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  1. Re:Look at Azure on Should a Web Startup Go Straight To the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    It integrates with both, and your web application should take less to run.

    By "less to run", I don't mean money; I mean less configuration and tweaking. I'm writing a web app on a LAMP stack right now, which essentially disqualifies Azure (I'd need to re-develop it for MS products).

  2. Look at Azure on Should a Web Startup Go Straight To the Cloud? · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you're already developing with Visual Studio 2010, and using MS SQL as the backend, why not look at Microsoft's Azure platform? It integrates with both, and your web application should take less to run. Plus, I saw some items that they had promotions for people who get their apps validated (marketing funds and Office 2010), and something about free or discounted trials on Azure.

  3. Re:Visiting rapturefail.org on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When the Rapture Comes? · · Score: 2

    You know, somewhere in the Bible it says that we won't know when the Rapture happens... so I welcome these predictions. It theoretically prolongs our time on Earth.

  4. No Backups on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When the Rapture Comes? · · Score: 1

    I didn't worry about switching drives for backups this weekend, and won't troubleshoot some SIP trunks. What's the point- the backups won't survive the disaster and no one will be able to come to work Monday.

  5. Re:Say what you like about Microsoft... on Firmware Troubles For Old Xbox 360s, Possibly PS3s As Well · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of Dell. When I work with companies that exclusively purchase Dell, I ask why. I'm usually told because their customer service is awesome when they have a problem. My response is, "Why not go with a system that has a lot less problems?"

  6. Re:This is why Osama is laughing from his grave on The Cost of US Security · · Score: 1

    History will look back on this time as a time when America nearly destroyed itself.

    The war on /t/errorism isn't over yet.

  7. Re:If We Hadn't Had Terrorists, We'd Have Invented on The Cost of US Security · · Score: 1

    You know, I deployed to Iraq in 2005. And the imagery of the country (Iraq) that our maps had was dated 9/11/2001. Of course, that could also have been the day of the last satellite flyover.

  8. Re:I believe It on Porn Reportedly Found At Bin Laden Compound · · Score: 1

    Hell yeah, it would be. I had a whole bunch out there myself. The ironic thing, though, is this- we can get it in the country, but they search us and make us leave it behind on the way out.

  9. Re:The problems go much deeper on Sony Releases PS3 3.61 Update Ahead of PSN's Imminent Return · · Score: 1, Informative

    I would bet big that Nintendo's new system will not include optional Linux. No one will be touching that feature in a long time.

    And yet, I have yet to hear / read (until your comment) that is was OtherOS which caused this.

  10. I believe It on Porn Reportedly Found At Bin Laden Compound · · Score: 4, Informative

    When I was in Iraq, we found porn in a few houses on raids. Videos (arab and French), Playboy, and a few other things.

  11. Re:Electrical tape over the webcam on Aaron Computer Rental Firm Spies On Users · · Score: 1

    We have some older laptops at work that have physical switches that completely cover the webcam... it's sad few computers come with anything like that these days.

  12. Re:Yeah, so? on Assange: Facebook 'the Most Appalling Spy Machine' Ever · · Score: 1

    Some if it I am willing to exchange for services. Be it certain information to Facebook for the services they provide, or other information to a gf for the services she would provide.

    That is hilarious... so you'd sell your "friends" information to a virtual / real gf- as long as services are provided? Sounds like the basis of a sexy spy sitcom- "I need to target Bill Smith. See who their horny friends are... I'll 'friend' them and find out what he did last week."

  13. At least they admit it on Amazon EC2 Failure Post-Mortem · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I commend Amazon for providing us with this information. Yes, bad things happened, and data is gone forever. Amazon knows what happened and why, and I'm sure they will implement controls to prevent this again. I doubt we'll hear as much from Sony, though.

  14. Re:Cant figure this one out. Quite inexplicable. on FBI Says Wire Fraud Scam Sending Millions To China · · Score: 1

    I've believed Communism would be the best form of government... but Human Nature makes that impossible. So, we'll settle for second best, such as a Republic or Democracy, where at least a mass of human nature can hopefully cancel out the evil.

  15. Re:Old news. on Apple: "We must Have Comprehensive Location Data" · · Score: 2

    This article is referencing a reply Apple wrote on June 2010.

    Old news or not, it sounds like Apple's stance hasn't changed.

  16. Poor Article on Case Closed On Jerusalem UFO Video · · Score: 1

    I read TFA, hoping to find out why the videos were dismissed as a hoax. In traditional /. fashion, I didn't follow any links in the article itself. But TFA seems to be a guy saying, "I said it was a hoax, I gave reasons, and now MUFON says it's a hoax". I was at least hoping for reasoning as to why it is considered a hoax- I couldn't find it.

  17. Re:I expect no less on Google Won't Pull Checkpoint Evasion App · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget that Apple owes the cops a favor, after SWAT retrieved their "stolen" iPhone.

  18. Re:Upgrades. on Air Force Supercomputer Made From PS3's · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So, to counter this, the Air Force needs to convince DHS and FBI that clusters of PS3s are more efficient at processing biometric databases. That would help ensure that, no matter what Sony does to keep OtherOS and Jailbreak out of the PS3, doing so would be a hindrance to our national security.

  19. Re:AC? on University Switches To DC Workstations · · Score: 1
    The speed comes from the new computers. Generally, when you purchase new computers, the hardware is better than the previous ones. Add to that you don't have the Windows bloat of years of updates and installs / uninstalls, and possibly running Windows 7 versus the old XP, and you get a faster machine.

    When people ask me if they need a new computer or would the one they have work, I respond that any new computer will seem better. After the honeymoon period, though, when something breaks or you install the same programs, that old system may seem faster. I tend to see this with more with persons who bought their last computer in line with their needs, and want to buy a new computer on the cheap.

  20. Re:So... on System Measures Stress In Emergency Callers' Voice · · Score: 1

    That's your alibi, then- "Your Honor, I didn't murder my wife. She slipped and fell, and I called 9-1-1. It's not my fault that she bled out because the system said it was not an emergency".

  21. Re:No detail on Dutch Radio Geek Tracking Libyan Airstrikes · · Score: 1

    I think he goes beyond that. He stated that he uses the receivers, and then also correlates that data with other information sources online. While I don't think listening to the traffic is necessarily exceptional, bringing together the data and correlating it with other sources of information is unique. It also seems he has done this for a long time- part of TFA mentions this guy has been doing it for a long time.

  22. Re:Tomorrow is already here! on Electricity Rationing Starting Monday In Tokyo · · Score: 2

    I imagine the water Pokemon made it out alright.

  23. Re:The original Reddit post on Student Sues FBI For Planting GPS Tracker · · Score: 1

    My thoughts exactly- pipe bomb connected to a remote detonation device. As for the size, how else are they going to put a few C or D cell batteries to power the thing? I'm *sure* the FBI waited until this person's vehicle was in a public location to plant the device. If he frequently parked on his own property, in a private parking structure, etc, the FBI would need to put a lot of batteries with the device.

  24. What about a full list? on Google Pulls 21 Malware Apps From Android Market · · Score: 4, Informative

    The first link has a partial list (17) of the apps which were pulled- here is a full list of apps from publisher Myournet (from this site: * Falling Down * Super Guitar Solo * Super History Eraser * Photo Editor * Super Ringtone Maker * Super Sex Positions * Hot Sexy Videos * Chess * _Falldown * Hilton Sex Sound * Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls * Falling Ball Dodge * Scientific Calculator * Dice Roller * * Advanced Currency Converter * App Uninstaller * _PewPew * Funny Paint * Spider Man *

  25. Re:always close your browser. on Financial Malware Hijacks Online Banking Sessions · · Score: 1

    The article mentions that since the trojan hijacks the session, and can play man-in-the-middle, it will block your logout request to the bank. This makes the end user feel they did log out, but the trojan has kept the session alive. This makes me wonder if that is why my bank's online banking has an annoying pop-up each time I log out- so that I know for a fact that I am logged out. But the feature still pisses me off, as I cannot immediately browse to another page without clicking "OK".