Slashdot Mirror


User: gatkinso

gatkinso's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
3,141
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 3,141

  1. "Removing certain scripts" on Ask Slashdot: Best Practices For Leaving an IT Admin Position? · · Score: 1

    Pray tell... why would you be doing this? Sounds like sabatoge to me.

  2. Re:Body language is an effective tool on How To Sneak In To a Security Conference · · Score: 2

    Most techies who work with electronics don't wear lab coats they wear ESD smocks.

  3. I totally want one on Police Find Apple Branded Stoves In China · · Score: 2

    And I can't even read the article!

  4. Re:Motion Detectors on UK To Dim Highway Lights To Save Money · · Score: 1

    What happens to a light bulb when you repeatedly cycle the power?

  5. Re:Why the US Dollar, why not Chinese Currency? on North Korea's High-Tech Counterfeit $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    You have somehow overlooked the fact that we have the ability to buy all that crap.

  6. Re:Not so easy. on North Korea's High-Tech Counterfeit $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    The NK air defenses would last about 4 hours, Allied forces would take minimal losses.

  7. Re:It's ok on North Korea's High-Tech Counterfeit $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    You are right. May as well send all of yours to me.

  8. Re:Government intrusion on Facebook Has 25 People Dedicated To Handling Gov't Info Requests · · Score: 1

    Agreed.

    But your question is akin to asking why your dog will refrain from eating that steak sitting out on the counter.

  9. Re:How about data on foreigners? on Facebook Has 25 People Dedicated To Handling Gov't Info Requests · · Score: 1

    If it is on a US server, game on.

  10. Again. remind me why Facebook is beneficial on Facebook Has 25 People Dedicated To Handling Gov't Info Requests · · Score: 1

    Seriously?

    The "old school" ways of keeping in touch seem far better privacywise.

    Give Diaspora a try.

  11. Re:Go Truecrypt!!!!! on US Appeals Court Upholds Suspect's Right To Refuse Decryption · · Score: 1

    I am certain you have access to Google. Or in your case, Bing.

  12. Re:Avatar sucked on Should There Be a Sci-Fi Category At the Oscars? · · Score: 1

    Aside from the fact that the legend of Pocahontas dates back to the 1600's, I agree with you.

  13. Re:Go Truecrypt!!!!! on US Appeals Court Upholds Suspect's Right To Refuse Decryption · · Score: 2, Funny

    You realize that TrueCrypt is a honeypot, right?

  14. Re:Iceland on Nordic Nations Pitch For US Data Centers · · Score: 1

    Maybe so, but I'd much rather go to Iceland on a support call than to the Mistake by the Lake.

  15. Headline contradicts atricle on US Appeals Court Upholds Suspect's Right To Refuse Decryption · · Score: 1

    Two words: thumb drive.

  16. Avatar sucked on Should There Be a Sci-Fi Category At the Oscars? · · Score: 1

    Some neat special effects can;t cover up the fact that Avatar was simply a blatant plagarism of Pocahontas.

  17. Re:Face it on Faulty Cable To Blame For Superluminal Neutrino Results · · Score: 4, Funny

    As if the geekoid weirdo spouting off about terraforming Mars is the life of the party.

  18. Re:Divorce is for idiots on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Maybe so, but 9 years later it hasn't.

  19. Re:Divorce is for idiots on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Well, if I were a gambling man (and I am), I would bet on us.

    If you are bitter after a divorce, chances are you were the problem.

  20. Re:Divorce is for idiots on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Admit it, you just like being one of the few on /. that have gotten laid.

  21. Re:Remind me again how Facebook is beneficial on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Except you don't plug in you log in, you program it not the other way around, and disconnecting means simply picking up a phone (rather than like in the Matrix where they would be flushed down a commode (pray tell, what kind of choice is that: commode flushing vs live in virtual world with the chick in the red dress)?

  22. Re:Got it beat... on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1, Funny

    Most guys don't care about the difference.... as long as they have her celly.

  23. Re:Divorce is for idiots on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Well, I remarried and things are pretty darn wonderful.

  24. Re:Got it beat... on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 2

    Well, she may have been a nymphomaniac, not a whore.

  25. Re:Rush To Anti-Judgment on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    The threats to "end" his wife's life would certainly seem to bear that out.