Almost every company depends on networked computers to perform critical daily tasks. IT's function is to provide and maintain the computing infrastructure.

Unfortunately, there's MBA types counting beans and looking for places to save money. They look at IT and see a cost center; IT adds nothing to the bottom line.

So let's start with a company with a healthy IT department; since they do their jobs, all the computing resources are up and running, problems are few and far between and quickly resolved.

The bean counters look at the situation and how much they're paying IT - and see that everything is working fine. What are we paying these folks for? Lay them off to save money.

Things keep running for months but start to fall apart around the edges; the users fix some of their PC problems and work around others. At about 18 months or so something critical goes down; the Exchange server takes a crap or something similar. Now they're in a panic; we need qualified IT staff, pronto. So they start hiring again (at a higher pay scale) and the cycle repeats.

Try not to confuse this cycle with the longer cycle that moves computing power from the server to the desktop, then back to the server, back to the desktop and now back to the server. "Cloud" is just BS talk; it's dumb terminals on the desk and everything on the servers (again).

Working in IT is like being in a big game of musical chairs. The pay is good when you're getting paid, but there are gaps between the jobs. Right now isn't good for IT people, but in a year or two...

How many rooms, how many stories. What's the size of the building? What are the walls made of? What's your budget?

All of these things make a difference in what will be needed to provide a usable WiFi signal to all rooms. Don't do anything less than WiFi; most traveling devices have WiFi capabilities, but many of them do not have LAN jacks.

Comcast already has cable to the office; have them put their cable modem there - not at the property line. Then you'll be able to secure the networking equipment and make the owners feel more secure.

Beyond that, distances and construction matter. You're going to need multiple access points; how many and where to put them depends on the particular scenario. Even the height of the access point from ground level makes a huge difference in coverage.

It's quite possible to do this at a fairly low cost and provide reliable service to the guests. But if you've never planned and installed a network system like this before - run away as fast as you can and let someone else do it.

The specs on the access points are wishful thinking under the best of conditions; this job really needs someone with experience in wireless installations to plan it.

Are you sure about that? I see quite a few games in Google+ - in the games section. I'll allow for the fact that Google has been rolling out the games section to users slowly for you not knowing this.

Once again the "apples and oranges" comparison of PCs and Ipads rears it's head. True wisdom comes from understanding that they're tools that serve different needs; any comparison of a tablet (of any stripe) to a PC (of any kind) is nothing more than some idiot making noises to drive up clicks to the website.

I own one of each - and a laptop, too. Which one am I using right now? You can't tell. For short posts to a website or making notes, any one of them will serve the need. Each offers advantages and drawbacks and it's always best to choose what works for you and your tasks, not what some random commenter on this site insists is the "one true way.

Would I try to write Klines of code on the Ipad? No. Can I go mobile with the PC? No. Am I going to be away for a whole day with no chance to recharge? Notebook won't do, but an Ipad would.

What's right for you might not be right for someone else; no matter what PC you're talking about or what tablet you're talking about - they're not intended for or capable of the same tasks.

I hope you enjoy living in the dystopian world you pine for. Remember when they come for you that you asked for it.

Yes, I read TFA. It wasn't very illuminating; the author essentially says that since the client side can alter the transactions, HTML5 has security problems.

That's kind of stupid; whose security are we talking about here, anyway? Clearly not the end user - and I'll feel free to use various add-ons to alter the web pages I visit to improve my security and privacy

Even better idea: set a minimum holding time on stock purchases; buy some, can't sell it again for 48 hours (or longer). Any real investor buys to hold - and this would put a big crimp in the HFT scam. Best of all: you have to pay for it before you can sell it PLUS a minimum holding time.

This wouldn't do any harm to the legitimate investor, but it'd limit HFT traders to no more than they could pay for.

Step right over here with the others, and here's your sign.

There's a whole lot of ice that's on land, not in the ocean. IF global warming is a fact, then ocean levels will rise.

I'm not saying it's not true, but remember these are the same scientists that were talking about global cooling not so very long ago. It'd help a lot if some real scientific information was available instead of the news bites and talking points that pass for truth these days.

There's an expense involved in designing the processor so it can be "feature controlled", maintaining multiple versions of the microcode and their distribution, etc.

This increases the manufacturer's cost to produce the product and you'd better believe it'll be passed on to you.

There are good arguments for "speed grades" and I'm sure some MBA figured out what produces the highest profit. But what what about competition and companies producing the best product they can? Is "good enough" OK now?

For the general public, this policy is a fail; they're paying for something that they can't fully use due to artificial limitations. For those of us who understand this stuff it's a win; I like my bottom end Core i7 which happily runs at well over the top bin speed. Intel is trying to work both ends of the street with this latest upgrade scheme and they should be ashamed of themselves.

There's LOTS of electronic manufacturing companies with offices in Hong Kong, and the factories just over the border in Shenzhen

You can find all kinds of repacked / refurbished / overrun / returned / third shift / fell off of the truck products for sale in Hong Kong. The prices are low - but there might be a problem with warranty coverage, etc. You'll see lots of electronics being sold on Ebay with the seller located in Hong Kong. I spent a few days there last month and was amazed at how much pirated / questionable merchandise was being sold openly.

Very common: Shenzhen factory making whizbangs has some duds and returns - it's not worth attempting to repair them so they sell them off for scrap. Enterprising people buy up a pile of dead Apple or Linksys (or whatever) and sort it out; use the AC adapter from the one with the bad motherboard to fix the one that only needs a new AC adpapter, etc. Then sell the "new" equipment for a small yet significant discount.

It comes right out and says "political activist". That's very timely, all things considered, By "political activist" they mean protesters or those holding demonstrations outside of the designated free speech zones.

Just right for quickly identifying those who would dare to threaten the established order. Can you think of any reason why you might not want to take part in this system?

There's two things going on that aren't the same thing at all. One is the protests over police using black people for target practice, the other is the looting that takes place during the "riots".

The government keeps making excuses for the actions of their police officers; he was just doing his job, too bad that black person got in his way. This will continue and we'll see more of these protests

The other thing is the looting - this is (to put it simply) those who are just barely getting by taking the opportunity to grab up some of those consumer goods they could never afford to buy.

This is a symptom of the extreme imbalance in income distribution in the US (and England). Explain it however you want, the black and brown folks know that they're getting the dirty end of the stick and they aren't accepting those stories. They're kept in their place most of the time, but when things get protesty they'll come out and get some of what the "rich folks" have.

Of course, the "authorities" says that every protester is a criminal and they're busily putting "those people" back in their place. They'll never admit that it's the actions of their enforcers that start these protests - and they'll never admit that it's the greed in the upper class that creates the tensions that drive the riots and looting.

Those "upper class" folks are very aware of this and they're busily building taller fences, hiring more guards, and loading up on weaponry. They lean on their government friends to "keep things under control" and they do their best. Did you think that monitoring phone and email traffic was to stop terrorists? Maybe it's to keep track of groups forming that might present a threat to the established order in this country?

You'll keep hearing stories about how this is all about bad people - and as long as you keep believing that and supporting those who benefit from keeping those people in their place - you'll just postpone the date and increase the intensity of the "correction".

Here's a tip for those in California - did you know that you white folks are in the minority there? Sleep well...

I don't know if you saw the same video I did. What I saw was no accident - it was an execution.

That "taser" excuse doesn't wash; if the suspect is face down on the ground with a cop kneeling on his back, what's the taser needed for?. The only "mistake" that happened that day was that the killer cop didn't think that he'd be filmed as he executed the black guy.