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  1. One corp is claiming responsibility: on EVE Online Targeted By LulzSec · · Score: 1

    http://killboard.atlas-dot.net/?a=home

    http://www.evenews24.com/2011/06/02/unadulterated-scuttlebutt-atlasdot-enters-the-emergency-room/

    Some RMTer named Shmak Datash got himself and his comrades banned, shell of a corp left over is raging.

  2. One area I'm glad not to be an early adopter... on It's 2010; What's the Best E-Reader? · · Score: 1

    Hopefully e book readers will follow the digital camera capability/price ratio trend.

  3. Instead of wanting a distro that "just works"... on Which Distro For an Eee PC? · · Score: 1

    ...put a little effort into making it work how you want it to work. Every distribution has a fairly comprehensive wiki at this point. Even if they don't, you can almost always figure out what to do from another distro's howto and documentation. Gone are the days of reading obtuse man pages on flickering consoles. Anyone with a length of cat5 and an afternoon can solve 99% of their issues and come out the better for it. Unless, of course, you get frustrated and fashion a noose with the ethernet cable.

  4. Internship abroad maybe? on Study Abroad For Computer Science Majors? · · Score: 1

    You would get more free time to take in your surroundings, applied experience and a different class of references, at the very least. You would also have the benefit of a shorter duration if it ended up being not your bag.

  5. Re:Project Alpha on The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes? · · Score: 1

    You throw around pomo the way Sarah Palin drops socialist.

  6. Re:Project Alpha on The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes? · · Score: 1

    Well, Social Text wasn't a peer reviewed journal; it trusted those who submitted to police themselves and avoid things like blatantly falsifying an article.

    Outside of your field, could you tell a hoax paper from a well researched one?

  7. Lifebook =/= Netbook on Best OS For Netbooks and Underpowered Tablets? · · Score: 1

    Irrespective of how "similar" they are otherwise:

    Subcompact notebooks (especiallly tablets) are almost always >$1200 and are not particularly more useful to the general computing public

    Netbooks are more like $500, you can hand one to grandma, and if it gets stolen or damaged it's not going to be a big ordeal

  8. Re:Would my geek liscence be revoked... on XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again · · Score: 1

    I'm going to need to see the sub clause regarding licentious spelling before I get too worried.

  9. Would my geek liscence be revoked... on XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...if I said XKCD jumped the shark? A while ago?

    It's true and you know it.

  10. Re:As a resident of a suburb of Pittsburgh... on Students Are Always Half Right In Pittsburgh · · Score: 1

    Well, then put your daddy pants and volunteer on a campaign for someone you actually support and then remember to actually vote in things like primaries and elections! Or even run yourself! Many fucktards run unopposed in the primary, and in one district where a social studies teacher decided to run he got 40% of the vote on a $500 budget because he was someone other than the incumbent POS. Pittsburgh isn't inherently a bad city.

  11. Re:common place on Tech Vs. Business? · · Score: 1

    because hacking is getting more and more economically promising in many places in Africa and former eastern block nations.

    I remember reading that the USA was still #1! #1! #1! as country of origin for most cracks. Wish I could find the article and accompanying graph.

  12. Most large projects... on Getting an Independent Project Started? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...start off with creator pouring himself into the work. Alienate your friends, put another 40 hours a week into it, etc.

    It sounds like you have a good idea, but it doesn't seem as though you have the necessary level of obsession to pull it off.

  13. Now how about AR5007EG support on Atheros Releases Free Linux Driver For Its 802.11n Devices · · Score: 1

    n/t

  14. Re:On the bright side... on Pittsburgh Cancer Center Warns of Cell Phone Risks · · Score: 1

    There were issues with that report including the fact that following all the standard guidelines and regulations Allegheny county reported all of 48 days of poor air quality to the EPA, while the EPA itself somehow came up with a figure of 134 using the same dataset. People love the idea of a dirty, industrial Pittsburgh but that hasn't been a reality for decades....

  15. Re:Yet Another Pointless Dot-Com on Boiling Down Books, Algorithmically · · Score: 0

    I don't think you read the summary, much less TFA.

  16. Re:If you already read, you don't need this... on Boiling Down Books, Algorithmically · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also, now that I've played with the "beta" a little I want to see the graphs for Finnegans Wake.

  17. If you already read, you don't need this... on Boiling Down Books, Algorithmically · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...and if you do not read, you won't want this.

  18. Re:Pittsburgh for University..... on The World's 10 Dirtiest Cities · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not only that, but the methodology was a lil flawed in that the main sensor was maybe a mile from the coke works and not really the city proper. What also comes in to play is the number of coal power plants still kickin' in Ohio, West Virgina, New York and central PA; that's a problem in most of the rust belt.

    It certainly isn't a progressive utopia like Portland or Seattle (maybe I'm a little bitter as people I know are moving there at an impressive pace), but it's doing much better as parent post noted.That said, the only bad air I tend to notice is the stench of substandard student housing in the "college" neighborhood :P

  19. Vimperator does this also on goosh, the Unofficial Google Shell · · Score: 1

    I can go :o creative pcbs or :o wikipedia 13th floor elevators, etc etc.

    From the help page:

    o :o :open :o[pen][!] [arg1], [arg2], â¦

    o

    Open one or more URLs in the current tab. Multiple URLs can be separated with ", ". Note that the space after the comma is required. Each token is analyzed and in this order:

    1.

    Opened as a local file if it is an existing relative or absolute filename.
                        *:open /etc/fstab shows the file system table.
                        *:open ../other/foo.html in your home directory opens /home/other/foo.html
    2.

    Opened with the specified search engine if the token looks like a search string and the first word is the name of a search engine (:open wikipedia linus torvalds opens the Wikipedia entry for linus torvalds). The short name of a search engine is automatically guessed from its name. If you want to set a custom name, you can change it with :dialog searchengines.


    3.

    Opened with the default search engine or keyword (specified with the 'defsearch' option) if the first word is no search engine (:open linus torvalds opens a Google search for linux torvalds).

    4.

    Passed directly to Firefox in all other cases (:open www.osnews.com, www.slashdot.org opens OSNews in the current, and Slashdot in a new background tab).

    You can use :open -tags linux torvalds to complete bookmarks with tag "linux" and which contain "torvalds". Note that -tags support is only available for tab completion, not for the actual command. The items which are completed on are specified in the 'complete' option. Without argument, reloads the current page. Without argument but with !, reloads the current page skipping the cache.

  20. World of Warcraft accounts. on A Home Lab/Shop For Kids? · · Score: 0

    Instills real world skills such as meaningless grinding for material possessions which depreciate immediately after acquiring them while jockeying for position through brown nosing. Also carries a limited guarantee to dull any creative urges or excess socialization!

  21. It's not the album art. on Old Computer Game Covers - Collectible, Or Just Nostalgia? · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is how many copies exist. For example, while the Rolling Stones' Thee Satanic Majesties Request has a great hologram cover, few mint UK mono copies exist.

  22. Re:digital TV... on $4 Million In Fines For Linking To Infringing Files · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You do realize that your viewing habits are in the fringe and that these companies couldn't give less of a shit? The solipsism of your post is mind boggling.

  23. Re:latest version of ubuntu on Mark Shuttleworth Reveals Ubuntu Netbook Remix · · Score: 1

    You know, when people see the abbreviated version of your troll it reads:

    Anonymous Coward = EPIC FAIL

  24. Re:"wilder" desktops to choose from on Moving Toward a Single Linux UI? · · Score: 1

    Look at tiling window managers like dwm and xmonad, my interface of choice. They're keyboard shortcut driven and just completely dispose of the desktop metaphor. Combined with my thinkpad nipple mouse I never have to leave home row! And I get to utilize the full screen real estate in the most efficient way! THE FUTURE IS THE PAST BUT THE NOW.

  25. Re:Other applications? on Google Begins Blurring Faces In Street View · · Score: 3, Funny

    Try improving your Alcohol algorithm, I hear the Tequila sets work very well but you might have to apply Lime and Salt.