Windows Tip
Are you on broadband? Your computer is a giant target for hackers. Windows XP default firewall? PLEASE. That's like trying to eliminate flies with a shotgun. Download ZoneAlarm. It's free, and it allows you TOTAL control of all internet access. It also reports HIGHLY malicious natured traffic that was attempted on your computer. Did you know my ISP tried to run a scan on my NetBIOS nearly every day when I first signed up? Hmmmmmm . . . .
Zone Alarm Standard: <a href='http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1012_zl/zlsSetup_50_590_043.exe' target='_blank'>http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1012..._50_590_043.exe</a>

Linux Tip
If your console is BASH (90% or more of you out there, including Red Hat, SuSe, Debian, Mandrake..) --> you should know what a pipe is. Say I wanted to create a script that would display who is logged in at certain time and save that to a file.
$ date && who | sort | tee whoisonthecomputer.txt

The would produce:
Tue Jun 22 20:35:23 PDT 2004
username (permissions info) (login time) (host name)
username2 (permissions info) (login time) (host name)
username3 (permissions info) (login time) (host name)

Breaking it down piece by piece....
Part 1) date && who
- Displays detailed date/time info, followed by who is logged in.

Part 2) | sort
- The "|" is a pipe... it passes the info from date && who over to sort. Now it will sort all user names in alphabetical order.

Part 3) | tee whoisonthecomputer.txt
- Piped info from sort to tee, which will take all the info we just amassed and save it to file whoisonthecomputer.txt, then pass the same info on onto another utility via another pipe if you so wish.

This is a soul component of shell scripted. If I was a system administrator, I could set that script up as a cron job --> executed however often I like --> and have a detailed record of who is logged in at what time.


Macintosh Tip
Ummm. . . . save your money b/c the "new" G5 is not much more powerful than the old one? Guess somebody should submit some to gts (at) ncaabbs (dot) com

georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:Macintosh Tip
Ummm. . . . save your money b/c the "new" G5 is not much more powerful than the old one?

I agree, and here's my Tech Tip:
If you are running OS X, leave your computer on. The system is configured to run through its maintenance checks and other things that keep your Apple happy, during the early hours of the morning(If I remember correctly, around 3am).

If you are constantly turning your computer on and off, the computer will have to run these things while you are using your computer, which could cause a slowdown.

There is a way to change when the system goes through these routines, but that's for another week.

Oh, and next week is WWDC... so be excited!

Some rumor site expectations...

New Displays:
20"($999), 23"($1499-1799), 30"($2999)
I believe this has to be true, it's way overdue. The biggest change with this is a switch from ADC to DVI and of course a new design, most are speculating something with an aluminum look. They are also expected to have built-in firewire and usb connectors.

New iMac:
Many are pointing towards a G5 iMac and a complete re-design. This product announcement won't really affect me, but I'm still excited to see what Apple comes out with in this department. Appleinsider seems to have the best <a href='http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=517' target='_blank'>article</a> on this subject.

Preview of Tiger(10.4):
This is for sure, it's been announced on Apple's site. I'm hoping this is the first true 64-bit OS, although I doubt it.

As of right now, the retail Apple Stores won't be broadcasting Steve Job's Keynote. Hopefully it will still be able to be streamed.



I know most of you could care less, but maybe someone does... haha

tarheelsben1 Wrote:This is for sure, it's been announced on Apple's site. I'm hoping this is the first true 64-bit OS, although I doubt it.

http://www.linux.org

You're too late! We've come for your daughter, Chuck!

georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:

tarheelsben1 Wrote:This is for sure, it's been announced on Apple's site. I'm hoping this is the first true 64-bit OS, although I doubt it.

http://www.linux.org

You're too late! We've come for your daughter, Chuck!

I meant for Apple :wave:


I wonder how many years it will be until Longhorn comes out

If you're on broadband, you really should get some kind of hardware, firmware firewall, like a linksys router. Four years ago I went the software route, running BlackIce, even back then you couldn't believe the amount of stuff that hit the firwall.