There is no way to purchase a good inkjet. They are slow, unreliable, and the ink is more expensive than gold on a/weight basis. If you do any amount (change cartridges every two months)of printing, a color laserjet is cheaper to own. The exception to this is if you need a multifunction device (fax/copier/printer) in which case a brother ethernet enabled multifunction device is available for $200.
This is to say, if you replace your ink cartridges on 1x/month basis - an inkjet is more expensive than a laserjet. I have several clients who change both the black and color cartridges on a monthly, or bi-monthly basis: $25/chartidges (bulk) x 2 x 6x/yr = $300/year for cartridges. This is the cost of a color laserjet.
Based on the duty cycle of the $100 high capacity cartridges in my Konica Minolta 2430DL, an inkjet cartridge with a capacity of 300-800 pages will cost between $830 and $300. (If we assume that black is 800 pages, and colour 300 pages, you are paying between twice and three times as much for ink)
Further, you get to escape the duties of changing the cartridges and making a mess on a (bi)monthly basis.
If you need a color copier, and a fax - then a multifunction inkjet makes sense. Otherwise, anyone who prints often should get a laserjet.
OH, almost forgot: Yes, Epson inkjets are wonderful for printing photos. However, if you are really serious about printing pictures - a color correction system (~$200) is required and can match your screen to any printer. And some (my)laserjet printers do have pictbridge so you can print directly from the camera. (Without proofing, why?)
PayPal is a black mark against financial theives everywhere. My experience with them is about like this:
1) Realize purchased item is missing & seller not replying to email & contact number is bogus. 2) Report it to PayPal 3) Get canned response that you have to wait untill the getaway is made (3-4 weeks?) before you make the report. 4) Wait & re-make the report. 5) PayPal Sits on the investigation for two weeks. 6) PayPal Makes investigation 7) PayPal says: "The seller appears to be fradulent, but has withdrawn all funds from their account so we have no recourse: file a claim with your insurance."
If Ebay had any thought about fraud, they would start with PayPal. This is just PR fluff.
Consider the fight against regulating some types of Ebay Sellers (drop off points) like Pawnbrokers. Pawnbrokers are regulated so that their is a paper trail of who sold what (possibly hot) items. Some high crime areas have what are essentially Hot Item ebay resellers: They take items, and sell them on ebay. They then return ~66% to the "owner" who requested their services. Florida (god help me for using them as suggesting a good law) attempted to regulate this type of drop-off store, but was beaten down.
They used the VCom 325hp+ PCMCIA cards running at a built-in power of 300 mw on each end of the link They used two antennas with 802.11b. One was 10', the other 12'. Yes it is fast enough to support VNC, they had a 12ms ping time.
They are going to try to break a 1Mile bluetooth record.
Oh yeah, for the guy wo said this was impossible due to the curviture of the earth: one team was on top of a mountain.
A competitor, or actual spy, allready knows what they are looking for: The company head just saved th e cost of making this guy a subject matter expert (vp level) in what they did.
Consider this: "James, we suspect Dr. Badguy of creating a secret lab to destroy the earth. Check it out will you..." Or this "Powers, we have reports that GoldMember is out to make things very hard for everyone. Check it out will you?"
In both cases, the agent is given preliminary intelligence. In the corporate world, this is usually done by followning analysts, or by competative research.
I don't like them. They should be called Pay&PrayPal. Their safe harbor is designed to delay your filing a complaint with your CC Co., which they will tell you to do after they wait to find that the non-deliver has absconded with your money.
If you condiser a UPS, they come in several flavors. The best ones provide a clean analouge (sp?) power signal out from batteries. Cheaper ones provide a digital output.
Think of it this way AC power is a sine wave that is supposed to peak and trough at the same level every time. As long as the frequency and voltage are correct - that's all the end user cares about. A good (aka expensive) UPS is about like this:
AC/WALL -> convert to DC -> Battery (DC Sink) Battery (DC Resiviour) -> Convert to AC -> Equipment
Less expensive UPS designes do not convert to the true sine waves, but simply provide peak and trough levels when the wave goes from positive to negative. Good enough for Servers, not so good for (some) Sterios.
In any case, most sterios have their own DC sinks called CAPICITORS that provide power for the componants after the Sterio's POWER SUPPLY provides "digital shit" as in DC power to the sterio's innards.
You can configure the network interface to filter ports: look up the commonly used IP ports and allow the ones you use only. (This is also in win2K, NT...)
The issue is that the unsecured computers in the labs need to connect to the servers, and viruses will use the network drives as a infection vector.
1) Close all ports that are not going to be used with the included tools of Windows Server. 2) Get an anti-virus package for the servers and set them to check every hour for updates.
1) Firewall on Server = Bad! 2) Firewall may not solve the problem. (Think Anti-Virus = $$$$$)
Firstly: The post implies that the firewall should be on the server (and a windows server at that). This is the wrong approach. The firewall should not run on the server. Period. As many of the Firewall sites state: "If I can't convince you why running a firewall on a machine is a Bad Idea..."
While this can lead into a varied bit about firewalls, of which many have pointed to their favorites - or what just works... The Firewall may not solve the problem (Hell, he could just turn off all the ip ports but the services he offers smb, web, ftp, mail...). Many viruses will spread via network shares. I don't think that removing access to the network shares is desired here. What is called for is an anti-virus package. (or a real firewall with an anti-virus package built in perhaps..)
To Conclude: You should not be running a firewall on the server. Firewalls belong on dedicated machines (aka appliances that are really just dedicated computers. perhaps with vpn integrated.) In any case, unless you are going to say that the student labs should not be able to connect to the shares, viruses in the labs will connect to them. A better solution is anti-virus.
Let's see, Government regulations require open standards for documents. MS Office does not support such standards (except for.txt and.rtf). Lets sell a new verison of MSO.
"In the news today, several major Customers of AT&Ts' network services reported denial of service attacks - coinciding with the inaguration of AT&T's new Internet Security Network.
According to Mark Manigerium of ReallyMegaBigCo LTD, 'The network guys here told everyone to keep a window open in the background - so everyone could listen to how much they were at risk from, like viruses and stuff. This has completely stopped traffic to out web site and cost us Megayons of Lira.'
Asked for comment, Brain S. Small,AT&T Sr. VP for network traffic, responded 'We do not know who is responsible for this attack on AT&T's network customers - but we will find them and hold them responsible.'
We at the Internet Security Network will report more as events unfold, about this massive denial of service attack on AT&T customers.
Konica-Minolta 2430DL Colour Laser with ethernet $500, without ethernet (2400?) $400. Both are usually on $100 discount. Try Staples. (cartridges are $100ea, and about 10K duty cycle)
I generally see limewire, kaaza, and bittorrent clones on my clients computers, as well as iTunes for legit stuff. (I own and have ripped every Clash album to my iRiver in.ogg. I need nothing else(;-)*
What do people here like, and for what? (Feel free to carp about the interface, weaknesses, and search results. Make sure you note pirate clash content...)
Change a few more keys: (E.G. Unlock the restrictions on the number of concurrent connections, etc...)
Seriously, what is the point? For fourty bucks more you could have bought the workstation version of windows, and have it supported when thing s invariably go wrong. A registry hacked version of windows wil be unstable and unsupported.
I think the first time I heard about this was with windows NT 3.51: Make your workstation an unstable server. (actually, at the time everyone had been buying NT 3.5 workstation, which had no connection restrictions, to use with Netscape server: MS killed it by moving video down a rung for NT 3.51, and added restrictions on the number of concurrent connections to workstation. So you could buy MS server with IIS ~1.x...)
1) Being to close 2) Having my radio tuned to the tunecast
We would all have to be able to choose the music from the other car (Legal ramifications), and drive off the road trying to find a song that's not complete crap.
*Grabs iriver, seaches for music, drives off road*
Coined the word Sabotage. (The story I heard: French workers used to wear wooden shoes called Sabo and put them in the gears of the machines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage )
The publishers may have a reasonable issue with Googles intention to copy some copyrighted works. If the project were to limit its accessibility to Public Domain works, the publishers would not be able to legitimately gripe. I suspect that the copyrighted work at issue is such that it is no longer in print & therefore generally unavailable for purchase.
However, a more serious concern is that Congress seems to perpetually insist on extending copyrights to the point that they are virtually perpetual. (I suspect that they are up to about 100 years.) If a publisher has a copyright, but decides that a work should not be in print - it is effectively censored.
This perpetual extension of copyrights (likely soon to be followed by business process patents,- Quick, give me $.05 for viewing this web page;) limites the use of useful works to those whom can pay the entrance fee. Assuming that the works are still in print.
If a publisher has a work that is unavailable (e.g. not in print), but copyrighted then they should have some way to disseminate it before they complain. The perpetual extensions of copyright are an issue that everyone should have their representatives address. (I can't help you. I live in DC, my representative has not voting power on the floor of Congress)
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There is no way to purchase a good inkjet. They are slow, unreliable, and the ink is more expensive than gold on a /weight basis. If you do any amount (change cartridges every two months)of printing, a color laserjet is cheaper to own. The exception to this is if you need a multifunction device (fax/copier/printer) in which case a brother ethernet enabled multifunction device is available for $200.
This is to say, if you replace your ink cartridges on 1x/month basis - an inkjet is more expensive than a laserjet. I have several clients who change both the black and color cartridges on a monthly, or bi-monthly basis: $25/chartidges (bulk) x 2 x 6x/yr = $300/year for cartridges. This is the cost of a color laserjet.
Based on the duty cycle of the $100 high capacity cartridges in my Konica Minolta 2430DL, an inkjet cartridge with a capacity of 300-800 pages will cost between $830 and $300. (If we assume that black is 800 pages, and colour 300 pages, you are paying between twice and three times as much for ink)
Further, you get to escape the duties of changing the cartridges and making a mess on a (bi)monthly basis.
If you need a color copier, and a fax - then a multifunction inkjet makes sense. Otherwise, anyone who prints often should get a laserjet.
OH, almost forgot: Yes, Epson inkjets are wonderful for printing photos. However, if you are really serious about printing pictures - a color correction system (~$200) is required and can match your screen to any printer. And some (my)laserjet printers do have pictbridge so you can print directly from the camera. (Without proofing, why?)
PayPal is a black mark against financial theives everywhere. My experience with them is about like this:
1) Realize purchased item is missing & seller not replying to email & contact number is bogus.
2) Report it to PayPal
3) Get canned response that you have to wait untill the getaway is made (3-4 weeks?) before you make the report.
4) Wait & re-make the report.
5) PayPal Sits on the investigation for two weeks.
6) PayPal Makes investigation
7) PayPal says: "The seller appears to be fradulent, but has withdrawn all funds from their account so we have no recourse: file a claim with your insurance."
If Ebay had any thought about fraud, they would start with PayPal. This is just PR fluff.
Consider the fight against regulating some types of Ebay Sellers (drop off points) like Pawnbrokers. Pawnbrokers are regulated so that their is a paper trail of who sold what (possibly hot) items. Some high crime areas have what are essentially Hot Item ebay resellers: They take items, and sell them on ebay. They then return ~66% to the "owner" who requested their services. Florida (god help me for using them as suggesting a good law) attempted to regulate this type of drop-off store, but was beaten down.
oh, yes. PayPal bad.
They had corporate support to go to DefCon.
They used the VCom 325hp+ PCMCIA cards running at a built-in power of 300 mw on each end of the link
They used two antennas with 802.11b. One was 10', the other 12'.
Yes it is fast enough to support VNC, they had a 12ms ping time.
They are going to try to break a 1Mile bluetooth record.
Oh yeah, for the guy wo said this was impossible due to the curviture of the earth: one team was on top of a mountain.
A competitor, or actual spy, allready knows what they are looking for: The company head just saved th e cost of making this guy a subject matter expert (vp level) in what they did.
Consider this: "James, we suspect Dr. Badguy of creating a secret lab to destroy the earth. Check it out will you..." Or this "Powers, we have reports that GoldMember is out to make things very hard for everyone. Check it out will you?"
In both cases, the agent is given preliminary intelligence. In the corporate world, this is usually done by followning analysts, or by competative research.
like it has a SCOballs chance in hell of succeeding, we can all go back to real work.
Congrats to everyone at Grocklaw.
My wife will accept one in the living room.
Otherwise this is just another "Overhead projectors with LCD panels make big ugly projectors that you cannot use anywhere but a darkened room" story.
I don't like them. They should be called Pay&PrayPal. Their safe harbor is designed to delay your filing a complaint with your CC Co., which they will tell you to do after they wait to find that the non-deliver has absconded with your money.
Dude, she's not that cute...
Girls only like guys with bad karma.
Or guys in bad brains.
Like with a motor. ;(
perhaps a golf cart.
Or a motorcycle.
Or a scooter.
oh, wait.
My scooter was stolen
The kids in the project said it was painted to stupidly to steal too....
Yeah, I just want my fingers hacked instead;)
If you condiser a UPS, they come in several flavors. The best ones provide a clean analouge (sp?) power signal out from batteries. Cheaper ones provide a digital output.
Think of it this way AC power is a sine wave that is supposed to peak and trough at the same level every time. As long as the frequency and voltage are correct - that's all the end user cares about. A good (aka expensive) UPS is about like this:
AC/WALL -> convert to DC -> Battery (DC Sink)
Battery (DC Resiviour) -> Convert to AC -> Equipment
Less expensive UPS designes do not convert to the true sine waves, but simply provide peak and trough levels when the wave goes from positive to negative. Good enough for Servers, not so good for (some) Sterios.
In any case, most sterios have their own DC sinks called CAPICITORS that provide power for the componants after the Sterio's POWER SUPPLY provides "digital shit" as in DC power to the sterio's innards.
now rinse and repeat
Wired has gone the way of Red Herring. They just don't know it yet. Perhaps they are going to try to reincarnate as Asmov's Science Fiction.
You can configure the network interface to filter ports: look up the commonly used IP ports and allow the ones you use only. (This is also in win2K, NT ...)
The issue is that the unsecured computers in the labs need to connect to the servers, and viruses will use the network drives as a infection vector.
1) Close all ports that are not going to be used with the included tools of Windows Server.
2) Get an anti-virus package for the servers and set them to check every hour for updates.
1) Firewall on Server = Bad!
2) Firewall may not solve the problem. (Think Anti-Virus = $$$$$)
Firstly: The post implies that the firewall should be on the server (and a windows server at that). This is the wrong approach. The firewall should not run on the server. Period. As many of the Firewall sites state: "If I can't convince you why running a firewall on a machine is a Bad Idea..."
While this can lead into a varied bit about firewalls, of which many have pointed to their favorites - or what just works... The Firewall may not solve the problem (Hell, he could just turn off all the ip ports but the services he offers smb, web, ftp, mail...). Many viruses will spread via network shares. I don't think that removing access to the network shares is desired here. What is called for is an anti-virus package. (or a real firewall with an anti-virus package built in perhaps..)
To Conclude: You should not be running a firewall on the server. Firewalls belong on dedicated machines (aka appliances that are really just dedicated computers. perhaps with vpn integrated.) In any case, unless you are going to say that the student labs should not be able to connect to the shares, viruses in the labs will connect to them. A better solution is anti-virus.
Let's see, Government regulations require open standards for documents. MS Office does not support such standards (except for .txt and .rtf). Lets sell a new verison of MSO.
I can see it now:
"In the news today, several major Customers of AT&Ts' network services reported denial of service attacks - coinciding with the inaguration of AT&T's new Internet Security Network.
According to Mark Manigerium of ReallyMegaBigCo LTD, 'The network guys here told everyone to keep a window open in the background - so everyone could listen to how much they were at risk from, like viruses and stuff. This has completely stopped traffic to out web site and cost us Megayons of Lira.'
Asked for comment, Brain S. Small,AT&T Sr. VP for network traffic, responded 'We do not know who is responsible for this attack on AT&T's network customers - but we will find them and hold them responsible.'
We at the Internet Security Network will report more as events unfold, about this massive denial of service attack on AT&T customers.
Back to you, Slash."
OK, yes I know about multicast;)
Konica-Minolta 2430DL Colour Laser with ethernet $500, without ethernet (2400?) $400. Both are usually on $100 discount. Try Staples. (cartridges are $100ea, and about 10K duty cycle)
I generally see limewire, kaaza, and bittorrent clones on my clients computers, as well as iTunes for legit stuff. (I own and have ripped every Clash album to my iRiver in .ogg. I need nothing else(;-)*
What do people here like, and for what? (Feel free to carp about the interface, weaknesses, and search results. Make sure you note pirate clash content...)
Change a few more keys: (E.G. Unlock the restrictions on the number of concurrent connections, etc...)
Seriously, what is the point? For fourty bucks more you could have bought the workstation version of windows, and have it supported when thing s invariably go wrong. A registry hacked version of windows wil be unstable and unsupported.
I think the first time I heard about this was with windows NT 3.51: Make your workstation an unstable server. (actually, at the time everyone had been buying NT 3.5 workstation, which had no connection restrictions, to use with Netscape server: MS killed it by moving video down a rung for NT 3.51, and added restrictions on the number of concurrent connections to workstation. So you could buy MS server with IIS ~1.x...)
I can allready get the other cars music by:
1) Being to close
2) Having my radio tuned to the tunecast
We would all have to be able to choose the music from the other car (Legal ramifications), and drive off the road trying to find a song that's not complete crap.
*Grabs iriver, seaches for music, drives off road*
Coined the word Sabotage. (The story I heard: French workers used to wear wooden shoes called Sabo and put them in the gears of the machines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage )
Of course, the Luddites did the same thing: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite)
The publishers may have a reasonable issue with Googles intention to copy some copyrighted works. If the project were to limit its accessibility to Public Domain works, the publishers would not be able to legitimately gripe. I suspect that the copyrighted work at issue is such that it is no longer in print & therefore generally unavailable for purchase.
However, a more serious concern is that Congress seems to perpetually insist on extending copyrights to the point that they are virtually perpetual. (I suspect that they are up to about 100 years.) If a publisher has a copyright, but decides that a work should not be in print - it is effectively censored.
This perpetual extension of copyrights (likely soon to be followed by business process patents,- Quick, give me $.05 for viewing this web page;) limites the use of useful works to those whom can pay the entrance fee. Assuming that the works are still in print.
If a publisher has a work that is unavailable (e.g. not in print), but copyrighted then they should have some way to disseminate it before they complain. The perpetual extensions of copyright are an issue that everyone should have their representatives address. (I can't help you. I live in DC, my representative has not voting power on the floor of Congress)
If you want change, you have to speak up.
Nice call. You could have emailed it to me though. Now if only DataStates.net was allowing me access to my domain, instead of hijacking it...
And the one that gets stuck under the futon frame;)
Now, if it only did Windows;)