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Comment sub-zero (Re:In other news) (Score 1) 695

by grey1 on Tuesday April 21, 2009 @11:47AM (#27661491) Attached to: Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only

of course, what's really needed to be safe is not the 'zero applications' option, but the sub-zero -

take box (PC, server, notebook);
turn it off;
bury it in a hole in the ground;
encase it in concrete.

And even then there are a few risks... This probably isn't a commercial option, though.

Submission + - Rackable to acquire SGI

Submitted by grey1 on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @09:16AM

grey1 writes: As the press release says "Rackable Systems, Inc. [...] today announced its agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) (NASDAQ: SGIC) for approximately $25 million in cash, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, plus the assumption of certain liabilities associated with the acquired assets." As someone who has used SGI kit for a long time (starting in the mid-90s) I'm not sure if I'm more surprised at SGI being bought or at them still existing to be bought... http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2009/april/rackable.html

Comment alt sugestion of prior art - Oracle? (Score 1) 282

by grey1 on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @09:15AM (#26431487) Attached to: 20+ Companies Sued Over OS Permissions Patent

Given the arcane and apparently obfuscated way in which patents are written I find them hard to untangle, but isn't Oracle an alternative example that works at the data level and which has (and has had for some time) the ability to manage access to data structures in a complex manner?

Alternatively, surely the 'trust' certificate hierarchy that's been kicking around in web browers has been there for some time... a very quick search seems to point to X.509 certs - see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509. X.509 issues in 1988..

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