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  1. Re:Note to self on Google Searches Used in Murder Trial? · · Score: 1

    I know you're joking but unless he wiped the area of the disk upon which the cache previously resided, forensics might have still been able to recover it.

  2. Re:Clueless! on Google Searches Used in Murder Trial? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well you bring up a good point. I mean, how do they know that the search wasn't circumstancial? Just because he was looking up lake depths, doesn't necessarily mean that he was using that information to hide his tracks. He might have thought about going fishing after killing his wife. Stranger things have happened. It may be unlikely that he was going fishing after he killed his wife, but the fact is, they can't prove what was going through is mind when he was doing the search. They have strong reason to believe that he was using the information to commit the crime. But it is still possible though not likely that it was a coincidence.

  3. Re:Balancing wood on Internet is Killing the Newspaper · · Score: 1

    Let me break down for you mods: newspaper is made of paper. Paper is made from wood. Less newspaper = less wood used. Now, enter people who lived on the Gulf coast that used wood to board up their homes. Since less newspaper is being used, it helps balance out the wood that's being used for boarding up homes.

  4. Balancing wood on Internet is Killing the Newspaper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    With all the wood used to board up homes because of hurricanes, less newspapers might not be a bad thing.

  5. Re:Misuse of the term on Rootkit Creators Turn Professional · · Score: 1

    Rootkit-- the software equivalent of a ninja. It is cunning and stealthy and its enemy has no knowledge of its presence.

  6. Ancient technology on Ancient Greek Computer Reconstructed · · Score: 1

    Better tell Daniel Jackson so he can translate the writings. Now if we just find out where the Stargate is.

  7. I'm not sure that it's really trespassing on PCs Posted No Trespass · · Score: 1

    You have a computer which is private property that is connected to a public network. It would be like having your car parked on a public street and someone putting a tracking device on it without your knowledge or permission. When the car is in your driveway, it's on private property. But when its on the highway, it's on public property.

  8. Use if for a utility box on What Can You Do with Old RAM? · · Score: 1

    Build a proxy or router or print server out of old computer parts and put it in that.

    On a less serious note, you could tape it to your fingers and you'd have nine inch nails.

  9. Alta Vista Babel Fish Translation on Microsoft And Time Warner Resume Talks · · Score: 1

    According to Alta Vista Babelfish it translates the subject from German to English as: "And how be enough gibt's for Dialup still?"

    The comment itself translates to: "At present Dialup is probably still for sale, but in 3-4 years hardly still someone will probably pay for it, and within the Broadband range will have both MSN and AOL will oversleep. That can become thus probably only so a kind club of the dead Provider."

  10. Actually it's not truly a blank hard drive on Dell's Open PC Costs More Than Windows Box · · Score: 1

    It still has an MS-DOS boot record of 512 bytes. I'm not sure if 64-bit systems have that or not.

  11. It's a good way to get experience on Moving from a Permanent Position to Contract Work? · · Score: 1

    If you work for contracting firms, you can do work that deals with various situations and diverse industries. In some ways, contracting can be safer than some corporate jobs. With all the outsourcing that goes on, it might be safer to be on the outsourcing side of things. But then again, not all companies do outsourcing or the outsourcing they do varies.
    On the flip side of things, you can encounter slow times. It really depends if you're getting long term contracts or short terms contracts.

  12. It's the other way around on IT Departments Are A Security Risk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not the IT department that's the problem. It's the higher ranking people that whine because their workstations lock after five minutes or because they have to enter their user name in after logging off or rebooting. But those people are so important that if they whine enough, they end up getting their way. Those are also the people that bitch because someone messed with their computer while they were away.

  13. Re:state of emergency vs. martial law on T-Mobile Offers Relief for Hurricane Victims · · Score: 1

    New Orleans under martial law. That is of course unless the media confused martial law with state of emergency.

  14. Re:Sounds like it might be a problem on T-Mobile Offers Relief for Hurricane Victims · · Score: 1

    Well not all of Louisian is under martial law. Just New Orleans.

  15. Sounds like it might be a problem on T-Mobile Offers Relief for Hurricane Victims · · Score: 0, Redundant

    New Orleans is only 80% under water. The people might be able to use it if they can get their laptops and cell phones to dry out. That is, assuming that they can find them. Besides that, Louisiana is under marshal law. What gives T-mobile the authority to offer anything?

  16. What about IP spoofing and reputation? on Reputation Lookup for IPs · · Score: 1

    If people spoof other people's IP addresses, the people that those IP addresses belong to would get a bad reputation. The same thing goes for spoofing email addresses. And I'm not just talking about spam. DoS attacks generally come from spoofed IP addresses. And there is apparently no way to prove repudiation in these cases.

  17. Re:Distance education on How Can Tech Help Fight Education Costs? · · Score: 1

    They're in an emotionally driven state. When emotion overrides logic, the ability to reason is diminished. If people are laughing at you and won't stop, putting a gun to their heads will make them stop really fast. Ever heard of gaining respect through fear?

    School shootings are the result of social darwinism. Bullies are psychological and emotional predators. They prey on people who lack confidence. And if you lack confidence, you'll stick out like a sore thumb. Imagine someone picking on you and you tell them to back off and they threaten you in return. It's okay for them to give you grief, but if you give them grief in return, they retaliate. Those kids feel that resorting to the extremes is the only way to get respect. Otherwise, they get trampled upon; even if they try to stand up for themselves.

  18. Re:Distance education on How Can Tech Help Fight Education Costs? · · Score: 1

    I have to take issue with this
    Now you're starting to sound like an instructor. Am I being graded on this?

  19. Re:Distance education on How Can Tech Help Fight Education Costs? · · Score: 1

    They do it because they have low confidence and low self-esteem and having a gun gives them power. That compensates for their lack of confidence and low self-esteem. And don't forget about all the chemical changes going on in their bodies and the fact that they might be developing mental health problems as well.

  20. Distance education on How Can Tech Help Fight Education Costs? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Distance education could be a possible solution. However, it would not be without some major issues. First of all, the ability for children to learn with distance education would be an issue. Age would definitely be a factor in that regard because they may or may not have the discipline or concentration to handle it.

    Secondly, there are some social implications. Distance education means that kids would not be interacting with other kids in the physical sense. They would be in front of a screen. That may or may not socially impact them. On another note, distance education could mean the end of school shootings as we know it. Kids would have the Internet to provide some protection from being made fun of because there is no visual contact with other students.

    A third issue with distance education is the obesity epidemic. As far as I know, there are no gym classes with distanced education. That also means no playground. And if children become attached to the computer, they will less likely to be physically active. This also adds the question of how distance education would impact extra curricular activities.

    A definite advantage of distance education is that it would teach children to use proper netiquette. It can also teach them ethical computer usage. Another advantage of distance education is that school buildings wouldn't bee needed which means lower costs. That includes janitorial work as well as electricity, property maintenance, etc. There would be a building, but none that has the requirements of a school building.

  21. Eve did eat the apple on Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women · · Score: 1

    But of course Adam was just as stupid because he ate it, too.

  22. Re:EQ (emotional intelligence) on Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Success in the real world is defined by one's ability to use logic to regulate emotions so that they do not become dominant. That's your EQ (what I think it should be). If emotion controls logic, you're probably entangled so far into your ideals that you'd contradict their very meaning in the process. i.e. being so anti-fascist that you become fascist.

    Balancing logic and emotion means to balance the man with the beast.

  23. First of all on Uneducated IT Managers, and How to Deal? · · Score: 1

    What exactly were the job requirements to be IT manager at your organization? Depending on the company's perspective of what an IT manager should be, he might not have had to know anything technical.

  24. Lawsuit with Pepsi on Retro Gaming Gains A Savior? · · Score: 1

    Isn't a name like Generation NEX going to provoke a lawsuit from say Pepsi who had the slogan Generaton neXt?

  25. Ford/Volvo on The Future of the Car · · Score: 1

    Ford/Volvo is doing safety testing for cars that will take over if the driver falls asleep at the wheel. http://media.ford.com/newsroom/release_display.cfm ?release=17087