I do believe you are talking about Avast! antivirus (which is free). If set to its default settings it will say "virus database updated" it is neat at first (like having your own star trek ship computer!) and annoying later on. But I doubt it is there to scare anyone.
I use Avast! because I grew up with McAfee and Symantec. They were terrible because they did the things you mentioned (slow your system to a crawl and made it impossible to uninstall the AV). I also got Avast! because it has the ability to check on 64 bit programs and most importantly it is FREE.
I still work with Symantec at work (Air Force) but it has been pushed to the side and it is updated by a centralized AF AV server that rarely needs maintenance. The processing power has also increased to a point where I do not notice the background virus checks.
Easy just switch to a security access protocol that doesn't require a password. Like a common access card or fingerprints. You would still use pins (much easier then complex passwords) and it would be expensive (equipment wise) at first but think about the amount of time you would save. Plus it is much more secure since it also gives authentication as well as access. Passwords are extremely prone to social engineering.
It depends if you are administrating a small company where you make the rules or a large company with directives.
For a small company with only one site, naming your machine is worthless. But, for a large company with thousands of workstations and several sites (that have portable workstations moving between them) it helps to have a concise naming system.
The best naming system is to have the first 2 letters be relevant to the site's name, then a simple 3 or 4 number account tracked by your supply depot, and the serial number or MAC address (if accounted for by supply) of the machine on the tail. This way you know (through a DNS/WINS lookup and a fancy network management tool like Cisco works) if a person from a different site connected to a port in your site or if a different account with your site decided to move to another part of your site. This is helpful if you need to track down a machine that is being bad even if it is off the network for a while.
Good naming conventions are extremely important for good network management.
Yeah but any good security+ certified IT professional knows that even a locked down wireless network is never completely secured. Like a car there are ways around a wireless security. I used to go out with a team and would crack networks of clients to see if they were updating and standardizing their encryption keys. It was rare that we cracked them but the fact that we did shows that even a secure network is never too secure. And there are always new vulnerabilities. So even if they warn you that is not an excuse to throw you in jail.
The last thing on my mind when trying Chrome is the End user agreement. I like a lot of it's features and wish that firefox had them. But where is RSS? I simply cannot live without my syndications.
I work with Win Serv 2003 on a daily basis as well as XP on my work machine. Let me tell you Server 2003 is much better than XP. This fact has probably been true since NT was first created. Why do you think MS switched from using the DOS (win 95, win 98, and ME) to NT kernel? They figured out that what is being used for the server side is best. They probably put several times more testing time into their server software. Nothing on the server software should even remotely close to a beta version. It will be tried and true. On the other hand we have the commercial side users. They know the normal user is a good test bed for flaws in the system. They take this research and place it in the Server architecture. Also, they know normal users are attracted to shiny things and love advertisements. Some power users (linux geeks) will take the commercial software and make it a model hate Microsoft. This is alright and it is a show of how open source is different from closed source. Open source is much quicker to evolve due to the direct communication with average user. Closed source relies on limited but still effective communication. They are both the same but open is faster to change than closed. But because of the lack of active advertising and 'shiny stuff' linux may never build a large average user group. In conclusion, yes Microsoft is going to use only the best code for their Server software and perhaps the untested software is for us mice.
First thing is that yes it is easy to hide a bomb in a metal skin car. But think about that extra room a terrorist can take advantage of. Like the man in the video said it only takes 2 hours to put the fabric on the car. This doesn't seem at all possible with a metal skin car that requires welds and several screws. What is keeping a terrorist from removing the fabric and placing a bomb within the frame? Then 2 hours later voila an extremely well hidden bomb. There is no way a gate guard or regular person is going to see something that is under the skin of a car.
I agree and disagree. Microsoft seems to always make good server software. They make it with reliability in mind. And when they had taken their server kernel (NT) and used it to make 2000(a user oriented machine), they were on the right track. It seems Microsoft has always made assumptions when making a user oriented OS. They assume the user is going to turn the machine off every night to conserve energy. They assume the user is a power user and leaves out security (leaving several settings default and unprotected). They assume the user is using the system for gaming and loads it with APIs. They assume the user is going to buy all their software(Leaving out Office and giving them starter apps). And they have started to realize that most of these assumptions are wrong. But they over analyzed the problems and created Vista. They still made the above assumptions and created more. They pretty much put their collective head up their ass. I use Vista currently and have suffered. Now back to servers. I work with servers most of my day. And I have to say the difference between Win serv 2000 and Win2003 are improvements. And it seems that Microsoft has seen that too and used it to improve XP to run more like 2003. XP has certainly come a long way since Service pack 1. That is the reason why people were waiting for Vista to get sp1. Once Win2008 comes out we will see an improvement in Vista. The reason is that most of Microsoft's talent has always been on the servers side. They are trying to compete with Linux. And it seems that most would agree with this conclusion. Just think of the consumer version of Windows as an inbreed and the server versions as a well bred Harvard boy or girl. (or Yale if you prefer)
Yeah this does not make any sense. Cracking tools have been around for a while. As long as one cannot remotely do this then you should be fine. Also, through my experience in security, I do not believe in a total secure system. Someone is always going to figure it out. People point out Microsoft's flawed physical security when Cisco has less. I can crack a Cisco switch or router in a few minutes without any special effort beyond a simple reset. Unless you wish to keep the password then it takes a few extra steps. The main thing is that security on personal computers (no matter if it is OS X, Win, OS/2, Unix, or Linux) is just away to keep the honest, honest.
I would not buy a laptop for the latest games. I would buy for reliability. Mac does seem to have that. But my Dell also seems to have that for half the price. By serious art I mean computer generated graphics for movies like the latest Narnia. Photography is easily tackled by a lower end machine. You probably do not need a >$1000 computer for the job. The day you can place a $2000 graphics card into a Mac is the day a serious artist would use it. Oh wait a minute your using a laptop your screwed when you want an upgrade. When apple steps away from proprietary crap,completely, I will buy their OS. I am as tired of Windows as much as everyone else.
nothing. If I can make a machine for under a thousand $ that can play crysis on high with 35 fps (atleast) then why buy a mac? Most people do not need or even want the extras you get with a >1000$ machine. And guess what businesses want (the real money maker)? Thats right the 1000$ machine. So this leaves the cows that want the shiney mac and artists. I have never been impressed by a Mac or a PC. But if Mac really wants into the non fantasy computer world, then they need make there product work on a PC. What with the high gas prices I don't think the cows are willing to go to pasture for these worthless machines anyway. That leaves the artists. And a really serious artist probably needs more than a Mac can provide also. This whole thing seems like a train wreck waiting to happen. If Apple wants to survive then they need to change.
I had one of the first ELO monitors back in the 90s. My dad won it at a Comdex one year and we used it quite a bit. Eventually though we grew bored of it and my mom was the only one using it. She also forgot about it later. Then in 2001 I tried using it and had to look for the serial cable and the software online to make it work with Win ME. Turned out the bottom sensors had since given out ( it could have be ME). But the moral of the story is that touch screens never caught on throughout those years and I loved being able to use my finger to paint electronically. Yet it had a practical use and the food and medical industries could see it. The truth is that even though the general public is not using a certain technology does not mean it is not being used. I also regret every time someone mentions new hand held computers it is like they were just invented. I have been using a pda since I was 9 years old (13 years ago). These Iphones or IPod touches are nothing new. Whats with the "I" prefix anyway? F_(king apple has always been retarded and will always be retarded. They just finally figured out what advertisements can do. There are better cell phones elsewhere, like Korea, that just haven't made it to the US. I mean give me a break.
Who says that IT shops can have non artificial light? This is insane. Everyone knows the computers hate the sun. But seriously even with out windows we have a nice modern Comm focal point (What ever the Air Force decides to call it). Besides the CFP my office is old, yet comfortable and productive. Having video games would be distracting. They should be saved for after work. Also I noticed that google is not listed. I have seen pictures of Google and their offices are 100 times better than any of the ones on that site in tfa.
If a router is congested just replace it with a new router with a higher capacity. Isn't that the way we have dealt with this so far? From my experience most routers only run at 10 percent capacity anyway. The solution relies mostly on the need of the network. If a network has out grown current router tech then it needs to be split up into a smaller networks. Or in other words get a second router and use VPN to connect the obese network. TCP seems to be doing it's job and the internet is too big for a dramatic change. I wonder if IPv6 is ever going to work out.
So I guess if you have email or ftp you are a criminal? I like the analogy of placing a book in your yard. If you are using P2P, you are just placing it there. If you are using ftp it is like putting a sign out saying free book. If you are using a secure means such as encrypted email it is like throwing the book over a fence at your neighbor. So by your opinion we should just get rid of the internet all together? Case in point, no smoking gun.
How is touch screen or dual screen new? The reason laptops do not use two screens is because they are not energy efficients. In other words the costs outweigh the benefits. What I think of a future laptop is one that you can rollup or put in a binder.
Two words: Physical Money (money you can touch and smell) Example: Quarters, dollars, pennies. The author is refering to the credit/debit card revolution. The context gives the clues. The phrase "Money has all but disappeared" is just a catcher.
This is a very good idea. It would help destroy piracy and regulate something that has needed to be regulated from the get go. Yet like many other misunderstood things (like alcohol, gay marriage, protestant churches, marijuana, abortions, etc.) people just want to say they are bad and should be banished. But, like alcohol, those who want it will get it. Humans are a fickle bunch, we cant be completely controlled. There will always be deviants. Always. So like alcohol it should be regulated. This way deviants can come out of the closet (to put it bluntly). Some may even stop because they no longer get the thrill of hunt.
That's odd seeing as when I was a kid we used wait till it got dark before Trick-or-Treating. This just means kids are going to be out later. Silly government meddling where it shouldn't be. I grew up in Arizona and went to Purdue University in Indiana. They had just implemented DST before I left. Man I hate waking up in the complete dark and riding my bicycle in the snow. Why did Indiana vote in that terrible Governor who pushed DST? Too bad the previous gov had to die.
Yeah and tell that to the people who developed utorrent or azureus. There are plenty of files out there best shared via bittorent. I mean if every slashdotter's wet dream came true the best way to get linux is via bittorrent. But that is only the tip of the ice berg. I download from a site called Jamendo.com. They give you the option to pay the artist you are listening. Also, although still illegal, the TV producers have given in to public demand for torrented tv. They have even been known to release prereleases on bittorent in order to find out if a show will be popular. This helps decide the best times to show the show to the general non torrenting public. And do not forget availability. Most shows on the BBC are not going to be on American television stations unless the American producers decide to buy rights to show it. Like Japanorama or Primeval. But besides that there are many places where people can only afford internet. P2P=everything good in the world.
So this means that earth is in it's late 30s then (relatively speaking)? Another billion years then before it's over the hill. So when do we get out the black hats and balloons? The point of this theory is to say we do not have to worry about this ever happening to humans. Oh no, we'll probably kill each other before the party even begins.
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Yeah and if we all followed Apple in the 80s like they wanted us to then we wouldn't have Intel or AMD. In fact, a perfect world in the eyes of a Apple is one with only Apple. Apple is the communism of the computer world. The prospect is awesome but the outcome is devastating. But the truth is, like communism, they depend upon PCs as much as, well, PCs. If you recall there dealings with Microsoft in the late 90s they were going down hill. Nobody wanted a Macintosh because of the pricing. If Microsoft hadn't been afraid of Uncle Sam cutting their balls off Macs may very well be extinct. But no they gave them help under the table and Apple is where they are today. Apple scares the sh*t out of me. They have the potential to be a bigger threat to the computer world then Microsoft had in their wildest dreams. And Microsoft owns a share. So back to AMD and Intel. While we still have them available.
Well I have a certain understanding that the department of defense of the USA is planning a jump to Vista. In fact we have a stand desktop configuration (SDC) being tested that has Vista. I think they are just waiting for bases to catch up with newer machines to run Vista.
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I do believe you are talking about Avast! antivirus (which is free). If set to its default settings it will say "virus database updated" it is neat at first (like having your own star trek ship computer!) and annoying later on. But I doubt it is there to scare anyone. I use Avast! because I grew up with McAfee and Symantec. They were terrible because they did the things you mentioned (slow your system to a crawl and made it impossible to uninstall the AV). I also got Avast! because it has the ability to check on 64 bit programs and most importantly it is FREE. I still work with Symantec at work (Air Force) but it has been pushed to the side and it is updated by a centralized AF AV server that rarely needs maintenance. The processing power has also increased to a point where I do not notice the background virus checks.
Easy just switch to a security access protocol that doesn't require a password. Like a common access card or fingerprints. You would still use pins (much easier then complex passwords) and it would be expensive (equipment wise) at first but think about the amount of time you would save. Plus it is much more secure since it also gives authentication as well as access. Passwords are extremely prone to social engineering.
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It depends if you are administrating a small company where you make the rules or a large company with directives. For a small company with only one site, naming your machine is worthless. But, for a large company with thousands of workstations and several sites (that have portable workstations moving between them) it helps to have a concise naming system. The best naming system is to have the first 2 letters be relevant to the site's name, then a simple 3 or 4 number account tracked by your supply depot, and the serial number or MAC address (if accounted for by supply) of the machine on the tail. This way you know (through a DNS/WINS lookup and a fancy network management tool like Cisco works) if a person from a different site connected to a port in your site or if a different account with your site decided to move to another part of your site. This is helpful if you need to track down a machine that is being bad even if it is off the network for a while. Good naming conventions are extremely important for good network management.
Yeah but any good security+ certified IT professional knows that even a locked down wireless network is never completely secured. Like a car there are ways around a wireless security. I used to go out with a team and would crack networks of clients to see if they were updating and standardizing their encryption keys. It was rare that we cracked them but the fact that we did shows that even a secure network is never too secure. And there are always new vulnerabilities. So even if they warn you that is not an excuse to throw you in jail.
The last thing on my mind when trying Chrome is the End user agreement. I like a lot of it's features and wish that firefox had them. But where is RSS? I simply cannot live without my syndications.
I work with Win Serv 2003 on a daily basis as well as XP on my work machine. Let me tell you Server 2003 is much better than XP. This fact has probably been true since NT was first created. Why do you think MS switched from using the DOS (win 95, win 98, and ME) to NT kernel? They figured out that what is being used for the server side is best. They probably put several times more testing time into their server software. Nothing on the server software should even remotely close to a beta version. It will be tried and true. On the other hand we have the commercial side users. They know the normal user is a good test bed for flaws in the system. They take this research and place it in the Server architecture. Also, they know normal users are attracted to shiny things and love advertisements. Some power users (linux geeks) will take the commercial software and make it a model hate Microsoft. This is alright and it is a show of how open source is different from closed source. Open source is much quicker to evolve due to the direct communication with average user. Closed source relies on limited but still effective communication. They are both the same but open is faster to change than closed. But because of the lack of active advertising and 'shiny stuff' linux may never build a large average user group. In conclusion, yes Microsoft is going to use only the best code for their Server software and perhaps the untested software is for us mice.
First thing is that yes it is easy to hide a bomb in a metal skin car. But think about that extra room a terrorist can take advantage of. Like the man in the video said it only takes 2 hours to put the fabric on the car. This doesn't seem at all possible with a metal skin car that requires welds and several screws. What is keeping a terrorist from removing the fabric and placing a bomb within the frame? Then 2 hours later voila an extremely well hidden bomb. There is no way a gate guard or regular person is going to see something that is under the skin of a car.
I agree and disagree. Microsoft seems to always make good server software. They make it with reliability in mind. And when they had taken their server kernel (NT) and used it to make 2000(a user oriented machine), they were on the right track. It seems Microsoft has always made assumptions when making a user oriented OS. They assume the user is going to turn the machine off every night to conserve energy. They assume the user is a power user and leaves out security (leaving several settings default and unprotected). They assume the user is using the system for gaming and loads it with APIs. They assume the user is going to buy all their software(Leaving out Office and giving them starter apps). And they have started to realize that most of these assumptions are wrong. But they over analyzed the problems and created Vista. They still made the above assumptions and created more. They pretty much put their collective head up their ass. I use Vista currently and have suffered. Now back to servers. I work with servers most of my day. And I have to say the difference between Win serv 2000 and Win2003 are improvements. And it seems that Microsoft has seen that too and used it to improve XP to run more like 2003. XP has certainly come a long way since Service pack 1. That is the reason why people were waiting for Vista to get sp1. Once Win2008 comes out we will see an improvement in Vista. The reason is that most of Microsoft's talent has always been on the servers side. They are trying to compete with Linux. And it seems that most would agree with this conclusion. Just think of the consumer version of Windows as an inbreed and the server versions as a well bred Harvard boy or girl. (or Yale if you prefer)
Yeah this does not make any sense. Cracking tools have been around for a while. As long as one cannot remotely do this then you should be fine. Also, through my experience in security, I do not believe in a total secure system. Someone is always going to figure it out. People point out Microsoft's flawed physical security when Cisco has less. I can crack a Cisco switch or router in a few minutes without any special effort beyond a simple reset. Unless you wish to keep the password then it takes a few extra steps. The main thing is that security on personal computers (no matter if it is OS X, Win, OS/2, Unix, or Linux) is just away to keep the honest, honest.
I would not buy a laptop for the latest games. I would buy for reliability. Mac does seem to have that. But my Dell also seems to have that for half the price. By serious art I mean computer generated graphics for movies like the latest Narnia. Photography is easily tackled by a lower end machine. You probably do not need a >$1000 computer for the job. The day you can place a $2000 graphics card into a Mac is the day a serious artist would use it. Oh wait a minute your using a laptop your screwed when you want an upgrade. When apple steps away from proprietary crap,completely, I will buy their OS. I am as tired of Windows as much as everyone else.
nothing. If I can make a machine for under a thousand $ that can play crysis on high with 35 fps (atleast) then why buy a mac? Most people do not need or even want the extras you get with a >1000$ machine. And guess what businesses want (the real money maker)? Thats right the 1000$ machine. So this leaves the cows that want the shiney mac and artists. I have never been impressed by a Mac or a PC. But if Mac really wants into the non fantasy computer world, then they need make there product work on a PC. What with the high gas prices I don't think the cows are willing to go to pasture for these worthless machines anyway. That leaves the artists. And a really serious artist probably needs more than a Mac can provide also. This whole thing seems like a train wreck waiting to happen. If Apple wants to survive then they need to change.
I had one of the first ELO monitors back in the 90s. My dad won it at a Comdex one year and we used it quite a bit. Eventually though we grew bored of it and my mom was the only one using it. She also forgot about it later. Then in 2001 I tried using it and had to look for the serial cable and the software online to make it work with Win ME. Turned out the bottom sensors had since given out ( it could have be ME). But the moral of the story is that touch screens never caught on throughout those years and I loved being able to use my finger to paint electronically. Yet it had a practical use and the food and medical industries could see it. The truth is that even though the general public is not using a certain technology does not mean it is not being used. I also regret every time someone mentions new hand held computers it is like they were just invented. I have been using a pda since I was 9 years old (13 years ago). These Iphones or IPod touches are nothing new. Whats with the "I" prefix anyway? F_(king apple has always been retarded and will always be retarded. They just finally figured out what advertisements can do. There are better cell phones elsewhere, like Korea, that just haven't made it to the US. I mean give me a break.
Who says that IT shops can have non artificial light? This is insane. Everyone knows the computers hate the sun. But seriously even with out windows we have a nice modern Comm focal point (What ever the Air Force decides to call it). Besides the CFP my office is old, yet comfortable and productive. Having video games would be distracting. They should be saved for after work. Also I noticed that google is not listed. I have seen pictures of Google and their offices are 100 times better than any of the ones on that site in tfa.
Two to the chest one to head!
If a router is congested just replace it with a new router with a higher capacity. Isn't that the way we have dealt with this so far? From my experience most routers only run at 10 percent capacity anyway. The solution relies mostly on the need of the network. If a network has out grown current router tech then it needs to be split up into a smaller networks. Or in other words get a second router and use VPN to connect the obese network. TCP seems to be doing it's job and the internet is too big for a dramatic change. I wonder if IPv6 is ever going to work out.
So I guess if you have email or ftp you are a criminal? I like the analogy of placing a book in your yard. If you are using P2P, you are just placing it there. If you are using ftp it is like putting a sign out saying free book. If you are using a secure means such as encrypted email it is like throwing the book over a fence at your neighbor. So by your opinion we should just get rid of the internet all together? Case in point, no smoking gun.
How is touch screen or dual screen new? The reason laptops do not use two screens is because they are not energy efficients. In other words the costs outweigh the benefits. What I think of a future laptop is one that you can rollup or put in a binder.
Two words: Physical Money (money you can touch and smell) Example: Quarters, dollars, pennies. The author is refering to the credit/debit card revolution. The context gives the clues. The phrase "Money has all but disappeared" is just a catcher.
This is a very good idea. It would help destroy piracy and regulate something that has needed to be regulated from the get go. Yet like many other misunderstood things (like alcohol, gay marriage, protestant churches, marijuana, abortions, etc.) people just want to say they are bad and should be banished. But, like alcohol, those who want it will get it. Humans are a fickle bunch, we cant be completely controlled. There will always be deviants. Always. So like alcohol it should be regulated. This way deviants can come out of the closet (to put it bluntly). Some may even stop because they no longer get the thrill of hunt.
That's odd seeing as when I was a kid we used wait till it got dark before Trick-or-Treating. This just means kids are going to be out later. Silly government meddling where it shouldn't be. I grew up in Arizona and went to Purdue University in Indiana. They had just implemented DST before I left. Man I hate waking up in the complete dark and riding my bicycle in the snow. Why did Indiana vote in that terrible Governor who pushed DST? Too bad the previous gov had to die.
Yeah and tell that to the people who developed utorrent or azureus. There are plenty of files out there best shared via bittorent. I mean if every slashdotter's wet dream came true the best way to get linux is via bittorrent. But that is only the tip of the ice berg. I download from a site called Jamendo.com. They give you the option to pay the artist you are listening. Also, although still illegal, the TV producers have given in to public demand for torrented tv. They have even been known to release prereleases on bittorent in order to find out if a show will be popular. This helps decide the best times to show the show to the general non torrenting public. And do not forget availability. Most shows on the BBC are not going to be on American television stations unless the American producers decide to buy rights to show it. Like Japanorama or Primeval. But besides that there are many places where people can only afford internet. P2P=everything good in the world.
So this means that earth is in it's late 30s then (relatively speaking)? Another billion years then before it's over the hill. So when do we get out the black hats and balloons? The point of this theory is to say we do not have to worry about this ever happening to humans. Oh no, we'll probably kill each other before the party even begins.
Yeah and if we all followed Apple in the 80s like they wanted us to then we wouldn't have Intel or AMD. In fact, a perfect world in the eyes of a Apple is one with only Apple. Apple is the communism of the computer world. The prospect is awesome but the outcome is devastating. But the truth is, like communism, they depend upon PCs as much as, well, PCs. If you recall there dealings with Microsoft in the late 90s they were going down hill. Nobody wanted a Macintosh because of the pricing. If Microsoft hadn't been afraid of Uncle Sam cutting their balls off Macs may very well be extinct. But no they gave them help under the table and Apple is where they are today. Apple scares the sh*t out of me. They have the potential to be a bigger threat to the computer world then Microsoft had in their wildest dreams. And Microsoft owns a share. So back to AMD and Intel. While we still have them available.
Well I have a certain understanding that the department of defense of the USA is planning a jump to Vista. In fact we have a stand desktop configuration (SDC) being tested that has Vista. I think they are just waiting for bases to catch up with newer machines to run Vista.