User: cschepers

Re:Tabs on bottom

On: Is Firefox 57 Faster Than Chrome? (mashable.com)

- Yes (via editing a .css file)
- Doesn't look like it
- Yes

- No (looks like there are other image zoomer extensions)
- No (I don't see any FTP extensions.. interesting, those are very handy)
- Yes

depends on the keyboard

On: Ask Slashdot: Do You Press "6" Key With Right Or Left Hand?

I primarily use a MS split keyboard at work and use my left hand. On conventionally-laid-out keyboards, I use my right hand since that's how I was taught in school.

sure, robots can cook

On: DARPA-Funded Robots Learning To Cook By Watching YouTube Videos

but they have no sense of taste, so they use way too much salt.

Re:The clear winner overall is so obvious

On: Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last?

The Model M I use at work is 25 years old and shows almost no wear. And I could bludgeon anyone who tried to steal it.

Re:norm macdonald disagrees

On: Software Engineers Remain Top US Job

except for that one year, when the worst job was "crack whore trainee."

erode Windows server how?

On: Red Hat Releases RHEL 6

At my workplace, Red Hat server licensing is pricier than Windows Server licensing. I'd love to move servers off Windows, but it'll be hard to justify if it costs more.

Re:no. it does not.

On: Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer?

My workplace used to have an Engenius cordless.. it was awesome. It worked all around our campus (three different warehouse-sized buildings) without a hiccup for years. Finally died after being dropped too many times.

Re:When you have a machine from that era...

On: Installing Linux On Old Hardware?

You'd really want to build in a chroot'd environment on another PC.. or at least use distcc. If you did that you'd probably want to nfs mount the portage build & source directories so you don't run out of space quite so fast. It'd sure take forever, though..

Re:empirical testing: Compile the Linux kernel

On: Software To Diagnose Faulty PC Hardware?

Or you could install Gentoo. That'll eat up the CPU, RAM, and hard disk for darn near eternity.

Re:And in other news, old man shouts at cloud

On: Ray Bradbury Loves Libraries, Hates the Internet

A lot of old folk who call themselves Republicans may not be whatever the fuck today's Republicans are.

Plenty of us young Republicans still believe in small gov't and fiscal responsibility. We're just labeled libertarians by the neo-cons.