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Comment: This is the problem. . . (Score 1) 683

by MikeDawg (#40132523) Attached to: The Shortage of Women In IT
Contracts, government or any other, are the problem here. Why force the contract go to a company with a woman owner? Why force the contract go to small company? The contract should go to the lowest bidder, who can successfully complete the work. Does that mean the big guys will outbid all the smaller guys? Maybe, but it will force smaller companies that make these bids have to be better than the big guys.

Comment: I'm a stupid filer, at my workplace (Score 2) 434

by MikeDawg (#37658846) Attached to: Putting Emails In Folders Is a Waste of Time, Says IBM Study
So, I am one of the stupid filers, at my workplace. But to help defend myself, I think the searching capabilities is most email clients is horrendous. If I had a gmail account for all my work related email, then that may be a different story, but unfortunately, I have to stick to the couple of email clients that I am allowed to use at work, and they can't search worth a damn. I am able to quickly find emails, without searching, as most people lag behind, and try to get the search in the email client to work properly.
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Doctors Seeing a Rise In "Google-itis" 368 Screenshot-sm

Posted by samzenpus
from the sounds-like-rickets-to-me dept.
It's one of the fastest-growing health issues that doctors now face: "Google-itis." Everyone from concerned mothers to businessmen on their lunch break are typing in symptoms and coming up with rare diseases or just plain wrong information. Many doctors are bringing computers into examination rooms now so they can search along with patients to alleviate their fears. "I'm not looking for a relationship where the patient accepts my word as the gospel truth," says Dr. James Valek. "I just feel the Internet brings so much misinformation to the (exam) room that we have to fight through all that before we can get to the problem at hand."
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Website Sells Pubic Lice 319 Screenshot-sm

Posted by samzenpus
from the gift-that-keeps-on-giving dept.
A British website called crabrevenge.com will help you prove that there is literally nothing you can't find online by selling you pubic lice. A disclaimer on the site says the creators "do not endorse giving people lice," and the lice are for "novelty purposes only." The company also boasts about a facility "where we do all of our parasite husbandry and carefully considered selective breeding." Three different packages are available: "Green package - One colony that can lay as many as 30 eggs for about $20. Blue package - Three colonies to share with your friends or freeze a batch or two for about $35. Red package - A vial of 'shampoo-resistant F-strain crabs' which can take up to two weeks to kill for about $52."
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EA Introduces "Online Pass" To Get In On Used Games Market 223

Posted by Soulskill
from the gee-thanks dept.
EA Sports has unveiled a new feature that they hope will help them get a piece of the lucrative used games market: the Online Pass. Each of their new titles will come with a one-time code that allows access to "premium" content and features. Players who buy the games used can get the same content, but will need to pay $10 for the privilege. "According to EA, the content can include anything from title updates and downloads to features like online leagues — and even online gameplay and multiplayer modes. ... EA will offer 10-day trials of Pass content so that users can see what they would be getting. So far, EA seems to be limiting the premium add-on experiment to its sports portfolio. ... The company has apparently gained the support of retailer GameStop, which has been watching with a close eye efforts on the part of publishers to discourage its thriving used games business. According to the retailer, encouraging premium content add-ons still benefits GameStop, since it sells PlayStation Network and Microsoft Points cards. It praised EA's Online Pass as 'forward-thinking.'"

Comment: Kindle (Score 1) 2

by MikeDawg (#31116550) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What's the Best E-Reader?
All my co-workers seem to have the Kindle for multiple reasons. Most of all, they like the available selection of books available on Amazon. They also prefer that 3G network that it supports. Their biggest complaint so far seems to be the current PDF support, although, I believe they have released updates to hopefully solve some of their problems with that.
Science

Why Time Flies By As You Get Older 252

Posted by kdawson
from the like-a-banana dept.
Ant notes a piece up on WBUR Boston addressing theories to explain the universal human experience that time seems to pass faster as you get older. Here's the 9-minute audio (MP3). Several explanations are tried out: that brains lay down more information for novel experiences; that the "clock" for nerve impulses in aging brains runs slower; and that each interval of time represents a diminishing fraction of life as we age.
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PS3 Hacked? 296

Posted by Soulskill
from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.
Several readers have sent word that George Hotz (a.k.a. geohot), the hacker best known for unlocking Apple's iPhone, says he has now hacked the PlayStation 3. From his blog post: "I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I now have dumps of LV0 and LV1. I've also dumped the NAND without removing it or a modchip. 3 years, 2 months, 11 days...that's a pretty secure system. ... As far as the exploit goes, I'm not revealing it yet. The theory isn't really patchable, but they can make implementations much harder. Also, for obvious reasons I can't post dumps. I'm hoping to find the decryption keys and post them, but they may be embedded in hardware. Hopefully keys are setup like the iPhone's KBAG."

Comment: Not Really Your Job (Score 1) 709

by MikeDawg (#30695872) Attached to: Office Work Ethic In the IT Industry?
Its not really your job to rate other peoples work. It also sucks that you have to come in and finish their work. You can simply make the comment to your supervisor/manager, and let them handle it. If they choose not to respond, then it truly isn't a concern for them, and they are happy with the current work-levels.

Comment: Linux is secure (Score 1) 904

by MikeDawg (#27130265) Attached to: Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise?

The odd part is you're acting like linux isn't inherently secure. While I will grant you, it isn't perfect out of the box, a small amount of configuration can make it very secure for your needs.

You're not dealing with Windows here, where it constantly needs to check in, in order to know what the hell is going on. I would recommend a secure setup of LDAP for account information (pick your openldap flavor, Fedora Directory Server works great here), and a kerberos server for passwords.

I would also like to point out the "commercial" Red Hat Satellite server, or the open/free Spacewalk server to manage all servers at once, like you can do with AD.

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