The article is misleading. If you read the Doom9 forums, the guy did remove chip and reflash, but in the process he figured out how to reflash the chip over the USB bus which eliminates the need for a hardware mod. Nothing saying XBOX can require an update to play new games, which fixes the hole or at least changes the playing field.
As an IT lab manager, I'm surprised he didn't backup the data himself (maybe he only works with Apples and really doesn't know jack about computers). Afterall the final result is that he got the old laptop back and he _still_ has to figure out how to copy the old data off himself. Honestly, Apple didn't solve the problem. They merely threw a new laptop at the guy to shut him up. What AppleCare should have done was to clone the old drive onto the new machine.
I almost bought an Acer laptop from CostCo - until I actually saw it in person and tried the keyboard. The screen was horrible and you couldn't read it unless you were directly in front of it. It was barely bright enough in the store, forget going outside. The keyboard felt cheesy. The keys had poor feel and the entire keyboard flexed every time you tried typing. I bought a nice Sony Vaio FX series that Staples had on clearance that had more memory, faster processor, way better screen, a solid feel, and only cost $50 more. I've had nothing but problems with Acer desktops crapping the bed after 6 months at work.
I smell more BS. First, yes you can have full duplex on a single pair - for example plain old telephones do this nicely. If you were talking about DSL, you were close. It uses a frequency range that starts at a specific frequency and go as high as it can without running into problems with noise, echo, etc. The total usable bandwidth is determined by how high in frequency you can go. That frequency range is divided up frequency bands that correspond to 64kbit channels. Those channels get divided up between send and receive. If the number of send and receive is the same, its called SDSL, or ADSL if they are asymmetric.
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The problem is that the Fed government is trying to control speed limits by holding federal highway funding hostage. The stats have wanted to raise their speed limits for quite some time, but have not for fear of losing Federal funding. Besides, the states have already done the speed limit surveys based on the limitations of intersections, merge lanes, line-of-sight, etc and typically not based on the quality of the road surface or road curvature. For example really short merge lanes and a high speed limit on the highway means a much higher accident rate. The money would be better spent to improve the intersections and merge lanes that are current the limiting factors. Speed limits in residential areas are based on adequate stopping distances for pedestrians.
Quit using crappy Firefox browser and you won't have to worry about the browser making you wait every time you click on a download link or try to open a new window to a slow responding server. That's my #1 complain about Firefox is that one busy window freezes all of them. #2 is the random memory and cpu hogging, but that's slowly getting better with each update.
The Komodo Phone model 200 and model 300 were out in the mid 90s and did not require a PC. Both had analog ports for a regular phone. The KF200 used a modem dial-up and the KF300 used an ethernet connection for the VOIP side. Cisco bought out KomodoTech at some point and relabelled KF300 as the Cisco ATA816. The KF200 existed briefly as the ATA-182 but was dropped after the first few years.
You may have a logon prompt in 50 seconds, but I guarantee its not fully booted as services are still starting up. Since most people equate the logon screen with booted, they allowed the logon to occur before the services are all fully started. For example, boot and logon immediately and see if you can actually get to shared drives. Terminal services starts pretty late in the game for Windows 2003 I've noticed.
Reading the article, it looks like they are introducing the concept of dependencies and allowing things to start in parallel instead of sequentially as the sysinit process normally does. In other words, they've finally caught up with Windows NT4 which does exactly this and with a much better method of keeping track of the service dependencies.
I started laughing when the article stated that burning hydrogen produced zero pollution. Sure, if you live in a pure oxygen environment. Unfortunately, cars have to operate with a supply that's mostly nitrogen and significant portion of the resulting pollution is nitrogen compounds. Besides, the energy density per weight still sucks worse than decent battery technology which really does have zero emissions at the point of use.
There was no radar, just cameras and a fixed distance. The whole "cops can drive better" argument goes out the windows when you see that their accident rate IS higher than average. Even if they have training, it doesn't negate things out of their control like blind curves and stopping distances.
What makes you think the Chinese are only hacking from China? Even if the DOD did null-route anything from China, that just means they have a US-based system and use that as a jump-off point. DOD isn't likely to null-route the subnets for RR cable are they?
Looks like my assumption about XP having this feature were wrong. I changed my date to March 17 and the timestamps for files created on March 22nd jumped ahead an hour. Why did MS add the registry keys to XP then?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931836 supercedes 928388. From that article:
"In addition to the changes that are listed in the previous table, this update adds registry keys that store historical DST data for certain time zones. These keys are present in Windows Vista and are included to keep parity in the Windows time zone registry structure."
My interpretation of this statement is that Vista already had the feature, and this update is adding it to XP. The XP patch adds the dynamic definitions to the registry, which is another reason I think my interpretation might be right. I'll have to spend a little time playing with time settings and see if XP really does honor the dynamic definitions.
The timezones, including the new dynamic definitions, are kept under the software key. Check this article for the locations http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388.
I did some more digging and found out how to rebuild the Unix timezone file. Not too difficult, but a tad more effort than simply letting AU install patches on the windows boxes.
Actually, you have it wrong. The patch for WinXP implements a feature called dynamic timezones which WILL correctly show historical timestamps. If you look in the timezone registry you will see if has the pre2007 and post2007 timezone definitions. The lack of a Win2000 patch is probably becuase of the effort involved with back porting this feature. If you adjust the timezone definitions for Win2000, it will show incorrect historical file timestamps for files created/modified during the extra 4 weeks of DST.
Can you point to a *nix distro implements a similar feature? All I see is a flat timezone definition files.
Considering that the MS patch for XP is deployed via automatic updates, the time should be minimal. For W2k machines, you can patch the TZ definitions in the registry pretty easy using logon scripts, GPOs, etc. It took me about 1/2-hour to research the issues and maybe 10 minutes to push the patches out to 300 machines. If you have 1500 machines and doing anything "each-machine", something is wrong.
Unlike most, I at least skimmed through the IG report. Only a handful of those laptops were confirmed as stolen, the rest are simply lost. In my experience, lost usually means: another agency or department has it and the agency that originally procured it lost track of it; it was an ancient laptop and its in the bottom of a closet somewhere; or it was scrubbed and disposed of without the proper paperwork being done. Thefts do happen, but it's just a likely that the employee took it home and his kid is playing pac-man on it.
So you couldn't figure out how to go to the dell battery recall site enter the battery serial numbers? Put all the numbers into their site along with an email address and the batteries show up in the mail. Stick the old batteries in the box and drop them at the post office. Yeah, it's a pain in the butt to collect the battery serials and swap batteries, but getting Dell to send batteries was dirt simple. (Replaced 50 at my site).
Actually, most of the DDT scare was based on bad science and politics. Current science and the track record of countries still using it, show that DDT is fairly safe and doesn't cause the bird reporductive problems that Rachel Carson claimed. For example in the widely cited study of 20% of eggs with DDT exposure failing to hatch, they neglected to mention that the control group had 40% bad eggs.
A little more info at http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html
Go read your contract and/or the user agreement. I'll bet they do have the right to prioritize traffic as they see fit. I doubt your contract says unlimited anywhere either. It probably even has the semi-legal clause that they may change the terms of the contract at any time. ISPs oversell residential bandwidth. They have to in order to keep the end user costs reasonable. Of course, if you truly want dedicated bandwidth you'd go with a commercial connection with guaranteed bandwidth and uptime.
Having your router set to use uPnP is a security issue in my opinion. It's the first thing I turn off when I setup a modem/router. One one hand, it's a nice feature for the average user so that software can punch holes in the firewall as needed. On the other hand, malicious software/adware/spyware can punch a hole in your firewall at will.
Looking http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sup_01_18 _10_I_20_96.html, if they can prove that RIAA is violating any of a multitude of State fraud laws, they can also be charged under the RICO Act. Might be quite a stretch though. They may have a better case persuing this under anti-trust laws to break up RIAA.
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The article is misleading. If you read the Doom9 forums, the guy did remove chip and reflash, but in the process he figured out how to reflash the chip over the USB bus which eliminates the need for a hardware mod. Nothing saying XBOX can require an update to play new games, which fixes the hole or at least changes the playing field.
As an IT lab manager, I'm surprised he didn't backup the data himself (maybe he only works with Apples and really doesn't know jack about computers). Afterall the final result is that he got the old laptop back and he _still_ has to figure out how to copy the old data off himself. Honestly, Apple didn't solve the problem. They merely threw a new laptop at the guy to shut him up. What AppleCare should have done was to clone the old drive onto the new machine.
I almost bought an Acer laptop from CostCo - until I actually saw it in person and tried the keyboard. The screen was horrible and you couldn't read it unless you were directly in front of it. It was barely bright enough in the store, forget going outside. The keyboard felt cheesy. The keys had poor feel and the entire keyboard flexed every time you tried typing. I bought a nice Sony Vaio FX series that Staples had on clearance that had more memory, faster processor, way better screen, a solid feel, and only cost $50 more. I've had nothing but problems with Acer desktops crapping the bed after 6 months at work.
I smell more BS. First, yes you can have full duplex on a single pair - for example plain old telephones do this nicely. If you were talking about DSL, you were close. It uses a frequency range that starts at a specific frequency and go as high as it can without running into problems with noise, echo, etc. The total usable bandwidth is determined by how high in frequency you can go. That frequency range is divided up frequency bands that correspond to 64kbit channels. Those channels get divided up between send and receive. If the number of send and receive is the same, its called SDSL, or ADSL if they are asymmetric.
Well you're wrong. At least according to the State law you're supposed to keep right http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+co d+46.2-804 and yield to faster traffic http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+co d+46.2-842.1 . According to the State Police this includes when that traffic is exceeding the speed limit http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/022006 /02092006/166829 . Why you might ask? Because slow drivers in the left lane increase road rage incidents and cause more accidents.
The problem is that the Fed government is trying to control speed limits by holding federal highway funding hostage. The stats have wanted to raise their speed limits for quite some time, but have not for fear of losing Federal funding. Besides, the states have already done the speed limit surveys based on the limitations of intersections, merge lanes, line-of-sight, etc and typically not based on the quality of the road surface or road curvature. For example really short merge lanes and a high speed limit on the highway means a much higher accident rate. The money would be better spent to improve the intersections and merge lanes that are current the limiting factors. Speed limits in residential areas are based on adequate stopping distances for pedestrians.
Quit using crappy Firefox browser and you won't have to worry about the browser making you wait every time you click on a download link or try to open a new window to a slow responding server. That's my #1 complain about Firefox is that one busy window freezes all of them. #2 is the random memory and cpu hogging, but that's slowly getting better with each update.
Oops, make that the Cisco ATA-186.
The Komodo Phone model 200 and model 300 were out in the mid 90s and did not require a PC. Both had analog ports for a regular phone. The KF200 used a modem dial-up and the KF300 used an ethernet connection for the VOIP side. Cisco bought out KomodoTech at some point and relabelled KF300 as the Cisco ATA816. The KF200 existed briefly as the ATA-182 but was dropped after the first few years.
Well since they haven't solved the pesky problem of the antibodies, they still can't use this converted blood in anyone but 0 type.
You may have a logon prompt in 50 seconds, but I guarantee its not fully booted as services are still starting up. Since most people equate the logon screen with booted, they allowed the logon to occur before the services are all fully started. For example, boot and logon immediately and see if you can actually get to shared drives. Terminal services starts pretty late in the game for Windows 2003 I've noticed.
Reading the article, it looks like they are introducing the concept of dependencies and allowing things to start in parallel instead of sequentially as the sysinit process normally does. In other words, they've finally caught up with Windows NT4 which does exactly this and with a much better method of keeping track of the service dependencies.
I started laughing when the article stated that burning hydrogen produced zero pollution. Sure, if you live in a pure oxygen environment. Unfortunately, cars have to operate with a supply that's mostly nitrogen and significant portion of the resulting pollution is nitrogen compounds. Besides, the energy density per weight still sucks worse than decent battery technology which really does have zero emissions at the point of use.
There was no radar, just cameras and a fixed distance. The whole "cops can drive better" argument goes out the windows when you see that their accident rate IS higher than average. Even if they have training, it doesn't negate things out of their control like blind curves and stopping distances.
What makes you think the Chinese are only hacking from China? Even if the DOD did null-route anything from China, that just means they have a US-based system and use that as a jump-off point. DOD isn't likely to null-route the subnets for RR cable are they?
Looks like my assumption about XP having this feature were wrong. I changed my date to March 17 and the timestamps for files created on March 22nd jumped ahead an hour. Why did MS add the registry keys to XP then?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931836 supercedes 928388. From that article: "In addition to the changes that are listed in the previous table, this update adds registry keys that store historical DST data for certain time zones. These keys are present in Windows Vista and are included to keep parity in the Windows time zone registry structure." My interpretation of this statement is that Vista already had the feature, and this update is adding it to XP. The XP patch adds the dynamic definitions to the registry, which is another reason I think my interpretation might be right. I'll have to spend a little time playing with time settings and see if XP really does honor the dynamic definitions.
The timezones, including the new dynamic definitions, are kept under the software key. Check this article for the locations http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388. I did some more digging and found out how to rebuild the Unix timezone file. Not too difficult, but a tad more effort than simply letting AU install patches on the windows boxes.
Actually, you have it wrong. The patch for WinXP implements a feature called dynamic timezones which WILL correctly show historical timestamps. If you look in the timezone registry you will see if has the pre2007 and post2007 timezone definitions. The lack of a Win2000 patch is probably becuase of the effort involved with back porting this feature. If you adjust the timezone definitions for Win2000, it will show incorrect historical file timestamps for files created/modified during the extra 4 weeks of DST. Can you point to a *nix distro implements a similar feature? All I see is a flat timezone definition files.
Considering that the MS patch for XP is deployed via automatic updates, the time should be minimal. For W2k machines, you can patch the TZ definitions in the registry pretty easy using logon scripts, GPOs, etc. It took me about 1/2-hour to research the issues and maybe 10 minutes to push the patches out to 300 machines. If you have 1500 machines and doing anything "each-machine", something is wrong.
Unlike most, I at least skimmed through the IG report. Only a handful of those laptops were confirmed as stolen, the rest are simply lost. In my experience, lost usually means: another agency or department has it and the agency that originally procured it lost track of it; it was an ancient laptop and its in the bottom of a closet somewhere; or it was scrubbed and disposed of without the proper paperwork being done. Thefts do happen, but it's just a likely that the employee took it home and his kid is playing pac-man on it.
So you couldn't figure out how to go to the dell battery recall site enter the battery serial numbers? Put all the numbers into their site along with an email address and the batteries show up in the mail. Stick the old batteries in the box and drop them at the post office. Yeah, it's a pain in the butt to collect the battery serials and swap batteries, but getting Dell to send batteries was dirt simple. (Replaced 50 at my site).
Actually, most of the DDT scare was based on bad science and politics. Current science and the track record of countries still using it, show that DDT is fairly safe and doesn't cause the bird reporductive problems that Rachel Carson claimed. For example in the widely cited study of 20% of eggs with DDT exposure failing to hatch, they neglected to mention that the control group had 40% bad eggs. A little more info at http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html
Go read your contract and/or the user agreement. I'll bet they do have the right to prioritize traffic as they see fit. I doubt your contract says unlimited anywhere either. It probably even has the semi-legal clause that they may change the terms of the contract at any time. ISPs oversell residential bandwidth. They have to in order to keep the end user costs reasonable. Of course, if you truly want dedicated bandwidth you'd go with a commercial connection with guaranteed bandwidth and uptime.
Having your router set to use uPnP is a security issue in my opinion. It's the first thing I turn off when I setup a modem/router. One one hand, it's a nice feature for the average user so that software can punch holes in the firewall as needed. On the other hand, malicious software/adware/spyware can punch a hole in your firewall at will.
Looking http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sup_01_18 _10_I_20_96.html, if they can prove that RIAA is violating any of a multitude of State fraud laws, they can also be charged under the RICO Act. Might be quite a stretch though. They may have a better case persuing this under anti-trust laws to break up RIAA.