Comment Re:In other words ... (Score 1) 209
Of COURSE they are going to spontaneously resurrect - HELLO??? Radioactive Zombie Wars!! We need the nuclear zombie killer bombs if we're going to survive!
Churches Use Twitter To Reach a Wider Audience 169
In an attempt to reverse declining attendance figures, many American churches are starting to ask WWJD in 140 or fewer characters. Pastors at Westwinds Community Church in Michigan spent two weeks teaching their 900-member congregation how to use Twitter. 150 of them are now tweeting. Seattle's Mars Hill Church encourages its members to Twitter messages during services. The tweets appear on the church's official Twitter page. Kyle Firstenberg, the church's administrator, said,"It's a good way for them to tell their friends what church is about without their friends even coming in the building."
Comment Re:Makes sense (Score 1) 227
It's actually been officially reclassified as "Disassociateve Disorder"
I know because I know someone who has it.
Comment Orwell and Brin (Score 2, Interesting) 238
Nothing is new under the sun...
Orwell of course predicted this type of thing but not quite in the same way. Had he lived a bit longer I'm sure he would have extrapolated emerging technologies to this sort of thing - videotaping people and sending it in.
David Brin did exactly that in his novel Earth. Before the onset of the WWW and when the internet was still in its infancy he extrapolated and predicted people wearing special glasses that could record everything. If they witnessed a crime they could then easily upload the video to the proper authorities with incredible ease.
Comment Servicedesk+ (Score 1, Informative) 321
Try Servicedesk Plus from Adventnet. They have a free version you can use.
http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/service-desk/index.html
Comment What happens... (Score 1) 202
when they meet the REAL mafia..
Call up some local italian joint in Chicago and do this offer. Pretty soon yelp will pay THEM to make sure their kneecaps stay whole.
Comment Re:Donate to At Home Projects (Score 2, Informative) 302
Comment Re:WTF? (Score 1) 647
In most places and most times, you can buy a place for a smaller monthly payment than you can rent it.[1]
I don't know this "most places" you speak of... where are they? In my experience in most cities where most people live cost of owning a house is 3-4x renting.
I currently rent a studio @ 920/mo. If I wanted to buy a house in the city I live in I would be paying 3-4k/mo. Unless I wanted to live in a leaky shack - then it might be just 2k/mo.
And don't get me started on all the condos going up everywhere - even now. Advertising for new homes "Starting at just $1 Million"
That and my less then perfect credit and I would be lucky to be able to buy a doghouse.
Comment Re:Note to self (Score 0, Redundant) 413
The question was how to do it - not who can figure it out.
Comment Re:Note to self (Score 1, Redundant) 413
1.click start->run
2. type in cmd and hit enter
3. type in ftp ftp.mozilla.org
4. log in as anonymous
5. cd to the directory and type in get
6. close cmd window
7. install
8. ???
9. PROFIT!!!
45% of Dutch Media-Buying Population Are "Pirates" 307
Anonymous writes "A non-government study in the Netherlands found that 4.7 million Dutch Internet users 15 years and older downloaded hacked and pirated DVDs, games, and music in the last 12 months — or, about 25 percent of the Dutch population. But there may be an upside to this unauthorized sharing/distribution: 'The average [Dutch] downloader buys more DVDs, music, and games than people who never download,' with illegal downloaders representing 45 percent of consumers who purchase content legally, according to the Institute For Information Law, which administered the study."
Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 261
Also in Japan some of the boats that hunt dolphin will beat the dolphin to death while it's on the boat before storage because they believe it causes the pain of the beating causes it to release chemicals that make the dolphin meat taste better.
Comment Re:The list (Score 2) 385
We are currently switching from Symantec to Vipre by Sunbelt Software. We used to use a combination of Symantec and Counterspy (by Sunbelt) and anytime there was an issue Counterspy caught it and symantec did nothing.
Vipre seems to do a really good job without hogging resources. Take a look at it if you need an enterprise solution.
Charity Refuses Donation Because of D&D Connection 216
An anonymous reader writes "This year's GenCon Charity Auction
raised over $17,000 which they intended to donate to Gary Gygax's favorite charity,
Christian Children's Fund.
However, the charity refused the donation when they learned of its connection to Dungeons & Dragons." It seems to me all they would need to do is cast remove curse or dispel evil and the money would be fine to use.
Comment Re:Moving account info (Score 1) 206
Im waiting for the 3 digiters to post... then I can feel really young again.
