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  1. Tapes can be moved to a secure location, on South Park Turns to Xserve for Storage Upgrade · · Score: 3, Interesting

    which is kind of hard to do with a multi-terabyte NAS. For quick backups, nothing beats disk, but for archival storage, I'll stick with tape. Kind of hard to restore your environment when the building holding the NAS has been destroyed by some natural disaster.

  2. Re:F-Secure are publicity sluts on Businesses Urged To Use Unofficial Windows Patch · · Score: 1

    A for-profit company selling IT infrasstructure security services is not going survive by telling customers, "want to know what's happening? read our web site." They will (and do) use more direct methods (e.g., email).

    Therefore, posting on the website is entirely for the purposes of attracting new business or alerting the media, i.e. publicity.

    Oh, and the term press release usually refers to an announcement made by somebody in the company (who typically works in a department called something like "Press/Public/ Relations" where said announcement is directed at media and other organizations of interest.

  3. Liability is not always monetary. on Businesses Urged To Use Unofficial Windows Patch · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Loss of goodwill. Not all liability is monetary, smarty-pants.

  4. F-Secure are publicity sluts on Businesses Urged To Use Unofficial Windows Patch · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not to trivialize the severity of this current problem, but ever notice that regardless of the severity or type of problem/virus/etc... there's allways a press release from F-Secure?

    Also, the quote in the headline is from F-Secure recommending installation of the 3rd party patch, not from ZDNet as the headline may lead you to believe.

  5. Re:Does MS view this as important? on Businesses Urged To Use Unofficial Windows Patch · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What's the liability for the 3rd party if their patch screws something up in a bad way? Zippo. That's (part of) the reason why it takes longer to put out an "official" patch.

  6. Myth on Glass Shapes Can Make Us Drink Too Much · · Score: 4, Informative
  7. Growing soft on Are Americans Addicted to Technology? · · Score: 1

    They have pills that will take care of that for you. See you doctor.

  8. Free startup idea on U.S. Ecommerce To Be Broadly Taxed? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Start a company that acts as an intermediary and provides the taxation service for small businesses.

    Throw in some mumble about Ajax and Web 2.0 and watch the VCs line up to throw money at you and beg you to have sex with their women-folk.

  9. Re:Pokemon on Digital Universe a Wikipedia Alternative · · Score: 1

    Some guy with a low Slashdot ID that still lives in his mom's basement.

  10. Are "The Aliens" buillding it for him? on Digital Universe a Wikipedia Alternative · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, the ones Joe saw in his hotel room one morning?

    http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?9 90111.eifirmage.htm

  11. B-O-R-I-N-G on 3 Email Chiefs Come to Dinner · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was almost expecting him to say that after dinner, he broke out his Martin 12-sting and they all sang Kumbaya.

  12. When the truth comes out on The Future of Tech And NSA Wiretaps · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When the truth comes out (if it ever does)

    You'll be pushing 70, at a minimum, and the technology will seem quaint, though cool from a historical perspective.

  13. Unplesant environment on Gender Gap in Computer Science Growing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Like how many male computer geeks lack the social skills to interract with the opposite sex and mistake friendly interraction by female coworkers as "interest" in something more.

  14. They will only do it if it makes money on ISPs Race to Create Two-Tiered Internet · · Score: 1

    If customers don't opt for the "new and improved" service, ISPs will drop it fatster than a hot potato.

  15. Mirror on ISPs Race to Create Two-Tiered Internet · · Score: 4, Informative
  16. Imminent death of the Net predicted on ISPs Race to Create Two-Tiered Internet · · Score: 1, Funny

    Film at 11.

  17. Create a business plan on Creating an IS Department? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Outline what it is you intend to do, how much it will cost and what the projected benefits are of doing it. Don't forget to also outline risks and downsides. Omit the "soft costs" that cannot be easily measured, like "improved productivity and efficiency".

  18. Re:Isaac Asimov's dream must wait a while longer on S. Korea Cloning Success Faked? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Makes hearing the words, "go fuck yourself" take on a whole new meaning

  19. Re:EU=3mil sq km / 450 billion pipples on It's "1984" in Europe, What About Your Country? · · Score: 1

    Sounds about right for the Metro in Paris at rush hour.

  20. It's "1984" in Europe, What About Your Country? on It's "1984" in Europe, What About Your Country? · · Score: 1

    Aw shessh! It's bad enough trying to keep how many hours ahead/behind it is in Europe, now you're changing the year too?

  21. Recommendations? on It's "1984" in Europe, What About Your Country? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Any recommendations where one can still live free and unobserved in a non-nanny state?"

    The answer is directly proportional to how much money you have and how willing you are to spread it around.

    Funny? Yes. True? Sadly yes as well in most of the world.

  22. Re:The mouse click heard 'round the world? on Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military? · · Score: 1

    Europe != World, no matter how much they'd like to think so.

  23. Re:Exact Version on Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military? · · Score: 1

    Thanks I'll wait for Top Gun GNU/Linux.

  24. Re:The mouse click heard 'round the world? on Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who are these US manufacturers of which you speak? They are gone.

  25. Re:The mouse click heard 'round the world? on Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The economy was much more agrarian and much less global 100 years ago.