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  1. New thing called Linux on Ask Slashdot: New Employee System Access Tracking? · · Score: 1

    Dude Linux does that. try useradd... Oh you're locked into proprietary systems that don't work with ISO standards? Sucks to be you, just get out of tech now and save everyone the headaches

  2. Perfect for Schools! on Making Ubuntu Look Like Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Oh man this is PERFECT for my school! Now we can pretend we're obeying the status quo while eliminating 90% of our problems with malware, viruses, security vulnerabilities and maintenance. Now we can continue to get another 5 years of productive use out of our machines without having to buy all new machines and waste money on windows licenses and upgrading all the software. Yay! We can finally use our machines for education instead of force-feeding the status quo on a whole generation.

  3. AI? on Abandon Earth Or Die, Warns Hawking · · Score: 1

    We could transfer out intelligence to machines and send them....

  4. Re:This is pretty much what I've been telling peop on Abandon Earth Or Die, Warns Hawking · · Score: 1

    Nuclear propulsion can do it. It has the unfortunate side-effect of leaving behind a trail of waste though...

  5. Re:Yeah, but where does this get ME? on Abandon Earth Or Die, Warns Hawking · · Score: 1

    He ordered ESPN but came bundled for $320

  6. Re:I never liked... on The Great Operating System Games · · Score: 1

    The Windows game "Hide the settings", available in every new release...

  7. SEO and Google on How Google Trends & News Pollute the Web · · Score: 0

    Google trends hasn't helped my sight at ALL!! Digital Networking

  8. Unemployed on Cyberwarrior Shortage Threatens US Security · · Score: 1

    Unemployed security specialist here...

  9. Obama Effect on Thermosphere Contraction Puzzles Scientists · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All the republican hot air for nearly a decade suddenly halted when Obama took office. This created an entropy vaccuum and hence the thermosphere cooled in order to fill the vaccuum.

  10. Why PHP? on Developing a Niche Online-Content Indexing System? · · Score: 1

    Why use PHP? I would think Python would be better because you can cross-compile the code to run on any machine using Jython(in case they stop hosting for you). Personally, I would do a full scrape of the data and put it in BibTex .bib files or xml and then make your search page pass parameters to the python program. That's what NASA and Google Scholar use(they may use Perl instead). I'm not sure about the database...

  11. Re:Windows for SCADA? WTF?! on Malware Targets Shortcut Flaw In Windows, SCADA · · Score: 1

    Same here. 13 years of IT and I just gave up because of corporate morons. $4million for peoplesoft, $70k for Microsoft, the list of waste goes on.

  12. Re:Windows for SCADA? WTF?! on Malware Targets Shortcut Flaw In Windows, SCADA · · Score: 1

    I'm an unemployed Linux Admin...

  13. Teachers Without Borders on Conservative Textbook Curriculum Passes Final Vote In Texas · · Score: 1

    Some teachers need to step up and teach the truth; discard the curriculum.

  14. RedHat Model-Broken Free Version on Ubuntu Linux Claims 12,000 Cloud Deployments · · Score: 1

    They could do like RedHat and distribute a free version that's broken so users have to pay for support.

  15. 0 to Quantum Mechanics on Help Me Get My Math Back? · · Score: 1

    I went from 0 to Quantum Mechanics, here's how: 1. Get a reference book which is easy to flip through and has all the main things like fractions, decimals, scientific notation, logarithms, etc. This will save you a ton of time. I suppose wikipedia will do these days. 2. Go straight into algebra 101. 3. Go take trig 101 4. Take Calc 101, 201, 301 5. Take Differential Equations and Linear Algebra 6. Take 2 years of Math Methods in the Physical Science 7. Take Quantum Mechanics I know it sounds simple but it takes a lot of time. The idiot guides are helpful for reviewing thoroughly.

  16. Re:Move to India on Best Way To Land Entry-Level Job? · · Score: 1

    Also most of the jobs posted are fake jobs so the company can get an H1-B worker.

  17. Re:PGP + really any collaboration software on Business-Suitable Document Authentication System? · · Score: 1

    Bu that would be too easy. And how can he do a cost/benefit analysis when the cost is $0?

  18. Re:Afro-American Racism Against Whites and Asians on Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA · · Score: 2, Informative

    the Chicago Tribune newspaper and WLS-TV, the local ABC affiliate, sought to have the records released. Both Ryan and his wife agreed to make their divorce records public. On April 2, 2004, Barack Obama formally established his position about the Ryans' soon-to-be-released divorce records, and called on Democrats not to inject them into the campaign.

  19. Re:Afro-American Racism Against Whites and Asians on Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA · · Score: 1

    Were they confidential court records that were suppressed to cover up the truth?

  20. Re:Motherhood and apple pie... on Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA · · Score: 1

    Yeah, People could just listen to the president directly. White House
    One-click, 5 minutes of their time

  21. Re:Afro-American Racism Against Whites and Asians on Obama Backs MPAA, RIAA, and ACTA · · Score: 1

    blacks are like 12% of the population and more than half have been disenfrachised from voting because they're in jail or felons... not a significant percentage of the vote. Whites+Hispanics put Obama in office, but mostly whites. I voted for him because he's the only candidate who isn't a total sell-out, don't give a shit about his race.

  22. Re:All of you are part of the problem on China Warns Google To Obey Or Leave · · Score: 1

    Yeah bloody hypocrites! -Sent from my Google HTC Nexus One

  23. Re:In my experience, authority on Improving Education Through Better Teachers · · Score: 1

    If you're proposing that people have "innate" teaching skills... you're sadly mistaken. With your methodology, you'll have a bunch of type A personality power freaks. Sure all your kids will be quiet but their results will vary widely. How would you deal with a teacher who has perfect classroom control but doesn't improve the students' test scores? You're just using the appearance of discipline and not the actual outcomes. In Asia, I see teachers who have perfect class control and their students are terrible. The schools use your methodology...

    There is actual research on what makes an effective teacher and it can be taught. The core of the problem in the US is not the teachers themselves but rather the bureacracy of people who get paid but don't actually teach. You also have parenting problems that are pushed off onto teachers. I think a better approach would be to stop sending kids to school that don't want to be there. This would immediately resolve the discipline problem for most teachers as well as lower their class sizes. There is a direct correlation between teacher effectiveness and class size. There is also a direct correlation between student performance and problems at home. This is the traditional role that education has had before mandatory schooling. I've worked in schools where very few kids wanted to be there but their parents were rich so there they were. It was sort of like a prison for both the teachers and students. I've also taught in institutes with small(10-15) class sizes where everyone wanted to be there. It was a real joy and the students did very well. Instead of spending so much money on security guards, metal detectors, social workers/counselors, principals, vice principals, narcotics officers, truancy officers, etc just SOLVE THE PROBLEM! Perhaps all those kids can become tradesmen or laborers and let the kids who want education get it. If they can't hack a regular academic program, send them to school that can meet their needs. Otherwise, GET THE F OUT OF THE CLASSROOM!!!

  24. Re:You know it after you have seen it. on Improving Education Through Better Teachers · · Score: 1

    Because then teachers will exchange grades for positive student evaluations?

  25. Try this on What Knowledge Gaps Do Self-Taught Programmers Generally Have? · · Score: 1

    Discrete maths(1 book http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/alevel/alevel.htm) and wikipedia(1 list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_programming_topics). I also have a physics degree and taught myself programming. It's important to realize you'll never be a member of "the in crowd" until you have a piece of paper from an overpriced university. It's the only way unintelligent people can distinguish between programmers and it gives them an easy out if you suck.