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wikipedia page on cloud computing has the best informational graphic ever

omg <3

There's some article somewhere about the Canadian gov policy mandating no hosted IT services located in the United States because of all the post-911 abuses of government power.

http://socialvpn.wordpress.com/

does this make you reconsider facebook? y/n

catsup dude,

that is the stupidest idea I have ever seen in my entire life.
I would think that the person who came up with it must be schizotypal.

tombot, would you ban someone who calls a mentally ill ILXor a "fucking insane homeless bonkers bag lady archetype"?

curtis,

is that the best you can come up with?

Tom, how will you take advantage of the congressional recess?

tom,

I'm not interested in zinging you, I just think you're a little trigger happy w/the ban button when someone ticks you off. even though what cankles said on that thread was shitty it's not worth permabanning him over - he has not been a perpetual nuisance, and other people have said worse stuff on that thread and on ILX in general.

I mean maybe I'm making too big a deal out of this, I don't get to see the ILXor-analysis that takes place on the Moderator Discussion Forum

tom,

I am very glad you did what you did because shit on that thread was out of hand and basically not right.

but it wasn't just cankles

not interested

Tom,

Can you second my nomination for Curt1s as next-in-line sitewide mod? He has both the feel for ILX and the genuine decency to make the right decision more or less every time.

let me be clear and say I DO NOT APPROVE of what was posted on that thread

Not trying to stir the pot; I'm sure you'd work very well together. It'd be like some awesome cop show.

xpost to me

I'm thinking at this point I'm closer to next in line for permaban :/

If that happens, I'm leaving too. Voluntarily.

(Now's your chance! Two young birds, one weighty stone!)

I say let them stay!!!

Take it to I Must Protest or I'll beat you all to death with my knees

Tom, how will you take advantage of the congressional recess?

By sneaking in my application for a GS-14 spot under their noses.

Tom,

What's yr boozeahol of choice?

lol at louis

even though what cankles said on that thread was shitty it's not worth permabanning him over - he has not been a perpetual nuisance

That's not entirely true -- he was tempbanned at ILBaseball a while back for the accumulated weight of racial-hotword type bombs. I just don't get how it's okay to act like that; maybe I'm showing my age there. I'm okay with the ban. I'd also be okay with unbanning if he manages to talk Tom into it.

I mean maybe I'm making too big a deal out of this...

-- Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, August 2, 2008 3:36 PM (Saturday, August 2, 2008 3:36 PM) Bookmark Link

if you think you might be you probably are.

don't make me delete a bunch of meta junk please guys

i'm totally gonna make you delete a bunch of meta junk.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2734035007_ce3e050983_o.jpg

that's not even a question! stop not asking questions and ask some damn questions

Dear TOMBOT,

Who is your fantasy ILX ban? How long would the ban be?

Sometimes I would like to ban pretty much all the regulars for a week or two, but exercising mod powers is not actually something I "fantasize" about

MORE QUESTIONS

1st pick in fantasy football: LT or AP?

Did you ever play Master of Monsters? Do you know any other games like it?

Pound for pound, unit of monetary currency for unit of monetary currency, who has the best spooks on the planet?

where can i get a copy of the sporting news football prospectus? i'm gonna have some time to get some reading done this weekend.

immovable object or unopposable force?

xxp - racist

he's even named white

C'mon now. Some of my best friends work in the 'intelligence' community. Okay, maybe not but I've met a few and they seemed really nice and so eloquent, too.

1st pick in fantasy football: LT or AP?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeOHEU7Ykyg

Did you ever play Master of Monsters? Do you know any other games like it?

No. It looks kinda Disgaea with hexes though.

Pound for pound, unit of monetary currency for unit of monetary currency, who has the best spooks on the planet?

tie between north korea and israel IMO

where can i get a copy of the sporting news football prospectus? i'm gonna have some time to get some reading done this weekend.

I dunno.

hey tombot, i am considering doing one of those "i am taking the bar exam" structured procrastination threads about the physics papers I read. should i do this as an ILX thread or as a proper blog elsewhere? more people would probably read it and comment here, but I'd have more control over the blog.

also, how do you feel about the last 90 seconds of "come sail away" by styx?

how should i invest $5000?

(this is a real question)

Will The Giants repeat?

should i do this as an ILX thread or as a proper blog elsewhere?

Do you want me to read it? I got no control over other folks but I can tell you I for one am not likely to start reading a blog about your bathroom reading, but would probably follow a thread about it, because every thread is an opportunity to delete stuff and ban people

also, how do you feel about the last 90 seconds of "come sail away" by styx?

I don't know really, but I feel like this song being eaten alive by South Park was probably a good thing

how should i invest $5000?

your first $5K goes in a money market mutual fund or similarly low-risk, interest-bearing but readily liquidated account, later to be referred to as the "oh shit" pot, and never touched again except in "oh shit" circumstances.

Will The Giants repeat?

I think they have a good chance if they stay healthy and keep up that road game streak.

Is a money market fund just essentially a high yield online savings account without FDIC protection?

what, you come NYC? what's up Sat night? (I am at 7:10 Mets game, well, til it ends)

Are you afraid of spiders or heights or enclosed places or anything like that?