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  1. ownCLoud on Barracuda Copy Shutting Down (barracuda.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just use owncloud with a hp n40L (or whatever the current model is). Has native windows / Linux clients and android app.. (I assume it does apple too but havent looked as i have no apple products)

  2. If they want to talk about it at the same time on Quantum Computer Security? NASA Doesn't Want To Talk About It (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    NASA could be in a quantum state

  3. If he really hates it that much.. on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Wealthy? · · Score: 1

    He could give it all / a couple of million to me.. I'm sure i'd adjust just fine.

  4. Re:To this, I say, so what? on Zuckerberg Only Eating Animals He Personally Kills · · Score: 1

    So, killing animals for food is 'going off the deep end'? I lived on a farm from ages 5-11. We slaughtered several of our animals for food. That's where the meat comes from after all, or weren't you aware?

    Maybe you lived in a city your whole life and got it nicely packaged for you in a supermarket or pre-cooked and now you want to consider people who actually kill the animals as somehow beneath you, or having 'gone off the deep end'? Maybe you should reconsider your food choices if you want to avoid looking like either a blatant classist or a hypocrite.

    Pft every true geek knows that meat comes from a replicator which once the food as appeared displays a message "no was harmed in the replicating of this meat".

    Meh, who really cares. Good on him I say.

  5. Re:Step 1 on Ask Slashdot: Becoming a Network Administrator? · · Score: 1

    Personally I would go with Cisco, we had cisco and moved to juniper perimeter & dell switchs only to now be redoing our network with cisco and tbph we are glad to see the back of juniper.

  6. Re:Benchmarks! on Gitbrew Releases OtherOS++ PS3 Linux Dual Boot · · Score: 1

    Actually I am against DRM but Steam is actually ok. It runs in offline mode so I don't need to be connected, it runs on any number of computers which is again useful for me and I can access my games anywhere. It pains me to say it but steam imho is DRM done right. Don't get me wrong it isn't really effective as DRM as there are cracks out there but it is not (as) intrusive as anything else.

    The only thing they could do to be better is bring in a market place to let people sell used games. Valve take a cut of the transaction, user can build credit to buy other games or recover cash. If they did that they would be perfect.

  7. Re:If you want a cheap laugh.... on Gitbrew Releases OtherOS++ PS3 Linux Dual Boot · · Score: 1

    Classiscs

    *leave us real gamers alone*
    Console Gamer != Real Gamer

    *Use a PC for linux and not the PS3*
    Why must I spend £300 for a console for games and £300 for a PC to use? can I not just spend £300 and have both?

    In response to someone saying "if hacker's only want homebrew then there is nothing wrong with that" this was posted:
    *And can you really trust them with those responsibilities?*
    Sadly noone responded to that with "you trusted sony with your credit card details"

  8. Re:don't ever trust promises of new features on GPL Violations By D-Link and Boxee · · Score: 5, Funny

    I AGREE!!!! I did that with a Playstation 3... oh wait a sec...

  9. There is a problem with it.. on GameStop Buys Impulse From Stardock · · Score: 1

    I don't want 10 different applications stores in order to stream my games. I want one place to go and download from, I don't want to think did I buy that 5yo game from steam or gamestop or ... Though I get around Steam's stupid prices by looking for the games that are "Steam based" but in retail.

  10. Re:WarGames 2: The Dead Code on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    Absolutely absymal.

  11. Re:I don't know if I'd call this worst... on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    I died a little inside..

  12. Re:The scene from 24 on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    She also used to put blankets over her subnet, I didn't know they got cold..

  13. Re:Firefox/Linux on Safari/MacBook First To Fall At Pwn2Own 2011 · · Score: 1

    I just googled "dell linux" and it was the 2nd link. 1st if you exclude the sponsored link.

  14. Re:Firefox/Linux on Safari/MacBook First To Fall At Pwn2Own 2011 · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Firefox/Linux on Safari/MacBook First To Fall At Pwn2Own 2011 · · Score: 1

    Quoting from the link: "..., but you can't go to BestBuy and buy Linux with a specific distro on it that everyone uses that has widespread market share"

    I thought you could buy linux PCs off the shelf in one of big American chains (walmart???). Was a low powered eco thingy iirc.

    Also as far as I know you can buy linux on laptops from Dell as well.

  16. Re:Zuckerberg et al on Egyptian Father Names His Daughter "Facebook" · · Score: 1

    I probably should have added "Assuming for a moment that the bible isn't a work of fiction" and "I never read the story, I just heard bits and pieces on the rare occasions I listened."

  17. Re:Zuckerberg et al on Egyptian Father Names His Daughter "Facebook" · · Score: 1

    To be fair if your ancestors had been struck with the Plagues of Egypt just because they refused to give up their slaves you might be a tad annoyed as well.

  18. Re:Account Creation Request DENIED on Egyptian Father Names His Daughter "Facebook" · · Score: 2

    Does creating an account called Facebook not cause facebook to crash?

  19. Re:OR perhaps on Cheap Games a Risk To the Industry, Says Nintendo President · · Score: 1

    I was still buying them at £15-20 in the early 90s iirc. and according to your calc wost case £15 in 1990 is £26 in 2010.

  20. OR perhaps on Cheap Games a Risk To the Industry, Says Nintendo President · · Score: 1

    All Games are only really worth $10 or so.. When I first started playing games on my Amiga they only cost £15-20 yet now PC games are hitting £40

  21. Re:Just wondering on Sony Files Lawsuit Against PS3 Hacker GeoHot · · Score: 1

    I never accepted the EULA as I got mine 2nd hand.. Oh well.

  22. Re:Won't Be Long... on First PlayStation 3 Custom Firmware Created · · Score: 1

    before someone at Sony is sitting in a corner rocking back and forth holding a P45 saying "Why oh why did I remove linux from the PS3?"

  23. Re:If only we had a p2p DNS system.. on WikiLeaks Moves To Swiss Domain After DNS Takedown · · Score: 1

    hmm we really really need sarcasm tags.

  24. If only we had a p2p DNS system.. on WikiLeaks Moves To Swiss Domain After DNS Takedown · · Score: 1

    I think the title says it all.

  25. Re:We might get a tad pissed off on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 1

    If Bin Laden died the US would need to resurrect him. He's a boogeyman that's useful for reminding people why we spend an insane amount of money on the war on terror. For all I know the CIA has been producing all the Bin Laden videos since 2002.

    "Bin Laden" brought to you by CIA productions
    *read the next bit fast like a disclaimer*
    Copyright United States of America, "Bin Laden" is the registered trademark of the US Department of Homeland Security. All Rights reserved.