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Sunday, March 14, 2010

GNAA unveils new wiki-based corporate website

Today GNAA President weev shampooed his neckbeard, put on a greasy Linux t-shirt and left the warm glow of his spamcave to unveil the new GNAA corporate website in a keynote speech. "Inspired by the success of wikis like Wikipedia as platforms for spreading misinformation and infuriating trolls, we decided to transition our corporate webpage to the wiki format," said weev in between gulps and disgusting chewing noises as he stuffed his face with summer sausages and snack cakes to gain the calories needed to satiate his anxiety at being confronted with other human beings. "Jimbo Wales and his team of basement dwelling pedophiles have really taken the wiki platform leaps and bounds in propagating biased, inflammatory garbage. You can log on Wikipedia at any given moment and start or join some inane troll battle that amounts to semantics. They even manage to present defending child molesters as an encyclopedic pursuit while making active pedophiles who host child pornography paid members of their staff. I can't think of anything more offensive. I'd like to take a minute to recognize Wikipedia as one of the most wildly successful troll organizations on the planet."

Weev went on to deride the agents of Zionism on the Internet. "Of course, we couldn't possibly go with MediaWiki. Everybody knows that PHP is run by the Mossad. As a consistent promoter of racial equality we couldn't let our Wiki be subverted by Zionist control." He went along to praise the python-based framework the site now operates on. "We went with Trac primarily because it is written in Python. As you all know, Python is a fascist with whitespace. As an organization of black men, we do believe that whites need to be regulated in their spaces very carefully. All hail the prophet Mohammed, and the messenger Malcolm X." At this point weev made a fist in the air before switching his comfort food to fried chicken and watermelon. "May Allah bless us, and bring us to the day when we may see constant troll edit wars on our wiki, just like Wikipedia.

About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?

If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!

Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!

• First, you have to obtain a copy of GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE THE MOVIE and watch it. You can download the movie (~130mb) using BitTorrent.
• Second, you need to succeed in posting a GNAA First Post on slashdot.org, a popular "news for trolls" website.
• Third, you need to join the official GNAA irc channel #GNAA on irc.gnaa.eu, and apply fo

Sunday, March 14, 2010

GNAA unveils new wiki-based corporate website

Today GNAA President weev shampooed his neckbeard, put on a greasy Linux t-shirt and left the warm glow of his spamcave to unveil the new GNAA corporate website in a keynote speech. "Inspired by the success of wikis like Wikipedia as platforms for spreading misinformation and infuriating trolls, we decided to transition our corporate webpage to the wiki format," said weev in between gulps and disgusting chewing noises as he stuffed his face with summer sausages and snack cakes to gain the calories needed to satiate his anxiety at being confronted with other human beings. "Jimbo Wales and his team of basement dwelling pedophiles have really taken the wiki platform leaps and bounds in propagating biased, inflammatory garbage. You can log on Wikipedia at any given moment and start or join some inane troll battle that amounts to semantics. They even manage to present defending child molesters as an encyclopedic pursuit while making active pedophiles who host child pornography paid members of their staff. I can't think of anything more offensive. I'd like to take a minute to recognize Wikipedia as one of the most wildly successful troll organizations on the planet."

Weev went on to deride the agents of Zionism on the Internet. "Of course, we couldn't possibly go with MediaWiki. Everybody knows that PHP is run by the Mossad. As a consistent promoter of racial equality we couldn't let our Wiki be subverted by Zionist control." He went along to praise the python-based framework the site now operates on. "We went with Trac primarily because it is written in Python. As you all know, Python is a fascist with whitespace. As an organization of black men, we do believe that whites need to be regulated in their spaces very carefully. All hail the prophet Mohammed, and the messenger Malcolm X." At this point weev made a fist in the air before switching his comfort food to fried chicken and watermelon. "May Allah bless us, and bring us to the day when we may see constant troll edit wars on our wiki, just like Wikipedia.

About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?

If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!

Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!

• First, you have to obtain a copy of GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE THE MOVIE and watch it. You can download the movie (~130mb) using BitTorrent.
• Second, you need to succeed in posting a GNAA First Post on slashdot.org, a popular "news for trolls" website.
• Third, you need to join the official GNAA irc channel #GNAA on irc.gnaa.eu, and apply fo

An interesting graph showing the type of audiences each news source attracts:

http://gawker.com/5005006/the-most-liberal-sites-in-america

Oh, it's much funnier than that, given that we were told by Gates years ago that tablets were the wave of the future, with Microsoft's OS as an integral part of their future success. Check out the 2001 picture. And what's happened? Not much. Apple's taking a terrible risk by trying to deploy something only a little different from what already hasn't taken off. It may or may not work, but certainly Microsoft and Gates can't point at their own success story in this area as an indication they understand the market for this type of device.

From Gates' 2001 Comdex Keynote:

"Gates' presentation demonstrated how the power and flexibility of Windows XP, combined with the innovative work of numerous industry hardware and software partners, is already spawning an entirely new, breakthrough generation of the PC -- the Tablet PC. For the first time, Gates unveiled prototypes of the Tablet PC made by leading computer makers such as Acer Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Fujitsu PC Corp. and Toshiba America Information Systems, and announced that these machines will go on sale in the second half of 2002.

The size of a legal notepad and half the weight of most of today's laptop PCs, the Tablet PC is a full-powered, full-featured PC that runs Windows XP and combines the power of desktop computing with the flexibility and portability of a pen and paper notepad.

"The PC took computing out of the back office and into everyone's office," said Gates. "The Tablet takes cutting-edge PC technology and makes it available wherever you want it, which is why I'm already using a Tablet as my everyday computer. It's a PC that is virtually without limits -- and within five years I predict it will be the most popular form of PC sold in America."

Yeah, they're making a mess of the humanitarian effort in Haiti.

I do understand why Apple went for iPad name, but maybe they should had think a little bit more about it.

Like Peter re-learning how to drive?

http://tv.gawker.com/5439580/peter-uses-grand-theft-auto-as-a-driving-tutorial-on-family-guy

...at a much lower tax rate.

Until Bush's tax cuts expire later this year and Obama doesn't renew them and then NOBODY invests in the stock market because the risk just isn't worth it when 35% of your investment gains are taken away.

Capital Gains tax wouldn't even be possible were it not for a liberal interpretation of the "windfall profits" clause, which was written when your neighbor's seed blows into your land, grows, and you are able to harvest it.

So you get taxed on your paycheck, taxed on any money you make in this climate in investments, and then taxed when you spend it.

...at a much lower tax rate.

I point you in the direction of Muramasa: The Demon Blade, which was released just a few months ago, uses sprites for all in-game characters/enemies, and is quite a beautiful game. Here are a couple screenshots:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NXLKQR2FNpY/SwitorQly1I/AAAAAAAAAGs/unJ2YjKwJ3M/s1600/muramasathedemonblade-3.jpg
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2009/06/custom_1244093929468_Muramasa2.jpg

It looks even better in motion, I highly recommend you look up some videos of the game in action. Using sprites doesn't necessarily mean it will look pixelated, it just means it isn't a fully rendered character. Considering the quality of 3D back in the PS1 days, it was a mistake to move the series to 3D then. I know that it would have eventually happened, I'm just questioning the timing of the move.

Call a local tow operator.

Tried that, but the help on Mars is not very good:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/05/mars_marvin.jpg
   

There are more rules:

http://advertising.gawker.com/legal/contest-rules/

One of them says to make sure you have the right to share the content with Gawker.

I think they don't encourage, they advise.

If you read between the lines, it seems like they encourage doing the opposite of what they advise...

Apple, of course, has plenty of good lawyers like Michael Spillner, so we reiterate our advice "to stay within the bounds of the law." And also: use anonymous email addresses! We can't tell Apple who you are if we don't know who you are.

What happens if the Discovery Channel and History channel merge?

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/deadspin/2009/09/nazishrk.jpg

Could it be because he has a financial interest in selling them? Why, yes. Yes it could. Not that he ever mentioned any of that in his numerous television interviews extolling the virtues of the things - you're meant to think that he's flogging them because he's genuinely convinced of their effectiveness.

To be clear: I'm not opposed to the former DHS secretary taking a post-politics job in the security industry. I'm not even against him appearing on my teevee to flog his products. What stinks, though, is when he doesn't make it clear that his words amount to an advertisement rather than news.

Yeah, and the NY Times said 500 million. A number they made up, and it seems they did their math wrong anyway.

It seems pretty well accepted that actual cost of making the movie was about 230-250 million, which is cheaper than several other blockbusters of the last few years.

The people who actually paid for it (and ought to know) appear to think they only spent 237 milliion on it.

So, if the revenue really comes from honestly entertained consumers trading money for an enjoyable experience, fine. Do that. Stop it with the text message scams and toolbar downloads..

But, since $9.99/mo in hidden text message charges > $1 for a tractor, it seems to me that the tractor is the red herring, in order to get you to the far more profitable malware. But Zynga can easily prove me wrong by stopping these practices....

...and other possible uses.

Okay, from TFA, here's a graph entitled Top 10 Mobile Phones in Use.

Or in the words of Google's Schmidt: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."

Thjis is the guy who did the "Fake Steve Jobs" blog, bitching about Yahoo "lying" about how long Yang was going to be CEO
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5091609/newsweek-reporter-yahoo-pr-lying-sacks-of-s+++

Dan Lyons is shocked, shocked that Yahoo's PR team lied to him about how long CEO Jerry Yang would stay in the job. PR people routinely lie; it's part of the job description. But the good ones don't get caught. Lyons, Newsweek's tech columnist, interviewed Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock less than a month before Monday's announcement that Yang would step down, and Bostock loudly declared Yang was here to stay. One would think no one would be more cynical about the world of tech PR than the man who savaged Apple's spinmeister when he impersonated CEO Steve Jobs in a satirical blog.

Groklaw archive of all the pro-sco fud from Lying Lyns: http://www.groklaw.net/quotes/showperson.phtml?pid=30

The guy is scum. He also has no clue when it comes to the inner workings of technology (sort of like a lot of the "analysts" that you see getting it wrong all the time).

Yeah if I were one of those top sites or even Microsoft, I would want Mark giving me advise.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resources/2007/08/markcubandancing.jpg

Thanks, but errr no thanks.

Take care,
Joe

Don't call her; you'll get this guy instead.

Fixed the link

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"...a poorly crafted governance structure that concentrates authority at the top and leaves little power to others who might join the foundation."

Doesn't look like it captures the OSS development spirit, to me...

The article is well-thought and well written. Though Andy uses longer, politer phrases to beat around the bush, M$ Code Pox, is a scam and misrepresentation. Even though we're not surprised by that behavior from M$ and its minions, we shouldn't put up with it. After all, ten years ago tech people laughed at M$, M$ products, M$ users and M$ boosters. however, they did nothing to stop the spread and now look at the big cleanup job before us.

There are just too many barriers to it ever becoming credible. Look at any of the required changes Andy mentions. This one in particular stands out:

"Provide that no company and its affiliates (including Microsoft) can have more than one representative on the Board of Directors or Board of Advisors."

No way that one can be overcome. M$ has long been using it's tactic of panel stacking to carry out its jihad.

M$ representatives include those by proxy, such as those from sock-puppets and political action groups like Black Dork Software, Novell and others.

Then you have all the activists M$ has placed inside other companies. Juniper Networks, NComputing, Yahoo (especially via the board), Xensource are now saddled with M$ moles.
That is just a sample, and each of those companies turned and started to toe the M$ party line after taking on one or more moles.

Now, you may ask, how is all this getting financed and who is underwriting it? The answer: each and every bastard who in any way is helping build or maintain M$ marketshare, that's who.

Not that I'm disagreeing with you or anything, but the sock-puppet argument could be easily made for Google and 'sort of' Apple.

"Then you have all the activists Open Source has placed inside other companies. Google, Apple, yadda yadda are now saddled with Open Source moles. That is just a sample, and each of the those companes turned and started to toe the Open Source party line after taking on one or more moles."

Your next argument could just has easily have been:
"Now, you may ask, how is all this getting finaced and who is underwriting it? The answer: each and every bastard who buys a Microsoft product, or a product that runs on a Microsoft platform, that's who."

The reason people buy MS products has nothing to do with a conspiracy theory. MS makes good products. You have to admit that Office is a pretty amazing application, and I know first hand that SharePoint has been a godsend to many organizations.

"...a poorly crafted governance structure that concentrates authority at the top and leaves little power to others who might join the foundation." Doesn't look like it captures the OSS development spirit, to me...

The article is well-thought and well written. Though Andy uses longer, politer phrases to beat around the bush, M$ Code Pox, is a scam and misrepresentation. Even though we're not surprised by that behavior from M$ and its minions, we shouldn't put up with it. After all, ten years ago tech people laughed at M$, M$ products, M$ users and M$ boosters. however, they did nothing to stop the spread and now look at the big cleanup job before us.

There are just too many barriers to it ever becoming credible. Look at any of the required changes Andy mentions. This one in particular stands out:

"Provide that no company and its affiliates (including Microsoft) can have more than one representative on the Board of Directors or Board of Advisors."

No way that one can be overcome. M$ has long been using it's tactic of panel stacking to carry out its jihad. M$ representatives include those by proxy, such as those from sock-puppets and political action groups like Black Dork Software, Novell and others.

Then you have all the activists M$ has placed inside other companies. Juniper Networks, NComputing, Yahoo (especially via the board), Xensource are now saddled with M$ moles. That is just a sample, and each of those companies turned and started to toe the M$ party line after taking on one or more moles.

Now, you may ask, how is all this getting financed and who is underwriting it? The answer: each and every bastard who in any way is helping build or maintain M$ marketshare, that's who.

Good idea, but you'd have to dial it back a notch for most corporations.
Try these:

MI6 head outed on facebook by his wife, with many details. Viewable by all of the "London" network.
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1197562/MI6-chief-blows-cover-wifes-Facebook-account-reveals-family-holidays-showbiz-friends-links-David-Irving.html

Bank intern fired for lying about a family emergency, then pasting party pics of him dressed up as a fairy on facebook:
http://valleywag.gawker.com/tech/your-privacy-is-an-illusion/bank-intern-busted-by-facebook-321802.php

Another example of being fired for putting dumb stuff on facebook:
http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2009/08/13/social-networking-fail-fail-fail/

Plenty of fail, Safe for work.

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That honestly looks real to you?

But it looks very much like something real to me.

I thought that too, but then I saw this picture

When the ISS was originally sent up (aka the first module, Unity, was added to the Russian module Zarya) nearly every article mentioned that the ISS was going to be a permanent structure. When NASA officials were asked what that meant (going back to 1988 mind you), they responded that the ISS was going to be so large that it would be impossible and even dangerous to consider deorbiting the space station.

To give an interesting size comparison, the following graphic compares the ISS to the fictional sizes of the USS Enterprise, the Corellian Corvette that Princess Leia was in at the beginning of Star Wars ep IV, and the Battlestar Galactica (2004 reimagined version):

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/11/ISS-size-comparison.jpg

In short, the ISS is the single largest structure that has ever been put together by mankind for use in space. It also will likely to continue to have that distinction for a great many years into the future.

Also, I have not heard of any significant breakthrough in celestial mechanics that has happened in the past 40 years. The computers of 1970 were certainly capable of being able to plot the trajectories and paths of an incoming body, and I would lay a challenge to any rocket scientist to come up with any such calculation that couldn't be performed nearly as quickly on a PDP-11 (in terms of results returned from a human time frame). The variables that would cause an error of hitting Australia vs. somewhere in the Pacific are still there (variations in solar activity, storm activity, sea water temperatures, and atmospheric density on a local level). The primary reason for the margin of error with Skylab was because it had no guidance system whatever. Please educate me if I'm mistaken, but I don't know what new stuff has been added to this discipline that wasn't already known in the 1960s, including Einstein's theory of relativity.

The ISS is a huge structure, and even with the best and most careful planning it would be a major accomplishment to be able to bring it safely back to the Earth. I suppose that the ISS could take advantage of the vehicle that brought everything up there: The Space Shuttle. Unfortunately, that is being retired and no other space vehicle has the capability of being able to bring things from orbit back to the Earth as efficiently as the shuttle.

Bringing the ISS down in multiple pieces with some sort of control module on each piece to provide guidance is going to take not only a whole bunch of extra hardware, it is also going to require sending up at least a dozen or more astronauts to perform the labor of performing the demolition. For this reason alone, I believe it to be vastly cheaper and IMHO safer for both those on the ground as well as mitigating the potential loss of life from just having astronauts make the trip up to space (spaceflight is hardly 100% assurance you will even make it to orbit alive or return safely).

In the words of Douglas Adams:

• everything that's already in the world when you're born is just normal
• anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it
• anything that gets invented after you're thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it's been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.

That is so true. I think of this when I hear the phrase "classic controller". This is new fangled and weird. I can't imagine playing Star Raiders, or Crossfire with one. (Well, I could, it's just that all my reflexes are trained to have a fire button under my left thumb.)

Just proves that everything is relative. Even though I am old enough to have used a "Joy-Stick" when I read classic controller I thought of the rectangular NES controllers that I spent many a hour of my youth button mashing.

In the words of Douglas Adams:

• everything that's already in the world when you're born is just normal
• anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it
• anything that gets invented after you're thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it's been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.

That is so true. I think of this when I hear the phrase "classic controller". This is new fangled and weird. I can't imagine playing Star Raiders, or Crossfire with one. (Well, I could, it's just that all my reflexes are trained to have a fire button under my left thumb.)

There were at least two people who took their own lives directly because of their losses from his theft:

• Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet
• William Foxton

These men are equally as dead as any two other murder victims, and were apparently in no trouble or danger prior to Madoff's criminal activity.

And just in case you want to blame the victims, consider the phrase "danger to society" doesn't necessarily mean "physical danger". Compare what he did to a mugger pointing a gun at you, but not shooting you: you might lose $200 bucks from your wallet, you might have crapped your pants, but you're still alive, and still have a job. Causing the collapse of hundreds of businesses, the unemployment of thousands, the destruction of retirement funds of tens of thousands of people -- I'd say he ranks right up there with any weapon of mass destruction in terms of the damage done to our society. "Danger to society" isn't exclusively the province of the barrel of a gun.

Prison is exactly the right place for him to spend the next 150 years. My only complaint is that he didn't start serving it when he began his fraud, which federal investigators place about 1975. He got to live too many good years outside of the gray bars.

It seems impossible to me to attribute All Things To Chairman Steve, and at the same time suggest that serious illness of the CEO, Chief Designer, Head Boffin, and the virtual Persona of Apple Inc is not a material event, and is something the company can glibly lie about. http://valleywag.gawker.com/5028508/steve-jobss-health-leads-top-apple-flack-to-contract-common-bug-with-the-truth

If true that Jobs had liver replacement, why is this not a violation of reporting requirements?

We're too late. They're already here. They're even running for public office gawker.com!

But it's a two party system, so go ahead, throw your vote away!

[Insert Kang and Kodos laughter]

> its second purpose is to discover when lizard people have infiltrated our society

We're too late. They're already here. They're even running for public office!

> a pay-per-month model of getting access to a DRM-free library does sound good

Q: So, how much is that?

A: It's basically infinity dollars.

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Gallium for LEDs
Germanium for optics
Indium for LCDs
Rhodium for ???
Tantalum for Cellphones ....

These are the rare earth metals manufacturers are after, and they're running out.

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is all I can say. It is truly amazing that anything created on a phone could embody the level of dignity and sophistication required to appear on the cover of the same magazine that featured the "Obama Terrorist Fist Bump" and other cartoons of much hilarity and wit.

In their defense the articles are often pretty good, generally 20 pages longer than necessary, but the writing is good. Now the New Yorker cartoons are simply indefensible.

I've been going through one of the New Yorker desk calenders this year and it is about 1 out of 20 strips that actually work. The rest are simply lazy. I mean am I supposed to create the scenario? Is that how it works? Is that why it is so clever? Because it makes me feel like I'm smart? That isn't a joke, that is the sound of an armless man masturbating.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resources/2007/07/BadNewYorkerCartoon.jpg

"God this is brilliant...what's the difference between a fridge and poofter?"

"Well, when you pull the meat out of the fridge, it doesn't fart!" tit

"Sun publisher News International calls the topless girls "fun family, content""

The Gizmodo version of the first one is even better...

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/05/pig-kisser.jpg

Amegy's decision... sends a message to the employers and recruiters using social networks to snoop into job seekers' personal lives that their actions border on discrimination and could get them in a lot of legal trouble.

Kevin Colvin.

(And don't try the "but they fixed the Pokemon problem" on me - that's another travesty in and of itself, the supposedly "wholly independent for-profit Wikia" that just happens to share about 3/4 of its board with the non-profit WMF, that rents its office space from WMF - at substantially below market rates, and shares developers. The same Wikia that gets 'preferred partner' status on WP, and where all those articles were shunted without real discussion by anyone other than those who share roles at both WMF/WP and Wikia, a handy, convenient jump start for Jimbo's ailing and failing money-maker).

I feel a need to expound on this "no open ports" issue. Go ahead and ignore my ravings if you like.

Many a postdoc will be glad to show you his bulletproof method for running a service that can't be exploited. Signed code, insane encryption, public keys... It's all bullshit, and your marketing department knows this because they've got trolls on every board posting that "any software can be exploited - Linux and Mac OS-X aren't because they're not popular."

Look. This isn't rocket science. If you have an exposed service it will eventually be exploited. Even that Conficker jerk will get pwned in time, and his app only runs signed code. What's funny is that his services are more secure than your database connector, the second and third botnet owners are likely to compromise his network before you are, and none of the authors are over 30 years old. Any service that's available on the network can be exploited. You can't avoid it. What you can do is mitigate it to the point where someone had to deliberately open a service to the outside world to be vulnerable. Road Warriors ensure that some evil node will be on your network eventually. Therefore desktops must not have open ports by default, all servers must use secure authentication and report intrusion attempts. Even Intranet servers must be prepared for distributed slow password hacking. Expect attack and inspect what you expect. There is no defensive move that can't be countered except "don't be there when the attack happens." So let me quote President Madagascar: "Shut. Down. Everything!" This is an indirect reference to an online game called Pandemic 2.

Oh, and on a separate note, my humor may have been too subtle and for that I apologize. I make that mistake a lot. I don't work for Limited Brands. That was a Meme reference to your arrogance.

As long as I'm wasting my time, I might as well throw out some more not-in-your-department things: Exchange 2007 datastores. You guys do know that a gmail box is already 7GB, right? WTF are you thinking? This is an "enterprise" email solution? Oh, yeah: Sharepoint. Nuke it from orbit. Kill it with fire. That thing is heinous. The first time I saw it in the enterprise I right-clicked it closed in the task bar and waited two weeks to see if security would walk me out for accidentally clicking on an internal communication. When that didn't happen I realized they were serious. You might as well open up an ftp server on your root directory. Jeebus WTH is going on with Sharepoint? Is it supposed to be the enterprise web version of BearShare?

Again, this post is in the public domain. All rights reversed.

I'm having trouble keeping synced with the slashdot group-think this week.

It is okay to radically change the licensing of someone's work against their will if a bunch of unrelated people say so on a Wiki, but it's not okay if some big company does it? And that fact that Wikipedia is a big company doesn't count because it is run by Jimmy Wales? Do I have it?

This is very confusing: I know that the wikipediots have decided that they can rewrite the law with their little straw polls, but I must have missed the message announcing that the Slashdot group-mind had also adopted that position. Or is this just an application of Slashdot rule 9432/Z/B2: "Copyright law means whatever it is most convenient for you at all times."?

--Confused drone

Musk has been caught in many lies about Tesla. I am suprised people continue to believes the guy.

1) He has said the company got the federal loan last year. When reporters could not find any evidence of that, he recanted.
2) He said GE Capital was investing. When told GE had no plans to invest, he comes up with a story that they were going to invest but backed out on the day he made that announcement.
3) He told Car & Driver that he would personally refund any deposits lost. Later, during the unveiling of the Model S in Los Angeles he said customer deposits were at risk.

Then there is this gem.
http://gawker.com/5189513/is-elon-musk-guaranteeing-tesla-buyers-deposits-yes-and-no

One reason for Musk's ever-chaning answers may be his shifting fortunes. We hear he's been complaining to friends about being short on cash and having to sell investments at a loss in order to invest in Tesla's recent debt round. He's living in Los Angeles and flying up to the Bay Area to work at Tesla. We're told he's staying with friends -- possibly a move to defray the costs of his commute. Add to that an almost certainly expensive divorce from his wife Justine. If buyers are going to rely on Musk's backing for their deposits, they should be asking him to open up his books.

2008-10-31 - http://valleywag.gawker.com/5072392/tesla-ceo-admits-the-companys-running-out-of-cash

2009-01-30 - http://valleywag.gawker.com/5143089/why-teslas-elon-musk-could-be-the-new-preston-tucker

2009-02-26 - http://gawker.com/5160624/teslas-motormouth-marketer-dodged-deposit-dilemma

2009-03-26 - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/technology/start-ups/27tesla.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=tesla&st=cse

2008-10-31 - http://valleywag.gawker.com/5072392/tesla-ceo-admits-the-companys-running-out-of-cash

2009-01-30 - http://valleywag.gawker.com/5143089/why-teslas-elon-musk-could-be-the-new-preston-tucker

2009-02-26 - http://gawker.com/5160624/teslas-motormouth-marketer-dodged-deposit-dilemma

2009-03-26 - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/technology/start-ups/27tesla.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=tesla&st=cse