Go and do your own online work


by pico -d gallo

Geocaching is a hobby in which you use a GPS device to locate hidden boxes (”caches”) by looking for coordinates posted on www.geocaching.com. Although the hobby itself is pretty easy to do, it requires one piece of technical equipment: the GPS device. Since there are a wide variety of receivers with a huge array of features, a relative newcomer might be overwhelmed when trying to figure out which model might be best.

Never fear! On the Geocaching website there’s a discussion forum, and one of the topic areas is “GPS and Technology”. Perhaps you can get some buying tips there.In fact, there is currently a thread posted there entitled What is the best GPS you can get for cheap?, I’m pretty sure a lot of people want to know.

Seems like a simple and obvious request here on the Geocaching.com forums, yes? Well keep in mind that when it comes to technology you’re dealing with geeks, and for geeks, the best way they can help you when you ask a question is to demonstrate how the question was stupid.

reef mapper starts us off by deciding that he’s had enough of the whole “online community” thing.

Go and do your own online work :D

The smiley lets you know he’s just kidding around, but he still fails to answer the question.

Wesbo, however, feels he just can’t recommend a good inexpensive GPS receiver on the Geocaching.com website because there’s not enough information in the question to go on:

Best for what? Geocaching? Boating? Getting to and from the mall? You can get a used etrex for a song on ebay and you can get a Trimble surveying setup with sub-centimeter accuracy for the price of a pretty nice car.

Need some specifics…

Motorcycle Mama agrees that it’s impossible to suss out what this guy on the Geocaching.com’s forum wants a GPS for:

What are your intended uses? (geocachin, car, motorcycle, hiking, boating, other?)

Source GPS wishes that Sherlock Holmes were around to deduce the poster’s (on the Geocaching.com forums) intended use of the GPS device:

I have to agree with MM. You need to identify what the primary use will be - then you can narrow down your choices by price.

ryleyinstl takes a bold and misspelled gamble:

I’m going to take a leap here and say you want an “affordable” GPRs for geocashing.

Amazingly, he actually recommends a unit!

jmundinger thinks ryleyinstl’s detective work might be good, but he still hesitates:

And, although I have some level of agreement with those who suggest that the question can’t be answered without also knowing something about intended use and budget, I’d note that the Venture HC will do (and do well) everything that a person has a right to expect from a consumer grade gpsr.

LEGO Cacher brings the hilarity:

Here’s the best “cheap” GPS’er that you can get: (photo of a magnetic compass).

Finally, KUBLECLAN takes time off from his CSI work to respond with:

I would assume they only want the GPS unit for caching …

Nevertheless, he doesn’t make a recommendation.

At the end of the thread on the Geocaching.com forums asking for recommendations on a good and cheap GPS receiver the score, out of eleven replies, is:

2 serious recommendations (one of which is supported by another person).

1 joke recommendation.

4 people who can’t figure out what he might be using it for.

1 person who does know what he might be using it for but doesn’t recommend anything.

and 1 guy who says to “do your own online work”.

Hooray for Web 2.0!



“The more companies and management treat their administration like dirt, the more problems like this will arise.”


by Kevin Church

A Wired article about San Francisco’s network being hacked by a vindictive ex-employee features a litany of offenses by sysadmins who have wrought havoc upon their former workplaces, including someone deleting a database used for matching organ donors to patients and an Australian fellow who hacked a sewage plant and flooded local rivers and parks with hundreds of thousands of gallons of filthy water. This has, of course, brought out those on both sides of the “You know, my IT guy is kind of a dickbag” issue.

The gems, of course, all come from the guys that make sure your business functions well in between marathon sessions of WoW and Mountain Dew Code Red runs.

This is just bullshit….The companies that fire their employees after a year of employment ask for it…it is so simple…don’t hire someone if you want to fire him/her afterwards….Japanese are smart….after all the yellow race is the superior than others…
It is simple…..we lost !

This is why it is so critical that management handle their tech personnel carefully. If you need to let one of them go, for whatever reason, it’s not a good idea to make it a public event or a heated argument. It only takes a knowledgeable tech a mere minute or two to initiate an attack that will severely cripple the business.

It’s generally a good rule of thumb to not talk down to your local tech during any period of their employment. That will only guarantee you poor and slow service when you need it and will make that techs termination even more potentially hazardous.

So if you like to be the hardass boss to the employees in your charge, tone it down for the techs. Treat us with kindness and you’ll reap the benefits!

I’m amazed at some of the HUGE sentences handed down for mostly “irritating, not life-threatening” crimes. Even some killers don’t get 97 months jail, and it was only a s**t Banking Institution!! Somebody must have been REALLY pi**ed off!

One last word for IT management, you’re only in control because us techs let you be because we like you and the way you treat us. Don’t cross us unless you want to lose your job too.

Its not the poor treatment of the employees that caused them to go off. Its their poor mental state that caused them to go off, most of us with the knowledge and ability to pull off such sabotage would never do it. We might think about it and fantasize about it but never actually go through with it..
NERDS RULE!!!

Here is a hint to resolve these common plagues from network admins…

Treat your administration with respect and as if they are actually valuable!

The more companies and management treat their administration like dirt, the more problems like this will arise.

Either that, or send the admin jobs to be outsourced in India. You think it’s hard understanding the guy from 7-11, try getting your password from him and understanding what he said.

If Corporate management would use just an ounce of respect, maybe things will be different. But since that will never happen, maybe you’ll think twice about treating your admins and engineers like the geek you kicked around in high school.

I would suggest that Terry Child is probably a disgruntled homosexual. This is the type of behavior you will see from such persons. Another example was the homosexual that blew up the turret on a navy ship after a falling out with another homosexual lover.

So, what have we learned? That IT guys are overbearing, loudmouthed whiners who don’t understand why people don’t like them? Or that companies need to have better procedures in place? Or is that the gays are always up to no good? U-DECIDE!



sorry our site wasn’t protected to your standards however all of you are being reported to the appropriate authorities as we have your information too. you should of protected your info a little better.


by Sluggo, Agent of N.A.N.C.Y.

A fellow is contacted by a company that provides “services and products” to government agencies, and, wanting to investigate this company further, visits its website. There he quickly discovers that the password-protected areas of the site are easily accessible…since the required user name and password are in the page’s source code. You know, the code that every single browser on Earth can reveal if the user were to pick the “View Source” option from the menu? Yeah, that source code. In plain text.

You should read the original post for the full impact of the hilarity that ensues, including what these programming geniuses did when their password was found out. However, someone who allegedly works for this company wasn’t happy with how the business was being portrayed, and decided to put his best foot forward and take it up in the comments section:

thank you hackers for trying to destroy federal suppliers guides reputation. i have worked here with my wife for 10 years now and have helped hundreds of clients obtain federal government work. i have 4 children and though you don’t care you are hurting the feelings of many good employees and customers by your immature actions. sorry our site wasn’t protected to your standards however all of you are being reported to the appropriate authorities as we have your information too. you should of protected your info a little better. not only is the company legit we actually have held a 5 year GSA contract with the federal government

and one of my best clients just broke 500,000 dollars in federal sales directly related to the GSA contract we got them. i am proud to work here and help small businesses obtain government workand also help federal buyers locate qualified small businesses to do business with. if you not interested in government work or our services of helping small businesses navigate the federal market fine but please don’t slander the company. its rude, your comments are not truthful we are not a scam and i hope someday you realize that all you have to do is check us out with dun & bradstreet or GSA or the florida local and state chambers of commerce to see that what we do is real and federal buyers do request both our hardcopy guides and the online directory as well.

(via Waxy.org)