Weekend Open Thread

said by backfeed:

I fought with trying to map a share to a custom OS based CNC machine most of the day....Finally could get it to see a client share but not the server

said by backfeed:

Yes, using an SMB share. A rather strange OS appears to be a version of Linux as a kernel but is called "HeROS" It was built by the Heidenhien Corp in Germany.

said by sansri88:

By any chance do you know the proper way to migrate a local user profile to a domain profile and keeping their data intact?

said by rchandra:

A few potential problems with this approach:

Depending on settings/policies/GPOs, the files' owner may need to be the target/logged in user, not the domain admin group. setacl is a good and free utility for setting this.

said by rchandra:

Registry entries likewise may need ownership or ACL changes; these are stored in ntuser.dat. I don't know for 100% certain, but I believe this is what the "copy profile" GUI/utility does (in XP Pro, maybe others) when you fill in the "allowed to use this profile".

said by rchandra:

(BTW, Noah...the third person, gender neutral, possessive pronoun,"its," does not have an apostrophe. So I think you meant to write "...the user's profile to its home on the...")

said by nnaarrnn:

Still at work setting up new servers and upgrading old ones...it's going to be a long night/weekend.

said by nnaarrnn:

It took us 10 extra years, but we finally got 'em.

said by fatness:

Not much credibility was assigned to what was said by the Japanese and Germans in WWII.

said by fatness:

What would you think a Taliban leader would say? "We have no clue"? "There's nothing very helpful there"?

The US and the Taliban are at war. Not much credibility was assigned to what was said by the Japanese and Germans in WWII.

said by Noah Vail:

I've never heard the "under surveillance" thing before.

said by amigo_boy:

I don't understand how anyone can believe something like this is harmless:

said by S_engineer:

I only hope they find this clown, try him for the treasonous act it was, and then draw and quarter him.

said by S_engineer:

Regardless of your opinion about the integrity of our Armed Forces, the fact is Classified information was leaked. This will no doubt have negative consequences for everyone involved in that theater.

said by Noah Vail:

Is he a US citizen? If he wasn't I don't think it qualifies as treason.

said by amigo_boy:

quote:

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Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

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Nothing in that language specifically limits the charge to US citizens.

said by 18 U.S.C. § 2381 :

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

said by S_engineer:

This will no doubt have negative consequences for everyone involved in that theatre.

said by S_engineer:

I only hope they find this clown, try him for the treasonous act it was, and then draw and quarter him. No mercy for sh*t like this!

said by amigo_boy:

Everyone who argued against warrentless wiretaps and NSA data mining just lost a lot of ground. It was just a matter of time until it happened. There's always some clown like Assange who goes too far, ruining it for everyone.

said by fatness:

I figured that's where you were going with all of this, since you've always supported the warrantless wiretapping and big government in general.

You say that the wiretapping is needed to protect us from dangerous people who want to do us harm. And then you quote one of those those dangerous people in your first post here as a reliable source to back up your argument.

That's ludicrous.

said by Noah Vail:

Do I think it will save more US/US-invested lives than it cost?

said by amigo_boy:

How does the example document I posted "save lives?"

said by Noah Vail:

The unit of measure isn't a single document, it's the long term effect of the entire release.

As to what that effect will be, the answer is I don't know.

said by KrK:

I guess they could potentially find out who that is, even though it is a common first name, by checking on the Manam's that used to be under that certain commander.

said by amigo_boy:

I think we've finally seen the zenith of unrestrained liberty which organizations like EFF argue for:

quote:

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According to Britain's Channel 4 News, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a telephone interview that the Afghans named in the leaked documents were under scrutiny.

"We will investigate through our own secret service whether the people mentioned are really spies working for the U.S. If they are U.S. spies, then we know how to punish them," he is quoted as saying.
-- »news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100730/ap_···ikileaks

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That's always the problem with these things. It looks cute (or noble, depending on your predilections) when someone posts leaked documents. But, someone eventually goes too far. Civilians who helped US military personnel will be executed. Causing other civilians to remain unaffiliated because some nutjob like Assange thinks it's "perfect liberty" to post top secret documents to the internet. Which in turn will place US troops in greater danger due to a lack of friendly, cooperative civilians providing intel.

Stuff like this is what will be the undoing of groups like EFF and wikileaks. It's what will turn a majority of the population in favor of greater controls of the internet.

It always works this way. A purist like the guy behind wikileaks ruins it for everyone else.

said by sansri88:

Safety reasons. Construction companies do this all the time.

said by sansri88:

As they were cleaning up for the night, there was a MAJOR accident where someone was speeding and ended up in the construction lanes, crashed badly, and killed most/all the people in the vehicle.

It's for the workers' safety they do this.

said by ThrowDemsOut:

Good news item on how to negotiate for lower bills for cable TV & cellphone services.

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said by a Blog :

The bill is worded this way:

"To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and for other purposes."