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  1. Sounds like a great idea! on Small Bank In Kansas Creates the Bank Account of the Future · · Score: 0

    Until you think about it. So now the IRS/FBI/NSA will have our financial data in real time. Seems like just another way for the government to track us and look for violations of structuring payments.

  2. I shouldn't expect Slashdot to post correct info on The Upcoming Windows 8.1 Apocalypse · · Score: 1

    Microsoft moved the drop dead installation date until August.

    http://www.infoworld.com/t/mic...

    Corporate Windows admins roared, and Microsoft backed off, pulling the patch from the WSUS update server regimen, fixing the WSUS-specific problems, and reinstating it eight days later all while simultaneously extending the drop-dead patching deadline for WSUS (and Intune and System Center Configuration Manager) corporate customers to August.

  3. Hipocracy? on Accenture Faces Mid-March Healthcare.gov Deadline Or 'Disaster' · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Remember when Bush 43 awarded no-bid contracts to Haliburton and other companies in the LOGCAP program to provide services, supplies, and logistics to troops in iraq and afghanistan in the mid-2000's? There was a lot of outrage by the media and the left about it. Now, Obama awards no-bid contracts to companies to fix healthcare.gov and there isn't a single peep of outrage.

  4. Sounds reasonable on Study Finds Fracking Chemicals Didn't Pollute Water · · Score: 1

    I know I'll get modded way down for this, but it sounds reasonable to me. How can fracking at depths of 10,000+ feet contaminate ground/drinking water that is less than 200 feet deep?

  5. 2 words: Group Policy on What Keeps You On (or Off) Windows in 2013? · · Score: 1

    Most of my Windows computer usage (both desktop and server) is for business use. I like many things about linux and used it to fill some special needs scenarios, but until it has something comparable to Active Directory Group Policies, I consider using it unless it is a last resort/only option.

  6. What about greenhouse gases over the entire planet on In 2011, Fracking Was #2 In Causing Greenhouse Gas In US · · Score: 0

    I think what is more important are the release of greenhouse gases worldwide versus just the USA. Worldwide volcanoes, undersea fractures in the ocean floor, and underwater magma displacements put more greenhouse gases into the air in a year than man can in a year. I also recall an article that says that methane releases from cows contribute more greenhouse gases than man does as well.

  7. Why I have to stick with Dish/Cable on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Watch TV In 2012? · · Score: 1

    But I can't find anywhere that streams Formula 1 races live, so that keeps me with Speedchannel on Dish Network.

  8. Tape is still here because its cheap on After 60 Years, Tape Reinserts Itself · · Score: 1

    An enterprise quality LTO-5 tape drive is $1000, and tapes are $100 each. Compare that to an enterprise disk-to-disk backup solution that is $15000 for the hardware and another $5000 for the software. If you are in a business that is only open 8-5, meaning you have a large window to do backups on nights/weekends, which do you think your boss will make you go with?

  9. Re:I can't be the only one who's going... "WTF?" on Court Clears Novell To Sue Microsoft Over WordPerfect · · Score: 1

    Word 2010 has this feature. It is called Shrink To Fit. http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2010/09/10/shrink-to-fit-in-word.aspx

  10. Re:Duh. on Press Favored Obama Throughout Campaign · · Score: 1

    care to prove to me that fox news is conservatively biased in their news reporting?

  11. Re:Interesting ... on FISA Court Sides With ACLU Against Administration · · Score: 0

    actually, Clinton used warrentless wiretaps in the Ames case.

  12. wireless and roaming profiles on Wireless Networks Causing Headaches For Businesses · · Score: 1

    i've found that wireless networking and roaming profiles don't work on cheap linksys access points. they just can't handle the packet flooding.

  13. not so quiet, bellsouth/att advertises it on AT&T Quietly Introduces $10/Month DSL · · Score: 2, Informative
  14. You failed to bring up the other side on Is Scientific Consensus a Threat to Democracy? · · Score: 2, Insightful
  15. i do something similar on Blogger Threatened For Publishing JS Hack · · Score: 1

    a radio station I listen to, the "play audio" link opens up a popup that uses a custom plugin to stream .wma files (windows media audio) and has a banner on the bottom. you couldn't right click either. but I just used wget to get the main page, looked at the source, saw the link to the .html page that loaded the stream plugin/popup thing, wget that, looked at the source for the link to the .wma file, and then just saved the .wma file w/ wget and opened it up and in it was the direct link to the .wmv stream, so I just pasted that into windows media player, and viola! no more ad banner, just the straight radio stream.

  16. so on Thousands of White House E-mails Deleted · · Score: 1, Insightful

    what about the missing rose law firm documents or the documents missing that sandy berger took?

  17. This flaw affects Seamonkey as well on Firefox 2.0 Password Manager Bug Exposes Passwords · · Score: 1

    I just tested it with Seamonkey 1.0.6 (I prefer it over firefox) and the exploit happens on it as well.

  18. what about a DS9 movie? on J.J. Abrams To Direct New 'Star Trek' Film · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I loved Deep Spance 9 because unlike TOS and TNG where it was a space ship flying around causing trouble, with DS9 the trouble came to the station. It was neat to have something different, and I really liked that.

  19. no you need to stop being a whiney bitch. on EOE Concerns w/ Electronic-only Job Application? · · Score: 5, Informative

    stop being a whiney bitch. If their terminal sucked, so what? You obviously have internet access to be posting your story to slashdot, and every public library has internet access, so you and the general public can apply online at Kroger's website.

    http://www.kroger.com/careers.htm

  20. Re:postgresql...ease of use? on Oracle and PostgreSQL Debate · · Score: 1

    docs at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/bac kup.html

    I do just like they say, the pg_dumpall, then upgrade the database to the new major release, then do the restore. when I restore with psql -f infile postgres. and it always errors with things like the users not existing, the database not existing, etc. so i have to go in and create the users by hand, and then create an empty database, etc. I always just have to play around until I can make it work. upgrading between postgresql major releases is a pain, always has been, probably always will be.

    like i said, thats why I love mysql, install the new rpms and just keep on going.

  21. postgresql...ease of use? on Oracle and PostgreSQL Debate · · Score: 2, Interesting

    obviously they've never tried to dump and restore a database when upgrading to a new major release. Never goes according to the documentation. thats why I love mysql, just install the new rpms and keep on truckin'.

    I just wish mysql could use /etc/passwd for authentication of users/passwords, I hate that it has to use its own internal user/pass database.

  22. april fools jokes like these aren't funny anymore on OMG BARBIE LINUX LOL!!1!!!! · · Score: 4, Insightful

    thankfully the day is almost over and we can get over the 20th lame april 1st story on slashdot

  23. better suggestion is: on Lowering the Odds of Being Outsourced · · Score: 1

    i'll take getting a job that can't be outsourced for $500, alex!

    seriously, why do all you IT people bitch about being outsourced? The USA insources more then we outsouce (jap auto plants in the USA, etc)

    if you don't want to be outsourced, get a job in a field that can't/isn't outsourced. yes most are blue collar, but getting up and seeing sunshine will only give your pasty-white skin sunburn for a little while until your body adjusts.

  24. why I don't use postgresql on Top 5 Reasons People Dismiss PostgreSQL · · Score: 2, Insightful

    with mysql, when you upgrade between major releases, you just compile and install it and keep on truckin'

    with postgresql you have to run pg_dumpall, and then restore it after upgrading to the next major version. which is extremely gay, and half the time it doesn't work, or doesn't work according to the postgresql docs, or sometimes loads the tables but not the users or vice versa. thats stupid and is what keeps me from using postgresql.

  25. sun more active then ever in recent history on 20th Century Warmest In 1200 Years · · Score: 1

    recent being the past few thousand years. I love how the article fails to mention the hyperactivity of the sun. Could the active sun be causing any global warming?