Comments for Paradigm Consulting Co. http://blog.paradigmcc.com Information technology and security advice for small businesses. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:26:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Response to @Smallbizlady’s recent post “The Right Way To Make Sales Calls For Your Small Business” by Melinda Emerson "Smallbizlady" http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2010/03/10/response-to-smallbizladys-recent-post-the-right-way-to-make-sales-calls-for-your-small-business/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Melinda Emerson "Smallbizlady" Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:26:55 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=349#comment-87 Hi Peter--- Thank you for responding to my blog post. I think it depends on who you are calling whether or not you leave a message. I personally delete sales calls from people I do not know, and I think a lot of people are like me. But 9 out of 10 ain't bad. I'll take that. To your business success. Melinda Emerson @Smallbizlady Hi Peter—

Thank you for responding to my blog post. I think it depends on who you are calling whether or not you leave a message. I personally delete sales calls from people I do not know, and I think a lot of people are like me. But 9 out of 10 ain’t bad. I’ll take that.

To your business success.

Melinda Emerson
@Smallbizlady

]]> Comment on Password Quiz by Answers to Yesterday’s Password Quiz « Paradigm Consulting Co. http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2010/02/22/password-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Answers to Yesterday’s Password Quiz « Paradigm Consulting Co. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:35:21 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=335#comment-69 [...] Paradigm Consulting Co. Information technology and security advice for small businesses. « Password Quiz [...] [...] Paradigm Consulting Co. Information technology and security advice for small businesses. « Password Quiz [...]

]]> Comment on Google Public DNS by Josh More http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/12/04/google-public-dns/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Josh More Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:06:19 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=282#comment-38 The more I've thought about it over the last few years, the more I am convinced that the privacy battle is lost. I think that those of us that are protecting data by trying to keep it out of the hands of others are rapidly coming to a dead end. I think that, instead, the meaning of the term "privacy" is going to shift from referring to having control of personal information to having control over the access to that information. In other words, the data is out there, and there's no getting it back under control. However, I don't care (hypothetically) if my social security and credit card numbers are floating out on the Internet. I care if they are used for nefarious purposes. Similarly, I don't care if Google gets my DNS data. After all, they already have my search data and some of my email data. Instead, I would be worried if they used it to do me harm. Thus far, I see indication that Google is going to do this or, in fact, has done anything like this in the past. The more I’ve thought about it over the last few years, the more I am convinced that the privacy battle is lost. I think that those of us that are protecting data by trying to keep it out of the hands of others are rapidly coming to a dead end.

I think that, instead, the meaning of the term “privacy” is going to shift from referring to having control of personal information to having control over the access to that information. In other words, the data is out there, and there’s no getting it back under control. However, I don’t care (hypothetically) if my social security and credit card numbers are floating out on the Internet. I care if they are used for nefarious purposes.

Similarly, I don’t care if Google gets my DNS data. After all, they already have my search data and some of my email data. Instead, I would be worried if they used it to do me harm. Thus far, I see indication that Google is going to do this or, in fact, has done anything like this in the past.

]]> Comment on Google Public DNS by Bill McGonigle http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/12/04/google-public-dns/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Bill McGonigle Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:56:27 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=282#comment-37 They claim they won't correlate and dispose of data after 2 days. It's at least better than the promise Comcast has given me. They claim they won’t correlate and dispose of data after 2 days. It’s at least better than the promise Comcast has given me.

]]> Comment on AT&T: We Don’t Want Your Business by Bill McGonigle http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/08/21/att-we-dont-want-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Bill McGonigle Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:13:19 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=241#comment-27 The ILEC dinosaurs are watching the sky for comets. The young VOIP mammals are hungry for your business. The ILEC dinosaurs are watching the sky for comets. The young VOIP mammals are hungry for your business.

]]> Comment on Microsoft Office 2007 Document Compatibility by Trish Rick http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/06/19/microsoft-office-2007-document-compatibility/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Trish Rick Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:39:13 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=134#comment-20 Hey Peter, I agree totally with your philosophy, however, my document default is a .docx and I always have to tell it to save as a .doc. I can't get it to default. Likewise, I HATE the fact that 2007 documents default with double spacing or wider spacing than single. I thought there was a way to set the default as a 2003 document but that too, doesn't seem to stick!! Aahhh chalk it up to improved technology....oh and don't let me forget how much SLOWER it runs too!! Thanks for letting me vent. Hey Peter,

I agree totally with your philosophy, however, my document default is a .docx and I always have to tell it to save as a .doc. I can’t get it to default. Likewise, I HATE the fact that 2007 documents default with double spacing or wider spacing than single. I thought there was a way to set the default as a 2003 document but that too, doesn’t seem to stick!! Aahhh chalk it up to improved technology….oh and don’t let me forget how much SLOWER it runs too!! Thanks for letting me vent.

]]> Comment on You Can Never Have Too Much Memory by Bill McGonigle http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/06/12/you-can-never-have-too-much-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Bill McGonigle Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:32:29 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=184#comment-19 Actually, it looks like you're right, they intentionally cripple the desktop versions to 4GB, even with PAE. Oh, um, I mean it's for compatibility reasons, yeah, that's the ticket: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension#Microsoft_Windows Server versions seem to work as expected. Actually, it looks like you’re right, they intentionally cripple the desktop versions to 4GB, even with PAE. Oh, um, I mean it’s for compatibility reasons, yeah, that’s the ticket:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension#Microsoft_Windows

Server versions seem to work as expected.

]]> Comment on You Can Never Have Too Much Memory by Peter Nikolaidis http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/06/12/you-can-never-have-too-much-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Peter Nikolaidis Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:56:53 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=184#comment-18 Oops! Good catch, Bill! Oops! Good catch, Bill!

]]> Comment on You Can Never Have Too Much Memory by Bill McGonigle http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/06/12/you-can-never-have-too-much-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Bill McGonigle Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:23:02 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=184#comment-17 Besides productivity loss, you'll wear out your hard drives faster due to all the swapping, which increases the risk of data loss. No PAE support in Windows? Like you said, RAM is a no-brainer, I'm spec-ing 8GB desktops these days. Besides productivity loss, you’ll wear out your hard drives faster due to all the swapping, which increases the risk of data loss.

No PAE support in Windows? Like you said, RAM is a no-brainer, I’m spec-ing 8GB desktops these days.

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