low rent brand like eMachines or Dell for that matter
Hey, how's it going hairyfeet?
Just want to give my opinion on this as someone who has been involved in the purchasing AND actually supporting over 3,000 Dell, HP, and other PCs. I would not put Dell in the same category as eMachines. eMachines are (were?) cheap junk.
Dell has several lines of computers that are appropriate and prices for different use cases. Their low-end stuff comes with low-end support and engineering, they make no qualms about it. If you have a business use, need reliability, good support, and sound engineering then buy Optiplex or dimension. Their well-priced and work great. Same thing with their laptops. In my experience, anyway, HP has similar lines.
An awesome feature indeed that almost makes we want to go out and get Lion. I wonder if Windows 8 will copy this. Even if it was just Word, Excel, and IE, it would still be a huge improvement over the status quo.
Just to put a different spin on this point. We run lots of servers (like 100) on VMware + Cisco + Dell + EMC SANs (Windows and *nix boxes). Most all the servers take about a minute to boot with VMware's super fast BIOS and some serious hosts behind them. Granted, this particular system is pretty high-end. Doesn't matter if it's Windows 2003 DCs, Exchange, Windows 2008 whatever, or even Linux boxes with 2.4 kernels. All boot in about a minute. It rocks.
Agreed. Google isn't innocent either. As you probably know, as of FF version 5 have stopped supporting/making the Google Toolbar for FF (https://www.google.com/intl/en/toolbar/ff/index.html).
This sucks because it was one of the things that kept me using Google. The biggest thing for me is how you could open searches in a new tab. A small, but important feature to me. Now, as far as I can tell, the only browser that you can easily have this feature on is IE. I use FF now, but I constantly miss the toolbar.
Spam might be too strong a word. On a daily basis I work on 5, 6, or more computers (servers, PCs, other people's laptops, etc.). Inevitably, this is the default setting on all of them.
On further reflection, what I was referring to was around the time they introduced instant they also introduced that magnifying glass thing which is what makes me crazy. I'm one of those people that tracks what I'm reading on the screen with a mouse. I find myself constantly X'ing out of those previews.
Mind you, I've used Google since it was small, for what, 10 or 12 years? I remember back in college the first time I used it. I literally remember the guy that told me about it, the room we were standing in, and the the first time I used it. The *reason* we started using it (my geek friends and I) was that it was simple in design, didn't have ads, and was fast and relevant. It seems less so today.
Well, I'm not sure what FPS you're interested, but here's what I would say. Find a gaming community that runs public servers. A lot of them are set up as clans, but are super-friendly to non-clan members that are "regulars" (i.e. play on their servers all the time). Spend some time on their website forums and on their servers. Make sure that they have competent admins on regularly that take care of things. Many of them will have security discussions on their forums (although maybe in the members-only section). Ask questions about what they do to keep the game fair.
For example the clan I'm in is "a mature gaming community." Our values are respecting each other, having fun, and there is usually an admin on the server (or watching remotely). If not there are regulars or clan members on that can get a hold of an admin quickly. There are new "hacks" coming out all the time, so it is a cat and mouse game, but we manage pretty well. We spend time with all of our admins and train them on keeping it fair and using their powers effectively.
Also, when you join a server that is running security software like SMAC it will usually announce this in your console or in chat (although an admin can disable this). At a minimum make sure they are running sv_pure 1 (or even better two). You can simply type this in your console and see the result. But something like SMAC or Kigen are well-respected, don't slow the servers down too much, and work well.
I don't want to post my clan's info here, but if you're interested in a fun place to play CSS hit me up.
I've used Google less and less since they went to instant. The giant previews are maddening to me. My job is helping people (and companies) with technologies and it seems most people don't even know what a search engine is anymore, they just know to Google this or that. To some non-techs it seems they view Google as this magical, giant, world-wide, all-knowing website. Weird.
Although there seems to be a contingent of people (older people and for some reason attorneys) that are still going strong using Yahoo or MSN.
All I can say is that I know about 20 people with tables, mostly through work and the iPad 2 that my wife has. Most go unused most of the time. My wife much prefers her 5-lb Dell Latitude to the iPad because it's not as fun to use Facebook if you can't type... I'd like those $800 back:P
I'd love some links. I did a little research after your post and this appears at least somewhat possible using a cable card (I have Time Warner5 Cable here in my city). Although, I'm not sure if on-demand content will work.
As someone who runs a few high-traffic gaming servers, I can say that hacking is definitely a problem with Source-engine based games. However, with a little knowledge, some patience, and experienced admins much of it can be done away with.
For example, Kigen's anti-cheat tool was great and has been replaced by SMAC (SourceMod Anti-Cheat) which works really well also. SMAC, a couple of security plugins/settings, and keeping the attack surface as small as possible (not a lot of addons, etc.) keeps a lot of the hacks under control/virtually non-existent. As with all IT security-related things, it's a game of cat and mouse and you have to stay on top of it.
VAC is a joke. There is a talk about it from (I think Defcon 17) on youtube.
A while back I was at an older couple's house and they had a big old Zenith console TV with a newer LCD sitting on top of it. I pointed out the contract in technologies and they made a similar comment, hey it makes a great stand. That old TV had been in their family for over 20 years and still worked fine. He turned it on and we compared pictures. Around here many people have replaced the older tube TVs with new ones simply because of the digital broadcast change.
I agree with this and have been struggling with a solution for my house. The problem is we still want all of our cable TV channels and on-demand content on there as well.
A PhD student did some great research on how the process of state and federal authorities getting your info/email from various ISP/providers. It's very, very scary stuff. No subpoenas needed for a heck of a lot more than you'd think:
Here is the actual video (part 2 is really good); well-worth watching:
Agreed. I'm forcing myself to use FireFox for 30 days (so far so good). But I have 4/. tabs open and it's using ~350 MB. Seems excessive to me. That being said, it's performing just fine, but this is a newer higher-end PC.
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I seriously started using IE9 and even tried out Chrome (which I don't really like) because of lack of Google Toolbar. I like to have it set to open my searches in a new tab. It seems with the move to the "one line" browsers for tables, we're going to lose a lot of functionality. It seems that a one-size-fits-all approach is not the right way to go. Why should the same piece of software have to look at the same on a 4, 9, and 24-inch screens? When it's controlled by a mouse or a finger?
they looked at me like I just opened the fucking Stargate
Be careful with that funny, some of us had surgery last week and the stiches still hurt.
Seriously, though. Give some of us MSCEs some credit. Some of us take computing very seriously, have CS degrees and do things right. Admittedly, places like ITT tech lower the bar for our entire profession.
In all fairness, a lot of Macs are laptops that use primarily wireless. It is much easier to slow down a wireless LAN because data rate is shared among the hosts.
Even so, were I a Mac admin (I'm not), I'd just download it and push out the update in some staggered way (after testing it with a grouop of pilot users of course).
Some private online backup companies (such as MSP providers) use very high quality stuff (such as EMC's Avamar), backup to multiple data centers, and provide managed backup services with SLAs and an annual (or more frequent) DR test/verification. The company I work at provides this service. It's expensive, but guarantees backups are safe.
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low rent brand like eMachines or Dell for that matter
Hey, how's it going hairyfeet?
Just want to give my opinion on this as someone who has been involved in the purchasing AND actually supporting over 3,000 Dell, HP, and other PCs. I would not put Dell in the same category as eMachines. eMachines are (were?) cheap junk.
Dell has several lines of computers that are appropriate and prices for different use cases. Their low-end stuff comes with low-end support and engineering, they make no qualms about it. If you have a business use, need reliability, good support, and sound engineering then buy Optiplex or dimension. Their well-priced and work great. Same thing with their laptops. In my experience, anyway, HP has similar lines.
An awesome feature indeed that almost makes we want to go out and get Lion. I wonder if Windows 8 will copy this. Even if it was just Word, Excel, and IE, it would still be a huge improvement over the status quo.
Just to put a different spin on this point. We run lots of servers (like 100) on VMware + Cisco + Dell + EMC SANs (Windows and *nix boxes). Most all the servers take about a minute to boot with VMware's super fast BIOS and some serious hosts behind them. Granted, this particular system is pretty high-end. Doesn't matter if it's Windows 2003 DCs, Exchange, Windows 2008 whatever, or even Linux boxes with 2.4 kernels. All boot in about a minute. It rocks.
Agreed. Google isn't innocent either. As you probably know, as of FF version 5 have stopped supporting/making the Google Toolbar for FF (https://www.google.com/intl/en/toolbar/ff/index.html).
This sucks because it was one of the things that kept me using Google. The biggest thing for me is how you could open searches in a new tab. A small, but important feature to me. Now, as far as I can tell, the only browser that you can easily have this feature on is IE. I use FF now, but I constantly miss the toolbar.
Spam might be too strong a word. On a daily basis I work on 5, 6, or more computers (servers, PCs, other people's laptops, etc.). Inevitably, this is the default setting on all of them.
On further reflection, what I was referring to was around the time they introduced instant they also introduced that magnifying glass thing which is what makes me crazy. I'm one of those people that tracks what I'm reading on the screen with a mouse. I find myself constantly X'ing out of those previews.
Mind you, I've used Google since it was small, for what, 10 or 12 years? I remember back in college the first time I used it. I literally remember the guy that told me about it, the room we were standing in, and the the first time I used it. The *reason* we started using it (my geek friends and I) was that it was simple in design, didn't have ads, and was fast and relevant. It seems less so today.
Well, I'm not sure what FPS you're interested, but here's what I would say. Find a gaming community that runs public servers. A lot of them are set up as clans, but are super-friendly to non-clan members that are "regulars" (i.e. play on their servers all the time). Spend some time on their website forums and on their servers. Make sure that they have competent admins on regularly that take care of things. Many of them will have security discussions on their forums (although maybe in the members-only section). Ask questions about what they do to keep the game fair.
For example the clan I'm in is "a mature gaming community." Our values are respecting each other, having fun, and there is usually an admin on the server (or watching remotely). If not there are regulars or clan members on that can get a hold of an admin quickly. There are new "hacks" coming out all the time, so it is a cat and mouse game, but we manage pretty well. We spend time with all of our admins and train them on keeping it fair and using their powers effectively.
Also, when you join a server that is running security software like SMAC it will usually announce this in your console or in chat (although an admin can disable this). At a minimum make sure they are running sv_pure 1 (or even better two). You can simply type this in your console and see the result. But something like SMAC or Kigen are well-respected, don't slow the servers down too much, and work well.
I don't want to post my clan's info here, but if you're interested in a fun place to play CSS hit me up.
I've used Google less and less since they went to instant. The giant previews are maddening to me. My job is helping people (and companies) with technologies and it seems most people don't even know what a search engine is anymore, they just know to Google this or that. To some non-techs it seems they view Google as this magical, giant, world-wide, all-knowing website. Weird.
Although there seems to be a contingent of people (older people and for some reason attorneys) that are still going strong using Yahoo or MSN.
All I can say is that I know about 20 people with tables, mostly through work and the iPad 2 that my wife has. Most go unused most of the time. My wife much prefers her 5-lb Dell Latitude to the iPad because it's not as fun to use Facebook if you can't type... I'd like those $800 back :P
I'd love some links. I did a little research after your post and this appears at least somewhat possible using a cable card (I have Time Warner5 Cable here in my city). Although, I'm not sure if on-demand content will work.
As someone who runs a few high-traffic gaming servers, I can say that hacking is definitely a problem with Source-engine based games. However, with a little knowledge, some patience, and experienced admins much of it can be done away with.
For example, Kigen's anti-cheat tool was great and has been replaced by SMAC (SourceMod Anti-Cheat) which works really well also. SMAC, a couple of security plugins/settings, and keeping the attack surface as small as possible (not a lot of addons, etc.) keeps a lot of the hacks under control/virtually non-existent. As with all IT security-related things, it's a game of cat and mouse and you have to stay on top of it.
VAC is a joke. There is a talk about it from (I think Defcon 17) on youtube.
A while back I was at an older couple's house and they had a big old Zenith console TV with a newer LCD sitting on top of it. I pointed out the contract in technologies and they made a similar comment, hey it makes a great stand. That old TV had been in their family for over 20 years and still worked fine. He turned it on and we compared pictures. Around here many people have replaced the older tube TVs with new ones simply because of the digital broadcast change.
I agree with this and have been struggling with a solution for my house. The problem is we still want all of our cable TV channels and on-demand content on there as well.
A PhD student did some great research on how the process of state and federal authorities getting your info/email from various ISP/providers. It's very, very scary stuff. No subpoenas needed for a heck of a lot more than you'd think:
Here is the actual video (part 2 is really good); well-worth watching:
DEFCON 18: Your ISP and the Government: Best Friends Forever 1/3
Agreed. I'm forcing myself to use FireFox for 30 days (so far so good). But I have 4 /. tabs open and it's using ~350 MB. Seems excessive to me. That being said, it's performing just fine, but this is a newer higher-end PC.
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I seriously started using IE9 and even tried out Chrome (which I don't really like) because of lack of Google Toolbar. I like to have it set to open my searches in a new tab. It seems with the move to the "one line" browsers for tables, we're going to lose a lot of functionality. It seems that a one-size-fits-all approach is not the right way to go. Why should the same piece of software have to look at the same on a 4, 9, and 24-inch screens? When it's controlled by a mouse or a finger?
Great read.
they looked at me like I just opened the fucking Stargate
Be careful with that funny, some of us had surgery last week and the stiches still hurt.
Seriously, though. Give some of us MSCEs some credit. Some of us take computing very seriously, have CS degrees and do things right. Admittedly, places like ITT tech lower the bar for our entire profession.
In all fairness, a lot of Macs are laptops that use primarily wireless. It is much easier to slow down a wireless LAN because data rate is shared among the hosts.
Even so, were I a Mac admin (I'm not), I'd just download it and push out the update in some staggered way (after testing it with a grouop of pilot users of course).
Some private online backup companies (such as MSP providers) use very high quality stuff (such as EMC's Avamar), backup to multiple data centers, and provide managed backup services with SLAs and an annual (or more frequent) DR test/verification. The company I work at provides this service. It's expensive, but guarantees backups are safe.
You: Will I be at my job much longer?
Magic 8 Ball: Outlook not good.
This morning.
I've used all of them and IE9 performs the best on my computer.
The "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" is dangerous in a democracy.
There is a great piece about it here: http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/14/if-you-have-nothing-to-hide-you-have-everything-to-fear/
"The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse." — James Madison
Good read! Operation Ivy Bells is most interesting. I guess that's why they frown on people in financial trouble for government jobs.