Exactly. Except for a few isolated PC issues, Y2K was about the transition from days where storage (and memory) was so expensive you saved space by storing dates in Julian and two digit year formats. Compounding that, us...
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Not well disclosed (since there's no attached revenue stream except for virus folk): ~90% of malware is hosted on XP ~90% of XP machines are in China ~90% of Chineese software, including OSs like XP, is pirated (not patchable...
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The article states, "...many will eventually find they have no choice, due not only to increasing malware risks, but also the number of software vendors who will no longer update XP applications." That is so wrong. Most...
In reply to: You can pry Windows XP from our cold dead computers
Support for embedded XP ends on 1/12/2016.
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&qid=&alpha=Windows+XP+Embedded&Filter=FilterNO
In reply to: Re: Healthcare scare?
Bill, your description of needing to be prepared to preserve the server and storage as is for forensic analysis is extremely interesting. Nice job of that. But tell me, doesn't that assume the damage caused by the breach...
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What the government is doing is a disgrace There are plenty of American's that can do these jobs. There are enough people on unemployment that can fill these voids in IT and other areas. They only differences...
In reply to: What they government
I thought Bloomberg's administration was a model of efficiency and can-do management (and it always recovered from occasional overzealousness). I have to a agree that de Blasio is off to a worrying start, appointing a bunch...
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After over 20 years of "filling the gap" with foreign IT workers you would think there would be Americans available by now. When we are short of ICU nurses we don't go to India for them. When we are short...
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Sean, While I think there are a few, as you mention, who do have individuals' rights in mind, I'm not sure hackers necessarily "WILL be the ONE that fights for us." Hackers have their own reasons to do what they do. ...
In reply to: Re: Checks and balances
I have a question: how often does enterprise IT actually ASK Microsoft for support? Security patches, yes. Actual support, no. Maybe those who stay on XP who want actual dial-in support could emulate their...
In reply to: Maybe use a magic 8-ball?
Garret, I'm curious to know how common is the strategy you described where offshore contractors were able to view data via a web form with no actual network access.
In reply to: Interesting example form healthcare
Conservative Nobel winning economist Milton Friedman said "There is no doubt, that the [H-1B] program is a benefit to their employers, enabling them to get workers at a lower wage, and to that extent, it is a subsidy." Socialist...
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Rick, Thanks for drawing the connection between the White House report and RPX figures. I don't believe that was made clear in the report.
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The business page qr code helps a lot to grow your business in online. You may link your wesite via a QRcode. There are many apps in the market place. I appreciated ones items in Poisonous Words -- this kind...
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Comparing Y2K to this is Apples and Watermelons. Much of the Y2K fear was identified by a simple test on PCs by changing the system clock to see how applications would function when dated in the future. Though this was...
In reply to: Re: Healthcare scare?
Some people rail about the carbon footprint of these huge data centers, but reading these descriptions it's clear that there's lots of innovative work being done on ambient cooling, methane-driven power cells, and other...
In reply to: Footprint! What Footprint?
Not every application requires Internet access. Not every user needs or is allowed access to the Internet or online email. Some of where I know this is the case include the following. Acounting firms, Doctors office,...
In reply to: XP - where it can continue in use
I'm not certain the Weather Company is throwing detail away, but it's not likely it's keeping everything given that the 20-terabyte-a-day capture is within an operational system running...
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thanks for the complement for Bill, Eddiemayan. What did you like about the post? Tell us what you learned, or what you will do differently after reading it.
In reply to: Re: Thanks for great post.
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