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  1. Do you really have to trust your admins? on Sys-Admins Reading the Bosses Mail? · · Score: 1

    I was a consultant on a project two years ago, where we dealt with exactly that issue. I can't go into details, but I will mention that I had to get security clearance for that project.

    The general rule is "you have to trust your admins". In this project, we spent a good amount of time dealing dealing with the question "Do you *really* have to trust your admins?"

    We were pleased to fi
    nd that we really didn't have to trust the admins all that much. The enterprise-grade product in use helped with its many, many security features. Yep, it was Lotus Notes + Domino. And yes, we did consider the server admins, storage admins and the backup guys. Oh, the network guys, too.

    Of course, building a system like that does have some negative impact on the admins' and helpdesk's ability to easily help users with problems, but we did manage to accomplish the goal of very, very tight security.

  2. Re:Political Garbage on Warrantless Surveillance To Continue For Now · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While I believe your post was indeed intended to be "Funny", let me just make one observation, just in case you were being serious:

    Wake up, the terrorists have already won. What happened to your "freedom" and "liberties"?

    Welcome to the United Police States of America!

  3. Re:Sick of that bullshit tailcoat riding they do on US Outlaws Online Gambling · · Score: 1

    > This sort of manipulative behavior itself should be outlawed, but find me a single member of Congress that would vote to outlaw it.

    Well, now, THAT should be easy. Just attach it to another sure-win-bill. That should be fun to watch.

  4. I wouldn't be surprised ... on Online Budget Database Planned by White House · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised if this thing will go live in January, 2009. It'll neatly document the next (Democrat) president's struggle to dig the country out of the financial mess Dubya has gotten it into.

  5. Re:Color me confused. on Spamhaus to Ignore $11.7M Judgement · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Damn, with a name like e360insight, is is f*cking OBVIOUS that they are spammers. Or purveyors of fine spyware. Or both.

  6. Of course, ... on Vista to Create 50,000 Jobs in Europe · · Score: 1

    ... 49.000 of these jobs will be as MCVR (Microsoft Certified Virus Remover) and MCSC (Microsoft Certified Spyware Cleaner-Upper).

  7. Re:What's with his name? on Australian Counter Strike Shooters · · Score: 1

    > Is Sophear Em really his birth name? Absolutely. If it was just his nickname in the game, he'd be S0ph34r 3m!

  8. Re:Diebold machines on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 1

    Diebold? printout? You must be new here!

  9. Re:On a side note on More on the Dangers of eVoting · · Score: 1

    No political education is required when the kids vote Republican. Political re-education camps will be established for those likely to vote Democrat.

  10. wiki can be a Notes application on Are we Headed for a Wiki World? · · Score: 1

    Notes is more than mail and calendaring. Notes is used to implement all kinds of business software.

    Not only are there several Notes based blogging applications available, there is also a Notes app that does wikis.

  11. You anti-american terrorists! on Global Warming Expected to Intensify Hurricanes · · Score: 1

    Come on, not again, you whining anti-american underground terrorists.

    Pres. Bush has repeatedly stated that all this talk about global warming is unsubstantiated hogwash. There simply is no such thing as global warming.

    And he's the prez, he oughta know.

  12. What did you expect? on Senator Alleges White House Wrote Allawi's Speech · · Score: 1

    with the world's second largest oil reserves almost secured for the US, do you really think Bush and his oil cronies are going to leave ANYTHING to coincidence?

  13. Wake me up ... on Why You Should Never Lose Your Digital Media · · Score: 1

    ... when they start posting the not-safe-for-work pictures.

  14. Re:So the FBI can safely install spyware et al... on McAfee lists Adware in Top 10 Viruses · · Score: 1

    Encryption is your best bet. Not perfect, but still your best bet.

  15. Re:rent it out on Weta Digital Supercomputer For Hire · · Score: 2, Funny

    C'mon, if you're not going to read the article, at least read the friggin' Slashdot story. If even that is too much for you, please consider at least reading the headline.

    But yeah, renting it out seems like a smart idea.

  16. Re:Web index as revenue generator on Google Sets IPO Pricing · · Score: 1

    At this price, a moderate investment (let's say $10,000) gets you only about 100 shares. That means you're completely at the mercy of the stock price ...
    Uh, huh ... So when the price per share is $1 and you invest $10K ... you end up with 10.000 shares. In what way are you now less at the mercy of the stock price?

  17. when it goes wrong ... it really goes wrong. on Experiences with Laser Eye Surgery? · · Score: 1

    Are there any stories out there relating how bad it can be if it goes wrong?

    OK, try this: Put on dark sunglasses. Wrap a dark beach towel around your head a couple of times. Close your eyes.

    That's about as bad as it gets.

  18. Re:But what about... on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, "Finish" is a synonym for "Orgasm"

  19. Re:"Miserable Failure" on Microsoft Offers A Peek At New Search Engine · · Score: 1
    Yeah, but do you know they made sure they get it right?
    1000 REM Ha! That'll show those search engine testers
    1010 if query$ <> "miserable failure" then 1040
    1020 title$(1) = "Biography of President George W. Bush"
    1030 url$(1) = "http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html"
    1040 REM That was easy, next one
    1050 if query$ <> "litigious bastards" then 1080
    1060 title$(1) = "The SCO Group"
    [...]
  20. Hybrid solution on Mobile Cell Phone Towers For Disaster Relief · · Score: 0

    1. Put up a cell on a truck
    2. Build interface to feed cell calls to a beowulf cluster of Ham radios
    3. Have another Ham cluster feed the mess back into a phone system
    4. Profit from disaster that takes out a lot of infrastructure in the area.
    5. ???

  21. When the SSID starts with USS ... on War Kayaking · · Score: 1

    When the SSID starts with USS, you might want to stop right there and check your e-mail at another friendly WLAN.

    Just think of the wififofum radar screen. Now imagine a screen just like that onboard that US Navy Destroyer. You and your kayak are the target. For invading the captains secret porn WLAN.

    And they will have railguns soon.

  22. What's with the care-free reentry? on SpaceShipOne Flight Completed Successfully · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Something i don't understand about a quote from Rutan:
    and how pleased I am that we have a ship that cannot only go to space but it is the first time that a winged-vehicle -- that can make this beautiful landing on a runway -- can make a care-free reentry. That is an enormous thing for safety
    What's with the care-free reentry? I would think that the level care-free-ness is directly proportional to one's speed and angle. I'm sure once you get to orbit and have the required speed to actually stay in orbit for a while, your reentry will lose a whole lot of that "care-free" thing. No?
  23. Hmm, choice snippets here on Flaw in Florida E-Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    "Touchscreen voting machines in 11 counties have a software flaw that could make manual recounts impossible in November's presidential election, state officials said."

    and

    "State officials say there is no need for recounts, or an audit trail, with the touchscreen system because it was designed to prevent people from voting in the same race more than once -- an overvote -- and provide multiple alerts to voters to warn them when they are skipping a race -- an undervote."

    So now they're officially saying "we don't need no steenking recounts". Looks like they want to be able to help out GWB should things be close again.

  24. Does that mean ... on Providing Access to Info in Developing Countries · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does this mean that future Nigerian graduates will know that the whole world is aware that their "confidential requests for business transaction" and "sincere pleas for family help" have been recognized by the whole world as scams?

  25. Re:I am amazed at the apparent bias of this articl on Who's Blocking Verified E-Voting? · · Score: 1

    Easy, the incumbent emperor supreme (yikes) would prefer to actually be elected this time. That whole election process is *much* easier to manipulate when there's no paper trail. So he and cronies will do everything to avoid a paper trail.