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  1. Re:Goofy on Dropbox Adds Two-Factor Authentication · · Score: 1

    If you use a passcode to get into your iPhone, it is extremely secure. AES-256, secure. http://images.apple.com/ipad/business/docs/iOS_Security_May12.pdf

  2. Re:Note to self on Firefox Exec Says Windows Bundling Is a Bad Idea · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not to metion how many users they are losing to Google Chrome I hardly run FF anymore.

  3. Push on Google Apps Gets a 99.9% Guarantee · · Score: 1

    Gmail might have a better uptime than Exchange, but at least Exchange has push-email.

  4. Re:Don't Have stealable stuff on Cubicle Security For Laptops, Electronics? · · Score: 1

    Since when were laptops designed to be on 24x7?

  5. 6 years in the making and... on MythTV 0.21 Released · · Score: 1

    I can't believe that MythTV still isn't to a 1.x release... From a user adoption perspective, 1.x looks better than 0.21, which to me implies that it is still beta ( 1.0).

  6. Re:Classic MarketSpeak! on Microsoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update · · Score: 1

    They're pulling the service pack because one of the pre-requisite patches you need to install... They aren't pulling the service pack. They are pulling the update for the listed KB. The service pack is still available.
  7. Computing power on Analyst Says Blu-ray DRM Safe For 10 Years · · Score: 1

    Does the guy even know how much computing power there will be in 10 years? Come on. Seriously.

  8. Re:There is no time bank on 'Daylight Savings Bugs' Loom · · Score: 1

    Ha! My bad. If you're interested in weather models, that's a link for you. If you're interested in the compound adjective nature of "Daylight Saving Time" then you can go to my intended link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

  9. Re:There is no time bank on 'Daylight Savings Bugs' Loom · · Score: 1

    Yes, I agree, damn it. It's Daylight Saving Time. It's a compound adjective which modifies the noun, time.

  10. Re:NOAA/NWS on Statistical Accuracy of Internet Weather Forecasts · · Score: 1

    Who do you think owns the source of GFS, NAM, and those satellites that you speak of? NOAA! AccuWeather seems to miss the mark frequently. I trust the NWS over ANY online source because of their *local* forecasting offices. Not some weather company who issues local forecasts from the other side of the country (or GLOBE!). Also, just because it snows, doesn't mean that the temps drop 15 degrees (F, I presume). The colder it is, the less of an effect the snow cover has on temperatures. Unless of course, that snow is falling as supercooled snow! Snow should be around 0 degrees Celsius, not any colder.

  11. Physics on Extraterrestrials Probably Haven't Found Us - Yet · · Score: 1

    The problem is that these assumptions are based on our (perhaps) flawed-physics knowledge. Our time is not their time. Speed of light could be slow to them. To think that space never ends and what could be out there is mind boggling.

  12. Re:Heh on Extraterrestrials Probably Haven't Found Us - Yet · · Score: 4, Funny

    They want all of our "base"?

  13. Re:lion costume on 100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that the costume designers knew it when they made the film.

  14. Re:/etc/aliases on Easy Throw-Away Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    'Course you need to have your own domain name and an unfiltered SMTP port to make it work... :)

  15. /etc/aliases on Easy Throw-Away Email Addresses · · Score: 1
    echo "newsite: spam_account" >> /etc/aliases
    newaliases
    Where "spam_account" is an actual user account.

    That's it. I can turn it on and off whenever I want.
  16. Re:Historical Data Readings on Study Finds World Warmth Edging to Ancient Levels · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Analyzing any amount of data only amounts to about the size of a gnat (their data) compared to a blue whale (the age of Earth). It doesn't tell us anything, and is extremely micro in nature. It may seem like a long time ago, but it really isn't. I believe that we may be able to partly affect the micro-timeline of Earth's existence, but it's going to do what it wants (Mother Nature) when it wants when looking at a macro scale -- us humans and our inventions don't/won't really matter.

  17. Re:Duuuhhhhh on .mobi Websites Now Available to Register · · Score: 1

    But since I'm on a mobile device, wouldn't it make more sense to have the tld be "m," or something like that? I mean why four characters? ibm.m is even shorter yet.

  18. Re:all you need to know on Sturdy Laptop Travel Cases? · · Score: 1

    Yes, another vote for Pelican cases.

  19. The ISC discussed this yesterday on Less Than a Minute to Hijack a MacBook's Wireless · · Score: 5, Informative

    Look for more information on the ISC Web site. Bottom line is this is not an OS issue, rather a "firmware/driver" issue.

  20. Re:Yea! on IT Careers in 2010 - Learn a business · · Score: 1

    This idea is what we typically call "Business Analysts." They are the liason between the business and IT. Nothing new here with this report.

  21. Re:Does anyone have the IP address and/or copy? on 10 Best Security Live CD Distros · · Score: 1

    They are resolving now. Thanks.

  22. Does anyone have the IP address and/or copy? on 10 Best Security Live CD Distros · · Score: 1

    Looks like their DNS servers are not responding to my queries when I try to resolve www.darknet.org.uk. Does anyone have the IP address of that site? How about a copy of the article? The listed nameservers (ns[12].malaysiablogs.com) appear to be unresponsive.

  23. My favorite is the "500 metres (yards)" comment on New Asteroid Becomes Earth's Biggest Threat · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think someone forgot the conversion number to put inside the parenthesis as yards does not equal meters at a factor of 1:1 ... Should've been, 580 metres (638 yards). Also, 500 is not correct as according to the JPL, the diameter is 580 meters.

  24. Sarbanes-Oxley? on Linux in a Business - Got Root? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Do you fall under the scope of the Sarbanes-Oxley act? By not allowing sudo or plain 'ol root access, accountability goes way up if you have to call the help-desk to perform whatever action you need to take. You have effectively limited the scope of those who can make changes to the system and presumably the changes that are made are logged.

  25. Anyone try... on Breathing Life Into Older Computers · · Score: 1

    Anyone try to revive their Tandy 1000 TL/2? I tried a few years back with Minux, but believe there was a hardware support issue, or something like that... Anyway.

    Phil