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cyberdunks — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:23:06 -0700

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Blue Springs Amateur Radio Club

cyberdunks — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:59:59 -0700

I have a new addition to the CyberDunks Hosted Sites. They are the Blue Springs Amateur Radio Club located online at http://www.bsarc.us

Here is their mission statement:

"Providing Radio Communications for Eastern Jackson County, MO

To serve amateur radio through serving the community, the club, and the region, with support in our expertise in two-way radio communications, To help our local law enforcement and public safety officials of the Blue Springs Police Dept. and the Central Jackson County Fire Protection District, and adjacent areas when fully staffed by our club, by providing storm spotting at our best of abilities, by formulating locations that would be best for severe weather watching. To help run communications in the lost child patrol for the Fall Fun Festival, and walking amongst the crowd as points the public can get in touch with us to start a sweep and communicate with the police which is also another way we help alleviate their duties. We are serving our community by the use of two repeaters our club run, one for 2m and one for 70cm, spreading our spectrum and abilities by use of multiple frequencies. As amateur radio operators, we are not limited to just those two frequency spectrums, as we can use direct communications using other bands as well. We are looking to furthering our future and our abilities to serve the public by assisting with our abilities, expertise, and knowledge, keep us in mind!"
--BSARC Website and Mission Statement

I am glad to be hosting this site for the people who could, in severe situations save my life and the life's of many others in the event of a natural disaster in my and surrounding areas. I'm pleased to have been invited to some of their functions even though I personally am not an Amateur Radio Operator. I believe that the work that they do is more important then anyone could ever realize.

G.I.T. 17 - Use your PBX's

cyberdunks — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:39:21 -0700

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Geeks In Tech Forums

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Comcast is throttling bandwidth, capping connections. Some idiot sues Blizzard for banning his account. William talks about Trixbox, and OpNet.

Cracking Vista Activation:
The specific Registry key is named SkipRearm and is found in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SL. By default, the SkipRearm Registry value is 0, but changing it to 1 will allow the Rearm command to be run an indefinite number of times, thus extending the grace period.

Microsoft allows bypass of Vista activation

Episode 16: CPU's and Microprocessors

cyberdunks — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:11:14 -0700

In this episode we mainly talk about our thoughts on the CPU's that are currently on the market. Matt, also keeps us informed with his progress on Windows Vista. I promise, there are no World of Warcraft Raids in this episode. I also promise that this file size is much smaller then prior episodes. I've switched to 64kb instead of 128kb audio. Also have been pushing out mono instead of stereo episodes the last few to make sure they are small.

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Zacks Rant: Rant # 1 - Credit Applications

cyberdunks — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:58:43 -0700

This is our first episode of Zacks Rant. Enjoy!
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In this episode Zack rants on about credit applications and the history of why we are in debt here in the US.

This Month At Wal-Mart Episode 12: Breaking News Special Edition - US DOL files suite against Wal-Mart

cyberdunks — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:54:28 -0700

I recorded this with no notice at all so here it is.

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Special Thanks to co-worker Laura to bringing this to my attention as it broke on my day off.

Here is the full text of the article from Wal-Mart Facts.com

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Jan. 25, 2007 – Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today announced it has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regarding the manner in which the company calculates overtime pay. The agreement has been filed in federal district court and is subject to the court’s approval. In the past, Wal-Mart failed to include periodic bonuses and other earned income in determining some associates’ weekly average hourly pay rate, or “regular rate,” which is used to determine associates’ overtime pay. The company also calculated the regular rate on a biweekly rather than weekly basis and did not properly account for overtime involving some managers in training and other associates. The settlement includes no fines or penalties, and Wal-Mart has adopted measures to prevent these errors from occurring in the future.

Wal-Mart discovered the errors during an internal review and voluntarily reported them to the DOL. Working closely with the DOL, Wal-Mart determined that approximately 87,000 current and former hourly associates were underpaid by at least $20 during the last five years. There are a limited number of cases where associates will be paid a much larger sum.

Under the terms of the settlement, Wal-Mart will pay these associates the amount of their underpayments -- plus interest -- totaling about $34 million. Although not required by the settlement to do so, Wal-Mart voluntarily will pay all associates who were underpaid as little as one cent over the same period.

In addition, Wal-Mart determined that about 215,000 current and former hourly associates were overpaid by at least $20 during the last five years. The company will not seek to recover any overpayments due to this miscalculation, regardless of the amount. Approximately 20,000 of these associates also were among those who were underpaid.

“We want our associates to know that the situation has been fixed, that overtime calculations now are being done correctly, and that we’ve added safeguards to our payroll processes to make sure these types of errors don’t happen again,” said Sue Oliver, senior vice president of the People Division at Wal-Mart. “The overtime issues relate to our payroll processes at the Home Office rather than any individual’s actions at our stores or clubs.”

“We are committed to our associates and we apologize to them for this error,” Oliver continued. “We work very hard to make sure associates are compensated correctly. That’s why Wal-Mart volunteered to go back five years, instead of the two normally required by the Labor Department, and to go beyond the requirements of the settlement and address underpayments regardless of the amount.”

Under Federal Law, the overtime pay rate is calculated as 1.5 times the “regular rate” of pay. The regular rate can be higher than the basic hourly rate because it includes all compensation earned in a work week divided by the total number of hours actually worked in that same work week, unless otherwise required by state law. That additional compensation may include prizes, awards, premiums, shift and geographical differentials, and some incentives. Regular rate errors affected only associates who received additional compensation for the same week in which they worked overtime.

Another cause of miscalculation was that some overtime payments were based on a regular rate calculated for each two-week payroll period, when they should have been calculated weekly. If either of those weeks included overtime hours, it may have resulted in an overpayment or an underpayment in overtime pay.

Separately, some errors involved participants in the company’s manager and programmer in training programs, who were entitled to overtime pay while in training. Approximately 40 percent of the associates owed more than $20 were participants in these programs.

Wal-Mart began notifying associates today through an in-store television broadcast and has established a website at www.dol.settlement.wal-mart.com for current and former associates to determine if they are entitled to any payment. Associates also can have questions answered by calling 888-262-1559 toll-free (800-318-7442 for hearing impaired).

The settlement involves hourly associates who worked at Wal-Mart stores, Sam’s Clubs, Neighborhood Markets, Logistics, and the Home Office. The settlement payment was accrued over previous quarters and is not material to the company’s earnings.

The company also is working to resolve a similar complaint filed by the state labor department in California, where state law includes some additional requirements.

Geeks In Technology Episode 15: The History of Hacking, Windows Vista, and Williams WoW Raid

cyberdunks — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:52:16 -0700

Featuring:
Chris Duncan
Matt Heiser
William Puckhaber

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We get a really good background on hacking in this episode. William discusses his WoW raid, and Matt gives us a good preview of Vista.

Here is a very old video I dugg up from deep within the archives of YouTube.

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cyberdunks — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 10:29:50 -0700

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