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Photos: Worst tech of 2006 (so far)

Worst?Listen this technology, the intel voice activated remote that is, is a great thing!! You don't know how many people have a difficult time with remotes simply because of arthritis, or other crippling problem.He Missed the Point!Laziness is not the issue. It is through technology that lots of...

Tags: voice, worst technology, hcoles, hardware, Laziness, photograph

Discussion threads 2006-04-14

Additional Resources

PassForRandom 1.1 (Mac)

Do you keep choosing easy to guess passwords because of laziness? Then PassForRandom is the application for you! It helps you by creating a safe and random password, with minimal effort from your part. Just enter how many characters you want your password to consist of and press the button,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Password, Robin Enhorn

Software downloads 2008-12-17

WTA Death Widget 1.0 (Mac)

At ADHOC/MacHack 20, I created a small Dashboard widget with the help of Dori Smith. After much laziness, I'm finally releasing it: the WTA Death Widget. Based on the WTA Death Watch, it counts approximately how many people have died since the widget loaded. Looking at it reminds you it's...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Dashboard, Death, Red Bird Island, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-11-03

Wakeup call for Solaris admins: SHUT TELNET!

I have never understood why companies never moved away from telnetI worked for the state of Pennsylvania, they used telnet on their local lans. Yea, well... Geese what, I could have sniffed anyone's password and had access basically to anything.here where I work now... never mind.It's not just sun,...

Tags: droolin, Telnet, security, networking, george ou, Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2007-02-12

win2k script for creating local folders, same level from names text file

would anybody possibly spoon feed me a script i can use for creating local folders, looping thru a text file containing the desired folder names. i can get myself past syntax errors usually so it doesn't have to be 'right', i just need reminding sorry in advance for laziness andthanks...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, sgt_shultz, text-file

Discussion threads 2007-07-16

Faster Laziness Using Dynamic Pointer Tagging

This paper proposes two tagging strategies: a simple strategy called semi-tagging that seeks to avoid one common source of unpredictable indirect jumps, and a more complex strategy called dynamic pointer-tagging that uses the spare low bits in a pointer to encode information about the pointed-to object. Both of these strategies...

Tags: Tagging, Strategy, Management

White papers 2007-04-16

Who are the biggest hypocrites. . . . .

.....Democrats or Republicans? Support your answer with a reasonable argument and/or examples.But you could arguethat the majority of them have been that way for so long that they truly believe it's the right way. Many Republicans, however, kowtow to them, even though they [b]know[/b] better, which would make them the...

Tags: maxwell edison

Discussion threads 2007-04-26

10 common questions about SQL Server data types

Phasing out of Text, Ntext, ImageFrom number 8 in the article, SQL Server is phasing out the Text, Ntext and image data types. Does anyone have any thoughts on how we may store large documents or images within the database with Varchar and Nvarchar maxing out at 8000 and 4000...

Tags: Enterprise software, Databases, Ntext, Microsoft SQL Server

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

The smallest threat to open source in 2009

What do you think of the state of software management in open source software versus that in closed source software?What do you think is the [b]biggest[/b] threat to open source software in 2009?The biggest threat to open sourceIs institutional lag -- sticking with Windows-based systems only because "that's what we've...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, open source, FreeBSD, ports system, binary package, software

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Do you know magic?

No cards up these sleevesMaybe it is an age thing, or maybe it is that I came from the “real” world , or then maybe it is just me but I have never kept secrets from my users.It could be “old age and low cunning” or plain laziness but I...

Tags: Granville

Discussion threads 2007-01-30

(Photo: Rather speaks to SXSW crowd)

Sorry Dan; you blew it. Just go away.I really don't understand why anyone takes you seriously anymore. You are one of the reasons that a newer generation of media consumers are rejecting the traditional channels. Speak as you might as to how “too many journalists have become...

Tags: JohnMcGrew@..., photograph, Dan

Discussion threads 2007-03-13

Order in the database! The software says, "Go to jail!"

I've watched a few episodes of People's Court, Judge Judy, and Judge Joe Brown, but China has taken the judicial system to a whole new level with its use of software to help determine and standardize prison sentences. Check out the news story: "Justice at the click of a mouse...

Tags: Software, Database, Judge, Corruption, Tools & Techniques, Management, Sonja Thompson

Blog posts 2006-09-13

S. Korea aims to cool Internet rage attacks

Dog Poop Girl - Internet Free Speech or Rage?Someone takes pictures of what they see happen in a subway lady letting her dog poop then failing to clean it up. THey post them on the internet. I think this is perfectly fine. It actually happened so it...

Tags: Internet

Discussion threads 2006-03-13

Wacky Linux Adventures Part 4: Ubuntu begins!

In our last episode, I explained how a savvy combination of The Wisdom of Crowds AKA a cheesy popularity contest and sheer laziness led me to Ubuntu as my first choice distro during my inaugural wacky Linux adventure. Today, TR staffer RexWorld delivered free CDs of both Ubuntu 5.1 Live...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2006-01-23

Firewall Rules: Keep AD out of the DMZ?

Looking at several Windows boxes in a DMZ, and the firewall rules let them talk back to DC using the usual AD ports. If a Windows host in a DMZ were compromised, couldn't this lead to further compromise since these boxes interact with Active Directory? Or am I just being...

Tags: NETWORKING, DMZ, firewall, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Three "project management sins" and how they affect our teams

More deadly sinsSloth-When you have all the right resources, if you habitually violate the iron triangle in project delivery then no excuse can save you from the reputation of 'slacker' or 'incompetent'. It becomes difficult to recruit team members - they don't want to share your reputation. Stay on top...

Tags: Team management, Tools & Techniques, cdsharp, team, project management, Sloth

Discussion threads 2007-08-22

Keep sunk costs from influencing your support decisions

Have you ever fallen victim to sunk cost biases?In my most recent post, I outline a behavioral trap that lies in wait for IT pros and their projects.I know there have been times where I've let a project or a problem draw out because I felt invested in the work...

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

Blogging's not the enemy, says Dan Rather

Sorry Dan, you blew it. Please just go away.Dan, you aren’t helping “journalism”. That was so rich when you said “They may do good reporting, but they mix in their own opinion, their own point of view, without clearly signifying the difference. Now that's not a kind of...

Tags: blogging, JohnMcGrew@..., Dan

Discussion threads 2007-03-14

Giving support can be a two way street

I've been knocking around in the support world for a fair few years now, and the more I learn, the more I realise that I don't know it all. I suppose I have my own way of working and my own habits. I use a PC in much...

Tags: PC, Windows Key+Break, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jeff Dray

Blog posts 2008-04-10

Unselecting a single cell after highlighting a range

In Excel, if I highlight a range of cells, and then realise I have accidentally highlighted one I don't want, is there a way I can I un-highlight that cell without losing all the rest of the selected cells?Yes...........Hold down the CTRL key while clicking the cell you want to...

Tags: cell

Discussion threads 2008-09-04