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Comment The other way around (Score 2, Interesting) 395

by big_debacle on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @11:35AM (#29202605) Attached to: Company Laptop, My Data — Can They Co-exist?

At my previous company, we went the other direction...no personal equipment was allowed. If you needed a tool (e.g. a laptop), it was provided.

We didn't want the liability of damage or theft of someone's personal equipment. Further, we didn't want to deal with things like users bringing in tools that impact the network, we didn't want to have any issues with software licensing (who provides or you bring in non-licensed software), etc. We also had problems with people bringing in things like printers and then having the company pay for ink (that gets expensive) or wireless routers and creating new and unauthorized access points. Beyond even things like people wanting to bring in their own [monitor, video card, sound card, speakers, desktop, etc], we unfortunately faced the issue of dealing with these things (prior to the policy) when on rare occasions someone was fired and IT had to dismantle a PC, etc.

I guess I'm a fan of keeping work and personal apart.

Comment Re:I say DIG (Score 1) 142

by big_debacle on Thursday August 13, 2009 @09:46AM (#29051135) Attached to: Will Silicon Valley Run Out of Data Center Space?

Even better, here's someone who has already built data centers in silos: http://prairiebunkers.com/

Ray Bradbury Loves Libraries, Hates the Internet 600

Posted by kdawson on Saturday June 20, 2009 @05:11PM from the in-the-air-in-the-tubes-whatever dept.

Hugh Pickens was one of several readers to let us know that, according to a NY Times story, the 89-year-old Ray Bradbury hates the Internet. But he loves libraries, and is helping raise $280,000 to keep libraries in Ventura County open. "Among Mr. Bradbury's passions, none burn quite as hot as his lifelong enthusiasm for halls of books. ... 'Libraries raised me,' Mr. Bradbury said. 'I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.' ... The Internet? Don't get him started. 'The Internet is a big distraction,' Mr. Bradbury barked... 'Yahoo called me eight weeks ago,' he said, voice rising. 'They wanted to put a book of mine on Yahoo! You know what I told them? "To hell with you. To hell with you and to hell with the Internet." It's distracting. It's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.'"

Junior-Sized Supernova Discovered By New York Teen 154

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 11, 2009 @12:51PM from the so-many-prodigies dept.

Matt_dk writes "In November 2008, Caroline Moore, a 14-year-old student from upstate New York, discovered a supernova in a nearby galaxy, making her the youngest person ever to do so. Additional observations determined that the object, called SN 2008ha, is a new type of stellar explosion, 1000 times more powerful than a nova but 1000 times less powerful than a supernova. Astronomers say that it may be the weakest supernova ever seen."

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