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  Introducing UNIX on Microcomputers (1985)
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  If only they had known where these technologies would go and who some of these people would wind up becoming!
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  Introducing RISC Processors (1986)
  nostalgia risc cpu processors platform • • scottalanmiller  

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  Not as interesting as some of the others that you have been finding.
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  Odd problem. Printing to HP 3052 vs any other printer
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  Seems like it must be a driver issue. Or a conversion issue.
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  Computing History: Mainstreaming OOP (1990)
  programming nostalgia • • scottalanmiller  

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  So ObjC was a Next product, not an Apple one?
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  Introducing the Internet (1993)
  networking nostalgia internet • • scottalanmiller  

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  Now I'm going to have "Don't copy that floppy" stuck in my head.
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  Yealink security hole
  security voip yealink • • JaredBusch  

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  @Dominica exactly. And you would be struggling to even do that. If locked down the extension would be locked by IP range and the phone would hopefully be blocked from making its own external VPN connections. So it really would only be a gateway to other security flaws. On its own it should do very little.
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  First Look at Windows NT (1993)
  nostalgia windows nt • • scottalanmiller  

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  In reality, NT in 1993 was surprisingly modern.
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  Vulnerabilties found in Synology NAS
  synology • • david.wiese  

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  @alexntg you are correct, however if people haven't updated like some that i know this is still a very real possibility
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  PROTONMAIL - AN END-to-END ENCRYPTED EMAIL
  email • • Ambarishrh  

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  Lavabit was a company that provided this until they decided to shut down last year instead of comply with gov't requests to allow them access to the encryption keys that the company was using to encrypt all of their customer's data. Worst than that, the owner was found to be in contempt of court when he turned over a printed copy of the encryption key in something like 2 pitch font. If you aren't the only one with the keys to decrypt, then there is no point in using a system like this!
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  Pingdom is joining SolarWinds
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  Cool. Thanks for the update.
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  active directory real defense for domain admins
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  I just followed this: http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/907-gpo-to-push-out-local-administrators-across-a-domain Two minute job and I'm all sorted.
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  IBM PC Clones (1985)
  nostalgia • • scottalanmiller  

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  Stop using Nagios :)
  monitoring nagios • • Ambarishrh  

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  Hope he comes up with the proposed solution soon! Would be great to see a server monitoring tool with dashboard which matches the existing trends
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  Where's My VPN?
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  @garak0410 said: @scottalanmiller said: @garak0410 so it is working now? Yes...still have to use the FQDN when using remote desktop VIA VPN but it is working. Sounds like your DNS suffix search order's screwy or not defined.
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  Is the Game really over for some SSD companies?
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  @jasonh : Thanks for sharing. Intel and SamSung are pretty much the leaders in the market. (Recent Gartner report June 13, 2014) SSD Revenues Samsung $3.1b in revenue leads SSD sales - majority of revenue is attributed to PC SSD Sales. At #2 is Intel($1.4b), #3 is SanDisk($1.3b), #4 Micron($0.8b), #5 Toshiba ($0.6b) In the enterprise, the SSD reliability reality may TOO match the report:http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/gartner-report-places-ibm-pure-storage-atop-2013-all-flash-array-market/ . Look forward to hearing from enterprise users of SSD (server admins, non PC users). Enterprise SSD Revenues Total sales $4.4b, Hyperscale customers are purchasing low-cost SATA SSDs in huge volumes whereas Storage Manufactures are buying higher quality SAS SSDs. SATA SSDs: Intel lead producer of enterprise SATA SSDs, followed by Samsung, Smart Storage, OCZ and SanDisk. SAS SSDs: WD is #1 is SAS based SSD market followed by SanDIsk, Seagate, Toshiba and Hitachi PCIe SSDs: FusionIO is #1 followed by Google, NetApp, LSI and WD at #5. NOTE: Google, NetApp and Hitachi use their own PCIe SSDs within their own data centers - no external enterprise customers With SanDisk's recent acquisition of FusionIO, they may pose a threat to Intel's SSD market.
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  Windows 8.1 and wireless network
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  @Dashrender said: OK weird.. This one didn't let me edit it.. I choose reply and it made my text from the reply part of the OP. Oh, interesting. I wonder if that normally works.
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  Windows 8.1 and wireless network
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  You don't have another laptop on site that you could duplicate that with no local admin rights, the adapter can be turned off but not on? I would be really curious of the results!
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  Do I Need a VDA License for This?
  windows licensing vdi vda • • NetworkNerd  

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  @NetworkNerd said: @alexntg said: @NetworkNerd said: I'm about to create a VM for our Estimating department to use to access a particular software. The company only wanted to get one seat, and as most know, a single seat tied to a specific computer is cheaper than network licensing most of the time. Basically this VM will run Windows 7 / 8.1 and allow one user at a time to login and use the program via RDP. We don't use VDI in any way. Other than the fact that this will be a VM, it is literally no different than having a desktop computer that is always online. My CDW rep is telling me I need a license of Windows 8.1 Enterprise rather than Pro so I can leverage the VDA usage rights. I thought I just needed a license of 8.1 Pro (open license, not retail) to cover the requirements here. Can someone straighten this out for me? Correct. You'll either need to pick up a VDA license (recurring annual) for the desktop VM instance or put the computers that will be accessing it under SA (recurring annual), which would also grant them Windows 8 Enterprise. Otherwise, running a Windows desktop OS in a virtual environment would be out of licensing compliance. And if I get a VDA license for the VM, does that then entitle me to a full install of Windows 7 / 8 / 8..1 on that VM even though through open licensing I am being sold an upgrade license? Or must I have a fully-licensed underlying desktop OS from which I am "upgrading"? The full OS. VDA is designed for use with non-qualified accessing devices such as thin clients.
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  vtop — A Terminal Activity Monitor in Node.js
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  Just now found another http://scoutapp.github.io/scout_realtime/
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  sub-menu not displaying in windows xp and 7
  windows • • IT-ADMIN  

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  i have some gpo in my domain, but for a long time not recently
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  How Many Devices Do You Use?
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  Well that's a good point.
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  Need help in creating macro
  word vba macro • • junrustia  

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  Hi @JaredBusch you absolutely understand what i'm trying to do but I already done with this project. but anyway thank you for your reply i really appreciate it. maybe a few weeks later i will ask again for your help. hahaha
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  What is an Operating System?
  unix nostalgia operating systems dos cpm xenix • • scottalanmiller  

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  @garak0410 said: @scottalanmiller I love these retro finds...good stuff. I watch several of these a day now
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  Softphones
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  @IT-ADMIN said: don't you use windows IP PBX like 3CX No. We can if customers want to work with it. We've have experience with 3CX but it is not cost nor feature equivalent to Elastix, FreePBX, PIAF and others. The use if Windows as a base severely limits it's applicability.
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  Synology DS412+ NFS Share limitations?
  synology ds412+ • • Bill Kindle  

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  @scottalanmiller said: @Bill-Kindle said: @scottalanmiller said: @Bill-Kindle said: @scottalanmiller said: That's very odd. I'm surprised to see any concurrency issues with NFS in that way. I know and that's what has me puzzled. I'm firing up a Linux system in the morning to eliminate it being a problem with the Unix systems. I only have to hang onto them for about another year and they are done, our software won't be supported on Unix any longer for this particular customer so those boxes are loosing relevance quickly. What non-Linux UNIX do you run? I have 1 SunOS 5.9 and 1 5.10 system. Just took a even older system offline last week. Wow. On Sparc I hope. I believe they are. Whatever Ford required us to have in order to test our software that they use in Production OEM settings. That changes at the end of the month, they are switching to all Windows x64 systems. We have to maintain these two boxes long enough to satisfy legacy support for a few other customers but they've also been put on notice to migrate their Solaris software to Windows, because we've for the most part stopped building new releases for Solaris because all of the major CAD vendors have stopped supporting *nix and are only releasing Windows software.
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  Surface Pro 3 Dock?
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  How Many Notebooks Do You Use?
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  I have been through many adventures and journeys when it comes to taking notes. I have used everything from a golf pencil and a memo pad to a full notebook with a gel ink pen to OneNote on the computer, and I guess it really depends on how prepared you are and how many notes you need to take. I used to use pen and paper all of the time. In fact, I still carry around a memo pad and a pen with me everywhere. Since I've been taking notes more at my desk, I've been conforming to using OneNote. I also carry a Venue 8 pro tablet around with me with a bluetooth keyboard while on travel so that I can take the appropriate notes there when I am at a client's building or just working remotely. I have that linked into my OneNote notebooks as well and can seamlessly add notes where needed. So far this is working quite well for me because my handwriting is terrible and I can type faster than write, so I can record more information. I do still have at least five types of paper to write on on my desk though.
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  Is ArticWolf Watching out for You?
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  @JaredBusch said: @alexntg said: @JaredBusch said: @alexntg said: That's a pretty good piece of mind for $6k annually. Not for the current clients I have, that is too much. The 1k price is solidly acceptable. the 3k would be a big maybe but likely not. I looked down near the bottom line. @NetworkNerd , unless I'm missing something, the entry level one's manual reporting? Manual report paid for by the hour it seems like. Yep - they have to generate the reports for you.
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  Small Business Office365 Tenant out of space error
  office365 onedrive for business odfb • • JaredBusch  

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  In OneDrive for Business, if you go to the gear button, then Site Settings>Storage Metrics, you can see the storage info.
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  Using a BASH Script to Automate FDISK in Linux
  linux bash script fdisk • • scottalanmiller  

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