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  1. Re:Overreaction? on Google's Evil NDA · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm sure they didn't hire you because you don't even comprehended the NDA you claimed to have signed. Otherwise you wouldn't have posted what you did as you would be in breach of the NDA you signed.

  2. Re:Foolish on Obama's MySpace Drama · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and what if he used John Smith?

  3. Re:Foolish on Obama's MySpace Drama · · Score: 1

    No, it's Anthony's profile. He created it. It just happens to be about Obama. If he has copyright information on the profile he should just remove it. MySpace and Obama's group were wrong. Of course this is how corporate and political bullying works. Should we have expected something different.

  4. This would be bad. on Why Apple Should Acquire AMD · · Score: 1

    Apple likes to close every door in existence locking everyone into what they do and even charging more for it. With the way Intel and AMD operate now, it's by far better for the consumers. If Apple bought AMD we would lose most of the consumer benefits that AMD brought to the table when they became a power in the processor world.

    Apple buying AMD is bad for the consumer.

  5. Re:Here's my inside scoop at a google interview on Want To Work At Google? · · Score: 1

    I have my own stories about a Google interview with an engineer.

    Google Engingeer: A person cannot login to his computer. Help desk doesn't know what is wrong and have called you. How do you fine out what is wrong?
    Me: I check the LDAP logs for errors.
    GE: None.
    Me: I check the users local system logs.
    GE: None.
    Me: Check the users login script for errors.
    GE: None.
    Me: Check permissions on users home directory.
    GE: Very good, users home had incorrect permissions.
    Me: Wouldn't the logs have told me this without checking the permissions?
    GE: Maybe, next question.
    GE: What is the difference between NAS and SAN?
    Me: File I/O vs Block I/O and cost mainly.
    GE: Cost? How much does a SAN cost?
    Me: Well, we just traded up one of our older SAN peices (Clairiion FC4700) to a new CX300 with (15) 73GB drives for $18k with 3/yrs support.
    GE: Well, NetApps cost $25k. Thats more than your SAN cost.
    Me: What did you pay per GB on your NetApp?

    GE: This isn't important. Do you have any questions for me?

    Needless to say, he gave me a bad review. It's ok though, I have a mortgage and their pay scale probably wouldn't cover anything but rent on a small apartment.

  6. Killer of Bees on Cell Phones Aren't Killing Bees After All · · Score: 1

    Today the LA Times reports that researchers at UC San Francisco have uncovered what they believe to be the real culprit: a parasitic fungus.

    What they failed to mention was that this parasitic fungus thrives on electromagnetic radiation from cell phones... :P

  7. Shadow copy on OS Combat - Ubuntu Linux Versus Vista · · Score: 1

    I manage many OS, and I can say I love shadow copy. No need to break out the backups when a user fat fingers a file. It's a beautiful thing. As Ubuntu, I suppose you could use LVM snapshots to get a similar effect, but it would probably take some work. I'm just starting to look into LVM snapshots.

  8. Moral of the story on RIAA Wins In Court Against UW Madison · · Score: 3, Informative

    The school feels the RIAA will have a hard time tracking down who did the file-sharing anyway, as the IP addresses the RIAA has for the violations may be mapped to computers in common areas, making it difficult to determine just which people may have made the downloads."

    The moral of the story is if you download illegal music; do it from a university and with a forged MAC. Of course, who's mac is it anyway? Are they going to get a subpoena for every single person that uses the university's network to supply their network cards so the mac address can be examined? That should be fun...

  9. Oh no... on MySQL Hits $50 Million Revenue, Plans IPO · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Mickos said. "And by going public you get the currency to do acquisitions."

    I don't like that. I like MySQL for what it is. Not what is can do with cash or depending on stockholders approval...

  10. Business class FiOS on Why Are T1 Lines Still Expensive? · · Score: 1

    We have 1 T1, 2 business class service cable modems, and (2) business class FiOS. I think we pay $99 each for the cable, $800 for the T1, and (I believe) $199 for each FiOS. The FiOS has upload speeds of 5MB+. It doesn't cost anywhere near a T1 and it's far faster.

  11. Re:What's the point? on IBM Reveals New Virtual Linux Environment · · Score: 1

    Porting your app isn't always "easy". Just ask Oracle when they ported it to Linux on PowerPC.

  12. My issue on Mozilla and Google — Exchange Killers At Last? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I used to hate webmail. Thunderbird (Netscape mail before this) was a staple on my desktop. Today, I hate mail apps. Why have a mail app using resources when your browser is open already and webmail (today) works great already?

    I have Outlook/Exchange at work, but I use Firefox/OWA instead.

    If my browser is open, I prefer to use it.

  13. OpenFiler and Apple's XServer RAID on Open Source Highly Available Storage Solutions? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not exactly what your asking for, but a damn good answer for your problem.

    Apple's XServer RAID and OpenFiler (openfiler.org) The XServer RAID is basically a LSI Logic Engenio RAID at a very cheap price and you can't beat OpenFiler for free. The XServer RAID at 10.5TB costs about $1.31 a GB.

    I know several people who backup their NetApps to this setup or just use it for storage where they don't require what NetApp offers and don't want to spend $25k+.

  14. Re:not to late on Democrats Appoint RIAA Shill For Convention · · Score: 1

    Dude, you must be on drugs... ;)

  15. Re:not to late on Democrats Appoint RIAA Shill For Convention · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Thats the way to get people to listen to your ideas and get them to vote with you. Call them sheep...

  16. Wow on Democrats Appoint RIAA Shill For Convention · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can you say, "I'M DUMB AS A STUMP" (Yes; in all caps)

    I'm a political party needing the general population to vote for me, but I'm going to have the most hated company by the general population represent my party by letting them running the show.

    Lets just tattoo a giant "L" on their forehead...

  17. Re:The second best server OS on CentOS 5 Released · · Score: 1

    I suppose if you are running the free VMWare server it's probably not a critical application in the first place as the free VMWare is very limited in it's abilities compared to ESX. I certainly wouldn't be running my most critical database on the free vmware. Oracle or PostgreSQL.

    Btw, I use PostgreSQL also. Oracle has it's place, and PostgreSQL has it's place. RAC is a beautiful thing.

  18. Re:Red Hat and the GPL on CentOS 5 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They are a business. To help you understand why you have to do this imagine this.

    You own a Open Source company and create software and release it with your logos and branding all over it. Now, I take it because it's GPL, alter it the way I want and release it, but fail to remove your logo and branding. Someone else downloads it and installs it see your logo thinking it's your product and it complete screws up their system because of the changes I made, not you. Now, all the sudden this Company attacks you publicly and in the courts. You're business has been damage by no fault of your own.

    You have to remove everything, because they are protecting their company. The fact that CentOS exist you should be thanking Redhat. They made it possible to run a Enterprise tested OS for free. Because of that, I can run Enterprise applications and pay for the support I need. (Oracle on RHEL) and run the identical OS (minimizing documentation and training) with the ability to download updates for zero cost on other non-critical servers.

  19. Re:The second best server OS on CentOS 5 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    Except the ones that count. Like Oracle. I don't need Linux support, I need enterprise application support. Some people just don't understand that. If I needed Linux support, I would just run RHEL on all servers.

  20. Re:The second best server OS on CentOS 5 Released · · Score: 1

    In your house where the only critical thing you probably have is your porn is fine, when your companies business is on the line. Well, you wouldn't be working for me if you used an unsupported OS for a critical application... I use both RHEL and CentOS. (because they are the same and make management/documentation that much easier) If I'm installing Oracle, it's going on RHEL. If I'm installing LAMP or an SMTP/IMAP server, it's going on CentOS.

  21. My processors on AMD's New DRM · · Score: 1

    At first I bought Intel processors (didn't use Macs) I bought them up until I had a Pentium 2 333Mhz chip. Then I bought my first AMD K6-2 450Mhz and kept buying AMD up until I bought a AMD Athlon 3200+ at 2.2Ghz with the 400mhz front side bus over 3 years ago. I just built it's replacement and I've converted back to Intel with the E6600 Core 2 Duo. (I love this processor!) I've found AMD to be lacking and this type of news doesn't help me want to return to AMD. If only Open Hardware could catch on and be competitive, but because of the way the *system* works, open hardware will probably never lead the way and it will always be better (performance wise) to purchase from non-open vendors.

  22. Re:Quiet weekend on The End for Vonage? · · Score: 1

    Verizon killed Vonage commercial now you kill Geico and their F'in commercials. Both the Caveman and the Gecko MUST DIE.

  23. If I flip a coin on Mathematician Predicts Yankees To Dominate · · Score: 1

    If I flip a coin 300 times, it *should* land on head 150 times and tails 150 times. Guess what. It doesn't.

  24. I find that.. on Study Finds Cost Major Factor In Outsourcing Positions · · Score: 2, Informative

    I find that it's outsourcing the reason I don't buy support contracts anymore...

  25. Re:Software company? on IBM the Next Great Software Company? · · Score: 2, Informative

    DB2, Tivoli, Websphere, Lotus to name a few...