Proxy is loading your traffic through someone else's server. Only proxy aware and configured applications will communicate through the proxy.
VPN sets up an encrypted tunnel allowing your computer to be located at a different node when connecting to the internet. Virtually moving your PC to their network. All of your traffic will normally pass through that encrypted tunnel.
Don't forget "Job Security". For government produced software means obfuscated code with absolutely no written documentation. Whether created by federal service employee or contractor.
In 2006 Open Source software and services earned $1.8B USD50 as compared with $235B USD in packaged software sales51 (which likely pulled through an additional $235B USD in support and services52). No matter how one looks at it, Open Source solutions represent less than 1% of global software spend, and yet now enable a reduction of more than 25% of such spending (because $60B is more than 25% of $235B). More impressively, Open Source solutions represent less than 0.1% of global ICT spend, and have already been estimated to deliver back 2% in total returns ($60B is approx 2% of $3T). With these kinds of numbers, the idea of spending half one's budget on open source software and half on proprietary becomes meaningless: the whole problem could be solved twice over with Open Source solutions for 10% of what is being spent right now.
They're assuming that the ratio of (free cost/licensed cost) compared to returns will remain constant. I propose that as they convert their entire shop to FOSS, costs will rise above the status quo. Sysadmins and linux geeks will make the leap quickly, but the rest of your support staff will have to be replaced or retrained. Helpdesk person supporting Windows who is not a linux geek will not know what questions to ask to support linux.
Haven't even addressed productivity. And if you think the average user will make the switch without a gun to their head, I call BS! Techies, geeks, early adopters and mac fans might be able to live in either environment (sorry, maybe not the fanbois) (couldn't resist), but Average Joe wants to fire up Outlook and Explorer and PowerPoint. 2007's ribbon (BTW, Ribbon = Menu + Toolbar, easy) causes tons of problems. Take away their start button. They'd riot.
Mirrors only work against a small range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Everyday mirrors reflect visible light. This type of laser probably is not visible. Probably in the ultraviolet or higher bands. It'd melt through any surface short of a perfect blackbody.
Just because you're city-centric doesn't mean everyone else is too. Lots of folks are willing to move to small towns.
Dangerous to raise kids in the country? Dude, what city do you live in? Violence in schools is much lower in the country due to the lower population density. If you're talking about quality of schools, unless you go private, things are tough all over. Current crop of teachers came from the class promotion culture and things are just going to get worse as time goes on. But rural areas are really the last bastion of the older culture. Yet still the political nature of funding schools, the games educators have to play to get that funding, and the general decline of education in the States means that you're not going to find a good public school very often. City or country.
Personally, I'll live anywhere I can support my lifestyle. Broadband and postal mail at the house and a grocery store within an hour's drive.
You didn't even mention MARS. These guys used to be the main way troops in the field could get messages home. The service still operates, or did at least back in '03 when I knew an operator.
Regarding SW:TOR. It is a fully realized MMO, not just a RPG. Bioware's first. LucasArts is fully behind the project. The graphics look gorgeous, and they're claiming that it will be "fully voiced". They have a really deep background universe to draw on including the movies, novels and prior games (MMO and RPG and action and FPS and flight sims, etc.) Plus they have probably the (most, second most, top 3 most) rabid group of fans in the sci-fi world, and probably the largest.
If Bioware/LucasArts can pull off what they've started to the level of quality and polish that matches what they've released so far, this could be the one that competes with WoW.
"The increase we have seen in our Wall Street Journal subscription proves to me that the market is willing to pay for that quality."
WSJ might as well be the trade journal for stock market investments. There's a lot of content there, a lot of high quality journalism. Yes, this combination of niche and quality means that a subscription service will work.
Good luck with the rest of the stable of newspapers, I do not think any others are 'best in breed' like WSJ. I could be wrong though...
Ad supported with pay to remove ads is one way to survive. Tech websites with good reputations, earned while free, have started charging membership fees. I'm all for both models.
Running Windows Vista on my media 'server' computer. Tripped circuit breaker and critical security updates are the only reason I have rebooted it since I turned it on. Since almost 10 months ago, I estimate 12-15 restarts.
But you are forgetting the browser wars, you forgot the end product of them which was IE6, the browser that made the web effectively unchanged for many years. The browser that opened the world up to every sort of malware out there.
I thought a stable software that hit 80% market share would be considered a success?
Or what about the pain of Windows 9X that bluescreened for no reason?
I suppose every line of code you ever wrote does exactly what you intended and nothing else? Modern operating systems are mindbogglingly complex, and with complex systems the "law" of unintended consequences reigns supreme. Talk to me when you develop the perfect operating system, completely without security flaws out of the box with no configuring, oh and it has to be flexible enough to do whatever the end user wants. Windows, Linux, Mac? They're all crap. Much like cars in the 40's and 50's, they're overbuilt, unwieldy and unsafe. In another 20-50 years we'll have refined, elegant design in Operating Systems, while maintaining usability and flexibility.
However, one point: you have to install the pirated version of the software to get the trojan and give it an administrator's password before it can pwn the machine, i.e., it's not a virus.
What does whether it is a trojan or a virus have to do with anything. Mac, botnet, malware. Good stuff.
I hope you were being facetious. Chess can be approached from many viewpoints, but knowing how the pieces move is just the first step. You have to know how the pieces interact with each other and with your opponent's pieces. You have to know the strengths and weaknesses of the pieces. How they project power and the directions at which they are vulnerable.
But hey, MMORPG's are the same way, so I think you were being facetions.
Either way, the debate is CHARACTER skill advancement models versus CHARACTER level advancement models.
Long term, the higher level of education will allow you higher level of responsibility. If you want to do technical work, concentrate on certs and experience. If you ever want to get into management, the masters level degree will be the key to open the door. Of course, the formula now is Degree + certs + experience.
In the U.S., it is hard to get in the door without a B.S. these days. There are so many techs in the system that the leadership positions are almost requiring a Masters to be considered.
Skimp on: Case peripherals video (use onboard) sound (use onboard)
Buy decent: better than average, but don't go cutting edge...costs too much RAM - 3GB unless you use 64 bit OS and apps, otherise go 4 or 8 motherboard processor
Spend extra on: Hard Drives Fans and Heatsinks Power Supplies
And have a plan for when hard drive, fan, or power supply fails.
For processor, use a Core 2 Duo, 3GHz or higher. Reason? Simple, save a ton of cash over i7 or quad core. Pack it with RAM, but if you're not using a 64 bit OS, over 3Gigs is a waste.
As for software, sounds like he's running a database based system. Highly recommend looking over at one of the shareware repositories looking for software that does what you need it to do. He cannot possibly be the only veterinarian running a small business who needs "veterinary/medical record keeping + shipping & receiving + payroll" software. Someone has done this before.
Consider 3 or 4 machines. One for the database/file server. One for the front desk where the work is done. This one gets a nice monitor keyboard and mouse. The third is the backup machine. Server and backup machine need to be Raid 5 for redundancy, and the backup machine should be offsite. An online data repository might work for this, depending how much DATA needs to be backed up. Don't backup the OS and apps this way, a ghost type image taken after install+update is the best way to back those things up. This keeps the backups small.
The problem is that you're actually talking about two different things. One is a power plant, one is a fuel source.
I submit that if you could use this process to economically produce hydrogen and oxygen, you could create power plants that use these as fuel, and possibly create electrical energy better than nuclear or coal. Better due to greatly reduced environmental impact.
And fuel cell cars are known to be feasible right now, the main problem with them is finding an economical, non-fossil fuel source for the hydrogen.
Another use for this technology would be a sort of energy pack that goes on the roof. A water line goes in, hydrogen comes out and is stored in a fuel cell which powers the house. Problem is what to do with all the waste oxygen.
Slashdot Mirror
Proxy is loading your traffic through someone else's server. Only proxy aware and configured applications will communicate through the proxy.
VPN sets up an encrypted tunnel allowing your computer to be located at a different node when connecting to the internet. Virtually moving your PC to their network. All of your traffic will normally pass through that encrypted tunnel.
Don't forget "Job Security". For government produced software means obfuscated code with absolutely no written documentation. Whether created by federal service employee or contractor.
Actually ad-blocking is amoral, but not immoral. Try a dictionary. Hell, use google if you have to.
The only reaction I can put into words is, "They're doing it wrong!"
If you're on my network I can see your stuff and the only person who knows your password had better be you.
In 2006 Open Source software and services earned $1.8B USD50 as compared with $235B USD in packaged software sales51 (which likely pulled through an additional $235B USD in support and services52). No matter how one looks at it, Open Source solutions represent less than 1% of global software spend, and yet now enable a reduction of more than 25% of such spending (because $60B is more than 25% of $235B). More impressively, Open Source solutions represent less than 0.1% of global ICT spend, and have already been estimated to deliver back 2% in total returns ($60B is approx 2% of $3T). With these kinds of numbers, the idea of spending half one's budget on open source software and half on proprietary becomes meaningless: the whole problem could be solved twice over with Open Source solutions for 10% of what is being spent right now.
They're assuming that the ratio of (free cost/licensed cost) compared to returns will remain constant. I propose that as they convert their entire shop to FOSS, costs will rise above the status quo. Sysadmins and linux geeks will make the leap quickly, but the rest of your support staff will have to be replaced or retrained. Helpdesk person supporting Windows who is not a linux geek will not know what questions to ask to support linux.
Haven't even addressed productivity. And if you think the average user will make the switch without a gun to their head, I call BS! Techies, geeks, early adopters and mac fans might be able to live in either environment (sorry, maybe not the fanbois) (couldn't resist), but Average Joe wants to fire up Outlook and Explorer and PowerPoint. 2007's ribbon (BTW, Ribbon = Menu + Toolbar, easy) causes tons of problems. Take away their start button. They'd riot.
Reflections from this type of weapon would be lethal. kthxbye
Mirrors only work against a small range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Everyday mirrors reflect visible light. This type of laser probably is not visible. Probably in the ultraviolet or higher bands. It'd melt through any surface short of a perfect blackbody.
Just because you're city-centric doesn't mean everyone else is too. Lots of folks are willing to move to small towns.
Dangerous to raise kids in the country? Dude, what city do you live in? Violence in schools is much lower in the country due to the lower population density. If you're talking about quality of schools, unless you go private, things are tough all over. Current crop of teachers came from the class promotion culture and things are just going to get worse as time goes on. But rural areas are really the last bastion of the older culture. Yet still the political nature of funding schools, the games educators have to play to get that funding, and the general decline of education in the States means that you're not going to find a good public school very often. City or country.
Personally, I'll live anywhere I can support my lifestyle. Broadband and postal mail at the house and a grocery store within an hour's drive.
The point he was trying to make is that they should have considered this issue within the "big picture" of outsourcing.
You didn't even mention MARS. These guys used to be the main way troops in the field could get messages home. The service still operates, or did at least back in '03 when I knew an operator.
Regarding SW:TOR. It is a fully realized MMO, not just a RPG. Bioware's first. LucasArts is fully behind the project. The graphics look gorgeous, and they're claiming that it will be "fully voiced". They have a really deep background universe to draw on including the movies, novels and prior games (MMO and RPG and action and FPS and flight sims, etc.) Plus they have probably the (most, second most, top 3 most) rabid group of fans in the sci-fi world, and probably the largest.
If Bioware/LucasArts can pull off what they've started to the level of quality and polish that matches what they've released so far, this could be the one that competes with WoW.
"The increase we have seen in our Wall Street Journal subscription proves to me that the market is willing to pay for that quality."
WSJ might as well be the trade journal for stock market investments. There's a lot of content there, a lot of high quality journalism. Yes, this combination of niche and quality means that a subscription service will work.
Good luck with the rest of the stable of newspapers, I do not think any others are 'best in breed' like WSJ. I could be wrong though...
Ad supported with pay to remove ads is one way to survive. Tech websites with good reputations, earned while free, have started charging membership fees. I'm all for both models.
Pay for News? Not while Google is free.
We have a janitorial position available, if you're still looking....
start/shutdown/shutdown is not kernel level request, it's a user level request.
from commandline: shutdown -f -t 0
THAT is a kernel level request and WILL work, put it in a shortcut and you have a guaranteed shutdown button.
Running Windows Vista on my media 'server' computer. Tripped circuit breaker and critical security updates are the only reason I have rebooted it since I turned it on. Since almost 10 months ago, I estimate 12-15 restarts.
one word:
DECAF
But you are forgetting the browser wars, you forgot the end product of them which was IE6, the browser that made the web effectively unchanged for many years. The browser that opened the world up to every sort of malware out there.
I thought a stable software that hit 80% market share would be considered a success?
Or what about the pain of Windows 9X that bluescreened for no reason?
I suppose every line of code you ever wrote does exactly what you intended and nothing else? Modern operating systems are mindbogglingly complex, and with complex systems the "law" of unintended consequences reigns supreme. Talk to me when you develop the perfect operating system, completely without security flaws out of the box with no configuring, oh and it has to be flexible enough to do whatever the end user wants. Windows, Linux, Mac? They're all crap. Much like cars in the 40's and 50's, they're overbuilt, unwieldy and unsafe. In another 20-50 years we'll have refined, elegant design in Operating Systems, while maintaining usability and flexibility.
However, one point: you have to install the pirated version of the software to get the trojan and give it an administrator's password before it can pwn the machine, i.e., it's not a virus.
What does whether it is a trojan or a virus have to do with anything. Mac, botnet, malware. Good stuff.
I hope you were being facetious. Chess can be approached from many viewpoints, but knowing how the pieces move is just the first step. You have to know how the pieces interact with each other and with your opponent's pieces. You have to know the strengths and weaknesses of the pieces. How they project power and the directions at which they are vulnerable.
But hey, MMORPG's are the same way, so I think you were being facetions.
Either way, the debate is CHARACTER skill advancement models versus CHARACTER level advancement models.
Long term, the higher level of education will allow you higher level of responsibility. If you want to do technical work, concentrate on certs and experience. If you ever want to get into management, the masters level degree will be the key to open the door. Of course, the formula now is Degree + certs + experience.
In the U.S., it is hard to get in the door without a B.S. these days. There are so many techs in the system that the leadership positions are almost requiring a Masters to be considered.
It still should be "Think differently."
By all means build a computer for him.
Skimp on:
Case
peripherals
video (use onboard)
sound (use onboard)
Buy decent: better than average, but don't go cutting edge...costs too much
RAM - 3GB unless you use 64 bit OS and apps, otherise go 4 or 8
motherboard
processor
Spend extra on:
Hard Drives
Fans and Heatsinks
Power Supplies
And have a plan for when hard drive, fan, or power supply fails.
For processor, use a Core 2 Duo, 3GHz or higher. Reason? Simple, save a ton of cash over i7 or quad core. Pack it with RAM, but if you're not using a 64 bit OS, over 3Gigs is a waste.
As for software, sounds like he's running a database based system. Highly recommend looking over at one of the shareware repositories looking for software that does what you need it to do. He cannot possibly be the only veterinarian running a small business who needs "veterinary/medical record keeping + shipping & receiving + payroll" software. Someone has done this before.
Consider 3 or 4 machines. One for the database/file server. One for the front desk where the work is done. This one gets a nice monitor keyboard and mouse. The third is the backup machine. Server and backup machine need to be Raid 5 for redundancy, and the backup machine should be offsite. An online data repository might work for this, depending how much DATA needs to be backed up. Don't backup the OS and apps this way, a ghost type image taken after install+update is the best way to back those things up. This keeps the backups small.
Untrusted storage site means others can access the files.
Access means they can decrypt them. Given enough cycles, encryption can be broken.
If you want your encrypted files to be secure, keep your keys protected and do not allow access to the files.
IMO, preventing access to the files is priority, encryption is only there in case preventing access fails.
It boils down to acceptable risk.
The problem is that you're actually talking about two different things. One is a power plant, one is a fuel source.
I submit that if you could use this process to economically produce hydrogen and oxygen, you could create power plants that use these as fuel, and possibly create electrical energy better than nuclear or coal. Better due to greatly reduced environmental impact.
And fuel cell cars are known to be feasible right now, the main problem with them is finding an economical, non-fossil fuel source for the hydrogen.
Another use for this technology would be a sort of energy pack that goes on the roof. A water line goes in, hydrogen comes out and is stored in a fuel cell which powers the house. Problem is what to do with all the waste oxygen.