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  1. Re:Or... just hear me out here... on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    If it is a potentially unknown threat to you and your family, while on your property, absolutely.

  2. So... on eBay Compromised · · Score: 2

    A major news story, about a ginormous compromise gets published on Slashdot and there is NO source or link?

  3. Re:Good advertising? on Jury Finds Newegg Infringed Patent, Owes $2.3 Million · · Score: 1

    As a small business owner, I just wish they would collect sales tax. I know that sounds crazy, but to be able to write off expenses and proved you pay sales tax, its far easier to go to Amazon now. Otherwise, I have to pay the sales tax to the state by check at a later time which is a PITA.

  4. Re:Hmm on First Experimental Evidence That Time Is an Emergent Quantum Phenomenon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You must be new here.

  5. Re:What are the current options? on VirtualBox 4.3 Comes With New Multi-Touch Support, Virtual Cam and More · · Score: 2

    If you have some bare-metal lying around, I would recommend XenServer (http://www.xenserver.org/). I used to be a VMWare proponent for SMB's, until I saw that product. If you need a virtual container on an existing workstation, VirtualBox is really the only player in town. I used to use VMWare Server, but Vmware doesn't support it anymore. Its a shame, it was a great product and I'm still running a few VM's on my beefy workstation for testing.

  6. Thanks Slashdot on Comparing Today's Computers To 1995's · · Score: 1

    For reminding me how old I am! Ugh, you young wiper snappers. Back in my day we had to mess with bootup scripts call the autoexec.bat and config.sys just to get the mouse to work along with our soundcards. We had a few Megabytes of ram and we liked it. We had a few Megabytes of storage and we were fine with it!

    I disagree with alot of what people have said about the computers not changing as much though. The architecture may have not changed that much, but our experience in using them has. I could live without my Samsung Galaxy 2 in my daily life going to customer sites and/or driving without getting lost. My regular computer runs several OS's at the same-time using Vmware, without having to dual-boot. Browsing the Internet takes seconds as does compiling most of my development software. I think we've come a long ways.

  7. Re:Municipal broadband is on its way, then on Web Usage-Based Billing On Its Way · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Start locally then in your township. Or start a consortium in the neighborhood / purchase some dedicated circuits. This "shifting profit" model is ridiculous as they are already making fistloads of cash on my monthly service to begin with. If they offered more value then that would be fine, but what value would consumers have going to this model?

  8. Re:Downgrading doesn't really matter on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 1

    Downgrading will matter, but I agree with parent, this is a bit odd.

    "About 90 percent of AAA securities backed by subprime mortgages from 2006 and 2007 were later downgraded to junk status"
    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-13/moody-s-s-p-caved-to-mortgage-pressure-by-goldman-ubs-levin-report-says.html

  9. Re:This is how it goes on Artificial Leaf Could Provide Cheap Energy · · Score: 1

    "Excitement crushed."

    Your forgot:

    Profit!

  10. Re:An interesting question. on Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"? · · Score: 1

    Completely agree with your post, but no hardware manufacturer has attempted to come out with a table that has a reasonable cost and better functionality. XOOM at $800? Seriously? Almost like an Apple II E clone manufacturer claiming like the clone is better than the original and charging more for it. As soon as a tablet manufacturer comes out with a reasonably priced tablet, I still believe that Apple will maintain its dominance.

  11. Re:I don't care. on Mystery 'Missile' Identified As US Airways Flight 808 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Experts can get things wrong. Doctors make mistakes all the time, albeit with higher consequences. In anycase, every aviation expert I've talked to said they thought it was a contrail.

  12. Re:Shut up on Rackspace vs. Amazon — the Cloud Wars · · Score: 1

    And hosting companies are starting to cash in on the new buzzword as well. I recently ran into it myself when figuring out an issue for a client. My write up: of the issue that I came across.

  13. Re:Correlation on Former Military Personnel Claim Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Maybe something to do with the God Helmet?

  14. Re:Already an issue.. on Apple Outs Anti-Jailbreak Update · · Score: 1

    So wait. It doesn't just work?

  15. Re:Bosses earn too much on High-Frequency Programmers Revolt Over Pay · · Score: 1

    I agree in part, but the higher ups do not take any "Higher" risk in making those trades. If the programmer screws up with his code and it causes the company to lose a significant amount of money, he will be fired. If the higher up does the same, he is rewarded with a significant parting compensation package. That being said, if the programmers are unhappy with their pay and feel they can do better, then they should leave and start their own trading firm. Actions speak louder than words...

  16. In my experience on Dell Says 90% of Recorded Business Data Is Never Read · · Score: 1

    In my experience with small businesses, it may be never read but will absolutely need to be found for some type of emergency presentation/proposal.

  17. Maybe on Home Computers Equal Lower Test Scores · · Score: 1

    the tests are wrong and not the children?

  18. PDI? on Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration · · Score: 1

    So is PDI something like a database agnostic version of MSSQL DTS packages?

  19. Who do we like now? on Apple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Capitalization · · Score: 1

    Okay, so do we now hate Apple and like Microsoft? I'm really confused.

  20. Re:This is RIDICULOUS! on NASA Space Habitat Research Goes Undersea · · Score: 1

    And it continues to be done Dennis Chamberland has been designing these things for a while. He is heading up some sort of expedition to start an undersea colony.

    Why wouldn't they at least get some commercial industry advice instead of re-inventing the wheel. It seems a bit of a waste of money in my opinion.

  21. Google Maps Link on Does Santa Hate Linux? · · Score: 4, Informative
  22. VDI and regular computer on Where Are the Cheap Thin Clients? · · Score: 1

    Could do what we are planning and use existing workstations with VDI (http://www.vmware.com/products/view/features.html). Depending on your seat requirements, you may want to try pricing out a homegrown box of your own.

  23. Re:frist psotgres on First MySQL 5.5 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    Out of the box replication in PostgresSQL was a bit lacking, last I checked. MySQL replication seems to work well for smaller scale projects.

  24. if there are no enterprise considerations... on VMware Workstation vs. VirtualBox vs. Parallels · · Score: 1

    All these other solutions are very good, but if you have any ambitions of possible migrating boxes to a production environment you almost have to go with VMWare. While the licensing cost of an Enterprise kit is expensive, the features that you get such as High Avail/DRS/VMotion are absolutely a godsend for any system admin (plus the whitelisted hardware specs). I don't work for VMWare, but run a small business's IT and have been through the upgrade path from VMWare server to ESX server.

  25. As an avid Scuba Diver... on Maldives Government Holds Undersea Cabinet Meeting · · Score: 1

    I welcome our new warming climate overlords (and cheaper scuba gear prices).