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  1. Enforcing a policy is a security measure on Why Are Students Liable for School Insecurity? · · Score: 1

    Waah, waah.

    You did something wrong and you got caught. Deal with it.

    You fault the school's security posture, but you're only looking at half of it.

    So they don't have the budget to enforce it with the latest and greatest security appliances, but they have a really cheap tool on their side: the authority to strike you down with a vengeance for knowingly violating their policy.

    They've eliminated a known threat (you) for 3 months and deterred anyone else that may think to act similarly. I'd say that's effective.

  2. not a new angle... on Computer Associates Offers Warranties · · Score: 2, Informative

    I actually worked for a start up that tried this years ago. The company has been dead for 2 years now, but evidence of it still lingers. Google combinations of "Promisemark", "Virus Protection Plan", "Identity Theft Protection Plan", etc...

  3. Nothing new... on Tux Enlisted for U.S. Defense Program · · Score: 1

    It seems like slashdot runs a story on this every six months:

    http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/0 2/ 0216215&tid=163&tid=103

    Oh, and its a joint Boeing - SAIC contract.

    -a former FCS sys admin

  4. Re:Has anybody got metrics? on Debian Leaders: We Need to Release More Often · · Score: 1

    This might answer some of your questions:

    http://popcon.debian.org/

  5. Re:SAIC & tired of criminals on Identity Theft of Many SAIC Employees · · Score: 1

    Funny, but its actually pronounced "Ess Aye Eye Cee", not "say-ic".

  6. Re:SAIC on Identity Theft of Many SAIC Employees · · Score: 1

    Its former employees too. As a recovering SAICer, I got a notice via postal mail.

    It pretty much said this:
    http://www.saic.com/cover-archive/announce/ 012805. html

  7. Re:I'll consider using it... on Mapping Google Maps · · Score: 1

    My litmus test is an address on a dirt road in upstate ny. Yahoo and Mapquest find it. MSN can't find the specific address but finds the road.

    Google can't find it at all, but the road is correctly labelled if you zoom in on it.

  8. Re:live performances are different on MST3K Rightsholders Sue Over Theater Commentary · · Score: 2, Informative
  9. WIFI Tech Union Local #1337 on Philadelphia Considers Free Citywide Wireless Access · · Score: 1

    *Note- I'm not anti-labor, but I think the Philly area takes it way to far*

    The unions are going to screw this one up. If the access point near you needs servicing, plan on waiting until the next holiday when they'll schedule repair in order to get double overtime.

  10. Re:CRTs will be obsolete on The New York Times On Earth's Magnetic Flip-Flop · · Score: 1

    You didn't answer the important question: I'm going to have to replace my toilet?

  11. Dear Slashdot on Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Slashdot,

    which is better, SCSI or IDE?

    Googleless in VA

  12. Re:Canonical geek sport? on Bicycling Science, Third Edition · · Score: 1

    I would assume he's implying that the customisablity
    (is that a word?) of bike equipment is "geeky".

    So according to him:
    My ex-roommate who has a 3 grand plus permanent wall ornament in his garage is, therefore, a geek.

    News to me, I just though he was a dumbass. My $250 bike + water bottle and saddle bag suits me just fine. It even gets used.

  13. Re:Washington DC on New Science Museum - Now With Real Science! · · Score: 1

    That should havee been out here in the west. The original plan called for that to be located at Stapleton. Unfortunately, the congress ppl back east tied it to the funding of DIA. What a crock.

    That's complete BS: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d103:HR008 47:|TOM:/bss/d103query.html|

  14. Re:Washington DC on New Science Museum - Now With Real Science! · · Score: 1

    Nah, the new Air & Space annex is 25 miles away from Downtown DC. That's far enough to survive a 1 megaton nuke detonated at the Mall.

    You can have the Army Medical Museum if you like.
    http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/

  15. Re:What? on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1

    Well, when I was unemployed 2 summers ago, my machine had a different distro on it every week or so. Damn I was bored, but I definitely learned a lot.

    Normally though, I tend to keep a steady Debian Sid install... The last time I had to reinstall was this winter when I accidently left a laptop in the car overnight and froze the HD.

  16. Re:Duh, physics class 101 on Bicycle Riding on Square Wheels · · Score: 1

    I swear stuff like this was on the SATs or maybe some kind of intelligence test. I've seen questions that involve odd shape wheels and the "perfect roads" for them somewhere.

  17. I don't get it... what's the point? on Stop! Website Thief! · · Score: 1

    I can't find any references linking the SCCA Finger Lakes Region to carorcar. I would guess its trying to steal traffic, but I don't see how people would find it. The real site has a small target audience anyway. FYI: if you can find an SCCA event in your area, check it out. Its Amateur club racing, usually road racing (ie: not an oval). My dad's friend races at these things. I am by no means a motorsports fan, but I enjoy them.

  18. Here's a whole village screwed by IBM chemicals on IBM Cleared in San Jose Cancer Liability Suit · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.pressconnects.com/special/endicottspill /

  19. Re:My nomination on SCO Files Suit Against Novell Over System V Ownership · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... same disclaimer I always see in pump-and-dump spams.

  20. Re:RIP, Fallout 3 on 2003 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1, Interesting

    What's this then?
    http://www.interplay.com/fbos/

  21. Re:Want to do this now as an end user ? on USPS Providing Electronic Postmarks · · Score: 1

    It doesn't seem to be working...

    BCCing notary@getstamped.com (to get a signed reciept delivered back to me) bounced. ... while talking to mail.getstamped.com.:

    >>>>>> RCPT To:

    550 5.1.1 ... User unknown

    And I have yet to recieve a test message I
    sent to chad@mydomain.net.getstamped.com (which would have forwarded a signed message to chad@mydomain.net)

  22. Re:can't anyone play Chewbacca? on Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Rumors · · Score: 1

    Are you sure? Here's a leaked casting pic.

  23. Re:As a Information Technology major -- on Constructing a New College IT Curriculum? · · Score: 1

    Are they teaching Java in the programming core now?

    I was taught C++ back in my freshman year (95-96).

    A couple years later they dumbed the program down by switching to VB. I would hope that era has passed...

  24. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong.. on JRR Tolkien: Return Of The Domain Name · · Score: 1

    And I would have a legitimate claim to waters.com because my last name is Waters. I covet that domain for my own personal use.

    The Waters Corporation almost let it lapse back in 2001 and I was ready to bounce on it. Alas they renewed at the 11 hour for 10 years.

  25. Re:this is just weird. on Interview with Peter Jackson on LoTR Bloopers · · Score: 1

    Same stuff on my WindowMaker Debian Sid. The menu entry calls /usr/lib/mozilla-firebird/MozillaFirebird-bin and crashes at that link.

    I can't run that from console (complaining about a shared object), but I can run /usr/bin/MozillaFirebird with no problems or crashes.

    wmaker 0.80.1-8
    mozilla-firebird 0.7-5 [Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031215 Firebird/0.7]