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  1. Re:Tip of the ice berg. on Strip-Search Case Tests Limits of 4th Amendment · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Being home-schooled denies you the social skills you might learn in school.

    Here is another bullshit statement, being atheist denies my children the social skills they could learn in church activities.

    I knew home-schooled people through my church. They were ostracized because they hadn't had experiences that we had had. We couldn't relate to them. They didn't get our jokes, and they didn't seem to understand reality.

    Wow, that anecdotal evidence is stunning.

    As the parent of home-schooled children, I think you are too close to the situation to make a rational assessment. No offense, but your kids may be very poorly adjusted and you just don't know it.

    As a parent of non-homeschooled chidlren, I think you are too far away from the situation to make an assessment. No offense, but my kids are well adjusted and you just don't know it.

  2. Re:Well, It Seems You Have Already Taken It Down on Dealing With a Copyright Takedown Request? · · Score: 1

    There already is a strong punitive action for filing a false notice, a federal perjury charge which carries a maximum of five years in prison.

  3. Re:if they do that on Intel Threatens To Revoke AMD's x86 License · · Score: 1

    Where are you getting the 80% number? I can believe the 80% market share for a 32-bit CPU in mobile devices. I am not buying into that number for total volume of cores shipped, and certainly not based on revenue.

  4. Re:if they do that on Intel Threatens To Revoke AMD's x86 License · · Score: 1

    It depends what you classify as server. My company develops custom solutions for server applicances using silicon from comapnies like RMI. And no, they are not trying to be like ARM.

  5. Re:if they do that on Intel Threatens To Revoke AMD's x86 License · · Score: 1

    ...and MIPS are both dead and gone...

    I highly recommend knowing a bit about the subject matter before making asinine comments.

    Sse http://www.mips.com/ for more information.

  6. Re:But at what cost? on Sun To Include SSDs On Server Motherboards · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The last bidding process I was involved in (for x86 hwardware) 2.5 years ago, Sun came out less than Dell and HP, and significantly less than IBM. Options always add to the price of any vendor.

  7. Re:What a crock of shit. on Terry Childs Case Puts All Admins In Danger · · Score: 1

    One strict interpretation of Sarbanes Oxley elements...and would place the city in non-compliance

    If you knew what you were talking about, you would know that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act only applies to U.S. public companies and their accounting firms.

  8. Re:open source on Obama Looking To Symantec CEO For Commerce · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is because of incompetence. There is nothing wrong with Exchange in the hands of somebody that knows the product. Alternatives include products such as Sun's Communication Suite and IBM's Lotus Domino.

  9. Re:AD licensing on Active Directory Comes To Linux With Samba 4 · · Score: 1

    RH behavior is the same as any other vendor. I have had good and bad experiences from MS, Sun, Oracle, etc...

    RH really dropped the ball on my client. We were doing evaluations and they knew it. Whereas Oracle worked with us on migrating from Solaris to Linux. Against my advice, they eventually went with RHEL when the patch fixed the FIN_WAIT2 issue. Although, they only bought support for one copy and put that OS on over one hundred machines.

  10. Re:Exactly on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    You are assuming the person in the article would know how to configure the modem. I was addressing the problem from their perspective.

  11. Re:Exactly on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    Yes, but for the average non-technical user (folks that see the computer as an appliance) I think there would be a problem. When I lived in another state for a client for six months, I ordered FiOS over the phone. The FiOS installer had the Windows CD in hand. I refused it because the computer was work property and had a restricted policy on third party software. Luckily, I was using a Verizon mobile card and he directed me to a website.

  12. Re:AD licensing on Active Directory Comes To Linux With Samba 4 · · Score: 1

    Red Hat, by the other way, will work at your place to solve every little problem that your unique configuration causes.

    They will not. We had a FIN_WAIT2 problem four years ago in their RHEL product and they did nothing to help us. We did lots of tests and did comparative tests against Solaris (as our client, a forex platform, wanted to move from Solaris to Linux). We sent them the information and the results of the tests; they disowned the problem. Not until a much later patch (over two years) was it magically fixed. No heads up from RH, we had to tell them it was fixed. Their response was along the lines, "Oh, that is good."

  13. Re:"general purpose?" on Solution Against Cold Boot Attack In the Making · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It is still alive, with its sibling the SH-5, for the embedded market. Its core is licensed in the same way as ARM and MIPS.

  14. Re:Diesel on Feds To Offer Cash For Your Clunker · · Score: 1

    When I drove a MB 300D, I never had a problem finding diesel. In urban areas, about 50-75% of the stations have at least one pump. Think of all the trucks that use diesel, not the tractor trailer rigs rather the utility, construction, delivery type trucks. They have to fill up somewhere. Same with the interstate stations, and diesel is announced on the signage. I have pulled into a truck stop for diesel; they will accommodate you. In rural areas, it is easier to find, with 99% of the stations carrying.

  15. Re:Coming to a disaster near you. on Seagate Hard Drive Fiasco Grows · · Score: 2, Informative

    Quantum wanted to focus on its tape products, selling only its HD division to Maxtor.

  16. Re:Main mistake they made? on Circuit City Closes Its Doors For Good · · Score: 1

    They were in financial trouble before they got rid of commissioned sales. In fact, that was the reason they changed, to help conserve cash.

  17. Re:Scott McNealy: almost twenty years too late .. on Sun Open Sources the Netscape Enterprise Server · · Score: 4, Informative

    You may want to come out of your cave. Jon Schwartz is the CEO and has been for several years.

  18. Re:Exactly on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    Which came first, the chicken or the egg? You have a computer in front of you and just got a DSL installed, how do you connect to their service without a login and password? Works the same for FiOS without alternate Internet access.

  19. Re:Herd instict on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 1

    That is how it works, as defined by the Constitution. SCOTUS is the ultimate arbitrator. The only means to override SCOTUS is through amendment.

  20. Re:worser on 30th Anniversary of the (No Good) Spreadsheet · · Score: 1

    We all have personal prejudices.

  21. Re:Seriously... on How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out? · · Score: 1

    1) Consult your dentist. My recommendation is stay soft, switch to electric. When you first get started on the electric, you will still attempt to brush from side to side as it is an ingrained habit. Keep a manual around for power outages and travel needs.

    2) Shelves and baskets are all you ever need. Never have any furniure that cannot be moved by one person.

    3) Over!

    4) Z:

  22. Re:Herd instict on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 1

    Second Amendment guarantees the RIGHT to bear arms

    It guarantees what SCOTUS says it does, not what you want it to mean. SCOTUS affirmed the Court of Appeal decision in District of Columbia v. Heller that the 1) right is individual not collective, 2) the right applies to private property, 3) only certain classes of arms can be kept (handgun, rifle, shotgun), 4) municipalities can require permits for guns carried outside your home, 5) municipalities can impose restrictions on gun sales, 6) the right can be removed through due process.

  23. Re:worser on 30th Anniversary of the (No Good) Spreadsheet · · Score: 1

    The comparative is redundant. It is considered nonstandard English (by the dictionary publishers), even if it is used by the best of authors.

  24. Re:I would like to hear from a lawyer on this.. on Personality Testing For Employment · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When I was teen, I applied for sales job at a local computer store. I had to take one of these tests and failed. The manager made an exception and hired me. Of the people that passed the test and worked at the store, three were fired for stealing and the manager (who became an area manager) was fired for having an affair with his subordinate. Yeah, they work well.

  25. Re:When I was breaking in on More Than Coding Errors Behind Bad Software · · Score: 1

    Several ways to reduce the cost of living: live with parents while attending school, take lower division classes at a junior college, share an apartment.