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  1. Here are your choices on "Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? · · Score: 1

    Common logic would say that the following is undeniably true:
    1. Fast
    2. Cheap
    3. Good
    Choose two

    Now, your manager says:
    Give me all three or your "fn" fired!

    So you go off and do it fast and cheap and hope he doesn't find out it's not good....

  2. Re:Does anyone out there still use SCO Unix? on SCO Taking Linux Discussion To Japan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apprently some still do. A lot of bricks and mortar type companies run their manufacturing systems on Openserver. They are generally low-tech firms to begin with and have no plans to budget for any upgrades, nor should they - for what they do.

    Now. Any company that requires, HA/failover/performance, etc. Needs to *not* be running OpenServer. Netconfig requires a re-link and reboot anytime you breathe on it. THe package manager is this thing called 'custom', which is anything but customizable. SMP? Gigabit Ethernet? Journalized filesystem? I think not! Maybe the Military can use it, considering that Colonel Panic and Major Re-install are part of the core functionality.

    UnixWare is better, but it ain't Solaris.

  3. Re:It's been done. on Ink More Expensive Than Champagne · · Score: 1

    Right. That was my point.

  4. Re:It's been done. on Ink More Expensive Than Champagne · · Score: 1

    and to elude to an earlier story:

    Celui-ci que je pense s'appelle un yink. Et tout qu'il est boisson de boissons de boissons. Et ce qu'il aime boire est encre. Et l'encre qu'il aime boire est rose. ainsi, si vous avez beaucoup d'encre, vous devriez obtenir un yink, je pensez. - Dr. Suess

    and now, when translated back:

    This one I think is called has yink. And all He does is drink drink drink. And what He likes to drink is ink. And the ink He likes to drink is pink. so, yew you cuts has batch of ink, you should get has yink, I think. - Dr. Suess

    Where can I sign up for that M$ IM client???

  5. It's been done. on Ink More Expensive Than Champagne · · Score: 0

    This one I think is called a yink. And all he does is drink drink drink. And what he likes to drink is ink. And the ink he likes to drink is pink.
    so, if you have a lot of ink, you should get a yink, I think. -Dr. Suess

  6. Re:Unsatisfied customers! on Laptops Outsell Desktops in Retail Stores · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, "cool" sells! How do you think smokers learned to smoke?

  7. Do these figures include... on Laptops Outsell Desktops in Retail Stores · · Score: 1, Insightful

    the US military? How many of these were rack-mounting in army jeeps?

    Just a thought. I try not to have too many of them.

  8. Here's one on Microsoft Patenting IM Translation? · · Score: 1, Funny

    IM_client1: I knit once a day
    Translation: init 1

    Then suddenly IM_client2 bumps his desk and the system mouse's over an xterm, stealing the focus and he types init 1 ?

    IM_client2: Hello. Are you there?

  9. Oh, I can just see it now. on Microsoft Patenting IM Translation? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Translating isn't the same as replacing the verbatum text word-for-word. There are idiomatic and grammatical nuances to take into account.

    Language1: May I buy you dinner?
    Translation: Can I offer you money to eat you?

  10. How does this work? on Protecting Cities from Hijacked Planes · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh, I get it. Planes will have to use an evil bit if they plan on crashing into a skyscrapper or something.

  11. Am I missing something? on USPS To Provide Personal Identity Certification · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Please tell me if I pulled a Rip Van Winkle here. But, when did the the USPS start controlling e-mail? Maybe I'm in the middle of some bizzar Owellian nightmare. Next thing you're going to tell me is that we've become a police state and a new Dept of the goverenment has been established to "watch" us.

    Sheesh!

  12. Re:SR-71 on DARPA Looking into Hypersonic Bombers · · Score: 0

    Considering that it became operational in 1962, nothing can match it's relative achievement. Kelly Johnson and his "skunky" crew were real pioneers with real genius.

    Designed to place over the top of any country (SAMs couldn't hit it) in just a few hours, fully loaded with sensors, whereas it would take the non-air breathers weeks, maybe months to get into position.

  13. Re:A Better Reason on Microsoft To License SCO's Unix Code · · Score: 0

    and it still sucks. It's the worst performing OS I've ever had to misfortune to test with. Load a NIC driver, send a very small amount of traffic. Now look at sar. CPU peg anyone?

  14. www.sco.com runs on Linux on SCO Threatens Red Hat and SuSE · · Score: 0

    Check it out. It's an old version of Apache old mod_ssl old openssl.... hmmm

    http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/index.html?m od e_u=off&mode_w=on&site=www.sco.com&submit=Exam ine

  15. 1.3.27 on Apache 2.0.45 Released · · Score: 0

    Does this DOS affect 1.3.27?

  16. Re:In a related story.. on Is Microsoft Hoisting Its Own Copyright Petard? · · Score: 0

    GIll Bates?

  17. Re:AOL on 98% of DNS Queries at the Root Level are Unnecessary · · Score: 0

    Besides. AOL's name servers aren't even using the correct source ports like the rest of world. I see them blocked in my syslog all the time because I'm only allowing proper unpriv ports (>1023) as the source port. No other name servers show this behavior.

  18. Re:I don't get it on Building The Navy Intranet · · Score: 0

    Thank you! I thought I was the only one who felt this way.

  19. Re:Not just for Unix either on The Practice of System and Network Administration · · Score: 0

    I agree. Windows, GUI administration, etc. is breeding lazy admins. I talk to a lot of NT heads that just trust the GUI and have no desire to understand what's going on under the hood.
    NT Admin: What's wrong?
    Unix Admin: CHeck the log.
    NT Admin: THe what?
    Unix Admin: The log, tail the log.
    NT Admin:WHat?
    Unix Admin: Look at the system logs!
    NT Admin: The what?
    Unix Admin: THE EVENT VIEWER!!!
    NT Admin: Oh, what's that gonna do?

  20. Re:Not just for Unix either on The Practice of System and Network Administration · · Score: 0

    So do I, but I do more work on *nix. Windows, by it's very nature, breeds lazy System Admins.

  21. Re:NSA and CIA SIGINT ? on World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You fucking ASS! Your butt-buddy Billy Clit-tongue spent 8 years dismantling the Military and Intelligence community. Get a fucking Lifr Luser!

  22. Yeah, NASA on Extreme Telecommuting · · Score: 1

    Telemetry ops in Houston?

  23. Re:No need for Paranoia on NSA Linux In Depth · · Score: 1

    Folks, the Agency is a very large collection of techie geeks like us. They just work behind closed doors.

  24. Re:What about OpenBSD? on NSA Linux In Depth · · Score: 1

    What should a person choose for their server to keep thge bad guys out????? Experience!!!