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Comment: Re:Regarding the 'too late' part of the equation (Score 1) 184

by datastew (#42823425) Attached to: BlackBerry 10 Review: Good, But Too Late?
Hey Mods. It has been awhile since I have been on here because the conversation has been going downhill. This is one example. Your +1 bonus when you have excellent karma should be used only when you have a really excellent point. Otherwise, mod it down! Just my moderation advice. Worth as much as you paid for it.

Comment: Re:Government warnings?? (Score 1) 100

by datastew (#38586682) Attached to: Cleaning Up the Mess After a Major Hack Attack

In the second paragraph on page 4, Mr. Mandia says that over 90% of the private enterprises don't know their networks have been compromised until they learned from the FBI, DoD, or some other third party (emphasis added). However, in the last paragraph of page 5, he says that over 90% of the breaches his company responds to are first detected by the government.

The "some other third party" phrase seems more realistic to me unless he deals mostly with government agencies themselves.

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Man Has Nokia Phone Embedded In False Limb 171 Screenshot-sm

Posted by samzenpus
from the arm-phone dept.
judgecorp writes "A British man born with one arm has a Nokia phone dock embedded in his prosthetic limb. Apparently, Apple refused to have an iPhone suitably customized for the job. From the article: 'Mr Prideaux, of Wedmore, Somerset, said: "I think this is the first time this has ever been done in the world - and it is brilliant. I can now take calls and make texts just by using my one hand, while the phone sits inside my arm. The phone slots smoothly and securely within my limb and is easily removable, when required. I think this would help a lot of people with prosthetic arms - especially those who were not born with the disability. People who have had motorbike crashes and soldiers who have lost limbs - they could all benefit from this."'"

Comment: Re:Hardly open source (Score 2, Interesting) 227

by datastew (#27436729) Attached to: Microsoft Open Sources ASP.NET MVC
> How so? It's accepted as a free software license not only by the OSI but by the FSF as well.

Actually this may be a bit misleading. The MS-PL is firmly on their list of "GPL-Incompatible Free Software Licenses". This means that they urge you not use this license and it is incompatible with the GNU GPL.
The Internet

How To Keep a Web Site Local? 297

Posted by kdawson
from the first-ban-google dept.
Cornwallis writes "The universal accessibility of the Internet is one of its attractions. But what do you do when you don't want your board to be Slashdotted? Back in the day it was great to run a local BBS where friends and neighbors could dial in using their 9600-baud modems to pick up mail or share games or stories. Now, my Web-based board gets slammed by people from all over the world who have no reason to access it, can't possibly take advantage of the locally focused services it offers, and generally take up my time because I have to block their accounts or explain to them why they can't have access. This despite the fact that the board explains quite clearly that it is for local use only and couldn't possibly be of interest to them. Other than putting thousands of entries in my hosts file to block IP ranges, what options do I have to restrict access to locals only? Or isn't that feasible?"

Comment: Good clean fun! (Score 1) 1032

by datastew (#26848573) Attached to: How To Keep Rats From Eating My Cables?
Trapping is good clean fun. I got into it checking out a book from the library called "Tiniest Game Hunter" or something like that. Given enough time and ingenuity, trapping is the way to go. I have had good luck with the spring-loaded oversize mousetraps, but my somewhat more wealthy friend recommends the Rat Zapper 2000.
Databases

Five Questions With Michael Widenius 71

Posted by ScuttleMonkey
from the wouldn't-be-open-source-without-drama dept.
volume4 writes "With two MySQL execs leaving Sun in the last week, the internet is buzzing about what is going on at Sun, what is the future of MySQL and what lies ahead for Michael Widenius. Over at Open Source Release Feed, Widenius spoke candidly regarding his split from Sun, the future of MySQL, Monty Program AB, and the open source ecosystem in general."

Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

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