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  1. what the hell is an IT Pro? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 1

    ... anyone who identified themselves as such would cause me to reach for the kid gloves. Support level 0.

  2. Re:Static strap? on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox? · · Score: 1

    doesn't everyone know to touch your forearm/elbow to the case and not to shuffle their feet?

  3. think disaster needs too on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox? · · Score: 1

    bolt cutter
    spare 12V inverter ~600 watts
    deep cycle battery/float charger
    duct tape
    box of plastic sheeting
    many compact/LED flashlights
    batteries/rechargable batteries/charger
    labeler
    velcro tape
    optional:
    blow torch
    sledge hammer
    shotgun
    fireman's axe

  4. cheap huh? on Harvard Professor Creates Paper Accelerometer · · Score: 1, Troll

    So the medical supply company will still manage to charge $1500 for those with insurance, and $5000 without. It's all about the certification labels...

  5. Re:It all comes down to one question. on Is Net Neutrality Really Needed? · · Score: 1

    what is this market force and where can I apply it?

    get real, we have two options for broadband. their policies, service and prices are all in close lockstep. If I could punish them with this 'market force' you speak of I would in a heartbeat, but I would also have no internet access at home. there is no third choice

    'let the market decide is akin to saying 'let the companies screw the people, because they're too stupid to realize or do anything about it'

  6. duh... on A Warming Planet Can Mean More Snow · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Full speed in 2013?? on Europe's LHC To Run At Half-Energy Through 2011 · · Score: 1

    but that's just it - not 'likely' in 2012... in a sprint in late 2012, around say early december 2012 they'll ramp her back up and reach peak power just before xmas... proving the mayans were right....

    don't worry, black holes don't hurt. time dilation on the event horizon of a black hole keeps us from actually experiencing it. Of course voyager would be our civilizations only remaining relic...

  8. I guess we won't be renewing.. on Kaspersky CEO Wants End To Online Anonymity · · Score: 1

    ..our 125 licenses of kaspersky... I'll have to find another desktop antivirus... damnit...

  9. Re:Confirmed on Apple Wants Patents For Crippling Cellphones · · Score: 1

    unfortunately, they had to sign the contract with ATT *before* launch day. quite a bit before they *knew* it was a hit, and before the public had even seen the device. In fact, they were a newcomer hoping for a carrier to allow them to use their device on a network that wasn't even configured to accomodate a device capable of the kind of bandwidth and content-rich applications. now the tables are turned, unfortunately none of the carrier networks are open networks. this is why we need network neutrality. desperately.

  10. Re:Water is 830 times more dense than air on Researchers To Build Underwater Airplane · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Thank you. I hate it when someone uses "an order of magnitude" as a synonym for "a lot" just to sound smart.

  11. Sell Out! on Swiss Man Flies With Jet Powered Wing · · Score: 1

    Yes kids, that is how you sell out.

    I have to give credit to the marketing team for Hublot - very nicely done.

    wow.

    And here I actually thought there might be new footage...

  12. Re:Fallacy of the Big Bang Theory on Before the Big Bang: A Twin Universe? · · Score: 0, Troll

    wow. we are all dumber for having listened to you... that's 4 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Go back to watching NASCAR and do us all a favor....

  13. not being a douchebag... on Gaffes That Keep IT Geeks From the Boardroom · · Score: 1

    is far more effective at blocking "boardroom" access.

  14. Re:Don't ask Slashdot on Building Secure Computers? · · Score: 1

    Quite the opposite. I would say asking the DOD about securing computers really is like asking the 3rd grade hall monitor about school security. Because in truth, they just have to hire someone from the slashdot community to do the real work, or, better yet, their security people are part of the slashdot community. It's important to realize that when you ask the DOD about doing this, you're not talking to a security guru, your getting the management watered version, the ones who make ass-backwards policies like: If changing your password and increasing the length improves security, then we'll make everyone change their password every month and it must be 8-12 characters. Brilliant. You've ensured that the nations secrets are entrusted to little yellow post-its on every computer in the building. Ban post-its you say, they'll just put it below their mousepad/drawer/phone/picture of spouse. I could continue this rant, but you get my point.

  15. Re:figures never lie, but liars sure can figure on The Strange Energy Budget of Ethanol Production · · Score: 1

    How did he refine the ethanol after the still? If he did this back in the day did he just use the 92% ethanol the still produces or did he use zeolite to absorb the 8% water?

  16. Re:Teh Slashdot Syndrome on Interview with the Creator of BitTorrent · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think we got the site back up pretty fast. That's entirely php and MySql requests thank you very much.

  17. Simple Solution on Paid To Spam · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Here's what you do:

    Subscribe.

    Set up this program on as many computers behind a closed network.

    Setup a DNS system that points to another machine for a wildcard domain (have it respond to one machine for ALL DNS lookups)setup as a local email server that responds to all domains for all send requests.

    Run their program on a massive array of computers, getting paid $1/hour of CPU time to email to a blackhole.

    Or, block outbound SMTP requests from all machines you run it on (assuming they don't verify send - which they probably do) and run it on as many machines.

    Anyways, the best way to fight this is to sabotoge it. (And get paid for it at the same time.)

  18. Re:The machine's been replaced twice over now! on AppleCare - How Many Problems is Too Much? · · Score: 0

    Bad power? Dirty power? Explain that one please. I love it when the clueless try to explain things. The only clueless person is the one who wrote this. US power is 110 V+_ @ 60Hz. Power lines are notorious receptactles of interference (lightning is an extreme example) it causes spikes that are very effective at damaging electronic equipment. This * does* occur, does it happen as much as monster would like you to believe? No. Does it happen in certain places far more than usual? absolutely.

  19. Re:sorry for more of the obvious on DVD Authoring Under Linux? · · Score: 0

    You can get *exactly* that from macally. http://www.macally.com/spec/usb/input_device/mice. html It's wireless to boot, for $49. I expect your next post to be from your new mac. Don't make statements you're not ready to stand behind.

  20. Wrong Anniversary moron. on Macintosh 2004 Case Mod · · Score: 0, Troll

    That is not a mac 128k. That mac is NOT 20 years old. This is really weak. putting a PC in it? oh please - this is not hard at all. why does anyone with a digital camera and time on there hands (read: no ingenuity) get time on slashdot.