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Comment: gotoassist.com (Score 1) 454

by kohai_ut (#30199050) Attached to: Simple, Free Web Remote PC Control?
I realize you said free, but I haven't found anything free that works well for the variety of situations I end up supporting (family, non-profit, and corporate). I use the $10 pass for 24 hour access to gotoassist.com. (think citrix quality remote support) I then try to do all my support in that 24 hour window for those people I don't help often. Some days I'm frustrated enough that the $10 is cheap for my sanity. Kohai
Education

US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal 490

Posted by CmdrTaco
from the talking-to-you-cliff dept.
theodp writes "Many US colleges and universities have notices posted on their websites informing US companies that they're tax chumps if they hire students who are US citizens. 'In fact, a company may save money by hiring international students because the majority of them are exempt from Social Security (FICA) and Medicare tax requirements,' advises the taxpayer-supported University of Pittsburgh (pdf) as it makes the case against hiring its own US students. You'll find identical pitches made by the University of Delaware, the University of Cincinnati, Kansas State University, the University of Southern California, the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and other public colleges and universities. The same message is also echoed by private schools, such as John Hopkins University, Brown University, Rollins College and Loyola University Chicago."

Comment: Natural gas in an earthquake? (Score 1) 695

by kohai_ut (#26284595) Attached to: Home Generators (or How DTE Energy Ruined My Holidays)
I see everybody recommending natural gas, which makes great sense. However, in Utah they keep saying we'll eventually have a large earthquake. I believe the first thing they do with an earthquake is to turn off the natural gas because of possible broken lines. Anybody have any experience with generators in earthquakes?

Comment: Only useful if you can practice it/use it regulary (Score 1) 1021

by kohai_ut (#24091017) Attached to: Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer?
I lived in Japan for two years and learned spoken Japanese. I have forgotten a lot of it because I simply don't have the opportunity to use it very much. If you don't have the opportunity to regularly use it, then you will always struggle to maintain it. If you choose to learn a second language, choose one that is spoken by people around you or in your community. It makes a huge difference!
User Journal

Journal: Springtime for Hitler^H^H^H^H^Hugo Chavez 7

Journal by Billosaur

From the "I told you so!" department, comes an article in the LA Times that should come as no surprise. Now that Hugo Chavez is firmly ensconced as leader of Venezuela, he is seeking to remove the term limit provision from the Venezuelan constitution. He proposed adding one year to the term of the President, making it 7 years, then eliminating the 2-term limit. Thus, he would be

Security

Journal: How to do forensic on a cracked Linux server. 219

Journal by Noryungi

This blog entry is the step-by-step process that allowed one administrator to do forensic on a cracked server. It's quite interesting to me, since I have had the exact same problem (a misbehaving ls -h command) on a development server quite a while back. As it turns out, my server was cracked, maybe with the same tool, and this analysis is much more thorough than the one I was able to do at the time.

Republicans

+ - 2008 Presidential Election Process is Bad for Amer->

Submitted by Advocate123
Advocate123 writes "Newt Gingrich, ignoring all his idiosyncrasies, is right as usual. The 2008 Presidential Election is too long, too expensive and verges on "insane." This fact was clearly demonstrated this week when less than 1 million people watched the Democratic Debate on MSNBC. I think more people will vote for Elvis as a Write-in Candidate."
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Republicans

+ - FDR's Ponzi Scheme->

Submitted by Advocate123
Advocate123 writes "The Security and Exchange Commission defines Ponzi scheme as a type of illegal pyramid scheme named for Charles Ponzi, who duped thousands of New England residents into investing in a postage stamp speculation scheme back in the 1920s. Ponzi was flooded with funds from investors, taking in $1 million during one three-hour period. Sadly, most of the people in this scheme were never paid because there were not enough new investors to continue to pay into the Pyramid."
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Republicans

+ - Democrat Party: A Bunch of Trust Fund Babies->

Submitted by Advocate123
Advocate123 writes "Recently I read an article out of Washington about Millionaire Congressmen. From the article I learned that Nancy Pelosi holds stocks and property worth well into the millions. Harry Reid reported property around his hometown, as well as investments valued at several million dollars. Ted Kennedy reported four Kennedy family trust funds worth $20 million to $100 million. Mrs. Bill Clinton's husband, Bill Clinton, made more than $10 million for giving speeches (they presumably hold joint bank accounts). Then in an effort to keep the story balanced, we hear that Mitch McConnell, the only Republican listed, had property worth between 1 and $5 million, along with retirement accounts worth close to $1 million."
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Portables

+ - Clench your teeth, control your iPod->

Submitted by Nick
Nick writes "Japanese train commuters who don't want to reach conspicuously into their bags or pockets to start their iPods will soon be able to do it more subtly — by simply clenching their teeth. Japanese researchers have developed head gear that uses infrared sensors and a microcomputer to let people operate music players by clenching their teeth. The computer receives a command when the user clenches his or her teeth for about one second — which differentiates the action from other activities such as chewing gum and talking."
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Math

+ - The physics of poverty->

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An anonymous reader writes "Why do most poor countries stay poor? Economists have had very limited success in explaining this kind of poverty trap. But arXivblog.com is reporting that a group of physics have blown the field wide open by analysing it from the point of view of a small network. They say it then becomes obvious why poor countries fare so badly. And crucially, the new approach also makes it much clearer what these countries should do to turn their economies around."
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