Don't be a tool. Enough said. Brad found this when someone asked him for a definition.

Computers are fun...

Someone tried to sell a security vulnerability on eBay. Of course Microsoft complained and eBay pulled the auction.

Finally, something that's more of a mess than our server rooms. Looks like they had cable management, but it filled up and they didn't do anything to fix it. Those free hanging 20ft runs of CAT5 have to be great for reliability.

Found this tool today, which is cool. Seems Windows Server 2003 SP1 finally caught up with Netware 4 on a nice feature.

Today's mindless links

I think most of you know the term MLP, but if not reference k5. Basically just a bunch of links without really commenting on them. I try not to make this too common of an occurance here, but have come across a few interesting ones this weekend.

• Pirates are cool
• Remember to Conserve Gravity. The Gravity Detector is cool.
• Good basic summary of the Butterfly Effect (no, not the movie).
• So it's only enforced if you get hit... I hope that's not actually intended to be a penalty and is just a legal issue so it's officially recorded and the insurance companies can assign blame.

RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs

Sounds almost believable given their history.

A parent's primer to computer slang, link courtesy of schdav.