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  1. Re:But but but on FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack · · Score: 1

    Didn't the NSA or CIA invent SELInux auditing? It is used by default in Fedora and RHEL? I wondered myself almost a decade ago if it was a trap with some backdoor in it.

  2. Sensitive classified data on cloud on Feds To Adopt 'Cloud First' IT Policy · · Score: 1

    This doesn't sound a like a good idea if you ask me.

  3. Re:Noah, etc on A Lost Civilization Beneath the Persian Gulf? · · Score: 1

    The book of Genesis in the bible describes the Tigris river in The Garden of Eden mixed with 3 unknown rivers. If you follow where it leads on the map it goes into the Persian Gulf. There is a geological theory that mega-thrust quakes which lower land elevation pull the land further underwater like a blanket. Infact an ancient underwater town in the black sea was discussed on slashdot many years. It is far underwater but could have been pulled. Netherless, the Tigress could have once flowed into the Indian Ocean before the Persian Gulf existed or was smaller, where in a cooler and wetter climate might have had more tributaries and other rivers that would be the other lost rivers under the gulf.

    It is certainly possible.

  4. Backfire agaisnt IT workers on IT Worker's Revenge Lands Her In Jail · · Score: 1

    What do you want to bet that this will encourage employers to fire anyone on the spot who gives a resignation, dares looks for a job, or gets a call for a reference from an employee who still works for them.

    After all if you want to leave you *could* be disgruntled and need to be fired right on the spot and escourted out. This has a double bonus of making I.T afraid to leave as they will be canned if anyone calls for a reference. that means more hours, abuse, and less pay. This worker just makes life more difficult for the rest of us. I read about these employers here and during the recession this has become more common as the accountants want to minimize damage to their I.T. systems.

  5. Re:Apple Relenting? on Apple Quietly Drops iOS Jailbreak Detection API · · Score: 1

    What is sad is the fact that you had to type that message.

    Why o why after having a computer where you can load whatever apps or OS do you have to use your own phone the way you want it. Ohhh GOD FORBID. ... which is why I do not own an Iphone.

    How would you like your pc to be locked like this? Locking phones should be downright illegal as well as the cell phone companies charging $5,000 for a two year contract. Oh silly it is not that high ... well multiple $200 a month for 2 years? I bet most of you never saw that coming. This should be downright illegal for any company to lock their product. It comes to show money can buy you a monopoly on the cell phones and your network. I am just happy our pcs are not locked down like this. MS and Dell would LOVE this. I can guarentee that.

    Rise up and do something about this. No one cares or is so ignorant they can not see what the harm is. If I ever did buy a phone in the future it will be an Andriod. Problem being the manufactors love to lock these of course. UGh

  6. Re:I guess they wanted free porn. on Porn Site Gave Federal Agents Free Rein · · Score: 1

    I would have a serious problem looking at images of exploited children and watching sleezeballs flirt in chat. I think I would have nightmares and would not be able to do the job. You do not just look at random porn. You are targeting young pics and even if the actors are 21+, if they look 12 it disgusts me. I have a daughter so it would really bother me. These same sickos like the power and I would not be surprised if it is S&M and torture related too. That stuff truly scares me regardless of age when I see someone in pain.

  7. Re:IBM did well with Java (and other F/OSS softwar on Ex-Sun CEO Warns Oracle of Death By Open Source · · Score: 1

    Remember that McNealey got fired because it did not sell enough high end expensive systems that Wall Street demanded. The shareholders are idiots. SGI saw this and tried to enter the wintel market as they saw the competition. It killed them.

    What could he have done? Wall Street demands proprietary expensive slow hardware for optimal premiums and consumers will not bother with an arcane cheap unix since Joe Six Pack can't run his MS Word or Counterstrike on it.

  8. Re:Not the only side of the problem on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    Do you own a business?

    If owning a business was easy everyone would do it and that is especially true in this economy with millions out of work. Most businesses fail within 2 years and those that make it past 2 fail again within 5 years.

    I was in business school that you have to be different than everyone else. What is the point of opening a fish store if there is already a PetCo in your area? People use the same businesses over and over again and are resistant to change. You need to invent something no one else has in order to make it. It is that or you are a consultant that is already widely known.

    With 6 billion people in this world it is very rare to have a great idea that no one else is working on and capturing the market. This is why business owners are usually wealthy if they make it past the 5 year period.

  9. Re:A bit unrelated but on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    That is the hardest part. It is not that easy as I have ideas but when I sit down and do a few things it becomes complicated and I realize how much I do not know and what I need to learn to get it done. Working for someone else is really nice as I never realized how much of hte hard work and uncertainty is taken care of for you.v

  10. Re:"just need a programmer"...my A$$.... on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    If you know your stuff you can setup something in drupal for a few hundred bucks. It sounds like their wages were low but you can find a college student or someone out of work who can write that site in a few hours. It sounds perfectly reasonable and with drupal you can use a SEO plugin. If you have experience you can do the tricks with the tags yourself. It is not rocket science

  11. Re:Ideas are cheap... on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    You did an awesome thing.

    You got a job right? You gained experience correct? Maybe you can have more sales if your startup buys your product and makes you a partner?

    In this economy you need to be currently working and have years of experience for any job. I am starting a business because I feel the worst that will happen is I have something to put on my resume and I have something I can show an employer. It shows ambition and drive. A startup loves these qualities and would you be happy or have that job now if you did not at least start?

    How else can you gain experience? In this new bleak economy the middle class is gone. There are 2 classes. Poor and very rich. I want to be in the very rich category and owning a business is the only way to get in it.

  12. Re:I am an entrepreneur on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    Here in Alaska 10/hr is what a tech makes who is both MCSE and A+ certified. $15 an hour if you have 2-5 years experience and have Cisco router certification as well and at least an associates degree.

    It is your worth. You are right people are desperate and businesses are not hiring. This means I can get someone for cheap who needs to be working first, before they can get their first job. No one will hire you if you are not employed ... anywhere.

    $50,000 is a lot of money for an experienced programmer and administrator. Most employers here pay $40,000 a year for these jobs. Look at your worth? In this economy even a CPA makes $40,000 with a masters degree.

    It is not 1999 anymore. Adjust your salary and provide more value. Trust me if the wages were as high as you think I would be more willing to work in the private sector for someone else. These high paying jobs are gone probably forever. Thank India.

  13. Re:It's bologna on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    If I have an idea then I just need someone to give me a hand to help execute it. It is that simple. It is hard work which is why I need a programmer.

  14. I am an entrepreneur on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    I just need a programmer.

    It is not that I feel you are all worthless or that I do not need visionaries, engineers, and artists. It is that I do not have the money to pay you. For $10/hr I can find someone needing experience who can assist me coding some php and answering phone calls while I take care of business needs. A visionary, artist, or business process guru is sweet! Will you all be willing to work for $10/hr with a future promise of stock ownership if I make it in 2 years? You wont.

    I accept this as I get what I pay for. I have bills to pay and will not be paid myself for this for 2 years until I generate revenue and gain more funds. I have to work another job as well while I run this one and I just can't pay $50,000 a year plus medical benefits and offer a stable job to someone who is all these things. The entrepreneur in this situation is after what he wants at a local university and is in the right.

  15. Re:Ok, I'm convinced on Silverlight 5 — Back From the Dead? · · Score: 1

    That is starting to change. Whenever there is a story on Java you will see the Mono and c# zealots hop in. When the new ZuneHD came out it was very pro MS. MS may have bad server operating systems but have great languages and frameworks with .NET.

  16. Re:Ok, I'm convinced on Silverlight 5 — Back From the Dead? · · Score: 1

    What is interesting is Microsoft already *had* a monopoly with the demise of Palm Pilots. Windows CE was the future and the war was declared over.

    No competitor has come back from the grave after being so successful. Microsoft messed up BADLY. I am glad as Windows phones sucked so bad for so long. Every product from every company that has fallen has not come back.

    Now Apple and Google are too powerful to stop and MS will have to do some crazy things with Exchange to neuter non MS smartphones if they want to continue. Even if they do this and take control of the corporate market you still have teens, moms, and other consumers who prefer the i=phone and i-pad.

  17. Re:Avast also on Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers · · Score: 1

    Is MSE really the best? There was a scandal a few years ago with companies paying Microsoft not to be labeled as spyware. If its detection is as good as AVG's I will switch.

  18. Re:Avast also on Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers · · Score: 1

    I read from another slashdotter that it has a similar history as AVG with ruining Windows installations during updates. I do not know if it is true or not but it is one of the reasons I still have AVG for now.

  19. Re:Best Buy also ripping off customers on Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers · · Score: 1

    I used to work at OfficeMax as a sales associates years ago. I decided to quit when I had to sell hardball with MaxPerks (their credit cards). A poor Mexican family came in who just needed a laptop that was affordable and the credit card I sold to them charged 27% interest! I felt dirty like I was stealing from the poor. But the manager loves low income people because they have to use credit in return they can steal.

    The card agreements are terrible too. Credit cards need to go back down to 6.5% interest max before we can leave this recession. These retailers are as bad as teh banks.

  20. Re:Free MS Security Essentials on Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers · · Score: 1

    Have you tried regedit32 in safe mode? Pc-Decrapifier might help too in addition to manually removing anything with Symantec or Norton from the registry.

  21. Re:I have AVG free edition...almost definitely a s on Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers · · Score: 1

    I am not a fan of AVG more than I am agaisnt all other virus scanners. I have seen very very bad *cough* Norton/McAffee/Trend Micro* scanners and AVG seems like a paradise that is fast and non intuitive compared to the other monsters. I admit my experience was using these on Vista which would turn a fast latop into a 486 in terms of startup time. AVG is still very fast compared to the competition.

    I want to leave AVG but I do not know if there is a better product. I want to make sure Microsoft's Security Suite can find javascript exploits and popular spyware from Claria. It did not back in 2008 which is why I switched to AVG.

  22. Re:Windows - Microsoft on Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers · · Score: 1

    I am an AVG user. However as of lately I have become more weary of my choice as an anti-virus product. Microsoft has been known to accept money from Claria/Gatorsoft and other malware makers to not have their products labeled as "spyware". I lost all credibility as a result. If you install the talking lizard(forgot what it was) or click for a free screensaver, you will be *owned as MS Security wont detect nor show a malware during a scan.

      AVG I would assume (not dumb enough to do this) would warn me its malware. AVG's most hated feature (link checker) is a nice feature and does not create latency or slow my computer down at all.

    AVG is known to have much better bad javascript blocking and disabling as well. AVG is free to use for non commercial.

    With that out of the way I, I have to say I would like to switch to a different program and if Microsoft Security Suite has improved since 2008. AVG is still fast on my system but has been known to cause problems with Windows x64. Anyone know of any other good free ones?

  23. Re:subject goes here on Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too · · Score: 1

    I was just thinking that.

    What if the CIA assassinates him and uploads damaging Russian secrets. People would assume the Kremlin was responsible and would not think about the CIA's involvement. Pretty clever if you ask me.

  24. Re:yes on Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too · · Score: 1

    Unless of course some horrible raping scandal came out. Then it would show the guy is scum right?

  25. Re:We are not like Russia. on Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too · · Score: 1

    "Our government is not run by organized crime "

    Who then shot President Kennedy and why did the CIA quickly classify and assassinate all the assassins and not bother to find out who killed him?