GeeBee Tech Support thread - pose questions, get answers

[about_average]

It's great to have pros like you and LTR here for when things get really hairy.

Welcome aboard and thank you for all of your help now and in the future.

Thanks, but don't get too excited. I'm in corp IT, supporting an install base of about 80,000 workstations and servers, plus their peripherals. My main focus is automated installs and improvements to those processes.
I don't do much "Here, let me help you with that" end user type of work.

 

[islandman]

Thanks, but don't get too excited. I'm in corp IT, supporting an install base of about 80,000 workstations and servers, plus their peripherals. My main focus is automated installs and improvements to those processes.
I don't do much "Here, let me help you with that" end user type of work.

Novadigm's Radia, HP Openview and Marimba....

Days of yore.

 

[about_average]

Novadigm's Radia, HP Openview and Marimba....

Days of yore.

Our main distribution tool is something developed in house close to 20 years ago that lives on the mainframes, with client code on the PC servers. Management types have been trying to replace it for at least 10 years but no off-the-shelf product comes anywhere close to being as robust, controllable or as good monitoring tools. Plus we own the code so we don't need to wait on a vendor for and needed changes, which is seldom.

 

[islandman]

Our main distribution tool is something developed in house close to 20 years ago that lives on the mainframes, with client code on the PC servers. Management types have been trying to replace it for at least 10 years but no off-the-shelf product comes anywhere close to being as robust, controllable or as good monitoring tools. Plus we own the code so we don't need to wait on a vendor for and needed changes, which is seldom.

Plus, it's job security for you and yours.

I used to work for Novadigm back in the day and know all too well that their roll-outs were almost never as foolproof as advertised. By the same token, Marimba was more a Wall Street fiction than a business.

As I said, the days of yore.

 

[islandman]

Unlimited cloud from Pogoplug

Folks,

If you're looking to purchase cloud-based backup, I strong recommend pogoplug's UNLIMITED solution for $39 for the first year.

No promo code or whatnot. Just bought it myself to back up the laptop. Offer ends on Valentine's Day.

https://pogoplug.com/promo/firstYea...users&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vday14_39


Enjoy.

 

[lovetoread]

Can you believe he wants to barter instead of paying me for my skills?

 

[islandman]

Can you believe he wants to barter instead of paying me for my skills?

Pardon?

 

[lovetoread]

Someone, who shall remain nameless, broke his machine.

I told him my rate, he then wanted to barter.

 

[islandman]

Someone, who shall remain nameless, broke his machine.

I told him my rate, he then wanted to barter.

Can't blame him. I wouldn't want a 3some with Sean either.

 

[islandman]

Tech support for people with bikes:


Sugru + magnets + bike lights = no more stolen lights:

Bicycle lights are pretty expensive and leaving them on your bike when you're out and about is a pretty good way to get them stolen. If you want to make them easy to just snap on and off, Instructables has a guide showing how to use a bit of Sugru and a magnet to make your lights easily detachable.

The idea here is that you take a bit of Sugru and attach a magnet to your bike and your light. Once it's dried, you can easily snap your lights on and off your bike so you don't have to worry about theft. The Sugru shouldn't damage your bike and it's pretty easy to remove. Just make sure you use a strong enough magnet so your lights don't fly off every time you hit a bump.

 

[lovetoread]

Can't blame him. I wouldn't want a 3some with Sean either.

Oh please, everyone wants one with him.

 

[islandman]

Oh please, everyone wants one with him.

In that case, I'm going to eBay my opportunity to the highest bidder.

 

[islandman]

Tangentially related to tech:

ETA: It's OS only for now.


Secret revealed: inside the most scandalous social network

Late on a Saturday evening in San Francisco, at a party filled with tech workers, people keep retreating to odd corners to stare at their phones. This happens at every party these days, of course, but what’s different here is that the partygoers are all staring at, and talking about, an app called Secret. Lately it’s been topic number one among Silicon Valley tech workers, venture capitalists, and the media who cover them. All around San Francisco, people are devouring their Secret feeds, with their unpredictable mix of sex, drugs, and industry gossip. Valentine’s Day threesomes, photos of your best weed, blow jobs in the restaurant kitchen — it’s all here, maybe true and maybe not, but guaranteed to get you guessing about who posted it.

The secrets have all been posted by your friends, though you’ll never know which friend: Secret is "anonymish." It’s a feed of gossip created by the contacts in your iPhone, but labeled only as being from a "friend" or "friend of a friend." (Popular secrets from elsewhere around the world also surface, labeled only by their point of geographic origin.) Who said this? Is it true? I think I might know who this is talking about. Secret is Facebook as a masquerade ball, Twitter without the self-promotion, Google+’s private sharing done right. It’s the curiosity gap as a social network, and it also serves as a critique of all the others. Elsewhere you are inauthentic and dull, it seems to say. Secret is a place to be yourself.

 

[islandman]

^^^^The above app almost makes me wish I had an iPhone.

 

[islandman]

Bitcoin takes a body-blow....

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox disappears in blow to virtual currency


TOKYO (Reuters) - Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, looked to have essentially disappeared on Tuesday, with its website down, its founder unaccounted for and a Tokyo office empty bar a handful of protesters saying they had lost money investing in the virtual currency.

The digital marketplace operator, which began as a venue for trading cards, had surged to the top of the bitcoin world, but critics - from rival exchanges to burned investors - said Mt. Gox had long been lax over its security.

 

[pink]

Hi ya, i-man. *kisses*

 

[islandman]

Bitcoin takes a body-blow....

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox disappears in blow to virtual currency


TOKYO (Reuters) - Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, looked to have essentially disappeared on Tuesday, with its website down, its founder unaccounted for and a Tokyo office empty bar a handful of protesters saying they had lost money investing in the virtual currency.

The digital marketplace operator, which began as a venue for trading cards, had surged to the top of the bitcoin world, but critics - from rival exchanges to burned investors - said Mt. Gox had long been lax over its security.

And the Federal Reserve weighs in.

Hi ya, i-man. *kisses*

Hi, pink.

 

[Sean]

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014...snt-have-authority-to-regulate-it-in-any-way/

“The Federal Reserve simply does not have authority to supervise or regulate bitcoin in any way,”

And that scares the shit out of gubmints.

 

[neci]

how can i protect the computer cord from the cats?

 

[islandman]

“The Federal Reserve simply does not have authority to supervise or regulate bitcoin in any way,”

And that scares the shit out of gubmints.

I think it did at one time, but now that it's being used primarily as a speculative investment rather than a transactional instrument, it is no different than buying a stock.

 

[islandman]

Out of curiosity, I looked at btc exchange rates (in USD) across multiple exchanges and....HOLY ARB SITUATION, BATMAN!!!

There's anywhere from a 3% to 12% spread between the different exchanges (those that have seen trading today)!!!!

btc has lost ~50% of its value since December, but on a day-to-day basis, you could make a living off of arbs.



http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/currency/USD.html

 

[islandman]

WiFi router with a 1GHz dual-core processor?

What on Earth for?



http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R7000.aspx


http://www.netgear.com/images/Products/Networking/WirelessRouters/R7000/header-r7000-hero-proho-large.png

 

[islandman]

Bitcoin takes a body-blow....

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox disappears in blow to virtual currency


TOKYO (Reuters) - Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, looked to have essentially disappeared on Tuesday, with its website down, its founder unaccounted for and a Tokyo office empty bar a handful of protesters saying they had lost money investing in the virtual currency.

The digital marketplace operator, which began as a venue for trading cards, had surged to the top of the bitcoin world, but critics - from rival exchanges to burned investors - said Mt. Gox had long been lax over its security.

Follow-up: Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcy


Two items of interest to note from the article. If nothing else, it highlights humanity's penchant for seeing the world through tulip-coloured glasses:

It remains unclear if the missing bitcoins were stolen, voided by technological flaws or both.

"It is undeniable," she [Yang Weizhou, analyst at Mizuho Securities Co. in Tokyo] said. "One must separate the Mt. Gox problem from the overall concept."



This....despite not knowing what happened....

 

[islandman]

how can i protect the computer cord from the cats?

Throw cats out. Get a ferret(s) or dog(s) instead.

 

[about_average]

how can i protect the computer cord from the cats?

Which cord(s) and in what way? What are they doing?