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  1. Re:Other good paid email providers? on The Case Against Gmail · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My company (~750 email users) bought in to the Office 365 hype while negotiating our MS licensing. We got it super cheap and thought "What the hell, 'free' DR and a cloud service to offer the end users? Why not?"... That was a year ago. In the year since that decision and 8 months in to using the product, I can say without a doubt that Office 365 is the worst email system I've ever used. Hands down, the absolute worst. Spam filtering problems? Yep, had those. Mail delivery problems? Yep, about 3 times a month (on average). Client connectivity issues? Oh yeah. Management site unavailable? It's happened more than once. 4-hour hold for "free" support? Yep, been through that too.

    It's bad enough that we're spending the money to move all of our cloud mailboxes back on-prem. I can't expect that ANYONE with an expectation for highly available mail systems would use Office 365. I'll offer further details in a PM if anyone needs it.

  2. Re:awesome on Microsoft's Surface RT Was Doomed From Day One · · Score: 1

    Good motivation for a jailbreak, ehe?

  3. Re:Meh. on Microsoft's Surface RT Was Doomed From Day One · · Score: 1

    I bought one at TechEd 2013 for exactly that amount. It's barely worth it. I still use my phone for most 'tablet-y' browsing at home. If the RT could run Android, it might be better but the Metro/Modern interface just plain sucks.

  4. Re:And what will happen if they do on DEF CON Advises Feds Not To Attend Conference · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We've heard that "Just following orders" defense somewhere before... You might want to Google that and see how those trials turned out. The fact that they are mindless drones in a machine that is performing reprehensible acts, but hold no hate for their victims themselves, does not make them innocent. After Snowden, anyone willing working for the NSA and not looking for work elsewhere is approving of and endorsing their crimes.

  5. Re:This is the best way of gun control on Printable Gun Downloads Top 100k In 2 Days, Thanks to Kim Dotcom · · Score: 1

    Hey now, that's not funny...

  6. Re:Seems perfectly reasonable on New York Passes Landmark Gun Law · · Score: 1

    Godwin FTW!

  7. Re:Seems perfectly reasonable on New York Passes Landmark Gun Law · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ok, um, so I'm in the know here (see user name/uid). Also, I'm a Texan, so that possibly qualifies me by birth...

    The weapons you are describing are military derivative firearms and by all rights, SHOULD be banned IMO. We, as a nation, have proven ourselves incapable of properly storing our firearms, incompetent at assessing who should have a firearm, and generally promoting the glorification of firearms use via the media, games, and certain aspects of our culture.

    At the same time, we have tried to claim that the right to own firearms does not come with any responsibility. If your kid leaves his toys out, after several warnings, you, as a parent, would be taking a reasonable stance to put the toys away for him. The child (in this badly crafted analogy) has not demonstrated the responsibility that comes along with the right to those toys. Same for those of us in the gun culture. We have failed at our responsibility to safely possess firearms. We do not deserve them now.

    You said something that I'd like to point out to be overdramatic in the least, and possibly flat-out manipulative; "now the vast majority of us - who will never use them irresponsibly - need to suffer". Can you please tell me how much you will suffer? If we combine the total suffering from all the people in the state who will lose their guns, do you believe that it is greater than the suffering felt by any combination of the parents of the Sandy Hook victims? If you want to bring suffering into this discussion, let's keep that perspective in mind.

  8. Not that odd... on Black Hole Found That Takes Up 14% of Its Galaxy's Mass · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is just an example of a MaCHO. We've theorized about them for a while. They are a strong candidate for a bulk of the dark matter we've detected. The other candidates are WIMPs.

  9. Re:Not in Alabama on Amazon.com: Earth's Biggest Wine Cellar? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Last time we let you people transport alcohol you invented NASCAR and we are NOT going to let that happen again.

  10. Re:Taking a hint from the last election on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please, share your anecdote about how bad President Obama has been for you personally. Did he kick your dog?

  11. Hunters have the right gear on Ask Slashdot: Video Monitors For Areas That Are Off the Grid? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't reinvent the wheel, hunters have already done the hard part. Check around for concealed hunter camera gear. Already camouflaged, and able to take stills or video...

  12. Re:Wow, my shit-hole home town actually mentioned. on Halliburton's Missing Radioactive Cylinder Found · · Score: 1

    I lived in Monahans for a while, and I could say the same thing about that place...

  13. Re:local "laws"? on The Google Transparency Project Transparency Project · · Score: 1

    It's a good question; Is an unjust law still a valid law? I think we can agree in some broad sense that local statutes which violate human rights are unjust. Now the trick is to agree on "Human Rights" (see the UN's work in this regard for a culturally agnostic version) and on whether it is ok to violate unjust laws... Personally, I think so.

  14. Re:This is news? on Bloomberg, WSJ: Student Aid Increases Tuition · · Score: 1

    What do you think the proper education level of a waitress is? What about a patent clerk? Maybe you need to remember that the elite aren't the only ones who can put an education to use...

  15. Re:Station Wagon Full of Tapes on Mega-Uploads: The Cloud's Unspoken Hurdle · · Score: 1

    It reduces the wait times for requests. More station wagons means that the average transmit/receive latency more closely represents the actual link latency.

    I propose that we develop a circuit of tape drive depots along an interstate to offer proof-of-concept.

  16. Re:Station Wagon Full of Tapes on Mega-Uploads: The Cloud's Unspoken Hurdle · · Score: 1

    Or add more station wagons.

  17. Re:CGI wishes on Photographers, You're Being Replaced By Software · · Score: 2

    Here's an idea for your libertarian brain... Let's make them liable for any images that would mislead a customer. If you offer a picture of a big, juicy, appetizing Whopper in your ad, you better deliver something that is very close to that when I walk in to your store.

    The system you so hilariously defend depends upon customers with accurate information. Lies break the "free market" and cause it to be skewed in favor of the lairs. In most cases, it favors the company/corporation.

  18. Re:Southern guy with three names on Neil deGrasse Tyson Outlines a Plan For Saving Earth From Asteroids · · Score: 0

    Someone call Tommy Lee Jones! He was in Space Cowboys, he'll know what to do.

  19. Re:Religious Prosecution of File Sharers on Filesharing Now an Official Religion In Sweden · · Score: 1

    I wonder if it will protect them if they attempt to publish/promote HOW to share files...

  20. Re:Psychology is a science. on Dutch Psychologist Faked Data In At Least 30 Scientific Papers · · Score: 1

    How about you cite something enlightening... If it's more advanced than the AC above suggested, you might change my mind, but I am seriously skeptical. I've read enough on sociology and political science to say that those fields are hopeless as far as hard science goes. Maybe there's something special about psychology that we've all missed...

  21. Re:Or not on "World's Most Relaxing Music" Composed · · Score: 1

    Deadmau5 is more my style.

  22. Bacon Salt on Table Salt Could Help Boost HDD Storage Density By a Factor of 5 · · Score: 1

    Think of the miracles they could perform if they'd use Bacon Salt instead...

  23. Re:Verified user on Are 'Real Names' Policies an Abuse of Power? · · Score: 1

    This. Want.

  24. Re:Simple on Are 'Real Names' Policies an Abuse of Power? · · Score: 1

    Sounds to me like neither of those groups (kids or stalkees) needs an account on a broadly information-promiscuous social media site. Fortunately, the corporations behind these systems are being pretty clear-headed and picking the better of the two options (sucks for you though).

  25. Re:What pump has *control* via wireless? on Probing Insulin Pumps For Vulnerabilities · · Score: 4, Informative

    Omnipod and OneTouch Ping both use the same type of wireless control unit, though not directly inline with a CGM. The system he tested (Paradigm Reveal) is a 2 part loop that requires human interaction. (ie CGM tells you a glucose reading, then you use the pump to decide how much insulin to deliver.) All he was able to do was jam the data from the real CGM sensor and spoof it with false data. That's not exactly "hacked" but is a threat. The pumps with wireless control units are where I'd expect to see the primary fault and possible loss of control. (FYI, I'm a diabetic with a deep knowledge of both these systems from a user's perspective, as well as an IT worker in a medical field. These may not be perfect credentials, but I figure it might be relevant.)