Very true. I've seen auditors report that users default Umask was incorrectly set. When you try to explain that any user can set any Umask they want so why bother they stare at you like you just told them the Sun was blue.

At some organizations it can take months to get schedule and get approval for patching. When someone claims the business needs a service to be available all of the time it's difficult to find a business level advocate for patching.

More likely this is what happens an organization does not have processes for execution and validation. Regardless of whether they are contractors of FT's if no one audits their work this can happen.

It would seem a strange turn since the USA allowed a one of its firms to sue a foreign entity not that long ago: http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/statement.lasso?ref=3

As opposed to slowing down time if you feel like it?

It always disappoints me how little hemp is used in industry. It is my understanding that hemp is easy to grow, is a more durable replacement for cotton and can be a more sustainable fibre for paper.

Ah. So () is a helmet. Kids wear helmets for everything these days.

I'm currently repairing a laptop, although very new, is infected with viruses and spyware. Interestingly the client is a male teenager about to start college. He had loaded some dubious file sharing applications which are likely avenues for the infections. My perception of the tech-savvy generation has just been changed.

To be fair many organizations that use security questions limit the customer to a set of canned questions. In those cases you can only choose between your pet's name, the street of your first home or your mother's maiden name. The pin number on some bank cards is still limited to only four (four!) digits. So if you want to be more secure organizations are not helping you.

If Helium rises because it is less dense, would it be possible to force a balloon open, using some sort of supports, and end up with essentially a balloon filled with nothing, and thus able to rise? Or is this beyond current material science?

Sssh, the torch and pitchfork carrying mob will here you use the other 'n' word and start to panic.

As opposed to the Democrats?

A viewmaster?