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  1. Re:Important to note on LSD Microdosing Gaining Popularity For Silicon Valley Professionals (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    ...important to note that this is a Schedule I compound?

    It's probably also worth noting that marijuana is also a schedule 1 drug, due to its "high potential for abuse", "no currently accepted medical use in the U.S.", and "potentially severe psychological or physical dependence".

    NOTE: Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, marijuana) is still considered a Schedule 1 drug by the DEA, even though some U.S. states have legalized marijuana for personal, recreational use or for medical use.

  2. Re:drunk drivers don't sober up while drving on Quantifying the Risk of Texting Drivers · · Score: 1

    Cars aren't the problem - drivers are.

  3. Re:Lovely and Intuitive? on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    Clicking 'start' returns you to the metro tiles

    No, they fixed that. Now there's no "start" to click.

  4. Re:The invisible hand of captialism on Skype Execs Purged On Eve of MS Takeover · · Score: 2

    3) My guess is that these execs are M&A (Mergers and Acquisition) specialists. They were likely specifically bought in to engineer something like this. So they've done their job and they'll move on to the next.

    Doesn't look that way, but I agree on all of your other points.

    The departures included David Gurle, vice president and general manager for Skype for Business; Don Albert, vice president and general manager for the Americas and Advertising; Doug Bewsher, chief marketing officer; Christopher Dean, head of consumer market business development; Russ Shaw, vice president and general manager; and Anne Gillespie, head of human resources. Two executives who joined Skype following its acquisition earlier this year of video-sharing utility Qik have also left. They are Qik founder Ramu Sunkara and senior vice president Allyson Campa.

  5. Re:Uh, unless you're a programmer... on Microsoft Counts Down To XP Death · · Score: 2

    RedHat Enterprise Linux 1, 2, 3 & 4 - all gone

    Except that RHEL3 is still supported in its extended life cycle phase until October 31, 2013, and RHEL4 doesn't reach the end of its regular life cycle until February 29, 2012 - and then is in extended life cycle phase until February 28, 2015

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle

    Every major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is maintained and supported independently during the 10 year Life Cycle

    But yeah - RHEL 2.1 reached EOL in mid-2009, so you're right about that - gone. There was no such thing as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1, though.

  6. Re:Excellent! on Bing Becomes No.2 Search Engine at 4.37% · · Score: 1

    That's because they are erecting large barriers to entry, it's not just because the other operating systems aren't as smart as theirs.

    FTFY.

  7. Re:Go for it on US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary · · Score: 1

    [Citation Needed]. Seriously, where is the research you speak about?

    Here's some, from the link above: http://www.psych.utah.edu/lab/appliedcognition/publications.html

  8. Re:Sweet! on PC-BSD 8.0 Release Focuses On Desktop Use · · Score: 1

    Wait... Does that mean it's official? The desktop is dying?

  9. Re:My car... on Mozilla To Join EU Suit Against Microsoft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My car came with a radio installed. I'm going to sue Ford for their monopoly on car stereos.

    So if you want a different radio, can you remove the existing radio and install a new one, or do you have to install another radio in addition to the existing radio, or the car stops working?

  10. Re:Disappointing on Windows 7 Taskbar Not So Similar To OS X Dock After All · · Score: 2, Informative

    As a long-time Mac user, I have the same complaint-- OSX doesn't work well for keyboard-centric users. I miss being able to do Alt-F-Whatever on the keyboard to do things that there aren't shortcuts for.

    Quicksilver.

  11. Re:Security Fixes until 2014 on The Death of Windows XP · · Score: 1

    Well, Red Hat has security updates for 7 years...

    From http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ :

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 2.1): Including Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS General Availability: May 17, 2002 Full Support (including hardware updates): May 17, 2002 -- Nov 30, 2004 Deployment Support: Dec 1, 2004 -- May 31, 2005 Maintenance Support: June 1, 2005 -- May 31, 2009

    As for Novell (SUSE), from here: http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/

    Novell will provide a minimum of five years General Support for platform and operating system products, including its revisions, starting with the date of a product's general availability. When General Support ends, Novell will offer extended support for a minimum of two years
  12. Re:Redundent power supply? on Multiple Sites Down In SF Power Outage · · Score: 2, Funny

    I realize that a press release from 2004 is hardly relevant

    Well, how about one from today ?

    SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 24, 2007 -- 365 Main Inc., developer and operator of the world's finest data centers, has provided online retailer RedEnvelope with two years of 100-percent uptime at 365 Main's San Francisco facility.

    To ensure uptime for key tenants such as RedEnvelope, 365 Main provides modern power and cooling infrastructure. The company's San Francisco facility includes two complete back-up systems for electrical power to protect against a power loss. In the unlikely event of a cut to a primary power feed, the state-of-the-art electrical system instantly switches to live back-up generators, avoiding costly downtime for tenants and keeping the data center continuously running.

    Timing is everything, eh? LOL.

  13. Re:Duh... It's so obvious... on How Hackers Identify Their Targets · · Score: 3, Informative
    Unpatched 10% (1 of 10 Secunia advisories)

    Oooooh! Unpatched vulnerability!! Eek!

    Sendmail fails to log all relevant data

    Critical: Not critical

    Description:

    Sendmail fails to log all details about connections if supplied with an IDENT of more then 95 characters.

    It is possible to hide your identity from the sendmail log, if you supply an IDENT that is more than 95 characters, information about your identity however will still be written in any email you may sent. The problem is that someone may try to footprint your system, but when you check your log files, you will not be able to find the IP address and hostname of the attacker (or spammer).

    Solution:

    The easiest way to log these data is by enabling logging on the firewall and making sure that the time is synchronised on the firewall and mail server.

  14. Re:Does this mean... on The Doom of Wired Peripherals · · Score: 1
    Does this mean ...that Wired magazine will become obsolete?
    No. They'll just rename it to "Magazine".
  15. Re:OpenBSD fixed on Jan. 21, 2000 on Homeland Security Uncovers Critical Flaw in X11 · · Score: 5, Funny
    March 10 would be more correct

    More specifically, March 10th of 2006. Seven weeks ago.

    Best part was the CVS log:

    Fri Mar 10 17:29:51 2006 UTC (7 weeks, 4 days ago) by deraadt:
    proper geteuid calls because suse hires people who mistype things
  16. Re:Well that's nice of them. on AOL to Raise Dialup Prices · · Score: 1
    Less AOL users and more boadband users.. how could it get any better?

    But, TFM says:

    AOL said Tuesday that it would raise the price of its dial-up offering by $2 in an effort to encourage dial-up subscribers to sign up for broadband services provided by the company. Both its traditional service and its new broadband offering will now be priced at $25.90 USD per month.

    Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but it sounds more like Less AOL users on dialup and more AOL users on broadband ... how could it get any worse?

  17. Re:Enterprise Product? on SSH Claims Draw Open Source Ire · · Score: 0, Redundant
    So we should all pay 10x the original price for openSSH and be done with the controversy!

    Well, considering that 10 times nothin' is nothin'....

  18. Re:Corrected link... on Moscow Monitors ISS While Houston Braces for Rita · · Score: 1

    Interesting. When I clicked it yesterday, I got a "could not be found" error, so I thought it was just a typo. Checking it today works fine. Thanks for the heads up!

  19. Corrected link... on Moscow Monitors ISS While Houston Braces for Rita · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is wunderground.com, not weatherunderground.com...

    Accurate link.

  20. Re:Where New Tech Should Libraries Try Next? on Where New Tech Should Libraries Try Next? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why I want to know is what is the library located, and who should I care?

  21. Re:Linux 8.0?!? on Google to Release Firefox Toolbar · · Score: 3, Funny
    We all know that means Red Hat 8.0+. Quit complaining, not everyone knows that much about linux.

    Well, crap! I guess we have a long wait then, since the current version of Red Hat's operating system ... you know, "The corporate Linux standard" ... is only version 4.

    </sarcasm>
  22. Re:And you're surprised by this... on Microsoft Cuts Anti-Virus Support For Unix / Linux · · Score: 3, Informative
    Besides who really needs a AV for unix anyway ?

    Uhh... anyone running a UNIX (or Linux) server (file, mail, etc) that has Windows clients?

  23. Re:Misread on The Death of Folders? · · Score: 1
    I read this as the death of Folgers. I almost fained since Folgers is The Best Part of Wakin' Up(TM).

    No, no, no. It's not just FOLGERS. It has to be in your cup to be The Best Part of Wakin' Up(tm). Not any cup. Not a mug. Not a carafe. Not your friends cup. Not Sanka in your cup.

    The Best Part of Wakin' Up(tm) is Folgers in your cup !

    Sheesh. It's not about what it is... it's about what it is and where it is!

    Or is this article about the death of Folgers having to be in your cup? Maybe Spotlight has made it so you can have Folgers just anywhere! Now that would be a great technical innovation!

    *grin*

  24. Re:If Freedo was a bounty hunter... on Star Wars Revelations - May the Force Be With You! · · Score: 1

    I'm just glad he won't shoot at Han Bilbo until the re-release...

  25. Re:Thieves ! on Star Wars Revelations - May the Force Be With You! · · Score: 0
    You can't call it copyright infringment. It is "Theft!" now. Just like war is peace and freedo is slavery.

    Freedo is a bounty hunter, you idiot! Just because he works for someone who is in to slavery...

    Sheesh... get your facts straight.