Comment Re:Idiots (Score 1) 502
d) on teleconference with a handful more, whom he obviously could not see
Comment Re:He was in a catch 22 (Score 3, Informative) 502
And the original request was done over a teleconference. Bad idea. Of course, all of the passwords then found themselves in a public court document. Oops.
Comment Re:All admins (Score 2, Informative) 502
Said authorised individual should have already had access to those passwords. This guy was more interested in not giving them up to parties that he could not see over a teleconference, or at least that's what his defence will say.
Comment Re:The FBI is lying. (Score 2, Informative) 1127
Note that many modern file systems use journaling or copy-on-write, both of which have the effect that writing to the same file does not necessarily write to the same block. DBAN takes care of this problem, though.
Comment Re:Windows 8.. (Score 1) 374
Bless you.
Comment Re:Could you please reboot xatl0as36? (Score 2, Insightful) 285
IPMI is your friend. You can mount ISOs on bare hardware, and remotely push the power button.
Comment Re:Yes, but (Score 0, Offtopic) 459
So it would run Gentoo, then?
Comment Re:too easy (Score 5, Informative) 429
In fact, the "bizarre meeting" was actually split between two physical locations, so he couldn't see who was demanding the password at the other end. Even if you're required to give a password to another person, doing so in such a situation is a Very Bad Idea and that's why he wanted to give it directly to the mayor.
Comment Re:Schedules are important. (Score 0, Redundant) 443
No, no, no. On the internet you must say "your a moran". It's like a natural law or something. Get with the program!
Comment Re:what was this about? (Score 2, Interesting) 189
Remember, when asked for the passwords the first time it was over a teleconference with a large group of people whom he did not know. I don't care who's on the other line and what they're threatening; you don't give passwords in such a situation. That is why he wanted to speak with the mayor.
AOL Picking Up Journalists Shed By Conventional Media 94
Hugh Pickens writes "David Weir writes on Bnet that the thousands of journalists being let go from newspapers, magazines, and television networks have increasingly been showing up on AOL's payroll — over 1,500 in the last eighteen months — a number AOL expects to double or even triple over the coming year. 'Over time, talent is a fixed cost,' says Marty Moe, Senior Vice-President of AOL Media. 'You can syndicate it, distribute it as you scale. Furthermore, we are already the largest branded content company in the US, with an audience of 75 million domestic uniques. At our size, we can leverage the cost of our publishing and content management systems along with the talent and make the whole thing do-able on an advertising model.' Weir writes that AOL's turnaround started three years ago via the acquisition of Weblogs, Inc., and its set of branded verticals, including Engadget in technology, Autoblog covering the auto industry, and Joystiq covering gaming."
Comment Re:back in my day (Score 1) 785
Ballmer?
Comment Re:How about a garbage collector appreciation day? (Score 1) 232
Obligatory...
Sheesh. I wasn't expecting some sort of Spanish Inquisition.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Comment Re:Peace (Score 1) 492
No bleedin' mod points.
Comment Re:As usual, marketing was the problem (Score 2, Informative) 268
Added to all the other problems you said, OLPC should have realised that putting a damn computer in the hands of some country's kids is completely missing the point when the kids have probably no electricity, not even basic healthcare, no sanitation, little or no education, and perhaps barely enough food. Forget the computer ---- there are far bigger problems to solve first.
This objection has been raised several times, and is still wrong. OLPC isn't meant for the countries where feeding one's children is the largest problem. They're meant to target populations where (for example) food and clean water are generally available but the education is poor.
