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  1. Risk guy on India Now Wants Access To Google and Skype · · Score: 1

    My Corporate Risk guy just shot coffee through his nose I'm sure.

  2. Re:As a sysadmin on Microsoft May Back Off of .NET Languages · · Score: 1

    Sir there is no mention of pancakes and without pancakes you have no arguement.

  3. Re:C-sharp on How Can an Old-School Coder Regain His Chops? · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was waiting for you to say: "2010 is the year of Linux". Just like 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, etc...

  4. Re:Silverlight couldn't be a Flash rival,thanks to on Adobe Flash To Be Top Hacker Target In 2010 · · Score: 1

    Color me skeptical but based on your reply I seriously doubt you would visit MSNBC's site because of the "puppet idiot and his gang" have a stake in it.

    Nice rant all the same...

  5. Re:Acrobat and Flash on Adobe Flash To Be Top Hacker Target In 2010 · · Score: 1

    Depends on what your definition of GOOD is I guess.

    My opinion is that Flash is not the best RIA product out there. It just has the most installations.

  6. Re:Acrobat and Flash on Adobe Flash To Be Top Hacker Target In 2010 · · Score: 1

    "Sadly, there aren't many GOOD Flash alternatives"

    How about Silverlight or Moonlight?

  7. wait a second on London Stock Exchange Rejects .NET For Open Source · · Score: 1
    So the lesson here is what?

    1) Don't use a POS consulting company with a reputation of failure

    2) Don't use cheap off shore labor because you might get what you paid for?

    This sounds like news to me /snark

  8. Re:They Have A Point on Oklahoma, Vatican Take Opposite Tacks On Evolution · · Score: 1

    I'm actually for the Fairness Doctrine. 'We' own the airwaves these wingnuts use. Opinions should be given equal access. And yes, that means on TV too.

  9. Perhaps they should have on I'm a PC and I'm 4-1/2 · · Score: 1

    Shown a 4 year old installing Linux and the necessary drivers. It would have been a 10 season series.

  10. Re:as well as the obligatory on Microsoft In Mobile Search Deal With Verizon · · Score: 1

    Or.... I could point out that there is no reason why this story should be on the front page except for the circle jerk factor. Microsoft Live on a Verizon phone...Really? That's the biggest news in tech today? ...now get back in your mothers basement you little troll.

  11. And now begins... on Microsoft In Mobile Search Deal With Verizon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Microsoft hate circle jerk...

  12. Patriot Act? on Canadian Nuke Bunker To Be Converted Into Data Fortress · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I hope they realize that a significant amount of Internet traffic goes through the States. I doubt they could 100% guarantee protection from the Patriot Act.

  13. Re:a bunch of questions on C# In-Depth · · Score: 1
    From their site:

    The popular search engines Google, MSN, Yahoo!, and YouTube are used to calculate the ratings. Observe that the TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written

    The key here is: "TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written". - Just saying....

  14. The Note sent to Account Holders on Explosion At ThePlanet Datacenter Drops 9,000 Servers · · Score: 1
    Got this note in my control panel (Orbit).

    06/01/2008 11:00 PM CDT Update
    As previously committed, I would like to provide an update on where we stand following yesterday's explosion in our H1 data center. First, I would like to extend my sincere thanks for your patience during the past 28 hours. We are acutely aware that uptime is critical to your business, and you have my personal commitment that The Planet team will continue to work around the clock to restore your service.

    As you have read, we have begun receiving some of the equipment required to start repairs. While no customer servers have been damaged or lost, we have new information that damage to our H1 data center is worse than initially expected. Three walls of the electrical equipment room on the first floor blew several feet from their original position, and the underground cabling that powers the first floor of H1 was destroyed.

    There is some good news, however. We have found a way to get power to Phase 2 (upstairs, second floor) of the data center and to restore network connectivity. We will be powering up the air conditioning system and other necessary equipment within the next few hours. Once these systems are tested, we will begin bringing the 6,000 servers online. It will take four to five hours to get them all running.

    We have brought in additional support from Dallas to have more hands and eyes on site to help with any servers that may experience problems. The call center has also brought in double staff to handle the increase in tickets we're expecting. Hopefully by sunrise tomorrow Phase 2 will be well on its way to full production.

    Let me next address Phase 1 (first floor) of the data center and the affected 3,000 servers. The news is not as good, and we were not as lucky. The damage there was far more extensive, and we have a bigger challenge that will require a two-step process. For the first step, we have designed a temporary method that we believe will bring power back to those servers sometime tomorrow evening, but the solution will be temporary. We will use a generator to supply power through next weekend when the necessary gear will be delivered to permanently restore normal utility power and our battery backup system. During the upcoming week, we will be working with those customers to resolve issues.

    We know this may not be a satisfactory solution for you and your business but at this time, it is the best we can do.

    We understand that you will be due service credits based on our Service Level Agreement. We will proactively begin providing those following the restoration of service, which is our number priority, so please bear with us until this has been completed.

    I recognize that this is not all good news. I can only assure you we will continue to utilize every means possible to fully restore service.

    I plan to have an audio update tomorrow evening.

    Until then,

    Douglas J. Erwin
    Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
  15. Re:LOL! on FBI Wiretapping Audit Secrets Uncovered Via Ctrl+C · · Score: 1

    You forgot:

    7 - Profit!

  16. Next up.. on Storm Botnet Subsides For Now · · Score: 1

    Now batting...

    [Insert next bot name here]

  17. Re:This is how it's done on FBI Wants Authority To Filter Net Backbone · · Score: 1

    It's not that you lead a lily-white lifestyle so you have nothing to fear. It's that 'They' can string together information taken out of context and make you look guilty of almost anything.

    I think that point is lost on most of the 'I have nothing to hide' crowd.