Comment It won't solve the entire problem.. (Score 1) 167
But chmod 600 is a start.
Submission + - Icons that Don't Make Sense Anymore 2
theodp writes: The Floppy Disk Icon, observes Scott Hanselman, means 'save' for a whole generation of people who have never seen one. That, and other old people icons that don't make sense anymore — Radio Buttons, Clipboards, Bookmarks, Address Books and Calendars, Voicemail, Manila Folder, Handset Phone, Magnifying Glass and Binoculars, Envelopes, Wrenches and Gears, Microphones, Photography, Televisions, Carbon Copies and Blueprints — are the subject of Hanselman's post on icons that are near or past retirement age, whose continued use is likely to make them iconic glyphs whose origins are shrouded in mystery to many.
Comment Re:A distant relative Mercedes (Score 1) 114
If you don't know what it is and what it does and how it works. When your car starts slowing down by itself oneday you can cause an accident. Just that feature changing a basic tool you use regularly requires training. If you are to stupid to understand why you shouldn't be laughing.
Again, please, now as a coherent statement?
Comment Encrypt your netbook, park data in the cloud (Score 2, Interesting) 312
Assume you will lose your netbook at some point: encrypt the entire thing using truecrypt or similar, and make sure you can access vital data from somewhere else: either use dropbox, or use google docs, or whatever.
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