You may have heard about ‘Net Neutrality’ or perhaps ‘Internet Neutrality’. You may have heard nice things about it. I’m telling you it’s a bad idea. The idea behind Net Neutrality sounds good, unless you understand how networks work. The Competitive Enterprise Institute addresses ‘Neutrality. Their concern seems aimed at pricing flexibility — the lack thereof […]
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Windows Support
Written 2006-02-02 On a server administrator mailing list to which I subscribe, one discussion thread involved the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) difference between Macs and Windows PCs. The talk had turned to how the inadequacies of Windows provided employment for so very many people. Several network administrators said that their support staff had doubled […]
Mac Viruses
The best reason to run anti-virus software on a Mac is to prevent passing on Microsoft viruses to your Windows using friends. … you could inadvertently pass on a virus by forwarding an infected email or document.
Computer Privacy
The one thing we know for sure is that spying on us will increase if we don’t stop it now.
The Fuel Of The Future
If it required less than 1000 BTUs of energy to extract 1000 BTUs worth of hydrogen by electrolysis, it would have been the fuel of today in the last century. We’d have had unlimited, cheap power years ago.