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  1. Re:World of Warcraft-- on Georgia College's New Policy — Reporting All P2P Users To the Police · · Score: 1

    I'll pick here to reply since most of you people have no clue what you're talking about... Yes, lots of games use BitTorrent to transmit updates, etc. They're not sending everyone to the cops who is using BitTorrent. They're sending people to the cops based on DMCA takedown notices. These notices give the date, time, "infringing file", IP address, port, and hash of the "infringing file". They're using this information to identify the person and send them on. No, I don't agree with what they're doing, but at least know what the hell you're talking about before you start bitching about "legal" p2p usage getting reported.

  2. Sorry Geeks ... on Stats Show iPhone Owners Get More Sex · · Score: 1

    Don't rush out and buy that iProduct just yet.. Just remember that correlation does not imply causation.

  3. Re:How about delaying due to .... FERPA on Yale Delays Move To Gmail · · Score: 1

    Google Apps Education Edition has no ads.

  4. What about Shibboleth? on Oracle Shuttering OpenSSO · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned Shibboleth. Shib is pretty popular in the higher-ed space. There is a bit of a learning curve when first playing around with it, but once you get it up and going, it's very powerful. It does more than just your average SSO by providing federated authentication across organizations while maintaining user security. The project page is at shibboleth.internet2.edu

  5. Re:You're looking at it wrong. on Should I Take Toyota's Software Update? · · Score: 1

    How can I trust that that push-button ignition will still shut off the car? I know it's conceivable that even a key-start ignition might turn all ignition control over to an ECM, but who's done that?

    Saturn and GM did, somewhat. I have a 2006 Saturn ION and you turn the key to the start position and it "automatically" cranks the engine from there.

    I hadn't completely shut my door one night and the dome light nearly drained the battery. I turned the key to start and let it go just like normal. The "computer" kept cranking the engine until the car started.

  6. Re:Are CA's that stupid? on Null Character Hack Allows SSL Spoofing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The lower-cost automated ones don't care. It's all handled by software; at no point in the process (on the CA side) is a human involved. And I'm betting that if the browsers aren't catching it, neither are the CAs.

  7. Re:If I was subject to this... on New Zealand Banks Demand a Peek at User PCs · · Score: 1

    How can you make the case that your guest OS is secure if the host is found to be insecure?

  8. What kind of backups will you be doing? on Small-Office Windows Based Backup Software? · · Score: 4, Informative
    I don't really have a comment on which software to use for Small Office Backups, but we use CommVault QiNetix and we are very happy with it. But, we use a fibre attached SpectaLogic T50 which is way overkill for a small office setup. One of the questions you need to answer is this:
    • Will you be doing backups for disaster recovery? Meaning, you won't really worry about keeping data for long periods of time as long as you have a good backup for a month or so?
    • Or will you be doing backups for file restoration? Will you be needing to always recover that MS Excel document that Sally from accounting deleted 6 months ago?
    Once you have that question answered, search for a backup software that fits your needs. You may look into CommVault, i'm not sure how it's priced for the regular consumer market (we're a .edu).
  9. Re:Google It? on Permanently Set Process Priority in Windows? · · Score: 1

    Well, I hoped that he would use the information I gave him and adapt it for his needs. You can't expect me to do everything for him, can you? If the rendering manager is spawning 3DSM, why can't it spawn a batch file which spawns 3DSM in low priority mode instead?

    Ah, so my elite googling skills DID save the day!

  10. Google It? on Permanently Set Process Priority in Windows? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I googled windows priority command line and the 6th result was titled: "smallbusiness.itworld.com - Windows Tip: Launching a low priority ..."

    Here's the link

    Executive Summary:
    It turns out there are several solutions to this problem. A simple approach is to use the start command to launch each job with Low priority as follows:
    start /low /b job5.exe -i input.dat

  11. Re:gOOD lUCK on War Declared on Caps Lock Key · · Score: 1

    That's interesting.. I just took a quick break from coding InfoBASIC (on PI/Open).. All of its code has to be upper case too.

    PI/Open has something similar to UniQuery, it's called INFORM and it's in ... you guessed it ... upper case

  12. Software Licensing on AMD Announces Quad Core Tape-Out · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm interested to see if software companies who license their software by CPU will continue to define a "CPU" as a physical socket, or a core. Right now Microsoft and VMWare (and lots of others) define a CPU as a physical socket, not a core. So a dual core processor only counts as one CPU for licensing purposes.

    It will suck if they start realizing how much more money they could be making by defining a core as a CPU for licensing...

  13. Maximum Writes for Flash Memory? on The Benefits of Hybrid Drives · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Most flash memory i've seen (such as the USB keychain drives), have a rated maximum writes before the memory starts having problems.

    Am I missing something here? How are they going to overcome this if they plan on using the same type of memory for disk cache?

  14. Re:Question. on Intel - Market Doesn't Need Eight Cores · · Score: 1

    Finally, the chip can go across the front side bus and access the main system memory, which is very large compared to the L2 and L1 caches, but much slower in terms of number of cycles to access.

    That's the good thing about AMD processors. They don't have to go across the FSB to get at the RAM

  15. In accordance with the State of Kansas ... on Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle · · Score: 1

    In accordance with the State of Kansas, we must offer this alternative to evolution *cue soundtrack to "I dream of Jeannie"*

  16. Re:8 Days to patch on Microsoft to Patch WMF Exploit Early · · Score: 1

    That doesn't necessarily mean that they regression tested the patch as microsoft would; that just means they created a patch and got it out faster.

    I'm sure it didn't take microsoft very long to create the patch, but lots of manhours to test it -- whatever that's worth.

  17. 2560x2048 ? on Ubuntu On The Business Desktop · · Score: 4, Funny

    2560x2048 spread across 2 monitors? I hope he means 2560 x 1024 .. Otherwise that'd be one helluva 17" LCD monitor!

  18. Fedora Directory Server? on Searching for a Directory Service Solution? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've just started to take a look at Fedora Directory Server. It is very easy to set up and with the GUI manager, it seems about as easy to manage as Microsoft AD.

  19. Re:Hmmm. on Dell Dumping Itanium · · Score: 1


    I know you have to pay for it, (i believe it's $179/yr) but dell has it's warranty parts direct program

    Basically, if you know what's wrong, and the product is under warranty, you can go to a web page and order the part you need. No need to wait on hold for 30mins just to re-troubleshoot the problem with somebody reading from a script when you know that your hard drive is dead.

  20. Re:Solution to this very problem on Your Digital Photos Are Too Professional · · Score: 1


    If you want to get professional, there's the parent company to MPIX: Millers Professional Imaging . Now, you have to jump through certain hoops like submitting your work to them so that they can see if it's good enough to be printed there, but it's still the best service out there if you can afford them.

  21. Re:Here's a suggestion... on How Do You Handle Portscanning Attacks? · · Score: 1

    What you're forgetting is that the "script kiddies" mentioned probably read slashdot too :)

  22. ISP Tech Support? on Internships for Talented High School Students? · · Score: 1

    From the time I was 16, I always had a job working ISP tech support. Yes, it sucks, but at times it can be lots of fun. It should also pay slightly better than McDonald's or any other greasy fast food joint.

  23. Hardware on Video for Skype Users · · Score: 2, Informative

    Maybe I'm missing something, but how does this fall under the "Hardware" /. section?

  24. Re:We all understand... on How to Leave a Job on Good Terms? · · Score: 1

    If you are compelled to answer yes, then your best bet is to leave as cordially as possible, but explain to any other interviewer, if necessary, that you left to pursue an advancement of your career and your supervisor resented it.

    If he's just putting down that he worked at this place for a certain period of time in his 'job history' section of his resume, his new employer cannot call and ask them for a reference. Any HR person will know that. All his current employer can do is verify that yes, he did work there for that period of time -- that's it.

    Now, if he put his boss down as a reference, (which, as it seems, would be a stupid idea) then his boss could put his (albeit crazy) $0.02US in. So, even if he does end up having to quit before his notice is up, he'll be perfectly find and come out smelling like a rose.

  25. Measurement Change? on Digital Future of the Library of Congress · · Score: -1, Redundant

    So, would this change the "Libraries Of Congress" measurement? I'd hate to see everything need re-programming that contains that universal constant.