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Comment: Cheese (Score 1) 688

by NaDrew (#29102143) Attached to: Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations?

In my homenet, I have:

SAKURA - Nintendo Wii (Sakura is a well-regarded Japanese cheese)
EMMANTALER - Apple Airport Extreme-N (Emmantaler is a decent Swiss variety... lots of air in those holes)
MINI-BABYBEL - Apple Airport Express-N (the two Expresses are a pair, Mini-Bonbel and Mini-Babybel. if I get another one it'll be Mini-Gouda)
MINI-BONBEL - Apple Airport Extreme
GRUYERE - Apple Mac Mini (Gruyere is excellent in mac-and-cheese)
EDAM - Maxtor Central Axis (no particular reason for this one)
STILTON - Dell Dimenson 4300 (no particular reason for this one)
BRIE Dell - Inspiron 600m (no particular reason for this one)
GJETOST - Apple MacBook Pro (Gjetost is a Norwegian brown cheese that is really good with sliced apples)
SAGEDERBY - SageTV HD Theatre (SageTV -> Sage Derby cheese)
DOUBLE-GLOUCESTER - Home-built file server [retired] (it had two drives, thus Double)

Naming is extensible practically forever (how many different cheeses are there?) and while some of the names have whimsical meanings, some don't and it isn't necessary. Names are mapped to machines/devices in a spreadsheet. And it's unique among everyone I know. Lots of people use Star Trek or Tolkien or WoW, but I don't know anyone else who uses cheese.

Spam

The Russian Mafia Doesn't Like Spam Either 451

Posted by CowboyNeal
from the think-twice-before-sending dept.
wattrlz writes "Apparently the current champion of v1*gr4 spamming solicited some of the wrong email boxes. Alexy Tolstokozhev was recently found murdered in his palatial spam-bought estate near Moscow. The implications of this hands on method of system administration are staggering." Update: 10/12 15:28 GMT by Z : Good story. Unfortunately, probably a fake.
Windows

One In Five Windows Installs Is Non-Genuine 481

Posted by kdawson
from the false-positives dept.
snib writes "Microsoft disclosed Monday that, according to reports collected by the notorious Windows Genuine Advantage tool on millions of users' PCs, 22% of all Windows installs do not pass its validation tests and have therefore been deemed non-genuine. Quoting: 'Since WGA launched in July 2005, over 512 million users have attempted to validate their copy of Windows, Microsoft said. Of those, the non-genuine rate was 22.3 percent... [T]he Business Software Alliance... reports that 35 percent of the world's software is pirated (22 percent in North America)...'"

How to Deal w/ Dubious 'Contracts'? 589

Posted by Cliff
from the nowadays-you-don't-need-to-sign-anything dept.
phorm asks: "It seems that for almost every service out there nowadays businesses want to fix customers into a contract. Some are pretty obvious (cellphone service, etc), but others are downright sneaky. About a year ago, my grandparents signed up for internet service with one of the bigger ISP's (Telus). They were offered an lesser rate for the first year, followed by $10/month more for following years, as well as their DSL modem for free (to be returned when service ends). None of the documentation received with the modem indicated that any 'contract' was being entered, nor were any documents signed. However, when they recently tried to cancel their service, Telus has indicated they will be charged a fee due to being within the 'contract'." Similar to EULAs, sometimes companies will enter you into a "contract" without providing anything to sign and will hold you to terms you may not even know about simply by your use of the service. How can you deal with companies practices, especially if dealing with their representatives becomes...difficult?
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Journal: Blogger deleted my account

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Wednesday, November 23, 2005, 4:21 PM

Blogger has apparently lost my account information. I can't log in. It's not just a password problem; the system doesn't recognize my user account name or email address. I've filed a help request, but on the evening before Thanksgiving I'm not optimistic of receiving help any time soon.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 11:07 PM

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