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Comment 2013??? (Score 3, Informative) 267

Wait, wait, wait... wait, just wait... I thought the world DIDN'T end in 2012 like those crazy Maya believers said. The gnome team listening to feedback... wow what's next, no wait don't tell me. Microsoft will realize the folly of Windowz 8 in time to 'add' a feature in Windowz 9 SP1 that'll make the IT industry happy again. There it is, you heard it first here kiddies!

Comment Re:Linux is now terrorism! (Score 2) 171

Why is it people ascribe *nix (specifically it seems Linux) as Communist software? If anything, in my odd little world it seems more Capitalist than Communist, maybe Socialist; but not Communist. To me it simply seems wrong to say that with Windows I'm running an OS that is installed on physical hardware I FREAKING OWN but I do not 'own' the code to the operating system running on that hardware. Linux is MINE, I can look at it, tweak it, do whatever the hell I want with it; I just do not see how being able to do whatever I want with something I own is 'communist' in any way shape or form. /end rant
Privacy

Submission + - Homeland Security: "New Scanners Have Issues." (wired.com)

Fluffeh writes: "Although the DHS has spent around $90 million upgrading magnetometers with the new nudie scanners, federal investigators “identified vulnerabilities in the screening process” at domestic airports using so-called “full body scanners,” according to a classified internal Department of Homeland Security report. Exactly how bad the body scanners are is not being divulged publicly, but the Inspector General report made eight separate recommendations on how to improve screening. To quiet privacy concerns, the authorities are also spending $7 million to “remove the human factor from the image review process” and replace the passenger’s image with an avatar."

Comment BackupPC (Score 0) 304

I'm using this in an enterprise level environment, over 100 servers in 24 different locations backing up just over 2500 Winderz desktops. The only feature I find missing in this environment is the lack of a 'single pane of glass' to manage it all. Granted I don't think it was intended to be an enterprise solution, however for the cost and what it does it's simply amazing.

Comment Re:Not a bad number (Score 0) 333

Not to fan a political fire but Mr. Obama ain't no saint when it comes to secrecy... http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/21/nation/la-na-ticket21-2010mar21 ^ not exactly a 'conservative' paper by any means. Cherry picking from the article "An Associated Press examination of 17 major agencies' handling of FOIA requests found denials 466,872 times, an increase of nearly 50% from the 2008 fiscal year under Bush". Lets just face it Obama is a politician, and as a politician essentially every time he opens his mouth he lies, just like his predecessor, and his, etc, etc, etc. WE the people really need to wake the hell up and hold these people we elect accountable, we need to research their records and hold their feet to the fire when they lie to us, conservative or liberal doesn't matter a lie is a lie and this President lies with the best of them.
Space

Submission + - NASA to cut Mars mission (cbslocal.com)

DesScorp writes: "Faced with budget cuts, and forced to choose between deep space observation or a mission to Mars, CBS reports that NASA will kill most of its Mars exploration programs. Sources in NASA say that of the $300 million being cut from the space agency's budget, two-thirds were for a joint US-EU program for Martian exploration. NASA spokesman David Weaver said that, just like the rest of the federal government, the space agency has to make “tough choices and live within our means.”"

Comment Re:U.S. prison system is flawed (Score 1) 134

You are missing the point, midway through the article and I quote; 'and his punishment was to be sent back to a closed prison.' regardless if it happened to one or one hundred inmates, the only way such rehabilitation can work is if the threat of returning to 'closed' prison exists. If that threat where not viable the inmates would have no reason to rehabilitate themselves.

Submission + - What do I do with eDirectory? 1

amginenigma writes: Now that Novell has (apparently) been rendered fully irrelevant by it's recent sale to a consortium including M$ what do I do with eDirectory? I know it may sound like I'm jumping the gun here, but I recently (as in last week) inherited a very large eDirectory based infrastructure after the previous sys-admin who literally built this directory from the ground up hopped the fence for greener pastures, following our other sys-admin who left a few months ago. I am now the only 'sys admin' on the team and am thinking in the very near future I will be faced with a very crappy decision. I can allow management to force Active Directory adoption because 'everyone else is doing it', I can 'hope' all will be well with Novell after the sale, or I can ???

Honestly I'd rather not ditch eDirectory but lets face it the writing is on the wall. So there's the question Slashdot, if presented with the above scenario which competing directory solution would you choose?

IT Asset Tracking and Helpdesk Software? 82

MJanofsky asks: "I am the IT guy for a new, smallish non-profit organization. I won't always be able to be in my office to access information about our a users machine or to get the word that there is an issue somewhere. What I am looking for is something similar to the likes of Numara Track-It!, but it is very cost-prohibitive despite having all of the features needed. What it needs to include is integration of the HelpDesk and Asset Tracking parts (i.e. a user submits a ticket with equipment associated to it via a web interface and when I view it, I get the option to view the profile of the equipment), it has to be able to use bar-codes, be web-based, and ideally under $300. It would also be nice to have auditing via the network, and remote-control features but those are in the 'if it has it, great' category. Do Slashdot readers have any suggestions in their endless wisdom?"

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