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  1. Re:You should trust them on Why Should I Trust My Network Administrator? · · Score: 1

    Also, sales guys like to spend a lot of time racking up debt playing online poker. On top of that, most people in sales that I've met have no personal objections to staying in ethical grey areas - so long as they benefit.

  2. Re:Worried about the results of your actions? on Why Should I Trust My Network Administrator? · · Score: 1

    Just call up an ambulance chaser and sign over 50% of the proceeds of the lawsuit.

  3. Re:Security through Obscurity? on Local Privilege Escalation On All Linux Kernels · · Score: 1

    "More secure" is an inaccurate conclusion in this instance. It would imply that there are more instances of problems of comparable severity in the other OS kernel.

    "Shorter time to resolution" is more accurate.

  4. Re:Worried about the results of your actions? on Why Should I Trust My Network Administrator? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mod parent up.

    Either you trust your outsourcing company to do what they do how they do it, or you hire an admin to be on site.

    Disclosure: I'm an on-site admin, because the company I work for doesn't trust outsiders.

  5. Re:Huh? on Encryption? What Encryption? · · Score: 1

    TLDR

  6. Re:Well the only fool proof way... on How Can I Tell If My Computer Is Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 1

    If you can't find a HUB, buy a real switch.

    Real switches have monitoring functions, which allow you to snoop on all the traffic going to and from another port.

    Some auction site should have lots of ProCurves and friends coming available - 2424m's are the one I like.

  7. Keep lap empty on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 1

    She wants to sit on your lap.

    If your laptop is on your lap, she cannot sit on your lap.

    Keep your geeky hobbies and interests in check - leave a significant amount of time for social interaction with each other. Oh yes, and interact with each other.

    If she's reading, and looks like she will be for some time, go ahead and compute. If she puts book away, put computer away.

    Also, the hardest cues to pick up on for geekboys are the "-blink- -blink- it's time to go to bed" cues. It doesn't matter that you're not tired or sleepy yet. That's the point, dolt.

  8. Re:Holy shit on Linux-Friendly Label Printer Recomendations? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Really? How about "You buy X, set it up in CUPS (like you specified), and it just works, just like you want it to."

  9. Re:Zebra on Linux-Friendly Label Printer Recomendations? · · Score: 1

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/kbarcode/

    IIRC, there's some nice command line options which allow you to specify barcode type and data, with PS or EPS output.

  10. Re:Can't you... on Linux-Friendly Label Printer Recomendations? · · Score: 1

    Same difference.

    Also, the printer was next to the computer.

    Either way, the right answer is use the right tool for the job - continuous feed labels.

  11. Re:Can't you... on Linux-Friendly Label Printer Recomendations? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We tried this at the office for a while.

    To print one label at a time is wasteful; to get users to specify how many labels are already used off the sheet is too hard (and slow), and the printers are slow and prone to jam when you re-feed the label sheets.

    This solution lasted about 4 weeks for us, then we were told to spend the $200 or so and get a real printer (Zebra, I believe LP2844).

    It's not the SIZE that's the problem, it's that users are idiots and really need most of the work already done for them.

  12. Zebra on Linux-Friendly Label Printer Recomendations? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Labels come in most shapes and sizes. I believe we're using the LP2844 at the office; I'd have to double check but I believe UPS and FedEx send these out to their customers as well.

    They are rugged. CUPS prints to them trivially. Labels are not terribly expensive, and they are fast.

  13. Re:os x on The Amazing World of Software Version Numbers · · Score: 1

    Waiting for OS X Tawny Scrawny Lion.

  14. Re:they should be kept practical and useful on The Amazing World of Software Version Numbers · · Score: 1

    the repository names are codenames instead of version numbers.

    Sounds like it's a problem with the repository maintainers, not the rest of the world.

    Yes, url://repository.server/archive/09/04/ seems like a much better solution.

  15. Re:Decimal version numbers on The Amazing World of Software Version Numbers · · Score: 1

    Apple II side had DOS 3.2 and DOS 3.3. There were huge differences (23% more disk capacity on the same media), but the user saw relatively few changes in UI (IIRC). I'd have to check my references, but I'm pretty sure that these were out by 1978.

  16. Re:What? No CFL's? on NSA To Build 20-Acre Data Center In Utah · · Score: 1

    No worries, just trolling the nonspecific language.

  17. Re:What? No CFL's? on NSA To Build 20-Acre Data Center In Utah · · Score: 1

    Unless 200,000 people live there, 65 MW is a lot to be using in one residence.

  18. Re:In fact, on NSA To Build 20-Acre Data Center In Utah · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good idea!

    Travelling collections?

    I can't believe that the National Parks System hasn't already done this. They're all clustered around the east coast - we really need to get some here in the midwest.

  19. What? No CFL's? on NSA To Build 20-Acre Data Center In Utah · · Score: 1

    65 megawatts of power - about the same amount used by every home in Salt Lake City

    Maybe it's having to run the air conditioners all the time, but that's a lot of power to be using in a residence.

    Have they checked that it's not grow lights?

  20. Re:Eh. on A Mathematician's Lament — an Indictment of US Math Education · · Score: 1

    Some people just don't get math, just like some people just don't get music or science or English. Around here, the math one is probably the largest. You can ask any teacher. Some students just have a hard limit on their abilities. It's hard to manage these.

    Agreed; some students are mentally incapable of dealing with advanced concepts. This is not the overwhelming majority of the populace.

    That's OK, of course - the world needs ditch diggers, too. We can't all be above average.

    So, if as you say, most students can't handle math, why try to teach it at all? It's a hopeless endeavour, not unlike teaching pigs to sing.

  21. Re:Eh. on A Mathematician's Lament — an Indictment of US Math Education · · Score: 1

    the things he suggests is beyond the ability of most math students in high school.

    Really. The result of a broken system is that competent graduates who meet all the state requirements for conferment of a diploma are unable to grapple with these relatively basic concepts?

    Is it the students who are incapable, or are they merely inexperienced?

  22. Re:Gravel roads are cheap but need more maintenanc on Broke Counties Turn Failing Roads To Gravel · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Vintage furniture on Solar Machine Spins Sunlight-Shaped Furniture · · Score: 1

    I saw your comment.

    And not just 2012; but July 17th 2012, when it was mildly overcast from 11a to 12:12p, which creates just the right low spot just there.

    Ahh....

  24. Re:OR... on Solar Machine Spins Sunlight-Shaped Furniture · · Score: 1

    You are erroneously suggesting that the power grid maintains a constant condition.

  25. Re:marketing speak and buzz words grind the skin on Web Servers Getting Naked, For Weight Savings · · Score: 1

    Curse you for involving TLA's in this otherwise pleasant discussion. WTF?