Re: [CGUYS] Computer backup software
syncback Richard P. wrote: Any recommendations for scheduled data backup software for Windows XP? Free would be good too. Thanks in advance, Richard P. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer backup software
Now that you've heard what everyone else does, if you actually want any specific help you're going to have to tell us a lot more about what it is you do, and what it is you want backed up. e.g. I don't back up *anything* on the wife's laptop, but her emails are all via Yahoo, so they're already backed up in the cloud. OTOH, the office machine that runs Quickbooks and keeps two important company databases is backed up daily to the cloud (specifically, Amazon via Jungledisk). My own machine, used primarily for development, images the C drive daily to a second drive. All three methods have already been described, but which one is right for you just depends on what the machine in question is doing. Note that no backup method will ever prevent you from having to reinstall your OS occasionally, so don't bother trying to reach for that lofty goal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] No ID? No Internet for You!
A complacent attitude about the technology plans of the new administration opens to door for fear mongers to take over... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/technology/09security.html Restricting Internet access is one of a series of recommendations that a group of more than 60 government and business computer security specialists will make in a public presentation, Securing Cyberspace in the 44th Presidency, on Monday. The report has been prepared during the last 18 months under the auspices of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington policy group, after a number of break-ins into government computer systems. This will certainly make it easier for advertisers to track and measure consumer behavior. And easier to nail those bald guys who criminally claim otherwise. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
Google up 8% YOY.
Despite MS's machinations to kill off Yahoo!, Yahoo! leads MS by 147%.
That's why MS must redouble its efforts to herd the sheeple.
What's the problem with Dogpile? I guess no innovation and no ability to
strong arm the sheeple, puts them at the bottom.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Nielsen-Online-Announces-October-US/s
tory.aspx?guid={D176757E-7A2C-4AA7-A9AF-00D3E42F31C4}
Provider Searches (000) YOY Change Share of Searches
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All Search 7,775,913 -2.0% 100.0%
Google Search 4,755,4938.1% 61.2%
Yahoo! Search 1,311,504 -12.0% 16.9%
MSN/Windows Live Search 885,567 -19.0% 11.4%
AOL Search 334,467 14.5%4.3%
Ask.com Search 177,131 -22.9%2.3%
My Web Search 60,336 -38.2%0.8%
Comcast Search40,246 -13.4%0.5%
ATT Worldnet Search 25,474 92.8%0.3%
NexTag Search 16,599 -12.9%0.2%
Dogpile.com Search14,485 -30.5%0.2%
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Re: [CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
I realize you'll probably just start covering your ears and screaming WFB!
WFB!...but...how does a 5% lead make it 147%?
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Google up 8% YOY.
Despite MS's machinations to kill off Yahoo!, Yahoo! leads MS by 147%.
That's why MS must redouble its efforts to herd the sheeple.
What's the problem with Dogpile? I guess no innovation and no ability to
strong arm the sheeple, puts them at the bottom.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Nielsen-Online-Announces-October-US/s
tory.aspx?guid={D176757E-7A2C-4AA7-A9AF-00D3E42F31C4}http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Nielsen-Online-Announces-October-US/story.aspx?guid=%7BD176757E-7A2C-4AA7-A9AF-00D3E42F31C4%7D
Provider Searches (000) YOY Change Share of Searches
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All Search 7,775,913 -2.0% 100.0%
Google Search 4,755,4938.1% 61.2%
Yahoo! Search 1,311,504 -12.0% 16.9%
MSN/Windows Live Search 885,567 -19.0% 11.4%
AOL Search 334,467 14.5%4.3%
Ask.com Search 177,131 -22.9%2.3%
My Web Search 60,336 -38.2%0.8%
Comcast Search40,246 -13.4%0.5%
ATT Worldnet Search 25,474 92.8%0.3%
NexTag Search 16,599 -12.9%0.2%
Dogpile.com Search14,485 -30.5%0.2%
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Re: [CGUYS] No ID? No Internet for You!
I hate to say it but is this akin to licensing guy buyers (which I favor, BTW)? Legitimate buyers obey the law, but criminals don't? Legitimate computer users will be licensed, and hackers will find ways to circumvent the requirement? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] No ID? No Internet for You!
The gist of the effort appears to be how employees gain access to the network. The group advocates dropping user-ID and password and replacing with certificate-based login. I think your comment is off the mark. This is about accessing their network as a regular user, not accessing the internet. They are trying to prevent hostile access to their networks and user-ID / passwords are too easily cracked. They want to use their CAC cards (encrypted certificates) for network access. This doesn't appear to include any change for joe/jane user accessing the internet or seeing Gov. web sites (at least the external-facing ones). Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- A complacent attitude about the technology plans of the new administration opens to door for fear mongers to take over... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/technology/09security.html Restricting Internet access is one of a series of recommendations that a group of more than 60 government and business computer security specialists will make in a public presentation, Securing Cyberspace in the 44th Presidency, on Monday. The report has been prepared during the last 18 months under the auspices of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington policy group, after a number of break-ins into government computer systems. This will certainly make it easier for advertisers to track and measure consumer behavior. And easier to nail those bald guys who criminally claim otherwise. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer backup software
You raise good points. The backup would essentially be for only My Documents although at some point I would like to start backing up the image on a daily basis too. Never planned on trying to backup the operating system. It's too much fun reinstalling it :) Richard P. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that you've heard what everyone else does, if you actually want any specific help you're going to have to tell us a lot more about what it is you do, and what it is you want backed up. e.g. I don't back up *anything* on the wife's laptop, but her emails are all via Yahoo, so they're already backed up in the cloud. OTOH, the office machine that runs Quickbooks and keeps two important company databases is backed up daily to the cloud (specifically, Amazon via Jungledisk). My own machine, used primarily for development, images the C drive daily to a second drive. All three methods have already been described, but which one is right for you just depends on what the machine in question is doing. Note that no backup method will ever prevent you from having to reinstall your OS occasionally, so don't bother trying to reach for that lofty goal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer backup software
Acronis is an option for backing up everything including OS. I have several images at different stages made by acronis I keep on ext drives. My system is back up and running with all programs in about ten minutes. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All three methods have already been described, but which one is right for you just depends on what the machine in question is doing. Note that no backup method will ever prevent you from having to reinstall your OS occasionally, so don't bother trying to reach for that lofty goal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
I realize you'll probably just start covering your ears and screaming WFB! WFB!...but...how does a 5% lead make it 147%? Yahoo / MS * 100 = 147% That's a 47% lead, not 147%, but this one time I am willing to chalk it up to an honest misstatement. Just this once, though. Personally, I'm not sure why -anyone- uses MS search. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] speedtest
what can I conclude from these results for my comcast sold as 768up speed basic internet via cable? speedtest.net 1867u/145d NY.NY speedtest.net 1195/116 Newark,DE (listed preferred) frontier.net 1115/335 voip.com 1004/361 do these results have any meaning? are they accurate? are there better places to check this? there was a splitter installed by comcast to allow a tv about 10 feet before my cable modem. I took it out and put in a bullet rated for over 3g and the speed went up about 30-40%. Was the splitter defective? Is there some sort of splitter I can get that will better distribute the signal as I want to hook up a tv near the computer? Can I hook the TV up somehow behind my router instead of on the cable before it? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] No ID? No Internet for You!
Already required for military users. Stewart At 09:53 AM 12/11/2008, you wrote: The gist of the effort appears to be how employees gain access to the network. The group advocates dropping user-ID and password and replacing with certificate-based login. I think your comment is off the mark. This is about accessing their network as a regular user, not accessing the internet. They are trying to prevent hostile access to their networks and user-ID / passwords are too easily cracked. They want to use their CAC cards (encrypted certificates) for network access. This doesn't appear to include any change for joe/jane user accessing the internet or seeing Gov. web sites (at least the external-facing ones). Thank you, Mark Snyder Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer backup software
Oh, I didn't mean to imply your C: image wouldn't include your OS. I just didn't want you to think you would _never_ have to reinstall an OS. The trick is partitioning your C drive small enough to hold everything you need on a daily basis as well as all your documents. Currently, I do around 50gb for C. My Games, Music, Videos, and Adobe Office suites go to a different partition. Having evaluated both, I prefer Ghost over Acronis, as it's more versatile. Worth the extra $20 or so. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote: You raise good points. The backup would essentially be for only My Documents although at some point I would like to start backing up the image on a daily basis too. Never planned on trying to backup the operating system. It's too much fun reinstalling it :) Richard P. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Now that you've heard what everyone else does, if you actually want any specific help you're going to have to tell us a lot more about what it is you do, and what it is you want backed up. e.g. I don't back up *anything* on the wife's laptop, but her emails are all via Yahoo, so they're already backed up in the cloud. OTOH, the office machine that runs Quickbooks and keeps two important company databases is backed up daily to the cloud (specifically, Amazon via Jungledisk). My own machine, used primarily for development, images the C drive daily to a second drive. All three methods have already been described, but which one is right for you just depends on what the machine in question is doing. Note that no backup method will ever prevent you from having to reinstall your OS occasionally, so don't bother trying to reach for that lofty goal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] speedtest
Stop diddling with the wires. Unless there's something drastically wrong with the signal, you're best off not screwing with them. They aren't like analog signals of yore that could slow down a connection if there was a bit of noise on the line. The increase you saw from the splitter was probably just a transient internet thing. There's definitely _something_ wrong with your results, if your download speeds are such a small fraction of upload. I assume you tried different servers? But it's not going to be a problem inside your house, or anything you can do about it short of calling them. Try lying if you have to just to get a tech out to see for themselves. PS My Comcast is giving me 25000d/1400u to DC today. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:08 PM, RLeeSimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote: what can I conclude from these results for my comcast sold as 768up speed basic internet via cable? speedtest.net 1867u/145d NY.NY speedtest.net 1195/116 Newark,DE (listed preferred) frontier.net 1115/335 voip.com 1004/361 do these results have any meaning? are they accurate? are there better places to check this? there was a splitter installed by comcast to allow a tv about 10 feet before my cable modem. I took it out and put in a bullet rated for over 3g and the speed went up about 30-40%. Was the splitter defective? Is there some sort of splitter I can get that will better distribute the signal as I want to hook up a tv near the computer? Can I hook the TV up somehow behind my router instead of on the cable before it? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer backup software
a lot of people back up to a single external drive. i think this not a good idea. i have not had good luck with external drive reliability. if possible, back up to cd's or dvd's and grandfather them. for my company, we did a backup every day just before closing. used append feature. dated each cd or dvd. stacked them back on the spindle as they filled. last year the state of Texas sent me a love note for not paying sales tax(my company is in MD) for the past 7 or 8 years for $110,000 plus about another 100k in penalties. went back to 1999. i then got a bill from texas for another 110k for not paying franchise fees. oh, and 100k in penalties. by the time it was all said and done, texas wanted half a mil from me. i dug out the spindles, created year end data, customer lists, etc for 1999-2007. hired a couple texas lawyers, and went about defending self. could not have done it without the backups. could not do it if i backed up external. data would be long gone. backups were on win98, 2000 and xp. all were recoverable with backup my pc to xp. this is very difficult if you used MS win 98 and win 2000 backup. i do not think they talk to win xp backup. At 04:51 PM 12/10/2008, you wrote: Any recommendations for scheduled data backup software for Windows XP? Free would be good too. Thanks in advance, Richard P. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer backup software
You raise good points. The backup would essentially be for only My Documents although at some point I would like to start backing up the image on a daily basis too. Never planned on trying to backup the operating system. It's too much fun reinstalling it :) Aren't settings and preferences in the OS directory? How about serial # registrations for your software? It's a real pain to reinstall the OS AND all the programs AND finding the serial numbers to make them work. Leaving any data, software, etc. in only one place, locally or remotely is a guarantee that one day, some or all of it will be lost. I like living dangerously, but losing essential data is crossing the line. I store critical info in several places in the cloud [where did that come from?] as well as locally. Everything else is like my travel philosophy: I carry one overnight bag. Anything I lose or don't have, I either don't need or can find as I go, but I do have lists/links/accounts that I can use, just in case. Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer backup software
You are incorrect. In my own case, my tax records for years are kept in My Documents, and are imaged along with my whole C partition. The most paranoid only need two drives - swap them every month, and keep one off the premises. These drives are cheap these days, so I agree nobody should only have one backup drive. Optical media is still good for archiving the big stuff, but until I can fit my C drive on one disk again, hard drives are just lots _easier_. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:33 PM, gerald ger...@slawecki.com wrote: a lot of people back up to a single external drive. i think this not a good idea. i have not had good luck with external drive reliability. if possible, back up to cd's or dvd's and grandfather them. for my company, we did a backup every day just before closing. used append feature. dated each cd or dvd. stacked them back on the spindle as they filled. last year the state of Texas sent me a love note for not paying sales tax(my company is in MD) for the past 7 or 8 years for $110,000 plus about another 100k in penalties. went back to 1999. i then got a bill from texas for another 110k for not paying franchise fees. oh, and 100k in penalties. by the time it was all said and done, texas wanted half a mil from me. i dug out the spindles, created year end data, customer lists, etc for 1999-2007. hired a couple texas lawyers, and went about defending self. could not have done it without the backups. could not do it if i backed up external. data would be long gone. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
Yahoo / MS * 100 = 147% No. Yahoo / MS = 1,311,504 / 885,567 = 1.48097659 = 148% 148% * 100 = 14800% or 148. Yahoo's share isn't 148 times more than MS' share. It just seems that way. Yahoo's share is 148% of MS share, or Yahoo's share is 48% more than MS share. MS still sucks. Who are all the Yahoos who are still using MS for search? Are they the ones who eat pink donuts because someone put a plate in front of them, even though they prefer chocolate cream donuts or bagels or muffins on the next table, but didn't notice them or are too lazy to get up? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] ghost and acronis
It's been years since I used ghost, what features are most compelling to you? I'm more then willing to switch if there are better things going on. Mike On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, I didn't mean to imply your C: image wouldn't include your OS. I just didn't want you to think you would _never_ have to reinstall an OS. The trick is partitioning your C drive small enough to hold everything you need on a daily basis as well as all your documents. Currently, I do around 50gb for C. My Games, Music, Videos, and Adobe Office suites go to a different partition. Having evaluated both, I prefer Ghost over Acronis, as it's more versatile. Worth the extra $20 or so. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote: You raise good points. The backup would essentially be for only My Documents although at some point I would like to start backing up the image on a daily basis too. Never planned on trying to backup the operating system. It's too much fun reinstalling it :) Richard P. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Now that you've heard what everyone else does, if you actually want any specific help you're going to have to tell us a lot more about what it is you do, and what it is you want backed up. e.g. I don't back up *anything* on the wife's laptop, but her emails are all via Yahoo, so they're already backed up in the cloud. OTOH, the office machine that runs Quickbooks and keeps two important company databases is backed up daily to the cloud (specifically, Amazon via Jungledisk). My own machine, used primarily for development, images the C drive daily to a second drive. All three methods have already been described, but which one is right for you just depends on what the machine in question is doing. Note that no backup method will ever prevent you from having to reinstall your OS occasionally, so don't bother trying to reach for that lofty goal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ghost and acronis
Ghost is the current iteration of an old and revered program - Drive Image from Powerquest. I've been a fan for ages, even long before Symantec bought them and scrapped the old Ghost. The last time I set up Acronis, I was unable to set the number of full backups it would keep. Presumably once the backup drive was full, the user is supposed to go in and clear space manually.? On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: It's been years since I used ghost, what features are most compelling to you? I'm more then willing to switch if there are better things going on. Mike On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, I didn't mean to imply your C: image wouldn't include your OS. I just didn't want you to think you would _never_ have to reinstall an OS. The trick is partitioning your C drive small enough to hold everything you need on a daily basis as well as all your documents. Currently, I do around 50gb for C. My Games, Music, Videos, and Adobe Office suites go to a different partition. Having evaluated both, I prefer Ghost over Acronis, as it's more versatile. Worth the extra $20 or so. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote: You raise good points. The backup would essentially be for only My Documents although at some point I would like to start backing up the image on a daily basis too. Never planned on trying to backup the operating system. It's too much fun reinstalling it :) Richard P. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Now that you've heard what everyone else does, if you actually want any specific help you're going to have to tell us a lot more about what it is you do, and what it is you want backed up. e.g. I don't back up *anything* on the wife's laptop, but her emails are all via Yahoo, so they're already backed up in the cloud. OTOH, the office machine that runs Quickbooks and keeps two important company databases is backed up daily to the cloud (specifically, Amazon via Jungledisk). My own machine, used primarily for development, images the C drive daily to a second drive. All three methods have already been described, but which one is right for you just depends on what the machine in question is doing. Note that no backup method will ever prevent you from having to reinstall your OS occasionally, so don't bother trying to reach for that lofty goal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] No ID? No Internet for You!
Where I worked, before retirement, we were using a CAC to access our workplace machines for over 6 years. A friend who works for a civilian agency lives with a system that has each machine dedicated to a specific user. If his machine goes down or he goes to another office/location, he cannot log on to a computer. With the CAC, we were theoretically able to log on to access any similarly protected, networked computer. A new account automatically created for the new user on that machine. This made the change-out of defective equipment very easy which minimized downtime for the employee. Obviously, this strategy works when all user data is available on networked shares or in the cloud. YMMV A complacent attitude about the technology plans of the new administration opens to door for fear mongers to take over... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/technology/09security.html Restricting Internet access is one of a series of recommendations that a group of more than 60 government and business computer security specialists will make in a public presentation, Securing Cyberspace in the 44th Presidency, on Monday. The report has been prepared during the last 18 months under the auspices of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington policy group, after a number of break-ins into government computer systems. This will certainly make it easier for advertisers to track and measure consumer behavior. And easier to nail those bald guys who criminally claim otherwise. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
That's a 47% lead, not 147%, but this one time I am willing to chalk it up to an honest misstatement. Just this once, though. We had this same battle 10 years ago when I said on air that a certain PPC chip was 200% faster than a Pentium chip. I stick to my language. If I drink 100% of a bottle of beer I have consumed a full bottle. 200% means I drank 2 bottles. O% means I'm still sober. WFBs want me to drink only 47% of the beer. Which makes my glass more than half empty. Just what I would expect from those party poopers. Notice how they don't want to address the issue so distract us with math problems instead. Baa! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] No ID? No Internet for You!
I hate to say it but is this akin to licensing guy buyers (which I favor, BTW)? Legitimate buyers obey the law, but criminals don't? Legitimate computer users will be licensed, and hackers will find ways to circumvent the requirement? But think of all the money to be made in selling credentials to the non-hackers. MS will be able to revive its plans of an Internet Passport system. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ghost and acronis
Ah, I use acronis in a more manual based timeshot fashion. Every so often when the urge strikes I take a snapshot and store it with the previous two...If I have anything before those previous two when I make a new one, I delete it. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Ghost is the current iteration of an old and revered program - Drive Image from Powerquest. I've been a fan for ages, even long before Symantec bought them and scrapped the old Ghost. The last time I set up Acronis, I was unable to set the number of full backups it would keep. Presumably once the backup drive was full, the user is supposed to go in and clear space manually.? On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: It's been years since I used ghost, what features are most compelling to you? I'm more then willing to switch if there are better things going on. Mike On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, I didn't mean to imply your C: image wouldn't include your OS. I just didn't want you to think you would _never_ have to reinstall an OS. The trick is partitioning your C drive small enough to hold everything you need on a daily basis as well as all your documents. Currently, I do around 50gb for C. My Games, Music, Videos, and Adobe Office suites go to a different partition. Having evaluated both, I prefer Ghost over Acronis, as it's more versatile. Worth the extra $20 or so. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote: You raise good points. The backup would essentially be for only My Documents although at some point I would like to start backing up the image on a daily basis too. Never planned on trying to backup the operating system. It's too much fun reinstalling it :) Richard P. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Now that you've heard what everyone else does, if you actually want any specific help you're going to have to tell us a lot more about what it is you do, and what it is you want backed up. e.g. I don't back up *anything* on the wife's laptop, but her emails are all via Yahoo, so they're already backed up in the cloud. OTOH, the office machine that runs Quickbooks and keeps two important company databases is backed up daily to the cloud (specifically, Amazon via Jungledisk). My own machine, used primarily for development, images the C drive daily to a second drive. All three methods have already been described, but which one is right for you just depends on what the machine in question is doing. Note that no backup method will ever prevent you from having to reinstall your OS occasionally, so don't bother trying to reach for that lofty goal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
Now I know why it's so hard to figure out WTH you are on about...this whole list is a drinking game to you. Must be everytime you type WFB you get to take a drink? On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: That's a 47% lead, not 147%, but this one time I am willing to chalk it up to an honest misstatement. Just this once, though. We had this same battle 10 years ago when I said on air that a certain PPC chip was 200% faster than a Pentium chip. I stick to my language. If I drink 100% of a bottle of beer I have consumed a full bottle. 200% means I drank 2 bottles. O% means I'm still sober. WFBs want me to drink only 47% of the beer. Which makes my glass more than half empty. Just what I would expect from those party poopers. Notice how they don't want to address the issue so distract us with math problems instead. Baa! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] speedtest
??? At 12:54 PM 12/11/2008, you wrote: There's definitely _something_ wrong with your results, if your download speeds are such a small fraction of upload. I assume you tried different servers? But it's not going to be a problem inside your house, or anything you can do about it short of calling them. Try lying if you have to just to get a tech out to see for themselves. PS My Comcast is giving me 25000d/1400u to DC today. you got: 1400/25000=? he got: speedtest.net 1867u/145d NY.NY 145/1867=? speedtest.net 1195/116 Newark,DE (listed preferred) 116/1195=? frontier.net 1115/335 335/1115=? voip.com 1004/361 361/1004=? i think his ratios are better than yours. ___ i have2321/19705= about13% on frontier, wva and 2133/14875 = about 15% on verizon in va. when i went cross country to seattle, 2460/4313= lots of bottlenecks en route. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
Yahoo / MS * 100 = 147% No. Yahoo / MS = 1,311,504 / 885,567 = 1.48097659 = 148% 148% * 100 = 14800% or 148. Yahoo's share isn't 148 times more than MS' share. It just seems that way. Yahoo's share is 148% of MS share, or Yahoo's share is 48% more than MS share. MS still sucks. I'm confused why you say No, on account of that is exactly what I said: Yahoo's share is 148% of MS's. (Well, not exactly; I took Tom's 147 number instead of getting out the calculator.) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
Notice how they don't want to address the issue so distract us with math problems instead. Baa! I guess you missed the part where I said that I don't understand why anyone uses MS search? In any event, the math/terminology for this is well established. Yahoo's share is 148% of MS's. You can also say that Yahoo's share is 48% larger. What you -can't- say is the Yahoo's share is 148% larger than MS's, because it ain't. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
We had this same battle 10 years ago when I said on air that a certain PPC chip was 200% faster than a Pentium chip. I stick to my language. If I drink 100% of a bottle of beer I have consumed a full bottle. 200% means I drank 2 bottles. O% means I'm still sober. Which only means that you're 100% as weasely as you were 10 years ago. Despite MS's machinations to kill off Yahoo!, Yahoo! leads MS by 147% Everyone else is correct: Yahoo's share is 148% of MS, but they lead by only 48%. The *difference* between their respective shares is 48% of Microsoft's. If Yahoo led by 148%, then they would have a share of 28.3% of the total, not 16.9%. But, no matter how you dice it, Google is rightly kicking both their asses. It's share is 216% of MS's and Yahoo's share *combined.* * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] speedtest
Yes, there are splitters with different impedance's. Cox has the cable hitting the splitter and then the lowest impedance output (3.5db) of the splitter along with the shortest run of cable going to the modem. The higher impedance (7.0db) connections go to the TV sets. One time after doing some maintenance the connections got mixed up and the Cox help desk was able to see this through the modem signal strength reading. I swapped the terminals back and the signal strength came back up to normal. Here is an example of a similar splitter: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/3399 Regardless, your numbers seem abnormally low for cable on a regular basis. Adding 30 to 40% by bypassing the TV isn't a solution. Tony is probably right in suggesting that the bigger problem is more likely outside your house, rather than inside. I had a similar issue and the technicians found a bad connection at the pole and a shorting out cable, both problems outside. Get a technician out there. Richard P. what can I conclude from these results for my comcast sold as 768up speed basic internet via cable? speedtest.net 1867u/145d NY.NY speedtest.net 1195/116 Newark,DE (listed preferred) frontier.net 1115/335 voip.com 1004/361 do these results have any meaning? are they accurate? are there better places to check this? there was a splitter installed by comcast to allow a tv about 10 feet before my cable modem. I took it out and put in a bullet rated for over 3g and the speed went up about 30-40%. Was the splitter defective? Is there some sort of splitter I can get that will better distribute the signal as I want to hook up a tv near the computer? Can I hook the TV up somehow behind my router instead of on the cable before it? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
