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  1. Re:installed by a contract third-party IT speciali on Security Lapse Exposed New York Airport's Critical Servers For a Year (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    No.

    As an IT guy myself, I would have (and did -- now retired) talked to anyone who would listen, including managing partners, and insisted on implementing best practices.

    Then I would send an email to the whomevers and let them reject my recommendations for the record.

    Business makes the final call. but I always covered my ass and had evidence that installations were to their specs, despite having been warned.

    If the install was something they'd never actually have to manage, I'd change the admin password to one of my own and never tell a soul..

    Later, when another tech from another firm came on site to do shit, I'd just tell them, "Dunno ... maybe a factory reset?"

  2. Re:Do we need more evidence... on Social Media Are Driving Americans Insane (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    This.

    Right now is not a good time to try and correlate American stress levels and mental health to any other trend than that goddam mother fucking yellow bellied blue balled orange bastard.

  3. Goddamit where was this ... on Serious Computer Glitches Can Be Caused By Cosmic Rays (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    ... during my IT career?

    I could have used this as a dodge after I fucked something up in the system.

    I did the sunspot thing back in 2012.

    "Russia," seems to work well, though.

  4. So, no citation.

    You are dismissed.

    Rinse, repeat.

  5. Re:Simple answer. Dont use SAP. on SAP License Fees Also Due For Indirect Users, Court Rules (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    This.

    They sold that shit to Mobil Oil Corp (now defunct) as the "do-all front end to a backend."

    It was tough to learn and wonky.

    As a systems analyst for Mobil, I refused to have anything to do with it.

    Those "upwardly mobile" promotion chasers went to work across the street for Kodak, who fired them later for being unskilled.

  6. It will use software ... on GM Plans To Build, Test Thousands of Self-Driving Bolts In 2018 (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    ... called a Bolt driver.

    Use the links on this page to download the latest version of Bolt drivers.

    --
    --
    NOTE: Don't actually download that shit. I don't know what it is. Try the fish. Tip jar's on the piano.

  7. Re:Legal isn't even an option we have on 70 Percent of Young Swedish Men Are Video Pirates, Study Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    When shit is digitized, it becomes public property by way of CaptainDork's Third Corollary:

    For every mother fucker with a computer there is another mother fucker with a computer.

  8. This.

    What have we got to lose?

  9. I thought it said ... on Mozilla Will Deprecate XUL Add-ons Before the End of 2017 · · Score: 1

    ... defecate.

  10. Re:Reminds me of gamergate ... on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    The big deal here though is the fact that WSJ completely misrepresented his videos ...

    No, the big deal here is that Disney fired him.

  11. So, no citation.

    You are dismissed.

  12. Re:Reminds me of gamergate ... on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    ... ignorant of significant cultural events ...

    ... don't give a shit now that I have [heard of it] ...

    It's not ignorance, you insensitive clod.

    It's fucking apathy.

  13. Reminds me of gamergate ... on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... in that I never heard of it before and don't give a shit now that I have.

  14. Re:Death To All Jews on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    This.

    For reference, see Paula Deen.

    She (and this guy) signed a contract.

    No one is under obligation to renew a contract.

    Revenue streams win.

  15. Citation, please.

    And it must be a literal call for all Muslims (yes, it's with an upper case "M") to kill all Jews (and, yes, it's with a capital "J,") from the Quran.

    I have a citation

    The Qur'an is a Jewish Book

    .

  16. And no changes down-tier ... on AT&T Is the Latest Carrier To Offer Unlimited Data For All Its Customers (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    ... because I checked today.

    The person said, "You don't use data."

    True.

    I have WiFi at home and just about every place I visit has free WiFi.

    I have a 2GB cap, and carry-over data, so this month I'. at 3.63GB remaining.

    I don't use data because ... data cap.

    I was hoping for some trickle-down freebies like 4GB at no extra charge and stuff.

    I'm with Verizon in USA and I get a 15% military discount for having served in the Navy back in the late 1960s.

    I presented then with a copy of my DD-214, which they returned to me.

    Also, I have a License To Carry in Texas, with "Veteran" stamped on my license that can be used as proof of service.

  17. Re:For their next trick... on CloudFlare Puts Pirate Sites on New IP Addresses, Avoids Cogent Blockade (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    URLs resolve to __ _________. (hint:IP addresses)

  18. ... who didn't see this coming?

  19. Re: Lots of Sunshine there on Utilities Vote To Close Largest Coal Plant In Western US (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The mods failed to get it, too.

    "Tight," is an old you-fee-mism for being drunk.

  20. Where's Facebook delete macro? on Check Your Privacy Filters: Facebook Wants To Be the New LinkedIn (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    This Facebook jobs connection is a good thing.

    I think it's brilliant ONLY if the Facebook member has been prepared for it since signing up.

    In an interview, I put my best foot forward.

    Because I'm retired IT, I have always been judicious about my Facebook posts.

    I know that my Friends List is diverse and there are a lot of things I don't know about each.

    Mainly, I share my photography. I'm an amateur.

    I don't comment on religion, LGBTQ, immigration, politics.

    I don't have any apps, and my page is locked down except for an occasional Public photo or video, which I delete after they become stale.

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    ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE

    Recently, an Italian restaurant near here had a kitchen fire and was closed for a few days.

    Facebook lit up with regrets and SOME negative remarks including one that pointed out that the restaurant got what it deserved because it was rat-infested and dirty, and the food was terrible.

    The goddam guy used his real name and his page was Public!

    Using one of my Facebook aliases, I doxed his ass.

    His boss is on the same charity boards as the manager of the restaurant.

    I chastised him for not considering the employees (their boss paid them) and for not complaining to the manager in private in a timely manner.

    What a shit head.

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    Other public pages use real names and the owners think the platform is completely separate from the real world.

    It ain't.

  21. In lay terms you say ... on JavaScript Attack Breaks ASLR On 22 CPU Architectures (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    In layman's terms, this means an AnC attack can break ASLR and allow the attacker to read portions of the computer's memory, which he could then use to launch more complex exploits and escalate access to the entire OS.

    Whaaaa....??

  22. The Bible preceded Mohammad and God created the Earth for Jews.

    I'm an atheist, but ...

  23. Re:Market Forces Kill Coal on Utilities Vote To Close Largest Coal Plant In Western US (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And "er," has side effects.

  24. Re:Market Forces Kill Coal on Utilities Vote To Close Largest Coal Plant In Western US (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And it has all natural ingredients.

  25. Re:Lots of Sunshine there on Utilities Vote To Close Largest Coal Plant In Western US (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why no one is manufacturing solar cells.