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  1. Re:there are only two correct answers... on Ask Slashdot: IT Contractors, How's Your Health Insurance? · · Score: 1

    In California, insurance companies will require a minimum of two employes and want to see your unemployment insurance contributions to verify that both are working for the company. If you have fewer than 50 employees then everybody is charged according to age.

  2. And yet... on Inside the Grum Botnet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    spam levels have increased since the takedown!

    http://www.eleven.de/botnet-timeline-en.html

    fast forward to Grum Botnet part of timeline.

  3. Re:Storing locally will cost you more, not less... on Ask Slashdot: Best On-Site Backup Plan? · · Score: 1

    The initial Level 0 backup for my 2.5TB took weeks, yes, but eventually completed.

  4. Re:Storing locally will cost you more, not less... on Ask Slashdot: Best On-Site Backup Plan? · · Score: 1

    My backups are encrypted before they go over the wire. I'm fairly sure this is not a feature unique to Backblaze.

  5. Storing locally will cost you more, not less... on Ask Slashdot: Best On-Site Backup Plan? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    in the short run and in the long run. Also, storing locally does nothing to protect you from flood, fire, theft, etc... Backblaze is $5/mo, unlimited storage. I'm sure there are others with similar/better deals. What's a NAS inside a fireproof safe going to cost?

  6. Re:Who Will Be the First to Hack It? on Mitt Romney To Announce VP Decision Via Smartphone App · · Score: 1

    If ever there was an app to be cracked, it must be this. Think of the possibilities -- ...
    Mitt selects Daffy Dick ...

    the adult film star?

  7. I know he's brilliant on New Moxie Marlinspike Tool Cracks Crypto Passwords · · Score: 4, Funny

    but whenever I read his name, my mind keeps wandering to Stephen R. Donaldson novels and off the point he's trying to make.

  8. Re:Don't you wish your CEO was hot like theirs? on Google's Marissa Mayer Becomes Yahoo! CEO · · Score: 2

    I'd query that.

    Too bad it will return zero results. :)

  9. wait - how's this gonna work? on Electric Rockets Set To Transform Space Flight · · Score: 0

    Aren't you going to need one humongous extension cord?

  10. Security through obscurity? Again? on Deadly H5N1 Flu Studies To Stay Secret... For Now · · Score: 1

    Since it works so well, right?

  11. Re:Maybe on Ask Slashdot: Smartest Way To Transfer an Old Domain/Site? · · Score: 1

    Yes. Keep your domain name and move the site to a new domain with a redirect left behind. If they are also using the domain for email, provide forwarding. If there are other services involved, you'd need to provide more detail first.

  12. Re:Is it an interesting question... on What Happens To Your Files When a Cloud Service Shuts Down? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Doesn't "backing up to the cloud" mean that you still have the original copy stored locally?

  13. What will happen to me? Not a thing. on What Happens To Your Files When a Cloud Service Shuts Down? · · Score: 1

    People who fail to keep backups deserve everything they have coming to them.

  14. Document, plan, propose, execute on Ask Slashdot: Getting a Grip On an Inherited IT Mess? · · Score: 2

    You document what's there. You've already started that. Next you document what's deficient. Then you put together a plan that, in stages, makes things better. Then you propose that plan to your management in terms that make sense to business people (happier customers, money saved, disaster avoided, etc...). Then you execute the plan.

  15. Re:Do you plan to work in the real world? on Ask Slashdot: Which Ph.D For Work In Applied Statistics / C.S.? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have hired five PhD's over the course of my career (maybe more, but five that I remember). All of the where hired based on what they did / what they could do and not on the basis of their theses. Granted my statistical sample is tiny, but there you go.

  16. Re:Version changes are the most visible evidence. on Firefox 9.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    ...and it uses 2x the memory on my Mac that Firefox does

  17. Re:Not to mention the comic advantage ... on Siri Gives Apple Two Year Advantage Over Android · · Score: 3, Informative

    You declare them to Siri. Tell Siri, "Ellen Jones is my sister." Siri will remember the association.

  18. Re:Obvious on Using Tablets Becoming Popular Bathroom Activity · · Score: 0

    Do it doggie. That way you can both watch the game.

  19. Re:Politics in everything on Wikipedia Losing Contributors, Says Wales · · Score: 1

    You're confusing the world with most open source projects, I fear.

  20. Re:Will this stick? on Google WebRTC: Can It Replace Skype? · · Score: 2

    How much revenue do they bring in?

  21. Will this stick? on Google WebRTC: Can It Replace Skype? · · Score: 1

    Another in a long series of (mostly failed) attempts by Google to successfully branch out beyond search & ads.

  22. Re:Thinking of Contacting ICANN? Don't Bother... on ICANN Wants To Change Rules For GTLDs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ICANN Stopped being about the common good many years ago.

    The only goal that ICANN has is to make money for ICANN and the registrars that support it.

  23. Re:Yay! Anecdotes! on The Importance of Lunch · · Score: 2

    If he attributed the success to a picture of a porcupine he kept on his desk, chances are he wouldn't be CEO of anything more than Padded Room, Ltd.

  24. Re:Lunchbreaks on The Importance of Lunch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You make it sound like your work is a reality tv show ("I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to win.")

    If you don't think good personal relationships will make for a better team, then I'm glad you don't work with me.

  25. Eat lunch together daily on The Importance of Lunch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I once spoke to a CEO of a successful startup in Texas. He attributed a large part of their success to the fact that the team ate lunch together every day. They sold the company to a larger company for big bucks, success by some measure at least.