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Comment Re:Not Speed (Score 1) 262

Upgrades are not a big concern for many customers (especially larger customers). Usually by the time customers are ready to upgrade, it is simply cheaper to purchase entirely new hardware.

I read that in a report several years ago and didn't beleive it myself. Then I started a small IT business (with a partner) and have completed several server redeployments. After the third time doing this, I remembered the old article. I tried to find it, but couldn't find the exact one again. At any rate, since then, we've been taking this into account when purchasing new hardware. Then I read this today, and it reminded me again about this.

The price/performance ratio of new machines increases so much, that it just doesn't make sense to upgrade older hardware in terms of the performance or cost.
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Journal Journal: Troll Slaying Roundup 3

I apologize for the time between entries, but as many of you know, CmdrTaco has now all but eliminated trolling on Slashdot - and deserves our thanks for all his hard work! However a recent upsurge in trolling over the last four months has created some changes in the Master Troll Blacklist, and I'll document some of these changes for you now.
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Comment Why?? (Score 1) 612

Why would they want to patent it? M$ doesn't use the same trashcan, and even though the Gnome desktop's trash is remarkably similar, what's the point of forcing them to use another icon? It's not like they're making money off of the "Ripped off" version of the trashcan..

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Journal Journal: Answering the Mailbag 9


miagfmu writes:

To: TrollBlacklist HinduHome.com
Subject: Non-troll request

Hi,

I was looking at your list and am about to sign up. But, I saw a friend-of-a-friend
on the list, and thought it might not be such a great idea.

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Journal Journal: Curbing Slashdot Abuse 1

Like many web based discussion boards, Slashdot has a small vocal minority of abusive and disruptive users. Many of these users spend hours online attempting to harass and provoke normal Slashdot users. CmdrTaco et al have devised a trust referral system which allows users to mark bad accounts and assign them a penalty. This account in particular has a running list of ALL of Slashdot's worst abusive users. You can leverage this account to 'block out' this i

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