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  1. Drone pilots on Sony Bringing PlayStation To China · · Score: 1

    Funny, I just read: China is behind in training future drone pilots and intends to catch up.

  2. Re:Its Global Warming on Studies: Wildfires Worse Due To Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and he could also be the guy responsible for sinkholes that show up an alarming rate lately because the wildfires he sets make Earth crust softer thus more likely to sink.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

    http://www.viralnova.com/huge-...

    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics...

  3. I assume the guy was making a joke, +1 funny

  4. Re:The 111th explanation... on Harvard Study Links Neonicotinoid Pesticide To Colony Collapse Disorder · · Score: 2

    Personally, I liked that one:

    http://abcnews.go.com/Technolo...

    http://www.wptv.com/news/local...

    Just search for "zombie bees" to see a bunch of links popping up.

  5. Re:what's wrong with systemd on Ask Slashdot: Practical Alternatives To Systemd? · · Score: 1

    "So in other words you do not like it because it looks and feels different than what you are used too with old inet."

    I didn't know systemd also replaced inetd. Is it planned to also replace apache and sshd as well in future releases?

    Also, some people are less obsessed by boot time than others.

  6. Re:Alpine linux on Ask Slashdot: Practical Alternatives To Systemd? · · Score: 1

    Alpine is what I use everyday to send email, very powerful tool:

    ? HELP-Get help using Alpine
    C COMPOSE MESSAGE-Compose and send a message
    I MESSAGE INDEX-View messages in current folder
    L FOLDER LIST-Select a folder to view
    A ADDRESS BOOK-Update address book
    S SETUP-Configure Alpine Options
    Q QUIT-Leave the Alpine program

    Copyright 2006-2008 University of Washington
    Copyright 2009-2010 Re-Alpine Project

  7. Re:launchd on Ask Slashdot: Practical Alternatives To Systemd? · · Score: 1

    And... What is your point?

  8. Re:Slackware on Ask Slashdot: Practical Alternatives To Systemd? · · Score: 1

    True enough, that's exactly what I realized the other day while searching for documentation and hitting an Ubuntu forum post dating back to 2006 or something...

  9. Re:Slackware on Ask Slashdot: Practical Alternatives To Systemd? · · Score: 1

    Damn,

    I meant:
    I use Slackware since 1995 and I have never viewed it as "alternative" before ;-)

  10. Re:Slackware on Ask Slashdot: Practical Alternatives To Systemd? · · Score: 2

    "Slackware is an alternative mainstream Linux distribution"
    Funny that one of the oldest distribution (1993) has become an "alternative" one...

    I use Slackware since 1995 and I have viewed it as "alternative" before ;-)

  11. Re:So few on Google May Be $1 Billion Behind In Tax Payments To France · · Score: 1

    I agree, ask France to send me a billion please.

  12. Who cares about systemd anyway? on Linus Torvalds Suspends Key Linux Developer · · Score: 2

    Who cares about systemd anyway? Slackware user here...

    The "perhaps less Unix like" part is funny:
    http://forums.scotsnewsletter....

  13. Re:Enough of the stupidity on Daylight Saving Time Linked To Heart Attacks · · Score: 1

    School bus traffic?

  14. Re:Sleep -1? on Daylight Saving Time Linked To Heart Attacks · · Score: 1

    I know people who are pretty much timed like sheep. I bet these are the most affected.

  15. Karma? on Xbox One Reputation System Penalizes Gamers Who Behave Badly · · Score: 1

    They just added karma to xbox accounts?

  16. Re:They aren't worthless... on Operation Wants To Mine 10% of All New Bitcoins · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Supply and demand, if many do like this guy, chances are the market will be flooded with bitcoins and the value will go down.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  17. Re:fuck me on Google Glass Signs Deal With Ray Ban's Parent Company · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am quite over 21 but I am still pretty. I am 78.

    Interested?

  18. Re:It will depend on who is in the management chai on Ask Slashdot: Will Older Programmers Always Have a Harder Time Getting a Job? · · Score: 2

    It's all related to the most profitable configuration for the company.

    Most companies out there, especially the big ones, know pretty well what they are doing. Typically, a ratio of one as senior as possible resource for 20 juniors that don't have a clue. Shield this up with meticulously written contracts and a good team of lawyers and you end up making more profits than doing the right thing.

  19. Re:Beta testers on OpenSUSE 13.2 To Use Btrfs By Default · · Score: 1

    To be objective; did btrfs got more stable lately? Did suse tweak it?

  20. Re:Beta testers on OpenSUSE 13.2 To Use Btrfs By Default · · Score: 1

    I still click on ext3 on new installs....

  21. Re:But what did it taste like? on 'Chicken From Hell' Unearthed In American Midwest · · Score: 1

    Actually, it tasted more like wild ducks than farm raised ducks.

  22. Re:so over 30 feet high and nearly a half ton on 'Chicken From Hell' Unearthed In American Midwest · · Score: 1

    You just need a bigger bag. Maybe it would fit into a goalie bag, after some processing if needed. I know you can fit tons of money in those:

      http://www.goaliemonkey.com/eq...

  23. Re:From the Article on Malware Attack Infected 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers · · Score: 2

    Maybe. But don't forget certs are only used to authenticate you. The authorization is made on the server and the authorization part is what is really meant by credentials:

    "A credential is an attestation of qualification, competence, or authority issued to an individual by a third party with a relevant or de facto authority or assumed competence to do so."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Certs only authenticate you, making sure who you are. Perhaps wrongly, we sometime use "credentials" in a more permissive way, extending to authentication.

    That's OK. People mix auth and auth all the time (authentication and authorization).

  24. Re:alas ! on Lego Robot Solves Rubik's Cube Puzzle In 3.253 Seconds · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, I guess it also depends on "how well" the cube is when you start.

    Is there anybody that knows the longest possible sequence of move one would have to do in order to resolve the cube? In order words: what is the worse configuration to start with when you try to resolve it.

    I think our robot could spend more than ~3 seconds resolving it with worse configurations.

    Now: Let's design a robot to mix the cube for the other robot and have a data set, not just one run.

  25. Re:You know *nothing* about security on Malware Attack Infected 25,000 Linux/UNIX Servers · · Score: 1

    Well I guess this is obligatory:

    https://xkcd.com/936/