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Gov't Wants Techies to Play Musical Chairs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the government-chairs-cost-five-figures dept.

dsoltesz writes "Legislation that's been in the works to put a program in place to allow government techies to trade places with private sector counterparts for six to twelve month stints, just passed in the House. The government seems to be on the winning end of the Digital Tech Corps Act, until perhaps, the government IT workers realize the grass really is greener on the corporate side of the fence... If the bill makes it, it will be interesting to see if the concept actually gets implemented."

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  1. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP?? I hate you trolls.

  2. Linux truth revealed! EXPLOIT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They said linux was uncrashable! They are lying! Linux can be crashed without root by typing in this Single command

    yes > /dev/mem

    You will see a load of ys appear and eventually kernel panic!

    How does it work?
    Yes is a tool to automate programs that need you to say yes! (Such as deleting large amounts of files or tedious configuration)

    It prints out an endless amount of y's until its killed like this

    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y
    y

    By using > to pipe it to the memory it will over write it with Y's

    Use this infomation to your advantage (or disadvantage)

  3. Anything you want... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    but I'm still left with enough time that I can do pretty much anything I want

    ... like read Slashdot?

  4. Re:ok let's see WHO they will be working for!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well as long as all of the gov't staffers work for MS, well never need to worry about what's after XP. Nothing.

  5. Re:Ummm.. But who wants to? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're full of shit.

    What is the appeal of this right-wing mythology?

  6. Sig (off topic) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

    That's a cool sig, but why don't you offer some clue of what it means? And yes, I know it's the writing on the ring in LoTR, in a nasty uncouth language.