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  1. Re:Half the length of a novelette on Adobe EULA Demands 7000 Years a Day From Humankind · · Score: 1

    Actually there's a pretty decent solution here: use foxit. That's for reader, I'm not familiar with an alternative for flash though that's yet to catch wind. The rest of their products have alternatives too.

  2. Re:Did Zuckerberg ever have to get past HR? on Just Say No To College · · Score: 1

    This would've been a psuedo government based job since it's a state college, they're known for their hardline hiring practices across the board... don't have the required cert to be a city sys admin? In the bin you go, no exceptions. Helping college hotties with their computers might be worth it from a personal view point :)

  3. Re:Irrelevant Company on Ericsson Seeks US Import Ban On Samsung Products · · Score: 1

    They've certainly not been idle with the times...
    Ericsson products

    Definitely geared more towards business / infrastructure, than the S3's market, oh well.

  4. Re:Irrelevant Company on Ericsson Seeks US Import Ban On Samsung Products · · Score: 1

    Samsung is kind of hard to compete with nowadays, they're like the Microsoft of the 90s, everybody wants to take a shot at the pie they're holding, but Samsung is responsible for a lot less BSOD (possibly better QC), so their PR isn't quite as bad.

  5. Re:The chase on McAfee Was Not Captured · · Score: 1

    OP is a dumbass who puts what may very well be his real name on his posts. Moving on.

  6. Re:The chase on McAfee Was Not Captured · · Score: 1

    So... I'm sure there's a lot to know about Belize, and I may or may not know a few things, so rather than ask such a generic "sweeping" question, why don't you get to your point?

    If you're going to say they have a just and righteous democracy over then, then LOL, the entirety of CA is one giant drug trafficking route into the states.

  7. Re:Did Zuckerberg ever have to get past HR? on Just Say No To College · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not in the real world bud, I know a guy who wanted to go back to his college's IT Dept. and work as a tech lead, he knew the IT director, who said he'd green light him if he applied. So he did, HR never passed his resume on because he didn't have the minimum 5 years of experience listed on his resume, what's funny is he did have 5 years of experience. HR wasn't able to decipher it from his resume (his problem) and the resume never made it to the right person, and now somebody else works there.

    Also, I can make a strong argument for there's no such thing as a "smart company" that has hiring managers... hiring manager positions are only available at fairly large companies, and there's no such thing as a "smart" corporation.

  8. Re:On Your Exploit-Free OS on Interviews: Ask What You Will of Eugene Kaspersky · · Score: 1

    Not an OS in the traditional sense. It's mission specific firmware code tailored for single purposes. They're in for a nasty surprise when they discover that not all industrial systems are set up in the same manner, time period, or with the same risk scope.

  9. Re:The chase on McAfee Was Not Captured · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now now, you've got to remember this is Belize, not the states, if somebody high up enough says your guilty, the facts don't matter. My thought however is that if he was truly innocent, he has international press coverage, so they can't just put a black bag over his head, I guess they could plant evidence and fabricate details, but still if he was "innocent" the coverage should provide him the lifeline he needs to acquit himself over there.

    If it was me... I'd just leave & go live somewhere else, it's not like he can't afford another mansion / drug lab or anything. He might fit in better in E. Europe anyways.

  10. Re:Did Zuckerberg ever have to get past HR? on Just Say No To College · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These "resume scanner" things are why you'll never find the best and brightest in corp. america. And those that do wind up there, quickly realize their folly. Also, I don't know how to destroy this stereotype myself, but HR are just people folks, they aren't smarter, more superior, or better than anybody, though a lot of those little f'ers act like they are because of how much personal info they're exposed to. A few things to remember here:
    I hear HR lady disclosing my SSN randomly, she loses job, I get big settlement.
    They can't do anything without permission from higher ups that's not in their limited job scope.
    It doesn't require much education to work in HR.

  11. Re:Did Zuckerberg ever have to get past HR? on Just Say No To College · · Score: 1

    From experience I'd flip your 1) and 2) around. You need the technical skills for repeat business and for not things like not getting sue'd, but all the tech skills in the world won't save you if you can't get that contract, or get your foot in the door. The tech skills apply more towards keeping your foot in the door and possibly squeezing more of oneself in there, than getting the opportunity.

    Last, but not least, money is most of what there is to work, but you also have to enjoy what you're doing, otherwise I bet some illegal on an oil rig is probably making more than me + you, of course if my work computer blows up, I'll still have all my limbs.

  12. Re:I'm waiting for... on 3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives · · Score: 1

    Can't argue with you on the laziness part... it can get a bit rough working and managing the household if you live by yourself though. There's some significant health benefits to fresh cooked food too. We're talking out of different blocks of life I think :)

  13. The chase on McAfee Was Not Captured · · Score: 3

    They sure are pursuing him hard for a simple questioning, made ever so hilarious by him posting updates on his blog. I can't wait to hear what "really" happened.

    Then again chances are he really did shoot him over the dogs business, people have killed people for a lot less, and with Mcafee's rich white man ego in a country not known for it's 1st worldness... I can see him doing it.

  14. Re:I'm still trying to wrap my brain around... on FBI Dad's Misadventures With Spyware Exposed School Principal's Child Porn · · Score: 1

    Somebody actually pointed out that the spyware was not wipe resilient, my link is to something about100x more advanced. They probably just deleted the user profile and ran their equiv of ccleaner on it, obviously the school didn't have a solid anti-virus policy. I'd feel bad for the guy they caught, except for what he was doing is really not cool, dumb luck & bad policies prevail.

  15. This is a conspiracy... on Scientists Develop Chocolate That Won't Melt At High Temperatures · · Score: 2

    To bring obesity to tropical countries!

  16. Re:I'm waiting for... on 3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives · · Score: 1

    Funny, most people as individuals don't have time to cook, just look at fast food's annual revenue as proof of this concept. It's not even cost effective for an individual to do so. In a family environment this changes, but then again look at the divorce rate here in the states...

  17. Re:I'm waiting for... on 3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives · · Score: 1

    Damn AC, if this ever becomes reality, I'm going to have to write the very first diet program for one of these, order ice cream? get Greek yogurt, cake? some veggies, etc...

    I'll call it Dr. Syn's "why? cause F U diet".

  18. Re:Prepare for 3D Printing Criminalization in 3, 2 on 3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives · · Score: 1

    Not any more than it would be feasible to remove the DRM hardware portion of an xbox360. You can, but then it would instantly stop working, since you're removing mission critical transistors that double as DRM.

  19. Re:Prepare for 3D Printing Criminalization in 3, 2 on 3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives · · Score: 1

    Still, I wouldn't mind living in an age where you can "pirate" a 60" sony bravia tv and keep it secret by not connecting it to the internet (like some hacks for game consoles nowadays).

  20. Re:Why is this shit connected to the internet? on Real-World Cyber City Used To Train Cyber Warriors · · Score: 1
    Haha, let's read the first line here: Security through obscurity

    Security through obscurity is a pejorative referring to a principle in security engineering, which attempts to use secrecy of design or implementation to provide security

    Now let's think a bit, secrecy of design... offline, that's pretty secret. Moving along, let's read a bit more from wikipedia Air gap networking

    The concept represents nearly the maximum protection one network can have from another (save turning the device off). It is not possible for packets or datagrams to "leap" across the air gap from one network to another, but software such as Stuxnet has been known to bridge the gap by exploiting security holes related to the handling of removable media.

    Could there be more to air gap security than just unplugging the wires? Read the quote again son. Got your nose stuck too deep in a book to apply it to the real world? I'm sure there's a wiki article somewhere for that.

    And I've got #s behind my buzzwords, what have you accomplished AC?

  21. Re:Prepare for 3D Printing Criminalization in 3, 2 on 3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives · · Score: 1

    Patents, obscure designs, hardware DRM, I'm sure they'll figure something out.

  22. I'm waiting for... on 3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives · · Score: 1

    A 3d printer to make my dinner, then years from now I can be one of those old guys yelling at kids about a time when you had to prep and cook your food and fortunate they should feel.

  23. Re:What about... on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 1

    Time to start equipping them with credit card processing.

  24. I predict.. on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 1

    The homeless person with the sign on the side of the road with the fake amputee limb look will get a lot more money and bruises to match.

  25. Re:I'm still trying to wrap my brain around... on FBI Dad's Misadventures With Spyware Exposed School Principal's Child Porn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It was left on deliberately in an attempt to spy on random U.S. citizens and collect data.

    Or.. or... The computer repair shop doesn't know what they're doing

    My money's on it's something like this