Comment I am insulted (Score 1) 63
As a former Navy trained Reactor Operator on a submarine I am really insulted by this idea that a computer AI do what I did. Remember, humans make mistakes sometimes but to really foul things it takes a computer.
Comment Re:Got letter 2 weeks ago,my info hacked for 4th t (Score 4, Informative) 35
Yea, I got hacked also. I started the free credit monitoring service offered from UnitedHealth and Change Healthcare via IDX Services but No way. Strike 1: I go to their web site to register but it said the II had to disable my add blocker. Not going to do that. So I call the 1 888 number. I give some information to support and the send me a email link to finish the account setup process. They were very insistent that I check my spam folder and sure enough the email they sent went directly to spam, Strike 2. After I get registering the new account the password I created was never accepted. An "exception error" was generated. Then the support guy asked me if I was useing Chrome browser. I say "No, I'm using Firefox running Slackware Linux". He replied the I have to use Chrome. Strike 3 and you are OUT. So no credit monitoring for me.
Comment There exists such a drug already (Score 0) 203
Its named Ivermectin. Check out the data about it on www.flccc.net. That's the Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance. Actual Doctors treating real Covid-19 patents. They have several drugs in different protocols for Doctors to use. The problem is Ivermectin is a very inexpensive generic drug. Nobody is going to get rich making it. It had full FDA approval 40 years ago when it was brought it to market. It's been used over 3 billion times world wide over 40 years with what is only described as mild side effects that resolve in a few days. It won the Nobel prize in Medicine for its discovery. A study in the UK determined it was a safe drug to use for children as long as they mass more than 15 kilos. This is the only drug I know that the dose is dependent on your body mass.
Comment Re: Not stealing, homage (Score 1) 157
At this point in time the Coast Guard is actually part of the DOT. It becomes attached to the Navy in times of declared war. I think WW2 was the last actual declared war by Congress. Cost Guard people go through Navy boot camp but then go on to guard the coast or whatever. I was Navy, my brother was Coast Guard.
ETR2(SS)
Comment Re:Slackware (Score 1) 599
I feel left out too. Slackware 14.2 is all I use unless I'm forced to use Windows. Then I have a Windows 7 home edition still on my wife;s netbook. I love my wife and she does not use it at all. She's on her iPAD Mini and iPhone 4 all the time.
Comment spoiler alert (Score 1) 113
Damm it. Where is the spoiler alert when you need one! I just started re-reading the DUNE books and now the plot is ruined for me.
zenray
Meg Whitman Campaign Shows How Not To Use Twitter 147
tsamsoniw writes "California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's campaign team attempted to share with her Twitter followers an endorsement from a police association. Unfortunately, the campaign press secretary entered an incorrect or incomplete Bit.ly URL in the Tweet, which took clickers to a YouTube video featuring a bespectacled, long-haired Japanese man in a tutu and leggings rocking out on a bass guitar. And for whatever reason, the Tweet, which went out on the 18th, has remained active through today."
Possible Treatment For Ebola 157
RedEaredSlider writes "Researchers at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have found a class of drugs that could provide treatment for Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The new drugs are called 'antisense' compounds, and they allow the immune system to attack the viruses before they can do enough damage to kill the patient. Travis Warren, research scientist at USAMRIID, said while the work is still preliminary -— the drugs have been tested only on primates — the results are so far promising. In the case of Ebola, five of eight monkeys infected with the virus lived, and with Marburg, all survived. The drugs were developed as part of a program to deal with possible bioterrorist threats, in partnership with AVI Biopharma."
Ubuntu Replaces F-Spot With Shotwell 361
climenole writes "Finally! The much discussed F-Spot vs. Shotwell battle is over. The new default image organizer app for Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 is going to be Shotwell. This is a much-needed change; F-Spot was simply not enough. Most of the times when I tried F-Spot, it just keeps crashing on me. Shotwell on the other hand feels a lot more solid and is better integrated with the GNOME desktop. Shotwell is also completely devoid of Mono."
Comment Re:Increasingly old and gray gen-xer says (Score 1) 532
Hay, I'm so old I remember (details fuzzy) that PCs with CPM (Control Program for Microcomputers) had no BIOS to worry about. You make a boot floppy that defined your hardware.
zenray
TSA Worker Jailed In Body Scan Rage Incident 352
A TSA worker in Miami was arrested for aggravated battery after he attacked a co-worker for making fun of the size of his genitals. Rolando Negrin walked through one of the new body scanners during a recent training session and a supervisor started making fun of his manhood. From the article: "According to the police report, Negrin confronted one of his co-workers in an employee parking lot, where he hit him with a police baton on the arm and back."
Comment No debit card (Score 1) 511
I won't use a debit card untill they make crediting the account just as fast as a debit action. In other words, never.
zenray
Man Sues Neighbor Claiming Wi-Fi Made Him Sick 574
OrangeMonkey11 writes "A Santa Fe man who claims to suffer from 'electromagnetic sensitivities' has sued his neighbor after she refused to stop using wireless devices. 59-year-old Arthur Firstenberg claims his sensitivity can be set off by cellphones, routers and other electronic devices. From the article: 'Firstenberg, 59, wanted Raphaela Monribot to limit her use of the devices. "I asked her to work with me," he said. "Basically, she refused." So he sued Monribot in state district court, seeking $530,000 in damages and an injunction to force her to turn off the electronics. "Being the target of this lawsuit has affected me very adversely," Monribot said Friday in response to e-mailed questions. "I feel as if my life and liberty are under attack for no valid reason, and it has forced me to have to defend my very basic human rights."'"
Comment Re:Never even heard of it (Score 1) 319
Outlook personal data files *.pst files hold the archived data. The copy of the Exchange database is in the *.ost file. Let microsoft release that file format and we might be able to replace the Exchange data store.
Comment Re:You already know where to go for disks.... (Score 1) 533
The way to go is the 8 bit SCSI card, my friend. Adaptec ST01 is what you want. Actually, a 8-bit IDE host adapter should be fine. I might even have one of those as well. I just scrapped a SCSI floppy drive a few weeks ago. Reply if you're interested...
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