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  1. Hi, Sys Admin to Director over here... on Can a Manager Be a Techie and Survive? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have 2 HUGE problems as a manager who was a tech.

    1) I side with my "guys" (who are .33 women!) too often.
    2) I have a nagging feeling I could "do that better" than they're doing it.

    Sounds fun, or funny but it's not. It's a pain in the ass. It literally triples my stress levels.

    There is no doubt in my mind that being a Sys Admin was a MUCH easier job.

  2. No threading? on Slashdot Posting Bug Infuriates Haggard Admins · · Score: 1

    My eyebrows are going to be bushy!

  3. You idiots! on Democrats Take House, Senate Undecided · · Score: 2, Funny

    You fell right into Karl Rove's Dieboldian scheme of Haliburtonist warforoilism! You fools!

  4. Easy on Better Ways to Handle User Conflicts? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Use only one DHCP server but make the range Class A. That ought to be plenty of network space for your users with no IP Conflicts.

  5. The best possible way on Securing a High School Windows XP Computer Lab? · · Score: 1

    (if you don't count unplugging the CAT5) to lock these machines down is to hire someone who knows what they are doing to enforce a "locked" desktop. Windows XP can actually be quite secure although there are certainly Apps that want you to be Administrator but you can always not use them or set up RUNAS permissions.

    The point is: This is not easy to do correctly and you should have someone that knows what they are doing do it.

  6. Re:Sauna-loving Swedes? on Human Species May Split In Two · · Score: -1

    You're clearly not Finnish. Finnish people commit suicide. Unless you're a failure of a Finn. Are you a Finnalure? Huh? Huh?

  7. Re:As usual, ignorance prevails... on Howard Stern Coming To the Net · · Score: 1

    I already do and I have for almost 20 years.

    Fi'YAH!

  8. A few points on IT and Divorce? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1) Ask /. is now officially worthless
    2) Your thesis is horribly flawed
    3) Your wife is leaving you because you whine too much

  9. hmmm on Do Big Screens Make Employees More Productive? · · Score: 1

    I use two monitors.

    The 12" on my tablet and a 17" Dell LCD.

    I put mail and an MMC on the 12" with browsers and text editors on the 17".

    I'm not sure it makes me more productive but at least I know where things are.

  10. You know maybe... on The Future of ReiserFS · · Score: 5, Funny

    maybe she should have been so enamored with GFS. How about that? Huh? How about she just stop talking about how great Google's File System is FOR ONE MINUTE? Did anyone think bout that?

  11. Re:The Patent on OSX To Feature Portable User Accounts? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ugh I hate these nonsense emails.

    So much crap in this one I don't even know how much the V14gr4 is...

  12. Re:How can they be legit? on One Last Spamhaus Warning Before The End · · Score: 1

    This isn't about a single mail box. This is about entire companies blocked erroneously.

  13. Re:they are spammers, see here on One Last Spamhaus Warning Before The End · · Score: 1

    Thanks.

  14. Re:How can they be legit? on One Last Spamhaus Warning Before The End · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That page was clearly set up to talk aout their lawsuit.

    The thing is you can definitely end up on Spamhaus with being a Spammer. You can usually get off the list but other times they are total dicks. They blocked an entire C class belonging to XO with the response that if you were "Stupid enough to use XO" it was your "own fault." Disregarding the fact that XO lights buildings and companies don't always have a choice in the matter. They later cleared that up but it took 3 weeks.

    So while I am pro Spamhaus I wonder what e360's deal really is.

  15. I'm still a little fuzzy on e360 on One Last Spamhaus Warning Before The End · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are they or aren't they Spammers. I have never seen their emails.

  16. My 5 on What Are Your Top Five 'Comfort' Games? · · Score: 1

    1) Zork
    2) Super Mario 3
    3) Pirates!
    4) UT
    5) That one where the Japanese girl is asleep and you have to use your mouse to give her an orgasm before she wakes up

  17. Re:Bias on Maryland Governor Wants Paper Ballots · · Score: 1

    New to the dot I see.

    Welcome aboard. Down the hall you'll find vi vs. emacs, Macs vs. PC, Linux vs. FreeBSD, and Perl vs. everything.

  18. I can't see how anyone could argue this point on Maryland Governor Wants Paper Ballots · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Of COURSE there should be a paper trail if not paper ballots.

  19. Wife Swap? on Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, Me Hearties · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think I saw the guy who invented this on Wife Swap last night. There were so many fleas in his house that his swapped wife refused to sleep there. His actual wife is total tool. It's an odd show.

  20. Re:Moo on Was the 2004 Election Stolen? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wake up sheeple...

    and you just lost the argument. I didn't bother reading the rest of your post but i assume you called Bush Hitler yadda yadda.

    Democrats need to learn to lose and learn from it or maybe they like the loser role.

  21. I want to say eMail... on Hypothetical Death Match - E-mail vs. the Web · · Score: 3, Funny

    but the prices on v1aGR4 are so good... and a really important person from Nigeria just sent me an offer you will all be jealous of... and besides I don't think the web has all these .scr files I get.

  22. Re:Websense on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't even get around websense?

    I am so NOT hiring you :)

  23. Re:Feh. on Concern Over Creating Black Holes · · Score: 1

    What month? I want to note it on my Palm IIIx.

  24. This proves nothing! on EU Craft Successfully Hits The Moon · · Score: 1

    I watched this video over and over and you can't tell me a plane hit the Pentgon from this video.

  25. Re:Anyone actually get a replacement order? on Apple Recalls 1.1 Million Laptop Batteries · · Score: 1

    Same sitch.

    We're on hold.