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  1. Internet managers book on Everything You Needed To Know About the Internet In May, 1994 · · Score: 1

    Supported corporate (research/non commercial) Internet for a company starting around 1989. I did an entire presentation to one of our research groups using Mosaic and html pages with image maps and external links in 1992, because I didn't want to use PowerPoint.

    Was sitting in a meeting with our ISP, we were discussing the future of z39.50 and got involved ina a discussion regarding port mapping in TCP/IP. Someone said,
    "hey is anybody using port 411 for anything?"

    Marshall Rose jumped out of his seat and went running to try to see if he could get the port reserved.

    I remember a book of internet contacts that got published around then, which of course I can't find right now.

    Good times.

  2. Re:Advance warning may be the best idea on Utility Sets IT Department On Path To Self-destruction · · Score: 1

    the missing link of course, is that somebody (the soon to be laid off IT staff) has to TRAIN THE OUTSOURCING in how the IT department works. The outsourcing company doesn't come to YOU and learn things... you have to provide the documentation for them... so they can do your job for cheaper!

    Start with /usr/share/man/man1,2,3,4,5,6,7
    troff each file to the printer.

    Spiral bind, alphabetize if you want to be all fancy.

    Mail to whomever is replacing you.

  3. Re:Those 30 tuners? on Stephen Colbert and the Monster Truck of Tivos · · Score: 1

    That will set you back to the tune of about $223,500 (enter some fake info for the details). Or it looks like you can lease 30 tuners for about $5,000/month.

    Think I'll be sticking with my Moxi.

    Anybody want to chip in on some, and store on the cloud someplace?

  4. Re:They don't want to know (IME) on Survey: Most IT Staff Don't Communicate Security Risks · · Score: 1

    My profession isn't sys-admin, but I take care of that at my office. (SO, 6-8 people)
    Both my boss and colleagues use super weak password (tom101) in spite of me asking them to be serious.
    I warned the system was insecure, but was never given a moment to work on it.
    At some point I just had to wash my hands of it, I'm not even paid to be responsible for it.

    There is a limit of how many times you will tell people the sam thing, especially when they don't care or get annoyed because it requires an effort from them.

    It seems management don't want to spend ressources on a problem they don't (want to) understand, preferring closing their eyes.

    But in fact, you and they may be liable for anything that goes wrong.

  5. Re: I beg to differ, sir on For Education, Why TI-83 > iPad · · Score: 1

    No because apple is quickly becoming the gatekeeper of what our kids can see and learn.

    It could be worse:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2155955/Publisher-replaces-instances-Kindle-rival-e-book-reader-Nook--ends-destroying-War-Peace.html

  6. Re:Name game on Elop Favored By Gamblers As Microsoft's Next Chief Executive · · Score: 2

    Elop sounds too close to "Flop", if we're only considering by name.

    More interesting, backwards it's Pole

  7. Re:Coincidentally... on US Electrical Grid On the Edge of Failure · · Score: 1

    If there is enough sunlight in Germany and the Netherlands then there is enough sun in the whole of the U.S.A. except maybe for Alaska, and I said maybe.

    What about wind power?

  8. Zero Day Facebook Attack? on Security Community Raises $12k For Researcher Snubbed By Facebook · · Score: 1

    Looks like it would be better to just sell to umm someone rather than try report to facebook for $500.

  9. Re:Smart Criminals on Three Banks Lose Millions After Wire Transfer Switches Hacked · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actual supermarket profit margins statistics:
    http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=204979

  10. Re:Uh huh on The Steady Decline of Unix · · Score: 1

    Unix has three definitions.

    1. Legacy Unix, based on the AT&T Unix source code. eg: Solaris and AIX.

    2. Certified Unix(tm). eg: Solaris, AIX, and OS X (apparently not included in their decline of Unix numbers).

    3. Unix-like operating systems. eg: Linux, *BSD. (*BSD is also somewhat legacy in that AT&T incorporated their source code).

    I don't think you can classify BSD as "Unix-like". My understanding that it is considered full-on Unix. And the basis for Solaris, no less.

    4) Linux based phones (android)

  11. Re:When you don't want a reference on Ask Slashdot: When Is It OK To Not Give Notice? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hope your also teaching them _wrong_.

    That's called "Doing the Needful"

  12. Re:Edison = Jobs on Larry Ellison Believes Apple Is Doomed · · Score: 1

    Woz was involved in a plane crash (which was in no way a hit by Jobs) which seems to have had some negative impact on his brain:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak#Airplane_crash

  13. Re:Could only be better if: on US To Standardize Car App/communication Device Components · · Score: 1

    Then he was an idiot. That doesn't even make sense. OSI is a logical way to think about networking. Its not an actual protocol.

    Well there were a nice pile of overengineered applications in the OSI definition as well.

    http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/o/op/open_systems_interconnect.html

    I still twitch when x.400 is mentioned.

  14. Re:Could only be better if: on US To Standardize Car App/communication Device Components · · Score: 1

    Bollocks. The four-layer DOT model will be no less raging success than the seven-layer OSI model.

    Ah networking memories, I remember going to a TCP/IP training session in 88/89 and the instructor saying
    "Why are you bothering to learn TCP/IP? OSI will take over the world."

  15. Could only be better if: on US To Standardize Car App/communication Device Components · · Score: 4, Funny

    The UN creates a completely different standard, based on Russian Car Cams.

  16. Re:"Unity web player"? on DEF CON Hackers Unveil a New Way of Visualizing Web Vulnerabilities · · Score: 2

    Erm. Unity is a well-known 3D gaming engine, dude....

    Could of fooled me. As far as I know, Unity is a very expensive product from Cisco for providing voicemail integrated with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange.

    So apparently there is some niche product that is a 3D engine of some sort, and I get that.
    But the publisher should still not be doing something that requires me to install software, to view it.

    If they're posting it online, they should use a standard format such as HTML5.

    Nah Unity is the value subtracted interface to Gnome in the latest versions of Ubuntu

  17. Re:Fine with me on Microsoft Will Squeeze Datacenters On Price of Windows Server · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Centos then...

  18. Re:Why does anyone like this show? on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    It seems awful to me. The writing is bad. The characters are bad. The plots are bad. The props/special effects are bad.

    Is it something we Ironically like because its so bad or does it have good aspects I've over looked?

    Don't get me wrong. I love science fiction. But this seems like garbage.

    Anyone have an idea as to what I'm missing here?

    So ELI5:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9P4SxtphJ4

  19. Re:Really? Political correctness? on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 4, Funny

    They wouldn't be able to do all the running involved...

    New tagline:

    "Lets Roll"

  20. and that's why on Extraneous Network Services Leave Home Routers Unsecure · · Score: 4, Insightful

    routers should route and probably run access control lists and other firewall stuff like expose some ports in your dmz.

    servers should serve.

    Servers route poorly, routers serve poorly.

  21. They left out some other sites on Battle of the Media Ecosystems: Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No DRM:

    eBooks:
    www.gutenberg.org

    Texts, Movies, Audio, Education:
    www.archive.org

  22. I think Ben Miller would be good on New Doctor Who Actor To Be Revealed This Sunday · · Score: 1
  23. But am I vulnerable? on English High Court Bans Publication of 0-Day Threat To Auto Immobilizers · · Score: 1

    My car doesn't have power windows, or keyless entry or even remote start.

    They may be able to impact my cassette player?

    How will I know if I can't read the article?

  24. Accellion on Ask Slashdot: Secure DropBox Alternative For a Small Business? · · Score: 1

    I managed accellion for web based and sftp file transfers, it's pretty mature, not too expensive. Check
    www.accellion.com

    The setup I used was a virtual server on vmware with an encrypted file system from a file server on our SAN.

    The link for government services is at:
    http://www.accellion.com/why-accellion/for-government

  25. Thanks for the useful information on How One Drunk Driver Sent My Company To the Cloud · · Score: 1

    As your direct competitor I've had RIAA, MPAA, FBI notices sent to those sites because
    you may have violated some law.

      There is now an ongoing raid to seize all the computers and data at those sites
      and they promise to return them in a year or two.