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  1. Mantra on Half of US Nuclear Missile Wing Implicated In Cheating · · Score: 1

    If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'. If you get caught, you ain't tryin' hard enough.

  2. Is this really anonymous? on EFF Promotes Freenet-like System Tor · · Score: 1

    What degree of obfuscation is enough to thwart determined tracking attempts?

  3. Re:Don't do it. on Experiences with Laser Eye Surgery? · · Score: 1

    5) the army and police won't let you join if you've had it, rather tellling I think

    The U.S. Army will perform this surgery on soldiers if they qualify. A couple of my troops had this procedure done while at Ft Campbell last year.

  4. Re:Simple, actually on IsoNews Ostensibly Shut Down By The DOJ · · Score: 1
    The DMCA is a good example of representative democracy at its worst: the public should be voting on things like this, not a group of old, white, men who are told by their party to vote a certain way. That isn't democracy, that's two parties vying for campaign dollars from special interests.


    Yeah, and this is different from the rest of U.S. politics how?
  5. twiggi is worth a look on Exchange-Compatible Webmail Alternatives? · · Score: 1

    You may want to have a look at twiggi. I have used it for over a year, and it has done everything that I wanted plus some. As an added bonus, it even looks a little like Outlook. It needs an IMAP server to run, but as others have suggested, sticking with open standards makes life a lot easier.

  6. There is no such word on Apple Accuses Worker of Leaks · · Score: 1

    Apple: "We don't know who they are yet, but were
    suing them irregardless...Why? because I have a
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    MIGHTY NEEED to sue nameless individuals..."

    "Irrespective," perhaps?
    "Regardless," maybe?

  7. Re:Why not all 4 at once? on HotBot Returns · · Score: 1

    Try dogpile.com They have multiple returns.

  8. Re:Holds the Cake? on DSL Rising · · Score: 1

    Straight from The Ross Perot School of idiomatic expression.

  9. Re:No Veterans in the /. community? on RIAA, MPAA Instigate U.S. Naval Academy Raid · · Score: 1

    They are sailors (and/or midshipmen as the case may be) not soldiers.

  10. Re:Converting Technology Adventures on Building The Navy Intranet · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe that you are referring to "PICK" as in Dick Pick, the guy who came up with the thing. The comany is now Raining Data (http://www.rainingdata.com).

    In the implementation that we use, the Pick DB runs as a virtual machine on top of AIX. I believe they dropped the OS side of Pick some time ago.

    There is a version that will run on Linux as well.

  11. Linux on my computer at work on What To Do If Linux Sneaks Onto Your Network · · Score: 1

    After 3 years as the IT Manager at my company, the powers that be "promoted" me to Marketing and Communications Manager (I think they did this because I was perceived to be the only one who knew who to use a publishing application).

    Anyway, I had been running Linux back in the computer room on my PC making use of Cheops, VNC and some other apps for administering the network of legacy Windows machines.

    After my move to the general cubicle population, I took my Linux box with me. I use VMware for the "must have" applications. The drones now in the IT department are (the best I can describe it) afraid of Linux. They like to feel that their MS certifications are good for something.

    IT now takes a sort of "mad scientist" view of me and my lone Linux desktop machine, though they allow me to run it. Obviously I do my own tech support.

    I think that many IT departments are concerned that people being productive with Linux will result in general management asking them why a lot of money was wasted on inferior MS software.