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  1. Re:I would suspect Verizon normally... on Verizon Accused of Slighting Copper Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    You are at the bargaining table with the union and have the ability not to accept a contract with those terms in them -- why should the union be penalized for using them? I realize it's not honest on the part of the union, but the flip side is that this kind of stuff happens all the time -- on the management side -- in our contract negotiations.

  2. Re:I would suspect Verizon normally... on Verizon Accused of Slighting Copper Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    Some unions, maybe. Worst thing mine has ever done is have a rally outside the building. You really can't paint everyone with the same brush.

    How about the flip side? Has no one seen management abuse workers? The interesting thing to me is that most people fall into the union worker category -- maybe not actually into a union, but classwise and situationwise, most people fall into the "employee" side, rather than "employer" (upper management, whatever). So, I don't see why it should be that the sentiment toward those people should be "if they want to organize, it must be because they're lazy." It's retarded, to be blunt.

  3. Re:I would suspect Verizon normally... on Verizon Accused of Slighting Copper Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    No reason to bitch? As you work more years of service and continue to receive good reviews, you're normally compensated more -- not less. Just because my benefits are better than yours (just an example, I have no idea) doesn't mean I have no right to defend what I have. Someone is taking something away from you, and essentially giving you a pay cut -- that's not a reason to bitch? What planet are you on? Believe it or not, when someone's lowering my salary, I don't say "hey, well, there's probably someone out there making $2.50 an hour, so... who gives a shit?"

  4. Re:I would suspect Verizon normally... on Verizon Accused of Slighting Copper Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    I guess I won't call you a name back, because that would be sinking to your level. You can fire someone if they are in a union, and in fact, my union will even tell you how to prove that you are doing it for cause (keep documentation, etc). It protects people for being fired for no reason, among other things, but don't say it's impossible -- it isn't.

  5. Re:Yes on Verizon Accused of Slighting Copper Infrastructure · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You give customers what they pay for or you don't expand. I have to pay the whole bill, why shouldn't Verizon have to provide me with the full amount of service I pay for?

  6. Re:I would suspect Verizon normally... on Verizon Accused of Slighting Copper Infrastructure · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I love how anyone who's in a union is automatically questionable when they make a statement. I'm a union official myself, and I am very honest about things that are happening in my workplace. Verizon I /know/ never took great care of their copper network anyway... it was always pulling teeth the get them to fix noise on a line (which mattered even more on a line with DSL).

    I don't know where all the anti-union rhetoric comes from, but I suspect it comes from unions having better contracts with better benefits, and then the general public getting pissed when unions fight to keep what they have. That, and FOX News and the like. I resent the bullshit, and I suggest that it's completely uninformed tripe.

  7. Re:overbooking/non-refundable on Marriott IT Exec Shares Network Horror Story · · Score: 1

    My most recent trip home from New Orleans on Continental was overbooked and they were offering initially $300 and then $400 to get off and take a flight 3 hours later.

    I personally didn't take it because I was feeling ill and had a doctor's appointment that evening that I'd have missed on the later flight... but the bump would have paid for two round trip tickets at the price I paid.

    (wouldn't you know, my train broke down on the way to the doctor)

  8. Re:"professional-level", what do you mean? on The History of Photoshop · · Score: 1

    You've clearly never worked anyplace that can't afford the tools to do the job. :) It becomes something of a challenge to figure out how to do what you need to with what you've got.

    I don't know if that is the measure of a true professional, but... it's who I'd personally rather have working for me.

  9. Re:"professional-level", what do you mean? on The History of Photoshop · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A little insecure are we?

    "I know Photoshop, look at me, fuck your also-ran software."

    Please.

    I also don't buy the idea that someone can use Photoshop and not figure out how to do the same thing, in most cases, with GIMP. If you're really any good at your job, the tool doesn't matter as much as you make it out to.

  10. Re:Breach of contract on ISPs Starting To Charge for 'Guaranteed' Email Delivery · · Score: 1

    You already paid for stamps too -- why should you have to pay again for insurance?

  11. Re:Fighting spam? on ISPs Starting To Charge for 'Guaranteed' Email Delivery · · Score: 1

    No results found for obstinant.
    Did you mean obstinate (in dictionary) or Abstinent (in encyclopedia)?

  12. Re:Dell != PC on Puncturing the "PCs Are Cheaper Than Macs" Myth · · Score: 1

    What model?

    These things generally work fine. I'm typing from one.

  13. Re:Dell != PC on Puncturing the "PCs Are Cheaper Than Macs" Myth · · Score: 1

    If only I had moderator points... classic.

  14. Re:Legal Defence on Teacher Julie Amero Gets a New Trial · · Score: 1

    Hey, at least there's that -- every kid is different too. Maybe you'll get lucky (but with three, the odds are not good). ;)

  15. Re:Legal Defence on Teacher Julie Amero Gets a New Trial · · Score: 1

    RTFA. She deserves to do time for what appears to be the result of BS popup ads? We'd need a pretty big jail to house everyone who's had that happen to them.

  16. Re:Legal Defence on Teacher Julie Amero Gets a New Trial · · Score: 4, Informative

    Since it appears as if you've never had teenagers, you probably don't know what the hell you're talking about.

    My parents smacked me once in awhile -- probably not their proudest moment -- but it sure kept me from doing shit. I resented them at the time, but not for that -- for not being allowed to do whatever it is I wanted to do (which was probably some asshole thing I shouldn't have been doing anyway).

    Maybe you can do it without corporal punishment, and that's fine... but I know that every time I ride the train and some little shit is running up and down the aisles, it occurs to me that kids don't seem to have to behave the way they used to. SOMETHING is obviously different.

  17. Re:I'm very impressed with Ubuntu on After Ubuntu, Windows Looks Increasingly Bad · · Score: 1

    Upgrades never work right anyway. I had trouble with my Feisty Upgrade, but I did it while in beta. My girlfriend did hers and it crapped out, but this was after Feisty was released. It didn't hose the system, though, just never finished. This might have been due to one of the pieces of software demanding input and not having that be visible on the simple progress bar screen.

    Regardless, though, seems when you upgrade, your machine will ALWAYS be shittier than if you just fresh installed. Suspend and hibernate worked on this laptop. As time went on, hibernate broke. I don't know what update broke this.

    To be fair, hibernate only USUALLY worked on Windows 2000 (which is the last Windows I had) anyway... but I mean to do a fresh Feisty install when I get a chance.

  18. Re:Netscape eh? on First Peek at Netscape Navigator 9 · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Netscape 8 could use IE on a page if necessary.

  19. Re:anecdotes... on Red Hat Boosts SELinux With RHEL 5 · · Score: 1

    In addition, most fileutils commands accept the -Z flag, which does the SELinux related thing on whatever that command is:

    # ls -laZ
    drwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:var_log_t      .
    drwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:var_t          ..
    -rw-r-----  root     root     user_u:object_r:var_log_t        acpid
    -rw-------  root     root     user_u:object_r:var_log_t        anaconda.log
    -rw-------  root     root     user_u:object_r:var_log_t        anaconda.syslog
    drwxr-x---  root     root     system_u:object_r:var_log_t      audit
    -rw-------  root     root     system_u:object_r:var_log_t      boot.log
    -rw-------  root     root     system_u:object_r:var_log_t      boot.log.1
    -rw-------  root     root     system_u:object_r:var_log_t      boot.log.2
    -rw-------  root     root     system_u:object_r:var_log_t      boot.log.3
    -rw-------  root     root     system_u:object_r:var_log_t      boot.log.4

    ...etc.

  20. Re:doubt this is true on Red Hat Boosts SELinux With RHEL 5 · · Score: 1

    Did you install something that changed the security context of /dev/random?

    Try "restorecon /dev/random"

    Better yet, run "man restorecon" and then decide what to type.

  21. Re:just how good is this? on Red Hat Boosts SELinux With RHEL 5 · · Score: 1

    Looks like no... but:

    $ aptitude search selinux
    v   libselinux-dev                  -
    i   libselinux1                     - SELinux shared libraries
    p   libselinux1-dev                 - SELinux development headers
    p   python-selinux                  - Python bindings to SELinux shared librarie
    p   python-selinux-dbg              - Python bindings to SELinux shared librarie
    v   python2.4-selinux               -
    v   python2.5-selinux               -
    p   selinux-basics                  - SELinux basic support
    p   selinux-doc                     - documentation for Security-Enhanced Linux
    v   selinux-policy                  -
    p   selinux-policy-default          - Policy config files and management for NSA
    p   selinux-policy-refpolicy-dev    - Headers from the SELinux reference policy
    p   selinux-policy-refpolicy-doc    - Documentation for the SELinux reference po
    p   selinux-policy-refpolicy-src    - Source of the SELinux reference policy for
    p   selinux-policy-refpolicy-strict - Strict variant of the SELinux reference po
    p   selinux-policy-refpolicy-target - Targeted variant of the SELinux reference
    p   selinux-utils                   - SELinux utility programs

    ...so a little is installed, and more could be.

  22. Re:100%? on Red Hat Boosts SELinux With RHEL 5 · · Score: 2

    Lots of them on the web. I posted my favorite someplace below that was put out by RedHat (easiest for me since it's the manual for the system I'm running anyway).

  23. Re:100%? on Red Hat Boosts SELinux With RHEL 5 · · Score: 2, Informative

    His point was that at least you KNOW about violations, even if they aren't enforced. That's at least something.

    Where it gets tricky is when permissive allows something to happen that triggers another violation, whereas enforcing would have stopped things earlier in the chain. Things can look a little inconsistent in that way.

  24. Re:anecdotes... on Red Hat Boosts SELinux With RHEL 5 · · Score: 1

    No, it is not. That administrator action is what tells the system that that is where Apache should look for the files, and that is all it does.

    If that directory does not exist or is chmoded 000, it is still not going to work -- that might require further administrative action to correct, but it doesn't mean that Linux or Apache have anything wrong with them; that is just how the system works.

    SELinux works in much the same way, except there are policy files you can edit that will automatically apply permissions for you if they are written right. You can set them by hand as well.

  25. Re:anecdotes... on Red Hat Boosts SELinux With RHEL 5 · · Score: 1

    It's really only transparent if the default installation is set up properly. This is really up to the person who is installing the software. In all cases I've seen, if you have something that is officially supported by RedHat, you're in the clear. I haven't had any problems with RedHat's Apache RPM's, or MySQL or the rest. The trouble I've had is from installing shit from scratch. In that case, yes, you do need to install stuff the right way.

    The features are properly implemented in those places from what I can see (and really, it's not Apache's place necessarily to "support SELinux," they just need to collaborate with the SELinux people to make the permissions they actually require known. Really, any group that can read source code could do that without Apache's help... from what I've seen, this has happened. If you build from source, though, you're probably on your own.

    Very few things on a computer can be completely transparent -- you do still have to know what you're doing if it is something at this level.