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  1. Port 2222? on SSH Password Gropers Are Now Trying High Ports · · Score: 1

    Who would EVER guess that someone is using that for their ssh daemon after failing to connect on port 22?

  2. Re:Pet scorpion on Can You Potty Train a Cow? · · Score: 1

    Sure you can. My scorpion is with me now right there on my keyboar

  3. Re:As someone who has raised cattle on Can You Potty Train a Cow? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I call bullshit.

  4. Re:Death camps not enough on Can You Potty Train a Cow? · · Score: 1

    Free range bovine!

  5. DO NOT WANT on Intel To Launch Paid Web TV Service With Set-Top Box · · Score: 1

    You can keep your camera and mics.

  6. Since when does "percent complete" imply time? on Ask Slashdot: Why Is It So Hard To Make An Accurate Progress Bar? · · Score: 1

    I never mention time remaining in my progress bars.... why do you assume that is what I am displaying?

  7. Re:Ever Wonder? on How the Super Bowl Will Reach US Submarines · · Score: 2

    Would you rather the sailors and soldiers be out plying their trade?

  8. Call it a "virus" on Ask Slashdot: What To Tell Non-Tech Savvy Family About Malware? · · Score: 1

    Don't click on just any old link. Don't open shit in spam emails. Becareful on porn sites. Update you antivirus weekly. Automatic scans. Then be done with it.

  9. This is a battery on Scientists Turn Air Into Petrol · · Score: 1

    Much lighter than current batteries... but is it more efficient?

  10. Having worked at NASA for the past two years.. on NASA To Face $1.3 Billion Cut Next Year Under Sequestration · · Score: 1

    ... I can say that the waste and inefficiency at NASA is for worse than in DOD (which I worked in for 20 years).

    This would be for the best... if you are looking to eliminate waste.

  11. So much for folks like me... on Is a Computer Science Degree Worth Getting Anymore? · · Score: 2

    ...who taught themselves how to code when they were 10.

    Who owned a Timex Sinclair T1000 when they were 11 amd learned the entire Z80 machine language set simply by experiementing with PEEK and POKE... as well as learning Pascal.

    Who wrote our own games.

    Who owned three different computers by the time they were 12.

    Who then majored in Computer Science (dual major in Mathematics) simply becuase that is what they really loved to do.

    Yeah... fuck that. I would never hire such a person.

    Andrew Oliver: what a complete and utter dunce.

  12. Red Planet was a terrible movie on DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt · · Score: 1

    But the robotic dog was the way a Terminator should have been built from the get go. For more effective, can stand if it wants to to operate weapons, and what dog doesn't bark at another dog? Yes military and police dogs don't - but the other dogs bark at them and even the trained dogs can get riled up.

  13. No more flying on TSA Says Screening Drinks Purchased Inside Airport Terminal Is Nothing New · · Score: 1

    I always hated the cattle crush anyway.

    Not that this makes any of this nonsense right.

  14. Re:Showers on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    I would never do such a thing, but dirty bath water (using biodregadable soap) is probably not bad for things.

  15. Re:Showers on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    Turns out the lights are already off.

  16. Re:Satellite is the way forward on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    Wrong. I used to VPN into corporate (from Iraq) quite often. Tachyon.

  17. Re:Showers on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    YOu need to get rid of you mercury filled computer, and also never drive a car again. While you are at it, turn off the lights.

  18. Re:Showers on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    It's about as bad as road salt.

  19. Re:Showers on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    Well I never have stayed anywhere long enough for this to be an issue, but if you were there for a couple of weeks that would be a problem. BUt then again in many places the additional mosquitos would not really be noticeable.

  20. Re:Here's the solution on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    Hey that is an excellent idea!

  21. Another suggestion... no Borax involved on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    If there are two fire ant hills close by, a shovelful of dirt and ants from hill one into hill two (and vice versa) can start of quite a little war (they will ignore your camper for the few days you are there). Assuming the two hills aren't part of the same colony which I know of no way to check.

  22. Re:Here's the solution on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    Borax and or vinegar take care of them.

  23. Re:Showers on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    What I mean to say is that Borax is a natural substance. Has to be better than insecticide.

  24. Re:Showers on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    Yeah but it beats the insect nerve gas in a can that much is certain.

  25. Re:Showers on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 5, Informative

    This usually only happens if you are parked directly over their nest, so scout the area before parking. If you see a nest, pour a few gallons of boiling water down it. Then liberally sprinkle borax over the area.

    When you park, place a small inflatable pool on the ground where the wheels will go. When the wheels are in the middle of the pool, inflate and fill with water.

    These are completely natural methods to mitigate the ants, cheap, and very very effective.