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  1. Re:Not just malware that is an issue on Ask Slashdot: Should Employers Ban Smartphones? · · Score: 2

    Why in god's name would your DB server be on the same subnet as your wireless network? Never mind having some sort of arp-protection in place (ie if the local DHCP server didn't assign it's IP don't listen to it).

  2. Re:Just edit his words on The Fall of 38 Studios · · Score: 1

    Let's be honest here, nobody in America ever cares about facts.

  3. Re:Busy databases on Ask Slashdot: What Type of Asset Would You Not Virtualize? · · Score: 2

    There's not a vCPU limit in HA as of at least ESXi 4.1 (or if there is it's really high). Maybe your're thinking of FT? That has some strange limitations.

  4. Re:Busy databases on Ask Slashdot: What Type of Asset Would You Not Virtualize? · · Score: 2

    Couple of corrections. HA (high availability) works without vCenter, if a host running vCenter dies HA will restart it on another host like any other VM. A vDS will continue to function you just can't connect VMs to the distributed switch. Lastly vCenter Heartbeat has been around for at least a year and can run in a few configurations. You can run it with two VMs (active/passive), maybe on different hosts/data stores or even buildings. You can also run it with the active vCenter on a physical machine that'll failover to a VM if need be.

  5. Re:Finally! on Nginx Overtakes Microsoft As No. 2 Web Server · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait.. BSD isn't dead?

  6. Re:Do not use OpenDNS on OpenDNS To Block and Monitor Conficker Worm · · Score: 1

    Or the main difference in that you manually have to make a choice and switch to opendns?

  7. Won't work in IL on Driver's License to be the Next Debit Card · · Score: 1

    In Illinois we've got a 3D barcode as well as a 2D barcode. No magstripe at all. Looks the the author didn't research his IDs.

  8. Re:Vermony Yankee Nuclear Power Plant on Google Blurring Sensitive Map Information · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the nuclear power plant outside of Bryon, IL isn't blurred out either.

  9. Re:It's a funny ol' world on FCC Nixes Satellite Radio Merger · · Score: 1

    Because they're appointed, and you can't get appointed without friends in high places.

  10. Re:Gamestop is dead... It's only a matter of time. on Gamestop To Be Resupplied With PS3, Wii · · Score: 1

    I'm not too sure that WalMart necessarily has better stock levels (even though they have a huge market presence). Over a week after GoW came out all 3 Walmart's in my area were still sold out. I had to drive about a hour to the closest GameStop who happened to have a bunch of copies in stock. Now I'm not sure what this says exactly for GameStop's ability to move product, but the fact that they still had it in stock when my only other alternative (that's the problem with living in a town w/ only 10k people) was still sold out and uncertain as to when they would recieve more copies means that they'll be in business for a little while to come.

  11. Re:Well on Students Protest Turnitin.com · · Score: 1

    But aren't exams created by the teacher copyrighted to the teacher? So it would at least be reasonable for the teacher to keep it. You could however, I'm assuming, publish your own written answers to the exam (without copying the question and assuming you wouldn't get kicked out by your university's code of ethics) because technically that would be your own work.

    I don't think the law mentions the phrase 'work-for-teacher' though it does however mention work for hire. You aren't hired by the school, you in a sense, hire the school.

  12. Re:Well on Students Protest Turnitin.com · · Score: 1

    Ah, see there's the thing. It isn't for purely educational, non-profit purposes. Turnitin.com charges univerisities and school to use it's service. So this is reusing my paper for Turnitin's profit. I definatly think this is copyright infringment and have recently dropped one of my college courses purely because it required the use of turnitin.com.

  13. Re:And the first Blue-Ray DVD Disks online in.. on First Blu-ray Disc Reviews Posted Online · · Score: 1

    Too late, I recently saw a couple of releases on PirateBay that were 720p and even some in 1080i. Not sure what the source material was though....

  14. How I manage my collection. on Managing a Huge Music Collection? · · Score: 1

    Current I've got about 115 GB of MP3's (Live shows downloaded from archive.org and bt.etree.org, and ripped CD's). I use EasyTag to make sure everything is tagged correctly and the filename in a format of "Artist - Track#(Leading 0) - Trackname" then off they go to a file share with a FirstLetterofArtist/ArtistName/Album format. This makes it pretty easy to find something to burn, transfer to the iPod, or play on XBox Media Center. For playing on a computer however, I've installed Ampache. This makes it pretty easy manage/playback the whole thing in a easy to navigate format that will automatically pull cover art from Amazon and keep track of most popular played and recent additions automatically. It seems to work overall pretty well.

  15. Free Research on What Do You Want in a Job Website? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mmmm. Free market research...

  16. Re:UNBRICK your Intel iMac on Bounty For Booting XP on the Intel iMac · · Score: 1

    Isn't SATA supposed to be hotpluggable?

  17. Re:I noticed this by chance yesterday on Google's GTalk Supports XMPP · · Score: 1

    Excellent. I saw this article when I woke up and was gonna try it out with my server (bgmn.net), but it's good to know somebody already has :-D

  18. Re:I disagree with the conclusions. on iPod Owners Not Thieves · · Score: 1

    Unfortuantly for those of us that upgraded to iTunes 6.0 without looking first, JHymn no longer works with iTunes.

  19. Re:Verizon, man... on Motorola to Add Google to Mobiles · · Score: 1

    While it's true that Verizon offers $5/m unlimited WAP ("Mobile Web") they have no such plans for unlimited text and pix (unless you count their "IN" txt and pix offerings, though it's extremely limited if you message people on other providers)

  20. Re:This ahs to do with a rebate they're giving on Tivo Institutes 1 Year Service Contracts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But at the same time I recently activated a old box I had for a friend, and even though TiVo has made more than enough money off this box (it's a refurbished box from tivo.com that I used, passed to a friend, back to me (didn't activate), and now to another friend) they still feel the need to lock them into a year contract. Well I'm sorry to say that after my friends give up this box in a while (1-2 yrs) it won't be activated again and I'll never recommend TiVo to anybody. What ever happend to TiVo being a great company?

  21. Re:Level the playing field ?? on MSN Launches Pay-Per-Click Search Ads · · Score: 1

    Oh, they understand the concept and the most important part of it, how to avoid it.

  22. Re:I prefer clockspeed's taiclock on Expert Network Time Protocol · · Score: 1

    Yes, purely to make all Windows users late for work one day.

  23. Re:The LinuxFund on Who Should Help LinuxFund Distribute $126,155.29? · · Score: 1

    Even though it's not a miles or cash back card, it still is a MBNA Worldpoints card (Free stuff, giftcards, preloaded credit cards etc) based on the dollars you spend.

  24. Finally... on LinuxPPC64 Contest · · Score: 1

    Finally, I can be just like Linus and run Linux on a free PPC!

  25. Re:Who gave it to him? on Torvalds Switches to a Mac · · Score: 1

    Alright, it's offical. We need bumper stickers.
    "I want to be like Linus"
    I think it really has marketing potential....