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  1. Re:Pictures on Child-Suitable Alternatives To Passwords? · · Score: 1

    As for why... Well, do you want anyone go snooping through your affairs ? Neither do chilren. Parents, of course, consider their concern for the safety or the purity of the religious or ideological views of their children to trump over said childrens desire for privacy and uncensored influx of information, and children disagree. The article poster apparently sides with the latter, at least in this case.

    So, you're saying that a 7 year old accidentally tripping over a Goatse link is a good thing?
  2. Oh, good grief, you kids on Voyager 2 Shows Solar System Is "Dented" · · Score: 1

    I go and give you a brand new solar system, and what do you do? You go and *dent* it! And that won't even buff out, I'm going to have to use some interstellar Bondo!

  3. Re:Who will pay the ultimate price? on Chinese Moon Photo Doctored, Crater Moved · · Score: 1

    I applaud your ability to link GWB with a Chinese moon photo story. Well done, sir.

  4. Re:Well, duh. on Worry Over VZW, Sprint Phones' 911 Alarm · · Score: 1

    Go prepaid. That's what we do for my wife's phone, since she rarely has a need for a personal cell (she generally uses mine). No monthly charge, and you pay $.25/min, which is steep, but for emergency use like you described should work perfectly.

  5. Re:Noble uses on 2007 Ig Nobel Awards Announced · · Score: 1

    Maybe in your world.

  6. Re:Honestly on Coppola Loses All His Data · · Score: 1

    Ah, but the difference is *this* person is/was famous, and that means we need to obsess about the minutiae of their everyday life.

  7. It has to be said: on Fork the Linux Kernel? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, kernel forks YOU!

  8. Re:Unintended Consequences on Vista Pirates To Get "Black Screen of Darkness" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's Microsoft going to say when a large site gets hacked, using someone else's pwned box as a launch platform, and the attacker got into that box because it was pirated, and Microsoft deliberately disabled the update that would have fixed a remote root exploit?

    "This is further evidence that pirating Microsoft products is harmful to all consumers."

  9. Re:How do you set your clocks? on AT&T Stops 'Time', Ends An Era · · Score: 1

    The CrackBerry the bank makes me carry doesn't change time when I change time zones. You have to go into the settings and change the time zone manually, even when the time is set to "network". Damned annoying.

  10. Re:Capitalism Rules! on Contractor Folds After Causing Breaches · · Score: 1

    Didn't you just describe Sarbanes-Oxley?

  11. Re:ohh on Smarter Teens Have Less Sex · · Score: 1

    Your sig is hilarious, given the context of the article

  12. Huh? on Corporate IT Hanging Up on Apple's iPhone · · Score: 1

    What enterprise networks admin in their right mind would let users bring in personal equipment to store company data on? My employer wouldn't (for example) let me copy company information onto my personal laptop, why should they let me copy company email onto my personal phone?

  13. Re:1 GB RAM is the minimum for windows on Microsoft Sued Over Vista Marketing · · Score: 1

    I am able to run a vista with "a few" things turned off (the "required" anti virus you mention...

    You do realize that running a Windows box on the internet without A/V and Anti-spyware is just slightly more risky than having unprotected sex with a $10 Tijuana whore, don't you?
  14. Re:Natural Maturation? on How to Stop the Dilbertization of IT? · · Score: 2, Funny

    But US Citizens won't sign the "Indentured Servitude" contracts, unlike the H1B applicants.

  15. Re:I Don't Buy It on Scientists Threatened For "Climate Denial" · · Score: 1

    If my commute to work weren't 24 miles one way, I'd gladly bike to work. Unfortunately, the state police tend to take a dim view of people attempting to bicycle down the shoulder of the interstate.

  16. Re:Timezones on GoDaddy Bobbles DST Changeover? · · Score: 1

    My guess is that GoDaddy is running Windows servers... Maybe the shutdown is simply the servers rebooting in order to complete the installation of MS patches.

    Actually, the Windows DST patch doesn't require a reboot. Either the official one from MS, or the "unsupported" one from IntelliAdmin.
  17. Re:thank u bill on Vista Upgrades Require Presence of Old OS · · Score: 3, Informative

    BitLocker, for one. I know my company is about to spend a whole WAD of cash for an FDE solution that has several gaping security holes - having something integrated into the OS (which we get for free because of our licensing agreement) would save everyone a lot of money and headaches.

  18. Re:correction on Study Says 2 In 5 Bosses Lie · · Score: 1

    Drop dead.

    Wow. You sound like a joy to work for.

  19. Re:Humanizing the Coffee Fund on 'Big Brother' Eyes Make Us Act More Honestly · · Score: 1

    No, a search page for an online journal doesn't "do it" for me...

  20. Re:How about gun companies on UK Law May Criminalize IT Pros · · Score: 1

    Yes they do...it's called "Wave it in their face and make them piss their pants"

  21. Re:voting on Politicians Target Social Sites For Restrictions · · Score: 0, Troll

    Diebolt, eh? Wonder if they're related to Diebold?

  22. Re:sprintel or nexprint? on FCC Approves Sprint-Nextel Merger · · Score: 1

    I'm glad you've had such success from Nexthell. At least here in the Birmingham, Alabama, US area, their coverage blows huge greasy monkey balls. I routinely drive through "dead areas" on major interstates, and the private 2-way service just stops working for hours at a time.

  23. Re:Adult Groups a Liability Risk on Oregon Woman Sues Yahoo for $3 Million · · Score: 1

    Now do you see one of the reasons to not get nekkid with one another until marriage?

  24. Re:Scared? on IE7 Will Have Tabbed Browsing · · Score: 1

    Actually, ctrl-tab is valid in other Windows apps as well. Open multiple Word documents in the same Word window, press ctrl-tab and see what happens.

    Thanks for playing, tho...

  25. Re:free news content on The Fate of The Free Newspaper · · Score: 1

    Almost everything else that was free (and legal) on the 'net is gone now. It's just a matter of time until the newspapers follow suit.

    Sad, really. It's not like the newspapers actually turn a profit off of subscription fees...