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Comment Link (Score 1) 199

Since the article doesn't have a picture of this legs, I went looking for a picture and found it here. Its also an article about the 2008 decision to not allow him to compete in the Olympics back then. I wonder whats changed?

Comment Obviously not the same (Score 4, Insightful) 364

While Android may be free (if you exclude the price to use the android market) it is still very different from the Internet Explorer case. Internet Explorer is bundled with the Windows operating system, so its installed already whether you like it or not. Android is a choice by the manufacturer and a relatively cheaper choice then the competition. Manufacturers CHOOSE to use Android, and consumers CHOOSE to use Google for their search queries. Nobody is being forced into anything.

Comment Re:Payback the other way round.... (Score 1) 214

I neither like Paypal nor the credit card companies much. But participating willingly in a DDOS attack is a criminal act in my book.

On the other hands, they probably have only the ip addresses of cat's paws. So punishing them hard would not be clever. Setting an example always works both ways....

Its a good thing nobody reads the articles anymore, or that thing they call "slashdotted" might be a criminal act.

Comment Re:New villain (Score 1) 65

Why do I get the feeling HBGary is just filling the void left by SCO as Slashdot's "villain to post about in the absence of real news"?

I was really hoping Oracle with their attack on Android would fill that void... HBGary is just the comic relief.

Comment I've done server administration for non-profits (Score 1) 219

I've worked at a few non-profits where I was the only server administrator and I know the hardships of pretty much no budget. One place I worked for had a yearly IT budget of 1500$ a year, which wouldn't even cover my visits throughout the year. Anyways, one of the CEO's I worked for was paranoid about losing their data due to server failures/the building burning down, or whatever. We had daily onsite backups, but there was obviously no money for offsite. The solution I came up with was that every night, all the media was backed up to a portable USB hard drive, in addition to the regular backups, and the CEO would carry it home with him every night. Then in the morning he would plug it back in for the next days backup. I set it up to shoot him an email every time the backup finished, and hes been doing this for years. I'm not sure if this fits your scenario, but maybe it will spark some ideas, good luck!

Comment The media is to blame... (Score 1) 287

As a resident of Ontario, I can tell you that lately there has been a huge media campaign against WIFI. It seems every time I flip the channel to a news network they are interviewing some "professor" or "doctor" that is confirming that WIFI is a threat to young kids in schools. All it takes is a few clips of a guy wearing a lab coat to convince everyone...

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