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    For those of you wanting to use Java in Safari - It was blocked today

    So Apple updated Xprotect again this morning and caused a bunch of angry teachers at work. Of course there isn't a new enough version of Java out yet to actually update to... Not sure on a quicker fix than this but I deployed this to a thousand machines today to get grading going again for...
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    AIG considers joining suit against the Fed for bailout...

    http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/aig-considers-suing-us-government.html Free from its $182 billion millstone — and damn proud of it — American International Group must now decide whether to chew off the giant hand that kept it fed by joining a $25 billion shareholder lawsuit...
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    Alternatives to the Sony 24-70mm F/2.8(cheaper)

    I was wondering if anyone knew of a nice alternative lens that would get hopefully similar results to this lens. Right now I have the 18-55 kit lens and while it is 'ok' I would love to have something better. I was looking at maybe the 16-80mm f/3.5-f/4.5. I've read great things about the...
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    Any tips on software/OS x for a deployment in a Windows Environment?

    From the sounds of it once summer rolls around we will be deploying approx 1200-1300 Macbooks of some sort. We'll have approximately 75 days to do this. Right now we use Altiris for our Windows imaging/application deployment, and we don't have a new enough version to support OS X 10.7 We...
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    Sick more often after I started working out?

    Not sure if this is just a coincidence but in the last few months I seem to have gotten sick more often than usual. Nothing really more than a cold, but still just oddly often. Around 3.5 months ago I started going back to the gym.
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    Issue launching java applications - Trying to avoid re-install of Win 7

    Its really been bothering me lately that I have this problem. Whenever I try to launch a jar file with javaw.exe(Minecraft etc) My computer bogs down to incredibly slow, even my mouse is lagged and skips across the screen. I've tried re-install Java and clearing out all temp files I can...
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    Building a file server/NAS

    I've been sitting on full hard drives now for a while and I generally dislike deleting anything besides temp files so I have been looking into building a file server/NAS. Just wondering which distro or OS in general you'd say would be best(I am looking to not pay for an OS) Also because I...
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    Windows 7 not sharing subfolders anymore

    Any shares I have made in the last few weeks have stopped sharing subfolders. All of my old shares would by default share subfolders. Not sure if this is a setting I somehow tweaked or what.
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    Samsung LED/LCD TV worth the cost?

    I am in need of a television and I am liking 40" for my tv size, and also 1080p for use as a second monitor. I was looking around and it really seems like I don't want to kick myself if I end up buying and LCD and having to move in the next few years and have some problems with glare because...