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  1. Re:Yes, let's do this. on US Army To Transport American Ebola Victim To Atlanta Hospital From Liberia · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't worry, Texas will be ground zero for this once the virus crosses over a now nonexistent border. Though I'm sure the feds will be all to happy to have border control between the states, just not the one's seperating nations.

  2. Re: So... on Chinese Government Probes Microsoft For Breaches of Monopoly Law · · Score: 1

    ...and they were finally expended and discarded like a used husk.

    China and their government isn't a mystery, enigma, or anything of the such. Due to the Cultural Revolution, their entire society was "rebooted". As such, both nationally and culturally, the modern Chinese are younger than America! The government further reflects this with rampant corruption and the two-faced attitude that comes from it. Today they 're your best friend; tomorrow they stab you in the back. That's China!

  3. Re: What do do now... on Crytek USA Collapses, Sells Game IP To Other Developers · · Score: 2

    Which one? Star Citizen will be using the latest and is already crowd funded below 49 million so far. This game could the largest PC title next to Eve Online.

  4. Re: Confusing position on Jesse Jackson: Tech Diversity Is Next Civil Rights Step · · Score: 1

    While I admit that it's a bit of a chicken / egg problem, there's no reason for an African American to not get both the training and education required to land an interview and do the job.

    As with all the race-baiters and those that fall for their BS, he's conflating race and culture. I still contend that as with women in IT, African Americans don't want to be a part of the IT culture too. So why force the issue as a corporate responsibility? That's the underlaying issue I have with his message.

  5. Re:Zalman heat-sink case on Quiet Cooling With a Copper Foam Heatsink · · Score: 1

    It still is. The physics of oil cooling is good, but it's not practical in terms of the effort it takes to both administer and replace/upgrade hardware. If left in an enclosed system like power transformer, sure. But then again, those are mainly "set it and forget it" devices rarely touched once in place.

  6. Re:Confusing position on Jesse Jackson: Tech Diversity Is Next Civil Rights Step · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Reverse discrimination. Jesse Jackson is putting race, not skill level, as the priority imputes to employ more blacks. In his world view, society must bend over backwards to cater to the African American.

    Hey Jesse!!! Yeah you. They don't want to be an Uncle Tom. The idea of "white" culture (a culture of being educated and the further pursuit thereof) is what may of the blacks are against. Those that you represent value ignorance over everything else. For them, they derive power through victimization; and the liberal society is all to willing to go along with the coddle-fication of victimization attitude!

  7. Zalman heat-sink case on Quiet Cooling With a Copper Foam Heatsink · · Score: 4, Informative

    A computer case that doubles as the heat-sink FTW!

    http://www.quietpc.com/tnn500a...

  8. Re:Comcast Business is anything but! on Comcast Confessions · · Score: 1

    Edit: I ment to say their modem wasn't in bridge mode and needed to be.

  9. Comcast Business is anything but! on Comcast Confessions · · Score: 1

    So a client of mine uses Comcast Business as their ISP. I drove on-site to configure a SonicWALL. Their modem was in bridge mode with the only option of turning into "pseudo bridge mode" (something like a DMZ). Also, the modem wasn't yet provisioned for their assigned static IP pool. Only Tier 1 answers the phone. If you require Tier 2, a call-back within 24 period IS THE ONLY OPTION! And most of the Tier 1 guys don't know how to do anything other than provision modem, basic reboot troubleshooting, and scheduling a truck roll for physical coax connectivity problems. Or put it another way, I can't schedule in advance (proactively) to setup a business gateway firewall. You have to wait and be reactive, then drive X amount of mile on-site all while the customer is left offline with a business that can't function (IE losing money!!!). But it gets better; Tier 2 will configure the modem and reboot the unit without calling first. Epic fail!

    Problem 1: I can't get a modem that will drop down to true bridge mode

    Problem 2: Business class support is inharently reactive and not proactive with regards to scheduling downtime.

    Problem 3: Tier support of all levels wildly range in competency.

    Problem 4: -fill in the blank because I'm sure I missed something here-

  10. Re:i blame my kids on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 1

    Children are also an investment of sorts. When you get old, would you rather your child or children be there for you in a time of need? Or, depend on some faceless institution that couldn't give two shits about you once the nurse is off the clock?

  11. Re:You needn't charge anything on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 1

    Truth.

    You credit history is based off a low ratio of revolving credit and never missing payments. Paradoxically if you're constantly zeroing out the card balance, you're not really establishing how well the borrower can manage debt carried over. So essentially, credit is built on having low debt ratios that's being managed conservatively (low risk) and consistently.

  12. Re:Lies and statistics... on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 1

    Say what?! My deductible for the year is $3,000 per person under our family plan. So when my son was born, both him and my wife maxed out for a total of $6,000 in checks I had to write out to the hospital. My insurance picked up the tab for well over double or even triple digit grand. There was -zero- complication in the birthing process and we didn't overstay our 2 or 3 day insurance covered visit.

    For getting sick and seeing the doctor, yes, I just have to pay the co-pay. You got bit by a bat! That's pretty fucked up. I'm really surprised you didn't at least have to pay the $6,000 in full. You're damn lucky for multiple reasons BTW!

  13. Re:Sorry to tell you... on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, because who in the fuck doesn't want to compose a business e-mail on a qwerty keyboard with tactile (click) feedback?! Bunch of crazy motherfuckers out there I tell you. Surely this must be why Black Berry failed.

    -end sarcasm

  14. Re:NO, all candy bar on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    Depends on the pants. The iPhone5 fits nicely in my front jeans (deep) pocket . The larger phones make sitting down difficult as the phone now presses up against my hip. I was thinking about upgrading to an iPhone6, but now i'm not so sure. The "phablets" can die in fire for all I care. I want my smart phone to be a phone first and foremost; that includes a small form-factor.

  15. Re:Server 2012 already looks like Windows 8. on Microsoft's CEO Says He Wants to Unify Windows · · Score: 1

    Server 2012 Essentials. As an MSP, we admin plenty of new 2012 boxes for the SMB market as they're having to replace their aging SBS 2008/2011 boxes. And while I like the idea of Office365 hosting e-mail and off the server, it's a damn moving target. Just this week they changed the admin GUI all over again. That, and my Azure PowerShell commands no longer function. Apparently the commandlet got renamed or some such. IT has always been a game of cat-and-mouse, but this is getting ridiculous!

  16. Re:Texas? on California In the Running For Tesla Gigafactory · · Score: 1

    Texas is the only state in the mainland that has its own power grid too. So if the grid needs to be upgraded to support added load requirements, I would imagine it would be easier politically as it involves only one state.

  17. Re:Texas! on California In the Running For Tesla Gigafactory · · Score: 2

    Texas! A model for the rest of the world. Well, except for the patent trolling Marshall, TX. It's our "asshole" of the state.

  18. Re:nice job on "Intelligent" Avatars Poised To Manage Airline Check-In · · Score: 1

    You've never traveled with children, have you? Trust me, all sorts of odd situations occur that require a human to intervene to process special/last minute requests.

  19. Re:Black box data streaming on Russia Prepares For Internet War Over Malaysian Jet · · Score: 1

    Even over the ocean? So the ISP is satellite based then.

  20. Re:Double standards on Rand Paul and Silicon Valley's Shifting Political Climate · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you're right. Perhaps in the end there is nothing that can be done because of who and what we are; self-serving human nature and all that. Like a cycle, the rise and fall of civilization is a natural process. It still sickens me that we live in a world where society is on the decline rather than the assent. Toss a coin, it's going to happen either way at some point and some where. I suppose I could count myself lucky that I wasn't born in N.Korea. An age of bullshit none the less for most of us.

  21. Re:Translation: Slash 18K jobs, apply for 18K H-1B on Microsoft CEO To Slash 18,000 Jobs, 12,500 From Nokia To Go · · Score: 1

    If we had any elected official worth their salt, they would state that we now have 18k back in the unemployment pool; thus we don't need 18k H1Bs.

  22. Re:Black hole? on Sony Forgets To Pay For Domain, Hilarity Ensues · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've fucked up and forgot when an SSL cert was about to expire. I found out the next morning when their iPhones could no longer access the Exchange server. Shit happens. This time I include SSL, Domain, and Server hardware warranty expiration notices scheduled way in advanced in my calendar as an event.

  23. Re:Double standards on Rand Paul and Silicon Valley's Shifting Political Climate · · Score: 1

    It's not racism, it's cultural wars that define our political climate. The Republican party is primarily "white" because you can trace back the roots to Europe and its 'Age of Enlightenment'. That momentum is waning due to what I think is the quickening effect brought on by mass media. The Democrat party OTOH represents the power to the people by the people; which sounds good until you realize that power is concentrated into the hands of a few elite and harvested parasitically off the backs of the working middle class. The class with the widest base with a strong work ethos collective. Effectively that puts members of the Democrat party into the "haves and have nots" crowd.

    Speaking of the underclass. What you're probably not hearing about (widely suppressed by the national media controlled by the elite) is the huge revolt against illegal immigration by hundreds of cities in America. The Republican party elite want cheap labor while the Democrat party is offering government welfare in exchange for votes. Yet, the people currently living in America don't want either. Yes, even the multi-generational Hispanics don't want them. But do you know what the biggest group of minorities getting fucked over by this is?! AFRICAN AMERICANS!!! They are getting fucked so hard because all the welfare money and assistance is now going towards the illegal imported immigrants courting them as new potential voters. The same potential voters that will be competing for the same jobs at the same skill level as African Americans. The SAME group that vote Democrat. In the end, everyone gets fucked and the political elite have everything to gain. They will destroy this country to hold onto power. And now you know why libertarian leaning folk such as myself throw the whole "bread and circuses" meme around. It can't be repeated enough!

  24. Re:they don't give a fuck on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 1

    The premise of the parody was funny. The delivery of it was too over the top to be funny after the 2nd F-Bomb was dropped.

    And the word of the day is: Amature

  25. Re:Or cut back on the kids on People Who Claim To Worry About Climate Change Don't Cut Energy Use · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Whether you have kids, or you import a brood of children from Mexico (cheap labor), the population growth vacuum will be filled. If you're not paying for your kids, your tax dollars will most certainly be paying for others in the form of welfare.