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  1. Re:Stupid question on Intel's Next Gen Compute Stick Beefs Up Processing With Core M3 and M5 Models (hothardware.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    >> Microsoft gives you a working product or your money back

    Good luck with that.

  2. I just got a Kangaroo portable PC with an x5-z8500 and put Fedora 23 on it without issue, except for sound which comes thru the HDMI port. Haven't figured that one out yet but haven't done a full summit attempt. Anyone know the trick? It works with the Windows10 that came with it, shows up as Intel SST Audio Device in the Device Manager.

  3. Re: FreeBSD on the Desktop. on FreeBSD 10.2 Released · · Score: 2

    Spot on, I tried to tell walter this in a different forum and it didn't register, apparently.
    Hi Walter! Funny Cin U here

  4. Re: Looking more and more likely all the time... on German Scientists Confirm NASA's Controversial EM Drive · · Score: 1

    Maybe because there were very few people in the world at the time who could even understand, much less critique, the ideas put forth by these men.

  5. obviously... on Police Not Issuing Charges For Handgun-Firing Drone -- Feds Undecided · · Score: 1

    he's a terrorist

  6. Re:GT6 on Apollo 15 Commander Talks About Developing and Driving Lunar Buggy · · Score: 1

    The moon driving in GT6 is totally worth it, it was a stupendous evening when I completed that level.

  7. Re:How about NOT? on How To Increase the Number of Female Engineers · · Score: 1

    >> Or more lefthanded ones?

    I vote for this one!

  8. Re:The very first thing out of his mouth on Systemd's Lennart Poettering: 'We Do Listen To Users' · · Score: 1

    >> You don't need to reinvent the wheel every 5 years, just because it's been 5 years.

    You do if that's your bidness model

  9. Re:1980s? on The Legacy of CPU Features Since 1980s · · Score: 1

    >> If you don't learn history you're doomed to repeat it.

    “What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history”

      Benjamin Disraeli

  10. Re:Message to George RR Martin: on Dungeons & Dragons' Influence and Legacy · · Score: 1

    In my defense, I was being facetious playing on the meme, he can take as long as he wants, it's his baby.

  11. Message to George RR Martin: on Dungeons & Dragons' Influence and Legacy · · Score: 2

    Quit playing D&D and finish the Ice and Fire already.

  12. Re:Get 10% less fuel economy with E10... on Has the Ethanol Threat Manifested In the US? · · Score: 1

    I get at least 10% better on the highway using no ethanol premium in my Mustang GT. I took a bit to find a no ethanol station but after I did I became a loyal customer.

  13. In the Beginning... on Ask Slashdot: What Should Every Programmer Read? · · Score: 1

    Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson

  14. Re:Mark Twain's Rules of Literary Art on Ask Slashdot: What Should Every Programmer Read? · · Score: 1

    When you consider that Fenimore Cooper was not a professional writer and only started his writing career after complaining to his wife about a book he did not like to which she told him to write one himself, I think Twain should cut him some slack. Just sayin...

  15. Re:A bigger x86 BeagleBone Black? on Intel Releases $99 'MinnowBoard Max,' an Open-Source Single-Board Computer · · Score: 1

    I got a BBBlack from LogicSupply.com last week.

  16. 'Collapse' by Jared Diamond on NASA-Funded Study Investigates Collapse of Industrial Civilization · · Score: 5, Informative

    Read it, MFs!

  17. Powershift - Alvin Toffler
    Published in 1990, might be interesting to see how his predictions fared.

    The Third Wave - Alvin Toffler
    Published in 1980, the second book of the trilogy.

    Future Shock - Alvin Toffler
    Published in 1970, my introduction to the fact that there were books other than SF worth reading.

    I see he has written another, Revolutionary Wealth, which I must now go acquire.

  18. Re:Still with FC18 and probably swtich distro on Fedora 20 Released · · Score: 1

    I have two boxen with Arch and two with Fedora (19 and Beta20), I use the Fedora as my 'personal' machine and keep /home on a separate partition to make staying up with the 6 month cycle easier, although I do skip the occasional release.
    I had my parents on a Fedora box, but quickly saw that I needed a longer term, lower maintenance solution, and have them on Arch for several months now.
    I switched from Crux to Arch years ago but got off it when I had some update breakage issues or something that peeved me (or caught my eye elsewhere, so many distros, so little time and all that), but have been toying with it again for a year or so and it is rock solid and no throwing the baby out with the bathwater, so far.
    Anywho, to make a short post long, Arch is a good idea for someone who doesn't mind getting a little grease under their fingernails now and then.

  19. Re:SMP contention basically gone from critical pat on DragonFlyBSD 3.6 Brings AMD/Intel Graphics Drivers & Better SMP Scaling · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that post Matt, there's still a few old skool folks about that like this stuph. /. has a lot of noise, but there's still some signal in there now and again.

  20. Re:ROCK STAR DEVELOPER NON-EXISTANT on Ask Slashdot: Are 'Rock Star' Developers a Necessity? · · Score: 2

    Clark? Is that you?

  21. completly off-topic Was: bike shed committee on Fedora Project Developer Proposes Layered, More Agile Design to Distribution · · Score: 1

    you know how sometimes you run into a word a few times, then don't see it for years, then this word pops into your head for some unknown reason and a day or two later, BOOM!, there it is.
    kinda freaky.
    anywho, the word in this case is 'remunerated', which you misspelled here 'renumerated', which is kinda how it was brought to my attention years ago.
    and stay off my lawn.

  22. Re:Achievement on Golden Delicious Now Shipping Hackable Openmoko GTA04 · · Score: 1

    I've got 2 FreeRunners, one with a broken screen, and I'm seriously thinking about getting a GTA04 and new screen for some fun.
    But jeez, that's some expensive fun.
    I also switched to an N900 when it became apparent that the OpenMoko wasn't quite ready for dependable everyday use.

  23. Re:Hey I'm from Texas on Texas Jury Strikes Down Man's Claim to Own the Interactive Web · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm from Arkansas, and from here the only problem I see with Texas is... it's full of Texans!
    JK, I have lived in the D/FW area and worked in the Houston area and the folks there are just like everywhere else, smart ones, dumb ones, nice ones, mean ones, etc.

  24. Re:Bah, humbug. on Hobbit Film Trailer Posted Online · · Score: 1

    >> in the book Rooster only had one eye, but he didn't wear an eye patch

    That's because you can't see him in the book, but in the movie, you can, so he wore it while filming. Silly.

  25. Let's get Mikey to try it! on GNOME 3 Wins Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award · · Score: 1

    I've been a Gnome user since the pre-October Gnome days and I booted Fedore 15 for about 5 minutes before shutting it down.
    Since then I have tried XFCE and KDE and I'm still running KDE on my new sandy bridge (not my everyday box yet).
    I remembered the other night about the reception for Gnome 2 and it was not pretty.
    Anywho, I just booted Fedora 16 and it's not so bad, I'm gonna run it on this little Atom for awhile and see if it grows on me.
    He likes it! Hey Mikey!