Liberty Systems & Software

I tweeted about the HP LaserJet P2035n a while back, and things have only gotten worse for me since.  To summarise: it has no SSL support for administration, its SNMP response is patchy (see graph below), and it isn't supported by JetAdmin.  This last point was underscored to me yesterday: i realised that the particular printer i've been monitoring is running an older firmware version (from 2008), so i went looking for an updated one.  I found it on HP's web site (eventually - that remains a rant for another day), downloaded it to my Je...

Last week i had my first encounter with a person who was unable to read an email which used Usenet-style quoting.  For those not familiar with the whole debate, which probably started probably before i first encountered the Internet (way back in 1989), the following references offer some insight:

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I have to deal with a lot of different software in my various roles.  Lots of it is good, but there's always the odd software package that makes me want to run ahead of it with a loud, clanging bell, shouting "Unclean! Unclean!"  Here are a few such packages which i've encountered lately:...