Slashdot Mirror


User: jeremiahstanley

jeremiahstanley's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
87
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 87

  1. Who knew that Preston Garvey hassling you about another settlement would create SkyNet - and then annoy the shit out of SkyNet so he kills all of humanity.

  2. Re:BB got done by its refusal to adapt on What Apple Can Learn From BlackBerry Not To Do (informationweek.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a difference between demographic fluff that FB wants and communications that are deliberately encrypted. Privacy is not black and white - unlike the argument for why we need privacy.

  3. Re:The elephants in the room on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Major Companies Exiting the Spam Filtering Business? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 2

    I think email is on the decline just like the iPhone isn't selling anymore - only in news reports. Yes, it's not as popular as it once was however it is still a major method of communicating with customers. The availability of Google Apps (and similar services) for small to medium sized businesses is - from a sys admin perspective - an amazing thing. Their spam/malware protection is better than any other product I've ever used and it does it's work transparently.

    I would counter that not only is email not in decline, it has become so important that individual businesses are outsourcing its deployment to larger firms who specialize in delivery and security with geographically distributed service centers. When you can get 30GB of storage, multiple services, spam/malware filtering, and somebody to call when it breaks for $5/mo per employee why would you spend money on your own infrastructure to do a tricky service like email?

  4. Wah wah... on LogMeIn To Acquire LastPass For $125 Million (lastpass.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn, I like the free version of LastPass... a lot. I do not like any of the services that LogMeIn offers (I've run the office account).

    Sooooo /. hivemind... are there any alternatives to LastPass out there?
    Any strong words re: https://www.dashlane.com/passw... ?

  5. Duh on How Television Is Fighting Off the Internet · · Score: 1

    Go figure. Make meaningful content that people want to watch and they'll be willing to pay a few bucks for it. Netflix might be beating them to the punch with it's array of coming materials. The things Netflix has produced that I've seen have all be thoughtful and - maybe too strong of a word - innovative.

  6. Re:I use Pacific C Compiler on Ask Slashdot: A Development Environment Still Usable In 25 Years Time? · · Score: 1

    It would be fairly easy to "fake" ipv4 inside of a VM and just forward packets from ipv6 if needed. This would be one of the few times NAT makes sense.

  7. Re:You mean parents? on Technology Won't Fix America's Neediest Schools -- It Makes Bad Education Worse · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You cast the pot with the clay you have, not the clay you want.

    Yes, parents are immensely important - and kids that have two (or more) good ones have an advantage. This doesn't mean that you can throw your hands up in the air and give up on marginalized kids. Teachers do a lot more in schools than just show off the pythagorean theorem or bloviate about what old dead white men did. They also teach social skills and fill in the gaps that parents can't always get to. This is another "social good" of public education.

  8. Managers on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Wish You'd Known Starting Your First "Real" Job? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Like a kid in a candy store your manager will want more, More, MORE! of your time if you let them. It's a feedback loop to encourage more hard work from you. Advice: pace yourself so that when it is really needed and really an emergency you can show up to slay the dragon. You control how much time you spend thinking about this job, not them.

  9. Animated Response on Scientists Close To Solving the Mystery of Where Dogs Came From · · Score: 1

    I guess this question logically follows after knowing that all dogs go to heaven. At least in the movies...

  10. Re:uh yea on Ask Slashdot: Version Control For Non-Developers? · · Score: 1

    This will lead to a lot of whining by users who now have to use their brains for the thirty seconds it takes to figure out wiki entries. It's a shame that it is accepted that knowing Office as a product is a thing and once you "know it" you can turn your brain off. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that Google Apps/Drive does this automagically for you on documents with multiple editors... simultaneously even.

    I will agree that not using MS products on this will reduce the problem backlog. Sharepoint (the free version) is also another solution - one that I have seen exist rife with its own issues.

  11. Re:WTF? on Ask Slashdot: Why Can't Google Block Spam In Gmail? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'll second this sentiment. Gmail catches an obscene amount of spam sent to my account accurately and with so few false positives it blows my mind. I've dealt with lots of anti-spam software and some hardware and Google does a fantastic job.

    Pro tip: you have to just start flagging things with the convenient "this is spam" button and in a short time their filters figure it out.

    OP might just be getting a lot of legitimate list traffic that they signed up for. That isn't spam, you asked for that and need to hit 'unsubscribe'.

  12. Grammar! on Why the FCC Will Probably Ignore the Public On Network Neutrality · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I think poor Walter means that "It can continue to SHIRK the comments of ordinary Americans" not shrink.

    http://dictionary.reference.co...

  13. Minecraft? on Lenovo Set To Close $2.1 Billion Server Deal With IBM · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seems like this was a real deal considering Microsoft just paid MORE for Mojang.

  14. 25%?!? on Scotland Votes No To Independence · · Score: 1

    In other news, one full quarter of Americans are blithering idiots.

    More telling was reading TFA and seeing that it's more predominant in the lower quintile of wage earners. Also tended to be in states where should they secede they would lose all their water contract rights with other states. Anybody who wants secession is just bad at economics.

  15. Re:Will this affect overseas profits tax evasion? on Obama Administration Says the World's Servers Are Ours · · Score: 1

    You can bribe a politician with money, you can only try to extort them with data.

    Duh. ;)

  16. BSG was right... on Fracked Shale Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is with all this fracking schist?

  17. Imagine... on World's First Programmable Quantum Photonic Chip · · Score: 2

    a beowulf cluster of these...

    Had to go there, this is /. afterall...

  18. Re:The most intelligent OS I've ever seen on The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, the camel surely looks elegant in the desert. But then again, fish don't climb trees.

    Just because something works well in one area doesn't mean that it will function well outside of that area. This is why there will always be "other methods" for operating systems.

  19. Um... on Penguin Yanking Kindle Books From Libraries · · Score: 1

    Was DRM ever about protecting content and not business models? The whole point of copyright in general is to create artificial monopoly...

  20. The Obvious Choice on Ask Slashdot: What OS For a Donated Computer? · · Score: 1

    Windows ME

  21. Re:Switching to a free Linux is not cheap on Are Bad Economic Times Good for Free Software? · · Score: 1

    I've never worked anywhere that actually "trained" users on anything but custom in house software. This means that no matter what it runs on they will need that training. Nobody gets "trained" to use office suites or email. Maybe you have one of those good jobs where they don't just show you the door when they decide to switch platforms and hire another hungry monkey; no employer of mine has offered anything to "retrain" myself other than just keeping my job.

    Conversely, if you are the type of company that needs software assurance you will pay for it. However, if you are the type of shop that doesn't have insurance contracts you probably also won't have large shop pricing on Windows or anything else. This means that FOSS will save you quite a bit, this is why it is used as "network glue".

    Here you go sir, this is your troll chow...

  22. Humanity... on Online Collaboration Helps Mumbai Attack Victims · · Score: 1

    Just goes to show what people can do with a network designed to deliver pictures of Ceiling Cat watching you masturbate. Such a clever hack!

  23. Hash Based on Bitcoin Used For the Narcotics Trade · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing like using a hash to score some hash.

  24. Damn bits! on Black Eyed Peas Member Joins Intel As Director · · Score: 1

    I gave those bits some Will.i.am, bits love Will.i.am...

  25. Skynet on Intel's Sandy Bridge Processor Has a Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    I guess this is how Skynet won... time travel is a bitch.