and your an idiot if you put any important data on a mobile device!
If the data wasn't important, why are you carrying the BlackBerry around anyway? BlackBerry isn't very unqiue in what a typical mobile phone can carry today (data). Address book information and email are delivered to both BB's and mobile phones. I know a lot of people who use BB with out a 'blackberry enterprise server' -- a 'BES' server. BB's do not have a lot of functionality when you don't have a BES server.
If you have a BB and it's connected to a BES server, the BES server has the ability to remotely destroy all the data on the BB (just call up your network admin and s/he will send the code to your phone).
I think it's silly to suggest that BB doesn't know how to setup this anti-pickpocket system. I'm sure there might be a way of bypassing this extra security, however I think overall this will reduce the number of 'data leak' situations. Any little bit of extra security helps. I don't know if I'm like most guys on here, but I would love a system to keep my girlfriend out of my phone.
Pickpockets are dumb - how many kazillions of car stereos have simiar anti-theft technology built in, but theifs still take them? Think of if you lose your wallet.... I know this has happened to a few people I know. They always say 'I don't care about the cash inside the wallet, just my drivers license, health card, etc, etc'. If I lost or had my BB stolen I all I would care about is the data - if the device is stolen, oh well, more reason to upgrade to the next model anyway.
I think the main reason for this system is to keep the average person out of your phone, and if someone is sneaking a peek, you'll know about it.
I have - but same with one of the other guys I was travelling with. I was surpised that they randomly picked two of us (out of the whole plane). I was in a group of 4. I keep a light beard - i think that was it.
The search wasn't too bad, and the security guy was being really cool about it. Kinda embarrasing as you are pulled to the side of the line, in a booth (glass walls - what's the point?) and people see you going thru the bullshit. The good old dell laptop had it's ass inspected (x-ray/swab). If you have a real nice notebook, don't bring it on the plane. I would love to have stuff that looks questionable in my pocket just to see how they handle the situation (legit drugs that look shady, stuff like that). Probably more trouble than it's worth subjecting myself to.
I'm writing this late in the game of submitting comments - so I know I'm near the bottom. But this is particularly strange for me today when I heard the news on the radio when I woke up. I NEVER watch this guy on tv (I've seen clips) and I haven't had a single passing thought of this fellow for months (maybe a year) - Yesterday, a friend and I were speaking about something that led to the crocodile hunter - I said "that guy better quit whilst he's ahead, if he keeps doing what he does, it will kill him one day *soon*--his entourage behind the camera won't be able to help him".
I was a little freaked out this morning about the coincidence of my thought pattern to reality. Although I've always thought of this guy as a tool - I still feel badly for him and his family.
Everyone here knows that no too far down the line we'll be able to play these High Definition movies on 32-bit computers in XP or Vista - Who actually uses media player to play DVD's anyway? It crashes all the time for me on any computer I have it enabled on. I always end up using WinDVD or something like that.
This doesn't sound like a show stopper to me. You watch, their will be a release of WinDVD called WinDVD HD - it won't be long until a HD dvd player app comes OEM with drives.
It doesn't sound like SBS made you leave your job - sounds like a greedy boss (just to get the sales/maintenance agreement) is selling inferior servers. You DO NOT sell a server with out RAID - I don't care who the client is. Also, having all of the services on one box is pretty stardard practice. Are you telling me that you would actually expect a small business to own multiple servers? Consider this: DHCP fails - How do you access any service at that point when a client switchs on their computer in the morning?
Why did you guys sell them the edition that includes ISA - it's twice the price - could have definately covered for a RAID system at that point!?
Put DHCP on the router if your worried - Printer services? Buy a standalone IP printer server (less than $90 bucks) - WINS you don't actually need that - but that's a windows service anyway, and it's usually pretty stable. Sounds like you guys aren't setting the boxes up right. I've done 40+ installations in the past 2 years and they are all damn reliable - only the very few odd problems here and there (as expected with computers).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not flaming or anything, it's just I have found SBS to be fairly good - clearly you (your company) is/was doing something wrong for the most part. But not selling RAID? Come on! Never do that - it's not a server at that point 100% of all hard drives fail. I'm dealing with that issue right this minute actually.
I bet this card is so good it gives you more bandwidth too! In in for two of 'em - I'll setup line bonding and be faster than all the telcos put together!
Good point - I agree, but in the end if IE is that much of a problem, why not just put up a little message that says "Don't use IE". If majority of people don't realize there is a problem, they'll just keep using it - when M$ sees that there are a ton of sites suggesting the use of something else, maybe that will get their attention! Good idea? Bad idea? I guess it's a perspective thing really.
I run a small ISP - bittorrent and other P2P can be a problem at times, even with our small subscriber base and our OC3 connections. It's just a reality - a real drag on the network. No doubt someone will have something 'smart' to say. We do throttle the connections down - and really, who cares? It's low priority traffic, the file(s) will come thru, you just have to be patient. There is a lot of overhead on P2P connections - if they didn't carry so much overhead, it wouldn't be much of a problem. YES - we offer our services to business only, and NO we don't charge expensive rates. We don't screw with VoIP traffic, and we actually pick up the phone when you have a support issue.
Bittorrent as cool as it is, really puts a strain on an otherwise smoothly running network! (just a reality) - I like bittorent otherwise!
Sounds neat - everything said, I'm still very suspicious about the latency. I agree iScsi and other technologies are a little over priced. I think the best solution is optically coupled drives on a high-density controller board. You can actually have the drives remote from the server, but they act local. Imagine keeping half your hard disks in one side of the building and half on another side of a building!? That would definately help with redundancy (different power supplies) and physical seperation (flood, fire, theft) etc!
I have a 5 Mbit/sec x 800kbps cable connection at my home, a 6 Mbit/sec x 768 kbps DSL connection at my work, a T1 1.5/1.5 connection at my work and a 155 Mbit/sec OC3 connection at my work. They ALL seem to run about the same speed when I surf the web thru them.
When I download I notice that the 155 Mbit/sec fiber connection really pulls the data in. I only reliably see this downloading from tucows or while I'm doing a windows update -- otherwise I'd say most of everything we do here is remote desktop, email, web, etc. The 100M connection won't matter much. I bet it would help with games, but it being a satellite station (if that's where the net comes from) I gotta wonder about the latency. Seems to me a T1 would perform better than a satellite 100 meg connection for gamers.
It's just too damned dirty, smelly, frustrating and (I'm no millionaire myself) but too darn welfare/government assistance for me. It makes me want to puke my guts out when I go in there. Also the greeter at the front door is usually some cunt who doesn't smile (like they should). Smile or get the fuck out. If you don't look content at what you're doing, don't drag me down a notch or two just 'cause you're having a shit-ass day or hate your fucking job.
THIS IS NOT A TROLL - I JUST KNOW THAT SOMEONE READING THIS PROBABLY AGREES WITH ME.
I *just* got my fiber circuit from Bell Canada two weeks ago. I ordered 10 or 11 months ago, promised it would be installed in 2 to 3 months. I can tell you there wasn't a heck of a lot for them to do as far as getting it to the street. I am in a building built in the 50's. No one else here has fiber. There is a fiber 'box' down the street from us (a good 600 feet).
I am paying $950/month Canadian to Bell (1 year contract) for 10mbit/access. Then I pay the ISP about a $1000/month for 10 mbit/sec burst access (which is typically 8.5mbit/8.5mbit). (It runs very smooth.)
Point being: Bell had to use an underground tunnel boring machine. Took a crew of 5 guys 4 hours to drill 600 feet and install big ass conduit. That was the 'toughest' part for the Telco. My install fee was $2100.
Something is up with those prices. HydroTelecom here in Canada is the most expensive whore there is for getting dark fiber. They ALL want to sell you their services now, they make up BS reasons for not selling you dark fiber. Basically, the only thing you can do when you're a dark fiber customer is fix the fiber yourself, so you don't have the tool that tells you where the break in the line is. That is the telco's excuse for not wanting to sell dark fiber. They are bastards, really, they are. All you need is a couple of single mode optical to ethernet convertors. You can buy them in 2km to 100km power levels for $300 to $1500 each.
Keep digging! You'll get somewhere. BlackBox sells SDSL extenders that use dry copper - i've been using them for years (knock on wood) NO problem. There is also a company I saw on google called tahoe-group.com they sell expensive but 9.6mbit extenders for copper. Maybe that's your solution. DRY + Wireless failover technology. How much speed do you really need?
I'm commenting late, but I've noticed the volume control on the IPOD mini is TOO sensitive and can jump from quite to insanely loud! It should progressively increase volume when it detects a full on 'loud' setting. It has hurt my ears a few times. A good old potentiometer control with a little bit of tactile resistance stops this 'digital jump' from happening. This could easily be written into the software: WHEN volume gets past 'x' threshold, in 'y' milliseconds, THEN limit progression rate!
I really don't understand 'crack-berry'.. Is this referring to the device itself or the user of the device?
Crack-berry people should be admired - they aren't tied to their computers all day, just to do email. They are out and about enjoying their time, getting more done outside the office with these things. Frankly anyone who can actually keep up to date, reply to messages, and who can take care of business with these things is a hero in my books. I have a black-berry and I'm just not disciplined enough to utilize the device to it's full potential.
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Good point :) - I meant theives and pickpockets are the same bullshit type of asshole.
Neat idea - I wonder about battery consumption, always having to keep the Bluetooth radio chriping.....
If the data wasn't important, why are you carrying the BlackBerry around anyway? BlackBerry isn't very unqiue in what a typical mobile phone can carry today (data). Address book information and email are delivered to both BB's and mobile phones. I know a lot of people who use BB with out a 'blackberry enterprise server' -- a 'BES' server. BB's do not have a lot of functionality when you don't have a BES server.
If you have a BB and it's connected to a BES server, the BES server has the ability to remotely destroy all the data on the BB (just call up your network admin and s/he will send the code to your phone).
I think it's silly to suggest that BB doesn't know how to setup this anti-pickpocket system. I'm sure there might be a way of bypassing this extra security, however I think overall this will reduce the number of 'data leak' situations. Any little bit of extra security helps. I don't know if I'm like most guys on here, but I would love a system to keep my girlfriend out of my phone.
Pickpockets are dumb - how many kazillions of car stereos have simiar anti-theft technology built in, but theifs still take them? Think of if you lose your wallet.... I know this has happened to a few people I know. They always say 'I don't care about the cash inside the wallet, just my drivers license, health card, etc, etc'. If I lost or had my BB stolen I all I would care about is the data - if the device is stolen, oh well, more reason to upgrade to the next model anyway.
I think the main reason for this system is to keep the average person out of your phone, and if someone is sneaking a peek, you'll know about it.
You know how much smack I've wasted doing the same thing?
The search wasn't too bad, and the security guy was being really cool about it. Kinda embarrasing as you are pulled to the side of the line, in a booth (glass walls - what's the point?) and people see you going thru the bullshit. The good old dell laptop had it's ass inspected (x-ray/swab). If you have a real nice notebook, don't bring it on the plane. I would love to have stuff that looks questionable in my pocket just to see how they handle the situation (legit drugs that look shady, stuff like that). Probably more trouble than it's worth subjecting myself to.
I was a little freaked out this morning about the coincidence of my thought pattern to reality. Although I've always thought of this guy as a tool - I still feel badly for him and his family.
This doesn't sound like a show stopper to me. You watch, their will be a release of WinDVD called WinDVD HD - it won't be long until a HD dvd player app comes OEM with drives.
As the subject line suggests....
fuck aol
Why did you guys sell them the edition that includes ISA - it's twice the price - could have definately covered for a RAID system at that point!?
Put DHCP on the router if your worried - Printer services? Buy a standalone IP printer server (less than $90 bucks) - WINS you don't actually need that - but that's a windows service anyway, and it's usually pretty stable. Sounds like you guys aren't setting the boxes up right. I've done 40+ installations in the past 2 years and they are all damn reliable - only the very few odd problems here and there (as expected with computers).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not flaming or anything, it's just I have found SBS to be fairly good - clearly you (your company) is/was doing something wrong for the most part. But not selling RAID? Come on! Never do that - it's not a server at that point 100% of all hard drives fail. I'm dealing with that issue right this minute actually.
I bet this card is so good it gives you more bandwidth too! In in for two of 'em - I'll setup line bonding and be faster than all the telcos put together!
Peace
If you don't like IE 5/6/7 just use Firefox and move along - why waste your time reading or writing about something you don't like?
Bittorrent as cool as it is, really puts a strain on an otherwise smoothly running network! (just a reality) - I like bittorent otherwise!
Very good thinking otherwise.
When I download I notice that the 155 Mbit/sec fiber connection really pulls the data in. I only reliably see this downloading from tucows or while I'm doing a windows update -- otherwise I'd say most of everything we do here is remote desktop, email, web, etc. The 100M connection won't matter much. I bet it would help with games, but it being a satellite station (if that's where the net comes from) I gotta wonder about the latency. Seems to me a T1 would perform better than a satellite 100 meg connection for gamers.
Whatever, another waste of time
Server crash!? That's a feature! - less spam for the day!
Gee Whiz, I've finally found my Gee Spot
It's like your own private lava lamp.
/. maintainers should filter their system for 'dvorak' and send to dev null
THIS IS NOT A TROLL - I JUST KNOW THAT SOMEONE READING THIS PROBABLY AGREES WITH ME.
I am paying $950/month Canadian to Bell (1 year contract) for 10mbit/access. Then I pay the ISP about a $1000/month for 10 mbit/sec burst access (which is typically 8.5mbit/8.5mbit). (It runs very smooth.)
Point being: Bell had to use an underground tunnel boring machine. Took a crew of 5 guys 4 hours to drill 600 feet and install big ass conduit. That was the 'toughest' part for the Telco. My install fee was $2100.
Something is up with those prices. HydroTelecom here in Canada is the most expensive whore there is for getting dark fiber. They ALL want to sell you their services now, they make up BS reasons for not selling you dark fiber. Basically, the only thing you can do when you're a dark fiber customer is fix the fiber yourself, so you don't have the tool that tells you where the break in the line is. That is the telco's excuse for not wanting to sell dark fiber. They are bastards, really, they are. All you need is a couple of single mode optical to ethernet convertors. You can buy them in 2km to 100km power levels for $300 to $1500 each.
Keep digging! You'll get somewhere. BlackBox sells SDSL extenders that use dry copper - i've been using them for years (knock on wood) NO problem. There is also a company I saw on google called tahoe-group.com they sell expensive but 9.6mbit extenders for copper. Maybe that's your solution. DRY + Wireless failover technology. How much speed do you really need?
I'm commenting late, but I've noticed the volume control on the IPOD mini is TOO sensitive and can jump from quite to insanely loud! It should progressively increase volume when it detects a full on 'loud' setting. It has hurt my ears a few times. A good old potentiometer control with a little bit of tactile resistance stops this 'digital jump' from happening. This could easily be written into the software: WHEN volume gets past 'x' threshold, in 'y' milliseconds, THEN limit progression rate!
Crack-berry people should be admired - they aren't tied to their computers all day, just to do email. They are out and about enjoying their time, getting more done outside the office with these things. Frankly anyone who can actually keep up to date, reply to messages, and who can take care of business with these things is a hero in my books. I have a black-berry and I'm just not disciplined enough to utilize the device to it's full potential.
Typical /. - No sense of humus