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  1. Re:Finally! on Debian To Replace SysVinit, Switch To Systemd Or Upstart · · Score: 1

    Massive amounts of boilerplate code?

    I guess we've been using different SVR4 variants. I just use a case statement to test the first argument...

    My beef with upstart et al is that they disable, instead of deprecating, old init. That means now I have to maintain at least three sets of scripts instead of two (sysv, bsd) for software distribution.

    And what the hell was wrong with inittab? Let's see, it's succinct, works, and is fully debugged.

  2. Re:153 GOP voted to default on US Government Shutdown Ends · · Score: 1

    Please don't send him to live in Northern Canada. The first time he slips and breaks his leg, he'll wind up using our free healthcare.

  3. Re:Wisdom follows, pay attention! on Canadian Military Developing Stealth Snowmobile · · Score: 1

    There are Wankel-type sleds, but I think to say that they are the norm is misleading in the extreme. I don't think I've ever seen one that wasn't either a two or four stroke piston engine.

    Are there even Wankel engines that have seals good enough for EPA/CARB besides that gem in the Mazda RX-8?

  4. Re:Greetings from the Frozen North. on Canadian Military Developing Stealth Snowmobile · · Score: 1

    Not to point too fine a point on it, but our "friendly" neighbour to the south thinks it owns part of the arctic and can operate there without impunity.

    We need to be able to patrol it. Helicopters and Snowcats are not cost-effective patrol vehicles. We also need under-ice sensing and patrol capabilities.

  5. Re:Maybe it was just my youth but... on Rare Docs Show How Apple Created Apple II DOS · · Score: 1

    Insert a disk containing the program you want to run. Type PR#6 and push enter.

    IIRC.

  6. NICE on The Underhanded C Contest Is Back · · Score: 1

    I'm going to write a malware installer that appears to simply be an installer for Windows XP......but it makes sure you are connected to the internet first.

  7. Re:Physical remedies to noise floor problem? on Ask Slashdot: Why Does Wireless Gear Degrade Over Time? · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Enquiring Minds Want To Know on Scientists Turn Air Into Petrol · · Score: 1

    Heh. Maybe we should add some Klingon Opera to our repertoire!

    Their reaction must produce, O2-, they must have to do something with it, it's not like you can put it into a bottle and forget about it, we are talking large-scale here.

    Oh shit, my brain is clearly not working up to speed this morning.

    O2- + O2- => O2

    I guess we can release oxygen gas into the atmosphere without significant concern. :facepalm:

  9. Enquiring Minds Want To Know on Scientists Turn Air Into Petrol · · Score: 1

    ....what are they going to do with all the free oxygen radicals?

  10. Re:health care being tied to jobs hurts the USA fo on Foxconn Thinks the iPhone 5 Is a Pain · · Score: 1

    Most civilized countries have health care provided by the government, not [directly] the employer.

    Employer-funded health care is lose-lose. It is a public health disaster. It turns employees with family members having "pre-existing conditions" into slaves. They might not be picking cotton or calling the boss man "massa", but they are slaves nonetheless, and slavery is WRONG. The only people who win are the plantation owners. Er, I mean, the top 1% of Romney's 47%.

  11. Re:Shouldn't the title actually say 1609kph? on Successful Engine Test in UK For Planned 1000 mph Car · · Score: 1

    Last I heard British motor ways still had speeds posted in mph. Don't ask me why.

  12. Re:I can only assume on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 2

    I believe statutory rape in most jurisdictions requires the intent to have sex.

  13. Re:strict liability? on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 1

    It's a criminal offense. It requires mens rea. This is bullshit.

  14. Re:How is American Beer like sex in a canoe? on Beer Is Cheaper In the US Than Anywhere Else In the World · · Score: 1

    Near and nearly are synonyms in some dialects of English spoken on the eastern coast of Canada; perhaps elsewhere, too.

  15. Re:All Edison's fault on Light Bulb Ban Produces Hoarding In EU, FUD In U.S. · · Score: 1

    Dimming incandescent bulbs does not save a significant amount of electricity.

  16. Re:the new HQ looks like an asshole from space, to on Apple Reportedly Luring Ex-Google Mappers With Jobs · · Score: 1

    Never mind that stupid bus icon. I got royally SCREWED because of it a couple of weeks ago.

  17. Re:Just socialise the damn thing already on Medicare Bills Rise As Records Turn Electronic · · Score: 1

    Your observations with respect to the BBC are very astute. In Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Hilter has been actively gutting the CBC (starving it for resources) because unbiased news is absolutely his number one enemy. Several times during his reign he has to scrap legislation because the voters found out what he was up to. Luckily for him, it not longer matters, he has a majority of the house now; I am fairly certain that by the time he is forced to call another election that he will have figured out how to remove the right to vote for those who would oppose him.

  18. I wish I lived in one of those countries on Major Backlash Looms For Apple's New Maps App · · Score: 1

    I got ----ed last week in Montreal because at some point I had accidentally clicked on the "bus" icon.

    I would have made it through just before rush hour, but that stupid phone directing me to follow bus routes got me behind schedule by 15 minutes, which was all that was needed to completely hose my schedule.

  19. Re:Biggest troll ever? on Patent Troll Goes After Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, IBM, Others · · Score: 1

    It's a real company. I googled the one who likes Texas 42. She has been posting on SEO forums for a year. She is clearly an amateur. But not that kind. :(

  20. Mama mia... I wish I knew how to play Texas 42, whatever that is!!

    Also, the CTO appears to be Sheldon's brother.

  21. You know what would be cool? on Ask Slashdot: Teaching Typing With Limited Electricity, Computers? · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you just want to learn to type, you could possibly provision some purely-mechanical keyboards.

    The displays would not need to be particularly high-tech; you could go with a hemp or wood pulp WOD (write only display) that works by mechanically striking the pulp with an embossed pigment delivery die.

  22. Re:Old wisdom on The Perils of Developers Hooking Up · · Score: 5, Funny

    > I am a mechanical engineer, wife is electrical.

    Wow, you are SO in the wrong field. I am a software engineer; my wife is biological.

  23. Doc Brown took it on Radioactive Tool Goes Missing In Texas · · Score: 1

    What with the events in the Middle East these days, it's getting too dangerous to steal radioactive material from the Libyans.

  24. Re:Now... on Injured Bald Eagle Gets New 3-D Printed Beak · · Score: 1

    Guns are pretty tricky to print. It might be easier just to order a 3d-printed HDTV from Amazon.

  25. Re:Catastrophe on Complex Systems Theorists Predict We're About One Year From Global Food Riots · · Score: 1

    I grow my organic produce in my yard. Best of both worlds!