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It's crazy... I remember in high school (I think 2001) I gave a speech to my Social Studies class about Carnivore (previously DCS1000). I was incensed by it, and by what it represented. I now read this stuff, and just kinda quietly think "what next?"

I find your setup intriguing. Clearly, you've got some spare cash for a beefy virtualization server. Why did you stick it out with the Compaq for so long?

Is the plan to have multiple VMs for other users in the household? Do you like the idea to be able to create/destroy machines if they start behaving oddly?

Is the plan to just play around with administering a VDI deployment (however small)? If so, did you consider any other hypervisors?

Sorry to probe... I just think it's interesting :)

Thanks for that link--good read :)

Actually no, but this is something that we are discussing. We see the value in providing the service on this port, and want to accommodate all users.

Thanks for the feedback, and feel free to hit me up with questions (if you have any) at my $username at duckduckgo.com :)

EDIT: Or, hop on Freenode and chat with us in #duckduckgo

Thanks for this link. I found the article to be fascinating (albeit the math got a bit over my head). I was particularly interested in the "The Bull" series by Picasso pictured mid-way through. I ducked around a bit, and found an interesting write up on the back story of these sketches. Check it out: http://drawingdownthevision.com/the-bull-how-picasso-practic...

irc.smashthestack.org #social, #twits

Not in the slightest? So the CMO gets no credit for acknowledging the mistake?

I would be willing to bet that the CMO is not in any sort of position to make the necessary changes to ensure that this doesn't happen again, and so your suggestion is beyond his ability. By acknowledging the customer's frustration he lets the OP know that the company understands that this is an issue, and is now going to make an effort to correct it. In other words, "he has been heard".

Obviously, the comment alone is not enough, but it's a vital first step towards high quality customer support, and probably an instructive lesson for anybody in a service business.

Pretty awesome that the company the OP is complaining about has already posted a comment in reply to the blog post (on the actual blog)...

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Darren,

You're right, this sucks. Looking into this now and see how this can not happen again.

Michael La Rosa CMO at PSD2HTML.com

This was how the RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) exam begun when I took it a few years back...

However, instead of selecting "recovery mode" you had to edit the boot line and add a "s" for single user mode.

You can actually see some metrics at http://ddg.gg/traffic

One of the biggest problems with rape and abuse is the culture of silence. The feelings of shame and self-hate that are often integrally linked with being a victim in these cases often precludes them from -ever- coming to light.

I'm not commenting specifically about whatever happened with Arrington and his ex. However, I think it's important that victims of all walks of life feel safe to "come out" before it's too late to do anything about it.

So funny that you mention this as I just today busted out my OLPC (first gen from the original G1G1) to do some hacking by the pool. It's still such a solid lil laptop, and the tiny keyboard is a small price to pay for such a beautiful screen in direct sunlight.

I'd take an underpowered laptop with a screen like that over a MBP retina any day.

Cool! My github id is 'malbin' -- would love to take it for a test drive.

As did I... I replied tongue-in-cheek and the kid sent me what appeared to be a pretty heart-felt apology. Probably just saw a quick chance to get some upload credit, and didn't pause to think he was spamming a list of professionals in high-tech :)

This morning I received a set of emails from Github Enterprise that looked like the following:

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To: [massive list of GE user emails]

Subject: NotMyInc Inc., your GitHub Enterprise license expires in 31 days

Body: We're reaching out to remind you that your GitHub Enterprise license is coming up for renewal in 31 days:

NotMyInc Inc.

License 123456

Created: April 18, 2012

Expires: April 18, 2013

Whenever you're ready, you can place your renewal order here:

https://enterprise.github.com/purchase

If you have any questions about this renewal process, or if there's anything else we can help with, just reply to this email and we'll be glad to help.

Thank you for choosing GitHub Enterprise!

The GitHub Team

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Each email was addressed to a different customer whose license is (apparently) soon to be expired.

I clicked the picture of bacon at the bottom of the article hoping to see a massively blown up photo of a pile of greasy bacon, and was actually redirected to the app!

I would be interested to see click-through data on that... :)

BT fibre sounds pretty sweet :) I'll throw in my crummy broadband as well ;)

I'm a remote worker and I use VirtualBox as a hypervisor on a server that runs on-site on the other side of the country. I could do most management through VBoxCommand (CLI) but I've become comfortable using the GUI, and because my interaction with VirtualBox is infrequent (I usually set it and forget it) I'm more efficient that way.

X-Forwarding over SSH for this use-case has been pretty annoying (mostly due to latency), and PHPVirtualBox has been a major improvement.

User of PHPVirtualBox here and I just want to say it's a wonderful piece of software that has drastically simplified my life!

To the author: thank you so much for dedicating your time and effort to this project, and I wish you all the best.

Amateur robotics and radio!

I went through the entire Santa Call portion of the application and at the very end it wouldn't place the call because it's too late. OK--I get that. However, it offered me no way to schedule the call for later or to save my progress! Be warned!

Thank you for the tip! I was actually just reading about gearing in an article called "The Art of LEGO Design" (http://cheme.eng.wayne.edu/neuron/LEGO_ROBOTICS/artoflego_ar...)!

Was also looking at Technic kits (such as http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Tractor-9393) with a preference towards those with more pieces, and thus more flexibility.

I'm actually on the brink of getting into amateur robotics... I just bought "Robotic Explorations: Hands on Introduction to Engineering" (http://www.amazon.com/Robotic-Explorations-Hands-On-Introduc...), and am planning on getting a HandyBoard kit.

I was wondering if there are any K'Nex or LEGO Technic kits that are particularly well-suited for this type of endeavor? I have found plenty of kits to build a wide variety of vehicles, but it's hard to anticipate what will comprise a good assortment of build pieces for a more free-flow introductory robotics project.

Any thoughts or advice on this subject would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Awesome project, by the way :)

This reminds me of the SOPA discussions when some of the panel members openly stated (I think with a chuckle) that they weren't sure how this whole "Internet" thing worked... I don't know much about Napolitano's abilities in this arena, but it seems to me that an important part of being an influencer and a decision maker is knowledge not entirely gleaned from research, briefings, and PSAs.

ironic that the linked site is _not_ responsive :)

The youtube video was blocking the sign up form for me -- I had to remove that div in "Inspect Element" before I could make an account...

metasploit module:

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/m...

I've been using an LTE phone with unlimited data for over a year now.. I wonder if they will just surprise me with a new contract the next time they send me the bill..

Agreed!