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  1. if your backup is utilitarian, its not a big deal on GitLab Says It Found Lost Data On a Staging Server (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    reduce the urgency in a disaster by making the manner in which you would recover part of your daily routine - to whatever extant possible.

  2. Why rtfa on Has the Command Line Outstayed Its Welcome? · · Score: 1

    When the question is so stupid? We'll have a command line on glass for fsm's sake.

  3. Re:Sad on Heathkit Educational Systems Closes Shop For Good · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Today's Heathkit is an iOS subscription, xcode and itunesU. Or a linux seat, compiler and java how-to. No doubt some bright mind will find a way to resurrect the name and semblance of the original mission - the brand is likely an affordable expense. Many of us wouldn't be doing what we are today w/o the stuff Heathkit brought to our homes and classrooms. RIP.

  4. Re:Hilariously orwellian on Palin Fans Deface Paul Revere Wikipedia Page · · Score: 1

    Just the first of our collective history to be rewritten if she becomes a viable candidate - not to mention (fsm forbid) she's elected...

  5. It'll Suck... on American Airlines Expands Streaming In-Flight Movies · · Score: 1

    It'll take years to make right, but in the meantime - AA will make millions in fees from customers trying it for the first, second, third time.

  6. Re:Please take responsibility for your life. on 'Death By GPS' Increasing In America's Wilderness · · Score: 1

    The least adapted perish. Its called Darwin.

  7. Exactly why we don't want flying cars on Pilot Charged With Drunken Flying After Landing On Road · · Score: 1

    Unless they carry mandatory breathalyzers.

  8. Re:Credit Card data? on Apple Impasse With Magazines Over Subscriber Data · · Score: 1

    One could argue that magazines exist solely for targeted marketing. Just like TV. Programming is geared at a particular demographic to facilitate marketing particular products. Cable's taken it to the next level with whole channels aimed at a tribal demographic, and then refined to the markets within that demo. Very much like a magazine is aimed at a tribe, with articles geared to particular interests surrounded by ads targeting the sort of folks who read such articles.

  9. Geeks taking surveys... on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 1

    Are always going to boast. Anything to put fear to the man.

  10. Citing Simpson on Feds Won't File Charges In School Laptop-Spy Case · · Score: 1

    Like how the plaintiff's lawyer cites OJ's experience in criminal and civil court - just 'cause the school board doesn't get nailed by the fed's doesn't mean a jury of their constituency won't return a rightly punitive award in dollars. More news at 11...

  11. Re:"Often reliable" on 7-Inch iPad Rumored · · Score: 1

    I'd be looking for iphone nano next month. So, when ai is proved correct, this post will have even greater meaning.

  12. Re:Die. on Abandon Earth Or Die, Warns Hawking · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Better we find a method for porting our consciousness to other devices, or other organic forms. The human "condition" is much to fragile to warrant eternal propagation.

  13. Re:PostgreSQL a better choice for database on How Should a Non-Techie Learn Programming? · · Score: 1

    Reads like contortions came up because the original question mentions analysis, and mysql - while a dandy persistant data store - isn't much on the analytics. But i'd disagree with improv wrt HTML/CSS. For most; the interweb is what computers are for. The capacity to self publish, maybe even do something revenue generating with slick analysis is a worthy skill. The more that have that, the more info the rest of us get to scrape.

  14. Re:Better Outlook than Slashdot on Outlook Plug-In Keeps Tone of Your Email In Check · · Score: 1

    Emotion stirs the inbox, makes the day colorful and often interesting. What's next; an ivr that tones down your phone voice? We don't need more robotic "socially acceptable" blather. People a) should be responsible for what they write, and b) free to speak their mind. This is just one step closer to the duracel stacks for us all.

  15. Re:It's about being truthful on Windows vs. Ubuntu — Dell's Verdict · · Score: 1

    Spot on. Like the woman who tried to thaw a turkey in the clothes dryer shouldn't be allowed to own a dryer nor prepare food for human consumption.

  16. Re:Congratulations, MS: You beat Google again... on Microsoft Kills the Kin · · Score: 1

    mod parent up. MS wants so badly to googlize itself they're willing to demonstrate massive loss on device development, launch cut-and-run.

  17. Can handle these sentences in email... on New Declassification Process To Open 400 Million Pages of Records · · Score: 1

    Blog posts, even the newspaper. Is anyone else bothered by the fragment, "records are reviewed in a timely and efficiently", from a government document that took ~six months to prepare?

  18. Re:The steady slide to Police State continues on Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded · · Score: 1

    It's called fascism, and the public is neither sleeping, nor idle. Every time they call the cops on a noisy neighbor, ask local police to step into a home and mediate marital problems, or just engage in "community outreach" we are collectively lubricating the slide... Unfortunately the lubricant is too often blood.

  19. See You at the Google Store on Google Stops Selling Its Own Phone · · Score: 1

    "selling phones directly to customers — has failed" Until they go brick an mortar - bound to do it eventually.

  20. Could've been swapping moon seats on Russia Doubles Price For Launching US Astronauts · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If USA hadn't canceled the constellation program, the perception of exclusivity for Russia would be diminished, and USA would have a big shiny carrot to barter some short term help with.

  21. When does the madness end? on I Want My GTV · · Score: 1

    The statement above becomes even more true across regional markets... Let's just make sure everything runs HTML 5 and we'll be fine, right?

  22. The tag says it all... on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the tinfoil hat. That's what they're for after all...

  23. Corps have no psychology, no morality on Perth Game Company CEO Takes IP By Night · · Score: 1

    Let's be clear - corporations are run by people. Actions taken by companies are in fact directed by human stakeholders. Many stakeholders see personal gain as the he highest order of business without regard to how the business integrates into society. Stakeholders benefit from the dedication of employees - motivated primarily by the need to remain employed - who sacrifice for the greater good of the corp. Meanwhile, the company is ultimately only interested in margin. The structure itself is inherently flawed when companies are not owned by their workers. Governing a modern corp with some founding principle, spirit or mantra may be a step in the right direction... But seriously; how long before even G abandons it's "do no evil" pledge? What recourse would employees have (unless they are also shareholders with a voice)?

  24. Chip sets on Mozilla Puts Tiger Out To Pasture · · Score: 2, Informative

    Speaking for myself; keeping the G5 on 10.4 because it's the last OS X version specifically designed for the power pc chipset, right? 10.5 ushered in the migration to intel architecture, and 10.5 supposedly served both ppc and intel, but was considered relatively inferior to Tiger stability-wise. With Snow Leopard, even apple made it clear they've retired support for legacy, non-intel, systems. Can't remember the last time i got a software update for anything other than safari or itunes...

  25. Just Saying... on Craig Mundie Wants "Internet Driver's Licenses" · · Score: 1

    It's time we adopt Morgan's label, "the Interweb". Clearest term for the proles [because it contains 'web'].