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  1. UPS stands for Unrealiable Parcel Service on Which Shipping Company Is Kindest To Your Packages? · · Score: 1

    I use to work for a Computer Manufacturer and UPS was by far the worst of the ones we used. DHL and Fedex were usually good but UPS would mess stuff up all the time. I worked for a Canadian company and I have been told that UPS is better in the States than they are in Canada but we had shipments to states messed up too.

  2. You haven't given us enough info on Best IT-infrastructure For a Small Company? · · Score: 1

    DiniZuli, without knowing more about any required applications such as Graphics, CAD or Accounting; it's going to be hard to decide what would be the best solution.

    For instance, if you are a web development house that needs to do a lot of photoshop work, you might need or want to go with OSX boxes.

  3. Re:Being Ergonomic with a Strait/Regular Keyboard on Ergonomic Mechanical-Switch Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    Having your wrists "Straight" does help. I had the advantage of studying piano when I was younger and learning proper posture. A lot of people type with their wrists limp which causes problems. If people would learn proper technique they would find that they would have less problems. However just because you learned piano as a kid doesn't mean you won't get carpal tunnel syndrome. I know a girl that is a good pianist but still got it. However I believe that her condition was due to a lot of knitting.

  4. Re:Obligatory on Simple Virus For Teaching? · · Score: 1

    Backing up first is always best. However reinstalling should only be a last resort. With the right software, you should be able to find and remove all viruses in a lot less time than reinstalling. If you come across something that you just can't remove then reinstall. Also before restoring the backup make sure you scan the files.

  5. Re:"as well as basic computer science concepts" on Measuring LAMP Competency? · · Score: 1

    If you have guys in the interview without CS degrees, they are not going to know this stuff. They are going to know how to create web based apps with MySQL backends. They probably won`t be strong on database techniques taught at University. They will most likely just know some simple SQL and basics of designing a database. These are PHP and MySQL programmers. Not Oracle and C++ programmers.

  6. Re:Hopefully other countries will follow on Software Now Un-Patentable In New Zealand · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Huh? Are you saying even if every other country bans software patents sans the USA that it won't matter? You are obviously American. The US does not have that much control buddy.

  7. Re:Touch sensors on the steering wheel on Will Your Car Tell You To Put Down the Phone? · · Score: 1

    One word: Standard.

  8. Who's going to forget they are on the phone? on Will Your Car Tell You To Put Down the Phone? · · Score: 1

    Now really, maybe someone might forget about a seat belt but they aren't going to forget they are talking on the phone. The annoying alarm will just get disabled. It's not like you don't know you are on the phone and driving at the same time. What a stupid idea!!!

  9. Re:Wrong business model on OnLive Remote Gaming Service Launches In June · · Score: 1

    It doesn't. I just prevents you from downloading some additional content from EA.

  10. I have ad block in because of facebook on Ars Technica Inveighs Against Ad Blocking · · Score: 2, Informative

    The only reason, I have ad block is because of facebook. While personally I don't like facebook, I have lots of friends on it so I do use it. The problem with facebook is it allows ads that look exactly like facebook apps. Sometimes is really hard to tell the ad from the app. So I installed Ad block plus to remove those annoying ads. If facebook would smarten up and start blocking those ads, I would be willing to remove the ad blocker.

  11. Re:fail2ban on Coping With 1 Million SSH Authentication Failures? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Nobody's going to guess a 2048-bit RSA key.

    No but they can steal if from your users' computers. It's one thing to have staff use keys when they are on your secure network but having users who are out on the web using keys when you can't control the security on their machines is only as secure as your dumbest client. Of course if they can hack and steal keys, they can probably steal passwords as well. For remote access one of the securest ways is using a security token. Every time user logs in they have to enter a different number.

  12. Re:Insolvent Company on Ubisoft's New DRM Cracked In One Day · · Score: 1

    And who is going to sue for release of the source code to the game?

    ummm...

    let me think about that.

    The customers, any of the other debtors, the actual developers.

    As for what gets released, that will be up to the court. It's not unheard of for courts to order code to be released.

    Umm the customers have no standing in Bankruptcy court. They only way they could encourage the court would be to offer to buy the code.

    Since releasing the code is apparently not unheard of you are going to need to provide examples of I am sure this very rare practise. Just because you say it's so doesn't a make it so.

  13. Re:Insolvent Company on Ubisoft's New DRM Cracked In One Day · · Score: 1

    And who is going to sue for release of the source code to the game? A Bankruptcy court is not going to force a company to release intellectual property such as source code. They are trying to reclaim losses for the creditors and thus sell the code and rights to the highest bidder.

  14. I transferred my corporate insurance to personal on Health Insurance When Leaving the Corporate World? · · Score: 1

    I don't know if this is an option for you but I was able to transfer my company plan to a personal one. The policy isn't as good as the corporate one but it's not bad. So I would check with your insurance company.

  15. Re:Experience says otherwise on Are All Bugs Shallow? Questioning Linus's Law · · Score: 1

    We are talking linux. I am probably running applications from a shared /usr/ directory so it would only be a matter of installing the application on the share and not individual desktop machines.

  16. Re:Experience says otherwise on Are All Bugs Shallow? Questioning Linus's Law · · Score: 1

    I am still going to delegate the work to junior admin or desktop support person not the end user. The person I was replying to is an end user.

  17. Re:Experience says otherwise on Are All Bugs Shallow? Questioning Linus's Law · · Score: 1

    If I were your administrator, I don't want you installing anything anyway as you can break the system. So why is this a problem?

  18. Not the only use on Plasma Jets Could Replace Dental Drills · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This isn't the only use. I watched an interview with the guy who invented the cool plasma. It can be used to sterilize hands as well. You know the sterilization chamber from Star Trek, the one you enter with your clothes off after coming back from a planet and get eradiated. Well you can do that too with cool plasma.

  19. Re:Gnome# on GNOME Developer Suggests Split From GNU Project · · Score: 1

    Redhat isn't running Gnome#, they are running Gnome. You are assuming that they would follow Gnome if it's switches to Gnome#.

  20. Re:Forget about ARM on ARM-Powered Laptops To Increase Linux Market Share · · Score: 1

    Yeah whatever. If the processor you are compiling for isn't fast enough to compile it's own code, you just use a cross compiler.

    Even then you can build clusters for compiling faster if you need to. Compiling isn't an issue.

  21. Re:Gnome# on GNOME Developer Suggests Split From GNU Project · · Score: 2, Informative

    Who modded this dribble insightful? Redhat will be fine even if they have to remove Gnome. THis is complete nonsense.

  22. Re:Gnome# on GNOME Developer Suggests Split From GNU Project · · Score: 1

    Redhat would never put themselves in that position. If Gnome started to include patented software which it doesn't have the rights to include, Redhat would fork it or switch to KDE.

  23. Re:Dual boot. on OpenSolaris Or FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    Or you could use Vmware or VirtualBox and run both at the same time.

  24. Re:No you aren't on OpenSolaris Or FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    I don't think anyone can justify 85% profit. Microsoft is a monoploy and if the stupid republicans hadn't chickened out, it would have gone the way of AT&T.

  25. Re:The comment may also be complex.. on If the Comments Are Ugly, the Code Is Ugly · · Score: 1

    Well he is getting paid overtime to fix the bug. Some would say that's a plus. :P