IE safe broswing tips

Just wanted to put down a couple of safe broswing tip for internet explorer (IE)

 

 

for winXP sp2 and IE6+

 

1:>keep IE patched -->goto windowsupdate often

2:>becareful what you click on

3:>set internet zone to 'high" -->tools>intenet options>security>internet>select drop down "high" and click reset

4:>put some of your "safe" sites like your webmail or yahoo etc in trusted sites, they will run at the lower security and you will not get prompts

     and things will run correctly. BUT!!! be very careful with this!! only add very safe sites....

 

 

-Nex6

 

Happinings

Well, its been awhile since I posted. Been pretty busy with work / family and such.  came accross a cool site for those that are

into future technologies such as nano.

 

it is here:

 

http://www.kurzweilai.net/index.html?flash=1

 

tons of good stuff there it really makes you think, about the future and how we (as in humans) will change. the kind of  technologies that,

are kids and us as older adults will be using may be mind  boggling.

 

it really makes all the stuff like: OS wars, like: Windows vs Linux vs OSX seem like pretty small potato's.  Ray Kurzweil  the sites founder and owner

is into AI  and stuff and as a book out called: http://www.singularity.com/

 

pretty scary stuff and very cool as a geek :)

 

 

looks like the new intel based apple machines *may* start appearing at the begining of 2006 after macworld.

http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12697

 

but its all rumor so take everything with a grain of salt until it comes out of Steve jobs :)

 

 

also looks like the new Pentium M based chips will start appearing next year dual core, etc very cool the Pent M is a very good chip.

id like to have a pent M based dual core laptop :)  with a 3+ hour battery life....

 

 

well i think thats enough ramblings for now...

 

 

 

-Nex6

 

woo hoo Dual core Xeons arrive Here

-Nex6

unseen

unseen

The unseen forces that bind us, Force us to our Given fates. All around us, it binds us together forcing us to live.
With the Tribal nature of humans, as always keeping us in the shadows of mental warfare. For some, this mental warfare
is the stuff of legend and myth with which to be distant. For others others.. its a call to the shadows where by the challenge
of the unseen forever challenging us.

-Nex6

Opendocument

Here is a summary of OpenDocument
here

here is some info on MA going to Open standards for all documents.
Here

I think, the more we have standards based Information systems which include, programming languages, office file formats, etc the better thens will be and the more compatiable thing will be with future systems. as less "leagacy" types of things will come along and things can be archived
without much trouble. its a brave new world.....


-Nex6

Linux Desktops

As, a longtime IT profissional I have been using and supporting computers for over 10 years. Below are some thoughts
On desktops and Linux. Now, I know everyone jumps on this bandwagon and spews out all sorts of junk.
this is not an atemp to do anything other then place a few thoughts down.

1:) Is Linux ready for the desktop/laptop?
well, this greatly depends on your needs. I have been using it for many years so i am not your typical user. I am an admin/programmer. but, my kids use it fine :)

I think the main thing, people need to keep in mind is. there is more then one "Linux Desktop". there are desktop
enviroments like Gnome and KDE, and more lightwieght ones like blackbox,FVWM and IceWM. all have there good points.

the thing is for software: which apps do you use and are they available for Linux? or are there Linux replacements?

2:)Is it more secure?
the zelots would always say yes to this, but I'll say. it can be, by a far margian. but it depends on how it is setup and weather it is pacthed.

more:  /dev/random

I think for kiosks types of uses and custamer service and other cookie cutter basic user Linux is ready by far today and would
help IT support staff support them by far. but for power users who use all sorts of windows apps and god knows what else
would be far more difficult to replace. not impossible but would take time to map out al the apps and there replacements


the other thing is for activeX based web services, internal pages based on this should be reworked to be standard based.

Email, IM  are all available as are web,mainframe etc.



-Nex6

Vint Cerf

Linkage

above is a link to a C|NET posting about Vint cerf and geographicaly index'd data. and a blarb about
a common space based communctions protocal ala tcp/ip but for space net. all very cool stuff.

imagine the abilitiy to open up your blackberry or Ipaq/Palm whatever, and ask it where the nearest restraunt is? now thats cool.

-Nex6

Google Talk

wow,

google now has an IMService:

talk.google.com

pretty slick, its based on Jabber so it works with other clients as well if you dont want to use the google talk client. Or if
your using MacOSX or *nix.

the client is pretty simple and clean, i like it. I hope the put out an OSX and Linux client but there is no mention of that anywhere so who knows.
there is mention of Google in talks with aol and such so google talk and work with the other networks. now that would be very cool.

-Nex6

MS05-39 based Worm

Linkage

looks like worm based on PnP is out of the box. it effects windows 2000 machines.
make sure you patch up.


-nex6

10th planet found!

Linkage

looks like Astronomers have found a "10th" planet in our solar system. thats very cool, that we are still making discoverys
in our own backyard. I think we still have many many more to come.

cool


-Nex6

Windows Vista

CNN linkage:

aparently Windows Vista got release to Beta1 status. And there are some major improvements to not only the look and "feel" but to security.

about time....


-Nex6

NO DRM for apple intel machines?

Linkage

I guess no DRM chips for the new apple machines and i say, thats a good thing. bucause i am sure apple
has something up there sleve when i comes to not only prevent OSX form install on non apple intel box's but:
in protecting music and movie media. and it can be done fairly without restrictive DRM chips built into the machines.

i surely hope that this is the direction apple goes.


-Nex6

Geeks watch 'less' TV oh my thats news?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/08/03/broadband.tv.reut/index.html

this link,  say that internet geeks watch 2 hous less TV then normal people.

ammm,  thats news?

-Nex6

Dog Cloned:

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7785

reports a DOG has been cloned in south Korea. wow technology sure is moving
fast. and thats a good thing, in 10 years who knows what they will come up with?

designer babys? designer bodys? hell who knows....



-Nex6

Windows and Linux ???

I have been seeing alot of posts on forums and blogs about how if someone does not choose "Linux or "OSS". They are
Foolish or stupid, well I disagree. You use what ever is the best tool for the job and what ever is the best for your
environment.

most company's and larger Corporate shops have many home grown apps, and methodology's they make the place run.
You can not just go into the data center with a Fedora or Debian disk and start reloading all the servers with Linux.

(i love Linux, and admin both Windows and Linux)

in a controlled environment like a corporate shop, things are planned and upper management has a say in what kinds of changes and projects
go down.  and in a complex shop telling upper management to dump 10 years of in house software and other mythology's is plain silly.
it all comes down to what is the best tool for the job, as an admin if you come into a shop which happens to be windows "heavy"
and they ask you for a recommendation on something, and the give you requirements like it must be supportable and have some kind of support contract involved.
and say its for hmmm..   scheduling and must support training etc etc etc...

so u hunt around and find a few that fit the bill some none really fit prefect. so you bring writes of a few to the table.
one or two *nix based and one or two Windows based.

after a long eval of each one management likes one of the windows based ones. So you spend a tons of cash on it and roll it out.
your not going to back out of it a couple of years later just because some other OS is 'cooler'

it makes no sense to do that.

BUT, for some environments you can, completly switch to Linux, but many you cant there is just to much infrastructure based on windows based stuff.

BUT what you can do is slowly replace back end infrastructure, like DNS, web, proxy and the like until all you have left is maybe one IIS server, and the domain controllers.

then you can work on the software side which is harder.

all in all, just use the best tool for the job.


-Nex6

OSNews link about: Leo Laporte: The PC and Open Source Will Outlive Windows

 

Here is a link/post that burned me up. along with some of the comments.

http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=11400

 

 

I think the Gist of the linked article and more importantly the posts with-in it.

is sum'd up as 'long live OSS and Linux'  and other such nonsense.

 

 

i admin both windows and Linux, and i can tell you both have strong points

use the correct OS or tool for the job.

 

Win2k/XP are both very stable, if properly setup, and Linux is not much differnt whereas the defualt setting

are not good. and building a workstation image takes alot of work on both.

 

either one can be stable....  its all about the admin...

 

 

 

 

-Nex6

I'm Back....

I have not posted for awhile, i'll be posting now pretty often.

 

-Nex6