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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
As ever, physical access beats all, a good example being this Register article from a couple of weeks ago, where an enterprising contractor beat the network nazis using his own kit:
Fortunately, I had a netbook and my HTC Desire. I set my Desire up as a Wi-Fi hotspot to share its internet connection with my netbook. I set the netbook up as a router and bridged its wired and wireless network connections. A quick change on the target computer to use the netbook as the internet gateway and suddenly I had access to Technet.
Had there been more than two computers to worry about, I would have set up a small HTTP server on my phone, downloaded the ISO to my phone and served it up from there. As it is, this solution cost me only about 500MB of my 5GB plan.
In the end, it took me three-and-a-half hours to work around all the security in place enough to do the simple job I was asked to do. I love a challenge; they are the fun part of this job. Still, the lack of organization and preparation on the client’s part cost them. I was there easily three times as long as should have been required.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostI'm sure lots of applications do a reboot on update out of laziness - the developers can't be arsed checking if one is necessary so just do it by default.
That's all beside the point though, why are you using adobe just to read PDFs?
You want to use the foxit pdf reader:
Foxit Software - Foxit Reader for Windows
Much lighter and faster
Originally posted by DaveB View PostTBH I'm in the habit of closing everything and shutting down anyway. Years of working in clear desk / clear screen environments.
My iMac is 5 or 6 years old now and and from a cold start it's ready to go in about 15 secs.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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I used FoxIt for a while. But the nag screens annoyed me as much as Adobe's continual updates and bloatware.
Now I use notepad.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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There's a developer preview of OSX 10.7 Lion now downloadable from Apple's Dev site - need a dev account tho.
Or peruse the usual sources!
Gonna try it later....Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI used FoxIt for a while. But the nag screens annoyed me as much as Adobe's continual updates and bloatware.
Now I use notepad.
I said no to the lotBehold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI used FoxIt for a while. But the nag screens annoyed me as much as Adobe's continual updates and bloatware.
Now I use notepad.Coffee's for closersComment
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Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View PostOTOH you don't actually have to restart your Mac as often as a PC.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostThe only time I restarted in recent memory was to change the graphics card.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostThat sounds like crap to me. I normally hibernate my PC and it updates Adobe, Java, etc just fine. Only certain Windows updates require restarts and I find the Mac updates are no different. The only time I restarted in recent memory was to change the graphics card.
I suspect Spacecadet hit the nail on the head here:
Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostI'm sure lots of applications do a reboot on update out of laziness - the developers can't be arsed checking if one is necessary so just do it by default.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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