Not bad compared to:
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/afi36-2903.pdf

Old SMS client -- System Management Console --- Is supposed to be automatically updated via sms push to the new client -- Configuration Control/Console or whatever.

I've seen computers fall off the 'good' list and onto the 'naughty' list quite frequently. They don't generally patch themselves and make it up to the 'good' list on their own...though that is specifically the idea. M$ hasn't gotten it right for the last decade...so obviously they are going to patent the process and make more money off other people that DO make it work.

Yes....I just got goaded into replying to a troll.

Either Anonymous is the most stupid soldier there is -- think went to army basic training and failed out or came from a family full of army, but never had the guts to do it himself
OR
He is just a 20 year old dork that doesn't know much about anything but nevertheless feels the need to comment and be rather offensive and claim things like brainwashing and alude to his own higher moral field.

Anonymous obviously doesn't really know what he is talking about. What I stated was absolute truth and known designations by millions of people that have served in the past, and are currently serving.

Calling an airman, seamen, or marine a soldier will usually get you an evil look during the daytime, and potentially into a fight in the nighttime. Same the other way around. No marine or soldier wants to be called airmen or air force.

All are equal, but each is most definitely separate and proud of it.

Many of the highest rank, including presidents, have refered to the joint force as warriors. The root of it I believe comes from the airmen that were paired with army units to call in close air support. They were air force, assigned to army units -- and they needed something other than soldier or airmen to jokingly refer to them since they fulfilled both roles -- warrior was a non-offensive perfect fit.

Who doesn't want to be a warrior? Everybody kind of likes that term.

"Warriors" is an Air Force term since they are not soldiers, and not all involved are airmen.
Not all are soldiers.
Not all are airmen.
Not all are marines.
Not all are seamen.
Not all are coasties.

All are Warriors.

Yes, even the powerpoint ranger.

So, he will have even less incentive to NOT hurt HP. The stocks might have given some incentive and/or conflict of interest when faced when challenging HP in any way. Now he can can freely use his ~*amazing*~ competative knowledge against them.

Interesting way to settle a lawsuit. I'm curious how this will play out during the next 10 years with government and large contracts.

uses new interface to control MY imaginary galaxy class ship to completely destroy YOUR constitution class ship.

Now I just need somebody to create an LCARS looking interface for it and I can control my imaginary Galaxy class starship.

This is September. Ubuntu 10.10 will be out next month...Kudos for a 'fresh load' if desired or an upgrade in short order. While OS stability is nice -- supposedly when an application is written for WinXP or Vista or 7, it works on that version for as long as you have it -- however in practice this hasn't always been true. I appreciate having nice clear dependancies...which is sometimes very difficult to determine in windows.
Getting a particular version of an app running right in linux may be a pain sometimes, but at least there are published dependencies that are supposed to get something working.

It isn't really a free gift that you are getting. You are taking the discounted 'friend' rate first hit of drugs. They see it to their advantage to give cheap licenses to educational institutions specifically so that they control the market via training and expectations. If people have spent 4-8 years in college level coursework, and another few in secondary school prior to that using Microsoft Office products...chances are they won't even think twice about buying it for their business or personal use at a later date.
People have no idea what software is on thier computers or even that there are competing office suites. They have expectations, and this expectation has been fed by cheap licensing to strategic market segments that will later trigger purchases. Even non-profits and NGOs, they do business with other people outside of their organizations, and when trading documents they expect it to just plain work all the time...this leads the occasional person that wouldn't have otherwise bought Office to purchase it.
This isn't a free gift. This is a reputation saver, and continues their effort to sweeten the pod of the underprivileged so that they will generate more sales in those that can pay exhorbitant fees for software.

One more company takes the patent troll route after finding out they are incapable of manufacturing something worth owning in the first place. Unfortunately HP printers are approaching Lexmark quality levels and not the other way around. I hate both companies, but obviously avoid Lexmark like the plague. I usually don't even bother trying to troubleshoot them or buy new roller kits -- I just replace the lexmarks with HPs.

Israel. Not the USA.

I've been waiting for mediacom to roll out some DOCSYS 3 / IPv6 forever. This little town I happen to be in, has excellent infrastructure and is physically capable of running it -- unlike most cities. This town is dependent only on major hardware upgrades, not cable plant upgrades.

I've found the UBCD -- Ultimate Boot CD to be quite useful.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

It does come in handy, includes many of the necessary tools to determine HDD end of life etc.

It certainly isn't perfect, but I am amazed nobody has mentioned it yet in the discussion. Obviously real tools are on my bench, but when the poster specifically asked for software....this is the easiest and most broad spectrum solution.

mod parent up. rsnapshot is painless and elegant.