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Comment Nice gesture of business ethics (Score 1) 4

by darkstar019 on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @06:31AM (#36608944) Attached to: Indian Village Renamed Snapdeal.com

Good for the locals, atleast they are getting water (something that the government doesn't always provide). In many rural areas of India, people have to walk miles to get water (which is not drinkable).

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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Has my server been hacked? 2

Submitted by mrintegrity on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @06:07AM

mrintegrity writes: Hi, I rent a virtual server from a large and well known hosting provider. Recently I decided to re-image the machine as it had not been updated for a while and I wanted to use it for something completely different. The hosting provider gives access to a virtual serial console where you can log in and issue commands to re-image, reboot, etc the virtual guest. I chose to re-image with Centos5.6 (image supplied by them) and set a root password via the admin console. After logging in for the first time, I created a new user account and set a password for that user (*completely* different from the root password). Now the strange thing happened. I "su -" to root and enter the USERS password, voilà: root prompt.. thinking that was a bit odd I tried again and this time entered the root password: root prompt again. In fact, I can ssh to the machine as root@ and enter the root OR the user password and get a root prompt!!! Then I created a new account, not in the wheel group, "test2" and set a simple password. Ssh to the machine as test2 and can "su -" to root with either the root pass or the other users password (but not the test users password). WTF!? Long story short, I think the hosting providers centos image has been compromised. Is this likely to be true?

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Submission + - Fan Fic Screenplay for Transformers (live.com)

Submitted by Dantalion Naberius on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @03:08AM

Dantalion Naberius writes: So by now Transformers: Dark of the Moon has either been released where you're at, or will be soon. And it probably isn't very good, at best. Like a lot of folks (I think), after Revenge of the Fallen I thought 'wow, I could have made a better story than that'. Then I sat on my butt and didn't do anything until a few months ago. Now I've got a story in two 30-40 page 'parts' and a third on the way to complete it. It's rough, probably with tons of mistakes, but hopefully still beats the last Transformers film on story, if nothing else.

Since the Slashdot crowd was pretty excited when the first Transformers came out, and probably pretty disillusioned when the sequel reared it's head, I'm putting out the question: Moderately OK, Equally Bad, or Worse? Check it out at: http://bit.ly/m5FJSZ

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Submission + - Free or open source for students? (hindu.com)

Submitted by darkstar019 on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @03:07AM

darkstar019 writes: As if the bundled proprietary software is not enough on hardware, many companies are coercing government in India to use their software for educating students. While this may be benefiting to the providers, students knowing only regional languages are kept outside the digital divide. Also, the spirit of sharing and innovation has to be inculcated amongst students right from their education.

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Submission + - Assignment Help (tutorskingdom.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @02:58AM

An anonymous reader writes: As we enter the twenty-first century, it is clear that education is the best investment that we can make for an information economy depends upon a knowledgeable, skilled & educated workforce.
People are wondering whether schools are giving their children the skills they’ll need to succeed.. A new technology revolution is transforming business and putting new demands on our educational system.Tutors Kingdom is providing the best way to invest on online education.
And that there is a good balance between the cost and benefits to education .Education is an investment on the future of our societies also.

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Journal Journal: Where it is harder to get a motel room than a job

Journal by tqft on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @02:51AM

http://blogs.reuters.com/the-deep-end/2011/06/14/no-room-at-the-inn-but-maybe-a-job-in-the-outback/
"During interviews for this story, questions about the exorbitant salaries of those in the mining and oil and gas industries prompted half-joking speculation that I might be considering a career change, as with this exchange with Mark Blayney, the owner of Carr Civil Contracting

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Submission + - ISS nearly clobbered by space debris (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by erice on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @11:12PM

erice writes: A chuck of space debris came within 334 meters of the space station, forcing the crews to their escape capsules and prepare for emergency evacuation to Earth.

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