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  1. Re:Linux on the desktop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Linux 3.18 Released, Lockup Bug Still Present

    That would be Absurd Notions, not User Friendly.

  2. Re:Extended warranties are rip-offs - no exception by cwAllenPoole · · Score: 3, Funny · on IT Repair Installs Webcam Spying Software

    Yes, well, Macs are special...

  3. Re:My question is.... by HomerNet · · Score: 1 · on Manager Disables Web Server by Sneaking Away Xbox

    Seriously, what's a game console doing in the server room? There are no other alternatives? No leftover hardware (PIII-almost-anything, P4-anythinbg at-all, Athlon-ditto) more than capable of doing the job?


    Because it's cheap, and readily available, and widely popular. If you don't care what the box itself looks like, a computer is a computer is a computer and if the admin of that particular boxen decided to use cheap, readily available, and widely supported hardware to run their server on, that's their decision.

    The article was replete with references to the lack of respect management had for the proletariat IT staff, blahblahblahblahblah. Feh.

    Labeling equipment in the server room is crucial. How about a decent label if, for no other reason, after a fire or some other event, you can contact the functional owner(s) and inform them of the survival or demise of their precious server.


    You mean like this? Seriously, how many large scale environments have you dealt with? Or administrators? Or users? Or people? If it'd been a particularly nice "beige box" with more blinkin-lights than usual it would have presented theft temptation for a sticky fingered moron to lift it.
  4. Re:Yeah, but are they FUNNY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Independent Cartoonists Band Together for Success
    I'm fond of: There may be others that are good, but those are the most consistent for me. The others on my daily list have come close to being bumped a few times, but have recovered each time within the (generous) timeframe before I delist them.
  5. Re:Sounds good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Pancake Physics to Cut Batter Splatter

    For everyone who thinks that flipping pancakes is somehow hard, I present this link:

    Ooo, clicky

    That holds true for what WE call pancakes - batter spread thinly across the base of the pan. Trust Usonians to take a perfectly good pre-existing word and use it for something else... and yet they take shots at the French!

  6. A Relevant Comic... by kmactane · · Score: 1 · on Helping Your Ex-Employer?

    See Absurd Notions, page 4, the last three comics on the page.

    For an actual response to the question... like many others have said, I assume you were doing this for money, not for free, right? If it's for money, then I don't see any problem. They get what they want (their network fixed), you get what you want (to be paid), everyone's happy.

    If, OTOH, your ex-boss was demanding that you donate your time and effort for free, then I can't see any reason not to just laugh in her face.

  7. Another Periodic Table of Web Comics by Klox · · Score: 1 · on The Periodic Table of Comic Book Elements

    When I saw the Slashdot artilce's title, I immediately thought of this one over at Absurd Notions.

    I think it's a cool way to list links, and it works well for sorting web comics (based on how often they're updated).

  8. Another Periodic Table of Web Comics by Klox · · Score: 1 · on The Periodic Table of Comic Book Elements

    When I saw the Slashdot artilce's title, I immediately thought of this one over at Absurd Notions.

    I think it's a cool way to list links, and it works well for sorting web comics (based on how often they're updated).