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Stop PIPA - video on PIPA, help stop pipa [By:  virusjtg / 2012-01-18]
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From what I was reading, if you upload a Michael Jackson son, thereby violating is sister act, SOPA, you could get 5 years in prison, which is one year greater than the prison term for the doctor who was convicted of his death. -skippytpodar
Well, uploading his son may be considered child abuse or child pornography, so you'll be lucky to only get 5 years. ;-) -Calydor
I would not mind stopping Pippa. she is hot. Stoping PIPA and SOPA efforts are ongoing. Even Occupy people are involved. -Xultaneron
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"Terrorists!" - The Daily WTF - Terrorists invade a starfish's computer, entering random gibberish and into her documents, occasionally actual words, including references to local news. [By: DukeOfURL / 2012-01-17]
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epic. -Omega
Reminds me of the story my dad passed along to me. His father used to work for IBM way back when they sold the IBM Selectric. A certain receptionist had difficulties with random spaces being registered whenever she was typing something up. Unfortunately, no one else could repeat the issue. So my grandpa went out on call to the business to observe the issue. After observing her for a while he noticed that she would go into a rhythm after typing for a few minutes and her "huge tracks of land" would start to bump into the space bar. He left to tell her boss because he didn't have a clue on how to tell her without offending her. That, and he needed a moment so he get control of himself and not break out laughing. Apparently, her boss thought it was incredibly funny too. After much discussion, she moved the type writer a little further away and the problem was solved. -unrenowned
They're doing a satirical bit about SOPA, so any attempt to access the site by domain name will lead to the satire bit. Accessing it by IP address (it makes sense in the context of the satire) works. Here's the link to this story for today: http://74.50.110.120/Articles/Terrorists!.aspx -DukeOfURL
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"How I Triage and Fix Software Issues" - "...I have a system for evaluating a problem which is accompanied by colorful inner monologue. The following flowchart explains both the details of how I triage a problem, how I might fix it, and how and why I’m likely to swear while I’m helping." [By: concept14 / 2011-11-16]
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Sweet! Definately going up in my cubicle -Grembo
I think we all use flow charts for this. I (and presumably others) am not organised enough to have put them on paper! -Holdfast
Printed and going up on our wall! -PTSTech
Awesome! But having done this for so long, I usually start at "Throwing shit" and work my way up from there... -Biosynthetic
Thank you, this now hangs on my office wall. -0gr3
I find this a lot more accurate. http://xkcd.com/627/ -DarkRookie
Posted on the door to my office. -RiffRaff
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It's been nice knowing you... - Just dropped in to say goodbye as the world will be ending today, according to an expert. He must be an expert - he's the same guy that predicted it would end earlier this year so he obviously knows his subject. It must be true - I read it in the Daily Mail. [By: Gromit / 2011-10-21]
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What is that crazy geezer's obsession with the 21st? Last time, the date was I think on the 21st of may, or april. It was one of those days. I remember doing a show with the station owner that night. Before things went to hell. Anyhoo, he's gonna be wrong this time. -AdmiralLaurie
hmm... havent seen any piles of empty clothing - and i'm helping a freind with roofing tomorrow - lucky escpae for me if it did eh? -Harm
Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue. -RoadDemon
here is a true statement: "the world will end tomorow". it is only true once. -gashach
I thought that the world ended last May!!!! -duckhead
Honestly, if the world does end, I'll die happy knowing I took everyone else with me. -LazyLemming
Well, it's the 22nd and I'm still here. Damn. -Captain Trips
No your not, we are all dead.
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they forgot to adjust for the Gregorian calendar. -gashach
I'm still here. And I just laughed it off last night and mudded until morning. -AdmiralLaurie
'Oh, waitaminnit- it wasn't the 21st day of the tenth month, it was the 10th day of the 21st month!' -Voz
Who is laughing at the guy on Alderan now who kept predicting the end of the world? -ZombieBear
"History recalls how great the fall can be/ While everybody's sleeping, the boats put out to sea/ Borne on the wings of time/ It seemed the answers were so easy to find/ "Too late," the prophets cry/ The island's sinking, let's take to the sky" -SwedishChef
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9KlMWzKj4s -- saw this after his last prediction. Still LOL-worthy. -NightSteel
The end is near, the end is near. Depends on your definition of "end" and "near". -AussieFoot
Eh, I feel fine. -Phylok
Well its 10-26 now. I am still here. Did I miss a bus or something? -DarkRookie
lets see... BF3 released and thousdnas of people are online playing it, news is still being reported, bills come in and get paid.. Yea.. soo the only person that seems to have disapeared is buddy making the predictions.. let me guess. forgot to carry the 1 again? -Harm
Harold Camping had a stroke on June 9th, and has not done any public interviews since then. Apparently he retired from his position of president of Family Radio on October 16th. I think they're very glad to finally be rid of him (they've been obligated to humor him and all his wackiness for years, because he was the one signing their paychecks). -AmazingKreskin
LEONARD BERNSTEIN!!! -ActingUpAgain
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There is another one - What is this the 5th Humble Bundle they have had (I have all four and am going to get the latest tonight) [By: DarkRookie / 2011-09-28]
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I note that again @notch is one of the top people listed in the buyers... guess he really likes supporting his fellow indie devs... -chazz
That or its all part of his evil plan for world domination. I mean, he did add the Teleporting Enderman, he has to be evil. -Vie
I'm not sure it can properly be called a 'bundle' if it's just one game. of course I paid quite a bit more than the minimum to get the Frozenbyte bundle too so... -HouseMDfan
There is two games now. So a bundle. (You can bundle two things) -DarkRookie
Now up to three - they just added SpaceChem. Bundles accrete, I guess... -chazz
And now gone. Stay tuned for the next, I guess, if you missed this one... -chazz
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Wanna play Portal via Steam? - Portal is free on Steam for download through the 20th, once downloaded you get to keep it. Not just for the Windows & Mac users, it works just fine under WINE on linux (Ubuntu based), playing fullscreen (on twinscreen) 3840x1080.... [By: Grue / 2011-09-16]
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So i have never used steam before, if i sign up for an account and install portal now while its free and format my pc in a few months do i have to download it again or is it linked to my account? -SwizzleStix
I don't know about the free version of Portal, but everything else I've tried, including freebies, does stay with the account despite the computer(s) used. -chazz
Yes, it stays with the account. -Grue
I should mention that it also uses the Steam Cloud service, so your saved games follow you with your account from machine to machine... -chazz
And you can put steam on an external drive - so long as its a hard drive, it baulks at flash based storage. -Vie
I just have to say that Steam has been a godsend. Over the last few years, I have occasion had need to reinstall everything on my PC, and Steam makes it easy to reinstall whatever games I happen to be playing at the moment, and no mucking about with discs. I don't really buy anything on physical media any more, except movies. -AmazingKreskin
Doesn't it only save those games that support SteamCloud, which, while growing, is not a comprehensive list as of yet? But still, much Steam love over here as well. XD -Omega
Even tho I played it on 360 I grabbed it up. It's free! -HouseMDfan
The actual game software is always saved and can be re-downloaded onto any machine where you are logged in. Game saves and config data are only available via Cloud if the game supports it, and not all do, or will. Portal is one that uses the cloud for saved games. -chazz
And now Borderlands does as well! Wooha! -AmazingKreskin
Oh though one point about steam cloud: It also saves graphics settings with some games - anything based on the HL2 engine, so both Portal and Portal 2 are affected. This means that if you play it on a Desktop and a laptop, you will end up having to manually switch the resolution and settings when your changes computers. Annoying, but not game breaking. -Vie
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Call of Duty Free Weekend/Sale - For those who are interested, CoD BlackOps is free to play through Sunday 1 PM Pacific Daylight time, everything else is on sale. [By: metaice / 2011-09-02]
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Really sucks to have a net connection so slow I wouldn't finish downloading the game before the offer expires. -Calydor
yeah I bit the bullet and bought the game. The only bad part is that there are no dedicated servers. So stupid rules may be imposed. -deedadee
I could have gotten the game but 1) 5gb/month on this Verizon Mifi internet connection and 2) I don't care for COD anyway. I did, however, recently discover The Witcher in my DVD library - 2 copies, no less, so not sure where I got 'em. I still had to download 1.6GB of patches for the game to run on Windows 7, but I have a new game to play now :) -DukeOfURL
Yeah I love that game. Way to short though. On the upside you do have the free exspansions to play. -deedadee
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Path Of Exile - Enough about home made nukes. You just squeeze U-235 until it explodes.
This is much more fun. This game is awesome. I love it, love it, love it. ARGP in the style of Diablo. Very nice looking. A bunch of stuff to kill. A bunch of stuff to collect. Very well done.
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But...how do you get a beta key one wonders... -ravensentinel
Mayhap on the big button top right that says "Sign up for beta here"? -chazz
Naw, that'd be too easy. ;P -Seamus
Right now every half hour someone random gets invited -DarkRookie
Willing to refer once we can -DarkRookie
LEEEEE-ROOOOOOOOYYYYYY....JEENNNNNKINNNNNS!
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Iwsh the beta accessible wotul toal ytry -AdmiralLaurie
signed up on saturday night :P waiting for a beat key or what have you. Looks good and the F2P model - mainly cosmetic i LIKE! -Harm
down for maintenance.. bohhhh -STJ
still haven't gotten a beta key yet :( we waits.. unless anyone can toss one towards Ussnemesis? no? never hurts to ask.. -Harm
There can never be enough about nukes. Didja ever play BulletStorm ? -Spyder19
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Nukes : DIY style - You must have heard about this by now. But, listening to the audio is just... wow [By: Spyder19 / 2011-08-04]
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Uh. Yeah. This guy... well, he doesn't sound utterly stupid on the interview, but really... if he had started a chain reaction, he would have irradiated not only himself but his neighbours. Unthinking... possibly the worst type of starfish, the one who knows a little, just enough to be dangerous. -chazz
Reminds me of David "The Radioactive Boy Scout" Hahn who tried to build a breeder reactor in a shed in his backyard at the age of 17. -LinuXtreme
RA and AM-241 are alpha emitters. A strong source of them plus a metal I will not name can be a source of neutrons. Nasty in and of themselves as a neutron plus anything that will absorb it will become radioactive. A neutron source plus Uranium can produce fission's but NEVER will he get it to go critical. It could only make a SLIGHTLY radioactive mess. If he kept it close to him he could get some radiation poisoning. But may not get a Darwin award. -atomicbill
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Happy SysAdmin Appreciation Day!!! - It's that time again....No one sees more dead computers in a day than a sysadmin. No one sees them doing truly baffling things, and no one has more stories of computers failing, acting possessed, or even catching on fire. [By: ravensentinel / 2011-07-29]
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My HR department gave me cookies! It's nice to be appreciated ;) -JoeLugian
I got a rock... -RiffRaff
I got Taco Bell ... on their dime :-P -Necros
I got nothing as I was sick at home :( -TheLabAdmin
Our Director of IS Operations brought doughnuts. (My back went out this morning, I was too slow to get any!) -Captain Trips
I got work orders....[sigh] -ravensentinel
I got...nothing...:( -Angelace
Cheers to all SysAdmins. Not one myself but I talk to plenty of you all. You deserve it. -tech4alltrades
I got nothing :( -virusjtg
It didn't even get noticed, here. *shakes head* This is unfortunately not a surprise. -Grue
I got to rewire the server room. -Olorin
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How will Bill Gates mess this one up? - So here we're talking about Bill Gates helping to reinvent the toilet. OK. Who wants to wait for Service Pack 2 to fix all the issues it will have straight out of the box? [By: tech4alltrades / 2011-07-21]
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Why not? Windows went in the crapper. -ecoli
Hmm... I think he's ideally qualified to re-engineer a receptacle for shit - he's been selling it for years. -Gromit
"You appear to be taking a shit, would you like some help with that?" - Boggie the Bog Roll© Microsoft 2012. -Vie
"you appear to have a hangover. would you like a beer?" -AdmiralLaurie
" You appear to have eaten the Curry. Would you like to enable the last known good configurations of 'Butt hole'?" -Harm
This sounds like a job for VaPooRize. -AmazingKreskin
Well, it would bring new meaning to a "core dump". Of course, a "fatal error" would be just as bad as some *fish think it is. And, a "BSOD" could be a really, really bad thing to think about! -Voz
There has been an Error Processing your request. Dumprep.exe failed to load properly would you liek to send an error report. -deedadee
S**T hitting the fan takes on an entierly new dimension of Oh Noes! -Harm
"You appear to have contracted food poisoning. Would you like to reload the last known good configuration of roachcoach.sys?" -AdmiralLaurie
If you want more than one toilet in your home, you'll need to purchase a license.... -vacuumtubes
VT, I'm sure you mean purchase ANOTHER license. -Calydor
That'll give a whole new meaning to 'Stack Overflow'! -MadJack
.... aaaaaand then, there'll doubtless be compatibility issues w/ various brands & types of TP that won't be compatible w/ it.... ;) -MadJack
Eh, good on him. Shit uses too much water already; really, we're just pissing it away. -LDFeral
Seriously, though, it's startling. -LDFeral
MadJack: It requires that you use Microfibre Softness (MicroSoft). My questions would be : How much RAM does it require ? How often does it crash ? And, who do you call when it DOES crash ? -Spyder19
Voz: Does BSOD = Beasty shit of death? -0gr3
"Hello. Micrshaft tech support? Yes, I am on the toilet and it is telling me that I have to re-enter the registration key. Isn't that the same as Pi to the 256th place?" -ecoli
Ogr3- MAAAAYbeeee something like that! -Voz
reminds me of the "Iloo" story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-05-14-iloo-hoax-retract_x.htm -Erictheblue
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Memo to Best Buy: EVEN YOUR GEEKS AREN'T - From YouAreDumb.net, a rant blog that is mostly political but sometimes touches on other topics. [By: concept14 / 2011-07-10]
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Amen, brother. Preaching to the choir. -srteach
*takes deep breath* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *takes another deep breath* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *rubs tear from eye* Oh that is GOOD! I never saw the commercial before; watching that thing its no wonder WorstTry is pissed off! It is absolutely true! Leaving out the 2% of REAL geeks that work in BB's across the USA, most of the kids working in the Comp. department really are that clueless! -unrenowned
Actually I don't mind them that much, they are very good for business. I know I can count on everything they touch being totally borked when they are done, so, repairs or a new system, either is ok with me. One bit of policy though, two attempts by them and I insist on a Nuke & Pave. -jerrybear
*pixel giggles* Bryan is a RL friend of mine. And yes, he's like that in real life, too. -pixel
@jerrybear - You are spot on. My best customers were the ones who wanted to know why they spent $200-$400 to have something simple fixed and the computer didn't end up working right anyways... -unrenowned
*golf claps* -lineswine
This gave me warm fuzzehs and a desire to go congratulate the author. -AdmiralLaurie
Thankfully we've some slightly better stores this side of the puddle. But that Newegg byline "Take it from a Geek" WTF? Or maybe it's just my mind... and ears. -rurwin
oh too fraakin true.. i can find more faster on my own then anyone that works in the stores closest to me. when in the right mood i like to ask one of teh sales reps questions related to a product i know inside and out.. to see if they can get any of it right ( physical connectors - they usually fail) -Harm
reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon: young salesman says "welcome to electronics hut. i'm half your age and i know more about electronics than you ever will. can i help you?" Dilbert replies, "yes. i need 3 niad converters and an anza brush...or am i bluffing?" the kid breaks into a sweat and thinks, "this guy is GOOD!" -Erictheblue
The one I worked at we jokingly referred to as "Breast Buy" because of the sheer number of plastic surgeons that were in proximity to our store. -skippytpodar
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1989-05-11/ -DarkRookie
I just last night had to school a blueshirter on whether I was going to get the website price or the rack-tag price for a hard drive...go figure. -Grue
For a brief period i used to work for HP on the weekends. I would go to a BB, CompUSA, CC for several hours in the evening or weekends and be the resident expert on thier products. The money was good 19.50 an hour and only a 3rd was taxed. But dealing with the customer reps was a headache. They generally had no clue and were all about the sale. i got banned from a few stores because i'd advise people not to buy the extended warranty they didn't need. generally they got the same from HP or could buy it for a third of the price. -Hellion
My big head shaker lately is the 'De-Crapify' fee, where they will clean your NEW machine of the 'Fluffware' that everything comes with....... -jerrybear
@jerrybear: they wanted to do that to mine, but I politely let them know that I could do it myself. if a person is incredibly new to having their own pc, it may be optimal to have another person at least point them in the right direction. however, if they install gasware in place of fluffware, well, then, that's a whole new story. -AdmiralLaurie
JB: the reason that "decrapify" service exists is because BB saw a need/want and are filling it. Not saying it's right by any stretch, just that it's another business opportunity for them. -BayouTech
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Welp there goes the internet - Lulsec and Anon team up. There goes the internet. [By: virusjtg / 2011-06-20]
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I've been wondering if I should give hacking a shot just to see if I could figure out who these nut jobs are... -TechMama
Well, at least these guys are ensuring I will have a job for the next...well, forever. At least until they realize that by attacking our networks, they're actually createing more jobs and keeping us employeed. Hopefully my info won't get caught up in the uproar...my clearance investigation is coming soon lol. -ravensentinel
Wait, and see. Either this will turn into the revolution against groups like MPAA and politicians trying to limit the 'Net, or it'll end up being another round of crap like PSN. Only time will tell. -Seamus
On a different note, having never been in military or navy when they fire those massive cannons does it really cause a huge recess in the water like the image? -0gr3
That's not a "recess" in the water, that's the blast shockwave from the guns firing. You see the same thing in the super-slow-motion vids of bombs & missiles detonating. -Grue
Yes. It does. Same thing with Howitizers or any BFG. On a side note, they aren't attacking the MPAA or other annoying places. They're attacking Census buruea's and other stockpiles of private information. http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/166634/20110621/lulzsec-lulz-security-anonymous-operation-anti-hack-hackers-hacked-government-bank.htm -ravensentinel
If I'm lucky, they'll ruin the Census Bureau info so hard, the Bureau will have to rerun the 2010 census. XD -Omega
Hmmm, I'm taking a white-hat hacking course in the fall. Wonder if this will come into it at all... -Dreamstalker
Omega, most of the people the census hires are as clueless as you can get (mom worked for them last year; we're both convinced I wasn't hired--after being promised a position--because I'm too smart). -Dreamstalker
Looks like they stole the "plot" from Hackers, surely they'll be sued into oblivion for that. -mtuck
Sounds to me like a great way to "stick it to the man" -- if there WERE a "the man." Usually the people who get hurt the most by these are those they claim to be supporting, "us the little people" whose moneys will be stolen out of "the man's" banks - not "the man's" money, but OURS. Same for all the other actions they want to take - who will it really hurt? "The Man" or everyone else? (What does history show us?) -Captain Trips
I am "the man!" -ravensentinel
I worked there - originally applied for the canvasser position, but was hired for the office. It was fun, even if we got paid less than the people going door to door. -Omega
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Irony, This is thy name! - Safe for now, is nt, will make you laugh uncontrollably. [By: virusjtg / 2011-06-15]
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safe for work* -virusjtg
Buh-whaaa? -PTSTech
This is like the Government of our fair province grudging using revenues extorted from the private casinos and Lottery Corporation to fund gambling addiction clinics... -chazz
Yes, cause KFC is a bastion of health food. -Stryker One
erm, all righty then, what is it? -AdmiralLaurie
KFC is selling a GIANT ass jug of Pepsi in the states for 2.99 and will donate $1 of each purchase to juvenile diabetes research. -0gr3
(da)To be fair, diabetes is NOT caused by sugary drinks alone. OTHER diet choices factor in as well as hereditary issues. (Diabetes runs in my Dad's side of the family. Somehow I haven't developed it, and have no signs according to my doctor). That being said, NO ONE needs that much d*mned soda in one sitting. -udoshan
Apparently this is a half-gallon of soda containing the equivalent of 56 spoonfuls, 800 calories, or about half a pound, of sugar. Causal or no, sugar is linked to diabetes, and the juxtaposition of this much sugar in a single bucket with a donation to the Diabetes society does make for a definite sense of irony. -chazz
Just...wow. -Starfury
that's, scary. I could run into a conspiracy theory, but I won't. I'll try to ahem, stay neutral. -AdmiralLaurie
3$ for a 2L bottle, in a cup, where it'll go flat? Daaaamn. More expensive than the sev (7-11). -LDFeral
My cup runneth over with DERP! -Seamus
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Towel Day - I was going to bump the LOTD, but then noticed what it was...
Those TSCers NOT affected by the terrible Tornado DON'T FOR GET YOUR TOWEL TOMORROW
How can you be a hoopy frood if you don't know where your towel is, hmmm?
@poglathegrate for my observations on Towel Day here in Aus [By: PoglaTheGrate / 2011-05-25]
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Tornado Live Stream - Oh f**k, oh f**k, oh s**t, oh f**k. Appy Polly Logies to Ogr3 and anyone else for taking down this LOTD... Apparently the mind doesn't work well this late in the afternoon and I can't tell the difference between submitting a 'Story' or a 'Link' [By: PoglaTheGrate / 2011-05-25]
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No worries, I bumped the last one not thinking that cool link was the LOTD. -0gr3
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Nail these thieves to the wall - OK. So these clowns decide they're going to rip off Cisco, and think they're not going to get caught? Apparently the way this worked was one of the thieves built counterfeit networking equipment, then when it didn't work, he and his partner called Cisco to arrange for replacements. Total cost to Cisco= millions of $$$$$. That would have been nice money you Cisco techs could probably have used for bonuses, etc., am I right?
Sorry, nothing gets me madder than a couple of thieves stealing. Though I don't work for Cisco, I've seen this kind of thing where I work too. [By: tech4alltrades / 2011-05-14]
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How on earth did Cisco not twig that the first one they received was a fake? -smellystudent
My thoughts exactly. I wonder what it must be like to work in the Cisco RMA dept... -Spyder19
in the article it says that they made 27 million off of cisco, but then for the punishment they only have to pay 18.8 million. Does that come out the 27 million they stole, or did that money already get seazed. cause I'm just saying, 27million in a bank collecting interest, not counting taxes, could make 18.8 million in a few years, if they dragged the appeals out, they could actually walk away richer than before....that said, someone should introduce the prison version of cisco to them, that'd be CRISCO, applied directly to the anus. -drachen
They don't use lube in prison. -RiffRaff
I think the story said that Cisco lost 27 million, not that the thieves made 27 million. It's entirely possible that they only grossed 18-19 million selling the stuff off, in which case the restitution may have totally cleaned them out, and a good thing too. Cisco is still $8M in the hole, though... -chazz
I think that they are talking retail vs. cost. Which works. -ecoli
27 mill? lets see.. thats about 2250 asr1001.. damn! -Harm
Damn you Gary Larson. Thanks to you, everytime I see the word clown used in place of idiot or similar, I picture actual clowns doing the deed. But seriously, Thieves suck a$$. Their actions almost always lead to higher prices for law abiding non-a$$hole people. -RoadDemon
RoadDemon: How would Gary Larson draw an ass-clown? -chazz
Thanks chazz. Now I got an image of 2 ass cheeks in clown makeup and a wig. But the reference was to a far side comic where they were in a military facility. And 2 people in charge were standing next to each other as if they were talking, and the one says, "Hey, what does that clown think he is doing.?" . And there is a clown randomly pressing buttons at a missle launching station. And I really suck at using words. -RoadDemon
See, I make a small profit on sales of brain bleach... <grin> Seriously, though. Yes, with Far Side and Kliban both using "clown" literally that way, I have the same imagery whenever someone is referred to as a clown, rather than an idiot. -chazz
Makes you wonder just how pervasive the more clever counterfeit parts are, in the active device chain. Side note: the Larson comic with the clown reaching for the launch button is one that lives on the fridge even now. *grin* -Grue
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One of the LART masters - Read and laugh [By: DarkRookie / 2011-05-05]
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Would be neat if he/she worked in IT! Better yet, direct support...in person. I don't believe I'd be able to get anything done due to my laughter. -ravensentinel
lmao.. this dude is simply hilarous. -kennz
roflmao -virusjtg
"The supermarket
"If they made the aisles wider we could drive our car in and grab things through the window and pay on the way out like at McDonalds." I like that idea. I'm going to the patent office right now. -burrkiss
wow, reminds me of Gord. -AdmiralLaurie
Gord is King. Remember, Gord successfully performed the Arse-over-tea-kettle maneuver. Actsofgord.com -unrenowned
Wow, that dude is EVIL... -PTSTech
There's a line between being a shock-jock and a jerk@$$. This guy crosses the line too often. -Wraith556
greatest thing EVER. i'm giggling hystefrically over the bear. -Harm
I think I broke something laughing at the chlorine and brake fluid sending a golfball through two walls trick. -AdmiralLaurie
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PSN Attack, Important!! - That contains most, is not all, of the stories about the attack on the PSN, plus some other unrelated (Easiest link I could get with all info from work). Plus a couple of extra. "Profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers," states Sony, might have been taken. I don't remember if CC info was stolen or not. You know the drill. Password resets and be wary of email from Sony. (I was bored with the politic story. If it wants to be returned, I will add it back. CTRL-A, CTRL-C, CTRL-V, CTRL-S FTW) [By: DarkRookie / 2011-04-27]
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So far I can count of two articles reporting of credit/debit card theft. As to authenticity, I couldn't give you an answer. If you have your CC/Debit info on PSN, I would suggest either calling your CC company and let them know or going to your bank and getting a new debit card; depends on your situation. -unrenowned
Looks like someone was ready for this! http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20057921-260.html -unrenowned
I haven't seen or heard of any Sony database records floating around the web. (Unlike the Gawker and Minecraft things where somebody posted the logins and hashes as well as reversed hashes). -linuxmatt
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Sean Duffy is a Hypocritical Prick - Hey, Duffy: Go fuck yourself. No, I mean that with all due sincerity. You earn over three times what the average American does for sitting on your ass playing god, and you're "struggling." You don't know the first thing about struggling, you piece of shit. Struggling is waking up in the middle of the night with bronchitis, no health insurance, and trying to decide if you can afford a trip to the doctor. Struggling is figuring out how you're going to pay for that $600 car repair on your 1979 Oldsmobile POS so you can get to work (or even worse, go try to find work). Struggling is paying your goddamn salary in place of putting food on the table.
I will be posting this video in every forum I can find, and then some. And to the GOP idiots who think they can keep it a secret, bring it on, you hypocritical fascist fucks. PLEASE, start something with me. I WANT you to.
Also posted at http://www.ericandkathy.net/SeanDuffy.flv [By: RiffRaff / 2011-04-01]
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I urge anyone with a website to repost this video. -RiffRaff
Will have to watch when I get home. -ravensentinel
/me pokes the angry Riff with a stick (have to watch it when I get home as well) -DarkRookie
That's the video they first posted to Youtube themselves, then wanted censored from the internet when they realized it didn't put them in a good light? Yes, it needs to get mirrored on every website in existence. -Calydor
Oh riff, there are so many comments, but so little space. -AdmiralLaurie
Dude, I'm a republican - from WI...Duffy - BAD move idiot! He's not in my district otherwise I'd vote against him - even if that meant voting democrat...WTF? -redevil34
Riff, as usual, you RAWK! -CTYankee
Hmm... $174k a year? What could I do with that? In one year I could pay off all my credit card debt, student loan debt, mortgage and lien, fix the roof on my garage, fix the driveway that's buckling, remove the trees causing said buckling, re-landscape the yard, and re-insulate the entire house. Oh yeah, and probably fix the foundation issues I have in the house as well. And that's just with 1 year's worth. If he doesn't want it, I'll take it. -exzyle2k
exzyle2k +1 here! I'm struggling so much that my spending is in lockdown after I bulk buy my train tickets for the month, pay the minimum on my credit card, and whatever bills are mine to pay so I can pay the mortgage. I don't eat breakfast and lunch is whatever leftovers are available. No leftovers, no lunch. I can't remember the last time I ever bought a lunch. $174K? I dream about having a salary like that. On the plus side, no snacks and reduced food intake has resulted in a 10kg (22lb) weight loss over the last two months. -Wraith556
Riff... yeah, this guy needs some form of epic LARTin'. I haven't been lurking much lately (long story) but the day I come in to check things out, there you are bein' the best damned brat you can be. (The other half, being seriously one of the crown princes of brats, said he could hear bullshit and backpedaling in the little weasel's voice without even seeing the video. Musical ears. Go figure, hm?) -teivrann
174k?! fraak! CAN'T LIVE OFF THAT!!??!! you have got to be kidding me.. if with our punitive taxes i could pay off everythign withion a year! CC's studen loans - car.. put a good chunk down on the principal of the mortgage.. -Harm
yeah, I could live on that much. Hell my wife and I make about half that, and we manage to live, pay our bills, ect. If suddenly we doubled our pay...man -Phylok
A few years ago, my wife and I combined were probably making closer to that (2/3, maybe) than most. It wasn't "enough", but it *did* cover the $3k/month mortgage, two car payments, utilities, and budgeted toys/vacations. San Jose is not cheap. (If we make a third of it this year, we'll be lucky!) -Divinar
Wife and I made a combined amount of 20% of that last year. We haven't missed a single payment to credit cards or any other debts. Yes, we live in a "cheap" area of the country, but it's also about figuring out priorities. Of course, the "paying for everything" idea is out the window now, with the added health debts she accrued late last year. -Transkaren
This kinda says it all http://news.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/03/31/political-pictures-wisconsin-sean-duffy-please-give/#comments -McSmiley
Sean Duffy, I feel your pain. Why, I myself have to make sacrifices. I've cut back to being hand-fed by only 6 scantily-clad supermodels instead of my usual 8. Oh, the sacrifices we must make. (They say sarcasm doesn't translate well to the written word. You be the judge.) -MisterCommon
Let's see if I can put it into words, and still try to be polite and calm. If medicaid suddenly stopped paying for my seizure meds, (they won't pay for the one without prior authorization from the doc) I would be paying close to a thousand bucks a month. Add that to my pain meds, needed herbal supplements (melatonin, valerian, etc) and you've got a ton of money right there. Rent comes first, then other bills. then household items. Then anything else. I can't really save any kind of money for a trip. I do what I love, and I wish I could get paid for it. If the trillion bucks getting cut out of medicaid includes not covering some prescripton drugs, I'm up a creek. You struggle on 174K a year? You s.o.b, you sicken me. That's not struggling. That's not sacrifice. That's talking out your behind and saying it's smoke when it's your own miasma. I doubt you ever have known struggling. You were probably the big snotty little kid who wore the finest clothes, and laughed at your classmates who had to wear second or even third hand clothes. You think you know pain, but how about having thirty, forty even more than that petit mal seizures, and having to relearn tasks, or, god forbid, having to end up never living on your own. You don't know pain. You don't know true sacrifice. You know your own definition of it. And you, little boy, need to rewrite your internal dictionary.
That was directed at the whiny weasle, Riff, not you. -AdmiralLaurie
@ AdmiralLaurie /clap /clap /clap -Transkaren
Agreed *golf clap* for the Admiral. -0gr3
More comments: you've never known anything but comfort and looking down your nose at the needy constituents. You've never been on SNAP, or medicaid. You've never been rushed to the hospital, on empty pockets, praying that medicaid will cover the trip, and the stay. You've never had to choose between medicine and food, and then drinking your lattes up there in that comfy chair of yours. Let me tell you something, you pompous, stuck-up weasel. You want to cut everything but your own salary. Quit lining your pockets. Live like your poorest constituents for a year. Cut your own salary in, say, half. Live like some of us do. A little over three bucks a day to live and eat on. Imagine only having a few dollars at the end of the month. Imagine not having enough money to, say, get your hair cut. Understand the pains and life of your voters. You say you've struggled. I call bs! You've never struggled a day in your life. Imagine paying your rent, that's close to $600 a month, and you, after a cable internet bill that's there because you can't afford a real phone line, having just barely enough for household necessities. Imagine having to have a home provider, because you can't live independently. For once, put yourself in the needy's shoes. That are third hand. Imagine choosing between medicine and food, and having to snap your pills in half, taking only a tiny bit of the recommended dose and praying it lasts you two weeks. Learn how to cook rice and oats. Learn how to cook partly vegetarian, because meat is so bloody expensive. Feel it in your heart, the loneliness, the pain, of not having any kind of pet, because you can't afford the vet, the food, etc. You cannot sensor the internet. You've been cast into a light that you don't want. Let me tell you something. Backpedalling doesn't work anymore. Someone, somewhere, has a copy of the speech you made. It can be shown to the world at any time. You wouldn't know pain and struggle if it hopped up, bit your nose and scampered away. You don't realise that you are losing those of us who wish we could change what's being done. You sit in that comfy chair and think you've known struggle. Your family didn't know sacrifice. Lying to your constituents is losing you more votes than gaining them. You want to know struggle? Put down those lattes you drink every morning. Take off that suit. Wear pants and shirts that are third hand. You have to choose between washing clothes and medicine for the month. No, you can't dry-clean your things. Now come back and talk to us when you've gotten the concept of real struggle. And pain. -AdmiralLaurie
It's back on youtube...at least part of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAAtSVQyXZU -ravensentinel
First, let me state that I believe this guy is a complete and total idiot and completely fails to understand his constituents. That being said, let's throw a couple facts out there. In his own way, he IS struggling - because he has a regular home AND a vacation home, both with mortgages. There are things he'd like to spend money on that he can't because he's underwater on both. That prevents him from selling either because he doesn't have the money to pay off the loans associated due to depressed housing prices. That being said, he needs to start paying down principal on the vacation home until he's back "above water" on the loan and sell the damn thing. Simple financial common sense that a lot of people can't seem to follow. People like that should not be in the position of materially affecting the economy through the passage of laws. If you are in his district - I'd recommend you vote against him in the next election. -virtualchoirboy
@VCB: why would you buy a house, not have it paid off, and buy another, just to go through the whole mortgage process all over again with the second house? I never understood that. Maybe it's because I've never actually owned a property, but it seems to me that owning one property is expensive enough as is, depending on where you live. So then why buy, say, a house in a suburb, then buy a waterfront property? I just can't fathom someone wanting to go through that twice. And if you only spend two weeks or less a year at the vacation home, why not rent somewhere? It's cheaper, maybe not in the short term, but he wouldn't have to pay, say, $1500 on a house he's not living in. and if renting for that amount of time is, say, $2000, then yes, he's spending a little more right then, but he's not spending money for the property taxes, utilities, etc, on a place he doesn't own. Oh, nice. My brain is fried. -AdmiralLaurie
That's just Rule Number 1 of Public Speaking for the Elite/Rich: Try to show the mob in front of you that you don't think you are Elite/Rich, but just another Average Joe. Its supposed to work for Politicians on both sides of the fence as well as movie and tv stars. -adarklite
Not able to live on $174K? Please. I'm sure I could find 4 other families in this city who would be thrilled to split it with us and we'd all do just fine. -Dreamstalker
A few simple words..."Fuck Sean Duffy & the privileged cunts he rode in on." -lineswine
That a-hole needs to walk in our shoes sometimes. I am jobless, a 4 time cancer survivor with diabetes and a heart condition. My medial bills are through the roof, my husband's check barely keeps a roof over our heads, we have 2 sons, one of whom is going to college this year. Who the HELL does he think he is ? I'd like to introduce him to what REAL struggle is. -persephone
@AL: Hard to say really. Sometimes with renting, you can end up with a bad location despite good reviews. Your price would also fluctuate based on how many people were going. With a 2nd/vacation home, you know in advance what the pros and cons are, how many people can come along, etc. As for the mortgage process, I'd put it on par with understanding annual signups for insurance. Yes, it can be complicated if you don't understand the terms and rules. However, once you learn some of them, it's actually pretty easy - kind of like computers... :-) -virtualchoirboy
Now, previous comments aside, I also believe his decision to buy a 2nd home was a very bad decision and based on lies put forth by the banks and real estate agencies. For someone who wants to help shape national policy, he's a fool for not having seen it coming. As such, he doesn't deserve the job. Heck, the only one I've seen in recent days that DOES deserve it is Ron Wyden from Oregan who actually seems to understand some of the more technical issues facing Congress these days. Sometimes wish I lived there so I could vote for him. -virtualchoirboy
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Last Friday there was a problem with one of the banks that delayed processing of our salaries. Until I knew the money had been cleared, I wasn't facing the problem of "What do we eat?" over the weekend but the more fundamental "Do We Eat?" I'll bet Sean Duffy has never had to face possible starvation! -Wraith556
you know...this is one of those speeches that really should wake people up to the political "beer goggles" that the congress has. If i did not have a generous family willing to bail my ass out of hot water, id be on the streets broke. mostly my own fault, but in the end it wouldn't have mattered. now i struggle to pay the mortgage, fix the cars, repair the house (as much as i can by my self), and keep my family afloat. and i watch as my dabt which is over 200k (including the house) VERY slowly decays. 174K per year? sign me up! That would pay off every dime i owe in 2 years, if i changed nnothing of how i live. i know i am in a better situation than some, and i have tried to help when i can. but to talk about a salary that is AT LEAST 2 times what the average middle class worker is getting and probably closer to 3x and claim that you are struggling? i hope something karmic happens to this guy so that he truly understands that word. and then have someone shove that video in his face. -gashach
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Argument for Free Software - If you can get around his paranoia and conspiracy theories, this guy makes some of the most eloquent arguments for free software that I've heard. [By: RiffRaff / 2011-03-15]
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The thing is, he's not wrong about cell phones. Most have GPS built in, and all can be located through triangulation between cell towers. You can definitely be tracked by your cell, and they can be turned on remotely to eavesdrop. Of course, some people actually choose to have their cell report where they are thanks to various apps. Sorry, I do not understand why people actually want to do that. -SalParadise
One reason (and it's not a bad one) for wanting to publish your location is to meet up with friends (say, at a festival or race track, where it may not be possible to be heard on the phone), so your location can be overlaid on a map so your friends can find you. -Diptera
Magenta & I use it to know each other's location so we don't have to call while the other might be driving. Also, for my own personal purposes, I allow Latitude to keep a history of my movements since it could serve as a necessary alibi some day. If the government wants to track me, there is little I can do to stop them, shy of ditching all technology and going off the grid. -RiffRaff
Personally, I turn all the GPS stuff off. At least it says it is. If someone needs to get ahold of me of find me, they know where I am or how to reach me. If they don't know where I am, I don't want them to get ahold of me. Working for Big Brother has made me paranoid. Ironic. -ravensentinel
"At least it says it's off." If you believe that the cell phone makers are sufficiently in Big Brother's pocket that they will report your position to the feds, it's not a large stretch to believe that the cell phone could have been built to lie to you about whether it was reporting your position... and whether its microphone is running. Me, I know enough about batteries to know that if I can go almost a week between recharges, then the phone isn't sending a lot of data, and is almost certainly not eavesdropping on me. -chazz
Every time I listen to RS, it's the same thing. He starts out with a really articulate argument on a sound point, and at some point just veers off into crazytown. I'm all for open source and/or free software, but to say that any other variety is not only bad but unethical is just terrible reasoning. While I might agree with RS on the odd point here or there, it's safe to say that he and I do not share the same view of the world. -linkv
A week between charges? Wow. Never had a phone that could do that. I rarely use it for much beyond keeping up with email and the occasional office phone call that gets forwarded...but somehow, 10-11 hours later, its dead. Only had it about 2 months after my last phone started doing the same thing after 2 years of service. Either way, it must be doing something. Not sure what, but I've not investigated much either. -ravensentinel
Raven: Not a smart phone, those things eat bandwidth, and bandwidth is super expensive in the Great White North. LG GT350. Seems it lasts on standby, with very light use (average about 150 minutes / month) for 5 to 7 days before I lose the first bar (of three) of battery. -chazz
Being paranoid doesn't guarantee nobody is out to get him. -AussieFoot
For the really paranoid people, You can always build a small Faraday cage to store your phone in when not in use. -RoadDemon
I could swear I've seen ads for faraday wallets and cell-phone holsters around the web... -Omega
Faraday wallets actually now make sense, with RFID chips in credit cards being scanned easier than picking a pocket. (How long before we need to shield the chips in our heads? That is eventually where cell phones will go, chips embedded behind our ears. We'll NEED those tin-foil hats then.) -Captain Trips
My only argument for having gps enabled is if something happens, and I have no clue where we are (say a car wreck) the medics, etc can find us. We are also going to see about getting me one of those small pendants so that if I do wander off due to being disoriented, I can be found. However, I don't like the thought of big bro tracking me. I have no reason to fear it, however having GPS on devices is a double-edged sword. -AdmiralLaurie
Niven's Law of Freedom: F*S=k. (Freedom times security is a constant.) If you seek greater security, you must give up some freedom. Different societies have different values of "k". Niven's law of Freedom revised: Giving up freedom for security has begun to look naive. Having GPS able to find you in an emergency is good, but for that security you need to give up your freedom from big brother-ism, at least a bit. (Now, let's look at F*S=k from the pov of "The Patriot Act." If we want maximum security, we might as well put ourselves in prison.) -Captain Trips
What itty bitty bit of the patriot act I managed to stay awake through reading, it seems to provide funding for recovery from terrorist attacks. I understand through group discussions in debate and government class that it also provides new federal law enforcement powers that, while enhancing security, also remove some, if not all, of a few of our liberties. I don't like the thought of BB having a look at what books I borrow, even though I don't borrow anything that would be incriminating. It's my right as a citizen here to check out books without having someone snooping through them. Who knows, one day they may make vampire books illegal, or, gods forbid, morally corrupt. I hope that never happens. Morals are in the eye of the beholder, not a collective conscience, even though some special interest groups may wish it were so. -AdmiralLaurie
I've always held the belief that our government (The US) is too incompetent for most conspiracies. As for specifically tracking someone by GPS, sure it's possible and I don't doubt it's been done. But unless you're wanted for something, or a suspected terrorist, do you really believe the government has the time and resources to care? Also as RiffRaff said, it could actually be used as an alibi. Read a recent article of a man who got out of several tickets because his phone GPS recorded that he wasn't actually speeding. Another neat function not mentioned here is that android phones can change settings depending on location/speed/etc. It's possible to set it to vibrate at work, ring at home. Or kick on blue tooth and Pandora whenever you top a certain speed. -LazyLemming
I just know you're baiting me with this. And I can't take it anymore, I've got to say something. The Albany Tea Party held about half a dozen "transpartisan" public debates. The radical left vs the Tea Party radical right. In all those meetings, I have NEVER met ANYBODY, EVER, who disparaged marxism, and yet, WANTED government handouts. This man is a pure anomaly who resents government control, and yet, wants government to be mommy and daddy. He's right on a few of his "conspiracy theories" like cell phones tracking us, and yet, he only wants PART of the patriot act repealed ? I think I need to talk to this man -Spyder19
I'll just leave this here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/30/cell_tracking/ "A German Green Party member has successfully extracted the tracking information stored by his mobile operator, and created a map that shows his every movement over a six month period." -SalParadise
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Management vs. chaos - Dilbert cartoon (SFW) that definitely shows management at its finest in a scenario that I see every day. (Deploying servers, since I do server support.) [By: tech4alltrades / 2011-02-27]
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Me: We should use freeBSD as a firewall. Boss: I don't trust that free stuff, here I have found netBSD in a magazine - that's what we should use. -Gerund
Hells to the yes. Let's try it. -LDFeral
We recently had a reconfiguration move at my workplace (shrinking our cubes so as to get four into the space formerly used by three, similar deal with several offices). Everybody got a detailed email: "Pack your personal items, unplug your technology but do not pack it, be ready to go by 4 PM on this date." In this way we have discovered that our managers either do not read their email or cannot follow simple directions... -AnneBWalsh
http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2011-02-20/ I loved this one! -minchazo
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NZ TSCers, please check in! - This one's nastier than last September's quake, because of location and depth. Good luck to our NZ friends! [By: Grue / 2011-02-21]
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I've been watching the footage on our break room TV and it's just heartbreaking. My thoughts go out to anyone who is affected by this disaster. -LadySharky
So far 65 ppl confirmed dead within a few hours, that's huge. Mates down there watching bodies being carried out of buildings... Is terrible, terrible stuff. My thoughts & prayers are with anyone down there. -rosemetal
Mahal and Nightrain should be OK (they're on North Island) but I'll get hold of them as soon as I can and report back. -Gromit
Cheers Gromit, much appreciated. -lineswine
Sorry, Gromit - I'd left out mentioning that I was in contact with Mahal while putting this note up in the first place, and that NightRain was in contact with her - both are well outside the affected area, and are fine. -Grue
Aye, NR and I are fine, and our friends / workmates / families in the region are all physically OK. We're the lucky ones... -Mahal
I'm surprised there were as many deaths as there were. Lots of old buildings failing? -Transkaren
I saw it come across my twitter from a well-known NZer in the vi community. He's ok, his family are ok, but it's still awful, it is much worse than last year's earthquakes. My prayers and thoughts to everyone there and around there. -AdmiralLaurie
I'm fine, I'm in Wellington, but did feel it. Dad was out of Chch at the time thankfully, and his wife was here in Wellington too. -ApolloSZ
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LOTR IRL - Best 5 minutes of my life, I was laughing so hard at the end I cried a little. [By: 0gr3 / 2011-02-08]
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Sorry, didn't mean to but the link of the previous one. Here is the prior one on UBB http://www.techcomedy.com/members/message_board/viewtopic.php?t=11491. I guess I shouldn't post stuff when being distracted by lusers :S -0gr3
I always thought larpers were a bit out there. (This from a guy that dresses up like a pirate and says "argh" all weekend!) -Captain Trips
That was funny. I needed that laugh this morning. -DarkRookie
It reminds me of the Reno 911 episode where Patton Oswalt and some others are LARPing when the cops come by. It's pee-your-pants funny. -SalParadise
OK, I've been known to don full Klingon armor and headpiece, and yes, I can say a few words in tlhIngan Hol, but I never forget I'm acting. -Divinar
BUHAHAHA Daddy like. -burrkiss
"<Mitchell_Henderson> Kid kicks Bruno in the fucking balls - <Mitchell_Henderson> Bruno just fucking BACKHANDS HIM - <Mitchell_Henderson> WHAM - <Mitchell_Henderson> Kid's out cold." Someone buy "Bruno" a beer! -unrenowned
I worked in a hospital for MANY years and don't have any stories even close to that funny. -Starfury
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WAAAAY too seriously, don't they? -lineswine
This is obviously made up. Anybody who was serious enough about LARP to continue it in a public environment wouldn't mix up so many different lores and get so many things wrong. I also don't think it's the least bit funny to use inappropriate physical overreactions to their behavior, either. Seriously. -TechMama
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breakroom link - Moved the rest into the breakroom post again. [By: gashach / 2011-02-07]
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Gotta keep this front page shiny clean for the Canadians. Too many characters steals them bandwidths! -DarthIndy
Reminder: The Break Room is open to everyone, you don't need a star to get in and post. -chazz
DAMNIT gashach! Quit being a censorship commie bastard! -Caboose447
well *CENSORED* started it! -gashach
Come and see the censorship inherent in the system! Help, help, I'm being opressed! -Diptera
gotta keep the size of the front page down, what with the bandwidth caps, wouldn't want the canadians to get overcharged on bandwidth! -metaball
Use skinny letters! The fat ones use too many zeroes, and they increase our bandwidth! -SwedishChef
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Prior content moved into the Break Room - Prior content moved to the linked thread. *grin* [By: Grue / 2011-02-06]
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Spoilsport. :p ;-) -SwedishChef
Why move it? -Gromit
It was getting a bit long, is all. -Grue
It wasn't as long as the WikiLeaks post. -Tekkie
Long? Look, whatever your excuse, it's censorship to move things from the main page and hide them elsewhere. Discussions belong where they stand, and your attempts at moderating them is pissing people off. Stop trying to be Hawk, asshole. -NoneProvided
Ah, yes. I expected that there would be an entry from one of the several "straw man" accounts that folks have made to hide behind in a quest for anonymity while making inaccurate or inflammatory statements. "Censorship" and "acting like Hawk" would have possibly involved removing the post entirely, and not giving the clearly labeled link. It would also involve removing the account of such as you, who acts with no sense of public decorum whatsoever. One of the unwritten rules off "netiquette" on TSC is that you don't intentionally "break the formatting" by making an entry over-run to the side of the page. I simply have the opinion that it's unnecessary to leave a long discourse on this page, causing the same effect vertically. Next time, I'll simply imitate you and register a "straw man" account of my own, then bump the entry off here without more than a placeholder link to something useless. This would likely be more suitable to you, because it, like you, would strive for anonymity. Personally, I usually feel no need for such antics. Either way, suit yourself - the Internet doesn't care. -Grue
I think "NoneProvided" needs some ointment for the burn... -Caboose447
Lacking a little star next to my name does not make my opinion worthless. Anonymity is not an antic, but a precaution in this case. You work for the Department of Homeland Security. Also, knowing your control issues, as demonstrated above, I feel everything I have done to protect myself is warranted. That said, they make extensions for browsers that keep everything orderly and neat. If you're not smart enough to install one, then I guess we know exactly what type of government tech you are, don't we? -NoneProvided
Sheesh. Someone's got their panties in a bunch, don't they? As one of the participants of the previous thread, I'm not bothered a wit by it being moved. Maybe "noneprovided" should get off their soapbox and take a stress pill. -SwedishChef
I'm amused! I'd sent a message to Hawk pointing him in this direction, in case he disagreed with me. His reply: "funny...your right I don't care :) have a good one!" Nice to know the site's owner doesn't have a problem with what I've done or said about it. -Grue
The only person that seems to have an issue with it, is the lil'baby "NoneProvided". Someone who feels the need to hide, and doens't have the BALLS to show his face. @NoneProvided, having a star means that we support TSC and its founder and do what we can to help keep this site active. It does't mean that we have more or less of a valid opinion. There have been star members who have been shuned in to oblivion because of trolling. I think you need to pull your head out of your ass and give it a shake. None of us care where the original thread went. It is in an area that can continue a PROPER discussion. So this I ask of you. Either show yourself and quit hiding, or piss off! -Caboose447
Right...your entire argument for moving the posts rests on "The site owner doesn't care". Hawk didn't move the post, YOU did. And someone cares. As for "a proper discussion", there is nothing wrong with having a proper discussion on the main page, where everyone here can show off their ability to respond respectfully and intelligently. LOTD is one of the things that shows off this site, and the intelligence behind it. Crap like the above shows nothing more than Grue's inability to let this site be itself. Flaws and all. -NoneProvided
I think someone needs to get laid (re: NoneProvided). Give it a rest already. -Caboose447
see, this is the soapbox. not a discussion thread. anyone with a star can come and change it without any word to the morons. grue took a discussion and put it somewhere where it would not be lost at the end of today when i will change this topic out of spite. -gashach
never mind. soap box is down there...now to go find a good link. -gashach
Two misconceptions -- the big one being that you need a star to post in the forums. You don't. If you did, it would be a really lonely place... And second, that Grue "hid" the post. He did leave a nice, accessible link to it right there in front of you... and said what it was a link to. -chazz
Noneprovided, stop throwing a temper tantrum. Just because you have to click a few more times to find the discussion doesn't mean that Grue is sensoring the site. That his employer is DHS doesn't mean he automatically sensors everything he touches. What if, because of your site name, I told you that you didn't exist? After all, it would be an appropriate assumption, as you are assuming with Grue. Grue isn't acting like Hawk. You, however, seem to have dilusions of being hawk, or knowing what he wants. If I were you, I'd cool it, settle down, sit the fsck down, and STFU! Just because you're a star member or not doesn't make your opinion any less valid. But behaviour like this does tell some of us that you're not mature enough to handle being told you're wrong. Now, get off that high horse of yours, and grow up. -AdmiralLaurie
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Metered bandwidth in Canada - I know many countries have strictly-enforced bandwidth caps but this move looks like nothing more than a way to make Bell Canada more money and to throttle competitors. [By: Tekkie / 2011-02-01]
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Thankfully, the PM has agreed to look into this now. Perhaps we'll get it overturned! -SwedishChef
Fortunately, I'm paying for a business-class account here, even though it's on the USA side of the issue. 213GB of activity on the account in the past 4 days & 5 hours.... -Grue
I finally got to reading Ars today. Beyond a doubt, stupidest fucking idea ever, and I poured oil and gasoline on a creek to set it alight. -DarkRookie
DSL plans with excess data charges used to be the rule rather than the exception here, they are still common. Charges vary from $1/GB to a ludicrous $2000/GB ($2/MB) and data caps can start as low as 200MB. -AussieFoot
In the UK users generally have the choice of cheap bandwidth-limited DSL or more expensive unlimited packages, although most residential users are too dumb to check the bandwidth caps and just buy the cheapest package no matter how limited/throttled it is ("broadband's broadband, innit?"). Except my customers - assuming they talk to me before committing themselves, that is... <sigh> -Gromit
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/932571--ottawa-to-reverse-crtc-decision-on-internet-billing?bn=1 looks like they changed there mind -DarkRookie
excuse me. It looks like they are going to change there mind -DarkRookie
Today is the 4th. I just received notice that I'm at 75% of my 60 GB for this month. No torrents, no online gaming, no streaming video. Wtf, liars. -ThinTheHerd
This pisses me off, but from the other side of the coin. From my perspective, the smaller ISPs, which
already charge less than Bell (as Bell in MANDATED to charge more than small ISPs, and to defer that
"extra" money into an account that is solely to be used to improve the existing infrastructure), are
complaining that they are being forced to charge their subscribers for bandwidth usage above 25GB/month
(which Bell has already been doing for over 4 years) because it will cause them to lose subscribers.
Excuse me? They've already been sucking the proverbial golden teat and now whine that they have to pay
for the milk. Having to pay an additional $1.50/GB (the average) for usage above 25GB is not that
unrealistic for a residential 6M DSL service (and the caps are higher and overage charges lesser for
services above 6M), especially since insurance plans (ie: $5/month for another 40GB on the cap) are
readily available. And before the words "anti-competitive practices" come up, I personally think it is
anti-compettitive for small ISPs to lease the infrastructure from a maajor ISP, at a discounted rate no
less, and then offer unlimited download when the ISP that owns the lines does not. In a nutshell, all I
hear when I listen to the arguments against UBB is "I want my unlimited downloooooooooooooooooad!!" -Jonos
cept the real problem is the Big ISPs that lease the lines didnt exactly pat for them. the pipes were government subsidised many years ago. given how much dark fiber has been laid around the country the big 3 really have the infrastucture availble. why do they trottle certain applications and drop badwidth caps? odd the the same Big 3 ISPs offer telephone service, television / satelite tv services and on demand IPtv service. many customers are sick of paying for television or land line services and are going with alternatoves. drop the cap from 100gb to 25 - and oh look our servies would be cheaper then say 8bux for netflix. its BS from the big ISP side. worked for em. worked for BNR (owned by bell / Nortel) which developed the OC lines and several fiber switching technologies. -Harm
If the cost of use per GB was anywhere near proportional to the cost of delivering that GB, I would have no problem paying for how much I download. Even at 10 cent per GB, bell would be making more than 90% of that as profit.
Also, bell is able to offer ipTV services that do not count towards the bandwidth cap on the internet connection, making their service attractive vs youtube, netflix etc. The barrier of entry for competing video services is not only based on how attractive their set of media is, their customer service, advertising etc. but now on how well they can deliver their content over a system that is designed to penalize their users for using their service.
It may be that 90% of the population is subsidizing the other 10%'s habits, but when you think of the cost per GB vs the fixed cost of providing a connection, the subsidy is negligible. assuming a 5mbit connection is 40$ from Teksavvy, -30% markup would be $30.77, minus 20% markup from bell assumes a fixed cost of $26 per connection, per month. The cost to bell, rounding up per GB, is $0.01, if a user downloads 200GB that would be $2 cost to bell, marked up to $2.20 for teksavvy, and if they chose to pass that onto the consumer it would be $2.86/200GB with bell and teksavvy making a profit. The user would have to download over 600 GB of data in a month to make the one account unprofitable for teksavvy to eat the cost of bandwidth, if the cost to the consumer was proportional to the cost for bell. -boxxertrumps
First of all, Bell doesn't lease the lines at a markup, then lease them to resellers at -15% of what they charge their own customers, so that the smaller ISPs can be "competitive". Secondly, the resellers sell with a much higher bandwidth cap (if any, per their website) than Bell does. Thirdly, guess what? You ~can~ get that by buying into an insurance plan. If you go over the 50GB limit on the 12M connection, for example, you can pay $5 more for 40GB. Doing the math, that 12.5 cents per GB. But that is not even the point. If you can't get the 12M speed because some people using Teksavvy are soaking up the majority of the available bandwidth for that period of time, who are you going to complain to then? You complain to Bell because of slow speeds and tell them to do something about it. Bell researched the problem, found out this is what it was, and went to the CRTC to try to get it resolved. The CRTC made its own determinations, made its decision (and keep in mind that this is the CRTC's preferred way to deal with this problem), and now everyone is blaming Bell for being money-hungry when they are doing nothing more than trying to level the playing field and prevent what they feel is abuse. -Jonos
Jonos - from my point of view, it is a pure money grab. Why? Well, my house in a relatively new subdivision. 10 years old this year. The company that won the rights to provide telephone/DSL service install fiber optics up to the last mile. It was advertised all over. 5 years ago that company was bought out by Rogers. DSL disappeared. My *ONLY* option for high speed internet is Rogers. I've checked. I can't even get Bell DSL, because it is not available. So, I'm stuck paying $50/month for 60/gb from Rogers on a 10mb connection. My only options are to pay more for more or less for less. Bring in UBB, and suddenly my $50 pays for LESS of a connection. There is absolutely NO competition as it is in my area, and UBB would stifle that even further. The fixed cost for setting up my area was paid for by a small company. NOT Bell or anyone else. Rogers bought them out and took away the option for DSL in my neighbourhood. So, please, tell me again how it is unfair to the Big Three that they aren't allowed to cap my internet further. -SwedishChef
I personally wouldn't mind this given three preconditions: (1) that the cost per GB actually reflected the cost of delivering that GB independent of infrastructure (the wire and routers are already there, after all, that's what I'm paying my base fees for); (2) there is some easily accessible meter that allows me to see, minute by minute if I want to, how much I'm using, and preferably have it be on my premises, perhaps built into my modem; and (3) that I have some choice as to who I buy the service from. In my case, I'm lucky in that I have three choices, two hardwired and one over the air; not everyone has that choice. But my other two points are most emphatically not being met. -chazz
I'd also like to point out that UBB will seriously impact small business. For example, my company has 12 people. We had Bell Business DSL years ago, but the speed was only 1mb, and the wires were bad, so connection was spotty, especially during bad weather. In order to "upgrade", Bell was going to charge us ~$1500 to run new wires to our building. Rogers wasn't in the area, but for roughly the same price, they would give us service. So, we went to a Line of Sight wireless service. 10mb for less per month than Bell. However, since the ISP is small, and part of their service is through leased Bell lines, our company would now face the same restrictions on band width, even though we technically don't use Bell's lines. So, we either pay through the nose to Bell because of UBB, or we pay through the nose to switch to Bell. Not much competition or choice there, is there? -SwedishChef
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Steampunk Palin - No, they're not kidding. You are well-advised to check your sanity at the door. [By: Dante668 / 2011-01-22]
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...My brain is full of FSCK. -Seamus
Steampunk - "Goths who decided it might be fun to wear brown for a change."
ROFL -Gerund
bwahahahahahah... -madonnac
"steampunk" always makes me think of this online comic: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php -Erictheblue
That's because that comic is pretty much based on steampunk. -Omega
Why is Palin ruining Steampunk? Wasn't destroying the ratings on the Discovery Channel enough?? -unrenowned
Erictheblue.... I think I hate you. I went through the entire archives since Saturday. -Transkaren
Need... brain... bleach... -Jonos
The term "jumping the shark" leaps quickly to mind. Now if both steampunk AND Palin would go the way of Happy Days would be a service to the world. On the other hand, they DID draw her pretty hot. I'm having a problem NOT looking -Spyder19
WTF? -VIPERsssss
i'm repulsed... AND aroused?! -Harm
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A Soldier's Christmas - Having had several family members and personal friends who have been that lonely soldier in a land far from home on Christmas Day, I salute all who are currently standing the post. May God bless all of them and bring all of them safely home. And to any of you who are reading this from said posts, this son of a Vietnam era Cold War vet and brother of two more Cold War vets salutes you. [By: tech4alltrades / 2010-12-22]
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Since I work for a VA hospital, I shared it with my coworkers. Thanks for posting the link. -skippytpodar
My pleasure, skippy. i work for a DoD contractor, so may post that there & Email it to a friend & customer or two. -tech4alltrades
Having my best friend's husband in the military, and my grandfather having served in BFE, I toast all of those who are standing the post this holiday season. And for those who have served, thank you, a zillion times over. -AdmiralLaurie
Know and love that version very well. Amen! -MadJack
It's a nice poem, but is improperly attributed according to Snopes. The real author is James M. Schmidt, who was a Lance Corporal and was published in Leathernecks (Magazine of the Marines) in 1991, 5 years after the original writing (in 1986). http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/soldier.asp for the references... -VoiceOfSanity
Very much appreciated! Spent 3 christmas's in Iraq/Kuwait. -ravensentinel
Then Raven, I thank you and salute you for your services -tech4alltrades
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BORG V 1.0 - Bill's cataract surgery made me notice this link... How to become a borg, V1.0. I can't imagine that it will stop here tho... [By: Spyder19 / 2010-12-07]
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Just wait till the guys over at Google get inspired by this. Street Level views are gonna get a WHOLE lot more detailed. -Stryker One
I may be missing something, but it looks like they implanted the magnetic mounting pad to his scalp and the camera attached to it. How is this different from just wearing a headband with a camera mount? Seems like unnecessary surgery to me... -JoeLugian
Yea, that was the whole point of the borg thing. Just like the borg, if ya wanna upgrade, you just pop off the old one and pop on the new one. Personally, I'd have gone with the $5 pair of "see-behind" glasses -Spyder19
I keep telling my friend who lost an eye to cancer as a child that she should see if she could get some sort of webcam-filled fake eye so she could record everything she sees. -SillyGirl
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Wanted by Interpol - The owner of Wikileaks is wanted by Interpol. This is what happens when you piss on every government by abusing the freedom of the internet and then try to run and hide in Sweden. [By: ravensentinel / 2010-12-01]
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Hard to tell if you believe the data dump is a good or bad thing, but here's one view point saying it's good that makes a bit of sense: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101130/03122512054/ -virtualchoirboy
My opinion is biased, hence why I didn't give it. As veteran of this most recent war and having lost several of my soldiers in it, I find it to be an outrage. This is exactly the kind of stuff that gets soldiers killed. I don't care about the politics of it all or the bureaucracy behind it all. I care for my soldiers and them not being killed because some idiot...well, you see why I didn't give my opinion. lol -ravensentinel
Not to mention I'm quite sure this will just be another bullet in the gun for those pushing "Net Neutrality" or what I would consider more like Gov't controlled/censored internet. -ravensentinel
Bullshit. The "this stuff gets soldiers killed" is the excuse they always use, and every single time they were lying. These were diplomatic cables, not military. They show that the US government pressured Germany not to press charges against CIA agents who kidnapped a German citizen (who wasn't even in al Qaeda - just had a similar name). They show the US government pressured the UK to make sure their Iraq war inquiry shielded the US from embarrassment. This is exactly the kind of information the public needs to know about so we can tell our governments to stop acting like criminal bastards. -thx1138
And "net neutrality" is what will keep Comcast from punishing you for using Netflix. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Wikileaks. -thx1138
All I've heard about is the diplomatic traffic, which could be politically embarrassing but only really confirmed what most of us thought any way. One middle-eastern diplomat summed it up as "We tell the US lies, and they lie to us in return". Another interesting tidbit was a middle-eastern monarch requesting greater US aviation company attendance at the country's first ever air show because he described the French Rafael fighter as "obsolete junk". Embarrassing yes. Life threatening No! And perhaps damaging to some careers. -Wraith556
thx1138 - I'm not using "their" excuse, I'm using mine from personal experience. I've been ambushed due to some info being leaked and seen soldiers killed because of it. I don't speak for those politicians and frankly couldn't care about their corrupted careers. But I have been on Wikileaks and seen the info they can put up there. There is PLENTY of military stuff up there. Maybe you went to the wrong site? The "terrorist" people LOVE when the internet. They can go on soldiers Facebook pages and find out where they live. They can go on Wikileaks and soldiers blogs to learn routes, patterns, tactics and strategies. And with Wikileaks, they have a plethora of information that some guy(s) is Iraq are getting paid bookoo's of money to siphon through. Also, I do realize Net Neutrality has nothing to do with Wikileaks. Apparently I didn't separate the topic clear enough. -ravensentinel
Wraith556 - I so agree. The politicians...well, I'll just shut up there. But no, I agree. No lives will be lost because Senator Starfish said "I hate curry!" or something lol -ravensentinel
Here's my question: is the info there gotten via the Freedom of Information Act? If so, it's his legally protected right to post it. If not, then he is guilty of violating security and may actually be guilty of treason. But I have never even heard anyone ask that question - are they legally obtained "leaks" that he posts? -Captain Trips
He is not an American citizen and therefore isn't bound by that act as I understand it. If he was, yes, he would be in some deep shiza. As far as the military stuff (not to be confused with the political junk) that was released, yes, a good chuck of it was classified stuff and therefore protected until unclassified. Why it was classified, who knows. Generally, its because the paperwork had to do with a classified mission and therefore the paperwork generated is also classified until that mission isn't any longer. -ravensentinel
My viewpoint is that Assange and Wikileaks have been irresponsible. Any military information they get should be redacted for names or relevant, secret information. That said - I think they do a function that is becoming more and more necessary in the modern era. The "news" is actually just gossip for the most part - honestly, how many of us had heard about the german citizen before wikileaks leaked it? That should have been plastered as front-page news for months. Also - I think the Interpol warrant and rape claims are completely false. Unless I am mistaken, the person that claimed to be a victim of Assange had previously claimed it and then recanted the claim. Add to that Interpol getting involved and making him a top 10 target, despite their sexual abuse people usually only handling high-volume organized slavery rings.. Given the timing, this fails the smell test. -Transkaren
Mike Huckabee has commented on this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/30/mike-huckabee-wikileaks-execution_n_789964.html -flapjackboy
Good link and good opinion in my opinion lol. Transkaren, valid points. To me, he has stirred a pot of drama that has exploded in his face. He knew full well these documents, however they were acquired, were sensitive for a reason. Anything that was militarily involved, well, that was just purely irresponsible and stupid no matter your citizenship or affiliation and doesn't pass any common sense test of mine. And yes, the timing of the Interpol thing was a bit fishy, hence why I thought I'd put it here and see the reaction. I'm surprised we haven't heard the CIA getting involved yet...but then again, they are based in the US, so that'd smell fishier. -ravensentinel
Interesting about what Huckabee said, and I'd mostly agree. Here's the thing: Do we grant the person Whistleblower status (for having revealed information about wrongdoing by the US) or traitor status (for having put our armed forces into harms way deliberately)? I'd favor both at the same time: Anything revealing criminal activities by US agents should be cause for him to be protected. Anything not directly related to that? Not so great. Incidentally, I don't think he can be tried for treason - isn't there a very, very high standard for that? -Transkaren
If I may jump in.... Why would a soldier post sensitive information, such as patterns and tactics, on his or her blog? Why would they post things that are sensitive on their facebook? That shows an unusual, if not downright dangerous lack of common sense. I also find the timing of the allegations to be a little convenient. Somebody's going to get embarrassed, so they go after him on more than likely false charges, to save face? That sounds like a guilty conscience, if you ask me. -AdmiralLaurie
@Transkaren: iirc from reading in history and government class, the treason article states that only for aiding and abedding those with physical creature comforts or necessities. I don't think information was ever mentioned. However, considering that he did in fact reveal some pretty explosive info, i.e criminal activities on the part of those who are supposed to proect and work for us, the citizens, imho he deserves protection and whistleblower status. This reminds me of what happend to Karen Silkwood. -AdmiralLaurie
AdmiralLaurie - Simply, I have to agree. Sadly, the military has severely lowered their standards since the "war" has started. These people aren't exactly required to pass a common sense test anymore. I've seen officer's post facebook pages saying such things as "I have my [secret email account] back so you can email me there now". And yes, I did report him, but this guy is now a Major in the Army. He's been there for 8 years and somehow still making rank. These are the reasons our networks are broken. Sadly, to much "stupid" is let into the military now. I could go on for hours on this, but I'll just leave it at that. -ravensentinel
BOOBIES! -gashach
another recent security issue about the personal military blogs is that most smart phones encode gps and timestamp data in the images they take that are then uploaded to facebook or emailed that are then reposted by friends and family. Easy fodder for tracking unit movements with. -PolarCoyote
Thank you Polarcoyote for saying what i couldn't say. That is true. Take a pic with a cell phone or decent camera with the GPS turned on (which is typically on by default) and your location is right there within typically 10 yards or so. Naturally the US miltary's GPS locators are better than that, but 10 yards with enough soldiers pictures is enough to figure things out. -ravensentinel
In the latest news: His DNS has been taken down due to an ongoing DDOS attack. His lawyer friend was interviewed this morning and said that Julain has been trying to meet the Swedish prosecutor since August, but she refuses to meet him. If that's right, it sounds fishy to me. What (female) prosecutor wouldn't want to get a rapist off the streets as fast as humanly possible? In that time he asked for, and was given, permission to leave the country. My view: the military stuff was dangerous and unfortunate, and was largely due to US security being compromised by design .(2.5 million people could read _all_ secret documents.) But the Internet is inherently uncensorable and should remain that way. We have to deal with it. -rurwin
This much is elementary, as it has been true since Usenet: Don't want it compromised? Don't put it on the 'Net. -Seamus
Interesting point: the warrant is not for rape, but it was revealed today is for consensual sex without a condom and refusal to be tested for STDs. And Interpol was rung in for this? Hmm. -chazz
Seamus - that's the thing. It wasn't ON the Internet until after the offending soldier manually copied it off a SIPRNET computer onto a portable storage device. The FIRST time it hit the Internet was when that soldier put it in an Internet-connected computer and transmitted it to Wikileaks. -Grue
Then reprimand the soldier. Wikileaks isn't the only vehicle for that sort of thing. It's just the one that the media has its teeth into. -Seamus
Seamus - in progress for months now: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/06/AR2010070602330.html -Grue
I figured it was. The trouble is that the media keeps chomping on the wrong damned part of the story. AGAIN. -Seamus
When something a few might call dangerous or treasonous lacks legal basis for chasing him down, accusing him of a sex crime... highly effective. (Just ask Bill Clinton.) Of course he's running, people with hatchets needing a scapegoat are chasing him! -Mushroom
I think he should be given some sort of award for helping expose criminal activities.
Any endangerment of lives wasn't from the exposure of those activities. It was by those in charge who do not give a s**t about unimportant things like that. -Holdfast
Mush - B Clinton wasn't charged with a sex crime, he was charged with perjury - he lied under oath in a court proceeding about having sex with Monica. Hence the big deal about what "is" and "sex" mean. -redevil34
Ya know there is a very old and good network security book by the NSA on how to configure your hard and software to prevent this. It's called the RED BOOK. Been around since the 80's... -axjdo
Just remember, if the Pentagon papers hadn't been leaked, the Vietnam war would have gone on even longer. And, of course, Nixon claimed their release endangered US soldiers' lives. He was lying. -thx1138
So how about that new leak AKA "The Targets for Terror" list? I see no point to releasing that list if not for any other purpose than to create drama and uproar. All that will do is say "here you go terrorist, just poke the US here, here, and here, and KABOOM!". I'm growing tired of this guy and his antics. As I heard on the news this morning, the press was told that should anything happen to him, over 100,000 documents will get released. Hell, several million already have, what's another 100,000 at this point. And who the hell was copying off all these documents and no one noticed? LOL -ravensentinel
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Surely you can't be serious?! - Rumack: You'd better tell the Captain we've got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.
Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it?
Rumack: It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.
@ShujinTribble - You know what to do this Wednesday. :~( [By: unrenowned / 2010-11-29]
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Saw that on the news when I got up tonight. He was a funny funny man. -MadJack
Stop calling me Shirley. *salutes* -burrkiss
Commander Adams: "I didn't bring my bathing suit." Altaria: "What's a bathing suit?" </Forbidden Planet> -VoiceOfSanity
At least he's Dead and Loving it. -PolarCoyote
Frank Drebin was a fine officer, indeed. -Seamus
Gonna miss the man, a great funnyman and a great Canadian. I'm sorry he had to die on my birthday. -RandalGraves
Not just a funny man, but a decent dramatic actor before that. -thx1138
I think what made his stuff all the more funny was the absolutely straight way he delivered the lines. -flapjackboy
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Another case... - ...for requiring training and licensing before being permitted to own and operate a computer. [By: unrenowned / 2010-11-27]
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Yep. It's a tax on ingenuity sometimes to figure out how to get the point across. Haven't been tempted to physical violence recently, though. -CTYankee
How can you not restart a windows machine in six months? Mine needs it nearly every week, but then again, I run a magicjack and Jaws, so it's no surprise. -AdmiralLaurie
i saw this and was tempted to post it here myself! -Erictheblue
Gotta admit, when I started reading that I expected a rehash of the old "I can't see back there, the power's out" story. Nice to see a different ending. -Captain Trips
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Anybody here participating? - Wear it proudly! [By: Stryker One / 2010-11-01]
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Yuppers. One of my clients challenged their entire IT staff and all contractors and vendors. That included me. -SwedishChef
I'm in too. All gray this year. -ThinTheHerd
I have had one since last week for halloween (went as mario). But I am bringing this challenge to my whole tech team at my company, (well the guys that is). So in. -SyntheticCoyote
Have had full facial fur for almost 18 years now, with only occasional removals. -Grue
Full beard here, also, since 1984. MrsChazz won't let me shave it off, so I can't really participate... the site does say you have to start clean. And I'd look odd if I shaved off my upper lip and left the rest -- sort of a low-rent Stan Rogers. -chazz
I've been called Mafioso on several occasions thanks to my facial "enhancement" (wearing it proudly!)... -Dr Jerkyl
Yeah, only my coworkers, friends, and I are doing full on "No-shave November." -KrazerKap
Some of my coworkers look positively scary! Dead Database Towers is starting to look like an episode of crimewatch.. -CommanderData
Too bad you have to start clean to participate, your have to pry it out my cold dead... um face? -ZombieBear
You guys are so slow. MUSTACHE RIDES!!!!!!!!!!! *SMIRK* -burrkiss
Man Burrkiss, you are an amateur... Who wants a Beard-Ride?! -unrenowned
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What Tech Support Is Really Like - Thoughts? [By: Jack / 2010-10-30]
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In a way, I guess I'm lucky I'm deaf. Even with a Cochlear Implant, I can't hear well enough to perform phone work like helpdesk, telemarketing, etc. Even though it does make it hard to break into the field, since most technician positions want helpdesk experience, and most clerical positions want phone answerers. :( -Omega
Wow... dead-on about the job being so boring you welcome the abuse. At least when someone got bitchy it was an excuse for me to use my brain for a change. -linkv
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Thermal powered cell phone - WANT! [By: unrenowned / 2010-10-21]
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I'd heard of thermal power generation on a small scale. I'm glad to see it put to practical use. -OgdenTechGuy
Not to be too much of a downer, but I think all this guy did was make a pretty case, and said 'this is my idea- so ya'lls gotta pay me.' Still, some thermocouples and maybe a piezo set in there... -LDFeral
So far as I know, to generate poser from heat you need a temperature differential. A radiator will only work for as long as the lump of cold stuff inside the phone takes to warm up, and I'm not convinced there is enough power available. Likewise his barcode scanner has serious problems. He designs nice cases and should leave the tech to someone who understands it. -rurwin
How about a Gas powered radio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Museum (Flammable GAS as used in cooking... not Gasoline)
-Wonko The Sane
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Want to kill tsc? - Copy the following into your browsers address bar and hit enter, cool little asteroids game which you can "kill" the webpage. Arrow keys for direction and space for fire. javascript:var s = document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';document.body.appendChild(s);s.src='http://erkie.github.com/asteroids.min.js';void(0);
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I got 1200 points on microsoft.com *bfeg* -RiffRaff
Doesn't work with quite a few sites out there (like FB, par exemplar). Got over 3k pts blowing up Yahoo, tho. Take that, spambots! (EG) -MadJack
How exactly is this supposed to work? -Stryker One
8550 on forums.ddo.com -Olorin
It's a Javascript string that includes a little Java applet from another site. The applet makes an Asteroids game overlay the page you're on, and you can shoot elements of the page. -chazz
8200 from fallout.wikia.com -OgdenTechGuy
2000 on the new tab page in IE7 -DarkRookie
Correction 200 on the new tab page. I did get 2500 on the tip DB here before I was told to stop. I think I had another 200 point left. -DarkRookie
I predict the next big malware infection is going to involve copying and pasting in javascript code to the addressbar. I see this kind of stuff all the time on facebook, how long until somebody takes advantage of it for evil? -boxcar
Boxcar: next? I seem to recall a recent outbreak on Facebook that was caused by embedded mouseover Javascript... -chazz
Nothing happened for me when I copied and pasted the javascript in my address bar; so I went to http://erkie.github.com and they had a convenient link that I could drag to the links bar, which worked. -OgdenTechGuy
Nothing happened for me when I copied and pasted the javascript in my address bar; so I went to http://erkie.github.com and they had a convenient link that I could drag to the links bar, which worked. -OgdenTechGuy
oops I accidentally forgot and refreshed a confirmation page - after I blasted everything off of it for 360 points lol -OgdenTechGuy
Scored about 3500 on cnn.com. If this works on my work tools...... -tech4alltrades
Todays Dilbert got me 1330, register got me 3300!! -Armakuni
gave up at 10,200 after finding a little "bug" in the scoring system. :) -Bynar
9710 on fark WITH ad-block on...I wonder how much without ad-block
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In Honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day - It sucks to be me... Truly... [By: RiffRaff / 2010-09-16]
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You look like that one Onion guy that shakes his hands like he has Parkensons. -burrkiss
Which ones Magenta? -burrkiss
Looky Looky no touchy. -burrkiss
Email me on lessons for how to post bomb. :D -burrkiss
That looks like an extremely good reason to be you... -LazyLemming
Lucky sunuvabitch! -Caboose447
I'll take the one on the left. -unrenowned
How to tell the IT person: by the formal wear. -Mushroom
It's a tough job you've got there Riff, but someone's got to do it. ;-) -Gromit
@unrenowned. I'll take the other 2 then -DarkRookie
Are YOU holding an iPAD in that picture? -ecoli
Yes, the very same iPad I bitched about earlier this week. If I'm going to have to support the damn thing I need to use it a little bit. -RiffRaff
Of COURSE he's holding an ipad, it's the only thing in the picture he's allowed to touch -Spyder19
Riff. I here by formally submit you for tech god status. Any objections? -virusjtg
I'd settle for being on the Presidential ballot in 2010, but I'll take Tech God status in the meantime. :~} -RiffRaff
Sorry, I meant 2012. -RiffRaff
RRRRRR you going to run in 2012? If you RRRR, I RRRRR going to vote for you..... AR!!! -burrkiss
You know you're a geek if you noticed the iPAD. -MisterCommon
I want one - but I can't tell you which... -Holdfast
does anyone know if the international pirate party observes talk like a pirate day? -drachen
@drachen - the Canadian Pirate Party does. -Treker
Due to this picture, I declare that EVERYDAY should be "Talk Like A Pirate" Day! -udoshan
I have to turn in a few Geek Points. I didn't even see the iPad. :-( -Divinar
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Zombie RPG - Release date "not in 2010" but keep your eyes open. [By: AussieFoot / 2010-08-30]
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Don't forget to Double Tap. And come to think of it, a lot of these rules, if not all, can apply to Fishies too. Welcome to Fishieland. -KrazerKap
Release date: 2012. It's a LARP, and it plays for keeps, one game only... -VFox
dang I was hoping it was an MMORPG. that'd be awesome, it'd be like a real outbreak simulator. -drachen
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ALCOHOLIC WHIPPED CREAM!! - I don't care if the web is dead/dying; this ROCKS!! [By: unrenowned / 2010-08-20]
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"Please enjoy cream responsibly"...They should have told a few of the girls I went to high school this... -0gr3
As a baker and a producer of various whipped fillings/toppings for cakes at work, I can tell you that making stuff like this is simple and cheap... These people might have found a nice niche market to focus on. If so, bravo! -exzyle2k
Hmm. Whippit addicts rejoice? -LDFeral
Whip it good! -chazz
Yeah, but "Give Me Cream-dot-com"? Site is SFW, but url is not!!! -Captain Trips
Just about any good liqueur added to whipping cream, and whisk/whip it up yourself. Certainly the product's smart, but it's nothing new. The downside to these ready-made things is the ingredients are usually very low-grade. -AlanSmithee
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The Web Is Dead - A very good read about the death of the Web (not the internet) Read and Enjoy [By: DarkRookie / 2010-08-17]
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I tried _very hard_ not to TL;DR the article, but the bisected WALLOFTEXT format is a pain to get through. It makes a few good points though. -Seamus
I believe there is an option to do five pages of text, but my browser at work seems not to like that to much, so I have to do the wall of text option. -DarkRookie
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The Web Is Dead - Great article on wired about the death of the web. Good read. Warning it does have alot of text and only one picture. (Reposted the link to the 5 page style instead of the one giant text page.) [By: DarkRookie / 2010-08-17]
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Basically, people are lazy and they want everything handed to them or for someone else to do all the work for them. I don't believe this is a surprising new concept here at TSC. -Stryker One
Interesting take on things but I don't take it seriously. The sheep will flock to the newest incarnation of AOL-life they can find. Those of us who don't thing the internet is just for Facebook will still find interesting things outside of the "apps" that the authors claim the Web has lost ground to. -Tekkie
Meh, I can't be bothered reading this. Can someone give me a summary . . . with pie charts! (mmmmm, piieeee) -AussieFoot
tl;dr ;-) -chazz
OMG WTF TEXTING ACRONYM! Prince (the artist again known as?) was right!? Aiee! -LDFeral
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Jaguar XJ SuperSport won't boot/run.... - I wonder if Microsoft had anything to do with the coding in this car.... [By: Grue / 2010-08-14]
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It said in the article it was (at least partially) a linux-powered computer system. -Bynar
It said that the entertainment system was Linux-based... but said nothing about the rest of the car. -chazz
I jusr skimmed, but I'm fairly certain Ford/Jaguar uses Windows and Linux. And as much as I love tech advances, I have mixed feelings about them in cars. When my new car doesnt start, I just head over to my '85 Pontiac with booster cables and a screwdriver and I'm up and running in 3 minutes. -ThinTheHerd
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The return of Clippy! - Looks like you can make Clippy be even more annoying as a prank to clueless people. (Clippy=the annoying paperclip that used to be in Office.) Anyone daring enough to install that and tick someone off? [By: tech4alltrades / 2010-08-05]
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Oh, that's cute! But the people I'd want to bug with this would just bug me back. :( -Tekkie
Oh, I can think of several people that are going to find that installed on their PCs next April 1st. -AmazingKreskin
hahaha! I love it! -AdmiralLaurie
I wonder if you could get a mac version... -cyberblade3001
What I wouldn't give to be able to install that on a couple of the Android based cell phones in my office... *BFEG* -unrenowned
Ohhhhh man. I know several people that I will give headaches with this! Grazie! -KrazerKap
in the worlds of Peter Griffin: "That is AWESOME!" -AlanSmithee
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Happy SysAdmin's Day!! - Happy SysAdmin's day yall!!! [By: Armakuni / 2010-07-30]
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like my lusers are going to accknowledge it... -AdmiralLaurie
Thanks, Army! I'm an actual SysAdmin and I got nothin' from my boss, users or even my subordinates. As usual. -Tekkie
heheheh my user tried to give me a cigarette. I opted for a cup of joe and a slice of very good cheesecake. -AdmiralLaurie
forgive me AL, but exactly what are you a sysadmin of? -virusjtg
-virus: I am considered the sysadmin of the small network that I run, but I'm also the goto person if anything breaks, computer or otherwise. -AdmiralLaurie
Thanks much, Armakuni! I was worse off than Charlie Brown at Halloween - didn't even get a rock... -PTSTech
I'm not a SysAdmin now, but I know that I will most likely be in the future, yet I still feel appreciated a little today from this. Even if the 'fish don't. -KrazerKap
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Big butt pun, tech style - I wonder if the author reads TSC? [By: AussieFoot / 2010-07-15]
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Dang! I saw that and was going to throw it up here :( Beat me to it you did... -0gr3
My fiancee has tried to ban me from this site. I, however, look at it whilst she's not paying attention, which is most of the time when I'm on the putie and not looking at facebook. -PoglaTheGrate
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VuvuzelaButton? - Has anyone noticed that Youtube has added a vuvuzela button to their videos? I was using it last night and giggling like a schoolgirl [By: PoglaTheGrate / 2010-06-24]
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Vuvuzela--the perfect dumbass klaxon horn. Anytime someone says something stupid, one of them should be sounded in response to the dumbass remark. Can you hear it in your mind? Bzraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap...... -vacuumtubes
Or if you need to have that on any particular website. http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/ I am afeared of what would happen if you mixed the two. Would it both blow, and suck? -LDFeral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXPPyjtw5WU -- I think this is a better use of it.. -NightSteel
i'm not seeing the button on youtube, did they get rid of it already? -razmann
ras its the soccer ball button on the right hand side of the video screen
http://media2.myfoxdc.com//photo/2010/06/24/youtubevuvzela_20100624095517_640_480.JPG -starfishmagnet
Seems they done tooked it down they did :( -0gr3
i see it now. apparently they don't do it for all videos. not sure what videos they don't do it for, but it seems to be random, at least to me -razmann
I'd guess that YouTube is a batch of server farms, and the vvz button is a spot of private enterprise that has not migrated to all farms. Whether you get the button or not depends on which farm you're pulling the video from, I'd wager... which means that you can get it sometimes, and not on the same video other times. -chazz
I'm still seeing it on most videos, footie related or otherwise. -Chromatix
i seem to have a knack for finding related cartoons: http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=382 -Erictheblue
Or this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B2LPxggvqY&feature=player_embedded - that came up on Fark yesterday... -chazz
Freakin' amateurs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KHFA6ZuFTE -unrenowned
I saw it just last night. Annoying, I will admit. -KrazerKap
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This warmed my heart - Video of an eight month old deaf baby's cochlear implant activation, puts things into perspective when you are feeling shite [By: starfishmagnet / 2010-06-09]
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What a cutie. I miss holding a baby. -vacuumtubes
One of the little girls at my nursery has these implants. She had them fitted not that long ago. She is just learning to use them now but she is making good progress. It's amazing watching her develop. She is 4 now. If she had had them fitted at 8 months she would be well away now. -LadyLineswine
The pacifier falling out is just adorable. -AnneBWalsh
That's so heart wrecking (ina good way)! Even watching some of the adults hear for the first time made me tear up. Thanks for sharing that with us SFM! -RA
Unfortunately, there are those in the deaf community that would see this as a travesty -- they feel "They are trying to make us more like THEM!" It seems they want to stay deaf, and keep their culture pure. (I'm not joking about this -- I have never felt so discriminated against as when I attended a Deaf Expo with my wife, and was pretty much ignored or worse because I was not deaf!) Seriously, if I had the opportunity to be given a new sense that I hadn't had before, I'd jump on it -- even if I had to become a little Borgish to do so! -Captain Trips
'Even if?' Especially! Zap! Pre-ow! Laser eyes and scanner-style head exploding here we come! On a more related note- the expression is amazing. -LDFeral
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The infamous HP Tech Support Call - After a long absence, I had to upload the tech call where an HP customer wigs out and smashes his equipment with a hammer! [By: vacuumtubes / 2010-05-27]
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Ironically, this is the video where I received my first negative review! -vacuumtubes
I actually sat a few cubes down from the agent who took that call. It was a pretty interesting experience (the floor sup was actually on the phone with the police in the customer's area) -Bynar
This sounds like my Brother in law.. -beatmewithstick
I don't know if it's as funny as the Dell 'little girl' one, but always entertaining. My cousin had one where the guy holed his compy with a shotgun (whilst on the phone) after being asked 'what's wrong with it.' I guess the birdshot. Oddly, something about the warrnty covered it, I guess. <shrug> -LDFeral
I am frightened for the people in the store... But seriously props to the HP guy. -LazyLemming
I love the line "I always wondered what was in one of these things..." -0gr3
I have had no less than TWO customers claim to SHOOT their computers. Scary thing is, these people are out walking the streets... -udoshan
Was Elvis one of them? :-) -vacuumtubes
Thanks for my first laugh of the day. -THETECHFROMHELL
Hey slapnutz! Nobody is going to come out and clean up the glass; you are going to do it yourself! Holy sh*t!! He's crying on the phone?! Your options are, go outside, put the barrel in your mouth and get the heck out of the gene pool! -unrenowned
Dear $deity, why are people like this allowed to live? -unrenowned
OMG. I couldn't listen to more than the first little bit. That poor kid. -HackerMagnet
Words fail me. -linuxmatt
"Well. Is there anything else I can help you with today?" -Mushroom
Sorry, but immediately after he laid into the printer all attempts at empathy and call-flow are fucking OFF. I would have calmly told the shitcock that he's completely fucked himself, wished him a nice day and re-fucking-leased the call. If my sup would write me up, I'd laugh my arse off and pointed at my notes. -Seamus
"I've been up for three days trying to fix this..." Yeah, because amphetamine psychosis is the perfect frame of mind for performing analytical work. Go back to hanging drywall, Zippy. -MeanDean
I need to remember not to try to listen to anything posted on this site when my 8 yr old Autistic son is sitting next to me.... -jwinc7
Yeah, I can't say kudos to the tech, this has to be one of the best examples of failure to control the call. If they had acted properly and within guidelines, the guy might not even have trashed as much stuff as he did.
He had a million chances to end the call but didn't.
Not that it wasn't funny, in its own scary way. -AlanSmithee
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The 2012 Olympics Mascot - is, apparently, a giant penis. [By: smellystudent / 2010-05-19]
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Why am I reminded of The Residents? -chazz
Wrong. So very, very wrong! WRONG ME!! WRONG ME!! er... sorry... I think I was channeling Burrkiss for a second. -unrenowned
Can't be the Residents, chazz - no top hats or tuxes! -SalParadise
Just continuing the trend.. http://currentconfig.com/images/ogc_flip.gif -NightSteel
All of a sudden, Springy the Springfield Spring seems a lot more plausible. -Trillian
When I saw them, I thought of binomials from Reboot. -evolvedstarfish
That seems sort of appropriate, since the 2012 logo is Lisa Simpson giveing a BJ: http://prismreptilerobot.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/2012_logo_white_385x450.jpg -rurwin
I thought they were in London in 2012, not Tokyo. -DarkRookie
So the Olympics will be played by the teletubbies then? I assume Barney will win the most annoying gold metal. Will we need to summon the power rangers? -Olorin
Those are the One Eyed Trouser Snake. I will admit, I have one stored away, but it AINT 6' tall. -burrkiss
You're just being modest, Burrkiss. Those costumes made me think of the Moon Mice from Worlds Fair '62. -Mushroom
I knew they looked familiar from somewhere; day of the tentacle anyone? http://archived.ryanjohnwilliams.com/v2.ryansgoblog.com/images/dottcosplay.jpg I guess they just put the tentacles in space suits and hoped no one would notice. -LDFeral
I think bad Power Ranger villans. -Phylok
Reminds me of the school mascot on "Community" - the human being -ActingUpAgain
I wonder if they'll get David Tenant to light the flame in 2012. -Stryker One
Stryker - surely you mean Matt Smith? And I thought they looked vaguely like the Aliens from the Simpsons... -Shaede
Ahhh! Sporn has infiltrated the olympics! -PeterGibons
No, I mean David Tenant. Make the episode Fear Her historically "accurate".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Her -Stryker One
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Old school core dump - CD also has no wi-fi in her home (as Nightrain laments), it was only running out of cable that stopped me doing this :p [By: CommanderData / 2010-05-09]
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Doesn't everyone do that? I mean, if you have to install 100BT by the throne, that at least is a neat installation... though I think I would have used a weatherproof box, it gets humid in there. -chazz
If you're in the khazi long enough to suffer symptoms of net withdrawal, you have a problem! Either see a proctologist or a psychologist. (starfish of course can choose either specialist for either affliction due to cranio-rectal inversion) -AussieFoot
The explanation that it was in a hotel toilet made it click to me. Back in the 80's and 90's, before cell phones, many hotels had phones in the bathrooms for their business-related clientele. What's that, you say? "But it's an RJ-45 jack!" Just so -- many digital phones of the era did use 8-conductor silver satin cabling, thus needed the size of an RJ-45 jack, an RJ-11 just wouldn't cut it. (Of course, it could still be used for Internet - dial up was the latest and fastest thing then -- although very few had laptops then. -Captain Trips
I haven't gone that far yet..but I did pay my kids $20 each to run a cable under the house for me. -Starfury
Even better: http://thereifixedit.com/2010/05/05/epic-kludge-photo-more-power-igor/ -Stryker One
I can see the Ventrilo conversations now. "Okay melee's HRRNNGGHH off the boss. Mages HRRRNNGGGH nuke the adds." -LazyLemming
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Inside an imploding stadium - "When the Dallas Cowboys blew up Texas Stadium this week—punting accident—they had the good sense to put in a 3D camera rig inside. Click and drag to move the camera around. And turn up the sound. Boom!" Saw this and thought it was pretty cool [By: starfishmagnet / 2010-05-06]
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and then the lights went out! -ecoli
That's freaking awesome. Nice link! -LazyLemming
Got to see the implosion live (online) from the outside, but that's even better. Still, that was a sad day in Irving... -MadJack
What it doesn't show is all the work of gutting/weakening the structure & the rigging of the explosives before the blow-down. That takes ages to do. -lineswine
What exactly happened? I'm confused! -AdmiralLaurie
w00t -virusjtg
They imploded the stadium to make clearing it out easier and put in a camera to record and share the event on the web. -spectreoflife
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Seattle Hacker Catches Cops - I know this shows up on the latest Slashdot news stories, but I felt it was worth giving some extra attention to. I'd recommend reading the whole article as opposed to dismissing it with TL;DR. Anybody in the Seattle area hear anything more on this? I'd like to keep appraised of the situation and see what else Mr. Rachner manages to uncover. [By: AdeptusMechanis / 2010-04-23]
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Re: the comments - My god, it's full of sheeple! -Seamus
Heck, who needs Styrofoam? Come on down to Arizona, we'll arrest you for talking funny. -AngrySup
Why is this surprising? The cops ONLY want the video evidence when it helps them. Have you ever had a video camera in your car when you get pulled over? Your told to turn it off, and its illegal. Its illegal since they cannot erase the tape if it will harm their case. -burrkiss
My local force were just exonerated for beating a man to death, laughing. Official cause of death: cocaine toxicity. NOBODY has your back. -ThinTheHerd
Cops breaking the law, violating constitutional rights & then lying to cover their collective arses? Who'd a thunk? -lineswine
I'm going to play the devil's advocate here. Yes there are bad cops, but stop making it out like every cop is out with a vendetta against civil rights. 95+% of cops are people just doing a job, and like, sick and fucking tired of the losers they have to deal with. "Well I saw a cop do X" or "I've read about cops do Y". Yeah well I've read about a black man killing a liquor store owner, should I consider them all criminals? In the situation in link, the cop had every right to request ID, he was investigating what was originally an assault call involving a large group of intoxicated individuals. NOT, as most folks are saying, randomly stopping a person and demanding ID. As for the lie about the video, that's wrong and disciplinary action should be taken against the officers involved in denial of the video. But it's also not actually a common occurence for the video to "magically disappear", so stop making it out like it is. -LazyLemming
I question your math. My lawyer and my parole officer agree that more than 95% are bad. The good ones quit, or get real jobs. I have had dozens of dealings with 6 different forces. They were all the same. Nothing- NOTHING any one can say will change my mind. I have scars to back up my claims. What do you have? A warm fuzzy safe feeling? It's just an illusion. Swap the kevlar vests for denim H.A. colors. Same shit. -ThinTheHerd
Lazy Lemming - You say "the cop had every right to request ID", but he guy had every right to refuse. That is NOT a crime & so cannot be arrested for it.
(That's pretty much the crux of the whole matter. The subsequent cover-up just highlights how the shitty coppers get away with hiding behind their uniforms) -lineswine
Probably no surprise here, but I'm coming down on LazyLemming's side. I've known many, many, good officers, and I've also seen their frustration when one of their fellow officers is doing something stupid, and they are also painted with the same broad brush as the idiots who abused their position. Yes, there are many bad cops if you take it in total. However, according to the information I just googled, between federal, state, municipal, and other sworn positions, such as university police, there are over 800,000 police officers in the United States. What percentage of cops are bad? More than zero, but nowhere near 95%! The news today regarding the Arizona immigration law changes include one of the first lawsuits being filed coming from a Phoenix, AZ police officer, on the grounds that the politicians made the law too vague, and it doesn't give officers proper grounds to be able to make legitimate cases without leaving allegations of discrimination. And, one of the most vocal opponents to the new law in the last day has been the police chief of Phoenix. Not exactly the expected reactions of a bunch of people who are only out to exert power over a bunch of innocent citizens! If your only experience with police officers has been as negative as you've described, then I do apologize for the fact that you haven't had a chance to know the good ones. -Voz
LS- as the officer is investigating an incident, yes, you are entitled to refuse to show identification. However, if there is probable cause, it gives them the right to detain you until they can establish your identity to assure that they can locate you again if you were involved in the crime. Is a specific charge for a failure to identify yourself entirely legal? Probably not. Do you have to file such a charge to detain someone for investigating the crime? Not usually. -Voz
Sometimes even the good cops are bad: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=5185711 I knew this officer from my time as a convenience store clerk, years before the events at Trolley Square where his heroic actions -off-duty and outside of his jurisdiction- saved lives. -OgdenTechGuy
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Anybody else in this same boat? - I'm not a sys admin, but... [By: Stryker One / 2010-04-17]
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Here's what's scary -- I follow the link, and scrolling down, what do I see on the left but an ad for my company! "Yes, you too can join and pay only $20 to lose 20 pounds in ten weeks!" (We make our profit on the food!) -Captain Trips
Same issue here, but imma help desk jockey -DarkRookie
Captain Trips - You see ads? -Divinar
Divinar - I thought the exact same thing... -VWFtech
We should form a support group or something. -desseb
Yes, I do. Just tried again, and it's a Ford Trucks ad. -Captain Trips
Divinar, VWFTech: I deliberately have not installed any ad blockers, because I know that for a lot of people, the ad revenue is the only way they keep their site alive, and it's real easy to ignore most ads... it's a cheap way to help them pay for it. -chazz
Wow. That's much more altruistic than me. I just like looking at the bright lights and flashing colours. -LDFeral
Well, that too, LDFeral... -chazz
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How CD does tech support (NSFW) - Gentlemen, you may start your engines :p [By: CommanderData / 2010-04-12]
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I'm about as fully dressed when I'm doing any maintenance on my systems. Of course, pink is not my colour. (I see a hint of side boob!) -teivrann
She's got a bra on, T. Leave your's in the wash? ;) -LDFeral
CD, if that's you, I regret not living in the UK! ;) -AussieFoot
Now THAT would be an on-site tech I'd like to see. -Stryker One
That can't be CD. The hair is wrong. -chazz
No boots.... no leather... no whip.... That's not the CD *I* know and love.. *bfeg* -RiffRaff
Lucky Fuzzyom! (Even if *that* picture isn't he actual CD, his wife posts it for our amusement!) -Divinar
funny, i was wearing that exact same outfit this morning while fixing my computer... -razmann
Me too! -Bioguy
"I hate it when I get a nipple caught in the chip fan. Ergo the bra." -Mushroom
Chip is not a fan either. -Chipsterian
Hot chick leaning over a Mac Pro. Porn for geeks at it's finest. -linkv
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This is not Sparta! - Students trying to live the life of Roman gladiators. No girlfriends, showers or washing machines allowed. Without the showers and washing machines I think the girlfriends would be quite happy not to see their guys until the experiment is over. [By: AussieFoot / 2010-03-31]
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read about that... Funny I'd like to do it.
-Hellion
doesn't sound any more difficult than boot camp
-Hellion
Do they realize that Romans also played the field... often... -unrenowned
Do they realize that Romans also played the field... often... -unrenowned
Bloody double-post key... -unrenowned
Gladiators had luxurious baths and rubdowns with oil, though. Also, you can wash clothes quite adequately in a washtub. People have been using washtubs for thousands of years before the invention of washing machines. -pixel
But are rich women gonna pay to have sex with them???? (just like the gladiators) -duckhead
Et Tu Brute? -Biosynthetic
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Watch out for fake Intel i7s! - Newegg got duped by some very convincing and well-executed fakes. These boxes look 100% legit even compared side by side with the real ones, save for few tiny, tiny typos. Rumor has it the guys who made these fakes are probably dumping more fakes on other retailers. [By: linuxmatt / 2010-03-09]
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According to the consumerist, link here http://consumerist.com/2010/03/newegg-drops-supplier-after-selling-fake-intel-processors.html Newegg is fully aware of the issue and has both dropped the supplier of the phony procs and contacted anyone potentially affected by the mix up. Way to go Newegg. -AdeptusMechanis
Whoops, not sure why I posted the link again. xD I haven't slept since Sunday night so I apologize for stupidly posting already available information. -AdeptusMechanis
WTF? Dropping their supplier? Shouldn't their 1 supplier be Intel? -Stryker One
Other people have said the same thing... but in fact, no. NewEgg, big as they are, order in 1000- and 2000-chip lots, Intel likes to ship in hundreds of thousands. If you work out the math, 2000 processors is like one pallet. Intel would prefer to ship a 40-foot container. -chazz
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Ubisoft DRM Crack. - I find this amusing. I thought it would last a month at least. Guess I was wrong, but in less than a day. [By: DarkRookie / 2010-03-05]
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The more you tighten your grip, Ubisoft, the more gamers will slip through your fingers. -RiffRaff
And THAT, my friends, is why I don't touch anything by UbiSoft. -udoshan
Oh, it's worse than that. On March 7, the authentication servers went down. So now people who use the games legally couldn't play it. The only ones who could play were the one who cracked it. -MisterCommon
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idiot steels wifi - An idiot woman steels wifi and then calls in when it disappears. [By: virusjtg / 2010-03-02]
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The comments totally make this thread amusing. You know PA really hit the nail on the head with their GIFT theory. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/ -AdeptusMechanis
I'm of two minds about this (and I don't use/steal WiFi). On one hand, using a connection without permission is in fact stealing but on the other,
unwittingly leaving your connection open is (unlike an unlocked door) BEGGING for a wardriver. Secure your fscking network! If you're deliberately leaving it open, name your gateway accordingly. -Seamus
After a year and a half of emailing over unsecure wi-fi behind her 'secured' firewall, maybe she'll get a stupid tax in the form of a hacked bank account. -teivrann
After being accused by a jerkass that I was stealing his internet connection, to the point he called the police, I am not very charitable to leachers. The cops came, took one look at my network setup, realised I had NO wireless capable network equipment and even checked the cable from the modem, to the splitter/filter, and to the wall jack. The cops went to his door and told him that it wasn't me stealing hit internet service because I had no equipment capable of doing so, and he should take steps to secure his network. -Wraith556
I used to get nuggets that complained to me about it all the time. Said neighbor cuts the connection, luser comes to visit me at the store, luser bitches at my boss about me not telling them how to get past neighbor's encryption/password... But the good part was where said boss would loudly (I mean LOUD with a capital L) announce that they were stealing and it was illegal. Nothing like watching a nugget run!! -unrenowned
My mind has finally summed up the argument that has been bothering me all day: People keep comparing unsecured WiFi to leaving your door unlocked. This is incorrect. An unsecured WiFi network is the network equivalent handing copies of your housekey to anyone and everyone who comes within a 5-mile radius of you. -Seamus
Seamus is correct. Someone has to try your door to know that it is unlocked. If you personally hand him the key, he knows it. My computer shows me that you have given it the key to your door when I am simply trying to open my own. -chazz
For my 2 cents, the unsecured wifi is actually broadcasting into the other locations. Stretching the analogy a bit too far, it's as if he said "Let me hand you my unlocked house". -MisterCommon
A friend of mine has a wireless network and until I went over one day and secured it, her neighbour had been leeching it. 20 minutes after I secured it there was a knock on the door from her neighbour complaining that she had shut off 'his' internet and he needed it back NOW because his children had homework to do. I told him to buy his own internet service. -CommanderData
While I don't think that someone should depend on a neighbor's wireless like that, I don't have a problem with borrowing access... Whenever I travel and don't have internet for whatever reason I'll go wardriving and check email and such. I used a neighbor's wireless for a few days last time I moved as well, until I got my wireless set up. My setup has SSID broadcast off, and WPA2. My parents have open wifi in their home, knowing that people will sometimes borrow it (my dad was/is a sysadmin as well). Anyways a year and a half I have issues with-the principle? Not so much. -cyberblade3001
Does that mean in the U.S. Internet download/upload rates are typically unlimited?
In Australia, you get a certain allocation per month (depending on your plan), and then either charged extra for any excess, or your bandwidth is severely limited until the next billing month.
Leaching is theft in Australia, pure and simple. They are using up the resources that you are paying for, and potentially forcing you over your limit and then paying exorbitant excess fees.
I'm not saying "Don't secure your network", but if you find a wallet in the street (not under lock and key) with 10x $10 bills in it, are you allowed to take one of the bills because you're leaving the wallet behind, and MOST of what's left inside? -JohnAdriaan
It depends on your ISP and state. Where I live and with my ISP I pay one rate for all the data I want. -virusjtg
Does that mean in the U.S. Internet download/upload rates are typically unlimited?
In Australia, you get a certain allocation per month (depending on your plan), and then either charged extra for any excess, or your bandwidth is severely limited until the next billing month.
Leaching is theft in Australia, pure and simple. They are using up the resources that you are paying for, and potentially forcing you over your limit and then paying exorbitant excess fees.
I'm not saying "Don't secure your network", but if you find a wallet in the street (not under lock and key) with 10x $10 bills in it, are you allowed to take one of the bills because you're leaving the wallet behind, and MOST of what's left inside? -JohnAdriaan
Actually, the "unlocked house" analogy is pretty good - when you take into account that leaving a house unlocked does not remove the criminality of theft from said house! (In other words, just because my house is unlocked does NOT mean it's okay for you to come in and take what you want. Taking an item without permission, whether or not said item is secured, is still theft. Using a Wi-Fi connection without permission is still theft, by the same analogy! -Captain Trips
Not too put too fine a point on it. By law, using some one else's wifi connection, secured or not, with out their expressed consent, is a crime. At least according to the FCC. That stated, you can debate all day long about the stupid tax, I'm not expressing an opinion there one way or another. If you have seen some of my LARTes you know where I fall, but as of this moment I make no comment there. -virusjtg
JohnAdriaan: not unlimited, but very high. Here in this corner of Canada, I am nominally capped at 60GB/month... but that seems to be the point at which limiters, not overdraft fees, kick in. -chazz
JA- broadband services in the US are typically marketed as unlimited, but some ISPs are "testing" (trying to see if there's not too big of an outcry about it) caps on individual connections. -BayouTech
From what I understand, there's a big difference between CAN/US laws on this, due to previous broadcasting laws. Canuck law sez: if it goes past your property line- it ain't your property no more. Same goes for cattle, unless you can secure it again. Yankee law sez: You kids get the 'f' off my lawn. -LDFeral
I also take the viewpoint that yeah, stealing a wi-fi signal from an unsecured home router is still theft of services, but if you're stupid enough to fail to secure the router, you deserve what happens. That having been said, if you're dumb enough to steal a wi-fi signal and it gets secured, don't go crying about it, it just makes the "L" on your forehead all that much more visible to everyone. *gryn* -VoiceOfSanity
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The brits get something right - Makes a change :P [By: starfishmagnet / 2010-02-26]
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Hehehe... Unfortunately, there are fishies who will complain to their ISP that they haven't received this questionnaire yet, and are wondering if they can take a picture of it, get it developed, scan it onto their computer to email to the ISP to get their license. -exzyle2k
This is a good first step. Now if they could only tie this in with breeding licenses, and anyone who fails is automatically sterilized - could make a good start at cleaning up the gene pool. -PCRaevyn
Pretty good idea - the virtual equivalent of "You must be this smart to use the internet." However, this may just consolidate all the phishing attacks into a single type. "Your internet licence is about to expire! Please click on this link: thereal.gov.uk.really.notascam.net/passwordcollector.cgi?dumbassid=nhCEO78o"... -teivrann
oh how I prayed that this was real... -Tarantulus
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The cow goes moo. The Otis goes... - I don't know if I'd "hit it" per-say... [By: Stryker One / 2010-02-22]
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OMG I didn't realize that cow lives in MY state. EWWW I mean MOOOO -THETECHFROMHELL
So much trash, so little time. -vacuumtubes
You know, I would hit that, with an axe. -ZombieBear
I don't think I would... it might splash, I might get some on me. "The stupid, it burns..." -chazz
See, the misconception is that the S was supposed to be at the beginning of the word.... the problem is that OTIS only delivered one TINK, not multiple. -Grembo
... at Wal-Mart, none the less -srteach
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Awesome & Spooky All At The Same Time - Script to make Ubuntu Linux look like Windows XP. I've run it on a test system, and it is amazing. One of the best possibilities of converting someone to Linux I've ever seen. [By: RiffRaff / 2010-02-17]
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Not sure myself, I've had the sterotyped OAP granny pottering around in regular Gnome with no real issue. They're usually more receptive to an alternative once XP's blown up in their faces a few times though I'll grant you. -fearmyroot
I actually have this exact same thing running on my laptop, which is being used as my parent's machine right now. There are a few twitches on it, but overall it's suiting their needs just fine. Now, if only that had a kewpie doll theme, I know someone who'd be all over that. -exzyle2k
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facetard hilarity - Read the comments [By: ThinTheHerd / 2010-02-13]
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"By March, Facebook will be out of business, and RWW will have 400 million users. You'll have to build a datacenter just to host this comment thread" It's going viral. -ThinTheHerd
Sweet mother of all that's holy, those comments are the vast majority of facebook users. 400 million starfish are on their computers, with internet access everyday, doing shit like this. I almost want to cry, if you need me I'll be in the LART shelter, drinking heavily. -AdeptusMechanis
Interesting article on it... http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/02/12/google_de_facto_internet_gateway/ It's scary how much control google has, and how stupid people are... Though neither of those are new fears. -cyberblade3001
I cannot understand how people can't understand looking for something. Yes it's changed but when I see a site layout's been changed I take the time to look around and explore it! I don't suddenly start bitching that I don't know how to use it! -AdmiralLaurie
So, I only got onto facebook recently, and it changed soon afterward. So what? The only constant in life is change. (Except for this site - Hawk knows we don't need more bells and whistles! And if he gives them to us, he also welcomes feedback!) -Captain Trips
Actually, it seems that the FB webmaster(s) just change the interface/layout once a month or so simply to justify their jearb. It changed about four weeks ago or so, then as soon as we got used to it, this latest change came in. No, really. the new layout SUCKS. While I'm sure there's still a method to omit the myriad "[$name] has [$achievement] in [$FBGame]" updates, I haven't found where they hid that setting this time. -Seamus
That is, however, not the point. The point is that people are so stupid that they don't recognize the difference between Facebook itself, and an article about Facebook, and complain in the comments because they can't log in to the article. -chazz
Actually, maybe, thinking about it, that is sort of the point... could it be the repeated FB redesigns that is addling the poor fishies' handful of neurons to the point that they can no longer tell the difference? -chazz
Okay, it's time for a car analogy. If I were driving to Wal-Mart, and on the way there was a detour (not my fault), and somehow I wound up at Borders, then even if there was a book about Wal-Mart on the bestsellers table, I still wouldn't complain about how Wal-Mart reorganized everything and why can't I use my Wal-Mart credit card. -concept14
These poor people can only count to Snow Pea and that's if they take a Annex course. -Biosynthetic
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Laptop + Battery Malfunction - We've all heard about the recent Dell laptops having problems with their batteries overheating and catching on fire. So PC Pitstop has put together this demonstration showing what happens when a battery overheats. It's so bad it requires a class 4 fire extinguisher to put out. NOw imagine if you had that resting on your lap.
Warning: Do not watch this vid if you ever use a laptop on or near your person. [By: AdeptusMechanis / 2010-01-27]
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What? Again? I remember when I had to deal with... I mean when my FRIEND had to deal with the flood of people calling in trying (because they regularly slaughtered the english language) to find out if their compy was going to melt. -LDFeral
They had to overload the battery (probably short it) in order to start the reaction. Lithium boils at 2448F. -srteach
This video isn't recent, it's from 2006... -JoeLugian
Computer over. Fires = very yes. -teivrann
It seems I was misled about the date of the video, the Dell laptop battery issue however is more recent. -AdeptusMechanis
I recently had a Gateway laptop fry. The battery had not been charged in a while, then fully charged and the laptop was turned off. About 4 hours later there was a hint of scorched pan, I checked the stove first! Then a wisp of smoke, I took it outside and watched as the battery melted and started glowing. I was able to remove it from the laptop before too much damage. I left the battery out in the rain for a couple of days to be sure. Lithium is pretty energetic! -TieDyedDinosaur
the issue wasn't just with dells, but with certain Sony batteries sold to other pc mfrs. dell was simply the first one to admit it and implement a recall. -goblin69
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Good concept and it appears to work - Ever want to definitively prove to your mom/friend/clueless total stranger that awesomegame.zip file they downloaded is pure digital evil? Upload it to this site and it will run a gauntlet of 41 different antivirus and antimalware apps on it. Once Virustotal has analyzed your file, it'll spit back a detailed results page showing you what virus/malware scanners flagged the file, if any, and what exactly it is they were reported to have found. You can save the URL of this report for future viewing. [By: AdeptusMechanis / 2010-01-24]
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Nice! -beatmewithstick
AM: I took the liberty of adding the link to the sticky list of tools (with credit to you). -ThinTheHerd
Hey Thanks TTH, I didn't even thnk of posting it there. -AdeptusMechanis
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o_O - I can't stop laughing. (SFW, audio required, sort of) [By: ThinTheHerd / 2010-01-15]
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Tuts My BarrEEHH! -SpiderRider3
Ken Lee Bulgarian Idol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgL2MKfWTo *snirk* -Dr Jerkyl
... -RiffRaff
I thought the girl singing phonetically was bad. Then I found the original. The Korean lady was more amusing. -Divinar
Not as good as the French Erotic Film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbFjELbqnh4 (As SFW as the first) -Divinar
Pass the bleach? -unrenowned
Attention: Would someone PLEASE take the corncob out of the poor cat's ass? Thank you!! -vacuumtubes
Nobody can hold a candle to Wing. http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/ I am not responsible for any bleeding from the ears you may suffer if you choose to listen to the samples. In the spirit of offering Mr Creosote a wafer-thin mint, might I suggest "Wing sings AC/DC"? http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/player/cd13.html -SalParadise
I paused techno for this? -ZombieBear
I am under the impression, after watching music evolve over the years, that our kid's kid's kids will be dancing (or having a fit on the floor foaming at the mouth) to the tune of 4 or more people bashing trash cans together while the lead singer screams relentlessly into the mic until the streaming spit makes an electrical connection to their mouth. Granted that's a worst-case scenario, it could just be localized to just the future version of Punk Rock. -Biosynthetic
Bio, they have that now... Ever hear "Lamb of God"? -exzyle2k
Strangely enough bio, looking at the avant guard music coming out it looks like the 20's and the 60's got drunk and have a love child they both want to ignore. -ZombieBear
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Logical Argument for Critical Thinking - This video is perhaps the best logical argument for critical thinking and the difference between open-minded and closed-minded. [By: RiffRaff / 2010-01-03]
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Crazy people ask me if I believe in UFOs. "Of course", I answer. They jump to the conclusion that I believe the same thing they do. "What does UFO stand for?" I ask. "Unidentified..." - "Stop right there. I believe they are Unidentified." -Gerund
This is a double-egded sword IMHO. I, a believer in the supernatural (up to a point) would be classified as "Close-Minded, according to the Narrator, despite being open to consider skepticism. One who does NOT believe in the Supernatural is not "Close-Minded" until he/she declares such view-points as nonsense. I guess what I'm TRYING to say is, Open-Mindedness is a TWO way Street; believe in what you think is right, BUT always consider the possibilty that you could be wrong. -udoshan
The narrator does indicate more than once that re-evaluating your beliefs when presented with new evidence is key to being open-minded. For instance, my stance on supernatural ranges from neutral to disbelief. However, should science ever come up with a method of detecting "ghosts" or some other form of spiritual presence, I wouldn't disregard that. -RiffRaff
I use that all the time. "What's that ?" "Where?" "Up in the sky" "I don't know. It's up in the air, I can see it, and I don't know what it is. It is therefore, technically, a UFO." -Spyder19
I've known a few people who thought that having relatives with a different skin color or neighbors from another religion made them "accepting" and "open-minded", yet these same people were as closed-minded as could be if it came to differing ideas. A lot of people never grow out of the stage where disagreeing with someone's idea equates to disagreeing with their very existence. -linkv
You're just wrong!!! -boxxertrumps
You're just wrong!!! -boxxertrumps
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Catharsis Theater--Daddy's Curses - Every time something fell apart at my Mom's house, I took solace in this recording. It could easily be adapted to coping with clueless fucknuggets who can't right-click their way out of a colostomy bag. [By: vacuumtubes / 2009-12-30]
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BTW, if you read thru it, you'll know it's NSFW. -vacuumtubes
Wow. A litte schizophrenic there. "F*cking piece of sh*t! Gosh darn it!" "Gosh Dammit". Sir, step away from the coffee pot, NOW! -Grembo
I think the best line in there was "Bullshit. Double bullshit!" -exzyle2k
"Well, double dumbass on you!" </oblig.> -teivrann
So familiar. Sounds like my maternal grandpa. Every time without fail when installing or fixing something he would cuss it out, throw things, lose what he'd thrown and invariably it'd be important! and then finally get it put togetherr. -AdmiralLaurie
This is what I imagine is going on while my various engineers (Telecom, network, web) are on mute and 'working the problem'. -AngrySup
uh, VT, you wouldn't WANT someone to click their way out of a colostomy bag -- you don't want ANYTHING getting out of one. If you'd ever smelled it, you'd agree. (My brother has had one for the past 30 years. And you thought SHIT stunk bad?) -Captain Trips
My father swears more than that just having his morning pee. -ThinTheHerd
TTH: don't they have a pill for that?? -unrenowned
Did anyone else think of "A Christmas Story" while listening to this? The various times Darrin McGavin went into the basement to do battle with the furnace. Almost like the Director's Cut. -exzyle2k
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Posted via Fark in #tsc - The text is NSFW, but DAMN, the brother LART from HELL. One of the best cases of "all is known" I've ever seen. [By: virusjtg / 2009-12-23]
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Oh. My. Gawd. </Janice> -Divinar
This is perhaps the most epic sibling LART I've ever seen. I must have posted it in the break room around the same time it got posted here. The comments are comedy gold.. -NightSteel
"That's no moon, that's payback. Betch!" -teivrann
buhwhahahahhha! lmao! thoroughly richer than goose liver... -AdmiralLaurie
Man, that is so, just.. Wow. I wonder how much universal karma got used up to produce an epic LART like that? But damn if that wasn't awesome. -AdeptusMechanis
This is exactly why you should never trust siblings... :) -Diptera
Epic LART FTW -elcapitane
That last line in the comments, what a great sig it'd be: "I love Facebook as much as you love cock." LOL! -vacuumtubes
She should have thought about it BEFORE dobbing in her brother. Tough shit, 'cos what goes around, comes around. -lineswine
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More fun on the shooting range - A couple of weeks back I posted a vid of a server getting shot by various firearms. And now we have this. How many hard drives would it take to stop a .50 cal bullet? Nothing says fun AND educational like computers+firearms. [By: AdeptusMechanis / 2009-12-14]
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I know from personal experience that a .45 when directly contacting a 60GB HDD will launch the HDD 15' feet (5 meters UKers) That was a interesting way to prove equal and opposite reactions. -burrkiss
Burr that's transfer of kinetic energy, you know like the bouncing balls on a string... -Dr Jerkyl
ahh AM you allways find us the best violence happening to computers. -ZombieBear
If a hard drive is gonna die, it might as well go out in a blaze of bullet riddled glory. -AdeptusMechanis
So why hasn't BlindTech chimed in on this or at least taken a couple of shots himself ? <GRIN> -Necros
...why are my staff hiding all the spare hard drives after seeing this? -CommanderData
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WTF are Disney on? - Apparently out of all the towns in the UK, Disney selects Swindon to be twinned with Disney World. I'd love to see the room when that decision was made [By: CommanderData / 2009-12-08]
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I've never been to Swindon, but have been to London and Gloucester (Stayed at the Puckrup Hall Hotel in Tewkesbury and Park Lane Hotel on Piccadilly). England is a beautiful country, I can't wait to see it again.... Do you think this Reg article is real? -JoeLugian
Um, yeah....You're going to need to explain the joke to the rest of us across the pond. -BarmanVarn
I *have* been to Swindon, and other than a Chinese restaurant that served the best Peking duck I've ever had, there's not much to recommend it. There's only 2 good things that have ever come out of Swindon: the band XTC and Billie Piper. If the 2 guys in XTC didn't still live there, I'd say it could be paved over and nobody would miss it. -SalParadise
CD, aren't you from there? that's enough to recommend it right there! *starts running* -AdmiralLaurie
I agree. It needs a sign outside of town. "Welcome to Swindon. Home of CD and ZGB." -teivrann
Yum... Billie Piper... /me goes to his happy place. -TechnoTherapist
For our US chums - Swindon is a town in the UK with almost zero charm or character. -CommanderData
Which is why CD was uniquely able to come up with the concept of ZGB... after living in Swindon, nothing is unthinkable. (/me dashes off to LART shelter) -chazz
Been a while since being stationed UK. Swindon alsohas a crazy indoor water park to if I remember correctly. Shrugs.
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Yum... Billie Piper... /me goes to his happy place. -TechnoTherapist
Yum... Billie Piper... /me goes to his happy place. -TechnoTherapist
What in the name of Edsel Ford is that traffic monstrosity? All I can hear now is "Look kids Big Ben, Parliament!" -edventure
I think the chaps at disney got confused when they asked for an opinion of swindon and got told "it's full of muppets and has a magic roundabout" -Tarantulus
What sort of bullshit PR swindle pulled this off? -Seamus
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El Reg dirty PC pictures - The Register has published some pictures of PCs that have accumulated... dust, and stuff... to almost rival some of the horrible things we've seen elsewhere. 6 pages, but my favorite is the last... [By: chazz / 2009-12-04]
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I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. /Ripley -AdeptusMechanis
I wish I'd taken pics of mine when I opened it for the first time since owning it. It was absolutely abominable! -AdmiralLaurie
Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do... -exzyle2k
wow those need a literal nuke and pave. -ZombieBear
I'm suddenly feeling the urge to go clean my system out. It accumulates large clods of dust really quickly because it moves a LOT of air through it. I may have to take some pictures as evidence... -teivrann
Seems if you could get the air velocity high enough, dust wouldn't be able to accumulate. http://www.dresser-rand.com/PortableVentilators/ventair.asp -Stryker One
StrykerOne's fan looks like it would blow the chips right off the mainboard. Or embed the dust into the epoxy... -chazz
...or blow the 1's and 0's apart! -Voz
I put up a picture of perhaps the dirtiest keyboard anyobody's ever seen. The lady who used this keyboard was a case study in what not to do, both personally and hygenically. I'd be surprised if she was under 400 pounds, and in a desk that can best be described as damn near condemnable, she had over 25 64-ounce containers of food, in various percentages of emptiness. She ate constantly even her boss refused to go near her desk, it was so filthy. One inident that made me throw up a little involved her popping open a new Family Size bag of Doritos, shoveling them in by the handful, then proclaiming she was going to Wendy's for lunch because she was "starving." And yet she wonderd why her keyboard & mouse refused to work. Probably because of how much food was clogged into it. -elcapitane
My mother is a trust officer who used to have to go to client's houses to gather up personal affects. On one particular outing she brought me along (For the LOLs, though we wouldn't use that term at the time). The houses she had to deal with were incredible in terms of filth, I was in charge of cleaning the fridge and I think I found one of the Old Ones living inside. Quite the ordeal. -AdeptusMechanis
@elcapitane: yuck. We had one like that at our place, whose chair was left alone by the rest of the team due to 'hygiene issues' (read: technically a biohazard). These are the ones who will blame it on a glandular disorder, but the 'gland' in question is only preventing their skulls from collapsing. -teivrann
For only $.12 a day, you can save these towers with the clean a pc foundation. lol. -KrazerKap
8-) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cress_keyboard-3_sprouting.jpg -AussieFoot
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Strange CD found in California - Not really noteworthy, but simultaneously freaky and interesting. Especially the "music" on the disc, and the way it was packaged. [By: linuxmatt / 2009-12-03]
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It is cute packaging... but internal evidence would suggest that it is a scam, a way for the writer to get some publicity for his own music. Check the comments... -chazz
I agree with Chazz. And they suck. -Grembo
That's alright, there's a strange CD to be found in Swindon, too <runs> -lineswine
*incoming projectile LART* -CommanderData
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Screens I want - I want, 2880 x 900 quad-DLP display, I just WANT! [By: virusjtg / 2009-11-24]
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If you will excuse me I have some money i need to make. -ZombieBear
Heh. Me too. -virusjtg
huh.. umm.. i'l just take a couple projectors... Kinda like a hawt stripper - LOOKs awsome.. even sexyer when buzzed, but the lights come up, you sober up and you just spent HOW MUCH?!?! -Harm
only 900 vertical rez? My 17" screen on my 2005 laptop is 1600x1200! -JoeLugian
Vir, pass teh napkins please? And $18k. -RA
Come to think of it now that I really look at it... for that much money, why am I buying a dlp display? why is it only 2880 * 900? and what can I do with that that i can not do with 5 46in 1080p sony tvs (tiger direct pricing)? now that would be awesome. -ZombieBear
Come to think of it now that I really look at it... for that much money, why am I buying a dlp display? why is it only 2880 * 900? and what can I do with that that i can not do with 5 46in 1080p sony tvs (tiger direct pricing)? now that would be awesome. -ZombieBear
Come to think of it now that I really look at it... for that much money, why am I buying a dlp display? why is it only 2880 * 900? and what can I do with that that i can not do with 5 46in 1080p sony tvs (tiger direct pricing)? now that would be awesome. -ZombieBear
ooops. my apologies, pc crashed on me. -ZombieBear
*infects ZombieBear, paralyzes his hands, sends him after the brains of law students.* -virusjtg
I can hook you up with 7680 X 1600 for the same price if you don't mind the bezels... -ThinTheHerd
I just ordered a 30" widescreen LG monitor this morning. 2560x1600 res, 5ms response, and other sweet stats ;) -elcapitane
+1 To Joe's comment. I'll stick with my 4660x1680 - even if it is across three screens. -Geminii
Actually I'm working on building a custom one similar to that using the eyefinity on ATI's new graphics cards. Hoping to have the bezels about a quarter inch thick between screens. -LazyLemming
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The importance of data backup - Yup, totally a double post of this vid. Don't know why I submitted it to the section I originally did. It's early morning and I haven't had my usual caffeine intake, let's blame it on that. Anyway, destroying a server with multiple weapons ending in an explosion. Awesome vid. [By: AdeptusMechanis / 2009-11-19]
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I can just imagine a bunch of disgruntled techs taking out their frustrations on this poor server. Lol! -AdmiralLaurie
I would have liked to see Thermite used on it! -TieDyedDinosaur
AL: You've never been to a TSC BBQ >:-) -Necros
-necros: the day someone hosts one in San Antonio, Austin or Seguin, I'm coming! -AdmiralLaurie
TieDye I found an easy recipe. A few etcha sketches for aluminum. A bit of muriatic acid and copper wire. Put the wire and acid in a spray bottle for a week. Now spray it on steel. Mass amounts of rust. You now have Lots of rust and aluminum. Mix it. Make into a paste. Torch it and RUNNNNN!!! -0gr3
Why etch a sketches? Aren't soda cans all aluminum nowadays? -VFox
Finely powdered aluminum is much preferred for Thermite! An etch-a-sketch is apparently a very good source of powdered aluminium. -TieDyedDinosaur
ahh nerds. is there anything that brings us togeather faster then making fire more fun? -ZombieBear
Only thing cooler than thermite? Thermite and ice. Anne wants big boom! -AnneBWalsh
me, fourth of July celebration on a farm out in the middle of soybean ville. Dad, Aunt Teresa and I are sort of the pyromaniacs of the family. So we're sitting round eating smores when my dad says something I can't hear to Teresa. I was enjoying the show, being as close as was safely possible. They had one of those sixty tiny missile launchers, and supposedly aimed it right at me, although I doubt it very much. One of the tiny little bastards landed right near my leg. My dad laughed himself stupid saying "she looks like a nam vet! she looks like a nam vet!". Oh, I got my revenge. Sparklers are great fun.... -AdmiralLaurie
I think Anne's been watching a little too much Mythbusters! So I reject her reality and substitute my own! -Captain Trips
"Too-much-Mythbusters"? I do not understand this thing of which you speak! -Voz
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Women love your 'big box of cables' - I have an enormous box of random cables. No wonder the ladies love me. [By: cianw / 2009-11-17]
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"My big box of cables brings all the girls to the yard! My box... is better than yours! My Box.. is better than yours!" -JoeLugian
Ok, it SHOULD be: "My big box of cables brings all the girls to the yard! And their like, It
s bigger than yours! Damn right, it's bigger than yours! I could teach you but I'd have to charge!" -JoeLugian
Remember, the connector goes in the FRONT! -TieDyedDinosaur
It works the other way too... my boyfriend was impressed with my big box of cables. When we moved in together we combined boxes. <3 -FlyingGrype
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Train company buses employees to meeting - Sounds like something that one of our members here may have experience with. The fact that rail fares on their own system are more than ten times the bus fares for the same trip doesn't raise any warning flags? [By: chazz / 2009-11-11]
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CD's going to just LOVE this... -Gromit
CD already knows about this :) -CommanderData
Yup, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw it too.. how ass-backwards does a company have to be to deny their own employees access to the trains they run in the course of business?? -NightSteel
And in a further @$$-about-face way, what's the bet the buses will only pick up from ONE location, which the employees will have to take a train trip to (and from) anyway? -Wraith556
Ermmm, we don't actually run any trains y'know -CommanderData
Oh. Well my mistake then! -NightSteel
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Ghost, can you check in please? - I don't want to sound alarmist, but our very own tech-apparition and guardian of the LART-shelter is in the middle of that lot. Vaya con dios, old spectre. [By: Gromit / 2009-11-08]
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Yeep! -virusjtg
Wow, Ghost, hope you are alright. -NightSteel
Judging by the pic, I'm not sure he COULD check in if he wanted to (downed lines). We're all pullin' for ya, y'old phantasm. -Seamus
Unfortunately, I'm still alive. .... er.... wait.... <?> Now, seriously, thanks for your concern. The incidents were bad, and sadly lives were lost; but they were just isolated landslides; the country is standing and pretty much normal. All activities are up and the sun is shining strong as ever this morning; so, we go on. I'll make a post in the break room with more news. -TheGhost
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BRAAAAAAIINNS! - Take a look at the gallery, esp. the one pic featuring a zombie with long hair, wearing a blood-stained white shirt....I'm SO proud of my son!
More info here:- http://www.examiner.co.uk/videos-pics/2009/11/02/huddersfield-zombie-slouch-2009-86081-25070193/ [By: lineswine / 2009-11-02]
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BRAAAAAINS! - Huddersfield zombie Slouch 2009 - look in the gallery for the kid in the blood-stained white shirt& long hair...I'm SO proud of my son! [By: lineswine / 2009-11-02]
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If I could see him, I'd say awwwww! but I bet you folks had fun, and that's what matters. -AdmiralLaurie
Awww - he takes after his Dad....poor sod. ;-) -Gromit
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How to tell mother what your IT job is - "Internet Entrepreneur’s Mother Still Assumes He ‘Fixes Computers’ For Living" LOL [By: cianw / 2009-10-27]
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You don't. you really, really don't. my grandmother couldn't understand my job unless I broke it down into it's constituent parts and fed it to her one crumb at a time, and even then it'd be too much. -AdmiralLaurie
That was funny. I am still early enough in my career that if I had a job it would be fixing computers. -DarkRookie
so what do the mothers of porn site admins think? -drachen
Porn sites have admins? They must be mere shells of their former selves, and all they can parrot is: "all the free $pr0n you can handle, we just need your credit card to verify your age, oh, that charge is to check the validity of the card, I'm sorry sir but that charge is for you being a dumba$$" -AdmiralLaurie
I got so tired of things like that, when people ask me I tell them I work at McDonald's -LowLevelFormat
"Don't tell my Mom I work in IT, she thinks I play piano in a whorehouse." -ralphp1024
Kinda reminds me of when ppl ask me what I do, I tell them I support a NOC in a hospital and the conversation invariably veers towards an expectation of me evaluating HPs vs Dells. -Tuswole
"I shove information up idiots all day." -Geminii
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8 legged starfish - One of Riff's? [By: smellystudent / 2009-10-24]
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No I think this is more aligned with the stories I have heard of his. http://bash.org/?904758 -DarkRookie
Nah.. All of Riff's and VT's are 2-legged... And if it's Riff's, it comes armed with food stamps to pay for computer repairs. -exzyle2k
They consider 8 a record? It isn't unusual for Crown Of Thorns to have a dozen legs and there are other species just as prolific. Must be a slow news week. -AussieFoot
Um, it states clearly that foodstamps are to be used for food purchased in a store, however, that is not hot, etc. How the hell can someone think it's usable for computer repair? -AdmiralLaurie
AL - That's the type of "special" that Indiana is saturated with. -exzyle2k
That's really pathetic.... -AdmiralLaurie
Another octomom in the making -THETECHFROMHELL
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Tanker Truck Explosion NE Side of Indy - This happened a couple of miles from where we live and where I work. Probably would have heard it had I been outdoors at the time. [By: RiffRaff / 2009-10-22]
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I-69 ... Too easy to comment. Glad you and the Mrs. are okay. -Necros
BIG Bada boom! </Leeloo Minai Lekarariba-Laminai-Tchai Ekbat De Sebat> -Captain Trips
Riff - the FIRST thing I thought of was a recent exercise we've discussed previously. Eerie. -Grue
awwww, Capt Trips stole my line :) still, glad you're all OK mate. -rosemetal
I was 1.7 Kms from the Cairns BLEVE in 1987. The shock wave rattled our back door and rattled our roof where I worked. -Gerund
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Security Expert Says Don't Use Windows - Apologies in advance for a blatant cross-post, but this is significant: Security expert/columnist for the Washington Post basically says if you want to stay safe while performing tasks such as online banking, don't use Windows. That's pretty ballsy. [By: RiffRaff / 2009-10-14]
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Or the users could figure out how to protect themselves by using current AV, and not downloading and clicking on every single link they see. Of course this is coming from WSJ that also published the end of email: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052970203803904574431151489408372.html -Olorin
Opps wrong newspaper but the same journalistic level. -Olorin
Yet sadly, I know a few banks that ONLY support Windows/IE for their online transactions. -linkv
Yup - up to a few months ago Santander's online banking system would detect the use of any non-IE browser at the login page and prevent the login. So much for security then. -Gromit
Worse, although now rectified, an Aussie bank that would only allow IE6. -AussieFoot
to the less wary, yes windows is about as secure as leaving your huse unlocked with a inventory of what you own taped to unlocked front door. as a person that has had their cc info stolene once - i may not run an AV on vista, but avoid the standart pitfalls. FF with an online scan weekly. BUT i'm tek savey. and have a copy of knoppix on a secandary machine. plus check sensitive info on a govment network. banking - work. pron and warez - home. -Harm
and i have asystem that just runs on a knoppix live cd. paranoia pays off occationaly. -Harm
The inherent problem I can see with this is that 90% of people are just barely clearing the jump to operate windows, what do you really think will happen if people start using linux distros that are't supported by anyone? That is the day I build the rocket to mars to start a new colony. -Tuswole
As much as I support a comment like this, is basically comes down to which OS is popular. The more mainstream it is the more of a target it becomes, so it's kind of a vicious cycle -kumenchi
While I agree with Kumenchi, by and large, I have to point out that the best available security, running your OS off an unwriteable medium like CD-ROM, is not available for Windows and is for Linux. If there was a Windows LiveCD available, that could be equally safe, as then you are always booting and working off a clean OS. As Windows does not have that option, though, we are left with Linux as your top-security choice. -chazz
Capt. Obvious' take: If you want to stay safe while performing tasks, such as banking, walk to the #$@%@#$ bank! -Biosynthetic
Doesn't that depend on the neighborhood you're walking through? -Voz
That's why I have my trusty Gatling Taser....and if that don't do the trick, there's always...Footmouse! -Biosynthetic
You mean this Gatling Taser? http://wsheep.blogspot.com/2005/05/110000-volt-gatling-taser-gun.html -unrenowned
Kinda like that. Picture a cross between two of those attached to the exoskeleton in Aliens 2. -Biosynthetic
Actually, it IS possible to boot windows from a cd. Check out Hirem's Boot CD, it's got a mini XP installation on it. -garwain
Ric Romero? -drachen
pages that require IE would be the reason I use something like User Agent Switcher on firefox. It fools microsoft's web page, and the US gov page for college aid. -rhiannon
Want. Gatling. Taser. Gun. -LazyLemming
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IT LIVES! - Yes folks, the Dogcow has been spotted! He is believed to be living in a disused treacle mine in the fallout-ridden industrial desert north of Watford, surviving on a diet of homebrewed vodka strained through a pair of his Mum's old bloomers. You can run, DD, but you can't hide... Thanks for finding him, Virusjtg - though I dread to think what you were searching for when you fell over him. [By: Gromit / 2009-10-01]
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SWEET!!!!! -redevil34
er, it only brings up a page with the title, and nothing more. even with the homepage of http://www.moofburger.blogspot.com -AdmiralLaurie
AdmiralLaurie: try it without the leading www. Link: http://moofburger.blogspot.com -chazz
-chazz: no joy. -AdmiralLaurie
doesn't work for me either :( -rosemetal
I do get a content warning; perhaps there are filters on AL's and Rosemetal's MSIE installs? -chazz
With FF3.5 I had no trouble, the link goes to a content warning page that you have to click through to get to the blog. -AussieFoot
I've just tried it again with both Firefox 3.5 and IE6 - no problems at all. Just click through the content warning - it's SFW apart from the odd bit of colourful language. -Gromit
nice... just what I've been missing since Coy quit writing... maybe DD can do a daily post? Probably not, but one can hope :) -cyberblade3001
Virus if you are in town I owe you a beer. -Olorin
ah, had to use Jaws mouse immulation to see it. VJTG, I owe you a round of drinks.... thank you! -AdmiralLaurie
Yep, that reads like the dogcow we all know. Seems to post fairly often, too.
-MadJack
Thanks again, virus. And Gromit, you got a mention in the Oct 3 post. :) -Tekkie
What? I thought Dowcows always WERE spotted! (heh, I get semi-namecheck on his post for introducing him to Twitter...) -lineswine
It's gotta be him, just read this one and there's no way to dismiss it as a copy cat.... http://moofburger.blogspot.com/2009/10/bridget-joness-larceny.html -unrenowned
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In Soviet Russia . . . - Russians create new 8-bit holiday. [By: AussieFoot / 2009-09-13]
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quoth does Jaws, 404 -AdmiralLaurie
funny, it comes up for me just fine -- slashdot link. -chazz
Hmmm, in looking at the url, there's a mbash at the end of it. Let's see. I'm not trying to be contradictory, it's just what I've noticed. -AdmiralLaurie
Yead, and there's more text following the place where the word "mdash" is spelled out. Could something be interpreting " - m d a s h - " as an actual mdash? -chazz
[Via Google Translate: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree established a professional holiday - Day of the programmer, which is celebrated on Sept. 13 if a leap year - September 12, the press office of head of state.
Unofficially Programmer's Day celebrated in the world for many years at the 256 th day of each year. The number 256 is chosen because it is the number of integers that can be expressed using a single eight-byte, and also is the maximum degree of 2, which is less than 365.
September 13 has long been an informal celebratory date for programmers, recalled in the ministry. Ordinance approval Minkomsvyazi feast was prepared after consultation with trade unions and industry associations and submitted to the Government in July 2009.]
Russia leads the way again.... -Grembo
It didn't come up the first time for me <Firefox>, tried a few things, above is the article. -Grembo
It came up fine for me, first try (Firefox on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty). The Russians have an awful lot of holidays and commemorative days. I wonder how many of them are paid time off days, though. -Tekkie
You should complain to HR that your job description didn't include [drumroll] DEBUGGER! [runs for the lart shelter] -EngieViral
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Tech Support Flowchart - Isn't this basically what we all do when we meet some new program and need to do something? [By: ralphp1024 / 2009-08-24]
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Hey, that's what I've been doing! They're giving away my secret process! -TieDyedDinosaur
We Engineers do it better. If a machine doesn't work, we start pushing random buttons, or unplugging/pluggin random cables. Sometime it works, sometime it doesn't and we put a concerned look and go "hmm... that's odd." Sometimes it causes unexpected consequences and the problem doesn't matter anymore. -TheGhost
Printed, stuck on wall in customer area. I don't want to turn away business but I do want ppl to at least try before they call us. I suspect nothing will change -Bloke
I stick it to my door with a magnet everytime I leave the office. So far, doesn't appear to work. -LazyLemming
I stick it to my door with a magnet everytime I leave the office. So far, doesn't appear to work. -LazyLemming
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System admin day! - Happy System admin day every one. We few, we grumpy few. And TSC is chop full of us, yay! Thanks again Hawk. [By: virusjtg / 2009-07-31]
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A day when users are a little less grumpy to you.....or maybe not ;) -Armakuni
I got a huge bouquet of sunflowers from a user! They have teeny green bugs on them, which are taking over my desk but I still appreciate the gesture. :) -Tekkie
Send a cheezy card : http://www.spiceworks.com/itcards/ ... Pi$$ off your mail admin! :) -Necros
Hey, I AM the mail admin..... -virusjtg
Nothing from any of my users, of course. -RiffRaff
I got a hug. But at least it was something. -virusjtg
Lunch from the Indian restaurant! Mmm... vindaloo... -chazz
"I got a rock..." -vacuumtubes
A phone call complaining that I couldn't create what the boss wanted from what he left on my desk. So nothing special. -Divinar
Woot! -PTSTech
I got breakfast in bed and a soda. Woot! -AdmiralLaurie
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Visual guide to computer hardware. - Found thing on the front page of Digg, Not only do i intend to make this into a poster and put it up in my office, I'm going to use it next time i need to explain what a monitor cable looks like. [By: Ratfor / 2009-07-19]
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I'm going through the hi-res version and figuring out which ones *haven't* appeared in a computer I own. I've certainly seen DIL memory chips, but not SIP ones... -Chromatix
I know it's still fairly new, but I'm disapoined there is no pci-e x32 on here. -Ratfor
@Ratfor - Eighth from the top in the Desktop Card Slots section. -AussieFoot
Ratfor was looking for a PCIe 32x, not a PCIx. -ralphp1024
They're missing MCA slots, but that's OK, I'm sure none of the rest of us are missing them very much. IBM: The Original PS/2! -AmazingKreskin
@ralph - Tsk, tsk, you were looking in the Peripheral Cards section. Read my previous comment. -AussieFoot
I didn't see IBM's proprietary PS/2 card or slot listed. Probably because it's hard to fond an old PS/2. Also MIDI ports are missing. -edventure
Edventure, that's the MCA slot that AmazingKreskin was talking about. Luckily for us, the MicroChannel Architecture was never very popular; I seem to recall seeing only about three companies apart from IBM that ever made anything for it. -chazz
@Chazz, I didn't notice his post until after I submitted mine. We had to do product presentations in a marketing class back when I was in college. One girl in the class made hers IBM PS/2's and their fantastic Micro Channel Architecture. (Yes, I'm that old!) I think my lip was bleeding after stifling all the giggles. -edventure
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People like this... - People like this should be summarily executed. They're a waste of space. If I was that librarian I would have been hard pressed to keep my cool while telling the patron in no uncertain terms that he is not welcome in my library now or ever again. [By: OgdenTechGuy / 2009-07-01]
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I want to kill something. So I'm supposed to be ignorant, with a limited vocab, just because I can't see well? I learned most of the synonyms I use from books, not the fscking vocab lists we slaved over in school. That guy needs to go back to wherever he came from and never ever patronise that building again. -AdmiralLaurie
BTW, should anyone be interested, I'm trying to break into the voice-over business. If anyone knows of someone hiring for recording audio books, point them to http://billcademy.yolasite.com </cheap plug> -Captain Trips
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How many do you have? - 6 New Personality Disorders Caused by the Internet, from cracked so is sfw [By: starfishmagnet / 2009-07-01]
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none ... no, really ... I said NONE, asshat. I'm sorry, my cat just hacked up a fork, it was awful ... -srteach
sadly I know a few morons with Munchausen by internet. <cough>$programmer-I-dislike</cough> -AdmiralLaurie
I'm watching the comments here for any spelling, punctuation or grammar mistakes. So look out, or there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth! -robbor
"But unlike a kid, a quick smack to the back of the head won't shut this guy up." Well, maybe with Otis this might be true!
-TieDyedDinosaur
Go $)*%(%*$(&^&$&$&$*$*^&&*(^*%&^)&*$^%#!!!!! TooooT tooot... Tooot. Tooot.. Tooot. WTF *%(!)_(*!(*%!&!(^!*%!!!! -kennz
- Sips tea on the background while knitting. --- I'm off to the LART Shelter now. Ahihihi -kennz
I like this one better: http://www.cracked.com/article_17206_10-most-perverted-old-school-video-games.html
-unrenowned
I like the link to the "If everything was made by Microsoft" http://www.cracked.com/article_17323_if-everything-was-made-by-microsoft.html #s 3 and 1 in particular. -Wraith556
While reading the M$ ones, I got a BSOD. Seriously. And I just finished telling my visitors that my Vista 64 install had run flawlessly for 4 months. Murphy has one hell of a sense of humor. -ThinTheHerd
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Sand Sculptures - My sister found this and frankly I think some of these will end up finding places on our walls.... [By: unrenowned / 2009-06-27]
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Wish I could see those, they sound intriguing. But yes, I think the skeptical, watchful, purposeful and perturbed ones would be on my wall. -AdmiralLaurie
That was amazing. Great share. -dc70380
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Tech calls on my Youtube Channel - I put up a few of my favorite calls Riff and I had taken over the years. And it ends with my "Fucknugget" rant... :-) [By: vacuumtubes / 2009-06-12]
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That rant is epic. Thank you, VT! -Seamus
I love the penalty reboot, and pretending that the user is on a crappy phone when shes not. That rant at the end IS epic! Hope you don't get in shit for it. -Caboose447
We crave mooooooore. -Icelator
And that's exactly why I'm getting out of the retail field... Do you have any idea what it's like meeting them in the flesh?! -unrenowned
Something tells me your into transistor radios. -Stryker One
A close relative (on the phone to me) "Why won't {website} accept my password? I've put in the correct one. It says Roboform - This password cannot open passcard {website}" I answered, "You have your capslock on" She said "How did you know that?" -Gerund
oh that was good< thanks for posting it... -NerfHerder
My favorite is Riff's call with the crickle-crackle lady. Trying to establish a DUN connection with a crap line, then say it's our fault--yeah, good luck with that....LOL!! -vacuumtubes
I just want to know... How many "genuine, dyed-in-the-wool, Muncie-bred fucknugget" rants you've had. -exzyle2k
A few--certainly after the customer hung up, and if the tape was still rolling.... -vacuumtubes
vt, I want to work with you. Was the rapidfire thumping head/fist meets desk? I've done that before with morons over the phone. -AdmiralLaurie
Fist meeting desk. However, I'm in the Prozac Generation now, so I don't have near as much frustration. -vacuumtubes
ZOMFG, that SO made my day! Thank you! "... get out of the pool." Classic! -RA
Volume II is now on the channel.... -vacuumtubes
O...M...F...G! That had me pounding the desk and everyone around me wanted the link! I want that on my Ipod so I can listen over and over again! -Biosynthetic
I SERIOUSLY miss the VT/RR calls from $ISP. Those works of art have a permanent place on my iPod. *G* -linkv
LET'S FIND VOLUME 2.... -AdmiralLaurie
Link to volume 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jGfXFwvoyw&feature=channel -chazz
Call Six is PRICELESS!! -unrenowned
I do NOT know how you held your composure on call #7... -unrenowned
That was amazing...I am glad I don't work helpdesk anymore, but now I have to deal with these id10ts face to face. Sometimes I wish I was still doing helpdesk just because of the magic "Oops, the call was dropped" button :) -dc70380
I was kinda bummed out about being unemployed, and considered going back to work at a call center...and then I heard that...Ahhhh I feeeel SOOOO much better. TY! -MacDaddy
Calls like this are EXACTLY why I keep asking for a punching bag for my birthday! -udoshan
How the HELL do you two keep your cool? -CommanderData
For me now, it's Prozac. My favorite don't-give-a-fuck drug. Not sure what Riff takes... :-) -vacuumtubes
Hehehehehehe, and peopple think I'm nuts? -AdmiralLaurie
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UK IT workers top three in alcohol use - Hmmmm, think they found out about the TSC BBQ? [By: CTYankee / 2009-05-27]
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I agree, cos I'm one. now where did I put that beer down...glug -bumblingalong
Number 2?! You're not trying hard enough, I want you number 1 next year. -AussieFoot
You mean that the House Of Commons wasn't #1? I demand a recount! -Seamus
*hic* -Stryker One
<slurred drunken reflex> Who ya callin a hick! </slurred drunken reflex> -AussieFoot
Oh fer krissakes, we can't even be No.1 at bloody drinking! I'm doing me best... <THUD!> -Gromit
The problem is that in Russia the drinking is compulsory! -TieDyedDinosaur
Seamus: The Commons probably got disqualified because they didn't pay for any of it themselves :) -Armakuni
I wonder where the American Tech workers stand. I give us 5th at best. -DarkRookie
"WE'RE GOING TO VEGAS!!!!!!!" <Passes out> -Necros
I *knew* we needed to move to the UK!! If we bring you more of our Americanisms, you'll drink more and we'll be #1!! -TechMama
Blame Canada... Imean starfish. -ZombieBear
Dashed uncivilised, should of course be cups of tea for us sophisticated Brtis. -CommanderData
I'm thinking instead that it is pints of best bitter... -chazz
http://hypem.com/track/776036 -unrenowned
Whisky in the bottle/Bottle in my hand/Trying to beat a login page that I just don't understand/All the while not knowin' that the admin's got me banned/Whisky, what you done to me? -fearnothing
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Geek Squad Fail - Geek Squad fail to diagnose an unplugged hard drive cable in a test to see who's shop is ripping you off. [By: Dragones / 2009-05-22]
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Not a huge suprise, the geek squad used to help our customers set up their internect connections and would have to call in for tech support as they were not even able to check simple tcp/ip settings. I would tell them to call thier supv for assistance that is what they are paid for. -THETECHFROMHELL
As to be expected, a shop is only as good as its techs. -TieDyedDinosaur
I loved that letter of apathy from the DM. It's the classic "we proudly try to rip everyone off equally (and we're sorry that we got caught)" statement. -Seamus
Obviously their quality of service is improving. The G.S. at the mall across the street sends people to our store when they can't figure it out -Spyder19
that "pc paramedix" place got a lot of free advertising, there. seems like they were a sharp bunch, though. -illiterate
I acn forgive them for simply missing the HD cable, BUT to "diagnose" a virus and charge $580 for new HD? DUMB!!!! -udoshan
We don't have that store in the UK, but PC World is WELL known for being unable to diagnose anything but charging you nearly £100 for a drive scan.. -CommanderData
I haven't been happy with gs since winter of 05, when my cd drive went thud. I didn't know how to isntall a new one, had never done it, so to be safe we took it to gs, and they charged over $120 for a simple install. that's not including the cost of the drive, oh and the install took 45 minutes. -AdmiralLaurie
Not surprised at all. Most items sold there for some reason do not work. I used to pick up phones and people where complaining about the items they bought. I always ask then where they bought it. They would always say Best Buy. I try to TS, if it does not work. I ask them to go get it replaced or ask their money back. -kennz
I love how at the end the reporter tells you how they hide their bbb f ratings in that region. -Icelator
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Now THIS is how you run a NOC (NSFW) - This link is not even *close* to being safe for work. Nevertheless, it is *technically* tech-related, and I would be a poor friend indeed if I did not share this. Enjoy, but not at work. ;~} [By: RiffRaff / 2009-05-20]
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Why not at work? ... They are (at work) BEFG. -Gerund
I WANT A NEEEEEWWW JOOOOOBB!! -unrenowned
Sorry but i'm not sure i see the NOC. Perhaps I am distracted. -MrJay67
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Those of you running Win7... - ...will want to read this. [By: Tekkie / 2009-05-13]
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Doesn't affect me, running the 64bit version. -flapjackboy
And this is why it's only RC-1. But it's still looking better than Vista was after SP1! -Divinar
Hey, it's still in testing, so it still has lots of bugs. I haven't found any on my system though, since I'm testing the 64-bit edition. IIRC though, one of the beta builds had some strange bug that caused some hard disks to permanently kick the bucket at some point in hibernation (somehow fried the HDD's firmware I think). I don't understand how it happened, but a lot of users complained their HDDs no longer being usable (wouldn't even show up in the BIOS) after hibernating the beta. -linuxmatt
Thanks m'dear - I'm just ordering a new box to trial Win7 on. <makes mental note on bit of paper - First, update...> -Gromit
I'm not going to use Win 7 until I'm damned sure it will work with Jaws. It's currently being tested and I think developed for. -AdmiralLaurie
When I came out of hibernation, I got a blue screen, then it had to chkdisk. I think I'll avoid it sleeping from now on... -evolvedstarfish
Since I'm running 64-bit, I'm safe, and I'm with the others. What I've seen so far is already bigger, better, and faster than Vista. -elcapitane
Wee. Doesn't effect me. Got the 64-bit version on mine. -DarkRookie
I'm posting this from Windows 7 RC 32-bit - so far no problems. -Gromit
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Fred Code - Here's one way to get around a numerical issue in code the hard way... pardons if this has shown up here before. [By: Mushroom / 2009-05-07]
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Wow, that looks a lot like some of the legacy code I have to support here.
Still, at least it looks pretty on the page! -Shaede
The fact I can look at that and name at least 2 people in our firm who write code like it no longer frightens me.. -CommanderData
We have some code similar here. About 25 nested if statements used to move data files, archive, then delete. I've looked at attempting to redo it several times (so has SalParadise). Just simpler to let it continue. It works. Not sure who coded it. Was here before me, but DAMN, it's ugly. -TubPorsche
Holy crap! Folks, let this be a lesson to not code AND do drugs at the SAME time... -unrenowned
butbutbut.. There's builtin functionality for padding with fixed amount of zeroes and everything.. ahhh. my fragile little mind.. -shayera
.. and for padding *to* a fixed amount of ciphers/zeroes too.. blehh.. :) -shayera
Unless the number input happens to be 0. Or longer than 9 digits. Whatever happened to "%09.9d"? -chazz
I've written some rather ugly code, http://ryan.thetank.biz/source/qbi2poser.py but... damn... -boxxertrumps
@unrenowned come on, it is not a coincidnece both LSD and Unix originate fro Berkley! -Ara
This reminds me of some old Fortran code I once worked with. Hollerith data type was four ebcdic characters in one variable. Same weird nesting checks and conversions but with powers of 16. -TieDyedDinosaur
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The Hunt for Gollum - This looks cool. [By: Hawk / 2009-05-04]
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you sir, are correct that was not bad at all, quite interesting -NerfHerder
I just watched it with my son, it was pretty good for a low budget film, watch out Peter Jackson! -Hawk
Thanks, Hawk, for bringing this to our attention -- it was quite good, especially well done for a "fan film." (And thanks once again for being our favorite webmaster for bringing us things like this!) -Captain Trips
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NERD RAGE! - Actually, I kind of sympathize with this comic; there is no reason to assume that anyone who is good at Guitar Hero can sing AND play guitar in a real rock band nor would I ever want to sit through an episode of them trying.... [By: unrenowned / 2009-04-26]
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URU Live. Best game I've ever played, nothing since has come close. -Stryker One
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A Damning Parody - What could have happened if the likes of Filmation, Hanna-Barbera and Ruby Spears got hold of the Watchmen franchise. So vintage-looking, it hurts! [By: vacuumtubes / 2009-04-25]
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Ok, I swear this has been posted here before. Am I wrong? -Stryker One
I don't recall seeing it before, but the video has 11k comments so it's been around for a while at least, meaning it's possible. -OgdenTechGuy
I think it got posted in the Watchmen thread in the Break Room, back around when the movie came out. -Grue
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Command line is illegal - Person arrested for doing illegal activities because he was seen using a command line interface which obviously denotes illegal 'hacking'.... [By: CommanderData / 2009-04-15]
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Jesus, just Jesus -starfishmagnet
WTF Batman!!!! -Crai
Fuck the police. -ThinTheHerd
sudo apt-get insta.... "HANDS UP TERRORIST SCUM!" -neodemi
Well I guess that means that network admins can't do their jobs any longer. Vacation time folks, we can't use a command line cause we might be hacking. -Olorin
So, some former Circuit City employees became campus cops... -vacuumtubes
I guess if command line use is hacking now, I won't switch to 'nix. Windows is the greatest. BFEG. Joking. -DarkRookie
Wha? Huh? uh, no. Howinhell is that possible? -AdmiralLaurie
You may want to read a copy of the actual warrant, it looks like the Officer in question also has other evidence like dns records, dhcp logs, and complaints that the perp in question has also been installing unlicensed software on peoples computers. The cli is just one f the things listed just to show that he knows how to use more than just the gui. -McSmiley
I did read the warrant, and it seems that it was justified. They have connection records and personal testimony of what the suspect is accused of doing, and need to investigate further on these claims. It was NOT just based on his using the CLI, but on various other factors as well. Yeah, let's not judge based on only partial evidence, which the EFF article is doing. Normally I support their efforts, but this time they are off-base. -Captain Trips
Overall the warrant may be valid, but just the fact that they cited the use of the CLI, shows a staggering level of ignorance. -Stryker One
note CLI != hacking, However it does denote a person who is more likely to be adept at computing. Also, for all we know he actually had a vm that was cli only. How else would you describe a cli based vm to a non-technical judge? (a secondary os, black and white screen text only) -McSmiley
on reading the warrant, it looks like all the accusations are hearsay based on a disgrunted ex-roommate. i can't believe they went this far based on pure hearsay from someone who obviously had a bone to pick with the accusee (which was being dealt with by the college anyway) -rosemetal
At $hitty programming limited, I faced instant dismissal for "any activities considered to be hacking" by the admin staff, which in reality was anything they didn't understand. This included: editing HTML in notepad, editing ANYTHING in notepad, using DOS prompts to format diskettes, copy diskettes, FTP sessions to the HP-UX box in my work area, and even the command prompt on the HP-UX box to duplicate software for customers. And this was all covered in my job description and work instructions. A lot of work was done after hours to avoid those clueless berks. -Wraith556
Plastic Coppers, you got to luv 'em :( -Armakuni
After reading the warrant, I took away that 2 people were fighting, it went online by the accusee creating a fake profile on a website. So far, these are civil issues. The issue that he has been seen with many different laptops on campus is irrelevant. Under that criteria, most of us that repair computers should be under arrest for theft. Stating that a disgruntled calooege pal is a credible witness and seems to be the only person to have heard the "hacking confessions" is highly suspect as well. The claim that this "L33T ahcker" installed software on his system is highly suspect as well. If he could pull that off, couldnt he obscure his own MAC address to access the web site? -techinator
I once had a clueless boss say that she didn't want to see me using the command line again, because she didn't understand it. So I turned my desk around. -Geminii
I once had a clueless boss say that she didn't want to see me using the command line again, because she didn't understand it. So I turned my desk around. -Geminii
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You stupid bitch - No words can describe the stupidity, news site is sfw [By: starfishmagnet / 2009-04-12]
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I see stuff like this and a sound clip comes to mind; Cletus from The Simpsons saying "are you some kind of mo-ron?" -OgdenTechGuy
uh.... thud. why would you jump into a bear's enclosure while it's being fed? -AdmiralLaurie
Why would you jump into a bear's enclosure at all? Thank you Disney for teaching the world's idiots that bears are cute and cuddly... and thank you (not!) hospital system for keeping this sort of idiot alive to reproduce. -chazz
should have let the bears rip her apart, and any children she's bred. it would have been natural selection in action.
-drachen
I read about that woman and thought of this: http://www.bash.org/?628630 -Cyan
Pat, I'd like to solve the puzzle in two words: Stupid. Fuck. In three words: Stupid. Stupid. Fuck. -vacuumtubes
Sad thing is, some people probably got mad at the bear... -udoshan
Couldn't she read the 'Do not feed the bears' sign? The bears probably thought she was a seal. -TieDyedDinosaur
I think she missed her failboat ride, and was trying to catch it. >.> -Torinir
Yet more proof Darwin was wrong. -Deadagent
I agree with Deadagent. If Darwin were still alive, he's say, "Never mind, I take it back. They're just turtles." Meanwhile, my theory of Evolution goes that EVERYTHING was evolved from chickens. Too many things taste like them. -Biosynthetic
Just goes to show you where people are on the food chain when tossed into the polar bear cage. -Starfury
@TDD "thought she was a seal", no, seals are sleek and graceful in the water not gelatinous & awkward. If they thought she was a seal it must have been because she acted like she'd been clubbed in the head one too many times. -AussieFoot
recovering after surgery? Darwin DENIED? pity, shoulda let the bear eat her dumb a**. -HappyCrappy
she's lucky she got out of there at all, polar bears in the wild are notoriusly aggressive. from the picture i thing the bear bit her because it was afraid of the crazy woman. she swam right up to him.. TIM TIMMAH! -putahtek
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The Website is Down - As suggested by Angrysup here: http://www.techcomedy.com/single/new_stories.php?content_number=79215 [By: OgdenTechGuy / 2009-04-09]
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He rebooted a webserver at the request of a sales drone? I have no sympathy for him. -SalParadise
Never EVER reboot anything a sales drone asks, unless of course you are rebooting the sales drone. -virusjtg
The second video's a scream. -vacuumtubes
Either i had too much blood in my cafeeine and Tylenol stream, but it didn't load for me. maybe it's just I'm not patient enough. I'll try again. -AdmiralLaurie
I dunno, maybe it's just me but I dont find either funny (or real) -Caboose447
I love that they now have had someone write a program to allow "arrange by penis" -SillyGirl
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BADGERS! - badger badger badger [By: virusjtg / 2009-04-05]
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Look, we've seen the damned badger thing... STOP IT -Spyder19
wow I spent five minutes on that, can I have them back please... -NerfHerder
Oh, FFS... -Gromit
I say we throw virus out of the LART shelter and sic CD on him. >.< -Torinir
I’m only doing what any good pathogen does. Infecting your brains with the most insidious thing I could find. -virusjtg
Badgers? BADGERS? We don't need no steenkin' badgers! -SalParadise
GAAH! Why is the LART shelter full of badgers? Virusjtg! What did we talk about badgers, hamsters and goats in the LART shelter? -TheGhost
Oh, it's memes you want.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw&feature=PlayList&p=9811D7E9B6CECDBF&index=0&playnext=1 -Biosynthetic
Trance badgers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxD7vV3QdZ4 (video, sound warning of course) -chazz
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/yatta -veaudaux
Time for an Antivirus.. we have Nhourtons, McAffree, EeeZee and many many others.. all in NON back side FRIENDLY format! Wide, Rectagular with lots of edges! -Harm
I just want a link to the original Hamster Dance. (without stupid software) -AngrySup
AngrySup: I don't think you REALLY want it - trust me. <shudder> -Gromit
For AngrySup. http://www.webhamster.com/ The original hamster dance. -DarkRookie
Hey Veaudaux, you've seen the original, right? :D :D :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW6M8D41ZWU <Warning: Video, may be NSFW since it has very disturbing near full frontal nudity of weird men.> -TheGhost
-the ghost... O.o that sounded wrong, the guy can't sing and I'm glad I can't see the video. I want those minutes of my sanity back. :P -AdmiralLaurie
Gary Brolsma for teh win!! http://uploads.ungrounded.net/206000/206373_numanuma.swf -unrenowned
Surprised this one hasn't surfaced yet... http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama -exzyle2k
Thanks...I'm going to be singing that ALL day. -persephone
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BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!! - Oh, if only it were true - everyone from President Obama downwards would be queueing up to tell Ballmer to fuck off. [By: Gromit / 2009-04-02]
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Entity makes LOTS of bad moves, gets into serious financial trouble, asks govt to bail its ass out......why am i gettin a deja vu????? ;) -starfishmagnet
I tell MS to fuck off every chance I get. I'm MS-free at home, and if I ever happened to meet Ballmer in an airport, I'd ask him why, with billions at their disposal, they can't do what many have done before (and after MS) - write an OS that doesn't go down as often as a $2 hooker. -SalParadise
If only it were truek, I'd be praying for m$hit to fall, crash and burn burn burn baby burn! bwahahahahahahahahaaaa! -AdmiralLaurie
That was great. I hate to say it, but, I have to hand it to Microsoft. Not many companies would make fun of the current administration. How long do you guys think there will be before there is legislation that allows the government to take over Microsoft? -adarklite
adarklite - What would be the difference if the gov't ran M$? Overpriced crappy products, bloat, mismanagement and corruption....already there. -redevil34
Well, that's what I am afraid of. Just because we can't see how it can be worse doesn't mean nothing worse can happen. Governments always mess things up. If you don't believe me look at social security, medicare, and our economy. -adarklite
Looks like a April fools joke to me. Its not on the AP, not on the MS home page that I could find and even el reg hasn't picked it up yet. -virusjtg
<respectfully points VirusJTG to footnote at bottom of article - the bit that says "April fool"> ;-) -Gromit
Actually Gromit, it's on the first line of the article as an editor's note -Spyder19
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Wanna chat to total strangers? - (From the site itself)"Omegle is a brand-new service for meeting new friends. When you use Omegle, we pick another user at random and let you have a one-on-one chat with each other. Chats are completely anonymous, although there is nothing to stop you from revealing personal details if you would like." Wonder how many "busty blondes" will be on it, and thats just burrkiss..... [By: starfishmagnet / 2009-03-30]
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Nicknamed 'meet a pervert'. -TieDyedDinosaur
Ah the internet ... where men are men, boys are men and little girls are police officers. -Gerund
I hate people ! Why would I want to install software so that MORE of them can find me ? -Spyder19
All Chris Hanson....All the time! -vacuumtubes
Oh what I need - another way to get bombarded by internet morons. It's like irc, the people you WANT to talk to will be in a real minority -CommanderData
t3h 'tubes: Where the men are men, the women are men, the sheep are scared, and the preteen girls are 40-year-old men! -DarkRookie
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Just when we were getting a handle on it - Great, just freaking great... Guys figure out how to inject code into flash ROM chips gaining control over a system's BIOS (sorry Linux, your not safe either). Code infects system at "Ring Zero" and if you don't understand the phrase, you haven't been schooled in "Old School" yet...
No cure...
Guess what they are trying to create now?
A rootkit to drop the payload.
I understand that this is for the Black Hat convention, but COMMMON!! How much of this is going to now end up in the hands of the authors of that AV360 crap... [By: unrenowned / 2009-03-23]
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And another that aims itself at OpenWRT and DD-WRT routers... http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/23/2257252 -chazz
RTFA before you spread your fear mongering: "Sacco and Ortega stressed that in order to execute the attacks, you need either root privileges or physical access to the machine in question, which limits the scope" -NoneProvided
I'm not fear-mongering. If you read the rest of the article, they state: <quote>"We can patch a driver to drop a fully working rootkit. We even have a little code that can remove or disable antivirus," Ortega said.</quote> Which means that while the original means of infection developed in 2007 have been highly expanded upon to be able to deliver a full payload by means of tricking someone into a simple driver download. Now you tell me, how many people end up getting extreme infections due to downloading a simple "codec" hmm?? I'll tell you; at least 65% of the infected machines that come through my door have been infected in such a manner. Fear-mongering? I call it reality. -unrenowned
We're all doomed.... DOOMED, I TELL YOU! -Gromit
*switches back to pen & paper* -ThinTheHerd
Pen and paper is no solution, TTH! Some diabolical monster came up with malware called "Fyre". It will completely destory that paper and all the data on it! We've got to go back to chisels and stone! OMG! -CyBear
CyBear: but even chisel and stone is vulnerable to the "drop document off high building" attack... -rdwells
friend ran into this, he said the only recourse was to send it back to the plant and have them fix it. that or, as vt loves to say, "smash it with a hammer!" -AdmiralLaurie
Guess my Macs are safe from this one. Mac admins don't have root access unless they intentionally turn root on, and to do that they usually know what they are doing, and are smart enough to re-lock it after. -Lokiz
Guess my Macs are safe from this one. Mac admins don't have root access unless they intentionally turn root on, and to do that they usually know what they are doing, and are smart enough to re-lock it after. -Lokiz
lokiz: don't count on that. If you can have sufficient privilege to install a driver, you can bet a virus will find a way to do it; and from that privilege you can install this BIOS virus. -chazz
I guess I just don't understand programming enough to understand how something running at the BIOS level can get into Windows and do damage. Can someone explain it to me? -JoeLugian
The whole key is this: BIOS can load a ring0 (kernel privilege) piece of code that can do anything, including hiding itself from the kernel, and creating a virtual machine for Windows to run in. It then has control of all data streams coming in and out of Windows into the hardware. Need I say more? -chazz
isnt this just another example of something you all knew would happen. we make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. -rhiannon
No, this is clearly malice. Idiocy won't do this sort of research. -chazz
What is worse is that now many mobos can have their BIOS flashed from within Windows. How long is it before someone makes a program to look for existing BIOS flash programs and burn the payload with that at some quiet time of the night? -Darkridr
This is why mobos should have hardware BIOS lockouts. -Geminii
I'm having troubles digesting all of this. So the BIOS is OS aware? Also there is enough room on the ROM for a VM capable of running a full blown OS? -ShiftedBeef
ShiftedBeef: No, but it doesn't need to be... much. And yes, if you cut a few corners. You can fake most of the functionality by simply passing through to hardware and only trap what you need to reproduce. -chazz
Chazz, Unrenowned: Open a thread for this in the "I know something" section of the forum; this looks like something we might all want to know more about. -TheGhost
Agreed, and another question that comes to mind is that wouldn't PatchGuard prevent this? -ShiftedBeef
At Ghost's request, now moved to the forum under "I know something you should know": http://www.techcomedy.com/members/message_board/viewtopic.php?t=9756 -chazz
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I need to find me a twin........ - Saved by their indistinguishable DNA, identical twins suspected in a massive jewelry heist have been set free. Neither could be exclusively linked to the DNA evidence. [By: starfishmagnet / 2009-03-19]
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I'm your evil twin, the police will be around shortly to take you in, for the crimes I did, but left your DNA.... -Wonko The Sane
There was an even more bizarre case with conjoined twins. One was convicted of murder but released because they couldn't execute or imprison him without doing the same to his innocent brother. -AussieFoot
Reasonable doubt for the lose -DarkRookie
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The Space shuttle had a hitchhiker... - No word yet on the fate of that poor little sucker (no pun intended), but smart money is on needing some seasoning & barbecuse sauce at this point... [By: elcapitane / 2009-03-18]
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The poor little thing shouldn't have left its towel behind. -Gromit
Or one of those diapers. My guess is, shortly before it passed, it made a pretty big download of guano... -elcapitane
Elcapitane: you mean it was batshit crazy? -Gromit
When witnessing it's imminent demise, it wouldn't surprise me if a little insanity was involved on the part of little Bartok... -elcapitane
Five bucks says he tastes like chicken. Superheated, ashified chicken... -PTSTech
Needs garlic... -unrenowned
"QUICK! To the Bat-Shuttle..." -Voz
hmm... closer inspection of the picture seems to indicate he was "tied" to the shuttle. And there seems to be a guy with some white makeup and a painted green smile laughing maniacally in the background... -TheGhost
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Finger Me. - At least he'll never be without his porn collection. [By: Stryker One / 2009-03-17]
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But can he upgrade from the 2 gig to a larger one? -atomicbill
I would hope so. 2 gigs is only so much pron he can put on there. >:D -DarkRookie
beats losing it beecause it's attached to your keys and you're always losing 'em.... but still, I don't know how I'd react to that if I saw that. -AdmiralLaurie
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Sex with Cleaner = 'Fair use policy' - lol - "Man claims having sex with cleaner is part of his ‘fair use policy’" [By: cianw / 2009-03-15]
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Clinton should have used that line. :P -Torinir
But it didn't inhale. Only one that can claim that is Dyson. -vacuumtubes
Sounds like a good clean-living individual to me. ;-) -Gromit
See, the way I see it is: Who the fsck cares? -Seamus
I don't quite know what to make of this. Clearly it is comedy, equally clearly it is fiction, but it is also a comedic slam against the Fair Use doctrine. Could it have originated with the mafIAA? -chazz
It may be Fair Use, but you gotta watch for those viruses. -Biosynthetic
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Would love to see this implemented here - "A Finnish millionaire Jari Bär, the former owner of the Iisalmi’s company Finnritilä was handed a fine of 111,888 euros (141,661 dollars) for doing 82 km/h (51 mph) in a 60 km/h (37 mph) zone on January in Siilijärvi, Finland." Read the rest of the story, how many road deaths would be avoided with this in place? [By: starfishmagnet / 2009-03-10]
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Think of the fluffy kittens! If you're not offered a fixed penalty notice here, your fine is still based on your take-home income. This is simply an extreme case as the guy was loaded. Without seeing the road in question and knowing the prevailing conditions it's impossible to say if the excess speed was dangerous or not, but my experience of Finnish roads is that limits tend to be set much lower than equivalent UK roads anyway. Educating drivers to a higher standard (like they do in, say, Finland!) would be a far more effective way of reducing deaths and serious injuries on the roads, but wouldn't make Her Majesties Government as much money. -smellystudent
Finland, Finland, Finland
The country where I want to be
Pony trekking or camping
Or just watching TV
Finland, Finland, Finland
It's the country for me. -Biosynthetic
Compare this with Mr. Gates beating a traffic fine by siccing lawyers on the city. He made an illegal left hand turn and escaped any legal punishment by demanding that the city do an expensive analysis of the traffic to see how many other drivers got away with what he was charged with. -TieDyedDinosaur
I would have to disagree to some extent, it just gives all the out-of-work rednecks and gangstas an excuse to drive even worse than they do now... -oar
If you're on welfare does that mean that the city pays you for traffic tickets? -Darkridr
The fine-based-on-income system just means the uber rich and uber poor can ignore the law, while the rest of us get shafted. -Stryker One
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Taco Neepage Deux - Just when you think it couldn't happen again.... [By: vacuumtubes / 2009-03-04]
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she's ... a real nugget -srteach
Stupidity on all ends here. Woman shall be in the ranks along with the other woman who called 911 about Burger King http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ12Ry-hD6I . But also, if you went into NaldsMcDo http://failblog.org/2009/02/13/mcdonalds-sign-fail/ and were offered McCowEyes or something, you might do something fail too on the spur of the moment. -Biosynthetic
C'mon, let's not let the idiot cachier off the hook completely, either. If the customer wants a refund because you don't have what she already paid for, you give her a refund. -rdwells
Did it ever occur to her there's more than one McDonald's in the US. I used to live in the area, and every day to and from work, I'd pass several. -elcapitane
See now, if the cashier refuses a legitimate refund, I would have asked for a manager. If the manager had also refused, then I would have called the district office. Failing there, I would have contacted my attorney for one heck of a lawsuit. -unrenowned
Especially if there is NOT a sign stating that "all sales are final. No refunds." -unrenowned
Calling 911 was OTT, but damn, why didn't they just give her her refund? I did however find it amusing the linked page has a poll 'would you dial 911 if you couldn't get a refund' (or similar) and 23% of respondents said YES (2% said 'no opinion). Damn, just damn... -rosemetal
Just to be Devils Advocate here, but in my state, bait and switch is illegal in the criminal sense. The 3 calls was incessant and abusive. I formally worked for EMS and this is prolly one of the least abusive issues I have seen. There is a frequent flyer who uses the ambulance to go see her boyfriend who lioves near the hospital. -techinator
As a quick update, I read a news article on the local paper's site (http://www.wpbf.com/cnn-news/18856490/detail.html), saying the lady was embarrased and was receiving threatening phone calls. A person at the dispatch office was saying that McNuggets didn't constitute an emergency, so unless the lady was threatened or something to that effect, police would've likely not been sent out. -elcapitane
Whoops a ), got tacked onto the url, so here it is again... http://www.wpbf.com/cnn-news/18856490/detail.html -elcapitane
Okay, taking payment on a product they ran out of and refusing the refund may be illegal -- but 911 is NOT for reporting illegal activity. It's for life-or-limb threatening situations. "They refuse to give me a refund" isn't, but "they are threatening to kill me because I asked for a refund" is. -Captain Trips
Damn. Both the lady AND the cashier need a sound beating. -Seamus
you deserve a brick today -stiffarm
I don't really speak ghetto, but I'll give it a go ..."Shaniqua, STFU bitch!" -lineswine
How about this angle. You call the police if someone steals from you right? How it this not 5th degree theft? She gave them $ and nothing was given back. -burrkiss
Burrkiss, no one ever said this was not theft. Yeah, it was, of a form. But theft is NOT a 911 situation. Whose life was endangered? -Captain Trips
I "could" see her calling the police about theft. But there are two points to look at here, 1. it was over 2$ and 2. On all three calls and while be arrested, she stressed that she wanted the Mcnuggets, she even stated it was a McNugget emergency. If she stressed the THEFT, this might not have gotten this big. -neuman1812
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Severance Package - Come on! How may of you are just dying to say this?
Warning: Kinda NSFW. [By: Stryker One / 2009-02-28]
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Do you like ice cream? <tink tink> -kennz
So say we all... -RiffRaff
"Kinda" NSFW? Foamy is never "kinda" NSFW. Sound warning... it's SFW only if you have headphones. -chazz
Thanks for the early morning laugh I needed that! -THETECHFROMHELL
...and the horse you rode in on! -SalParadise
God I love Foamy
-burrkiss
is it the foamy with the spoken rant/? or the written one? -AdmiralLaurie
AJ - this most recent one is a spoken rant, not by Foamy but by the Smell representative he calls... -chazz
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It could only happen in england - After the uproar of a baby's 13 year old father alfie it turns out there may be as many as two other teenage fathers to the baby, jeremy kyle (english version of jerry springer) must be drooling :) (oh and i didnt balls it up there seems to be a max url length i didnt notice) [By: starfishmagnet / 2009-02-23]
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Why is this girl so famous? It's not uncommon, so why is she getting so much attention? -AdmiralLaurie
It's not so much the girl, who as a 15-year old muum isn't that unusual nowadays. It's the 13-year old (alleged) father that is causing the fuss -Shaede
In America,All these children would be arrested for some sort of sex crime and be forced to register as a Sex offender for life. -neuman1812
next hot news will be this girl turns out to be his cousin or something :-P -r3tude
Eastbourne is an unlikely place for 'em, but can anyone else hear banjos? -Gromit
neuman...what? Not in the south it wouldn't! -lineswine
Neuman1812: In West Virginia, They call those people " kinfolk " . ;-) </Runs> -Necros
Happy Birthday Uncle Dad.... -vacuumtubes
This is why parents need to resume beating their children. When I was 13 and/or 15, my parents would have killed me for having sex with "Up to 8 possible teenage boys". Or even one for that matter. And unlike so many of my classmates, I've managed to stay not pregnant at age 24... -LazyLemming
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Linux 101 Hacks - free ebook - Yup, another Linux book on free download. Will the fun never end? :-) [By: Gromit / 2009-02-12]
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Buuuuttt... requiring a registration / email address? Hmmm... I'm not liking that idea, personally. (Don't get me wrong - thanks! Just... "Free" should be FREE to me, issall.) -ShujinTribble
No, yer daft Yank, just scroll down to the Download link, the password is needed to access the page but there's NO REGISTRATION. I dunno what you've been sniffing, 'tribble, but I wish you'd hand it round... :-) -Gromit
Thanks, Gromit! That one's fairly comprehensive and certainly fits my budget. :) -Tekkie
I created a new email and "club" persona on hotmail for just such things. Apple.com has had that email address for years. Stupid iTunes. -Biosynthetic
I just like the fact that I didn't need to register or give an e-mail address, there was an easy-to-use download link with the password right by it. *bfeg* -Grue
I can only plead pain and lack of sleep... Sorry and thank you. -ShujinTribble
Would you (or anyone else) mind posting the old link to the other Linux eBook? I formatted, and forgot to put it my "saves". Please, please, please? -ThinTheHerd
I feel silly- never noticed the "more links" link, hiding in plain sight. It's all good now. -ThinTheHerd
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Redneck Sh*t - If true, one can only assume a disgruntled customer craftily resealed and returned a copy of Madden with a personal commentary of Walmart's client-base... [By: Animortal / 2009-01-26]
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Not to bash his mother, but how can you not notice if there's scotch tape on a package? Just wondering, but ya, someone needs to stop breathing, or have a chance encounter with mr. chucky boy.... -AdmiralLaurie
From the looks of it, it was re-sealed so well the staff, the customer, everyone was taken in. Tho, there's nothing to say it's not the customer just tryin' for a lawsuit (or free stuff) I guess. -rosemetal
My favorite comment on the story was "This is amazing because I actually bought a copy of "Redneck Shit" a few weeks ago and inside it the disc was Madden '09. I was a little bummed because The Cracker Barrel wouldn't replace it for me." Muahahahhaa!!! -Animortal
OMG! The kid got a prototype copy of Madden X. "Redneck Shit" is the pseudo-name given to it so people wouldn't steal it. -Biosynthetic
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Unfortunately, there still be starfish. - Sounds dreamy, but consider that you'll still be surrounded by starfish. Among other marine species, though. [By: TheGhost / 2009-01-13]
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Aaugh! I can't swim!! dammit -Tekkie
But Ghost, think of the possibilities! These starfish don't call asking for a new mouse daily ... of course, the stinging is a different story altogether. :D -PCChaos
"they can't be too shy and they'll have to love the sea, the sun, the outdoors" OK, honestly people, how my of us do these requirement eliminate. -Stryker One
There's no point in you applying, old wraith - you wouldn't have a ghost of a chance. :-) -Gromit
considering it feels like about -50 this morning where I am, sign me up. I can deal with the starfish. -persephone
Whoever succeeds in this endeavor needs to restrain their natural tendencies. Mutilated starfish can regrow from the bits. A flamethrower would be a handy accoutrement! -TieDyedDinosaur
TDD - Considering all the water around them, wouldn't a certain element that reacts violently with it be FAR more... 'entertaining'?</High School Chemistry, anyone?> -ShujinTribble
ST- "So... dee, uhmmm..." element would react with the water and create unholy chaos for any starfish caught nearby! </more HS Chem. lab> -Voz
Looks great, except for the whole sun thing. I'll stick to the dark, thanks. The day star is trying to kill me. -TechnoTherapist
I live in Florida. I have all the requirements needed. I even talk to the people. -DarkRookie
No way, no how. Not gonna go near weather like that. -Divinar
No way, no how. Not gonna go near weather like that. -Divinar
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Pretty cool little game - Totally sfw, plu it teaches you a thing or two about global locations but beware do not use unless you are really bored :) [By: starfishmagnet / 2009-01-07]
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I've done this game and I really enjoy it. There is a version on Facebook too.
Ann -LadyLineswine
I actually did worse in my own country (USA) than on the international questions, in the early rounds. -OgdenTechGuy
Yay! 404 - The Flash game. I remember playing this on the Intellivision! -Biosynthetic
Did anyone find Carmen Sandiego? -lineswine
She's on the run from the FBI with Waldo/Wally. -flapjackboy
She's on the run from the FBI with Waldo/Wally. -flapjackboy
Yeah, Asian countries that were NOT China or Japan did me in! -udoshan
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30GB Zunes failing all over the globe! - 30GB Zunes all over the planet rebooted around 2AM this morning, and have refused to boot up since! Oddly enough, it seems to be only 30GB 1st gen Zunes, and only those with the newest firmware. The incident has been informally labeled the Z2k9 bug. [By: linuxmatt / 2008-12-31]
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Sounds like '09 is going to start out with epic suckage for those that have to support Zunes. -Stryker One
BWAHAHAA! -unrenowned
I own a brick. A brick autographed by the Japanese rock band MUCC, but still, a brick. It's not that funny. -Paisley
As you probably already know, it's a Day 366 bug -- that particular Zune firmware can't handle a 366-day year. MS advises that you let the battery drain down, then reconnect the Zune to power after 1200 UTC 01/01/09. http://www.zune.net/en-us/support/zune30.htm -Robster2001
I have to agree with unreknowned, it sucks for those who own one, but it's still funny. -frprinterwiz
Whoopsie, Nice one M$ -CommanderData
A Micro$oft product with buggy software? Who'd a thunk? -lineswine
So, Microsoft's advice is to go 24 hours without this Microsoft item. I wonder if they'll continue that advice for other Microsoft items that have buggy software? -MisterCommon
Maybe the Zunes are following Dell's lead by taking a unpaid vacation... -teivrann
Ha! I sold mine to my ex a couple months ago when I got an iPod. I still hate Apple, but at least I can still listen to my music. -DarthIndy
My Creative Zen Micro may only have 6GB of storage, but the thing has been solid since the day I bought it 2 years ago. -TheCyberwolfe
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It could only happen in Indiana... - Riff, VacuumTubes - if this is an example of the locals you guys have to deal with....MOVE. [By: Gromit / 2008-12-15]
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"Well, it works with toothpaste!" -TieDyedDinosaur
I wonder if they asked for tartan paint as well. -flapjackboy
Reminds me of sending a probie out for some 4-inch Stripe Paint, back in the F.D. days. *grin* -Grue
Gromit - don't leave me out! I'm here, too! -figglywig
"Striper, no striping....Striper, no striping....STRIPER, NO STRIPING!!<Pregnant pause>Awwww, MAAAAAAAANN!" (If you don't have kids, this'll go over your heads--just look up Dora the Explorer) -vacuumtubes
Gromit: These nuggets are everywhere; might was well stay here. -RiffRaff
Oh yes, vt, I got my fill of dora the deported..... Shudders. I need a drink -AdmiralLaurie
My response: "Yes Ma'am, but it only comes in red and white, and we are only authorized to sell it to some guy that lives up North at Christmastime." -ActingUpAgain
Actually, I've been thinking of remodeling the LART shelter. Do they have polka dot paint? -TheGhost
Ghost - If you talk to the woman in the yellow bikini, I'm sure you can get some. -ShujinTribble
VT, I probably shouldn't admit I know this but, it's Swiper, not Striper. -Jeckler
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Happy Birthday! - After 40 years, I only have one thing to say: I WAAANNNAAAA NNNEEEEEWWWW MMMMMOOOOOUUUUUSSSEEE!!!!!! This one is getting tired! [By: evolvedstarfish / 2008-12-09]
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Aww... Haooppy Birdy, Mousie! You don;t look a day over 'Senile'! -ShujinTribble
I'm 43 and still haven't kissed a girl. -billybien
P.S. 'appy birthday! -billybien
happy birthday -compbrat
...and to think, the previous commenters might be thinking that is OUR mousie with the birthday, not the mouse they used to click "Post Comment".... -Grue
That's funny, Mousie doesn't look a day over 39! <Taxi!> -lineswine
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Left for ... Bed? - Left for Dead game teaches us not to trust Bill.... Do not play this file at work, its inappropriate! No bad pictures, it's the audio that'll get you into trouble. :) [By: unrenowned / 2008-11-25]
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That's some crazy editing they did. :) -Tekkie
oh man, who to send that to first. strangely enough, i think my boss would get the biggest laugh out of
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