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  1. Pilot, Explain, Measure on Online Community For a Call Center? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Roll it out to a test group first.

    Make sure they understand that this is a privilege, and that if important metrics are negatively impacted it will go away.

    Measure over a 60 day period. Be sure to incorporate user-feedback as well.

  2. Whither OpenSolaris? on Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    OK, now I'm curious. The summary mentions a touch of Open Solaris, but the article doesn't. What did they decide to use it for and, more importantly, why did they make the exception?

  3. "What is going on with MySQL?" on David Axmark Resigns From Sun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not much from the sound of things.

    Ah well. I run Postgres.

  4. Re:This is the first I have heard of this case on An Open Source Legal Breakthrough · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sending people six figure bills for something you don't own and they haven't bought sounds a bit like mail fraud to me.

  5. Could you imagine... on Web Server On a Business Card · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...a Rolidex Cluster of these?

  6. Scooped! on Hubble Finds Unidentified Object In Space · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm picturing a staff meeting at Engadget where the editor is yelling, "If Gizmodo beats us to press with a previously unknown class of celestial object one more time, heads are gonna roll around here!"

  7. Re:Discussion != Endorsement on Royal Society and Creationism In Science Classes · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you'd make a good science teacher.

  8. Re:Discussion != Endorsement on Royal Society and Creationism In Science Classes · · Score: 1

    So by saying that before Pasteur's experiments it was widely thought that mud turns into frogs and rotting meat turns into maggots I'm somehow lending more weight to those ideas?

  9. Discussion != Endorsement on Royal Society and Creationism In Science Classes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The columns seem reasonable. Creationism should not be taught in science class as science, but it certainly is part of the context in which the theory evolution came about. One could hardly teach about Copernicus without mentioning Heliocentrism, or Pasteur without Spontaneous Generation.

  10. Re:Why ... on Researcher Publishes Industrial Complex Hack · · Score: 3, Funny

    If only there were some sort of virtual private network available that could give them a reasonably secure low-cost option for remote access.

  11. Re:Beats mcmansions in Bakersfield on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 1

    If the arcology had pretty galleries with fountains and playgrounds and such, then sure. Oh, and it cant just be crammed full of poor people. That'd be a deal-breaker.

  12. Interesting theory. on Jail 'Greedy' Scam Victims, Says Nigerian Diplomat · · Score: 1

    I suppose in the classic 419 scam the victim thinks he's conspiring to launder money. I wonder though, who would press charges?

  13. Re:About like it does now. on What Will Linux Be Capable Of, 3 Years Down the Road? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wrote that token-ring driver, you insensitive clod!

  14. Re:Good for them... on Psystar "Definitely Still Shipping" Mac Clones · · Score: 2, Informative

    The GPL gives you rights that copyright would not normally allow. EULAs take away rights that the doctrine of first sale would normally permit. That's the difference.

  15. Re:Well good for them on Psystar "Definitely Still Shipping" Mac Clones · · Score: 1

    A key difference is that Ford does sell a boxed retail version of their CarOS. In the case of a retail boxed MacOS, the doctrine of first-sale should trump any EULA. If it continues, this may be an important case to watch.

  16. Surprised? on DNS Flaw Hits More Than Just the Web · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is why I've maintained a comprehensive /etc/hosts file since 1996. Every now and then it gets to be a bit large, so I periodically print it out and cache it to a shelf full of 3-ring binders.

  17. Re:Electronic voting's cousin? on Chipped Passport Cloned In Minutes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sucessful paper forgeries are usually more time consuming to create, and require skills that are less common in this day and age.

    Or another way, a forged passport is one forged passport. A broken authentication system is a thousand forged passports.

  18. The third world... on MIT Team Working On a $12 Apple (II) Desktop · · Score: 1

    The third world is likely to be eaten by a grue.

    But in all seriousness, Visicalc, Bankstreet Writer, and a flat-file database would do the job for a whole lot of people.

  19. The writing on the wall: "Mene mene tekel uparsin" on Why Microsoft Cozied up to Open Source at OSCON · · Score: 1

    Microsoft's measure has been taken more than once, and when weighed found wanting. Their kingdom shal not remain intact.

  20. Re:Schedule a switch date now on GENI To Replace Internet, Gets $12M Funding · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm actually expecting to be pretty busy on the 21st, but my calendar's completely blank thereafter.

  21. 3 things to fix education on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1:Smaller class sizes!

    2:Less memorization, more critical thinking and analysis.

    3:Less passive listening and watching, more discussion and experiment (think Socarates).

    None of these need tons of computers or facilities or whatever. What they do need are more teachers, and less burnout.

  22. Re:But more importantly on Apple After Jobs · · Score: 5, Informative

    Next wasn't a huge success...

    ...until he sold NextStep to Apple for big bucks, and wrapped it up in Aqua and made OSX the Next Big Thing.

  23. Re:Passwords can be TOO strong. on San Francisco DA Discloses City's Passwords · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For a client database too which I am the sole admin, I change my password on a monthly basis in a sequence based on the product of two formulas.

    The formulas are in two places, my head and a sealed envelope in the company safe. I realize someone could crack the maths if they had enough old passwords and time, but if I get hit by a car tomorrow, my boss could unseal the envelope and calculate this months password.

  24. Re:Oh yeah! Interference FTW. on Global Warming Stopped By Adding Lime To Sea · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Even moreso, he was comparing the production-cost of a bike to the operation-cost of a car.

    Throw the public health ripple effects of bikes vs cars and bikes look even better from a resources standpoint.

  25. what to do with a giant parabolic dish... on Alternative Uses For an Old Satellite Dish? · · Score: 1

    SOLAR DEATH RAY!

    Or I guess maybe something useful like a thermal generator, or such.