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  1. Re:2017 on Computer Servers 'Stranded' in Space (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The point is to recover the hardware so they can analyze it to see what failed and why.

  2. Re:Fair Housing Act on Facebook Still Lets Housing Advertisers Exclude Users By Race (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    No, I would argue that landlords configuring their ads to match the values are the violating the act.

    The act says "landlords" not advertisers acting on behalf of landlords.

    Check the rental ads on Craigslist or other platforms and you'll find most ads are in violation of the fair housing act.

  3. Re:The cost of fiber optics is growing? on Intel's New Silicon Photonics Module For Data Centers Beams Info at 100Gbps Across 2km (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I had no idea either until I looked it up.

    Silicon photonics is the study and application of photonic systems which use silicon as an optical medium. The silicon is usually patterned with sub-micrometre precision, into microphotonic components.[4] These operate in the infrared, most commonly at the 1.55 micrometre wavelength used by most fiber optic telecommunication systems. The silicon typically lies on top of a layer of silica in what (by analogy with a similar construction in microelectronics) is known as silicon on insulator (SOI).

  4. Re: slippery slope on Utah Governor: 'Porn Is a Public Health Crisis' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Smoke can trigger an asthma attack for me pretty easily. Simply walking down wind of someone actively smoking can cause problems with my breathing that can last quite a while after leaving.

    Here it it is not permitted to smoke within 9 meters (about 27 feet) of building entrances and there is a $5000 fine for doing.

    Some assholes still smoke at the doors and making it fairly difficult to just avoid it.

    Walking down a crowded street? You bet I'm gonna breath in somomes smoke.

  5. Re:I'm more surprised on Are Communications Records of Americans Retained Forever? (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    It was a collect call.

    Businesses that don't record what monies are owed by a client don't last too long.

  6. Re:How is this possible? on Symantec Subsidiary Thawte Issues Rogue Google Certificates · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Any trusted certificate authority can issue certificates for ANY domain. This is the trust aspect that is required in a PKI.

    Your browser gets a list of trusted root certificates and will accept any valid certificate issued by these CAs. On my windows 8 box there are 53. Any of these providers could issue certificates for any number of domains.

    The failure here is that Thawte allowed those certificates to be issued for ANY reason.

    Google is their own certificate authority and likely has no need for a relationship with Thawte.

  7. Re: i work in enterprise datacenter on Plug In an Ethernet Cable, Take Your Datacenter Offline · · Score: 1

    If used in such a case it would not result in such a sensational "complete data center outage" unless the network was designed by a retard.

    Yes, it is a terrible design problem but anyone using the hardware in such a way that it takes out an entire data center deserves what they get.

  8. Re: Bad in any case on Plug In an Ethernet Cable, Take Your Datacenter Offline · · Score: 1

    Express setup is confined to newer models such as the 3650 and 3750s.

    You are correct that on the 3750 and 3560 that depressing the mode button will only break off and arrive at a rommon> prompt if the mode button is depressed while it's powering it on. I've had a power outage happen when a device was in a messy cabinet and not racked properly... it pressed up against the door and the mode button was held.

    Made quite a bit cleaning up the cabinet and mounting things properly over the weekend.

  9. Re:i work in enterprise datacenter on Plug In an Ethernet Cable, Take Your Datacenter Offline · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The problem is that 3650 and 3850 are not designed for a "Datacenter" deployment.

    They aren't even designed as top of rack switches.Their use case is access or distribution for end-users. They belong in a wiring closet.

    That, of course, doesn't stop morons or small companies deploying them as "Core" routers or switches in their datacenters....

  10. Re: Bad in any case on Plug In an Ethernet Cable, Take Your Datacenter Offline · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The mode button triggers "express setup" which is basically a lazy way to configure the shit for retard small business/enterprise admins so they don't have to console the device via rs232 to configure it.

    I've had similar issues with older gear not racked properly. The mode button a 3750 (and other models) can still be accidentally depressed in a messy cabinet.

  11. Re:How about educating your dumbfuck mother? on Writer: How My Mom Got Hacked · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    I fully expect to be made fun of for shit I fuck up. BECAUSE THAT IS HOW PEOPLE LEARN.

    I work in IT it is my job to put out fires and clean up messes. Over and over again the same people make the same mistakes because of soft management bullshit like that.

    If you make a mistake and there is no cost why would someone spend the 10-20 hours learning how to do something the right way.

    If I step outside my area of expertise I either get a contractor to do it or learn. I'm so tired of entitled little shits wanting hand-holding through their entire job.

  12. Re:Fail on SKA Telescope To Offer Neighbors Cheap Broadband · · Score: 1

    It is when using standard data transfer protocols. Anything TCP based that doesn't multiplex.

  13. Re: On the other hand... on FTDI Reportedly Bricking Devices Using Competitors' Chips. · · Score: 1

    They arent bricking the device. Just setting the USB product Id to 0. As the vendor and product id belong to fdti.

    If the vendor of the knock off trash wanted they could provide a utility to rewrite the id and provide the own driver.

    Anyone using a knockoff with the fdti driver is violating the tos/aup.

  14. Re:And guess how many vacation days we Americans g on Workaholism In America Is Hurting the Economy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Unions just protect those that are incompetent or barely capable.

    Fuck unions. I haven't even had to negotiate a raise in 3 years because they are a afraid of me leaving. >10% *grins*

  15. Re:Spare Change on GoPro Project Claims Technology Is Making People Lose Empathy For Homeless · · Score: 1

    Drinking booze is a luxury. Smoking is a luxury. Coffee is a luxury. I forgo them when I can't afford them why shouldn't a homeless person?

    There is no right to drink booze and certainly have no obligation to pay for their booze.

    Have you ever tried to give a pan-handler food? They won't take it. If you offer to buy them food they'll just ask for the $. If you insist they'll come with you to ATM.

    They aren't hungry. They can scavenge more than enough food from the garbage or get it free at a shelter. What they need is money to get the things they can't scavenge (booze, drugs). So when I walk by a bum after working an 100 hour week... the last thing I have is empathy.

  16. Re:WTF mate? on Fake Pub Studies Drinking Habits · · Score: 1

    "The Nik-O-Lok Company is a company founded in 1910 with headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, that manufactures and leases door locks for pay toilets, along with other types of equipment for public bathrooms. Locks are designed that can be operated by manufacturer-supplied tokens or by coins (quarters) as well as tokens."

    I'm guessing the security camera is so you can't piss in the alley.

  17. Re:I'm an atheist. on New Documentary Chronicles Road Tripping Scientists Promoting Reason · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am an atheist. It's not an organization, it's not a belief, and it certainly is not a fucking religion.

    If they start annoying me with it I'm gonna troll the shit out of them. I do this all the time and if they don't want to be screwed with they should keep their trap shut and leave me the fuck alone.

    I'd have no problem with it if they managed to keep their 'beliefs' to themselves but it seems they have to drag it into school, government, and every-fucking-where else they seem to think they have a right.
    My problem with them is large majority vote whatever way their pastor tells them and believe whatever crap they interpret out of their religious text. There is nothing more dangerous that stupid people in large numbers with a book that tells them whatever they do is right and the will of whatever deity they worship.

    Religion is a disease and sooner or later it will be destroyed or mankind by it.

  18. Re:Usability issue, not hard technical one... on HTTP 2.0 May Be SSL-Only · · Score: 1

    Training users to not give out banking/payment details on anything but "green" (encrypted, verified) would not be that hard. Most already know to look for the lock icon.

  19. Re:Usability issue, not hard technical one... on HTTP 2.0 May Be SSL-Only · · Score: 2

    This is just a matter of changing the way the URI is displayed:

    NOT ENCRYPTED http:///
    ENCRYPTED, NOT VERIFIED https:///
    ENCRYPTED, VERIFIED https:///

    With a helpful little blurb that explains (with pictures) the differences. I'm sure with some thought and a few user trails you could come up with a UI solution that most people will be able to understand well enough to know that credit card stuff should be green and that pink is better than red.

     

  20. Re:Good on Microsoft Makes Millions Renting Campus Space to Vendors · · Score: 1

    I don't know how your office was setup but ours is a complete zoo.

    It's 100% open concept with about 4-5ft high dividers. The noise is insane. It's horribly distracting.

    The only way I get any work done is jacking into my cellphone for music to block all the annoying chatter out. If this was the only problem you might be able to say it was just bad design.

    Another problem is interrupts. People constantly ask me stupid questions when they can see me instead of following the process and opening a ticket. If I put my headphones in and ignore them (yes, I see you there, I don't care about your stupid question so I'm pretending I don't) they will wave a hand in front of my eyes or touch me. And yes give them shit if they interrupt me for something stupid.

    I'm allowed to work 1-2 days a week from home and those are the ONLY days I get a reasonable amount of work done.

  21. Re:In this oligarchy, the people don't matter on Nuclear Arms Cuts, Supported By 56% of Americans, Would Make the World Safer · · Score: 1

    I disagree. I have absolutely no idea how to determine how many nuclear warheads are needed or how they should be positioned.

    If this had been reviewed by a panel of experts in that particular field and they broke it down and explained the risks and caveats of a particular reductions then *maybe* it could be put to a vote by the general populace.

    The problem is that a lot of the general population outright FEAR anything that involves the word "nuclear".

    Even if a panel agreed the best thing to do would be to re-purpose the material for power generation you'd be fighting NIMBY-types the entire way.

  22. Relevance? on Nuclear Arms Cuts, Supported By 56% of Americans, Would Make the World Safer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who gives a shit what 56% of the general populace think? They aren't qualified to have a meaningful opinion.

    Did I miss the high school class on thermonuclear tactics? Pretty sure I would have gone to that.

  23. Re:Photographer should say "Go ahead" on Photographer Threatened With Legal Action After Asserting His Copyright · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've worked for hosting providers and worked abuse tickets.

    Sane providers will give their client 48 hours to submit a counter claim. Doesn't matter if you are clearly lying through your teeth. If I get a signed counter-claim that you own it that's it and the complainant take take you to court or screw off.

    GoDaddy is known for suspending immediately without any notification.

    There is nothing wrong with a submitting a DMCA notification when the hosting provider is sane. The woman *KNOWS* she doesn't own copyright to the photo because she didn't take it and it wasn't granted anywhere. What he should have done as soon as she started talking about damages and making threats is referred her to his lawyer. People that will sue know enough not to make threats they just do it.

  24. Re:MS and Linux on Microsoft Using Linux To Optimize Skype Traffic · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has bee requiring job candidates to have Linux experience for a long time.

    http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Software-Development%2C-Principle-Job-WA-98052/1715106/

    I've seen a few for DC tech positions as well but I couldn't find one when I was looking today.

  25. Re:Population Control? on Organics Can't Match Conventional Farm Yields · · Score: 1

    Nature is a harsh bitch.

    Humans and gone and corrupted the natural controls on population size and we are just starting to suffer the consequences. Natural resources aren't just going to appear because it's not fair that kids are starving. Population control would probably be a more effective long term solution then trying to increase the supply.