbridge yelling "strong bridge, see, strong bridge" just before starting to fall through the bridge. Obviously this is NOT FUNNY that this happened, but it just shows how people always want to think everything is fine right up until the time that it isn't fine.
It would be an oversimplification to say everything works fine. I'm a tech lead on a team that is creating the Vista / Office 2007 image for 80,000 machines and have been running Vista since the earliest available versions. I have to admit that at this point in time it is not as stable as XP. This should come as no surprise to anyone. It probably is about as stable as XP was before it's first service pack though (and yes, I was in the TAP program for XP too; although it was called JDP back then).
However, the security gains are there and they are real. Things like ASLR, file and registry virtualization, BitLocker being much better integrated and a whole lot better recovery scenario that standalone encryption products, etc. Agreed that so far this year there have been only two patches that I needed for XP that I did not for Vista. That's not great - they need to do better there.
We are at 5 years on our existing hardware, so it is time to replace it. The replacement will be with Vista Enterprise. With the better security - it just makes sense to use Vista instead of shipping XP again.
Probably true, however I guess it moves some of the pollution from the tailpipe of the car out to the electrical plant. I haven't looked for a study on whether that equals less or just different - but since it is typically easier to do scrubbers and things on a large scale it probably is less pollution. However, in many areas in the US our power grids are already stressed since the NIMBY problem has caused it to not be upgraded / updated for 25 years or more. So just adding more draw onto a under designed grid isn't going to really help. Where I live it is currently 100 degrees during the afternoon and I don't want my A/C shut down so that people can charge their cars. Just like how a hydrogen car needs to have the refueling stations come before they can sell a ton of them, we need to have the electical grids handle cars like this before they can take off. Of course, there is also an issue with getting something small through the Federal highway safety testing - generally they can't pass it as they "squish" too much and aren't safe on the highway. If I can't commute to work in it, I wouldn't add it to my driveway. It's obviously more expensive to have to have one car to go to work in and one to pick up groceries in.
No, that doesn't hold up. What about that patent troll Eolas that beat Microsoft on the ActiveX thing? Complain all you want about ActiveX and "yeah, but it was Micrsoft" - but in the end, Eolas was a patent troll that beat a huge company with their patent.
And some large enterprises (we have 80,000 computers about half notebooks) require an ergonomic keyboard with keyboard tray, and external mouse and screen for normal "at your desk" office work (obviously not when in a meeting or on a plane or something, but for day to day stuff). So a keyboard, mouse, and port replicator are standard issue with their notebook.
I agree that I like a full size keyboard and monitor. That's why I have port replicator/docks for all my notebooks. My work notebook (Lenovo T60p) has a port rep at my desk in the office and at home in my home office. My personal Dell Lattitude D830 has a port rep in my home office. I certainly use the machines in other places, but the majority of the time they are on a port rep with a 20 inch 1600x1200 monitor and an ergo keyboard. When using it on the couch or something, the smaller screen and keyboard is "sufficient", but having the portability combined with the function of an external kb and screen is very very nice.
Just clarification: you can't run the "fancy-but-useless" graphics interface on Vista Basic (which this machine ships with) regardless of the graphics chip.
Internet Explorer protected mode in Vista puts IE running at the "low integrity" level meaning it can only access a very limited number of folders (for example the temporary internet files folder). At the low integrity level it is very difficult to actual exploit a machine as you don't have the rights to access much.
I really don't think it matters (for this analysis; obviously it matters in other areas) who chose the OS people are using. The point is that people are using an OS and those numbers are what you add up. Whether I (as an IT overlord) made you use it or you chose it yourself: the difference doesn't really matter for the statistical analysis of "how many people use OS Y" (can't say X there for obvious reasons).
On the other hand, the question "how many people got to choose the OS they are running right now while posting to slashdot" would be the place to count who chose the OS you are posting from.
That's right; not everybody can. For example me. I have Vista and Office 2007 here and neither one is supported by this plug in (I should have read the readme BEFORE the download, but oh well). You'd think they would release it for the current versions, but nope. So you are right that not everyone can use it. I still have to boot my Ubuntu partition to do ODF stuff.
You need some context in order to make much of that. For instance, it could be that more people have installed Linux and are browsing your site. It could be that your site has been promoted on sites that Linux users tend to frequent thus skewing your hits. It could even be (not likely, but possible) that someone has finally written that DDoS app for Linux and convinced people to load it as a FireFox add-in and it is not distributed enough yet to take your site out. Really, numbers without context are just - well, numbers.
From what I remember they were able to infer how to build the device based on extensive analysis of the encoded data that was captured. I don't believe they actually captured an Enigma device itself.
You are right that 64-bit Windows isn't mainstream yet. I don't know when it will be. However, we have been building both the 32 bit and 64 bit images for Vista at work and to tell you the truth most stuff just works fine (the 32 bit code on 64 bit Windows). I'm guessing in this case it must just be the driver that is the problem? The actual applications would probably work fine as 32 bit if Apple would just compile and sign a 64 bit driver for the phone.
Maybe that's so it can reset two PC's at once? I have to admit, I was scanning the comments to see if there was a "two wires?" one and if there wasn't I was going to add one. Got beat to it though.
I don't know much about emergency stop buttons, but maybe this one is multiple pole and has two for normally closed and the other two close when the button is pushed? For example the NC would complete a circuit for normal operation and the other two would activate an alarm? Otherwise, "I got nothing".
I skip all the ads. Every time.
My wife skips the ads only when I remind her to; otherwise she just "zones" and watches them.
The kids are better at it; they skip too.
I'd never seen or heard of a clone wars cartoon (I am NOT saying that there wasn't one; just me being ignorant and had not heard of it or seen it). My first reaction on seeing this trailer though was: why would I want to watch this? It's a herky-jerky motion cartoon.
Even Yoda's got to be saying, "A cartoon I am in. Soon, the end of the franchise it will be."
Must be, since on Windows Vista it is currently taking 48 MB with three windows and 10 tabs. Doesn't seem to be a problem here. Of course, I hear a lot of the issues are with extensions and I only run one: adblock plus.
I was going to make the same comment: it seems totally overkill to put a "bookmarks" or "favorites" feature into even a scaled down RDMS. I just hope they make it easy to back the damn things up and move them between machines. (yes, I know I could just use some online service). However, it is my end users who want to have them backed up and restored to other machines, etc.
UI Customization is one of the main criticisms of IE? Darn, I guess I read /. too much. For some reason I was under the impression that the criticisms were:
1) Security (or lack thereof)
2) ActiveX
3) The fact that it came from Microsoft
4-50 other things
51) UI Customization or skinning or whatever useless thing that is
Seriously, if that is one of the main criticism, then no wonder IE is the dominant browser on the planet (which I say tongue-in-cheek as I type this in Firefox so I have spell checking).
If it is only solar powered (with no storage cell) then it wouldn't have an accurate clock (unless it also has an antenna and circuitry to go get the valid time). So I don't know that the time-based algorithm would work like it does with RSA SecureID cards. But if it is just solar power for the display and an actual storage cell or battery for the clock then it could indeed work like you mentioned.
The summary seems to indicate that, but when I read the article it seemed to be saying that they cannot consider "windows" to be a component of a computer. Not sure if that is really the decision, but the article sounded that way to me. If that's right, then they would still be left open for some other type of suit - just not one that says "windows, a component of computers sold...".
Well, to purloin a phrase from the people always harping about the MPAA/RIAA - these web sites should just get a modern business model and it's just too bad that we don't want to view their ads. It's not stealing... Oh, wait - that analogy only goes so far.
But, I guess it comes down to - for most sites anyway - I wouldn't bother going to them at all if I had to view their ads. So, if they can get some people to view the ads and that keeps them in business great. But I'll be damned if I will use the site if it has many on it. Some of these 10 ads and a paragraph of actual text, then click next for 10 more ads and a paragraph sites I have already stopped going to even WITH adblock plus. It just isn't worth it. Same thing with TV. If I can't TiVo it - forget it. It's my time and I get to decide what I watch with it (and guess what - ads aren't what I picked!).
If that forces some sites I like to go subscription - that would probably be fine with me. I imagine there would be a lot less flames and more reasonable discussion here on good old slashdot if it had to go subscription. Trolls probably don't want to pay, and I'd be willing to bet the crazy "mac switcher" guy with his maximize window crap and the GNAA guy wouldn't want to pay either.
After a couple of reboots and no network, I stumbled on some advice somewhere else that said to run "sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart". I did that, and it got connected (the output in the console showed the DHCP request and response and it worked with ping and firefox. I then actually enabled "desktop effects" (the beryl thing) and it wanted another reboot to install the nVidia blob driver. After that reboot, the network was working again. For some reason; I thought I might have to run that script every boot - but at least right now it is working again.
I know it doesn't have anything to do with reviewing the new UI and all, but I actually have this network manager issue now. Just yesterday I chose to update my working Ubuntu 6.10 machine online to 7.04. It downloaded all 966 files it needed, removed some packages, installed a whole bunch and rebooted. Now it is 7.04 and there is no network anymore. It has something to do with the CNet Pro200WL PCI Fast Ethernet card (which Feisty detects as a DEC Tulip compatible or something). It shows the card there, but as disconnected and I haven't found how to make it work so far. Definitely not the upgrade I had expected.
I guess what I am saying is that I understand why he would be harping on the network manager thing since it just doesn't seem to work with some cards that worked fine with the last version.