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  1. Re:Thanks, but no thanks on China Telecom Mulls Entry Into US Telecoms Market · · Score: 1

    ... not yet

  2. The office nickname... on Modern Warfare 3 Released · · Score: 0

    ...is "Call of Doody" mainly due to the urge to shower that dirty feeling off, afterwards.

    Especially since Activision charges the "Australia Tax" (AUD=(USD*1.5)+10%GST).

  3. Re:I'm more interested... on Pancake Flipping Is Hard — NP Hard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shhh!

    You'll summon the remake!

  4. Re:802.11a on IT Shops Coping With Overloaded 2.4GHz WiFi Band · · Score: 1

    Oh for a +1

    802.11a (or 802.11abgn) *is* something that will be on the outside of a box, giving some certainty.

    Except the cheap-ass Broadcom chips Samsung use top out at 72mbps . Yeah, it supports N, but it's only to tick a box.

  5. Re:Disturbing on Nasdaq Intrusion Spreads To Listed Companies · · Score: 1

    It ties in beautifully with the Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt currently in use by everyone in power at the moment, where opposing viewpoints are dismissed as violent, dangerous, extremist, damaging to your wallet / the economy and everything else depicted of non-conformists in books like "1984" and "Fahrenheit 451", etc.

    And just like "Fahrenheit 451", the masses are placated by faux interactivity and big screen TVs.

    Both books will be "strongly suggested" reading once my child is able to read and understand, but it may be too late by then...

  6. Re:TOPPLE YOUR CRAPPY GOVERNMENT. on Australian Government Redacts Anti-Piracy Consultation Paper · · Score: 1

    On a side note, I support the "F*ck off we're full" crowd and propose, if we are so full we should support mandatory castration, starting with the F*ck off we're full crowd.

    I've started my bit with a sticker that reads:-
    "F*ck off, we're full
    (of racist immigrants from 200 years ago)"
    but I'm not sure the target audience can understand three-syllable words...

  7. Re:TOPPLE YOUR CRAPPY GOVERNMENT. on Australian Government Redacts Anti-Piracy Consultation Paper · · Score: 2

    Oh FSM no...

    While our government needs a serious clip 'round the ears to bring them back into reality (and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy given an sulphuric acid enema), the opposition party are the right-wing Liberals - the kind that pander to the xenophobic "F--- Off, We're Full!" brigade. (Seriously 2000 asylum seekers a year and we panic? Don't tell Pakistan or Egypt!)

    If we went to a military war because our Liberal Prime Minister of the time was hanging on every word of George Bush, do you think copyright escalation wars are going to make them bat an eyelid?

    We're screwed either way, but at least with a somewhat minority government, anything's possible.

  8. Re:They've already driven away the geeks! on Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals? · · Score: 1

    As opposed to Apple's

    "If you are wanting to donate sales for writing software, well good luck with that."

  9. Re:Xserve comeback or let sever run on any VM syst on Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals? · · Score: 1

    HP ML350 G5's (and some G6's)

    Second power supply saved our bacon plenty of times, since there was faulty batches of PSUs. Rough guess of 20% of all ML350 G5 installs over two years.
    Having spares for a *known* issue with power supplies is a cost I'd rather do without - unless I can pass that to the customer.

    I do miss the ILO support of the xserves, since Mac Mini and MacPro don't.

  10. Re:Commoditization on Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals? · · Score: 1

    They don't need to increase the price of their hardware. They've made the hardware prices so that it's just as cheap to go to the department store or to ... drumroll... the Apple Store.
    We make 3% GP on Mac hardware if we're lucky - less for education. Apple have killed any incentive to sell their kit except to get software and services into the site.
    AppStore takes software away leaving us as just a services and solution provider.
    Luckily we rock at that ^_^.

  11. Re:Same goes for matt on Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals? · · Score: 1

    We're thinking we like to work on our artwork without staring at our reflection the entire time.

    Maybe most of the time... :P

  12. Re:Piffle on Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals? · · Score: 1

    Netboot isn't that bad, and has improved incredibly since it's original incarnations, possibly because DeployStudio sh!ts over the Apple tools - even though it mainly uses Apple (and FOSS) tools in the background.
    Apple Certified Technical Co-Ordinator (Apple Server MCP*) training all ran DeployStudio, so they know their own offering sucks in the real world.

    We've got just shy of a half a gig worth of .plist files to emulate AD. There's a bunch of CLI tools required to implement them (eg support for a centralised netlogon script), but we're used to having to know the mechanics since we've also had to shoehorn Win7/Office2010 ADMX back into 2003-level forests. They're built up from supporting school labs, but to be fair I like the Quest tools so that I can apply the one setting to both Macs and PCs.

    And don't get me started on SAMBA's support of 2008-level forests before 4, since we've got sites stuck on NTLMv1l to suit the site admin's preference for a particular squid + dans + SAMBA NTLMv1 integrated auth setup.

    * Yes, MCP. All the OD and Deployment specialisations may get close to a MCSE...

  13. This "feature" should be weighted more heavily... on Microsoft Says IE9 Blocks More Malware Than Chrome · · Score: 1

    "Does the browser extend the sandbox such that it cannot read data from parts of the system that it doesn’t have access to?"

    Umm IE9 fails miserably in this regard.

    Oh, and where's the "Does the browser help protect you from websites that are *NOT* known to distribute socially engineered malware?"

    At least let me run a test to prove how secure my browser really is, instead of just checking the browser agent.

  14. Re:Why use Linux? on Newb-Friendly Linux Flavor For LAMP Server? · · Score: 1

    Actually, why bother using Apache?

    "IIS Web Platform Installer", select PHP & MySQL, select Install and then sit back and watch the fun.
    IIS 7.5 has a lot going for it, and if the OP has Windows experience but no Linux experience, the likelihood of being rooted is likely equal for both platforms...

    (Ha, let's see who gets booed more, now!)

  15. Re:Star Trek would win on William Shatner On Star Trek Vs. Star Wars · · Score: 1

    And I can not believe that we are having this conversation.

    Oh for some mod points :)

  16. Re:Duh. on Why Aren't There More Civilians In Military Video Games? · · Score: 1

    Pfft! Operation Flashpoint would give you a whole 60 seconds before the one-shot kill.

    I ended up picking that game back up after a couple of months and loved the intensity of playing, but I could imagine a significant portion of players never went back that second time...

  17. Re:So, so silly to think IP=person on IP Addresses Not Enough To ID Users · · Score: 1

    1) Go into an apple store and download porn using their free wi-fi. You don’t need to keep you laptop open, or anything. You can use the hour or so it takes for your genius bar appointment.

    Obviously not a Mac user... :)

    Macbooks sleep as soon as you close the lid, as it controlled by hardware. You can't drop the lid like you would on a pc in a docking station - thanks Apple!
    Only exception is Target Disk mode, but that only connects via FireWare...

    Not a fan, just Apple certified because it was an easy cert to add to the CV :P

  18. Re:old technology on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    I never leave home without one of these...
    http://youtu.be/GjEKt5Izwbo

    (Thank you D-Gen)

  19. Re:Oh no! What will the Lawyers do?! on Novell Wins Against SCO Again · · Score: 1

    Or move to APPL?

  20. Re:Finally on New Worm Morto Using RDP To Infect Windows PCs · · Score: 1

    Depends on how many sysadmins double-check the *local* administrator account - not just the domain admin's.

    Once won a customer while doing the presentation, just by demonstrating the there's a local account too. Just happened to hit enter on their TS and lo-and-behold straight in. SBS and Domain controllers don't allow the option of a local admin, but member servers are sometimes easy game.

  21. Something to do... on Gitbrew Releases OtherOS++ PS3 Linux Dual Boot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look at it this way... at least you can use your PS3 while waiting for your PSN account to be reactivated ^_^

  22. Re:Former employee? on Hacker Claims He Broke Into Wind Turbine Systems · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least he's used to port protection and possibly port blocking

  23. Re:Shaving analogy on Intel Unveils 10-Core Xeon Processors · · Score: 1

    +1 - Oh yes.... What we neeEEEEEEd is points :)

  24. Re:Who the hell is Brian Proffitt? on The Biggest Legal Danger For Open Source? · · Score: 1

    1. Keep getting mentioned in Slashdot summaries
    2. ?????
    3. Proffitt!!!!

  25. There's two parties at fault... on RIAA Lobbyist Becomes Federal Judge, Rules On File-Sharing Cases · · Score: 1

    One, I would think that the judge would mention possible bias.

    Two, the defence lawyers should be requesting an alternate judge due to possible bias.

    Cos that's what defence lawyers are paid for.. aren't they?