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  1. Risk analysis? on IBM iSeries or Windows server? · · Score: 1

    Has anyone in your company done even a qualitative risk assessment of the options? For starters, what is the cost to mitigate the risk posed by a failure of the proposed architecture and loss of mission-critical systems due to worm or virus by one of the many known vectors of infection?

    Not to mention the cultural differences, but I'm sure others can comment on that.

  2. Buy a briefcase on Recommend a Tech Toys Bag? · · Score: 1

    then pimp it out.

  3. Re:Just Do It on Solutions for When Managers Hijack Your Code? · · Score: 1

    That's a pretty good strategy. You might also populate the help screens with contact info to the development team. There are sure to be questions and other support needs, and it provides a way for users to give suggestions for new features. Also provides a means to make sure credit is given where it's due.

  4. Re:Call me paranoid but... on Federal Agencies To Collect Genetic Info · · Score: 1

    Speaking of paranoid, I suspect that insurance companies have already started genetic databases using material gleaned from the seal on envelopes in which bill payments are enclosed.

  5. Re:Sounds arrogant on ESR Gets Job Offer From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Yeah? Well, why are manhole covers round?

  6. Re:you know... on FEMA Demands Use of IE To File Online Katrina Claims · · Score: 1

    "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, it's probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on ... shame on you. It fool me. We can't get fooled again." - George W. Bush

  7. Re:How does it come out? on Hydrogen Stored in Safe High Density Pellets · · Score: 1

    I think cost of extracting methanol from coal is somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.86/gal. Not sure what the nasty byproducts are or what other uses they may have such as pharmaceuticals, foam weiner containers, and other necessities.

    Doesn't palladium store 9x its weight in hydrogen?

  8. Re:Contingency For Ethernet on Uneducated IT Managers, and How to Deal? · · Score: 1

    ... where the end of message is 4d414e

  9. Re:Laptop on PCs in the Living Room? · · Score: 1

    I don't think using a solution on your burnt penis is such a great idea. It would be better to AVOID the penis burn altogether, hence the need for the table.

  10. Simple on PCs in the Living Room? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just make a table out of fedex boxes, the cable spool of the new millennium.

  11. Re:Fuckbot on Japanese Develop 'Female' Android · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are a cunning linguist.

  12. Re:Scientists have responsed to Braton. on Congressman Seeks Scientists' Personal Data · · Score: 1

    Hopefully, the court may also determine how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

  13. Re:Google on HP Fires Father of OOP · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then again, he might know the answer to "Why are manhole covers round?"

  14. Dealing with wall warts on Organizing Computer Gear Clutter? · · Score: 1

    I have a large number of wall warts that power rechargers and other devices. I picked up a 4 foot power strip from Frys and mounted on the wall over a shelf. The devices sit on the shelf powered by the power strip above.

  15. Ultimate flight sim on SGI Faces Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    Back in '99 I went to a military sim hardware show to find components for a real life C-130 flight sim. There I saw the coolest F-16 flight sim driven by a big-ass Indy box and flown by an F-16 fighter pilot. The visuals were done on a hemispherical front projection system that gave the pilot a truly immersive experience and very realistic. Maybe SCI should have sold a few of those to Dave & Busters.

  16. Re:Good to see. on PetaBox: Big Storage in Small Boxes · · Score: 1

    That would make you a peta-file.

  17. Re:Finite State Machine on Building Intelligent, Rule-Based Applications? · · Score: 1

    I'm a big fan of state modeling and state machines and use them for creation of natural voice processing applications. It sounds like the OP may have difficulty formulating complex transition conditions. One solution is to encode the transition rules (T) and rule space (R) as bit fields, such that a transition occurs where:
    T & R = T

  18. You may be limiting your upward mobility on Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals? · · Score: 1

    Unless you are looking for a career as a carnival worker, adult bookstore manager, sideshow freak, aura reader, or clown. If IT is your thing, then you had better be very, very funny.

  19. Automate as much as possible on Realistic Sysadmin Workload for a Company of 30? · · Score: 1

    You can be a programmer and perform sys admin tasks. Pick up a good book on shell scripting (Mastering Unix Shell Scripting has a lot of sysadmin scripts) and automate things like the management of print queues and volumes. Keep a log of every request you get, the amount of time it takes you to handle the request, who requested, and what was given a lower priority in order to fulfill. When your time starts getting short (it will), make management prioritize their requests and provide a time estimate for completion (actual time is time estimate / utilization factor). But, before you do any of this, take a look at the computer room. If the place is a shithole, save yourself a lot of grief and go find a new job.

  20. Coming next to your coffee shop ... on A Coffeeshop's Weekends Without Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    cubes

  21. APRS on Tracking Domestic Animals? · · Score: 1

    With a radio transmitter and gps module you could track your pooch via aprs. There are digipeater frequencies for vhf and hf, which might be of interest if wanderlust strikes.

  22. And hide the fact that it's being encrypted on VoIP Wiretapping · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Monster Cables and other Audiophile rubbish on Are 'Monster' Cables Worth It? · · Score: 1

    You said the magic words: "you won't hear / see any difference". The real question is whether there is any *measurable* difference, not one of whether an individual who may not know what to listen for may be able to hear. Your crude, untrained ears may simply not be able to distinguish the superior audio made possible by magic cables, just as your untrained palate is incapable of ascertaining the hint of casis in that immature merlot you are sipping as you peruse slashdot.

  24. Case Logic on CD Storage Advice? · · Score: 1

    I use the binders from CL that hold 90 or so CDs per volume. They store neatly on a book shelf and aren't unwieldy when full. Software keys printed with a label maker go on the CD if it is an installation CD.

  25. Re:And safer too on California Drivers Can Tank Up WIth Hydrogen · · Score: 1

    Hydrogen stored in platinum? I've heard of this capability for palladium (a platinum group metal) but not platinum.