Caffeine_Coder - Slashdot User

Comment A short list (Score 4, Insightful) 547

by Caffeine_Coder on Friday July 27, 2012 @11:49AM (#40791385) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Clean Up My Work Computer Before I Leave?

While it isn't the same as destroying the drive, this should be good enough, w/o inconviencing the systems team. Any 'work' ( documents / files / email ) you generated while using the computer for work is considered property of the company, so only focus on your personal stuff (so you dont get busted for 'destroying company property'. - Open each browser (firefox, IE, chrome) and delete cache, cookies, etc... - Move / delete all your files in My (Documents | Pictures | Videos | Music), and desktop - Uninstall any programs you installed and wasn't for work - Confirm no personal items stored in root "C:\" - Delete everything in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp - Delete everything in %SystemRoot%\TEMP If you have admin perms -After you have saved your work files off someplace else, create New admin User, log in as that admin, delete your old profile, and confirm that C:\Users\"OLD LOGIN NAME" does not exists

Comment Worked great for me (Score 1) 227

by Caffeine_Coder on Monday July 23, 2012 @11:18AM (#40736817) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Stepping Down From an Office Server To NAS-Only?

I was in the same boat, but not in an office setting. I had a custom built linux server running RAID 6 providing FTP, HTTP, DHCP, DLNA, etc.. I got tired of the administration, having a huge box sitting under the desk, and I initially installed the wrong distro as well (gentoo). After months of research, I went with a Synology 1812+. I'm very pleased to say, I love it, and I gained functionality. I can do everything I was doing before and more. FTP, HTTP(s), DHCP, email, DLNA, media server, Samab, NFS, VPN, SSH, telnet, quotas and more. It is also MUCH quieter and more energy effecient. It has a UI interface to configure everything. While editing conf files in vim provides the most flexibilty, I felt the UI provided just enough configuration / functionality to meet my needs. Yes, it has a slower CPU and less RAM, but for a file / media / etc... server, it is more than enough. If you combined this with a reasonable router / firewall, you will be fine.

"Lost" and the Emergence of Hypertext Storytelling 170

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday May 02, 2010 @09:20AM from the new-buzzwords-for-hollywood dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "The TV series 'Lost' involves a large cast of characters marooned on a tropical island after a plane crash, with episodes that thread lengthy flashbacks of characters' backstories with immediate plots of day-to-day survival and interpersonal relationships, and a larger 'mythos' involving the strange and apparently supernatural (or science-fictional) happenings on the island. Independent scholar Amelia Beamer writes that the series works as an example of a recent cultural creation: that of the hypertext narrative. 'In Lost, the connections between characters form the essential hypertext content, which is emphasized by the structure of flashbacks that give the viewer privileged information about characters,' writes Beamer. 'Paramount are the connections unfolding between characters, ranging from mundane, apparently coincidental meetings in the airport, to more unlikely and in-depth meetings, reaching back through their entire lives and the lives of their families.' Beamer writes that the series also pays tribute to video games, another relatively recent interactive means of storytelling."

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