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  1. Really on Use Open Source? Then You're a Pirate! · · Score: 1

    Than that means that most US companies are Pirates. I am willing to bet that you can not walk into any company in the US or that is US based, with an IT department and not find any open source software or platform up and running. I'll even go so far as to say that the company that this person is employed by is running some open source "product" ! I wonder how some of these MORONS get jobs

  2. Not new on Criminals Hide Payment-Card Skimmers In Gas Pumps · · Score: 1

    this took place in the Delaware county PA about 10 to 12 months ago. One of the tests they gave locals was to give the card swipe area a good tug before scanning Guess the front fascia would pull off easily and it wasn't the banks hat caught it, it was the local police & Wawa

  3. Re:Bad approach with interesting logic on Utah State Senator Proposes Making 12th Grade Optional · · Score: 1

    Students in the 12th grade often suffer from senioritis and gain nothing from their experience.
    Really because my daughter is a senior this year and taking all Advanced AP Courses that count as College credit for most of the colleges in our area. As for the work for education both Norway and Germany have great systems Military or Community service for a year or 2 ( forget which) but that covers the cost of college

  4. Re:USA: The worst tourist destination on TSA Makes 4-Year-Old Take Off Leg Braces · · Score: 1


    Just a few things I'd like to point out
    Bush didn't fight an unpopular war he fought an unjust war for the sake of $ and that made it unpopular.
    Ignoring of the rules of engagement and the Geneva convention made it and the US even more unpopular with the rest of the world
    we went in on a false premise to protect our interests. Granted Saddam was an evil mad man that needed to be removed from the earth but come on
    this is now very apparent since Bush has left office the us and other middle eastern countries have come together to in a joint efforts to put this snake down pre Obama they would not work with the US
    Really he won the war? Because last time I checked we were still there in IRAN and engaged in Afghanistan where we should have been all along

  5. cant you just on Preventing My Hosting Provider From Rooting My Server? · · Score: 1


    Have your logs set in a password protected web space
    I'm not really sure what O/S your running - but I know on BSD copying logs to a readable format on a web page is fairly straight forward
    Make sure you put them all there and turn on verbose logging ( if you have the disk space)
    oh you want to see the logs here's the address
    there is no need to give your provider root access to your machine
    if this isn't acceptable maybe give them only access to read /var/log/* or what ever your defined path is
    but to give them the root password Not happening most I would agree to is read only access thought a limited account

  6. Only If I could pick the verbage on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 1

    ,
    Like the old Think geek shirts
    No I will not fix your computer
    I read your email
    you can be replaced by a small shell script
    seriously though, a good IT department is basically unseen
    if they are highly visible then are they not doing their jobs
    The company I work for thought their IT department (think billions of revenue fortune 500 type)was over paid and not visible enough
    that was until we lost corporate HQ and the IT department DR/BC plan kicked in.
    Then they saw us but only briefly while we set them up at the DR sight then we were gone
    The fact that we lost the building at 10 PM and business continued the very next day with out skipping a beat spoke volumes.
    so you may want to ask yourself(short of having a disaster) is this being done so management has an idea as to the worth of the help desk
    and make them more visible to the general populace of the company you work for or is it a dumbing down of the IT department, in particular the help desk (think out sourcing)
    If it is the prior then it may be a good thing

  7. Wonder if they took into account on Each American Consumed 34 Gigabytes Per Day In '08 · · Score: 1

    Spam. After all hasn't it been stated that 90% of all traffic on the net is do to spam?

  8. another unsatisfied customer put through the wringer 300,000+ and counting

  9. Yeah on SETI@home Project Responds To School Firing · · Score: 1

    I want my kid to go here where the bleeding edge is observed "/end sarcasm" Seriously ? science is ban at this school?

  10. Re:Creative destruction on Google Attack On the Mobile Market Rumored · · Score: 1

    what if anyone were to change. change happens embrace it or lose

  11. Dependant on how you want to go on Home Router For High-Speed Connection? · · Score: 1

    I use a FreeBSD box as my home router on old equipment with a commercial grade WAP interface for my wireless an old 3com managed switch that hasn't failed me yet -- it also acts as a firewall in 10 years It hasn't failed me OS wise although I've had hardware burn out on me causing a rebuild it works flawlessly

  12. Re:The Vengeful crazies on Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US · · Score: 1

    I'd agree with the 8th amendment argument if he was an AMERICAN Citizen you see its the United States Constitution. Not the UK's

  13. Re:Good grief! on Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US · · Score: 1

    Except that maybe he has way too much time on his hands

  14. Re:Just take it at birth like in the USSA on Inside England and Wales' DNA Regime · · Score: 1

    didn't you see the "X Files"

  15. Wonder what happens on MPAA Shuts Down Town's Municipal WiFi Over 1 Download · · Score: 1

    When one of these town counsel persons/mayors/whatever elected official moves up to Congress or Senate. what if this has adversely affected 911 services for this municipality. would the MPAA then be held accountable for endangering the lives of thousands of innocent citizens ( i guess according to them no one is innocent)

  16. Re:So is this why on IBM, Intel Execs Arrested Over Insider Trading · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Insider trading is as we already know BAD (Ivan the Bad http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id316.htm) on many levels -- the biggest problem is that the rules are played lose and free with out any thought of getting caught. so maybe more regulation isn't the answer but harsher penalties are if you stand to lose everything then maybe you will follow the rules Personally I think All assets should be taken and what ever doesn't get applied to payback should go to say funding health care or some social issue of the times. I mean that makes more sense than the current war on drugs.

  17. So is this why on IBM, Intel Execs Arrested Over Insider Trading · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Wall street is still showing record profits after they stole the billions from the American people I start to wonder how much is enough when I see stuff like this - I mean really how many houses cars boats do you need ? Wonder if they are still saying that they don't need tighter regulation.

  18. Re:Not a black mark on Is Working For the Gambling Industry a Black Mark? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    yea except the adult entertainment industry is usually at the bleeding edge of tech oh and one more thing they tend to pay Very well with fringe benefits

  19. Valve RIAA now the GIAA? on Is Valve's Steam Anti-Competitive? · · Score: 1

    it it the new recording industry almost sounds as if they are taking over the record industries business model

  20. Re:Big deal on Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days · · Score: 1

    Depends on the school system. My daughter had home work over the summer in Calc, Stats, Psychology and Spanish. She has a quizes/tests scheduled for the first days of class relating to her summer home work

  21. Re:Schedules are important. on Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days · · Score: 0, Troll

    you're a moron

  22. Re:How about a garbage collector appreciation day? on 10th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day · · Score: 1

    so then we should ditch administrative assistant day also ?

  23. Re:If you don't like it, don't fly! on TSA Seizes Disney World Toys · · Score: 1

    Trains are the way to go!

  24. Moron on Texting Teen Takes Tremendous Tumble · · Score: 2, Insightful

    yes there is a basic protocol for open man hole covers fenced off or a person making sure that no one falls in, this was not the case. reasonable safety precautions to protect the public were not taken into consideration in this case. A light pole is something all together to different it doesn't change configuration as a man hole does when left uncovered. Lastly she doesnt live in the savannah so

  25. old concept on A Wiki For Cable and Connector Pin-Outs · · Score: 2, Informative

    already been done http://pinouts.ru/