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...as far as I can see, nobody has posted the Bob the Angry Flower comic yet. AWESOMELY funny and somehow totally on topic at the same time :-)

What I find surprising is how many people who really SHOULD know better get sucked into this creationism/intelligent design thing. My brother is a Medical Doctor who took biochem as his undergrad and has made serious attempts to debate me on the merits of I.D. Unbelievable.

I quickly devolve to base humour and send him to http://angryflower.com/goinaf.gif and http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=200

Bob the Angry Flower's Atlas Shrugged 2: One Hour Later http://www.angryflower.com/atlass.gif

Don't forget to check out the sequel.

However, if you work in an IT deadzone, what you will find a lot of times in those Geek Squads is very talented *geeks* who are working there as their first IT job because there aren't that many opportunites for IT in their area.

Relocate! If you can't find good work doing what you want (getting paid near minimum wage isn't "good work"), and you're not willing to do something else instead, then it's time to move. If you are such a smart and talented "geek", you should have no problem finding a job elsewhere.

Just my 2 cents --Former GeekSquad'er

You fail the apostrophe test.

On a side note, Bears and Robots are natural enemies.

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A well researched and comprehensive article can stand the author being lazy on his grammar and spelling.

No it can't. The author's lack of spelling and grammar knowledge undermines any other work he may have put into the article. You could have the most well-researched and accurate article ever, but if every "paragraph" is a run-on sentence you're still going to look like an idiot. For crap's sake, at least load the article into a word processor and fix what it complains about (run-on sentences, dammit)! I'll forgive an occassional its/it's or their/there mix-up (if you mix up they're, I will hit you). I can even ignore apostrophes to pluralize abbreviations (apostrophes don't pluralize, dammit). I can't forgive an article that is screwed up to the point of unreadability, even if the research behind it is good.

Oh don't worry, I'm sure the libertaria-nuts all have their own bunkers, but let's hope they don't forget the inexhaustible labour force of robots.

Security is a complex business, but the effect each potential problem has on an organisation can be summed up in simple terms.

Probability: What is the chance of a particular problem actually happening?

Avoidance: What would it take to avoid/reduce the chance of this problem occurring? How much will this cost? What will the effects be on productivity? What about morale?

Resolution: If the problem does happen, what will it take to fix it? How much will that cost? Downtime? Legal liability? Bad press?

Those are the three main variables a manager needs in order to decide whether to take action on a potential security problem. For example, if something costs a lot to mitigate, but is very unlikely to happen, then it probably won't be worth doing anything about unless the costs for fixing the problem are extreme.

You only need to go into the technical stuff in order to explain the above. You don't have to explain how the attack works beyond its immediate ramifications for avoidance etc. In-depth discussion will be skimmed, so break stuff into bulleted lists, charts and tables wherever it makes sense to do so, with a clearly marked summary for each section, so even the laziest PHBs will have an overview.

Oh, and not specifically work related, but if you are going to be writing stuff for other people to read in a professional capacity, then making obvious grammatical errors is unprofessional.

I'm not a grammar nazi, but my friend Bob is.

Bloody hell. Try again:

This one remains my favorite guide to the subject.

explanation about the pro's and con's of using a linux distribution...

You're an editor. When a moron sends you a submission, is it too much to ask that you actually do a little editing for at least the sake of proper grammar, spelling, and English?

Please see Bob about this abomination.

Are they actually paying you? If not, where is the ad and subscription money going?

http://angryflower.com/aposter.html

Unbeknownst to the reporter, these weapons were actually created by Bob The Angry Flower

toward's Microsoft

http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif ...or buy it at:
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http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif ...or buy it at:
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Who is Homeland Security Okay and why do I care about his proceedings? Is that not what the article is about? http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

This seems like the perfect place for a Bob The Angry Flower link http://www.angryflower.com/schrod.gif

See http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif - section #2 applies.

keep up with the Jones'es?

Aaaahhh, my eyes!

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I Can't drink POSSIBLE beers!

Thank's!

I have tremendous respect for anyone that R's TFA.

Great Apostrophe usage. :(

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When are the market-droids going to learn that how "powerful" a console is just doesn't matter? Surely what gamers care about is games that are fun to play, not which console can push 15% more polygons per second than the other.

Loop Quantum Gravity: http://www.angryflower.com/dating.gif

Offtopic, I know, but I thought I might point this one out: http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html .

the person who let all the cat's out of the bag

It's a gray area when the word itself is an abbreviation

No, it isn't.

Perhaps you should invest in one of these:
http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html

No, it appears that a plaintiff, Paramount, is suing the defendant. That means it's a civil trial. They likely got an ex parte court order to seize the evidence so that it could not be tampered with (e.g. by deleting the files). This court order was then executed by the police, but that doesn't make it a criminal matter. Paramount could've just as easily used hired goons.

Besides, it's virtually always the federal government that brings criminal cases for copyright infringement; they would not involve local police, but would instead use the FBI or Secret Service.

Where did you see mention of warrants? The article and post only mention seizure.

Lastly, what's with the sic? It is indeed criminal trials that use that standard. I used the word correctly, as a contraction, not a possessive. Perhaps this will help you out.

Sure I may be a pedantic ass, but I find it incredibly difficult to read, let alone take seriously, blatant product placement with such poor grammar. I'll pass.

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I usually link people to this quick guide to apostrophe use.

As far as I know, your sig is incorrect. Apostrophes are used for contractions AND possessives. It's PLURALIZING where you do not use them. Bob the angry flower can help.

"Google envisions a world in which all content is free; and of course, it controls the portal through which Internet user's access that content. It would completely devalue everyone else's property and massively increase the value of its own."

You should have paid attention when you were in school. If you had, you'ld know that an apostrophe is for a contraction or a possessive and NOTHING ELSE EVER you dumb shit. Go see Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots.

Note it's not "you idiot's", you idiot.

Why are so many people who consider themselves "nerds" so hopelessly semiliterate?

Lord know's that one of them will find a way to fuck this up too.

Excuse me Mr. Fuckup, please meet my friend Bob. He has something you need to see.

What with that huge fisher that opened up on Mars and all the volcano's

All the volcano's what?? Its "fishers"? And do the fishers get much fish?

There is more information about the volcano's fishers here.

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I usually *am* a grammer nazi so this shit bugs me. I think the Slashdot editors need to put this poster on their walls:

http://angryflower.com/aposter3.jpg

See HERE my good man.

Courtesy of Bob

I think they need to take Bob's advice. Very irritating to read.

Reminds me of this

I probably use this link too much, but.. can't help it..

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The guys from anandtech put it through it's paces

It's really easy: It's "his", hers", and "its". Even a flower knows!

--cycling through grammar Nazi mode. Please wait.

Bob The Angry Flower's Guide to the Apostrophe

I enjoy Bob the Angry flower's method of grammar instruction.

However, you have to reference Strunk's Elements of Style to find the rule for this one. In this case, "it" is a pronoun, and with other pronouns, we don't change him to hi's or her to her's. It's just plain hers, his, and theirs. So a possesive it becomes "its".

As always, this issue has already been explored by Bob.

> You might say this in jest, but I'd be interested in hearing what ethical vegetarians think about eating cruelty-free meat.

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