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  1. Re:As a locked in Sprint customer... on Sprint Signs First Direct Roaming Agreement With Cuba (sprint.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep... Sprint wants Cuba to suffer with super crappy phone service...

    Honestly why can't get get them brought up on charges for inhumane treatment of cubans if they do this?

  2. Re: Linus rants about EVERYTHING on Linus Rants About C Programming Semantics (iu.edu) · · Score: 1

    Just linux based on redhat and Debian. Slackware has said, FUCK YOU to systemd.

  3. How about their servers still being horribly under powered? I have migrated many clients off of godaddy to another service using the same "base level" accounts and have a 400% speed increase in their wordpress,joomla, etc than on godaddy.

    Godaddy feels like most of the time their hosting is on servers from 1998 and overloaded with 10,000 sites per 4 processor Pentium III server.

  4. I have a list for you.... on Slashdot Asks: Notes For Next Hallowe'en? · · Score: 1

    1 - download Vixen and start buying gear for lighting automation.
    http://www.vixenlights.com/

    2 - buy several 1000-3000 lumen projectors and buy pre-made projection mapping video loops.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    or custom over the top....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    combine the two and you will own your city's halloween decoration destination. Buy everything in pieces as you are looking at probably $20G to do it right.

  5. Re: Dropping stderr and syslog messages... on Busybox Deletes Systemd Support · · Score: 1

    Pulseaudio is still a steaming pile of crap. Most people do not want to use it, and most pro level audio stuff avoids it.

  6. Re:The Commit Message on Busybox Deletes Systemd Support · · Score: 2

    I can do all of this with a standard Linux/Unix and without systemd.

    What kind of low end admins are you hiring that don't make sure things come back up after a hard reboot? My final test actually is yanking the power cord out and plugging it back in.

    Honestly this is system admin 101 stuff.

  7. Re:I'm conflicted about this on Report: Google To Fold Chrome OS Into Android (wsj.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only for luddites.

    MANY fast moving companies do not use Office at all. I know of several that use all chromebooks for the employees and Google's offerings for a productivity suite. they save a crapload as they no longer have to maintain user IT hardware. you broke a chromebook? here's a new one, you are back to 100% productivity in 10 minutes. Don't need a portable? here s a chromebox on your desk, the receptionist uses the web interface software on the backroom servers. 99% of all CRM software is webserver based anyways, so it's a no brainer. and yes you can do docs and spreadsheets offline on a chromebook. plus the chromebooks have hard drives in them so they also have their google drive documents local.

    Honestly only the crusty old companies still rely on Microsoft Office.

  8. Re:Good decision... on China Ends One-Child Policy · · Score: 1

    They can easily do that by paying most of their population more so they can afford the products.

  9. Re:they know EXACTLY what to do on Hackers, Activists, Journos: How To Build a Secure Burner Laptop (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not a problem officer..... It's password99.

    and it boots to a clean sanitized setup. "please don't look at my manuscripts in there, I'm not a very good writer and get embarrassed of someone reads my book I am writing. "

    and I am on my way.

    Honestly, if you are not smart enough to have your real information safely elsewhere then you deserve to be detained. microSD cards are a freaking dime a dozen and can easily be hidden anywhere. Hell put one under the stamp on a letter to yourself at your destination.

  10. That CIO is an idiot.... or..... on CIOs Say New Talent and Old Tech Don't Mix · · Score: 1

    He only hires the incompetent.

    If the New IT wont work on the old stuff, fire their lazy butts.
    If your OLD IT wont work on the new stuff, Fire their lazy butts.

    I'm a 47 year old IT professional and I work on the old stuff and the new stuff. Any of the new guys that refuse to touch the old gear are let go before their 30 days are up.

  11. Re:redundancy on Google Fiber Goes Down During World Series, Credits KC 2 Days of Service (pcmech.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    It seems you cant read.

    "Most lost service from shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday until about 7:35 p.m. "

    So what planet are you from where there is 48 hours between 7:00pm and 7:35pm?

  12. Re:redundancy on Google Fiber Goes Down During World Series, Credits KC 2 Days of Service (pcmech.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Comcast does this all the time, Hell this summer the entire state went down for 1 hour.

  13. If Comcast did this... on Google Fiber Goes Down During World Series, Credits KC 2 Days of Service (pcmech.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    You would get an email explaining that the service interruption was a feature and your bill will go up by $22.50 from now on.

  14. Good decision... on China Ends One-Child Policy · · Score: 1, Insightful

    China needs more cheap labor, increasing the population will ensure that

  15. Re:Clumsy has become fashionable. on Motorola Unveils Droid Turbo 2, Claims Shatterproof Display, 48 Hour Battery (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    It's because a large majority of people are too stupid to not put their phone in a butt pocket and sit on it.

  16. Dear Motorola.... on Motorola Unveils Droid Turbo 2, Claims Shatterproof Display, 48 Hour Battery (hothardware.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No thanks. You fooled me twice Motorola, and HTC fooled me once. A google NEXUS phone is the only android I will ever own from now on.

  17. Re:Still not interested on How Tesla's Autopilot and Google's Car Are Entirely Different Animals (robohub.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I love driving, I hate driving with all the drooling morons on the road that cant do safe lane changes or drive with any semblance of skill.

    So I want everyone else to get self driving cars.

  18. Re:The fine won't hurt the DC owners. on $600k Fine Over Data Center Death (datacenterdynamics.com) · · Score: 1

    $10X the "fine" must be paid directly to the victims family, Plus a mandatory Data-center full downtime of 48 hours while the "investigation" takes place.

    if they find ANY problems the fines and time down multiply.

    Make a death like this capable of completely crushing the company.

  19. State bans dont stop buyers. on Are Car Dealers a Business Worth Keeping? (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    Tesla sales are banned in Michigan, yet there are a LOT of teslas here. Because it seems that consumers can go out of state to buy them. States can not block you from buying something outside of your state and bringing it in.

    So that is what they do. Hell I drive out of state to buy a car a LOT. you get a lot better deal if you are willing to drive 4 hours.

  20. Re:New study shows... on Study: Cutting Sugar From Diet Shows Immediate Health Benefits (wiley.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep, zero self control types eat right through the band and go right back to fatty mode.

  21. Re: Hmm on Cassini Probe Will Dive Through Enceladus's Water Jets (nasa.gov) · · Score: 1

    Earth high speed reentry is like a down filled pillow compared to conditions just 1000 miles down in Saturn's gravity well.

  22. Re:But contaminating Saturn is ok? on Cassini Probe Will Dive Through Enceladus's Water Jets (nasa.gov) · · Score: 1

    Pls the fact that the radiation from saturn on the moons there is pretty freaking nasty. Living inside a 1000watt microwave would be more enjoyable.

  23. Re:School Lunch on Study: Cutting Sugar From Diet Shows Immediate Health Benefits (wiley.com) · · Score: 1

    Mostly because we are lazy fucks down here in the USA.

  24. Re:New study shows... on Study: Cutting Sugar From Diet Shows Immediate Health Benefits (wiley.com) · · Score: 1

    They do restrict the type. All people that go on that diet have to do a sugar and carbohydrate reduction lifestyle change.

  25. Re:New study shows... on Study: Cutting Sugar From Diet Shows Immediate Health Benefits (wiley.com) · · Score: 1

    You are missing the biggest self regulating part of fruits. Eat a lot of them and they come out the other end under high pressure. Just go ahead and eat 2 pints of blueberrys and see if you can make it to the toilet.