(ID Ten T) Slang for "idiot." This term is often used by tech support people at help desks.
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- Come and get it: $20K bounty on Microsoft vulnerabilities
- Come and get it: $20K bounty on Microsoft vulnerabilitiesInfo About Them From WHOIS...Registrant: Contactprivacy.com 96 Mowat Ave Toronto, ON M6K 3M1 CA Domain name: DIGITALARMAMENTS.COM Administrative Contact: contactprivacy.com, digitalarmaments.com@contactprivacy.com 96 Mowat Ave Toronto, ON M6K 3M1 ...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- AppleTell: Top 15 Leopard Hints
- AppleTell: Top 15 Leopard HintsHint 1. If you value your data, don't upgrade.;-)What a shame.You try to post some useful information, and the trolls come out in full force.Or think different.....ha!I never backed up my data using the method that was required for this problem too occur. So...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- Scalix: A Microsoft 'Exchange killer' no more?
- Scalix: A Microsoft 'Exchange killer' no more?ID10T Alert!!.Strategy vs. Tactics[i]I think M$ is just trying to extract a protection fee from OSS,[/i]The amounts involved are chump change for MS. The main value is strategic: by blocking redistribution, they convert a "community" that they never figured out how to counter...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Microsoft photo standard comes into focus
- Microsoft photo standard comes into focusMicrosoft photo standard comes into focusAs we all know that standards are good and since Microsoft is making this format a standard everyone can use it. We shouldn't hear anyone complaining in the talkbacks now. Microsoft's customer focus shines again. Good for them.Of...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- Did anyone really expect the iPhone NOT to have a serious security vulnerability?
- A team of security experts working for Independent Security Evaluators have discovered a serious security vulnerability in Apple's iPhone. The vulnerability would allow a hacker to take control of the iPhone over a WiFi connection or by tricking users to visit a booby trapped website.Basic details of the vulnerability can be...
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Microsoft finalizes Windows Home Server code
- Microsoft finalizes Windows Home Server codeI cannot waitI have not used any of the Beta versions, but I am excited about this. I know I know LInux can do this for free, and Mac OS is better, but I choose to use Microsoft. I do hope that Windows home server...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-16
- iPhone Diary Day 4: Port complete, unreading email, iCrash
- iPhone Diary Day 4: Port complete, unreading email, iCrashEarly adoptersJames, this is precisely why many of the more tech-savvy buyers wait 6-18 months while vendors sort out inevitable first year product and service issues.That way we can adopt a more refined product at a lower price point. I also suspect...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-02
- The search antitrust ball is back in DOJ, states' court
- The search antitrust ball is back in DOJ, states' courtBy now?[i]By now I think any judge would be tired of it.[/i]IMHO she's been tired of it since she drew the short straw.And there is the problem"U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said Tuesday she expected the plaintiffs the DOJ and states...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- Windows Server 2008 Core gets a new role
- Windows Server 2008 Core gets a new roleThis will be great for larger more specialized companiesnot so great for the small guy.. we tend to pile as much crap on one server as possible.Good to know we have options though.I wish i knew how i missed this event.. i am...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- Updates from the Microsoft Daylight Saving patch trenches
- Updates from the Microsoft Daylight Saving patch trenchesMassochists Association of Americawill be busy the weekend; sorry guys I cant join the party, I have work to do real work I mean.PF"mathematician John George""Tell all your dumb users to set the clock by hand. Then your appointments won't be off by...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Tolkien's Middle-earth expands in online game
- Tolkien's Middle-earth expands in online gameTolkien's Middle-earth expands in online gameScrew Lord of the Rings. Those friggin hobbit movies were boring as hell. All it was, was a bunch of people walking, three movies of people walking to a friggin volcano. Even the trees walked in those friggin movies.Hobbits...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-25
- Microsoft shares draft of Vista security hooks
- Microsoft shares draft of Vista security hooksMicrosoft shares draft of Vista security hooksThanks to the pressures from the EU, MS finally releases the api's that should've been released months ago. Lets just hope that what is provided is complete & thorough.Great News"Microsoft has released a first draft of programming...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-20
- Experts raise Windows security alarm
- Experts raise Windows security alarm"Hardened" Windows computer won't stop thisRestricted zonesUse of Firefox instead of IEReduced privelegesNAT and FirewallNone of these will stop it. So patch.Whodda thunk - a security hole in W2K?I expect a Helleva lot of enterprise still uses W2K as do many power users. In my...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-16
- Apple announces Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
- Apple announces Core 2 Duo MacBook ProNICE!Pagan jimGlad I waited....I'm really so very glad I waited... Just wondering when these revised specs will make it to the UK and how much it will be for the 17-inch model!This is my "Vista" path forwardI've read enouh about Vista and its daconian...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-24
- Pay checks for Gates, Ballmer fall short of $1 million
- Pay checks for Gates, Ballmer fall short of $1 millionGate$ & Ballmer are incompetentand their compensation just confirms it.Any decent CEO at a large company would pull tens on millions, and even hundreds of mills in the oil industry.These M$ crooks won't get a raise untill they GPL windoze and...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
- Kevin Mitnick Web site hacked
- Kevin Mitnick Web site hackedMoronsBig deal. They hacked a small hosting company. Mitnick owned? Not. Just some script kiddies with more free time than brains.Kevin Mitnick Web site hackedMust have been running linux. One more black eye to the penguin. How much more abuse can it take?Sites Run...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-22
- Images: Microsoft's shoddy Windows Genuine Advantage Installation Process
- Images: Microsoft's shoddy Windows Genuine Advantage Installation ProcessIs WGA "Spyware" or not?Most SW programs don't ask you whether or not you can install them or not, let alone offer any "fuzzy ilogic" regarding as WGA does any "implied consent" or "What if I don't?" click on "agree/install/continue"? MSFT is...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-09
- Microsoft updates its office of the future
- Microsoft updates its office of the futureMicrosoft updates its office of the future[i]Therein lies the future of information technology [/i]The future being brought to you by Microsoft. Couple this with Microsoft Research and the future is looking pretty bright.Needed: multi-vendor, Interoperable CIWThe CIW as presented here is fine for...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-10
- Judge postpones Google subpoena hearing
- Judge postpones Google subpoena hearingThe Justice Department should give up ...................Again I say the Justice Department should give up their witch hunt for the Bush Administration right wing causes ....................... You can't legislate morality for the whole country no matter how hard you try ................. Protecting children is a good...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-03
- KDE flaws put Linux, Unix systems at risk
- KDE flaws put Linux, Unix systems at riskGo figure ........I would like to think it is from a gain in market share, but I fear it is more of a STFU to all the zealotsKDE flaws put Linux, Unix systems at riskMore proof that linux can not be secured. But...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-20
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