Having migrated to powershell for all logon scripts in my domain I would suggest thinking about it. A lot of the dos batch functions can easily be ported with minimal fuss. Having not done any object oriented programming, it was a bit of a bear to wrap my head around the changes. Two tips that would have saved me a lot of time:
1. Calls to win32 gui apps run in the background and your script continues with out waiting unless you include a Diagnostic Process wrapper and specify the.waitforexit() method.
2. system.windows.forms are good for gathering user input from people who freak out when they see a "Dos box" (side note, the first focusable element that you add is selected when the form is generated. Most of the PS examples I have seen online do not point this out and have the focus set on something other than the first user input item).
Apparently methane hydrate is not sexy enough. Come on people! next thing you know we will be surfing the intertubes and drinking brawndo. I lurk on slashdot because it represents a fairly intelligent perspective. Headlines such as this make me question the integrity of/.
Having tried Cycling, White Water Kayaking, Hiking, and the standard aerobic equipment at the Gym. I must say going to the rock gym 3 times a week for 30min - 1 Hr had the largest positive impact on the shape of my body. Most of the other exorcizes tended to bulk up different parts of my body. If you have problems with your hands or wrists I would talk to a doctor before trying it. When climbing there can be tremendous strain on your fingers and hand injuries that could impact your ability to type are common.
About three years ago I had to switch to a 3M vertical mouse due to RSI problems with my clicker fingers. The advantage with the 3M modal is that right and left mouse clicks are performed with your thumb in a neutral position. It took about 2 days to get use to the new buttons. Since the change I have not had a single problem.
With enough rational arguments that current patent law is harming invention you could make the case that patent law as it stands in unconstitutional. As the constitution states clearly that the congress has the right "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
If the Law as it stands does not promote the Progress of Science or other "usefull arts" It is unconstitutional.
The problem as I see it is this statement runs in the face of the currently popular concept of Intellectual Property rights. I for one believe(as Benjamin Franklin did)that knowledge belongs to all, and to encourage the spread of knowledge true inventors should have a way to profit from sharing their knowledge.
Current law has just been corrupted by large corporations trying to make more profit(e.g If it was not for Disney copy write law would still have a reasonable period of protection). In this day of instant communication and overnight delivery worldwide if you can't make enough money off of an invention in the first 15 years to make it worth inventing then maybe it was not worth inventing.
What can I say, I am a bit naive, I believe in humanity as a whole.
I have found the Vaultz 4 drawer CD cabinet a good solution for our smaller requirement 4,000 disks. Holding 660 disks vertically in a 16X16X14" enclosure it was the best off the shelf solution I could find. As it is a cheep filing cabinet it only works as well as the filing system. They are available at a number of sources including officedepot.
Filemaker actually has a lot going for it. Easy to use plus you can sync with filemaker mobile on a handheld with a barcode reader.
For remote polling I would start with MSIA and integrate a SNMP query tool(take your pick depending upon your scripting language) If you are not familiar with SNMP start playing around with getif.
Hmmmm The panasonic web site they report that the 29 will operate normally at -20f. I had a long wait to boot last winter on an older model... The 29 is definitaly worth investigating.
Hard drives and fans fail when really cold. To get around this panasonic makes a toughbook with a tempurature sensor, and no fans. The Sealed Hardened Toughbook 29 will not operate until up to tempurature. I support a number of Police cruisers in a cold climate. The toughbook solution works well. Another alternative is to buy solid state thin clients and run Terminal sessions back to your server of choice. I have not personally seen any thin clients setup in a cold environment....but it may be worth investigating.
You are going to have to invest in CPU resources anyway (desktop replacements). If you are serious about locking down enterprise desktops I would recommend looking into a Citrix on VMware solution using load balancing and a fast SAN with a thin client at the desktop. It allows you to provision additional servers in within a couple hours, Desktops can be had for under $300. The only problem is the initial cost involved if there is not already a adequate SAN infrastructure in place. And No I do not work for either company named I am just a fan of the technology having used Citrix since metaframe 1.8 on NT4.
I went through a similar situation with my hand and did a fair amount of research a couple years back.
Have you tried roller mouse http://www.rollermouse.com./
A co-worker with Osteoarthritis loves it. It worked well for me but I found a combination of a vertical mouse and a Kinesis Advantage keyboard works best for me.
I have always wanted to try one of the hands free IR based systems such as the ones offered at http://www.naturalpoint.com/ (Note: used for example purposes, not meant as an endorsement).
With a little duck tape my IPAQ could go on my wrist as well. Talk about reinventing the wheel. If this thing was Shatter resistant and waterproof with a 2megapixel camera it would be a good tool for divers, but as a "breakthrough" device this thing is going to be stuck filling a couple small specialty markets. On the other hand Usable Voice recognition software for the PDA market..... that has promise!!!
O boy they are following the AOL-Wildtangent model..... Free with one IM program you get a bonus of Spyware!!!(oops I mean an enhanced browsing experience). Just what the world needs.
ITMS is a rip off anyway you cut it. There are next to no costs involved in duplication or distribution yet I still have to pay the same amount to see a movie. Exactly how many movies have replay value in this day and age. The plots are getting shallower by the minute. Once you have seen the "latest and greatest" special effect or emotional gimmick the vast majority of movies loose all of their value to the average consumer. I would rather support the local theaters that play decent movies. At least then I know some high school kid gets a minimum wage job out of my wasted $10.
The Internet is a tool, I just wish the average consumer would wake up and realize that the "latest technology"(that they have to buy!!) is almost always a rip off.
A simple update to the default domain policy on all of your domains can head off any complications caused by this update. Any corporate IT department worth spit should be testing these updates before implementing them and will have dealt with this supposed problem in advance.
I would be willing to bet that the people complaining about the release of patches are the same ones who complain about the lack of security in MS solutions.
Old modems are bad. I recently started a job managing networks connected via cable modem based service. First thing I had to do was pressure the cable company to update old modems effectively doubling connection speed at 2 sites.
When testing speeds are you testing to a node on the cable network? When you buy cable service you are purchasing a connection to the ISP at that speed;not a connection to the "Internet".. I have had someone rant about slow service only to find they were trying to download from a busy site halfway around the world.
This study is of people who actually take the time to try reading the advertisement. In this day and age how many people actually read advertisements? I like the rest of the real world skip them and go on to the interesting content. If the PR people want to get my attention it takes the inclusion of interesting factual information. On the other hand it is nice to know that coffee helps when I am investigating something!!!
For everyone who does not recognize life outside cyberspace. This article is talking about brand recognition. Not who is the best computer supplier. Sony gets top ranks because of the quality of their A/V equipment not necessarily because of their computers which make up only a small part of their product line. God only knows why dell and HP continue to get such high ranks. Probably because of the way they target their product. I know it is not the quality of their customer service.
-The apple is the forbidden fruit.
I know lets name it the Central Intelligence Agency. Wait we already have such an agency. We should disseminate the other operations that the CIA currently manages to appropriate agencies. Foreign clandestine operations go to the state department...etc. Obviously we would have to maintain security standards across agencies. If the CIA has the mandate they can set standards. If we had one agency that mandated data storage, security and dissemination across government branches we may have been able to foil 911 with a simple data mining operation. As someone who supports a local Police Department we would be more than willing to have some of the more difficult technical requirements for data storage mandated.
Ubuntu may very well move to replace windows in the home. The big problem with replacing windows in the work place is the lack of competition for active directory. Novell is in a prime location to start replacing windows in the SMB market. If they release a Linux targeted version of E-Directory for free (preferably open source) they could start gaining market share. They should face the fact that Microsoft users are not going to migrate en-mass to E-Directory and concentrate on the Linux market and interoperability with AD and OD. Making one directory service for all computers is a pipe dream different systems have different requirements. Meeting all requirements for all systems makes for an incredibly complicated and convoluted platform. The learning curve for such a system is too great for power users. Considering power users manage most of the computer systems for small businesses; making a one size fits all directory does not make sense.
I would like an objective review of MythTV.19 and MCE.
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I was wondering if anyone else questions the value of Google as a publicly traded company. As a private company the company could afford to take more idealistic stands and just work through the backlash. Now that they are beholden to a bunch of fickle investors that over emphasize the bottom line. Does "Don't be evil" take a back seat to making profits?
The ninth amendment does not eliminate the fourth article which states clearly the congress has the right "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"
This right is limited to the purpose of promoting the progress of Science and the useful arts. I would argue the very practice of patenting a business process limits the progress of science and the useful arts and thus is unconstitutional...
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Having migrated to powershell for all logon scripts in my domain I would suggest thinking about it. A lot of the dos batch functions can easily be ported with minimal fuss. Having not done any object oriented programming, it was a bit of a bear to wrap my head around the changes. Two tips that would have saved me a lot of time: 1. Calls to win32 gui apps run in the background and your script continues with out waiting unless you include a Diagnostic Process wrapper and specify the .waitforexit() method.
2. system.windows.forms are good for gathering user input from people who freak out when they see a "Dos box" (side note, the first focusable element that you add is selected when the form is generated. Most of the PS examples I have seen online do not point this out and have the focus set on something other than the first user input item).
Apparently methane hydrate is not sexy enough. Come on people! next thing you know we will be surfing the intertubes and drinking brawndo. I lurk on slashdot because it represents a fairly intelligent perspective. Headlines such as this make me question the integrity of /.
Having tried Cycling, White Water Kayaking, Hiking, and the standard aerobic equipment at the Gym. I must say going to the rock gym 3 times a week for 30min - 1 Hr had the largest positive impact on the shape of my body. Most of the other exorcizes tended to bulk up different parts of my body. If you have problems with your hands or wrists I would talk to a doctor before trying it. When climbing there can be tremendous strain on your fingers and hand injuries that could impact your ability to type are common.
The real question is who will be the first to come up with a program allowing you to shoot the cop? and how much time will they spend in jail???
About three years ago I had to switch to a 3M vertical mouse due to RSI problems with my clicker fingers. The advantage with the 3M modal is that right and left mouse clicks are performed with your thumb in a neutral position. It took about 2 days to get use to the new buttons. Since the change I have not had a single problem.
It is nice to see PC architecture has finally caught up with Amiga.
With enough rational arguments that current patent law is harming invention you could make the case that patent law as it stands in unconstitutional. As the constitution states clearly that the congress has the right "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" If the Law as it stands does not promote the Progress of Science or other "usefull arts" It is unconstitutional. The problem as I see it is this statement runs in the face of the currently popular concept of Intellectual Property rights. I for one believe(as Benjamin Franklin did)that knowledge belongs to all, and to encourage the spread of knowledge true inventors should have a way to profit from sharing their knowledge. Current law has just been corrupted by large corporations trying to make more profit(e.g If it was not for Disney copy write law would still have a reasonable period of protection). In this day of instant communication and overnight delivery worldwide if you can't make enough money off of an invention in the first 15 years to make it worth inventing then maybe it was not worth inventing. What can I say, I am a bit naive, I believe in humanity as a whole.
I have found the Vaultz 4 drawer CD cabinet a good solution for our smaller requirement 4,000 disks. Holding 660 disks vertically in a 16X16X14" enclosure it was the best off the shelf solution I could find. As it is a cheep filing cabinet it only works as well as the filing system. They are available at a number of sources including officedepot.
Filemaker actually has a lot going for it. Easy to use plus you can sync with filemaker mobile on a handheld with a barcode reader. For remote polling I would start with MSIA and integrate a SNMP query tool(take your pick depending upon your scripting language) If you are not familiar with SNMP start playing around with getif.
Hmmmm The panasonic web site they report that the 29 will operate normally at -20f. I had a long wait to boot last winter on an older model... The 29 is definitaly worth investigating.
Hard drives and fans fail when really cold. To get around this panasonic makes a toughbook with a tempurature sensor, and no fans. The Sealed Hardened Toughbook 29 will not operate until up to tempurature. I support a number of Police cruisers in a cold climate. The toughbook solution works well. Another alternative is to buy solid state thin clients and run Terminal sessions back to your server of choice. I have not personally seen any thin clients setup in a cold environment....but it may be worth investigating.
You are going to have to invest in CPU resources anyway (desktop replacements). If you are serious about locking down enterprise desktops I would recommend looking into a Citrix on VMware solution using load balancing and a fast SAN with a thin client at the desktop. It allows you to provision additional servers in within a couple hours, Desktops can be had for under $300. The only problem is the initial cost involved if there is not already a adequate SAN infrastructure in place. And No I do not work for either company named I am just a fan of the technology having used Citrix since metaframe 1.8 on NT4.
I went through a similar situation with my hand and did a fair amount of research a couple years back. Have you tried roller mouse http://www.rollermouse.com./ A co-worker with Osteoarthritis loves it. It worked well for me but I found a combination of a vertical mouse and a Kinesis Advantage keyboard works best for me. I have always wanted to try one of the hands free IR based systems such as the ones offered at http://www.naturalpoint.com/ (Note: used for example purposes, not meant as an endorsement).
With a little duck tape my IPAQ could go on my wrist as well. Talk about reinventing the wheel. If this thing was Shatter resistant and waterproof with a 2megapixel camera it would be a good tool for divers, but as a "breakthrough" device this thing is going to be stuck filling a couple small specialty markets. On the other hand Usable Voice recognition software for the PDA market..... that has promise!!!
O boy they are following the AOL-Wildtangent model..... Free with one IM program you get a bonus of Spyware!!!(oops I mean an enhanced browsing experience). Just what the world needs.
ITMS is a rip off anyway you cut it. There are next to no costs involved in duplication or distribution yet I still have to pay the same amount to see a movie. Exactly how many movies have replay value in this day and age. The plots are getting shallower by the minute. Once you have seen the "latest and greatest" special effect or emotional gimmick the vast majority of movies loose all of their value to the average consumer. I would rather support the local theaters that play decent movies. At least then I know some high school kid gets a minimum wage job out of my wasted $10. The Internet is a tool, I just wish the average consumer would wake up and realize that the "latest technology"(that they have to buy!!) is almost always a rip off.
A simple update to the default domain policy on all of your domains can head off any complications caused by this update. Any corporate IT department worth spit should be testing these updates before implementing them and will have dealt with this supposed problem in advance. I would be willing to bet that the people complaining about the release of patches are the same ones who complain about the lack of security in MS solutions.
Old modems are bad. I recently started a job managing networks connected via cable modem based service. First thing I had to do was pressure the cable company to update old modems effectively doubling connection speed at 2 sites. When testing speeds are you testing to a node on the cable network? When you buy cable service you are purchasing a connection to the ISP at that speed;not a connection to the "Internet".. I have had someone rant about slow service only to find they were trying to download from a busy site halfway around the world.
This study is of people who actually take the time to try reading the advertisement. In this day and age how many people actually read advertisements? I like the rest of the real world skip them and go on to the interesting content. If the PR people want to get my attention it takes the inclusion of interesting factual information. On the other hand it is nice to know that coffee helps when I am investigating something!!!
For everyone who does not recognize life outside cyberspace. This article is talking about brand recognition. Not who is the best computer supplier. Sony gets top ranks because of the quality of their A/V equipment not necessarily because of their computers which make up only a small part of their product line. God only knows why dell and HP continue to get such high ranks. Probably because of the way they target their product. I know it is not the quality of their customer service. -The apple is the forbidden fruit.
I know lets name it the Central Intelligence Agency. Wait we already have such an agency. We should disseminate the other operations that the CIA currently manages to appropriate agencies. Foreign clandestine operations go to the state department...etc. Obviously we would have to maintain security standards across agencies. If the CIA has the mandate they can set standards. If we had one agency that mandated data storage, security and dissemination across government branches we may have been able to foil 911 with a simple data mining operation. As someone who supports a local Police Department we would be more than willing to have some of the more difficult technical requirements for data storage mandated.
Ubuntu may very well move to replace windows in the home. The big problem with replacing windows in the work place is the lack of competition for active directory. Novell is in a prime location to start replacing windows in the SMB market. If they release a Linux targeted version of E-Directory for free (preferably open source) they could start gaining market share. They should face the fact that Microsoft users are not going to migrate en-mass to E-Directory and concentrate on the Linux market and interoperability with AD and OD. Making one directory service for all computers is a pipe dream different systems have different requirements. Meeting all requirements for all systems makes for an incredibly complicated and convoluted platform. The learning curve for such a system is too great for power users. Considering power users manage most of the computer systems for small businesses; making a one size fits all directory does not make sense.
I would like an objective review of MythTV .19 and MCE.
I was wondering if anyone else questions the value of Google as a publicly traded company. As a private company the company could afford to take more idealistic stands and just work through the backlash. Now that they are beholden to a bunch of fickle investors that over emphasize the bottom line. Does "Don't be evil" take a back seat to making profits?
The ninth amendment does not eliminate the fourth article which states clearly the congress has the right "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;" This right is limited to the purpose of promoting the progress of Science and the useful arts. I would argue the very practice of patenting a business process limits the progress of science and the useful arts and thus is unconstitutional...