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  1. Re:Why? on TI vs. Calculator Hobbyists, the Next Round · · Score: 1

    Love doesn't sell calculators. Mandatory restrictions imposed by colleges sell calculators (at huge markups).

  2. Re:Oligarchy, here we come ... on RIAA-Backed Warrantless Search Bill In California · · Score: 1

    "Once you reach the point where the police forces are there to enforce the rights and whims of corporations, you might as well accept the fact that you're no longer a democracy."

    Once you reach that point, you can understand why Timothy McVeigh and Joe Stack did what they did.

    There is no hope for peaceful change, so the government had better start buying off as many citizens as it can.

    The Tea Party folks are partially right. We should destroy government LEGALLY by taking away its funding.

  3. Re:Surprise on Microsoft: One In 14 Downloads Is Malicious · · Score: 1

    "And what is the economic cost of having to deal with this crap? It must be well into the billions of dollars by now."

    Pocket money and free "obsolete hardware" for me. Other people choosing to run easily broken "anything" benefits those who fix it.

  4. Re:Well.. on New Bill Ups Punishment For Hosts of Infringing Video Streams · · Score: 1

    "In Soviet Russia, Streams imprison you!"

    In Soviet America, Tan Jesus imprisons you.

  5. Time for an attitude change. on Australian Journalist Arrested, Released After Detailing Facebook Flaws · · Score: 1

    Don't leak with a trail, splatter everything you can everywhere you can, and regard the Man as your fucking enemy.
    Expose shit.
    Break things for fun.
    Act with malice.
    Act with hatred, and learn to laugh while you do it.

    There is no hope for peaceful change without catastrophe, so bring on catastrophe, for the fun of it. Eventually that will troll such intolerable over-reaction that the public (geeks aren't the "public") will be pissed off.

    You get punished for getting caught, not for whatever it is you did.
    Don't get caught. Conventional beliefs and conventional "morality" are intended to make you a slave. Decide if you prefer something different.

  6. "Wreck Once Replicate Many" on Worm Descendants From Columbia Disaster Relaunched · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry...

  7. Re:Last, but not least... don't believe TFA on The Rules of Thumb For Tech Purchasing · · Score: 1

    Both are practical when shopping for cars in the US. That's a false-choice fallacy in a market rich in used vehicles.

  8. Re:A silly question on New Alureon Rootkit Takes Malware To New Level · · Score: 1

    Linux runs quite nicely from live CD/DVD and live distros have been practical (Demolinux) since circa 1999.

  9. Re:So, on The Rules of Thumb For Tech Purchasing · · Score: 1

    That's why my T61 has 8GB, which has two benefits for me.

    I can run multiple VMs, and when Firefox goes apeshit it can't devour more than 4GB memory because I run a 32-bit PAE kernel!

  10. Re:Last, but not least... don't believe TFA on The Rules of Thumb For Tech Purchasing · · Score: 2

    "Pay for reliability, not mileage."

    Any mechanic knows those are in no way mutually exclusive. "Honda" ring any bells?

    "Pay for a fucking clue." would be more appropriate

  11. Re:Now what do you do on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    The only moral thing to do would be to post all the info to /b/ and blame "hackers".

  12. Re:Translation... on Western Washington Univ. Considers Cutting Computer Science · · Score: 1

    The purpose of most education is job training, so if companies want domestic workers they can shit a few bucks to train them.

    Many community colleges do training for specific industries, which can "locally outsource" any training they wish.

  13. Re:The Onion Router on Bin Laden's Sneakernet Email System · · Score: 1

    It's as basic as can be, and dates back before flash drives. If OBL read Slashdot he'd have known about this years ago:

    http://tinfoilhat.shmoo.com/readme.txt

  14. Re:Is this safe? on America's First Pipeline-Fed Hydrogen Fueling Station · · Score: 1

    Gas handling has been well understood for more than a hundred years, and ten of thousands of miles of gas pipeline go to homes throughout the US.

    There is more than you'll want to know about gas handling on the Internet.

  15. Re:Boondoggle. on America's First Pipeline-Fed Hydrogen Fueling Station · · Score: 1

    Hydrogen leakage RISES and disperses quickly, unlike LPG or gasoline vapors. Not much of a safety hazard, not poisonous, and gas handling has been well understood for more than a century.

  16. Re:Guy Fawkes on Mainstream Media Looks At Anonymous · · Score: 1

    There being no hope for peaceful change, it's not a bad selection.

  17. Re:Greentards will say anything on Global Warming To Hinder Wi-Fi Signals, Claims UK Gov't · · Score: 2

    "Either we're all already dead, or everything is great. "

    The two are not mutually exclusive. Gaia will cleanse herself.
    8-P

  18. Re:Monsters! on Chain Reactions Reignited At Fukushima · · Score: 1

    Or at least Raymond Burr in a Speedo.

  19. Re:User Experience on Ubuntu Aims For 200 Million Users In Four Years · · Score: 3, Informative

    "If Canonical wants Ubuntu's user base to grow substantially, they need to integrate usability testing into its design cycle. That's not the only thing that matters, but there's just no way to beat Microsoft or Apple's software without improving the user experience."

    The Ubuntu Reality Distortion Field has blocked your comment. Please rephrase in a way that doesn't say what you just said.

  20. Re:Well, they screwed up with 11 on Ubuntu Aims For 200 Million Users In Four Years · · Score: 4, Informative

    "gonna look for an alternative."

    http://www.debian.org/

  21. Re:Good luck with that... on Ubuntu Aims For 200 Million Users In Four Years · · Score: 1

    I tell them the same thing I was (correctly) told in 1999. Learning Linux is very useful if you are deeply interested in learning about computers. The massive investment in time and study was fun for me. If you aren't a geek or interested in being one, don't bother.

    It's like learning to be a mechanic or welder. Well worth it for the right sort of people, and not at all for the rest.

    The ugly truth is that if you want to get shit done as a (non-geek, don't shoot!) home user you may as well run "free" Windows and "free" Windows software from the usual sources.

  22. Re:DIY alibi kit! on Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    You'd jam OTHER GPS, so "no".

    It would make more sense to use technology to FIND the device and exploit it by changing it's position.

  23. Re:Comcast isn't a monopoly everywhere on Netflix CEO Hesitant To Fight Cable · · Score: 1

    One doesn't TRUST the fuckers, one either offers them support (they need votes) or offers their opponent support.

  24. Re:God damn Republicans on Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    That's called "war". It's a standard method of human dispute resolution when peaceful means are exhausted.

  25. DIY alibi kit! on Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    These will become more common in many countries...

    The way to exploit being followed is to provide the enemy with the data you wish them to have. Take digital pics of its position on the vehicle so you can replace it, then use it as an alibi!

    It can be moving when you are in-place, or in-place when you are moving. It can be moving elsewhere, states away if you like.

    You can state you were at X location and KNOW that matches their data without revealing that you know this.

    One doesn't "hide" by turning off parts of the system, one hides by making the system your bitch.