For what it's worth, BofA is still not opening my account or answering that phone number. It may just be that they bungled some systems upgrade -- it happens.
As far as my own systems go, I'm fairly tech savvy. (I have been a network design engineer at times, eh). I run my personal stuff on Macs, mostly, which have a unix-like operating system; the default user has no root access, and you need to use sudo to wrench on the system itself.
(It is very cool being able to open all the junk I get sent from the WIndows world, except the viruses; but to be able to write C scripts that execute from the shell. Me likes).
For servers, I have XServes but have used old RS/6000s with success and Linux, although with both of those you have to stay on top of upgrades (but that's true with anything, and with those systems you GET the fixes on a timely basis). If security is really important (in other words, if people are going to try all-out to hose you) you can't beat OpenBSD.
I do keep a PC around, but mostly for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It's not on the net at all... if I need drivers or buy an add-on airplane file, I get the file on the mac and put it on a zip drive. And if it's compromised the worst thing that's exposed is how many S-turns I had in my last localiser approach.
Like every tech person on Earth, I spend a couple hours a week un-gumming-up friends' and family members' spyware-strangled Winboxen. Then I face Berkeley and salaam a few times to Bill Joy and associates.
I just checked with BoA again; banking is live but credit cards are not, they are still saying "three hours" (we are well into the second three hours since their message first said that). But thanks to the FReeper who pointed out tomorrow is Rodney King Day and it's a holiday for banks. Therefore, the sweep of accounts that normally fires on the fifteenth for me will not happen, anyway.
I will need to change direct deposit on my Guard pay to close my BoA account... but will do it Tuesday morning. The bank has lost my confidence (not that it ever had it, much).
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
I find they're name ironic... I get junk mail from them so I called the 800 #.
Guess who I spoke to?
Rajnish(??) in india. I asked to be removed from the mailing list and she kept asking for my account number which, not being a member, I don't have.
Needless to say it's disappointing she didn't understand half the vulgarities I spouted before hanging up...and no, I don't feel bad about it.
Eff Em. Eff BoA and they're indian phone brigade.
Are you referring to csh - the C Shell?
I hope not - that's a lousy language for scripting. See further: Csh Programming Considered Harmful, a famous 1996 Usenet posting by the inimitable Tom Christiansen.