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Dreytech 120 modem with a router reflashed with tomato, a third of the issue of dodgey routers is usually the software, another third is cheap power blocks/regulators and the last third is internal hardware. Anything with a decent PSU and fixable software that has the features should work out with the right tweaks.
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It all depends on what level you are using the switches to, try making a decent routing and spanning tree config with 802.11x and maybe a bit of diagnostic config in a reasonable time period. I have to agree about the rebranded Linksys, they are toys in comparison to the more advanced switching.
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Windows Intune - PC and mobile device management in the cloud
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Not really into old cars and yes, of course it can be more dangerous, it probably has a better chassis and other things that also make a big difference but from a sheer physics prospective better traction is better traction. There are all sorts of factors but I have seen dirty little cars here slowed to a crawl in the rain thanks to cheap tires and still barely handling to stick round corners. Maybe our roads are more dangerous, they are just a mix of speedbumps, potholes and broken chipseal in between so bad it may as well be gravel. Still good tires make a difference and most of that is not sledging around the Road while doing really low speeds in the wet.
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So glad you're not in a car behind me, there are all sorts of conditions that better tires can save you from, someone pulling out in front of you, unforeseen dodgy Road conditions like hidden surface water. Even a damp Road with a little oil on that silicon tires with good tread can vent quickly rather than be bound to cheaper more rubber tires. You don't need to go all out but after a certain quality cut off you're probably more dangerous than someone who moderately speeds on decent tires.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezEMnzmDYZU
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2013 and the state of VLEs in some schools
SYNACK replied to speckytecky's topic in Virtual Learning Platforms
VLEs are only any good with massive staff buy in otherwise they languish and end up doing more harm than good. Your best bet will be to try and generate large amounts of genuine interest in the staff to actually get it off the ground. -
Much more so, we generally trunk at least a couple of gig links back with gig to the edge and while not strictly necessary it cuts tens of seconds off logon, tens of minutes off imaging + software installs and allows messing with stuff like gigabyte plus video files without having to copy them locally. Like you though, facility for 10gb but not implemented yet due cost but we are not stuck if we need to chuck it in later.
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At least they didn't just bin them, had a teacher here complaining about no computers in her classroom. Vapid simpleton had just chucked all the computers because they 'were slow' or 'did not work', not that she had told anyone that could help.
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No one will ever need more than 640k of memory...
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Home Best chain burgers I have ever encountered in any country.
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TBH I always go for higher end tires as I find it much more comfortable being an extra $80 less embedded into the idiot in front of me that breaked for a phantom cat. I tend to go for the high speed rating not because I ever go that fast but because they are quieted and last longer. NZ roads are certainly different, I use Bridgestone here as they are decent at the top end without costing that much.
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Ridiculously low pricing on Surface RT for UK Edu this summer
SYNACK replied to AngryTechnician's topic in Hardware
Great hardware, alright software and free office, overall a great value proposition only sabotaged by it's lack of management options. -
All vendors have a few dog products but buying from Oracle is nuts, given their sckuttling of their business units, insane support fees, god awefull security in Java. If they built a jail the only people that could not get in and out would be the guards, it would cost double the gdp per month to run it and they would pull support after six months.
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Agreed, like Office, buy a Windows Phone. You really want it on another platform you get to pay for it or just use the web version off Skydrive.
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Might be doable in the states, one of our suppliers managed to get a hold of non education US pricing for hp gear and it was something like a quarter to a third of what we had to pay even with edu discount. It is a completely different world price wise without the 'not in the states' mark up which is extreme. The hp 5406 or 5412 are great core switches and so are the 2910al for the edge, rock solid, good featureset and the big thing is that it has a lifetime warranty and free software updates.
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If you end up needing more options the IBM kit can be cost effective, at least hear and not to bad, mainly rebranded and packaged LSI stuff where they have actually bothered to finish the software. Saying that IBM are the only company I know that are able to make their basic config and monitoring tool take 2GB of hd and a GB of ram thanks to bundling every bit of oss in existence but our sas based one has worked well. Luckily they are still made by IBM rather than Lenovo so they still include build quality as standard.
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[android] Android 4.3 released for Google Nexus devices
SYNACK replied to Arthur's topic in Mobile Devices & Tablets
Got it on my n7, seems to work but I do only use it about once a week so anything non-glaring I have probably missed.- 11 replies
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Maybe a block of c4 to get it off the ground and some kind of catching net in the rack to revive it
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Looks a hell of a lot like a mini MS Surface design wise to me.
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That is the idea but is does not always work, usually when software accesses stuff in odd ways rather than through the proper apis so that they can't be redirected easily on the fly. Think Windows 3.1 design principals where the local sheriff did his best against the nefarious league of software bandits that has persisted to this day and maybe even got worse.
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Is her client machine Windows Vista or a above, current windows is way less tolerant of incompetent software design and will block calls to some places. Your best option may be to give her local admin rights and configure the shortcut to run as administrator in compatibility settings. Also make sure UAC is on so it can apply security properly for the software at runtime. Next step is to upgrade your software to something reasonable if possible.
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Already done a couple of years ago : http://www.edugeek.net/forums/coding/49448-easy-gui-remote-assistance-support.html
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You can also use the diskpart command line utility to do it quickly but if it is the system disk - which it is - you would need to do it 'offline' by booting into a command shell like windows pe from a windows disk or a ads server. You can then just select the drive, then partition and type expand which will expand the filesystem to use the available size, usually takes just a few seconds to run the command.
