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Comment Re:Joomla is so simplistic (Score 2, Informative) 69

I wouldn't say impossible. The naming conventions cause you to click around a lot because it's not where you expected. Also there were certain parts that could be controlled in multiple areas. It definitely could have been made a lot more intuitive since it's supposed to allow almost anyone to run a site.

Comment Re:no: "dances with wolves" in space (Score 3, Interesting) 278

Sorry, I prefer to relate new movies to low budget action flicks with people like Van Damme, Segal, or Lundgren.

Men of War
Nick Gunar (Dolph Lundgren) is a burnt-out, jaded and hard-up former mercenary who is having a difficult time adjusting to civilian life. At the end of his rope, he is hired by the Nitro Mine Corporation to strong-arm the natives of a South China Sea island into giving up their rights to its valuable mineral resources. Nick loathes the thought of another mission, but this seemingly easy job will earn him enough money to get back with his estranged family. He recruits some of his former mercenary buddies to help him with the job. The island people refuse to give up their land and Nick decides to help them fight the greedy corporation that hired him. The island and its people bring Nick back to life. He finally finds something worth fighting for and a place to call home. As greed and treachery begin to unravel, Nick's band of mercenaries choose sides. Some are with him and others, still working for the corporation, will stop at nothing to destroy him.

Comment Re:Huh? (Score 1) 500

If police are looking at your computer, their interest is already piqued. TrueCrypt's ability is fine.

Cop 1: Let's look at all this guy's data.
Cop 2: Oh no, it's encrypted.
Cop 1: Let's unencrypt it and look at all this guy's data.

Comment Re:Beware of namechanges (Score 1) 629

Yeah, their battery prices suck. I went in for an electronic part and a 9v battery. The prices on the batteries were insane even with the discounted buy way more than you need sale they had going. I bought the part then grabbed a battery at the grocery store for less.

At least, they don't have the Gestapo tactics of needing all your personal information to buy something that costs less than a dollar anymore.

Comment Re:Tired of scare tactics. (Score 1) 358

I don't know why it being a Iphone app is that big of news.

If you look at websites that already track this, you'll be able to see the dates of arrests or convictions, pictures, work and home addresses, etc. Some offenses are decriptive enough (Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child) and others make you wonder what they did (computer crimes). Throw in the fact, there also might have been deals made during the court cases to get a guilty plea and it's hard to know for sure.

Comment Re:A little pseudocode is in order... (Score 1) 137

I don't use Twitter. Could you send the torrents encrypted as image files over Twitter or is Twitter changing those images before it sends them? http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/15/1314253/New-Service-Converts-Torrents-Into-PNG-Images

I assume PNG probably isn't a valid format for Twitter images anyways.

Comment Re:News at 11 (Score 1) 553

Seriously, that's three words a year. As for remembering your old ones, write them down when you're done with them as long as you're not using a repetitive pattern that would help a person figure out your password.

Just take words and numbers that stick out for you and combine them

Trailer Park and 1971 Ford Pinto become tr19l7p1rk or hit the shift key if you need some symbols and caps
TR!(l7p1rk

Comment Re:My two cents (Score 1) 321

100 calls
99 calls for password reset - resolved
1 call for the main database being corrupted - unresolved

Servers and network up 100%

Work getting done 0%

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Even weighting calls doesn't always work. IT could lower the number of calls for password resets by telling them to write their password on a post-it note.

I've had bosses request "Metrics". I asked them what they wanted and was told some nice charts that show we're doing our job.

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