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  1. Re:That's why Dell Linux would be nice. on Dell To Linux Users — Not So Fast · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Your server administrators would trust an OS they didn't install? Unless the device is a prepackaged solution we can't touch anyway, the policy is to always reload the operating system where I work.

  2. Re:Not sure that's the way to go on Converting Desktops to Thin Clients? · · Score: 1

    I agree with the parent. I have limited IT experience, but from what I can thin clients would only really work if you only had a couple base images. But even in the different departments, random people have Visio, Project, Adobe, etc. I don't know how you limit the users for that with a thin client. It doesn't seem like a practical solution unless everything is web based or everyone runs the same stuff.

  3. Re:What about visiting Bible sites or /.? on IBM Sued for Firing Alleged Internet Addict · · Score: 1

    Heavy industry hasn't changed much since than. I work in a Steel Mill doing IT work and have a friend at a Railroad company doing the same. The people probably talk the same as then. I've regularly heard higherups in the office areas of the mill refer to people as motherfuckers and cocksuckers in front of both sexes.

  4. Re:pointless - techology will overtake it on Interstellar Ark · · Score: 1

    Then in 50 years time we could send a second ship to meet the first and upgrade it. And then 50 years later a third ship to meet the ship and upgrade it a second time. Each 50 years of travel could act as an experiment. I'm sure things will come up in the first couple years that people didn't think of that can easily be fixed.

  5. Re:Too many problems on Interstellar Ark · · Score: 1

    Maybe for the final objective. But the first couple generations would get to see things with their naked eye that no one else has ever seen. Imagine seeing the rings of Saturn in person. There would be plenty to see.

  6. Re:Why? on Interstellar Ark · · Score: 1

    If I can't get to fly a Millenium Falcon around in space, I want at least a future generation to be able to.

  7. Wow on Canadian Copyright Group Wants iPod Tax · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What happens in 5 years? Is the scale the same so that a 1GB memory card is $5.10? The government isn't going to keep updating the law yearly. Eventually everything will have the maximum tax as memory capacity fully goes into the highest taxed end of the scale.

  8. Re:Three recently on Have You Hit a Gaming Wall? · · Score: 1

    The antlion took forever. Treat it like a bull. It can only charge straight at you. Just strafe out of the way.

  9. Re:For now. on Inside MySpace.com · · Score: 1

    Well, probably more like 5 years tops. After 5 years, the data would be worthless I would think. I was a completely different person 5 years ago.

  10. Re:Indoor/Outdoor Christmas Lights on 10th Annual Wacky Warning Labels Out · · Score: 1

    If that was the case, shouldn't they have used XOR instead?

  11. Red Dawn on Russian Rocket Hits Wyoming · · Score: 1

    I thought Reagan ended the cold war? Who is joining me in the wilderness to fight the Red Army? We obviously can't call ourselves the Wolverines though.

  12. bad title on ILM Showcases "Dead Man's Chest" Effects Work · · Score: 1

    Pirates and Pirates of the Caribbean are two entirely different movies.

  13. Re:He's an idiot on HP's Windows Bundle Trouble · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The irony of demanding a computer to include linux on the bios but not to include windows on the hard drive. Wow. This entire thread is terrible. HP sells prebuilt computers to people. There is no monopoly by HP, not even an oligopoly by HP and Dell. Where are the complaints about Mac's have OSX on them? If anyone is locking in hardware with software, it is Apple. But then again, if you don't want an operating system, go to a company that doesn't include one or build your own. It isn't really that hard. I really don't understand this arguement.

  14. Re:In the end the only thing that matters is: on Best Buy Institutes Extreme Flex Time · · Score: 3, Funny

    Best Buy Stores may (as you say) suck, but the corporate offices are looking like one sweet gig here in Minnesotah--yah der don'tcha know... Does the Best Buy corporate offices use the geek squad for their IT support?
  15. Re:No, it's not "losing its way" on Firefox Losing Its Way? · · Score: 0

    Firefox crashed constantly on my laptop until I rebuilt it. So what? It is one anecdote.

  16. Re:Scouts Honor.... on Boy Scouts Introduce Merit Badge For Not Pirating · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The quality of the Boy Scouts depends on where you are. I was in the Boy Scouts in the Westmoreland Fayette Council up until 4 years ago(I turned 18). I was openly atheist and recieved Eagle. I knew of a couple openly gay members who also made it through to Eagle. No one cared. Everyone was openly accepting of everyone. I think these are select councils or troops run by extremely socially conservative people.

  17. Re:didn't have the capability on MySpace Predator Caught By Code · · Score: 1

    I'd think doing it by name would be the easiest way. But of course the pedos wouldn't use their real name if they had any clue. I imagine another way would be to just compare ages of users that are friends. There would need to be a cutoff age, but anyone over a certain age with a large number of underage friends could be flagged. Then their account can be searched for sex related terms, particularly in messages to underage people, and flagged to be looked at. Of course people would figure out ways around it by lying about their age. I imagine myspace said it couldn't be done because if they started monitoring it and something happened, they could end up being liable. I'm thinking along the lines of the ISP defense.

  18. Re:If this is true on North Korea Says It Has Conducted Nuclear Test · · Score: 1

    That kinda makes him sound like a patriotic American. While Haliburton is outsourcing, here is some foreigner supporting us.

  19. Re:As opposed as I am to any... on 20 Tech Ideas VCs Want to Fund · · Score: 1

    That would be amazing. I'm imagining the display the Terminator had in the movies.

  20. no way on Would You Hire a Former Black Hat? · · Score: 1

    I probably wouldn't. They are a liability. What happens if they get pissed during a meeting? What if the company is downsizing and they get laid off?

  21. Re:What is a Colorado? on iPod Car Integration Reality Check at Apple Expo · · Score: 1

    Canyonero.

  22. MINI +iPod = Lackluster Integration on iPod Car Integration Reality Check at Apple Expo · · Score: 1

    The MINI Cooper is the same way. I'm pretty sure all BMW products have the same 'integration' as well as your Rabbit.

  23. Re:This is a really clever piece of design on Counter-Strike Opens Weapons Market · · Score: 1

    That would be more for griefing other servers. I've played plenty of servers that banned autosnipers, snipers, machineguns, etc or at least limited the number of them per side per round.

  24. Re:Moo on University of Virginia Student Graduates in One Year · · Score: 1

    there is a difference? You can either have a wife or friends it seems, based on the married people I know and there social lives.

  25. Re:Ahh... messy racks... on How a Wiring Rack Should Look · · Score: 1

    Speaking of messy wiring, anyone have any recommendations on how to sort ibm type 1 connections? Right now where I work has a giant tumble of cables that go into a shitty rack thing. When you try to fix the end of a cable, you bump another and it comes off, knocking someone offline.