I used to think that the ACLU was a force for good, and they might be. But they do not know when to quit, or compromise on anything. Here we are finally getting accountability for law enforcement, and now they want to stop the program?

I wonder if anyone told them that nothing is perfect and life is all about compromises.

That's a great article. Thanks for sharing.

Or the weather?! Forget that nonsense.

Our corporate headquarters is in downtown Chicago. I love to visit there. Chicago is by far my favorite big city and the people there are some of the friendliest people I have ever met in my life. There is no way in HELL I would live there though. Those winters are stupid.

Agreed. Same thought here. Farming community. Arizona desert. Ummmm......???

For the future of how THAT is going to work out, look no further than the Central Valley in California right now.

There is a huge need for people who can write good documentation. Most sysadmins are so busy keeping the systems online and provisioning new systems that they do not have the time nor inclination to do all of the documentation work that needs to be done.

If you do go down the Microsoft path, learn PowerShell. Any admin who does not learn it will be out of a job in a couple of years.

Find a small project and make sure that you can deliver on it. There is a serious shortage of people who can perform decent business analysis and educate management on technology trends. As much as I hate to throw them a bone given what they are doing here, Dice.com is a decent source of consulting gigs.

We deal with highly sensitive client data. All network traffic is inspected. The employees are well aware of it because it is explicitly mentioned during new hire orientation / on boarding.

No, but the truthers do know what most everyone else knows. The government's claims that "Nobody could have seen terrorists using airplanes as weapons." was a complete load of crap.

Tom Clancy's most recent and last book (Command Authority) also predicted this. Just as one of his previous books anticipated terrorists using airplanes to attack America. (Clancy had them running it into Congress, not the WTC, but close enough).

I thought this was common knowledge. It is always prudent to renegotiate cable bills. Cable is a luxury for most of America. That is why the reps have so many options and various packages to choose from. The companies are all about customer retention. They cannot retain customers with their sub par service, so the only tool in their arsenal is to discount their offerings.

What is the author's beef with probiotics? There has been recent research that suggests gut bacteria directly affect the brain in positive ways.

http://neurosciencenews.com/pr...

Need teh NATz for my car!

I used to play a lot of FPS games (Counter Strike, Unreal, etc) I was single and living with other gamers.

Now I am married, and my video game has been slightly reduced. The time I used to spend playing games I now spend with the wife, running, and both training and teaching martial arts (kung fu and tai chi). I have been mostly playing GTA:V (over it thanks to the hackers who ruined it), BF4 (over it due to Dice / EA sucking), HearthStone (great, free game that is challenging but not too mentally taxing), and the Elder Scrolls Beta (I already purchased my pre-order Imperial edition and 3/31/14 cannot get here soon enough).

Thanks for the lesson. Seriously.

What am I not understanding though? The ISPs are upset with Cogent because Cogent is pushing more data than they are pulling. The equation is lopsided.

Netflix is trying to alleviate the issue by rolling their own CDN to cut down on the peering traffic.