Comment Re:Remove the obvious structural weaknesses (Score 3, Funny) 384
You hurt small animals for fun as a kid? You must be some kind of psychopath.
There's two suns and no women. What the hell else am I supposed to do?!
Comment Re:Nope, just following normal procedures. (Score 1) 232
My "garbage 1980's technology flashlight" is from the 80's, how old is your flashlight?
Comment Nope, just following normal procedures. (Score 1) 232
"Several people I know in the mid-Atlantic region have been ordering generators and stocking up on flashlight batteries and easy-to-prepare foods."
Emergency supplies are always on site, including satellite phones (for some reason the idiots in charge think they'll work in a hurricane) and generators undergo monthly testing.
"Are you in the projected path of the storm?"
Yep!
"If so, have you taken any steps to prepare for it? (Are you doing off-site backup? Taking yourself off-site?)"
Automatic nightly incremental backups to a server that is automatically backed up to SAN, which has an off site mirror. Combine that with good vendor response times, and you're set.
Submission + - The depraved, insane games lurking in the underworld of Steam Greenlight (redbull.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: Steam Greenlight's been up and running for a few months, and there are now hundreds of pitches for games on the community site for fans to vote on. Some of them are impressive, high concept 3D games, and as this article points out, some of them are most definitely not. You can find everything from jousting dishwashers to civil war simulators where you play a fish trying to topple Gaddafi — and if enough people vote for them, Steam will actually put them up for sale.
Submission + - Irony Alert: Nigeria Increasingly Targeted by Cyber Criminals (cio.com)
Curseyoukhan writes: "Symantec says the land of countless bankers, princes and businessmen who all need your help accessing their funds, is becoming a huge target for cyber criminals. Apparently the Nigerians can't learn from their own actions: “The problem is that Nigeria does not really appreciate the magnitude of cybercrime and how it can derail an economy," says the Symantec's regional chief for Africa."
Comment Re:Uh-oh... (Score 1) 107
Daishkyu hinan shite kudasai!
Comment Re:Energy == $$ (Score 2) 405
So, I guess what we can take away from this is: "We have to get a Linux distro for washing machines"
Well, guess it's time to rip apart the ol' maytag!
Comment Re:Fear= More Funding (Score 3, Funny) 243
For good reason. I hear some of those haxors can whistle ICBM launch codes!!!!
Comment A trend? (Score 1) 192
Why does anything having to do with Michael Jackson always involve unwanted penetration?
Comment And? (Score 1) 285
Who the hell cares? Getting your flight crew to the cockpit as easily as possible is the best idea that the damn TSA has had so far, and I'm all for not pissing off the people that can make my flight god awful.
Comment Yes, but... (Score 1) 86
This will only make it more difficult to get my Bandoleer of Carrots!
Comment What about belief through reason? (Score 1) 1486
Lets see about this. I woke up on my memory foam mattress (result of science), and drank a cup of coffee that was brewed 45minutes before I woke up (a result of science). Got dressed in my clothes that were, most likely, made on a computerized sewing machine (result of science). Grabbed my laptop, smartphone, and tool bag (results of science), and hopped in my truck (result of science). No, I really don't think I'm relying on faith to make my determination on how I feel about this.
Comment Nail his ass to the wall (if he's actually guilty) (Score 1) 844
onsidering the nature of what was allegedly done, and the position held by the defendant, I think it's perfectly reasonable to go for the maximum punishment. IMHO, It really doesn't matter what the documents were that were leaked. Hell, they could have been a top secret souffle recipe, and I would still want to see the offender properly prosecuted!
P.S. Mmm, souffle. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/cheese-souffle-recipe/index.html [Food Network – Alton Brown]
P.P.S. Maybe I shouldn't have skipped breakfast this morning...
Comment F4988 (Score 1) 142
unexpected end of format
Stem Cell Tourists Take Costa Rica Off the Agenda 206
An anonymous reader writes "Stem cell tourism is a booming and troubling industry, in which clinics in places like Mexico, China, and India offer rich tourists experimental stem-cell-based treatments, none of which have been approved by the FDA here in the US. (Check out some of these creepy sites that offer treatments for everything from autism to MS, and even the 'very common ailment called aging.') But in one positive development, Costa Rica just shut down its top stem cell clinic. Said the country's health minister, 'This isn't allowed in any serious country in the world.'"
