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Submission + - Web and Content filtering recommendations? 2

Submitted by lukej on Friday February 20, 2009 @02:27PM

lukej writes: So it's clear everyone here dislikes content filtering, but there are few discussions on how to do it well.
Clearly, some of us in IT are tasked to provide filtering for a variety of reasons, including bandwidth control, compliance, pseudo-HR, etc.

I think the available options are mostly clear: Classic appliance based filters, or the newer 'cloud' solutions, Blacklists/whitelists vs. heuristics, Per user/machine control, and broad policies, Reporting and statistics, etc.

For the record, right now we're using DansGuardian/Squid, and, as always, looking for experiences and suggestions.

Submission + - X-38 space plane up for auction (gsaauctions.gov)

Submitted by lukej on Saturday October 27, 2007 @12:50AM

lukej writes: NASA is selling mock up of an X-38 Space Plane (Wikpedia). Located at Johnson Space Center (Houston,TX), the space agency is disposing of now canceled project via the GSA Auctions site (sorry, no direct link). While not a functional Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), like the currently used Soyuz, it is quite a bit cheaper, with a current bid of ~$5000. The item description:

(7285S001) MODEL, X-38 MOCKUP W/BASE, MFR:UNKNOWN, MDL:UNKNOWN, DIMENSIONS: 24FT X 16FT X 8FT, WEIGHT: 2700 LBS, MODEL IS SPLIT IN TWO (2) SECTIONS, STRAPS SHOWN IN PICTURES ARE NOT INCLUDED. REPAIRS REQUIRED-ADDITIONAL DEFICIENCIES UNKNOWN **WINNING BIDDER RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING SUFFICIENT MANPOWER AND/OR EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO REMOVE THIS ITEM**

Submission + - Sun CEO enters flamewar with Network Appliance

Submitted by lukej on Wednesday October 24, 2007 @02:38PM

lukej writes: With pending litigation on ever popular software patents, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz is blogging about his company's differences with Network Appliance. In his personal take on the situation, Schwartz attempts to closely ally Sun with it's former competition of Open Source. Including the inciteful comment: "...a common misconception among proprietary companies — that you can unfree, free. You cannot.". He also throws out a few other tid bits, including expalaning the Apple/Sun/ZFS relationship and the use of the filesystem in OS X Leopard.

Submission + - Latest promise of in-flight Wifi, from Alaska Air (adn.com)

Submitted by lukej on Wednesday September 19, 2007 @02:29PM

lukej writes: Alaska Airlines announced (more links) it will be the latest of the US domestic carriers to promise wifi+Internet access on all of it's planes. They join a on-again, off-again technology/industry partnership, including the likes of Boing, Quantas, US Air, JetBlue, Lufthansa, and probably others.
Alaska plans to debut Row44's combination satellite/802.11 system on it's Boing 737s, "...the service is intended to work on all its routes, which include flights within the lower 48 states and to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. If it works, Alaska may add the service to all 114 of its aircraft.".

Submission + - Abaondoned Mine chosen for Deep Underground Lab

Submitted by lukej on Tuesday July 10, 2007 @06:46PM

lukej writes: The abandoned Homestake Gold Mine has been chosen as the prefered site for a NSF deep underground laboratory. Google News has plenty of AP coverage, and the local paper has a nice 3d graphic. While the NSF rounds up funding for large astrophysics and biology experiments, the announcement has released millions of dollars in funding for preparatory work. One of the first tasks will be pumping out 3000 feet of water to access the 8000 foot level.

Submission + - Bong Hits comes to an end (adn.com)

Submitted by lukej on Monday June 25, 2007 @06:16PM

lukej writes: The Anchorage Daily News has posted the conclusion to the 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' case, which was before the Supreme Court. Summarizing the judgement with "The Supreme Court tightened limits on student speech".

Submission + - Diebold flops in Alaska

Submitted by on Wednesday August 23, 2006 @10:14PM

lukej writes: From the Anchorage Daily News: During yesterday's preliminary and ballot measure election across Alaska, Diebold built voting machines failed to 'phone home' causing a hand recount. As a party spokesperson said:
"I can say there are many systematic problems with Diebold machines that have been identified in many contexts," Brown said.
Additionally, the State itself has mandated some hand counts of all electronic results, and the Demcratic Party is simply suggesting voters request paper voting.

Submission + - Diebold flops in Alaska

Submitted by on Wednesday August 23, 2006 @10:08PM

lukej writes: During yesterday's preliminary and ballot measure election across Alaska, Diebold built voting machines failed to 'phone home' causing a hand recount. As a party spokesperson said:
"I can say there are many systematic problems with Diebold machines that have been identified in many contexts," Brown said.
Additionally, the State itself has mandated some hand counts of all electronic results, and the Demcratic Party is simply suggesting voters request paper voting.

Submission + - Apple calls the cows home

Submitted by on Friday August 18, 2006 @02:17AM

lukej writes: Apple heard the cries for help, or at least the moo's. They've put out a firmware update for the MacBook to better control the fan speed.

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