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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 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 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.
Software

Citrix Announces Agreement to Acquire XenSource 86

Posted by CowboyNeal from the two-great-tastes dept.
An anonymous reader writes "'Citrix has signed a definitive agreement to acquire XenSource a leader in enterprise-grade virtual infrastructure solutions. The acquisition moves Citrix into adjacent and fast growing datacenter and desktop virtualization markets.' For nearly $500 million, including about $100 million of unvested options, Citrix would be purchasing VMWare's closest competitor in the server virtualization market, with XenEnterprise v4 offering technology similar to VMWare's flagship product — and arguably overtake them as a combined solution, as VMWare offers little in the realm of application and desktop virtualization. Though subject to the customary closing conditions, both boards of directors have approved the transaction, and the deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2007."
Security

Forbes 400 Targeted by ID Thieves 51

Posted by CowboyNeal from the where-the-money-is dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Numerous media outlets have been reporting this story about an ID theft ring which targeted the Forbes list of 400 richest Americans. It seems that Igor Klopov, a 24 year-old Russian citizen, was the ring leader and was caught after attempting to pick up $7 million in gold that he was using to launder the money. It goes to show that anyone can be the target of identity theft, as they even went after the President of Transunion, one of the credit reporting bureaus."

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