Because my AT&T High Speed Internet (DSL) connection is so utterly useless and incapable, I was unable to watch the President's State of the Union address tonight. I could not find a single solitary website that had an unbroken video stream of the broadcast of the President's speech.
I just deleted a profanity-filled rage letter to AT&T, but let me just say that I feel nothing but animus and resentment for this and every other telecommunications company with whom I have ever done business.
It makes me angry that AT&T collected US $6.4 billion in data service revenues this past year, and yet somehow, they are unable or unwilling to replace the copper wires in my neighborhood with fiber optic cables.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 04, 2010
Snap software judgment of the day
As far as remote desktop connection software for Mac OS X goes, CoRD is the best.
CoRD > TSclientX
TSclientX > RDC
Why?
CoRD - http://cord.sourceforge.net/
TSclientX - http://desktopecho.com/tsclientx/
Pros: Not Microsoft, Open Source
Cons: 40 Megabyte download
Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2 -
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx
Pros: ?
Cons: By Microsoft (not Open Source), comes as an mpkg (no uninstaller), 10 Megabyte download
CoRD > TSclientX
TSclientX > RDC
Why?
CoRD - http://cord.sourceforge.net/
- | Download size: | 1.12 MB |
- | Install size: | 3 MB |
- | Open Source? | Yes |
- | Ease of use: | Incredibly easy |
- | Installation: | Drag CoRD.app to Applications folder |
TSclientX - http://desktopecho.com/tsclientx/
Pros: Not Microsoft, Open Source
Cons: 40 Megabyte download
Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2 -
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx
Pros: ?
Cons: By Microsoft (not Open Source), comes as an mpkg (no uninstaller), 10 Megabyte download
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