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Scoble, Alex Scoble
Gamer, home theater enthusiast, IT Security professional with CISSP, lover of cats, married to the always wonderful and compassionate (and passionate) Cassie.
Add Frontier Communications to the list of companies with piss poor hold music.
Dudes...if your hold music sounds like complete ass on a stick, what do you think that says to your customers?
Hostages, not customers.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
You have a list of companies with crappy on hold music... That says more about you than them :)
- Johnny
from iPhone
That they have a stick up their ass?
- Spidra Webster
Thanks for the moral support as always JWo.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
My first job out of college was at Frontier Communications
- Benjamin Golub
Yahoo continues their revolving door policy for the CEO position. When are shareholders going to get wise and realize that it's not worth the money what these guys do.
Stephen Mack liked this
Tomorrow?
- Derrick
LOL, D.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Anyone out there know of a good free Windows event to syslog agent? Must be able to send over TCP, preferably using TLS encryption.
AJ Batac `("o_o)_, Harold and imabonehead liked this
I'm interested in what you find. I'll need this when I have to deal with managing a small cluster of Windows boxes in the near future. Here's a list of what I found but haven't tried yet...
- imabonehead
So far, the following agents have been tried and have been found lacking: http://code.google.com/p... , http://syslogserver.com/sysloga... , http://www.intersectalliance.com/project... , http://www.splunk.com/downloa...
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Kiwi no longer makes an agent, so don't bother recommending it.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Currently trying http://www.mwagent.com/downloa... and have also found http://correlog.com/purchas...
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
ntsyslog is dead and has been replaced by the intersectalliance project...it doesn't support TCP or TLS.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I wonder how many millions of filmgoers totally missed the lessons taught by the previous Marvell comic book movies and left The Avengers before the credits finished. If you are one of them, you missed an absolutely hilarious scene.
Jeff (Team マクダジ ), Steven Perez, victed and Jonathan Hardesty liked this
I left but mainly to beat the crowd. I'll have to look for the scenes online I guess
- Joel M
I didn't have to see the other films to know that. It's so common to have a tag after the credits that it's foolish to leave before. Yet 4/5 of the audience I was in did.
- Spidra Webster
Heh, Spidra, when I went 95% of the moviegoers left.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Links between the franchises? That's not what the end scene was about at all.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I think part of that is because a lot of people thought the Thanos reveal *was* the bonus scene
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Hehe, yeah...which only makes it that much funnier that that wasn't the real end credits scene...
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Let's be clear here. I stayed to the very end of the credits, even past the Thanos scene to when the house lights came on and the screen switched off (I wait cause I hate crowds). Is there another scene?
- Johnny
My friend said there were two, and that I shouldn't stay for the second. I will choose to stay for the second, when I go. I hope I remember to go.
- a runcible MiniMage
It appears there was a second scene only released after the 4th of July.
- Johnny
OK, saw it on youtube... "absolutely hilarious scene" is a stretch but it's chuckle-worthy. Don't think you're missing anything by not seeing it.
- Johnny
Released after the 4th of July? Are we talking about the same movie?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Sorry, 4th of May.
- Johnny
Yeah, they didn't film it until the U.S. premiere :D
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Ahh, that makes more sense, heh.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Setting up a LogAnalyzer/Syslog server - http://itmanager.blogs.com/notes...
How to set up a LogAnalyzer server on CentOS Linux http://itmanager.blogs.com/notes...
Happy birthday, Nathan!
Steven Perez, Stephen Mack, Nathan Chase and Todd Hoff liked this
:) Thanks!
- Nathan Chase
Like a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, I'm fine like wine when I start to rap. #RIP MCA
imabonehead, Steven Perez, LB sneezin' and 2 other people liked this
And no, I don't care if he happens to not be the BB who dropped that rhyme.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Dude, so not the right day to be hating on the Beastie Boys.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I constantly thank the Beastie Boys that I know how to properly pronounce Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
Jeff (Team マクダジ ), WoH: Minding her Steves, Starmama and 5 other people liked this
:(
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Another area where Linux totally kicks Windows' shiny metal ass is virtualization.
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Because of the way that Linux is architected, virtualization systems such as LXC and OpenVZ allow a Linux OS to run multiple separate Linux "containers" that each have their own protected file system and memory spaces, but they do n't need to be allocated dedicated CPU and memory like a VM under Windows requires. This means you can run a whole bunch of Linux "containers" on a single box and very efficiently use the resources of the hardware as each container takes up only a very limited amount of overhead vs a traditional VM. Yes, it's true you are limited to running Linux containers on the parent Linux OS, but given the advantages of this architecture, that's a small problem to deal with.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Truth.
- Julian
I have not yet gotten into containers. Am I in the dark ages if I don't have expertise in containers?
- Julian
Time for a blog post... or tutorial.. =)
- Alex Sauceda
Yeah, Alex, totally. But first I'm working on a post regarding building up a LogAnalyzer syslog server on CentOS.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Heh, Julian, I think that it just means you aren't on the cutting edge...either that or you just haven't found a need to use this stuff yet.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I only know about cgroups in the kernel because I happened to notice it turned on in Ubuntu 12.04.
- Julian
Microsoft should be getting its ass totally kicked right now in the server space just based on one thing: Patching.
Me and Steven Perez liked this
Patching Linux systems with yum or apt-get is INFINITELY better than Microsoft's patching scheme. You can install kernel updates now (or since whenever they got that working) on Red Hat/CentOS without a reboot...that is totally supafly! Oh, plus as long as you use the package manager to install software, it can also be used to manage patches. Managing third party software patches on Microsoft is a real pain in the ass. Not to mention all of the cool enterprise tools that you can get on Linux that are free.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Mr. Alex, your statement is actually valid!
- imabonehead
Thanks, IBH...I do try. :D
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
... or script. Also, configuration management.
- Julian
Those things can be done for Windows as well, Julian, but yes, not as well as you can on Linux. Add it all up and it just makes Windows a lot less scalable in datacenters.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Wow, this truly sucks http://www.usatoday.com/life... I will seriously miss MCA. He had such a distinctive voice and was an integral part of the Beastie Boys. I don't see how they'll be able to continue as a group without him.
Stephen Mack, Steven Perez, Corinne L and 2 other people liked this
And out of all the songs a local station picks to play in tribute to MCA, they pick a song from their mostly forgettable first album.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
"You've Got to Fight" is not anywhere near in the top 10 BB songs that I'd play as a tribute for the man.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Maybe they figured it was one of their most recognizable songs?
- Chris Topher
RIP :(
- imabonehead
from Android
When I read the news my first thought was, crap, that's a damn shame. My second thought was "I really hope the band isn't persuaded to do videos or a tour with a MCA hologram, a la Tupac at Coachella."
- Corinne L
I am so bummed.
Steven Perez and Todd Hoff liked this
that you didn't win the lotto?
- imabonehead
Why?
- Spidra Webster
Did Tom Green pay you a visit?
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I'm not going to PAX for the first time in like 5 years because they sold out in less than a week.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Sorry, Alex. Scalp? eBay?
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Naw, Stephen, I'll just stay home. Borderlands 2 is supposed to come out soon after anyhow, and that's about the only reason why I'd be going other than to hang out with my gamer friends.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Men In Black 3...whut whut!
Rahsheen the Dream, ronin and holly #ravingfangirl liked this
on the plus side it couldn't be worse than the second one
- SteVe C
Sure it could...but it could also be better.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
It HAS to be at least longer than #2. What was it? an hour and 15 minutes?
- Chris Topher
Guess I'm not going to PAX Prime this year...they are completely sold out in a week of sales.
WHERE IS THE EQUALITY MAN?
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
you snooze, you lose!
- holly #ravingfangirl
Trying to find a reasonably priced fine point stylus for the iPad. Most of the styluses that I see have far too thick of a point...I need to see where the tip is.
SteVe C, WoH: Minding her Steves and Kevin Johnson liked this
*snicker*
- Johnny
possibly silly question: couldn't you use pretty much anything? Like say a nice chopstick, whittled down to the point you like? maybe even lacquer it.
- Michael W. May
Michael, nope. Has to have capacitive qualities. If it was just a resistive screen, that would work. Capacitive screens have a lower level of accuracy, but don't require any pressure to function.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
So the lacquer needs to be capacitive *ponder*
- Michael W. May
Easier just to use a hotdog.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Went with an Acase slimline 2...much better than a finger, but still not precise enough.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
You want windows tablet from 2005ish. They had excellent styluses that could even tell how hard you pressed.
- Jim
I think Rachel posted a link to one a couple weeks ago. I know I saw one or two at Macworld this year.
- Spidra Webster
Sounds like you want the Adonit Jot Pro.
- ronin
What ronin said.
- Rodfather
Except that the Jot Pro is $30 and requires the use of little discs that need to be replaced regularly.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I believe a thin tip like you're imagining would not work on today's screens since they don't exist.
- ronin
Wow, Mass Effect 3 on Insanity is really, umm, well, insane.
Jeff (Team マクダジ ) liked this
The last battle is highly frustrating, but I finally successfully completed it.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Booya! Got the good ending, finally!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
As a hobby, feeding the trolls is right up there with picking your nose with a blow torch or waxing your brand new car with sandpaper. #WhyImNotOnFacebookRightNow
Jeff (Team マクダジ ) liked this
lulzzzz
- imabonehead
We miss you
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
from iPhone
LOL, Jeff, I'm sure that what's his name is totally missing his evening entertainment.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Carmalized nose goo is a favorite troll food. #itisknown
- Todd Hoff
I submit that this country isn't where it is because of the constitution, but rather because of the institutions that were put in place to move things along. The constitution was the blueprint, but those institutions are the real foundation of America.
Steven Perez, Stephen Mack, Heather Rantypants and WarLord liked this
And where it made sense, the institutions did not follow the blueprint, just as you would diverge from blueprints when building a building.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Of course that was before we worshipped money and elevated teh rich to aristocrasy
- WarLord
Most of the people who built this country were rich, it should be no surprise that they are the ones in charge.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Don't worry, Chris, I have a room on Facebook with over 50 people to argue with.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Over 50 minus one. I'm just there to laugh at stuff.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Alex is picking on senior citizens?
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
Yes, Jeff, including you...***rimshot***
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
They were rich but lacked the greedy gene so prevalent today. There is rich then there is Wall Street today
- WarLord
You seriously think that none of the people who founded this country were greedy?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Nope not in the way of the current scorched earth Wall Streeters and their Republican allies. After all they didn't believe in corporations, how greedy could they be
- WarLord
If by institutions you mean judicial precedent interpreting the Constitution, then maybe I'd buy your part of argument. But to say the Constitution itself is irrelevant and should been deprecated in favor of who-knows-what, I think would be anarchy. Congress today is a bastardization of what it should be and what it was intended to be. The executive branch has likewise asserted powers...
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- Tinfoil 2.0
New institutions? Huh?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I wasn't at all clear on what the "institutions that were put in place to move things along" are.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Ugh, pulled a back muscle and now it hurts to move at all...not tood when we need to clean for guests coming over tonight.
Tood?
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
Yes, hurt backs impact on spelling. :D
- Steven Perez
LOL
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
rEST IT UP BUDDY
- Eric - B Easy
Feel better, Alex.
- Stephen Mack
Is our government really more corrupt now than it was say 20 years ago, or do we just think it is because of increased transparency and media scrutiny?
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Ah, Alex. I have many thoughts on this subject but my fingers are too gimpy to type paragraph after paragraph.
- Spidra Webster
Course it is. Corporate lobbyists. Politicians with big corporate financial backers. Private interests. Rubber-stamped wars for dubious reasons. Your country or mine, doesn't matter.
- Mo Kargas
Of course much more. Our government has grown 20 percent in the past 20 years to 22 million workers. Rough estimate for convictions is approximately 6 for every 100k population. These figures represent local/state/federal. Define corrupt.
- Janet
Ineffectual governance due to waste, fraud and abuse. In particular, the more corrupt a government, the more moneyed interests can influence what government does towards purposes counter to the needs of the people.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Yes.
- Steven Perez
from Android
Lessig makes the point that the government isn't corrupt in the sense that it was in the past, with officials accepting bribes under the table, etc, but that's because they really don't need to with lobbyists and the ability to have an infinite funds stream in from donors. So it's corrupt, but not in the same way in the past, and we know more about it, yet we still can't seem to change a damn thing.
- Todd Hoff
I would say that it is more corrupt than ever but more transparency and media scrutiny do make it more obvious. Props for the Lessig reference.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
increased transparency? *dead*
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
Increased transparency because of news media efforts, wikileaks, etc., Jeff, not necessarily because government has chosen to be more transparent.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
There is no counter-weight to the power of the wealthy. No law constrains them, no citizen or union organizations are large or organized enought ot oppose them, the Media is a 24 hour cycle of celebrity and fluff and most voters seduced by American Idol are content to ignore the peril - I vote more corrupt or perhaps a natural progression of our society that seems to worship greed #newgildedage
- WarLord
The notion of a flat tax completely disregards the power of compounding interest.
Stephen Mack and Spidra Webster liked this
It should be fairly easy to make your first million and increasingly hard for every dollar after that. Instead, we increasingly have a society where it's harder and harder to make that first million and increasingly easy to make money after that. Completely illogical and at odds with what a healthy society looks like.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
If you have $10 million in stock and real estate assets, you could easily be making $700k a year and not have to do any work to get it. In other words, people who are born wealthy never have to work a day in their lives. Same with people who get lucky as musicians, actors or whatever and make that one big payday. Oh, and they are taxed at a LOWER rate than someone ACTUALLY working in...
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- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Meanwhile, many Americans don't even have enough in savings to last a month without work, and a serious medical problem is absolutely devastating, not to mention that many are completely dependent on Social Security to provide for any income after retirement. For too many Americans, the notion of saving money or putting money into a 401k or other retirement account is just a pipe dream.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
But yes, let's tax the rich less and the poor more, which is exactly what a flat tax does. Hey, it's only fair, right?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
"But you know evil is an exact science, being carefully correctly wrong."
Having a conversation with a friend on Facebook using little more than phrases related to this? It's like launching an airstrike with a poison kiss.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Best Buy is selling the Arris TM722G eMTA for $150 and this is the only eMTA that Comcast allows. Can you say price fixing?
Steven Perez liked this
I love how Comcast will let you buy your own eMTA (cable modem that also does voice over IP) as long as it's the Arris TM722G...which you can only get at some local Best Buys...or eBay...Yet Motorola makes a perfectly good DOCSIS 3.0 compatible eMTA, the SBV-6220. Oh and they don't even tell you on their website what eMTA they currently support.
ronin liked this
I found out from a Comcast employee that commented on my G+ thread.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
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