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Cloud Security: What You Need To Know To Lock It Down 74

Posted by samzenpus from the better-safe-than-sorry dept.
Nerval's Lobster writes "IT security writer Steve Ragan writes: 'The word "cloud" is sometimes overused in IT—and lately, it's been tossed around more than a football during a tailgating party. Be that as it may, organizations still want to implement cloud-based initiatives. But securing assets once they're in the cloud is often easier said than done.' He then walks through some of the core concepts of cloud security, along with the companies operating in the space."

Comment Re:If I remember correctly... (Score 4, Funny) 169

Duh. Microwaves are strictly for drying dogs. Everyone knows not to put metal in the microwave.

But make sure you take the collar and tags off before drying the dog!!!!! I forgot to do that before putting Scrapy in the microwave. It did not end well. My poor daughter cried for a week straight after this. I felt horrible. If only I had taken his collar off first, this tragedy could have been averted.

Comment Re:If I remember correctly... (Score 0, Troll) 169

And yet this still makes the front page of Slashdot - with a spin-laden misleading title.

MojoKid - you are an ass, and so is the moderator.

What is misleading about the title? The investigation report stated: "The energy source responsible for generating the heat has been determined as external to the device". Looks to me like the title accurately describes what was reported.
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Keeping Your Cloud Costs Under Control 85

Posted by samzenpus from the where-it's-going dept.
Tech writer David Strom offer this in-depth article on keeping your cloud costs suppressed. He writes: "Some cloud providers don’t make pricing available until you sign up for their service. Others hide pricing schedules behind complex formulae. And therein lies the challenge for an IT manager who wants to try to find the best-priced cloud: you have to read the fine print, and make sure you understand what is billable, how it is measured and priced, and when the meter starts (and stops) running. Let’s look at where you can get more precise cost information, as well as examine a few of the growing number of third-party comparison services that can help you get more control over your cloud costs."

Comment Re:a bit misleading (Score 1) 225

by million_monkeys (#40465331) Attached to: Robot Hand Beats You At Rock, Paper, Scissors 100% of the Time

Being faster? That's just cheating. On reading the headline, I thought they had developed an algorithm that predicted your next move, which would have been much more impressive. You DO get a ~40% improved chance of winning with this strategy:

When your opponent loses, his next move will be to beat whatever your move was on that round.

This obviously relies on playing multiple rounds in a row against the same person. I never play RPS, but isn't the point to play it once to make a one off decision about something? If so, your strategy is useless.

Comment Re:What hate? (Score 3, Informative) 463

by million_monkeys (#40456323) Attached to: Immigrants Crucial To Innovation

I have never once seen an ounce of hostility toward legal immigrants in my life.

I have, many times. And i would be surprised if you actually haven't. A lot of it takes the form of racism. I've heard people told "go back to ________". There are numerous immigrant small business owners who suffer abuse solely because they are (or are perceived to be) not native americans. The stereotype is Korean store owners in non Korean communities, who are purportedly prime targets, especially when things start to go bad.

Comment Re:Fucking morons. (Score 0, Troll) 162

by million_monkeys (#40395261) Attached to: BT Starts Blocking the Pirate Bay

They've been ordered to block it by the courts.

I love that your entire post is nothing more than a restatement of a fact presented in the 1st line of the summary... and it got modded +5 informative. Nothing against you, I just think some mods have a pretty low standard of what's informative. I wonder if my "You are currently reading slashdot." post will get modded informative.

Comment anyone know of a good virus cleaner? (Score -1, Offtopic) 86

Somehow I managed to get a virus on my computer. I'd take it to the professionals, but recently they've all inexplicably committed suicide. I'm deeply depressed and all my possessions are broken because I've been throwing them against the wall. It's only a matter of time before I start abusing those around me. Can anyone help me please???

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