I'm no expert, but if it were me, my off site backups wouldn't be accessible via the net at all, they'd be completely offline. I'd back up locally to a system not connected to the Internet at all then move my backups off site manually.

Microsoft releasing their internal tools finally. I myself am waiting for their '!MakePortedAppsSuck' and '!CrushAllResistance' apps with baited breath...

Local celebrity and all around gadfly Count Dracula has seemingly developed a penchant for biting the necks of his acquaintances. When asked why he began this, he replied:

"Well, I was over at Bill's house (and what a house, I might add), and he mentioned sucking the life out of the computer industry. I just put two and two together. Bill's my hero!"

I for one welcome our new self-aware network overlords. All hail the Intertubes!

Er, wait. That's not ri0h%@^@HJ HQ$! @!NO CARRIER+++

that I wanna go out and frag someone with my Spartan Laser.

"Sure, but what about Microsoft, or Adobe, or various other companies that make software? Won't this be competing directly with them? It's bad enough that they have to compete with FOSS as is, but FOSS supercharged with two billion government dollars?"

Isn't capitalism supposed to be based on a free market economy? I'm sure that the government hires Adobe and Microsoft to work on software projects they don't readily talk about, doesn't that compete with FOSS software? Seems to me corporate America is all for the free market economy except when it's not to their favor.

it's a completely unworkable plan. Five minutes after the student gets the Macbook he/she will have jailbroke it and will be posting how-tos on their myspace page. Repeat after me: "Not learning from past mistakes gets me an automatic failing grade. I can't force submission to autocratic standards."