Slashdot Mirror


User: amias

amias's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
215
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 215

  1. Mental Image on After Monty Python Goes YouTube, Big Jump In DVD Sales · · Score: 1

    a large pink foot decends into the open mouth of an riaa executive.

  2. Re:14 pages... on Unboxing a 1984 Atari Peripheral, 25 Years Later · · Score: 1

    tagged with ohnoitstechnologizer

  3. Re:Escape to A on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 1

    i'm not sure if they are that different but i would expect them to not be completely the same.

    It gets very complicated to work out exactly what
    is allowed , this thread covers a lot of it.
    http://osdir.com/ml/drivers.madwifi.user/2004-09/msg00298.html

    in summary - you need to tell your 802.11a adapter if you are using it outside and turbo
    mode is an no-no.

    There is a definition of 'nomadic' networks where you can pretty much do anything but for a permanent install you are expected to work out your power levels before installation.

  4. Re:Escape to A on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    transmitting 802.11a outside at non trivial power levels requires a special licence , in the uk.

  5. Re:HAHAHAHA on Oprah Sued For Infringing "Touch and Feel" Patent · · Score: 1

    yes but i'm guessing that most people dont wank over transcripts from patent dispute cases so i
    don't think this going to arouse as much interest.

    This also leads me to the notion that your score 4 insightfull modding is alluding to the insight that either you suck at idioms or you are patent law fetishist . my money is on the latter ;-)

  6. Re:Good reason to use Linux on UK Police To Step Up Hacking of Home PCs · · Score: 3, Informative

    if they think there is encrypted data and you are withholding it they can have a very good go at trying to get you sent to prison.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/03/ripa-decryption_keys_power/

    You might have noticed the growing amount of descretionary powers that fundamentally assault
    our privacy , thats the war on terror/drugs/communism and you are paying for it !

  7. Re:Good reason to use Linux on UK Police To Step Up Hacking of Home PCs · · Score: 1

    this lovely little law allows the police to send you to prison because you cant decrypt files .
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/14/ripa_encryption_key_notice/

    this wont help prevent 'terrorism' because it takes such a long time to go through the legal process that anything remotely time sensitive would be of little use at the end of it.

    Even if it was quicker its of no use as anyone with anything serious to hide can use deniable encryption that wouldn't be noticed or multiple layers of keys.

    Maybe a good response would be to claim any politican voting for this is a terrorist and have them put in prison for having encrypted files that they cant decrypt . ssl certs should do it or maybe itunes tracks.

    anyone fancy helping on this one ?

  8. Re:Hurm. on Running Android On Netbooks · · Score: 1

    yeah but his is more polite , thats a win for me

  9. Re:It wasn't a mistake ... on IRS Doesn't Check Cyberaudit Logs · · Score: 1

    i for one welcome the new soviet amerika meme

  10. Re:Samba is considered harmful on Samba's Jeremy Allison On Linux's Future · · Score: 1

    in most situations i have tested scp is faster than samba and its encrypting the data so something is
    not so good with samba.

  11. Re:Trickle down is beneficial on Greenpeace Slams Apple For Environmental Record · · Score: 0

    the same could be very easily said about businessess , there is no altruism in commerce but there is in environmentalism . the big difference here is that any harm greenpeace might do is tiny compared to what businessess do on a daily basis. check your economy and climate if you dont believe me.

    wake up people , nobody has the right to pollute.

  12. Re:You see?That's what happens when making things on Stallman Unsure Whether Firefox Is Truly Free · · Score: 2, Funny

    or you could try the slashdot metaphor sandwich , its tough and chewy , mostly tastless apart from the odd grain of truth and guaranteed to generate an near fatal excess of bile.

  13. Re:Natural device? on Removing CO2 From the Air Efficiently · · Score: 1

    and how much carbon is released in the manufacture of this device ?
    and how much of them is enough to actually make a difference ?
    and what do you do with all the carbon when you've collect it ? (hint: if your answer involves driving or digging you have failed.)

    Cant we just grow up now and realise we have to
    be moderate in our consumption of the planets resources instead of trying to trick our way out ?

    Toodle-pip
    Amias

  14. Re:Wish i could see what you see.. on Microsoft Spokesman Says ODF "Clearly Won" Standard War · · Score: 1

    you completely missed my point , i was saying that whining to slashdot users about problems in OOo isn't going to get things
    done. It sounded to me like the GP has issues and is taking it
    out OOo.

  15. Re:Wish i could see what you see.. on Microsoft Spokesman Says ODF "Clearly Won" Standard War · · Score: 0, Troll

    and most importantly don't bother telling us tell the OOo
    devs , they might actually do something about it.

    Whining about missing features in an open source project is
    just silly , if the features make sense and you want them ,
    help build em thats what open source is for.

    or are you not good enough ? if so how are you qualified to comment and why should we listen to you ?

    Toodle-pip
    Amias

  16. Re:For the uninitiated on Covert BT Phorm Trial Report Leaked · · Score: 1

    >Over here in the UK, nobody needs to expand BT.
    >Everyone knows what it means

    yep , Bastard Telecom.

  17. Re:Bonfire on What To Do With Old Laptops? · · Score: 2

    4. you tube video

  18. Re:Grey goo vs third world decimation on Solar Powered Microbes Manufacture Biofuels · · Score: 1

    have a look at who took out the loans in the first place , more often than not its a puppet government
    installed by a western country composed of people
    who grew up in the west. Its hardly representative
    of most of the population.

    The problem with defaulting on the loans is that the WTO is then allowed to change laws in the countries in question , which results in manditory privatisation of national services to coporations.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Agreement_on_Trade_in_Services

    This deepens the debt by taking money out of
    the contries and keeps them locked in to outside
    control. The debt repayments dwarf any aid we
    give .
    http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/debt_aid/bn_wbimf_blindspot.html

    This is being done to provide cheap food and commodities in the west , the same will happen
    with biofuels. Remember that the US owes lots of
    money , would you like it if that happened to you ?

    Toodle-pip
    Amias

  19. Re:Grey goo vs third world decimation on Solar Powered Microbes Manufacture Biofuels · · Score: 1

    That would be the case if we in the 'developed' where not using the best land for our out of season crops and crippling their economies with third world debt.

    Ever notice that when there is a famine in africa the export crops still keep leaving the country ?

    So if china had more money than the U.S ( i'm guessing you are american by your attitude ) should they have a right to appropriate the best
    growing land in america and manipulate your government ? No , so why should you be able to ?
    If your answer is 'because we can' then watch out when your recession hits cause nobody will help.

    THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LAND TO GROW BIOFUELS TO SUPPORT REPLACING OUR CURRENT LEVELS OF PETROL USAGE.

  20. Grey goo vs third world decimation on Solar Powered Microbes Manufacture Biofuels · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome our cellulose excreting overlords ....

    but seriously this is a great development for biofuels as growing them will require the use of vast amounts of land . The current source of that would inevitably be land in third world countries that should (in all fairness) be used for growing their food.

    Just in case anyone didn't know yet the biofuel dream would mean starving the world as their is not enough land for both food and fuel.

    Alternative fuel is as much about ending our exploitation of poorer countries as it is about
    reducing pollution.

    Its got a fair way to go but its a good step , just
    as long as it doesn't get patented.

    Toodle-pip
    Amias

  21. Re:I'll accept it in your stead on Upgrade Trick Still Present In Vista SP1 · · Score: 1

    my install (non-vmware) worked fine and the ide disks appear as sd* , grub worked perfectly from
    the normal installer. This has been the case for
    a while , i think you meant to say that the controller
    doesn't have drivers in the kernel.

    vmware and ubuntu don't play so nice yet , maybe in the next version...

  22. Encryption U R Doin it wrong on Murdoch's Hacker Speaks Out · · Score: 1

    even a lolcat wouldn't rely on security by obscurity

  23. Re:WIFI on Intel Wi-Fi Provides 6 Mbps Over 100 km · · Score: 1

    6Mbps is a somewhat slow to replace fibre , even for mountain dwellers

  24. Re:New Feature on An Early Look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is a simple workaround , go to the Window menu and do 'New Window' then line them up next to each other
    un-maximised , this fits nicely on a widescreen monitor . It will happily display the same document in two windows .
    Will be good to have that properly integrated though.

    Maybe it might be worth putting some logic in OOO to detect widescreen and adjust the layouts accordingly ,
    seems a lot of programs are not designed with widescreen in mind.

    Toodle-pip
    Amias

  25. Re:irony on MacBook Air Confuses Airport Security · · Score: 1


    Do you have problems with grammer when posting to online forums ?
    If so then why not try our new cluebat and a new brain !
    </advert>

    no its not , its called context based advertising.

    Toodle-pip
    Amias