cbciv - Slashdot User

Comment Re:So much for not sacrificing ideals for safety. (Score 1) 906

by cbciv on Sunday January 25, 2009 @01:08PM (#26598911) Attached to: Obama Sides With Bush In Spy Case

Insurance for my family (me, wife, 2 kids) through my employer would cost $1,200/month. I make 30k/yr. Do the math. That's half my salary BEFORE taxes.

That's a damned high number. I pay half of that for the same number of people, and I'm footing the whole bill as the owner of my own company. We live in the D.C. suburbs, which, while not the most expensive place to live, is certainly well above the national average.

It sounds to me like your situation is atypical. Is there a chronic disease involved that would explain that number?

Comment Re:Not Samba? (Score 1) 409

by cbciv on Thursday January 22, 2009 @04:55PM (#26565563) Attached to: Best FOSS Active Directory Alternative?

"Samba" is a play on SMB, most likely with a nod to the dance Samba, though the wikipedia article on isn't specific about it.

Comment Re:The boss understands how the game is played (Score 1) 613

by cbciv on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @12:39PM (#26530139) Attached to: Do Nice Engineers Finish Last In Tough Times?

Mr. Backstabber will have the boss's back right up until it's to his advantage not to. The boss in this scenario is playing with fire.

Submission + - Vista vs. the Gibbon 4

Submitted by ricegf on Monday October 22, 2007 @12:04AM

ricegf writes: If you had 7 computers running various versions of Windows and Linux, on which machine would you choose to do most of your work? Rupert Goodwins describes his experience thus: 'So here's the funny thing. I've used Windows since 1.0. I've lived through the bad times of Windows/386 and ME, and the good times of NT 3.51 and 2K. I know XP if not backwards, then with a degree of familiarity that only middle-aged co-dependents can afford each other. Then how come I'm so much more at home with Ubuntu than Vista?'

Submission + - Apple May Track IPod Thieves & You (msn.com)

Submitted by

Ryan N. Kamfolt - ClickAway

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @03:21PM

Ryan N. Kamfolt - ClickAway writes: "Apple may begin implementing software in its I-Tunes suite to track serial numbers of I-Pods and compare them to a stolen I-Pod database. Due to the worlds most successful and popular product being on the #1 most stolen items list. This may alert the local police to come knocking on your door, if "Your" I-Pod is in question. Weather it be stolen or legit, people are not taking this to heart kindly at all. With the right to privacy walls closing in on us ever so fast, this seems to be another push to take our privacy rights away even more, or is it? Those who have had their I-Pods stolen love the idea. Others are not so happy about the idea. Some privacy right advocates have suggested implementing I-Pods or I-Phones with owner ID verification, such as a password or other forms of verification that must be entered into the devices before they will take a charge or allow you to place songs on the device. Or offer a service that is apart of Apple iCare, which allows users who feel they may become a victim of theft, to join this database, to further protect them in the even their I-Pod is stolen."

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