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    • thwrT
      thwr
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      Suicide attack on German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan:
      http://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-blast-idUSKBN1352LD

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      • coliverC
        coliver
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        http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/navy-denies-it-pirated-558k-copies-of-software-says-contractor-consented/

        Wow... honest mistake I'm sure...

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @coliver
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          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

          http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/navy-denies-it-pirated-558k-copies-of-software-says-contractor-consented/

          Wow... honest mistake I'm sure...

          lol - wow, just wow - so 38 licenses makes it Ok to install on thousands of computers, but you know.. 37, that wasn't enough - or well, even 1. LOL

          As much as I'll hate our government having to pay out million/billions, there definitely should be a penalty.

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            Texkonc
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            Opps?

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            • Reid CooperR
              Reid Cooper @Texkonc
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              @Texkonc said in Non-IT News Thread:

              Opps?

              Oops?

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @Reid Cooper
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                @Reid-Cooper said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @Texkonc said in Non-IT News Thread:

                Opps?

                Oops?

                Oops, someone forgot they weren't licensed for hundreds of thousands of machines, but deployed it anyway.

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                • nadnerBN
                  nadnerB @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @Reid-Cooper said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @Texkonc said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  Opps?

                  Oops?

                  Oops, someone forgot they weren't licensed for hundreds of thousands of machines, but deployed it anyway.

                  Two words: System Centre.
                  https://delimiter.com.au/2012/07/30/disastrous-patch-cripples-commbank/

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Just a tad scary here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04135

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      Just a tad scary here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04135

                      The scariest part is the probable use of lawyers saying that being a criminal is genetic.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        Just a tad scary here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04135

                        The scariest part is the probable use of lawyers saying that being a criminal is genetic.

                        Yup. The idea that you are guilty by being born rather than by your actions.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          Just a tad scary here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04135

                          The scariest part is the probable use of lawyers saying that being a criminal is genetic.

                          Yup. The idea that you are guilty by being born rather than by your actions.

                          Lol. I was going the other way, they couldn't be guilty, because they were born - that way.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            Double posting as this is really where this goes.

                            Tropical Storm Otto kills four in Panama
                            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38065520

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                            • DanpD
                              Danp
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                              Judge Suspends Rule Expanding Overtime for Millions of Workers

                              http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/business/obama-rule-to-expand-overtime-eligibility-is-suspended-by-judge.html?_r=0

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @Danp
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                                @Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                Judge Suspends Rule Expanding Overtime for Millions of Workers

                                http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/business/obama-rule-to-expand-overtime-eligibility-is-suspended-by-judge.html

                                That'll save @jason's company a lot of money since all of their IT staff appear to be under $47K. Entry level IT managers everywhere are rejoicing in being able to avoid overtime.

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  Judge Suspends Rule Expanding Overtime for Millions of Workers

                                  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/business/obama-rule-to-expand-overtime-eligibility-is-suspended-by-judge.html

                                  That'll save @jason's company a lot of money since all of their IT staff appear to be under $47K. Entry level IT managers everywhere are rejoicing in being able to avoid overtime.

                                  Who exactly does this qualify for?

                                  I thought there was a recent change in many businesses who were moving their IT staff out of salaried positions and into hourly because their IT jobs weren't really what qualified for salary-exempt anyway?

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                                  • coliverC
                                    coliver
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                                    Not sure if political or not but this is kind of a big deal....

                                    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/trumps-fcc-advisor-wants-to-eliminate-most-of-the-fcc

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                                      @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      I thought there was a recent change in many businesses who were moving their IT staff out of salaried positions and into hourly because their IT jobs weren't really what qualified for salary-exempt anyway?

                                      No, @jason had said that because he realized that his post had made it obvious that even his managers were below the overtime threshold. IT is not doing that in general. There is a new law, but people should not have been widely affected by it. If anyone was moving salary to hourly because of it, there was a problem before.

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                                      • DanpD
                                        Danp @Dashrender
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                                        @Dashrender Same scenario. The judge decided that it was improper for the limit to be raised so high.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @Danp
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                                          @Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @Dashrender Same scenario. The judge decided that it was improper for the limit to be raised so high.

                                          It was rather high. And why IT is not treated the same as related fields no one knows.

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                                          • thanksajdotcomT
                                            thanksajdotcom @coliver
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                                            @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            Not sure if political or not but this is kind of a big deal....

                                            http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/trumps-fcc-advisor-wants-to-eliminate-most-of-the-fcc

                                            Wow, that's terrifying...

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