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Comment Who is this company? (Score 2, Interesting) 318

This sounds like a pre-made lawsuit, something the Kocks would fund. The conspiracy theorist in me says that this suit was just ready to go, probably when the FCC first started talking about net neutrality. This tiny ISP is being used because it's a "small business"...if Comcast / Cox / AT&T filed this it would be even harder to push. And it's no coincidence it's in Texas either. Someone needs to start digging around and find out who is REALLY funding this...as I doubt this ISP is using their own profits to pursue this.

Comment Re: Idiot Parents (Score 1) 569

often this goes beyond just dialing 911. Swatters often set up free voip numbers to get into the right area code / prefix so 911 will accept the dispatch. You'd think by now everyone would realize it's difficult to hide those tracks...well, at least for people who swat others. Anon set up many VPN tunnels and voip servers for dissidents during the Arab Spring; but these idiots are probably high when they did it and have little clue how to cover their tracks.

Comment Re:Far less of a jerk than Ironman (Score 1) 43

I'd say for a famous Hollywood person, it's more difficult than others. He's got the money and the fame to get anything he could possibly want; he can't just walk away from all his "enablers" and "fellow addicts" but must continue to work with them. Breaking out of that must have been far more difficult than any role he's every done...and IM3 allowed him to show it a bit, I don't think all his PTSD emotions were all just acting. I'll say he probably had a worse time during those first few "sober" weeks / months...it actually made my skin prickle a bit...I've seen almost the same look in the eyes of addicts who have also fought and become sober.

Comment Re:Far less of a jerk than Ironman (Score 4, Interesting) 43

I do feel that RDJ's personal experiences really did help with Stark's PTSD issues in IM2. He tried to get them to go into the alcoholism more, but the studio said "no". But I could tell he was pulling on his real, addict-year experiences there in those scenes...and it came across as very authentic. And his "Did you just nod off?" comment to Mandarin in IR3 was VERY pointed for us who have been or are close to people who have fought with addiction. RDJ has fought a very difficult battle; no matter what others may think even with all his $$$ getting yourself clean is a hard fight with internal demons. If anything, having all that money and fame probably made it harder for him to go sober...

In a weird way, he personally is an example to others that addiction can be managed and "defeated" to the point of having a "real" life. The war is NEVER won completely, the cravings NEVER go away...seeing anyone climbing back up the ladder and taking the reins of "the wagon" like he has is inspirational.

Comment Re:Wait...which one do you want? (Score 4, Interesting) 94

They want RHEL certifications that deal with the Cloud, specifically. These certs enable better support from RH, streamlined patching, etc. Like Cisco "engineers" have TAC access, and that is a major point to the cert. At my job we submit crash / debug reports to Red Hat support all the time; eventually they come back with some patches or a work-around. HR isn't looking for some basement dweller running Slackware on a 386; these are people who can virtualize existing systems, integrate Cloud redundancies, and work with established API's for meshing. Virtual networking is pretty new too. My company (HP) has a VAST amount of virtualized WINTEL on ESX...literally thousands of servers for hundreds of companies, at multiple data centers. Tying all of this together and keeping it all working is quite complicated LOL.

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