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Was at a site today and a user said she couldn't do anything because her "computer was full", but none of the drives were showing as full.  She had to leave; I checked her computer.  C drive had >100MBs available.  Here's a screenshot of Windirstat...

 
The problem was solved by cleaning history in IE.
 
I don't blame the user for not knowing why the drive was full, but I do blame them for...something...there must be some way I can blame them...okay fine maybe I'll just blame IE instead

You think that's bad?  This is a screenshot of the residential packages our (only) local WISP offers.  Our (only) wired provider (ADSL) speeds and caps are similar.

Yes.  Most people expect things that they don't understand to just work magically.  Ask any computer tech, auto mechanic, chef, farmer, or any other person who creates or fixes things.  Fewer and fewer people are interested in knowing how stuff works.

#haha I had a friend like this.........
One day he came to visit our house and I had my computer on....I run Windows 10 professional.He was talking to me and suddenly he noticed that my pc has a OS that he is not familiar with.....so he asked me about what OS was I running....I replied "Bro It's Windows 10...latest and greatest".
He felt little bit of insulted because he used to think that he is aware of everything related to tech...(-_- which he definitely was not)
Then to cover it up he told me that he knew a friend who used all the Windows versions including Windows 7.8.[9] and 10...:o
I was quite a speechless back that time and I was barely holding my #LOL 

I found this, among many other things, being kept by some non-techies.  I'm going to assume they just didn't know any better.   I try to be militant about getting rid of old stuff. 

I teach a computer course at a community center 3 times/year.  It's mostly elderly/retired people who come.  Most of them actually learn pretty quickly.  My theory is that this is because they actually want to learn, as apposed to the stereotype of "*grumble grumble* Why can't we just use typewriters like in the good old days...*grumble grumble*".

Was at a site today and a user said she couldn't do anything because her "computer was full", but none of the drives were showing as full.  She had to leave; I checked her computer.  C drive had >100MBs available.  Here's a screenshot of Windirstat...

 
The problem was solved by cleaning history in IE.
 
I don't blame the user for not knowing why the drive was full, but I do blame them for...something...there must be some way I can blame them...okay fine maybe I'll just blame IE instead

Was at a site today and a user said she couldn't do anything because her "computer was full", but none of the drives were showing as full.  She had to leave; I checked her computer.  C drive had >100MBs available.  Here's a screenshot of Windirstat...

 
The problem was solved by cleaning history in IE.
 
I don't blame the user for not knowing why the drive was full, but I do blame them for...something...there must be some way I can blame them...okay fine maybe I'll just blame IE instead

Was at a site today and a user said she couldn't do anything because her "computer was full", but none of the drives were showing as full.  She had to leave; I checked her computer.  C drive had >100MBs available.  Here's a screenshot of Windirstat...

 
The problem was solved by cleaning history in IE.
 
I don't blame the user for not knowing why the drive was full, but I do blame them for...something...there must be some way I can blame them...okay fine maybe I'll just blame IE instead

i had to stop by my mothers hospital to give her something and while i was there i took a look at her computer since she was complaining it was so slow. (only logs, and event viewer no patient data. also im hippa certified). the machine was an older hp with pretty good specs, i5 2300 4 gigs of ram 1 tb hd. then looking at what was happening. 
 
oh my god
so two companys decided what got installed onto the computer one was some firm the hospital hired out and they installed an anti-virus on all the computers and then the hospital installed their own anti-virus on the computer, the cpu usage was always pinned at 85% and the ram usage was almost always at 3 gigs used by the system. it was a war zone. 
i sat back in awe and said to my mother " im sorry but this is not my war " then i left as silently as i had come in the only sound the sounds of the wounded conversing with their family and friends echoing down the hall.
 
i forgot to give her her mug of tea in the end.
 
as far as i know she is still in her chair waiting for her programs to load while the war rages on. 

Was at a site today and a user said she couldn't do anything because her "computer was full", but none of the drives were showing as full.  She had to leave; I checked her computer.  C drive had >100MBs available.  Here's a screenshot of Windirstat...

 
The problem was solved by cleaning history in IE.
 
I don't blame the user for not knowing why the drive was full, but I do blame them for...something...there must be some way I can blame them...okay fine maybe I'll just blame IE instead

If you have to keep the SonicPoints then you're stuck with using a Sonicwall appliance for a wireless controller.  Given the opportunity to upgrade you'd go with whatever controller goes with the WAPs you like.  I only have experience with Ubiquiti managed APs (the "Pro" ones are bleeding expensive), but one day I'd like to try an Engenius solution (also expensive). 

You think that's bad?  This is a screenshot of the residential packages our (only) local WISP offers.  Our (only) wired provider (ADSL) speeds and caps are similar.

You think that's bad?  This is a screenshot of the residential packages our (only) local WISP offers.  Our (only) wired provider (ADSL) speeds and caps are similar.

Discussion started in a different thread; thought I'd start a dedicated one explaining/discussing how the internet works here in Alberta.  Please let me know if anything in this post is wrong and I'll change it (please provide a source of some sort).  Feel free to copy this format to start a thread for your own province, territory, state, country, etc.
 
Backbone:
Bell owns most of the fiber connecting urban locations and rents it to the other ISPs (though they do own some of their own fiber, it's not nearly enough).  The only other major backbone provider is Axia, also known as SuperNet.
 
SuperNet:
SuperNet was/is an Alberta government project meant to connect rural communities.  Low-to-no cost fiber connections were made available to schools, hospitals, libraries, and government offices.  Axia (a European company) was hired to operate the network (they operate several other government fiber networks around the world).  They also allow local ISPs to rent connections from their communities to the nearest exchange.  Costs are usually close to what the ISP will have to pay one of the incumbents for transit on the other end.  This effectively doubles what the ISP will have to pay for it's wholesale connection.
 
Incumbents:
The major wired ISPs in Alberta are Telus (ADSL, FTTP), Shaw (coax), and Eastlink (coax, FTTP).  The major cellular internet providers are Telus, Bell, and Rogers.  The only satellite provider is Xplornet.
 
Rural WISPs (Wireless ISPs):
Most rural communities and the surrounding areas are serviced by at least one WISP.  These companies rent a connection from Axia to the nearest exchange, then rent a connection wholesale from one of the major wired ISPs.  "That's stupid; why don't they just connect directly to a wired provider in the nearest community?!?"  I'm glad you asked.  Our politicians certainly haven't.  At least not in a way that actually changed anything.  The major wired ISPs will not allow any WISPs to connect directly to their networks in these small communities, forcing them to effectively pay double for their connection.  See the "SuperNet" section above.
 
Telus:
Telus uses ADSL with some FTTP in large centers (Edmonton, Calgary).  From what I'm able to find, the fastest speed Telus currently offers via copper is 25/5.  Telus copper infrastructure mostly consists of AGT and BCTel lines.  More information on that here: http://about.telus.com/community/english/news_centre/company_overview/company_history
 
Shaw:
*under construction*
 
Eastlink:
*under construction*

You think that's bad?  This is a screenshot of the residential packages our (only) local WISP offers.  Our (only) wired provider (ADSL) speeds and caps are similar.

Discussion started in a different thread; thought I'd start a dedicated one explaining/discussing how the internet works here in Alberta.  Please let me know if anything in this post is wrong and I'll change it (please provide a source of some sort).  Feel free to copy this format to start a thread for your own province, territory, state, country, etc.
 
Backbone:
Bell owns most of the fiber connecting urban locations and rents it to the other ISPs (though they do own some of their own fiber, it's not nearly enough).  The only other major backbone provider is Axia, also known as SuperNet.
 
SuperNet:
SuperNet was/is an Alberta government project meant to connect rural communities.  Low-to-no cost fiber connections were made available to schools, hospitals, libraries, and government offices.  Axia (a European company) was hired to operate the network (they operate several other government fiber networks around the world).  They also allow local ISPs to rent connections from their communities to the nearest exchange.  Costs are usually close to what the ISP will have to pay one of the incumbents for transit on the other end.  This effectively doubles what the ISP will have to pay for it's wholesale connection.
 
Incumbents:
The major wired ISPs in Alberta are Telus (ADSL, FTTP), Shaw (coax), and Eastlink (coax, FTTP).  The major cellular internet providers are Telus, Bell, and Rogers.  The only satellite provider is Xplornet.
 
Rural WISPs (Wireless ISPs):
Most rural communities and the surrounding areas are serviced by at least one WISP.  These companies rent a connection from Axia to the nearest exchange, then rent a connection wholesale from one of the major wired ISPs.  "That's stupid; why don't they just connect directly to a wired provider in the nearest community?!?"  I'm glad you asked.  Our politicians certainly haven't.  At least not in a way that actually changed anything.  The major wired ISPs will not allow any WISPs to connect directly to their networks in these small communities, forcing them to effectively pay double for their connection.  See the "SuperNet" section above.
 
Telus:
Telus uses ADSL with some FTTP in large centers (Edmonton, Calgary).  From what I'm able to find, the fastest speed Telus currently offers via copper is 25/5.  Telus copper infrastructure mostly consists of AGT and BCTel lines.  More information on that here: http://about.telus.com/community/english/news_centre/company_overview/company_history
 
Shaw:
*under construction*
 
Eastlink:
*under construction*

you'd be surprised

OT for this thread, so I started a new one: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/569553-internet-in-alberta-infastructure-politics-the-last-mile/

Yes.  Most people expect things that they don't understand to just work magically.  Ask any computer tech, auto mechanic, chef, farmer, or any other person who creates or fixes things.  Fewer and fewer people are interested in knowing how stuff works.

4k res and 300+ particle effects in a 24men destiny/cod lan party using dual or 4 player split screen. RIP. The lag is real.
 
 

That's a good idea. Although might put some people off because I never link anything with my Facebook but then again it will put off the shit-posters and if someone really wanted to say their point they would go through the hassle I guess. And I am not everyone and others might not mind.

If anyone has ventured into the comments section of an article posted on CBC you'd understand why they want to do this. I suspect that it's a very small portion of commenters that are responsible for all the crap posted, but as usual it only takes a few to ruin something.

Source Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-news-online-commenting-no-pseudonyms-1.3496467
 
CBC says they're going to require all commenters to use their real names, but they don't know how their going to do that:
And it's also just the beginning:
 
 
Personally I put this right up there with Trump trying to shut down the internet.  Good luck with that bro...
 
Some questions to start discussion:
1 - Are their reasons for attempting this...reasonable?
2 - Do you think they'll attempt to implement a purely technological solution, or a community (ie community mods, paid mods, etc) one?
3 - If comments are going to be curated/moderated/filtered, is there any point to having comments at all?
4 - As a government-funded entity, does this potentially have "free-speech" issues?

Weird sized fan died in the weird sized PSU.  Dremelled the case, drilled some holes, and screwed a standard 80mm to the outside.  No kids and no indoor pets, so finger / paw safety isn't an issue.