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  1. Re:.NET applications on Linux? on Microsoft Open Sources CoreCLR, the .NET Execution Engine · · Score: 1

    Then again, it seems like the web business is like that, too. Damn. Doesn't anyone write non-disposable code any more?

    It's astonishing to see every thread is controlled by SystemD.

  2. Re:I can't wait! on Systemd Getting UEFI Boot Loader · · Score: 1

    This was the only piece that was missing from systemd.

    It's still missing a good editor.

    make that a hex editor

  3. Re:Raspberry Pi 2 but not Surface RT? on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 1

    Seems pretty stupid to me to purposely screw over the people that bought the RT models that are perfectly capable.

    By now, it must be obvious closed source merely exists to purposely screw people over, it's the intervals that are getting shorter.

  4. mali400 on New Multi-Core Raspberry Pi 2 Launches · · Score: 1

    give me mali400

  5. Re:So to cicumvent the screen locker... on Why Screen Lockers On X11 Cannot Be Secure · · Score: 1

    :)
    xmelt, xflip
    old HP-UX had X open by default.

  6. Re:iPad is a luxury? on The iPad Is 5 Years Old This Week, But You Still Don't Need One · · Score: 1

    If all you want to do is make phone calls, buy a dumbphone.

    Lithium battery, bluetooth, mp3 player, camera, sdcard support, internet, 16m color display, radio, flashlight.
    $20 and sure as hell less maintenance.

  7. Re:This is cool but scary because of Great Filter. on Kepler Discovers Solar System's Ancient 'Twin' · · Score: 1

    This does not suggest something special is wiping out civilization.
    It's not a conspiracy, the odds for creating life are very slim, let alone sustaining life over extended periods of time.
    Any species in our imagination will consume its surroundings in one way or the other, so it seems logical that the species itself is destined to extinction.

  8. Re:Alternate Link on Ask Slashdot: What Makes a Great Software Developer? · · Score: 1

    I volunteer for things that scare the shit out of most of our developers.

    Hello Barry, it's the other way round. Nobody is indispensable, everybody can be a nuisance.

  9. Re:This doesn't sound... sound on Valve's Economist Yanis Varoufakis Appointed Greece's Finance Minister · · Score: 1

    He will need all of his expertise in game theory to negotiate and try to get debts written off and a new batch of money.
    The public has been promised as much and a grexit to Drachmes will immediately drop Greece into a 3rd world country (Greece depends fully on import).
    So, EU will grudge and give some as EU's internal bank system is a shithole of interloans.
    France, Italy and Spain will also want some after that.
    Of course, in northern countries things start to get rumbling as well; all savings, retirement pays etc. are QE'd and bonjoured southwards..

  10. Re:Again, why? on Google Just Made It Easier To Run Linux On Your Chromebook · · Score: 1

    If you have a MacBook, then OS-X already supports whatever the MacBook will be dealing w/.

    Correct. I have an early 2011 macbookpro with all features supported. Since the battery life, performance and screen size is still sufficient today (after a $100 ssd upgrade), I will not be buying a new laptop soon.
    The only thing going down hill is OSX. Either on subjective issues (cloud, playdoh) or objective ones (hardware requirements), so I better prep for alternatives.

  11. Products? on Apple Agrees To Chinese Security Audits of Its Products · · Score: 1

    Does that include auditing MacOSX (integrated cloud services et al)?

  12. Re:Sounds good to me on Simon Pegg On Board To Co-Write Next Star Trek Film · · Score: 1

    I hear you, like StarTrek meets Planet of the Apes meets the Walking Dead: cue in geriatric Worf, zombie Troi (i feeeel nothing) and zombie Data (i neat human brains) chained to LaForge (my eyes, they're bleeding) and of course Riker (without the beard or screentime please).
    Oh, and it would be nice if Crusher finally lived up to his expectations and fulfill the traveller's prophecy; I'm just so tiring of the waiting, encouraging this guy even well into his adulthood without even as much as an explanation. Helloo-o?!?

  13. Re:Crusty Hardware on User Plea Means EISA Support Not Removed From Linux · · Score: 1

    I've watched my parents throw away perfectly good printer/scanner combos that were only a few years old because there were no drivers beyond XP.

    In Windows 7, run driver setup with compatibility settings to WinXP and as Administrator.
    This usually works.
    Or get VueScan http://www.hamrick.com/.

  14. Re:Crusty Hardware on User Plea Means EISA Support Not Removed From Linux · · Score: 2

    parallel still available, http://www.newegg.com/Product/... or try ebay.

  15. Re:Just give the option to turn it off... on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    .. but you want to add noise to an otherwise silent engine just because people aren't used to silent cars?

    I remember modelling bearings in a Swedish research centre using SGI's about 20 yrs ago, just for the sound (BMW, Mercedes).
    Buyers tend to identify with their cars and pay the experience.

  16. Re:Homeland Security? Everyone is a terrorist on Silk Road 2.0 Deputy Arrested · · Score: 1

    Currently the US estimates that it spends $5 Billion on health care costs associated with heroin use.

    Far more on bank bailouts associated with heroin use.

  17. Goalkeeper on US Army Wants Weapon To Destroy Drone Swarms · · Score: 1

    If it can disable missiles, it should be sufficient for drones.

  18. Re:Attitudes on The Current State of Linux Video Editing · · Score: 1

    A video on Windows is a video, accessed through the appropriate API. You don't dynamically link to half a dozen libraries, hope they are there, and crash (or demand installation) when it isn't.

    Either require libavcodec as dependency thru package manager or statically link it. Most freeware Windows transcoders include a version of libavcodec, no Windows specific video API is used.

  19. best starter: pascal on Justified: Visual Basic Over Python For an Intro To Programming · · Score: 1

    clear, unambiguous, imperative, focus on data models.

  20. the cat got my tongue

  21. Re:Actually, not a single interesting answer on Why Run Linux On Macs? · · Score: 1

    The more interesting question is really if freedom exists when you never make use of it.

    Marketing newspeak.
    Doing nothing is a choice.
    Responsibility = freedom.

  22. Re:a better question on Why Run Linux On Macs? · · Score: 1

    Please specify a laptop comparing favourably to a 2011-2014 Macbook Pro 15", resolution, battery time, build quality, linux support.

  23. Re:There is a better way on To Avoid Detection, Terrorists Made Messages Seem Like Spam · · Score: 1

    I would simply embed a hidden subtitle into a shoddy movie like Showgirls and put it up for torrents..
    Sending instructions while optimally infuriating the viewer: win-win.

  24. Re:high quality hardware on Why Run Linux On Macs? · · Score: 1

    there is a problem with power in the EU - it's not properly earthed.

    ?

  25. Re:genitals don't code, and Linus doesn't know my on Linus On Diversity and Niceness In Open Source · · Score: 1

    I pity the fool.

    Fixed that for ya, bro.