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German chancellor chides Congress on global warming

Lies Lies LiesCan someone PLEASE stop this non-sense articlesof the lies on this topic.No one is believing this non-sense and if you want to walk to work, live in a mud hut then go for it don't cram it down my throat!;)Stupidity Stupidity StupidityAnd exactly what do YOU know about...

Tags: Stupidity, global warming, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Microsoft ships one-click 'workaround' for critical SMB2 flaw

Maybe I'm not finding it...but does this affect 64-bit operating systems?All of our systems here are running 64-bit operating systems, including our servers.Yes, 64-bit Vista & 2008 are affectedLink to Microsoft Security Advisory here:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/975497.mspxGotta give credit to MSIt's great they offer this automated work-around install feature, but I doubt many...

Tags: 64-bit, Construction, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, SMB2, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Getting green ideas spread around

Getting green ideas spread aroundStupidity has no realm.......Good grief, enough of this Carbon BS of socialist control by Obongo and his corrupt thugs fromChicago.......Carter 2.0 all over again, high taxes, failedpolicies and then he will get voted out ofoffice and a Republican will fix all of hissocialist welfare BS.Liberally polluting...

Tags: Taxes, Stupidity, God IS

Discussion threads 2009-03-29

Greed, Arrogance, Inexperience, and Stupidity

Greed, Arrogance, Inexperience, and StupidityWhen customers and vendors try to take advantage of one anotherMicrosoft or some of their henchmen are usually being profiled.It's just business as usual, you understand? Nothing personal as long as you shut up and sit down.

Tags: inexperience

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Ubuntu servers hacked to attack others

Ubuntu servers hacked to attack othersYeah.Anyone thinking of running a net facing server, get an Expert. I would assume that these people were college students doing it for free but after some of the things I've seen (who in the hell uses a while(1) loop in production software?) I'm not...

Tags: Linux, Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, Anton, Stupidity, server, Canonical, security, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

Analyst: IT departments are sabotaging SOA

Analyst: IT departments are sabotaging SOAStupidity is sabotaging SOAI'm a gunslinger so I don't have a vested interest in what architecture a customer chooses. Windows, Linux, AS400, DBII, SQL Server, Oracle...all the same to me. I get paid to build things and fix what's broken. Web service, web...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Stupidity, Most IT department, SOA, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

CNN: Best coverage of Bush's "the Internets" and "the Google"

CNN: Best coverage of Bush's "the Internets" and "the Google"the fragmentation of the Internet must not be allowed to happen.The technology available today has the power to enslave everybody and the political will to use it for such purposes is demonstrably already here.(For "your own good" of course.)The internet...

Tags: Google Inc., Stupidity, Internet, CNN

Discussion threads 2006-10-28

My analysis: what will the AT

My analysis: what will the ATTwo dinosaurs matingjust before the asteroid hits. That's MY analysis.Big Bang Theoryand the closed universe concept. 1984 saw the "Big Bang", the breakup of the Bell operating system. Seems the universe created back then has reached it's maximum expansion point, and is contracting back in...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, environment, stupidity, government, Bad News, AT&T Corp., BellSouth Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., analysis

Discussion threads 2006-03-06

Panel paints grim picture of cybercrime battle

Panel paints grim picture of cybercrime battleInvolve the ISPsOne obvious channel of discipline is via ISPs. They are in a position to shut down users malicious or zombie speedily.ISPs should be required and obliged to publish, maintain and operate an abuse e-mail account - not all do. They could also...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Internet service providers (ISPs), Operating systems, stupidity, computer, finance, Internet Service Provider, security, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-06-01

Worm attack forces Reuters IM offline

Worm attack forces Reuters IM offlineLet me get this straightFrom Symantec:[i]Note: A recipient must click on the link, and download and execute the file. The file is a copy of the worm.[/i]You get an instant message with a link in it, you have to click on that link to open...

Tags: Instant messaging, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Web browsers, SECURITY, Stupidity, PeeCee user, worm attack, Reuters Ltd., IM, worm, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2005-04-14

Microsoft to rename media player-less Windows

Microsoft to rename media player-less WindowsCount on politicians to object...Count on politicians to object to calling a spade a spade. They order MS to remove the Media Player, then complain when they label the box exactly that. Maybe MS should have named it "Windows XP This is...

Tags: Operating systems, Stupidity, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-03-28

Fractal stupidity

Fractal stupiditySo long as $$$ drives usWe will never as a race achieve the greatness we could realize. Greed, in an object that truly has no real value is what is preventing the human race from moving forward. How many wonderful technologies have been shelved and forgotten because it would...

Tags: Semiconductors, Telecom & Utilities, solar cell, stupidity, cell, fractal

Discussion threads 2004-03-18

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U.S. Ethics Committee staffer file-shares sensitive document

So the answer will be change the technology, right??...I certainly hope not. The person responsible should be fired immediately, if this group is supposed to be so secretive and protective of their data. Putting ANY work-related material on your personal computer is not only a bad idea, it may be...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), U.S. Ethics Committee staffer, U.S. Ethics Committee, sensitive document, staffer, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Facebook users targeted by Zeus banking Trojan

Is it safe to assumethat this threat can happen on any OS/Browser desktop or mobile?Yes but...various Stallman cultist and Job cultist will try to argue that either Linux or MacOSX are immune to this because of a so called superior BSD security model or something along this line.Windows only?The Trojan...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, trojan horse, phishing, Facebook, Linux, malware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Firefox hit by multiple drive-by download flaws

Thank god I am still using 3.0.xxxI still don't understand why the need to make all things software larger and more featured. Also I will never understand why people rush to use the latest larger, bloated package...Bigger is always better......that's why we're fat! =DIE still more secure than FF...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, NoScript, Microsoft Corp., Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Times exec hints at Apple tablet

When are people going to learn that off the record is off the recordNot open mouth insert foot.Yes, some people are excited about some new tech, but to go to some of the lengths these guys keep going to, makes me wonder.I think engadge is just in it for the...

Tags: Tablets, 3G, Notebooks, iTablet, Apple Inc., Microsoft Zune, tablet, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Dell: A few examples of what's wrong with your tech support

The on-site tech support tech was obviously in the U.S., but ....it sounds like the "other end" of the line is somewhere half way around the planet (maybe also taking orders for "Shammy Wows") while reading off a scripted Q&A screen.Kinda like "cloud tech support"?What really hurts is that this...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp., tech support, cheap machine

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Hannah Montana's good, but Ubuntu Kidsafe would be better

why ubuntu?did you guys on zdnet ever heard about anything else than overhyped ubuntu?Why even worry about kids getting into porn?It isn't like they don't know what sex is today from a VERY early age.... I swear, this is just more stupidity from the 'sex-haters' who think that they have...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, TVs, OPEN SOURCE, Hannah montana, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Massachusetts becomes Canada as reform debate nears climax

Obamacare ship is sinkingPeople saw the light with the failed socialist experiment in mASSachusetts, so liberal politicians like Barnie Frank can stuck their health care reform where the sun doesn't shine.Yeah, the ship is sinking, but it is Obama who's rearanging the chairs to give Pelosi and Reid front row...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Is the Google Android platform the upcoming smartphone of choice?

Android will winThe ATT exclusive and the other closed Apple policies for iPhone have kept the door open and now Google is in. The fact that Goole is behind it and that all the phone mfgs. and carriers will be using it bodes well for quick adoption and a buzzing...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Google Android, Google Inc., phone, carrier, operating system, Apple iPhone, smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-16