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Comment Re:General observation (Score 1) 709

But then you have to take into account that we are hardwired to be communal creatures. We can never have true liberty because our biology pushes us to fit in with others. As history has shown groupthink is very dangerous and stupid. Government will always be needed because we are not rational beings. The whole reason people want the latest iShiny isn't because they have researched all the options and know that it is the best; it's that everyone is getting it.

Defaulting to self regulation imo is as bad as defaulting to government regulation.

Comment Re:Security by obscurity? (Score 1) 302

I am currently working on a very large project to replace hundreds of switches on my campus. Naturally part of this involves finding them first and sometimes it can be challenging because the building has no sane numbering system. Of course, the easy method would be to simply look at the plans, but nobody in the entire network operations group has access to them. The reason: 9/11.

Comment Re:ethernet dongles (likely at added cost on $2k+) (Score 1) 683

Oh I know that nobody needs a 2880x1800 screen (myself included) and that most people are just fine with 1366x768. It's just that I have a laptop with a 1366x768 screen and I do real work on it and it's far too cramped. I make do with it because it's what I've got but if I had room in my budget for something with a screen resolution bigger than 1366x768 I'd buy it.

Businesses

Ask Slashdot: Comparing the Value of Skilled Admins vs. Contributing Supervisors 171

HappyDude writes "I've been asked to manage a department in our IT group. It's comprised of UNIX, VMWare, Citrix, EMC and HP SAN Admins, Technicians and Help Desk personnel. The group covers the spectrum in years of experience. I am a 20-year Admin veteran of Engineering and Health Care IT systems including UNIX, Oracle DBA, Apache HTTP/Tomcat, WebSphere, software design plus other sundry jack-of-all-trades kinds of stuff. Although I consider myself a hack at most of those trades, I'm reasonably good at any one of them when I'm submerged. I also have 10 years of Project Management experience in Engineering and Health Care related IT organizations. I do have formal PM training, but haven't bothered to seek credentialing. I'm being told that I'll be worth less to the organization as a supervisor than what I'm making now, but the earning potential is greater if I accept the management position. Out of the kindness of their hearts, they're offering to start me in the new position at the same wage I'm currently making. Does this make any sense, Slashdot? " Read on for further details.
Chrome

Submission + - Chrome OS introduces Aura window manager (geek.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Don’t look now, but Google has officially revealed their intentions to go after Windows and OS X. Chrome OS 19 has arrived for Samsung Series 5 and Acer AC700 Chromebooks running the developer channel, and the changes it brings may shock you. The new Aura window manager has landed, bringing with it a number of features that you’d expect from a traditional OS.
Networking

Submission + - Google, Cisco & 10 more big tech firms rally around open source networking (networkworld.com)

alphadogg writes: Cisco, Google, HP and nine other technology companies have joined forces with two leading universities to form a research center focused on software-defined networking. The announcement of the Open Networking Research Center (ONRC) comes a week before the Open Networking Summit, which focuses on OpenFlow and SDN, will be held in Santa Clara. The ONRC, which is developing "a comprehensive intellectual framework" for software-defined networking, will consist of research groups at Stanford and UC Berkeley as well as an independent, nonprofit Open Networking Laboratory that will develop an open-source SDN infrastructure.

Comment Re:In case you missed it (Score 4, Interesting) 1046

Having seen the full video, I can come to only one conclusion: the video does not show any solid evidence of injuries because the quality is low. I saw some things that may have been injuries, but they could have just as easily been due to the shape of his head.

By the way, Sanford has put up the videos and 911 calls at http://sanfordfl.gov/investigation/trayvon_martin.html

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