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About beer & drinking in the US:
http://www.businessi...ers-by-state-2013-10
A couple fun infographics there.-Renegade (October 15, 2013, 11:00 AM)
So why not just use the delivery system people seem to rather obviously prefer instead of trying to handle the traffic spicks and bandwidth hits themselves?-Stoic Joker (October 15, 2013, 07:00 AM)
Even if they did, they wouldn't use open torrents. So, the effect wouldn't be the same.
If the habit is to go to Pirate Bay or to use a torrent aggregator, then the fact that its available elsewhere won't change that habit.-wraith808 (October 15, 2013, 09:23 AM)
Replacing a DC is no problem really, just build a fresh server and run dcpromo to make the new one and then dcpromo the old one to remove it. Just make sure to have DNS installed on the new box before promotion and point it to the old one for DNS, then when the new DC is happy (always seems to take an extra reboot for me) point everything to it for DNS instead before decommissioning the old one.-x16wda (October 15, 2013, 08:35 AM)
So now you've got to understand DNS, too, including how to properly configure your own domain, and how this interrelates with ActiveDirectory -- it's not as easy as just pointing to your ISP's DNS.-CWuestefeld (October 15, 2013, 08:56 AM)
And this is the part that I was never able to get to work properly (this may have been complicated by the fact that I own my own domain name as well, I use that for my email address, so I needed to be able to get name resolution to hosting provider's mail server that has my domain name).-CWuestefeld (October 15, 2013, 08:56 AM)
I actually thought NT4 domains were simpler. Back then, you had a PDC and some set of BDCs, and it was perfectly clear which was which. So to replace an old PDC, you'd just bring up a new BDC, get him acquainted with the old PDC, and then promote him.-CWuestefeld (October 15, 2013, 08:56 AM)
Tech Dirt weighs in on the topic:
http://www.techdirt....vernance-model.shtml
Always worth reading Tech Dirt, so no point in posting a quote.-Renegade (October 15, 2013, 02:40 AM)
And before anyone tries to blame this latest development on Snowden, let's be clear that the problem is not that this activity has been revealed, but that the NSA was doing it in the first place.
Domains are easier IMHO.
They're not hard to set up per se. Hit the option to use a domain during the server setup and it's done. Windows server sets up the domain controller (plus baseline security) and handles all the heavy lifting for you.-40hz (October 14, 2013, 07:42 PM)
I'm rather fond of saying that Active Directory has only two states of being, DNS is configured and working properly, and shit hit the fan. The defaults work just fine ... Okay, lack of a RDNS zone bugs me...but its absence is harmless...it just really bugs the crap out of me.When you connect to a share in theory the 2 sets of permissions are combined (sort of a logical OR) and you get whichever rights are greatest-Vurbal (October 14, 2013, 06:07 PM)
I'm guessing this is the difference between(ftfy)Usersshare and NTFS permissions ?-4wd (October 14, 2013, 05:57 PM)
Workgroup vs. Homegroup:
I initially was using Homegroups (Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines). Then, it told me it can't share the root of a drive. So I disabled homegroups and now use normal file sharing.-superboyac (October 14, 2013, 02:23 PM)
Some folders share, some don't:
Some folders from the same computer get shared properly, I can see it from the other and access it no problem. Others don't. Same permissions, same everything. The one that doesn't work is a root drive, but I don't understand why that doesn't work.-superboyac (October 14, 2013, 02:23 PM)
Full control?
On some folders, I have full control for all users (everyone, administrators, guest). Yet when I connect it is read only. So whether someone has full control or read only...it really only works in read only. I don't understand this.-superboyac (October 14, 2013, 02:23 PM)
Always administer shares from their own hosted root."Over on the other side of the fence" someone seems to have made HIPAA stick for med records. The kind of *arrogant* in your face Vader-ian "Pray I do not abuse your data more" would NEVER fly over in the medical world!-TaoPhoenix (October 13, 2013, 01:45 PM)
^^ @Giampy:[/b] That is unnecessarily unkind.
Mind you, some of the scientists seem to be praying for worse weather, nowadays...-IainB (October 10, 2013, 05:48 PM)
There are several network inventory/management server products that can scan the network, identify what software is installed and push any updates to the machines like Microsoft's WSUS does.-40hz (October 10, 2013, 12:49 PM)
powerline/homeplug adapters are something that i am interested in but haven't invested in any.-lanux128 (October 09, 2013, 01:16 AM)
While I haven't used them frequently - magic bullets should be conserved - they have saved my ass a few times. So I'm definitely a fan of the technology. 
I would only ask how much difference there is between the NSA/government and parents when it comes to actually caring. I somehow doubt that the former really cares about people, whereas the latter do care about their children.-Renegade (October 08, 2013, 03:32 PM)
But seriously, after all I've told you about how I handle things, after all that y0himba told you about how he handles things, after valuing the ability of the parent to make a decision for good or bad and do what they are supposed to do...-wraith808 (October 07, 2013, 03:06 PM)
Hay man, it's all good if it's working for you, but there are 2 sides to everything. I can think of half a dozen or more names of kids that I died while I was growing up as they finally got out of a repressive monitoring oriented culture that encouraged strict child control. Because when they (the children) finally realized that for the first time...there really was nobody "watching" ... They handled it badly.
So you have my sincerest wish that this does indeed work as well as you have it planned. But please understand that I have seen first hand just how badly it can go.-Stoic Joker (October 07, 2013, 05:28 PM)
I guess my thing is what Ren said earlier- it varies based on the child and the situation. And for as many instances as I've seen, and as many as you've seen, it's just a drop in the bucket.-wraith808 (October 07, 2013, 06:54 PM)
But seriously, after all I've told you about how I handle things, after all that y0himba told you about how he handles things, after valuing the ability of the parent to make a decision for good or bad and do what they are supposed to do...-wraith808 (October 07, 2013, 03:06 PM)
When I was a child, we didn't have the devices and access we do now, yet I still was monitored and had no privacy. As a child it got under my skin due to the fact our maturing brains work that way, but taught me the right lessons. As an adult I see the benefits and reasons for monitoring.-y0himba (October 07, 2013, 08:36 AM)
Let's see a show of hands.
Am I the only one with my hand up?-app103 (October 06, 2013, 12:58 PM)
Why? Because (from experience with that exact same thing) GPS will work where the phone won't.-wraith808 (October 04, 2013, 05:20 PM)
I'll give you a real world example. My son knows that when he's with anyone that's not us, he has to call when he gets where he's going, and when he's on his way home. The first time he went farther away than the immediate area (we live in a rural area) he hadn't called after he should have been where he was going. We tried to call, and it went straight to voice mail. We checked the GPS, and saw that he was in the vicinity of where he was supposed to be.-wraith808 (October 04, 2013, 05:20 PM)
Tell me which is more responsible. To check the GPS and know he's safe in the area where he's supposed to be? Or to just assume or just plain have no way to know whether he and his friend got into an accident on the way and were on the side of the road with no signal and no help in sight?-wraith808 (October 04, 2013, 05:20 PM)
Yes, we got by without it before GPS and cell phones. But now that we have them, why not use them for the safety of our children?-wraith808 (October 04, 2013, 05:20 PM)
But the children is a whole lot different from my children. When you're talking about those children? The ones that are entrusted to my care? I'd let the world burn to keep them safe.-wraith808 (October 04, 2013, 05:20 PM)
I personally think the child-monitoring "suggested use" for this product got tacked on - either as an afterthought - or with the intent of deflecting criticism and/or to defuse some potential legal complications for the developer down the road.-40hz (October 04, 2013, 01:28 PM)
Have we really sunk to the point where Orwellian monitoring of our children is considered proper? Instead of taking the time to build a rapport of respect and trust with them??!?--Stoic Joker (October 04, 2013, 06:47 AM)
I have mixed feelings about this whole issue - but in fairness SJ, monitoring does *not* exclude "taking the time to build a rapport of respect and trust with them".
I think if your kids dont talk to you about things that they see/experience that they might find uncomfortable or worse, you're both in trouble anyway, monitoring or no :-(-tomos (October 04, 2013, 07:15 AM)
In fact, if this evidentiary trail was submitted in any reputable court of law under the rule of law, then the whole case should, by the same rule of law that you're trying them under, be thrown out.-wraith808 (October 03, 2013, 03:07 PM)