Re: Your're fracking kidding right?
LMFAO!
Best comment in ages.
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The 10 best … Windows Server 2012 features
Thursday 10th January 2013 13:26 GMT 
PowerShell .. MEH!
All it does is give the average Wintard pundit an orgasm while they scream "We're as funky as linux! Oooo OOooo look at me getting HEADless".
Kudos to M$ for giving it a try, but Powershell is Slow, very limited in functionality, very poorly documented and has very limited support by non-M$ applications.
Fix these problems and I'll gladly become a powershell user.
The dream of the automated data centre
Crypto boffins smuggle secret messages in silent Skype calls
Which qualifications are worthwhile?
Wednesday 9th January 2013 09:03 GMT
Re: Don't bother....
"I'm also self-taught"
There is most of your problem, I would love to offer you a job but taking you on would be too much of a gamble, I have no idea of your competence level and my manager would kick my ass if you turned out to be a bad call!
IT is a field that requires skills and the right mentality, if you don't have qualifications or experience, then there is absolutely nothing that shows me you can do the job or even have the aptitude for IT.. My advise is do an apprenticeship or go back college/uni (or do an evening course).
Good luck with whatever direction you choose :)
Tuesday 8th January 2013 13:57 GMT
Re: Don't bother....
I won't flame you, everybody is entitled to their opinion.
You are correct IT does suck profit and consume vast amounts of money, additionally IT rarely make profits for a company.
But IT is an enabler, without which the business would not exist, people would not have all the shiny gadgets that make their life "easier" and communication would be stuck back in the 1960's.
Big Brother is prosecuting you: More cops to use court vid chats
Review: Dell XPS 12 Windows 8 tablet-cum-Ultrabook
Monday 7th January 2013 14:01 GMT 
Docking Station...
Could have resolved all the connectivity problems that people are bitching about!
I doubt Dell though of that and its a great shame really, I'm yet to see a true "Business class". I work with a laptop and have docking stations at the office and home, so I get the benefit of every connectivity you can think of, along with portability when I need it.
Sinofsky's new blogski: Windows 8 king reborn as management guru
Monday 7th January 2013 10:51 GMT
Re: "Sinofsky preaching success, it akin to Bin Laden preaching pacifism."
dogged, your missunderstanding ShadowedOne.
Bin Laden is not a Pacfist
Sinofsky is not Successful
The fact that neither is what was suggested - That is the comparison... this has FA to do with terrorism, or even inferring that anybody is associated with terrorism.
UK games market clutches chest, bleeds out sales in 2012
Delay climate mitigation, escalate the costs: study
Wednesday 2nd January 2013 23:59 GMT
Message Translated..
To Public Citizen: "Do your bit for global warming, pay your due"
To Mr Government: "Continue to fund me and I'll give you a chance to really tax the shit out of your citizens! Then spend the money on some airy fairy bullshit that suits your political agenda.."
...
Until they tell me exactly what f*cking use this money is and being spent on, they can all go f@#$ themselves!
I tried to buy a satellite and all I got was this lousy $67,000
Drobo B1200i: The heavy-duty array even your mum could use
Wednesday 2nd January 2013 09:24 GMT
Trevor.. these are nice boxes, but..
I don't think you mentioned they are single controller.
I looked at these several months ago and to be honest was quite impressed with the features they offered for the price. But the lack of 2nd controller basically meant it was not suitable for a business enviroment. In the end we settled on an considerably more expensive EMC VNX5300.
What are your thoughts on lack of dual controller?
Hey, cloudy tech vendors on Amazon: AWS can fluff you up
Chill out, biz barons... your new IT system might not look like the old one
China 'enhances' Great Firewall, teaches it to choke off VPNs
Lego quad-copter: your ultimate drone nightmare
SPUDS ON A PLANE! Boeing boosts in-flight Wi-Fi with tater tech
Google, Microsoft go head to head in Santa-tracking tech race
Microsoft 'surprised' by Google Gmail 'winter cleaning'
Grinchy Google to shut down another batch of services
Review: Eurocom Monster W110ER gaming netbook
Monday 17th December 2012 12:55 GMT
Its not the size.. its how you use it!
Shame about the lack of display port, which would be a must to run my 30" monitor!
Great shame, as I would buy one of these, be great as a personal laptop, plug it into my TV for Videos etc, into my monitor for gaming. Then just chuck it in my suit case for holidays!
I had a 11.6" Sony TZ a couple of years ago, it was brilliant if a little underpowered..
John Lewis agrees to flog Microsoft's Surface RT tablets
Schmidt 'very proud' of Google's tiny tax bill: 'It's called capitalism'
It pays to study the habits of your email users
2012: A generation-spanning year for gaming
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer named 'most improved tech CEO'
Is this the sleek new BlackBerry mobe that will save RIM jobs?
Wednesday 12th December 2012 22:53 GMT
Understated..
ok its not sleek or flashing, but to me it looks quite understated, which for a "Professional" perspective could be quite appealing. The only real tell though will be the spec and features.
I wish them the best of luck with it.. Let face it the dual between iOS and Android is getting boring!
Is EMC really jealous of these nubile storage upstarts?
Wednesday 12th December 2012 20:41 GMT
Compelling points..
We recently purchased 8x1Tb drives for our EQL SAN which cost us about £8,000, they got drop shipped from the manufacturer who left the shipping receipt on the box - Get this, they cost Dell $1200 (about £800).
I'd disagree on the Red Hat comment, configuring a Red Hat cluster is.. well.. a cluster f*ck! Same goes for the rest of the Red Hat product range (I am a linux sysadmin btw). Regarding SAN and FC, you are correct 10Gb Ethernet will eventually rule the roost, but given the lack on price drops, this won't be for several years yet!
Wednesday 12th December 2012 09:25 GMT 
You are correct
In the fact EMC can't stop the start-ups..
But going with a startup often costs more and they are an "unknown" (is the product long term stable and will they be around in 1 year), so the long term risk is greater. Given that, I can guarantee 99% of IT Managers in the SME market will run with the safe of a Tier 1 vendor (EMC, Dell, IBM etc), as spanking £50k on a provider that could go tits up in 6 months is gambling their job!
SolidFire bags blue chip execs, hopes storage street cred will follow
Review: Samsung Series 9 super slim notebook
Register readers mostly too ashamed to cop to hideous hoard horrors
Sony tempts 4K Ultra HD TV buyers with free films
YouView: 'Public service catch-up telly should belong to us alone'
Thursday 29th November 2012 13:55 GMT
I think they are losing the point..
Removing peoples choose is not going to fix this and in fact its likely to piss the public off... On top of that, Why the f*ck would I buy a YouView box when I can watch the OnDemand stuff on my XBox, PS3, PC, Sky Box and Virgin Box (Also I get other features from these!).
The best thing YouView can do its get it self embedded with TV manufacturers.
Bungie talks up 'genre-defining' Destiny shooter
Cisco takes aim at fakers with anti-piracy tool
Beware the malware-tipped SPEAR TRAP in your inbox
TVShack O’Dwyer strikes deal to avoid US extradition
Wednesday 28th November 2012 23:18 GMT
Re: It's a trap!
He should face the UK courts, we have copyright laws that he should be measured against!
But I disagree about McKinnon, he flagrantly hacked into US based servers that only affected US based agencies, which left them with a significant clean up bill, hence he was culpable to their laws - The only reason I believe he should not have been extradited is the US was disproportionate in its approach, they tried every dirty trick in the book and blatantly wanted to make an example of him.. which was wrong! He did wrong and hence should answer for that, but only if the scales of justice are fairly measured.
Who cares about your archives anymore?
Windows 8 launch outdoes Windows 7's, says Microsoft bigwig
'Brit Bill Gates' defends his honour in open letter to HP board
Man facing rare refusal-to-unlock-encryption charge: Court date set
Tool time with Trevor: 'Organic' sysadmins' spice mush still pretty edible
Tuesday 27th November 2012 08:50 GMT
You fail to show the ADVERTISEMENTS!
I love the idea of Spiceworks, its great, but the problem is they try to up sell you something at every point.. and the advertisements, OMFG they are everywhere, in the most obstructive of places, chewing up probably 25% of the browsers right side.
To be fair to them, they do offer the ability to turn these advertisements off for a price.. but all you can do is replace it with a company banner or logo of your choice. You cannot get back that 25% of browser space they have decided to allocate for the advertising.
Meh.. Great tool, possible a great community, but simpley Meh!
Give the ability to recover the screen and I'll subscribe!
UN: Greenhouse gas emissions gap is out of control
Monday 26th November 2012 11:39 GMT
When they worked out that there would not be enough oak trees
The fact your comparing Oil/Gas to Wood says it all really!
Even the biggest idiot back then would have realised you can grow more trees - the problem here is, we can't simply grow oil and gas - yes there are alternatives, but they are very expensive and we have no means to supply the demand - so this will push up the energy bills, which in turn will push up production costs for things like cars and food etc.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
