Enforcer-99 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Gahhh!! (Score 1) 411

by Enforcer-99 on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @08:54PM (#39790029) Attached to: Firefox 12 Released — Introduces Silent, Chrome-like Updater

Chrome runs entirely under the user profile, installs under the user profile, and installs updates under the user profile. Does not require "root access" or any admin privileges to run, update, or install. Your entire +3 post is based on rubbish.

Firefox does require admin rights to run, because it's an insecure turd.

Quite correct sir! I wish more people would read your comment.

Comment Re:No. (Score 5, Interesting) 305

by Enforcer-99 on Sunday April 22, 2012 @03:01PM (#39764699) Attached to: Did Microsoft Simply Run Out of Time On Windows RT?

They could be but I'd say that's a bad bet - trying to "out Apple" Apple. Microsoft has always had advantages in existing software compatibility and enterprise security features (say what you will - Windows Mobile had many more security features than Android or iOS for a long time). They seem to be casting off their only real differentiators in an attempt to copy the success of the iPad. This will fail spectacularly.

Comment Re:Having gone there... (Score 2, Informative) 439

by Enforcer-99 on Saturday February 13, 2010 @09:43AM (#31126484) Attached to: Yale Switching To Gmail, Not Without Opposition

You are wrong - the University version DOES have Labs - they just need to turn it on. Google Apps for Education allows for centralized control of labs features.

Best Home Backup Strategy Now? 611

Posted by kdawson on Sunday July 19, 2009 @03:37PM from the all-thumbs dept.

jollyreaper writes "Technology moves quickly and what was conventional wisdom last year can be folly this year. But the one thing that's remained constant is hard drives are far too large to backup via conventional means. Tape is expensive and can be unreliable, though it certainly has its proponents. DVDs are just too small. There are prosumer devices like the Drobo, but it's still just a giant box of hard drives, basically RAID. And as we've all had drilled into our heads, 'RAID is not backup.' When last this topic came up on Slashdot, the consensus was that hard drives were the best way to backup hard drives. Backup your internal HDD to an external one, and if your data is really important, have two externals and swap one off-site once a week. Is there any better advice these days?"

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