If you sit in those disgusting seats and overpay to be controlled over when the movie starts and what you have to watch while waiting to see your movie, and arrive early to get a decent seat that won't put a crick in your neck, and then smell all the farts of everyone in the theatre while you eat your 10 cents worth of $4.50 popcorn, you deserve any and all bacteria that stick to your ass and come home with you. Enjoy the blinding cell phones during the movie you cattle. Netflix should take over the whole damn business so I can PAY to watch a new release at home. At least at drive-ins you had some separation from the assholes.
I use CloudFlare and I think they are great. Should I use an alternate DNS provider? I have about 30 entries. I am certainly NOT going to use Cox cable!
Hey, don't get me wrong. I use my wired headphones/earbuds exclusively and I feel sorry for anyone that has to charge their headphones and drain their battery on their phone just to use them, but hey, someone has to make the leap into the future, and this is it! Now that Apple, the leader in innovation (cough) has done away with the headphone cables, everyone else will follow. We will soon see Bluetooth headsets that are better than even I can imagine. They will power themselves over Bluetooth soon so no charging. Once all the bugs are worked out and the competitors realize people hate wires as much as Steve Job's ghost, we will have this fantastic technology in our cars, our alarm clocks, and our intercom systems (don't you have one?). Someone has to take the leap to show people just how great it can be. I think it should be Apple. On the other hand... Why the fuck don't wireless repeaters work well with different brands? Why is upload speed so shitty when I pay $60 a month? Why does VoIP have such problems with different firewalls? Does everyone set UDP timeouts so fucking low? Why are hotels so obviously throttling bandwidth? Why can't I get a goddamn USB jack on the airplane to charge my Kindle? And why does my Kindle suck at managing shows on the SD card? WHAT THE FUCK! Well, I can say one thing. My wired headphones always work, even with that little button that answers and hangs up calls. I love it.
I forgot to mention that the 2 other disks should be offline when not backing up. One of them preferably offsite. If they are online, they are not backup, they are vulnerable copies.
1) RAID IS NOT BACKUP unless you have another read only set.
2) STORAGE SPACES IS NOT BACKUP unless you have another read only set, and please, it is JBOD with some added features.
3) You are exchanging RAID sync issues with backup sync issues.
I would setup hardware RAID, but that is not related to what you need... Backup to two other disks. Upgrade disk size and technology as needed. A 4TB disk is like $140
"There is no home viewing that approaches the resolution of a movie experience" is bullshit. I've seen movies in theatres for over 35 years from New York to San Diego, and you sir, are full of shit. My Toshiba flat screen says so.
HP i7 16GB RAM 256 SSD Win10 Laptop
Seamonkey w/ adblock and no script
nirsoft_package
windump
putty
nmap
notepad++
Keepass
Acronis
WinRAR, 7zip
truecrypt 7.1a
LogMeIn
EMET 5.5
MS Office & Visio 2013
Virtualbox w/ pfSense and CentOS
Sumatra
Imgburn
Filezilla
OpenVPN, Cisco VPN, NetExtender
XVI32
AD Info
Cisco_usbconsole_driver
Desktop is very similar but with games and a lot more storage. Desktop is a Lian Li case w/ Gigabyte MB.
Correct. The telemetry issue can be partly handled (until an update changes it).
:: Set Telemetry to Zero
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection\/v AllowTelemetry/t REG_DWORD/d 0/f
:: Disable Telemetry Services
powershell -noprofile -command "Get-Service DiagTrack | Set-Service -StartupType Disabled"
powershell -noprofile -command "Get-Service dmwappushservice | Set-Service -StartupType Disabled"
:: Disable Web Search In Menu Search
reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\/v BingSearchEnabled/t REG_DWORD/d 0/f
:: Add Telemetry Sites to HOSTS file (too long for slashdot)
The updates can be disabled by pointing the system to a non-existent WSUS server (GPO in Pro version) which works for a system on an assembly line controlling a motor.
Running your own WSUS alleviates headaches if you want updates but not at the whim of a corporate overlord.
The average user is fully exposed to updates that can brick. I see where this originated. Millions of PCs running amok because everyone turned updates off. Massive botnets blamed squarely at Redmond. What are they to do? A corporate meeting took place and someone said "Fuck our SMB demographic. Think of grandma getting her PC hacked because she didn't have the update. If the techs want real tech, let them pay for Enterprise".
I like Windows 10. A PDF creator that does one job well. Enhanced snipping tool. Fantastic PowerShell. More customizable menus. Run's all the old crap and the new crap. Handles as many monitors as you can plug in. But forced updates are a deal breaker. I run my own WSUS and I can always select the "check for updates from Microsoft" radio button, but who knows all this stuff? And for the people who do know it, why do I have to jump over fire to get it done? You would think buying the Pro version would be enough. Do this crap to the home version and give us some fucking credit.
I run my own update server, but it is almost always off. When I want updates, and after they have been tested on the masses, I check the small box that says "get updates from Microsoft." Until I manually check the box, I do not get updates. You can easily point your computer to a non-existent update server to re-create this behavior. Yes, this requires the pro version.
I'm a TWC customer and they do not have my email address. They never asked for it and I never gave it. They never offered me an opportunity to create a RoadRunner email, and I would decline anyway. I just get a bill every month. Rates go up every 3 months or so. Still waiting for DOCSIS 3.
That is incorrect. Just last night I wiped a Win10 system to reinstall after upgrading. Got the key using produkey first. During install without an MS account, it required me to enter the key. I've done this multiple times and it always asks for the key when installing without an MS account. Even if you are correct, you are informing people to skip an easy yet possibly critical step. Get the key before wiping the drive.
Unless they specify what cheaper is, and what speed of Internet qualifies as worthy of the price they charge, this will still be screwing over low-income customers. I've seen these cheaper plans from other companies that were required by deals and they suck. 384 Kbps for $18.91 per month is bullshit. If it wasn't illegal to share Internet with neighbors I could supply 100 families with Internet at that speed with my overpriced $60 tube. For Comcast you must "Have at least one child eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program" to qualify for their low income Internet. And most people know what “up to 5 Mbps” means... Crap!
You have done a fine job indicating that many Americans cannot see past their shoelaces, and that you are an extremist fruit-cake nut-ball head-case that should be watched carefully. Why not actually do something useful, like run for office and kill Rider Bills, or educate young people that a race to the bottom is literally a race to the bottom, or better yet, learn that not everyone in the U.S. is watching TV. As for Waco, maybe you should learn that it the FBI does actual bad deeds everyday, but that was not one of them. Jimmy, is that you?
Why do you care what the brand of your tool is? Did they kill people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster)? Did they kill people and cover it up (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company#Firestone_500_tread_separation_problem)? Maybe they are the largest and most common manufacturer of tools and you want to love them because you know they will be inexpensive if they work? Maybe your family members already use them and if they work well that would be great? Maybe not everyone is using the best tool but rather the most common one? If it worked well people would get fewer viruses and it would spur competition with other browsers and they would work even better too! A win for everyone. I want to love Edge too.
I also want to love the Ford Focus. I see them everywhere and I've rented them. I still hate the damn Ford Focus, but I want to love them. I hope they make a better Ford Focus.
How would this manipulate an OS so the backdoor is available without being identified? Maybe a backdoor on a NIC with a secret port knock bypassing the OS to sniff traffic, but even that will get noticed sooner or later.
(Same in Windows 7, 8, and 8.1) Go to Task Scheduler.
In the scheduler library: \Microsoft\Windows\Setup\gwx
Disable task: launchtrayprocess
Disable task: refreshgwxconfig
Then open Task Manager, select gwx.exe, select End Task.
I also disable these tasks in scheduler library:
\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program:
Disable task: Consolidator
Disable task: KernelCeipTask
Disable task: UsbCeip
people still have optical drives on their computers?
I use my Blu-ray burner all the time. Verbatim 25 GBs for about 30 cents each. Nice backup option compared to thumb drives, plus I don't accidently leave a Blu-ray disc in my pants pocket and have it go through the wash.
A DVD is an optical disc containing either a lower resolution avi or mpg at 720p in a Matroska container so it can be archived on a shelf in a cool dry environment for long term storage, or porn.
I had a 1972 Buick with an adjustable indicator needle on the speedometer. You set it to whatever speed and it would set off a buzzer if you reached that speed. I always wondered why this feature wasn't standard in all cars. It's pretty rare that people are going slower than intended but going faster than intended is common. Why slow the car down if a speed is exceeded? So the driver isn't "bothered" to pay attention? No! Make a damn buzzer go off so the driver is alerted that they are not paying attention. They should be "driving", after all. If you want your speed automated, turn on cruise control.
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If you sit in those disgusting seats and overpay to be controlled over when the movie starts and what you have to watch while waiting to see your movie, and arrive early to get a decent seat that won't put a crick in your neck, and then smell all the farts of everyone in the theatre while you eat your 10 cents worth of $4.50 popcorn, you deserve any and all bacteria that stick to your ass and come home with you. Enjoy the blinding cell phones during the movie you cattle. Netflix should take over the whole damn business so I can PAY to watch a new release at home. At least at drive-ins you had some separation from the assholes.
I use CloudFlare and I think they are great. Should I use an alternate DNS provider? I have about 30 entries. I am certainly NOT going to use Cox cable!
Hey, don't get me wrong. I use my wired headphones/earbuds exclusively and I feel sorry for anyone that has to charge their headphones and drain their battery on their phone just to use them, but hey, someone has to make the leap into the future, and this is it! Now that Apple, the leader in innovation (cough) has done away with the headphone cables, everyone else will follow. We will soon see Bluetooth headsets that are better than even I can imagine. They will power themselves over Bluetooth soon so no charging. Once all the bugs are worked out and the competitors realize people hate wires as much as Steve Job's ghost, we will have this fantastic technology in our cars, our alarm clocks, and our intercom systems (don't you have one?). Someone has to take the leap to show people just how great it can be. I think it should be Apple. On the other hand... Why the fuck don't wireless repeaters work well with different brands? Why is upload speed so shitty when I pay $60 a month? Why does VoIP have such problems with different firewalls? Does everyone set UDP timeouts so fucking low? Why are hotels so obviously throttling bandwidth? Why can't I get a goddamn USB jack on the airplane to charge my Kindle? And why does my Kindle suck at managing shows on the SD card? WHAT THE FUCK! Well, I can say one thing. My wired headphones always work, even with that little button that answers and hangs up calls. I love it.
I forgot to mention that the 2 other disks should be offline when not backing up. One of them preferably offsite. If they are online, they are not backup, they are vulnerable copies.
1) RAID IS NOT BACKUP unless you have another read only set.
2) STORAGE SPACES IS NOT BACKUP unless you have another read only set, and please, it is JBOD with some added features.
3) You are exchanging RAID sync issues with backup sync issues.
I would setup hardware RAID, but that is not related to what you need... Backup to two other disks. Upgrade disk size and technology as needed. A 4TB disk is like $140
"There is no home viewing that approaches the resolution of a movie experience" is bullshit. I've seen movies in theatres for over 35 years from New York to San Diego, and you sir, are full of shit. My Toshiba flat screen says so.
HP i7 16GB RAM 256 SSD Win10 Laptop
Seamonkey w/ adblock and no script
nirsoft_package
windump
putty
nmap
notepad++
Keepass
Acronis
WinRAR, 7zip
truecrypt 7.1a
LogMeIn
EMET 5.5
MS Office & Visio 2013
Virtualbox w/ pfSense and CentOS
Sumatra
Imgburn
Filezilla
OpenVPN, Cisco VPN, NetExtender
XVI32
AD Info
Cisco_usbconsole_driver
Desktop is very similar but with games and a lot more storage. Desktop is a Lian Li case w/ Gigabyte MB.
You are using facebook because pretty much everyone you know is on it? That does not make sense to me.
Correct. The telemetry issue can be partly handled (until an update changes it).
/v AllowTelemetry /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
/v BingSearchEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Set Telemetry to Zero
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection\
:: Disable Telemetry Services
powershell -noprofile -command "Get-Service DiagTrack | Set-Service -StartupType Disabled"
powershell -noprofile -command "Get-Service dmwappushservice | Set-Service -StartupType Disabled"
:: Disable Web Search In Menu Search
reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\
:: Add Telemetry Sites to HOSTS file (too long for slashdot)
The updates can be disabled by pointing the system to a non-existent WSUS server (GPO in Pro version) which works for a system on an assembly line controlling a motor.
Running your own WSUS alleviates headaches if you want updates but not at the whim of a corporate overlord.
The average user is fully exposed to updates that can brick. I see where this originated. Millions of PCs running amok because everyone turned updates off. Massive botnets blamed squarely at Redmond. What are they to do? A corporate meeting took place and someone said "Fuck our SMB demographic. Think of grandma getting her PC hacked because she didn't have the update. If the techs want real tech, let them pay for Enterprise".
I like Windows 10. A PDF creator that does one job well. Enhanced snipping tool. Fantastic PowerShell. More customizable menus. Run's all the old crap and the new crap. Handles as many monitors as you can plug in. But forced updates are a deal breaker. I run my own WSUS and I can always select the "check for updates from Microsoft" radio button, but who knows all this stuff? And for the people who do know it, why do I have to jump over fire to get it done? You would think buying the Pro version would be enough. Do this crap to the home version and give us some fucking credit.
I run my own update server, but it is almost always off. When I want updates, and after they have been tested on the masses, I check the small box that says "get updates from Microsoft." Until I manually check the box, I do not get updates. You can easily point your computer to a non-existent update server to re-create this behavior. Yes, this requires the pro version.
All my new docking stations are USB 3. That's pretty standard.
I'm a TWC customer and they do not have my email address. They never asked for it and I never gave it. They never offered me an opportunity to create a RoadRunner email, and I would decline anyway. I just get a bill every month. Rates go up every 3 months or so. Still waiting for DOCSIS 3.
Did you turn on Instant Search? Works for me with 5 GB of email.
Every time I'm in the airport and hear instructions over the PA to report suspicious activity I feel like I'm playing Half-life 2.
That is incorrect. Just last night I wiped a Win10 system to reinstall after upgrading. Got the key using produkey first. During install without an MS account, it required me to enter the key. I've done this multiple times and it always asks for the key when installing without an MS account. Even if you are correct, you are informing people to skip an easy yet possibly critical step. Get the key before wiping the drive.
Unless they specify what cheaper is, and what speed of Internet qualifies as worthy of the price they charge, this will still be screwing over low-income customers. I've seen these cheaper plans from other companies that were required by deals and they suck. 384 Kbps for $18.91 per month is bullshit. If it wasn't illegal to share Internet with neighbors I could supply 100 families with Internet at that speed with my overpriced $60 tube. For Comcast you must "Have at least one child eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program" to qualify for their low income Internet. And most people know what “up to 5 Mbps” means... Crap!
You have done a fine job indicating that many Americans cannot see past their shoelaces, and that you are an extremist fruit-cake nut-ball head-case that should be watched carefully. Why not actually do something useful, like run for office and kill Rider Bills, or educate young people that a race to the bottom is literally a race to the bottom, or better yet, learn that not everyone in the U.S. is watching TV. As for Waco, maybe you should learn that it the FBI does actual bad deeds everyday, but that was not one of them. Jimmy, is that you?
I also want to love the Ford Focus. I see them everywhere and I've rented them. I still hate the damn Ford Focus, but I want to love them. I hope they make a better Ford Focus.
Why wouldn't you just use a ball bearing?
How would this manipulate an OS so the backdoor is available without being identified? Maybe a backdoor on a NIC with a secret port knock bypassing the OS to sniff traffic, but even that will get noticed sooner or later.
Is that near Washigon?
(Same in Windows 7, 8, and 8.1) Go to Task Scheduler.
In the scheduler library: \Microsoft\Windows\Setup\gwx
Disable task: launchtrayprocess
Disable task: refreshgwxconfig
Then open Task Manager, select gwx.exe, select End Task.
I also disable these tasks in scheduler library:
\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program:
Disable task: Consolidator
Disable task: KernelCeipTask
Disable task: UsbCeip
\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience:
Disable task: AitAgent
Disable task: Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser
Disable task: ProgramDataUpdater
people still have optical drives on their computers?
I use my Blu-ray burner all the time. Verbatim 25 GBs for about 30 cents each. Nice backup option compared to thumb drives, plus I don't accidently leave a Blu-ray disc in my pants pocket and have it go through the wash.
What's a DVD?
A DVD is an optical disc containing either a lower resolution avi or mpg at 720p in a Matroska container so it can be archived on a shelf in a cool dry environment for long term storage, or porn.
I had a 1972 Buick with an adjustable indicator needle on the speedometer. You set it to whatever speed and it would set off a buzzer if you reached that speed. I always wondered why this feature wasn't standard in all cars. It's pretty rare that people are going slower than intended but going faster than intended is common. Why slow the car down if a speed is exceeded? So the driver isn't "bothered" to pay attention? No! Make a damn buzzer go off so the driver is alerted that they are not paying attention. They should be "driving", after all. If you want your speed automated, turn on cruise control.