The value of encryption for public communication is limited. Unless all parties involved are 100% diligent there will always be an unencrypted copy available somewhere. Instead of adding overhead and procedures for dealing with encryption I find it best to avoid putting sensitive information into email just as I avoid doing so in other public places.
Permit Cookies is very useful (need to disable extension checking and it works with FF5) in limiting tracking while still providing a usable web experience. It turns all cookies into session cookies that are gone when you close the browser and has a shortcut to override for sites that you do want to allow permanent cookies to be set. When I restart my browser I am a new person. For complete protection I also use NoScript, Ghostery and Better Privacy.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/permit-cookies/
To disable the annoying extension compatibility check:=
create a new boolean called "extensions.checkCompatibility.5.0" then set it false
Ouch, thanks for the reminder. I read that tibit a while back but I haven't been on Steam in a long time as HL2TFC bored me. Figured I was aiming to rejoin with D3 but no more. I totally agree with you. No problem banning cheaters in MP games but if I want to cheat in SP that my business and my alone.
Sorry Bliz that two fewer sales for you.
OK:
As someone who spends the day reading tremendously boring but necessary technical content any kind of visual breaks is welcome. I would love to see all information broken down into factoids. As an old fart I will probably double-space to my dying day. I do agree this is an almost pointless discussion.
Better:
- Reads tech content daily
- Visual Breaks are good
- Information factoids
- Double space always
- Pointless discussion
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So which was easier to read? Both presented the same information. I suppose the reverse is true when I'm reading for pleasure otherwise every book would look like the cliff notes.
-Joe
Where MS really failed is in the delay between XP & Vista. XP became an infrastructure piece just like cabling or water pipes. Infrastructure can fail but you generally don't replace it, you fix it. Win 7 represents a totally new infrastructure and most companies don't see the ROI. Imagine if the IEEE came out tomorrow and said we should all replace our CAT 5 cables with CAT 7 as soon as possible? Everyone would ignore them. Real value would have to present to force the change. Win 7 does not represent real value over Win XP.
-Joe
Apologies if this has been mentioned (I did look through the comments)
But can anyone explain how it was really 30 seconds? The GPS ping isn't a stop watch and has no clue what the vehicle is doing. it just does a check in every 30 seconds. So if the 1st ping hit say 5 seconds before he left then he was moving for only 25 seconds instead of 30 thereby increasing his rate of travel. The odds are 1 in 30 that he left within 1 second of the first ping.
I setup a home server (print, file, ftp, smtp, on-demand packet sniffing, etc) on a 2GB MSI Wind Nettop. This is a barebones PC and uses only 35Watts peak. With HDD, RAM, etc total cost was $350.00
The coolest part is the "server" spends most of its time asleep (S3). When someone in the house needs to print, access files, etc they have an icon that sends a magic packet to wake the server. The server will then stay on as long as needed (based on CPU Util + 10 minutes) and then go back to sleep. Be doing this for 2+ years (old higher watt computer previously) and this solution works great for us.
-Joe
Exactly, Microsoft is pulling all the marketing stops out (same thing they did with Vista). What's the point? What's the real RTO on Win 7? If I have a computer that performs all of the features I need it to do why would I upgrade?
11 Years ago my father bought a $6,000 top of the line Gateway with Windows 98 and it was a blazing fast. 4 years later it was a paperweight but will the same be said of today's average machines? I still have 4 - 5 year old PCs in production use with no problems. They're fast enough and when they die I'll replace them with $300 models. Intel lost, the CPU has outclassed every app that most businesses/users need and now it's MS's turn. They are trying to justify this new OS for which very few people have any real need. XP looks dated? Who cares? Show me one truly useful thing Vista/Win 7 can do they cannot be done with XP.
-Joe
These threads always devolve to Symantec bashing but what I would find curious is how many of you actually have seen the latest edition? I despised NAV for years and having worked for Symantec I always used SAV (now SEP) because it was a lighter client with comparable detection.
Today almost the reverse is true. While SEP incorporates much more than AV/Spyware/Firewall it has become even more intrusive with the ability to provide all sorts of corporate level protection. NAV, on the other hand, is totally streamlined. I installed Norton 360 v3 the other day on a 5 year old computer. It took ~60 seconds to install. That's from the time I started the executable to the time of the optional restart. Boot-up had no increase in lag and the interface was completely non-intrusive. Of course if those are the only reasons you run AV then why bother?
The thing to ask yourself, remember all the controversy over the ribbon? It never went away, people got bored and accepted it but how many mothers, grandmothers, non-computer college students, etc find the ribbon more useful? The dozens of people I've seen use the computer LESS with vista\o2k7 and now I get call on "how to print" or even "how to change fonts". I never got that with o2k3. I'm pushing OO not because it's better but because non computer people like menus. A ribbon for firefox will just do more to drive the non-geeks away.
-Joe
Sir,
As a non-programmer but serious interface tweaker, Thank you!
Other people were driven way by Microsoft by the crappy software they produced I've been driven away because of their insistence to remove my ability to customize with their latest round of crapware (Office 2007, vista/w2k8, exchange, sql, etc.)
Have whatever defaults you want but don't force them down users' throats. I finally over came the last forced default in FF recently using KeyConfig to remove the default FF shortcuts which are... Hard Coded! D'oh!
-Joe
SNL (Saturday Night Live) made this joke in the third season over 20 years ago (I believe it was for a 3 bladed razor).
I love that all you suckers have fallen for the advertising and are convinced it makes a difference. That keeps the price of the single blade razors I sue dirt cheap. Thanks!
It just doesn't look natural. Time and again scientists, engineers or artists design a more efficient process or item and yet it never penetrates beyond a small group of fanatics. The segway just looks awkward. For comparison consider the Pontiac Aztec (generally considered to be the ugliest car of the last 25 years) It could be practical, have tons of space, and it is still ugly. Same reason we are not all living in geodesic (sp?) domes.
Function over form rarely works and without a sudden artistic shift to the accepted (think Sideburns or bellbottoms) I doubt IT will ever win a wider audience.
Although I would question the validity of a billion dollar scam (as another user points out most plans get free minutes and if you exceed your quota by 15 seconds or 1 minutes, wow...) Perhaps it is a cross billing issue between providers?
I HATE that stupid message. It will be the second reason I can't wait to dump Verizon Wireless this fall when my contract expires. Yes I have the "You may press * to bypass this message" at the start of my greeting (yes, it is * for Verizon) but nobody else does this so it is always an insulting guessing game. But just like we sheep consumer blithely accept more and more advertising shoved down our throats so goes the message. I can't wait for the day when I get the verbal instructions on how to use the numeric keypad, (You may now leave a numeric message. To leave a 1, press the 1 key, etc.)
Gosh, helpful Verizon... Maybe society is really becoming so mentally limited this type of stuff is needed.
-Joe
The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
