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efiftythree

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About efiftythree

Seattle

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    Comment #35576711

    I believe they have stated or otherwise insinuated that the WDR from January 23rd is sufficient, and they will not be performing another prior to the initial launch. As for the de-…

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    Comment #19219636

    fwiw, same here. OpenDNS blocking the site.

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    Comment #9979800

    Business customers still retain all the capabilities of managing the deployment and activation of Windows features, settings, and updates.

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    Comment #9860374

    An adjustment in the allocation of funds would allow counties to bring more road graders and operators online. Right now I believe they simply dont have the capacity to do proper m…

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    Comment #9776181

    It might be reasonable to explain that its "free" as in "free trial" and even more clearly "CC for free trial with autobill". Being confronted with that after I allow the app to co…

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    Comment #9023854

    I probably shouldn't have used such a initiative word like "will". That said scaling out PaaS compared to scaling out IaaS, specifically on Azure, is almost guaranteed to be less e…

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    Comment #9023787

    It will be interesting to see if Microsoft uses this to push their PaaS offerings. All too often people jump into cloud services with IaaS whereas the Azure Websites offering will …

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    Comment #8963709

    Its not really so much of a differentiator. At least not without some additional clarification. Addressing Office 365 Customer Concerns about Data Geo-Redundancy and Location - htt…

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    Comment #8963660

    My personal opinion is that there is a divergence product types between traditional AWS offerings and their new desire to break into traditional Enterprise offerings. The Workspace…

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    Comment #8962660

    No, they are running Exchange 2013.

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    Comment #8548342

    Car prowl reports are generated by social networks in Seattle. Everything from Facebook groups to community based Twitter accounts and blogs. Most everyone here knows that the Poli…

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    Comment #8536333

    Wonder if they will get a nastygram from Casio. "G-Watch" / "G-Shock".

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    Comment #8530640

    Thank you.

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    Comment #8529912

    Assuming that someone managed to not only walk off with the device from a retailer but were also able to gain access to the device itself. What kind of data could be harvested from…

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    Comment #8528080

    Most places I've traveled to outside of the US have devices similar to this that staff carry around a restaurant to complete the payment process table side. They've all been PIN+Ch…

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    Comment #8399560

    The need for marketing does not go away when you become as big as Microsoft and what larger marketing platform is there in todays world than social media. I'm confused by the numbe…

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    Comment #8299212

    The vast majority of users will not have to worry about the distinction between versions. They will be using what they perceive as Windows. When they pick up a tablet running Windo…

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    Comment #7996644

    I'm certainly not trying to imply that it does. The TSA themselves have been attempting to use the excuse that their scans, x-ray or otherwise, are somehow incapable of detecting t…

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    Comment #7996625

    I think their premise is that a device which has been converted to a bomb large enough to cause total destruction of its target would have had the majority of its components remove…

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    Comment #7967760

    Which part of this is un-cited? The article linked is fairly conclusive evidence that this is in fact a real thing.

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    Comment #7967653

    I use their service and am a bit concerned that I've not heard about this until now and taking a look at their blog/website I see no information about this.

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    Comment #7958984

    Just getting into development so its slow going. One of the ideas I am working on is a service which will provide a "one stop shop" to manage rental properties and rental relations…

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    Comment #7656321

    As the old saying dictates Mars certainly isn't a free lunch. However, I wouldn't necessarily agree that we have solutions to the problems I mentioned. I'd agree that we have some …

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    Comment #7656267

    I'm hopeful, based on organizations such as SpaceX, that these innovation vacuums will continue to be filled by private organizations rather than via government agencies. Not only …