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  1. Re:why on a river? on Google's Secretive Data Center · · Score: 0

    Wouldn't you have to be very careful when using water for cooling? Would there be a chance of damaging the ecosystem if they were to warm the river to much?

    Im sure they would google such a problem before they did anything but it makes me curious to see what safety measures they have in place if that is in fact what they are doing.

  2. Re:Actually... on Games Seized Following Murder · · Score: 0

    I thought they went for the chest so that their hit could be properly identified and thus they would get paid.

  3. so... on Louisiana Passes Violent Games Bill · · Score: 1, Insightful

    so you can have a real gun... just not a virtual one.. at least they have their constitutional priorities in line.

    mod me down Im use to it.

  4. Re:as the saying goes.. on Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying · · Score: 0

    i did google it :(

  5. as the saying goes.. on Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying · · Score: 0, Troll

    Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

            -Thomas Jefferson

  6. we are failing? on The Failure of Information Security · · Score: 0

    how about doing the best job we can with what we are presented. Security can't happen over night and with firms just now starting to hire security professionals we have to go into their business and first geta grasp on their current practises. from there you have to work at changing years of insecure procedures while at the same time working on the security of the tech side with the very little funding you are allocated.

    I guess what im asking is are we actually failing at our job? or are we just taking longer to do it then we would like.

  7. being a student... on IT Certification Less Important Now? · · Score: 0

    being a student and talking to many employers quite often to find out what they want they all seem to say the same thing. "Get as many certs under your belt as possible". maybe im crazy but that seems to go against tfa

  8. anything that doesn't rhyme with.. on Mid-Size Business Tape Library Suggestions? · · Score: 0

    anything that doesn't rhyme with "ibm" and "tivoli"... that about covers it..

  9. Re:It didn't work for me on AjaxWrite to "Compete" with MS Word · · Score: 0

    Unless im mistaken it only works in browsers that support XUL... and for good reason... because its written using XUL. Seems to make sense to me.

  10. in other news... on Razorback2 Servers Seized · · Score: -1, Redundant

    100 similar services have sprung up in the last ten minutes...

  11. from experience on Being School District Admin? · · Score: 0

    being a network admin for school districts can be pretty interesting. your biggest jobs include cleaning spyware and staying up to date on the latest sites for online instant messaging and flash games.

    some of my fav memories would have to be watching conversations about myself and being called a "f*&^n immigrant" due to blocking a popular site.

    one of the more interesting aspects of schools is that with all the sensitive information they hold on students, parents, teachers, adminitration, etc etc security seems to never be a huge issue. and by never a huge issue i actually mean nobody cares.

    as for the busiest time that is summer roleouts (if you are looking for a summer job where you will learn a lot contact your it department and see if they need summer students), christmas rollouts can also be busy but generally not as tiring as the summer versions. the worst time is more then likely jsut after a big rollout when school starts back up. nobody knows their passwords or usernames, can't figure out the new system, don't understand why their version of software is gone... you name it people will complain about it.

  12. wow on Yahoo! Releases OSS Ajax and Design Tools · · Score: 0

    And they even used teh BSD license.... im speachless...

  13. Re:Typical sysadmin schedule... on Time Management for System Administrators · · Score: 0

    "What would you say, ya do here?"

  14. well this is new on A Statistical Review of 1 Billion Web Pages · · Score: 1, Funny

    we haven't slashdotted the google server... but it would appear that the firefox download site for extensions is.

  15. Re:record absolutely everything on Insider Threat · · Score: 0

    This doesn't just take harddrive space though, it also takes cpu cycles which for a lot of companies are maxed out on their database systems.

  16. isnt google os.. on Google PC to Hit Walmart? · · Score: 0

    why are they giving out their operating system designed for use in clusters with mass amounts of transfer and storage of data to the public?

    Maybe they are low on money and this is their way making a distributed network of computers accross north america! THAT'S what all that dark fiber is for... it all makes sense now...

    really though... thats a horribly put together rumor. good try though.

  17. from a security standpoint on Computer Jobs -- How to Resign Professionally? · · Score: 0

    being in the field of information security i would have to say.... what did you expect? if iw as consulting a company that didn't due what yours did it would be an immediate red flag.

    as many others have said.. you got paid, the world moves on.

  18. Re:q4 on F.E.A.R. SDK Released · · Score: 0

    no problem :) glad I could be of assistance.

  19. q4 on F.E.A.R. SDK Released · · Score: 0

    The quake 4 sdk was released recently as well... the q4 engine also has a lot more stability and common.. its quake... quake is much more important to the nerd culture.

  20. my paper on Is Wi-Fi Ruining College? · · Score: 0

    I did a survey around the campus for a paper on the topic of 'mobile computing' (the colleges name for forced laptop rentals and wireless everywhere ). My survey found that the people who had the best gpa were the ones who wouldn't use their laptop during class, closely followed by those who did to talk to fellow class mates during the lecture. Those with the worst gpa said they spent most of their time on solitare.

    To me it seemed like the best idea would be to put the laptops away, keep the ineternet there if its needed and keep the class open to discussion.

  21. patents on Amazon Tries Its Hand at Tagging · · Score: -1, Redundant

    i know i will get modded down for this but somebody has to ask the question...

    How long until they patent this technology?

  22. Re:Wow on Leaked Pictures of Socket F · · Score: 0

    "Although only replacing the processor would be much more convenient."

    Interesting that you mentioned that as its more then likely a business that will be using this socket.I can't help but wonder what would be cheaper for them. a quick swap of a processesor or completely stripping the machine down to replace the motherboard. With the price of man hours for both the tech fixing it and also everyone who may need that box to be productive the thousand dollar chip may not actually be that big of an expense

  23. programmers will love it on A Guided Tour of the Microsoft Command Shell · · Score: 0

    Reading this article it looks like its actually quite powerful just not so much as an administrative tool. It looks like it would be best suited as a tool for debugging C# classes.

    just my two sense.

  24. Re:Good news on Yahoo and Microsoft to Merge Instant Messengers · · Score: 1, Funny

    Abstract says....
    ya the new os x msn client is great

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    it looks so good and [CONNECTION LOST]

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    the new msn client is aw[CONNECTION LOST]

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    NEW VERSION SUCKS!

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    ha.. that one went through

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    NEW VERSION SUCKS!
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    ha.. that one went through

  25. o good on MySQL Moves to Prime Time · · Score: 0

    so it only lacks in the java and xml portions? thats great... its not like java and xml are two of the fav buzz words in business or antyhing...