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  1. Re:Fear and loath... on Ask Slashdot: Assembling a Linux Desktop Environment From Parts? · · Score: 1
    Yeah right, monoculture enhances security.
    In biology they call it incest.

    It's from the same 'culture' that prescribes password changes every 30 days.

  2. Re:KDE. on Ask Slashdot: Assembling a Linux Desktop Environment From Parts? · · Score: 1
    Click on that little round icon that shows the progress in a pie chart and you get the progress bars you long for.

    Each process has it's own and can be individually stopped.
    As a matter of fact it even shows some history.

  3. Re:Already in use on NTSB Recommends Cell Phone Ban For Drivers · · Score: 1
    Children in the car are a recognised safety concern.

    Surprised?

    Personally I would suggest a mesh wire separator as used for dogs.

  4. Already in use on NTSB Recommends Cell Phone Ban For Drivers · · Score: 1
    Several large and global operating companies like Shell and Halliburton already ban any use of phones or two-way radios while driving, that includes hands-free devices.

    The difference between talking on a phone and talking to a fellow passenger is your fellow passenger is usually aware of the momentary traffic situation and will adjust accordingly.

  5. Re:imagination on Site Offers History of Torrent Downloads By IP · · Score: 1
    Me to.

    It was a handy list and reading it I realised I missed downloading Kubuntu 10.04, probably because I did an update.

  6. Re:P0WN3D! on German Court Issues Injunction Against iPhone & iPad · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You seem to have strange ideas about very large parts of the European economy.

  7. Re:coming up next on 'Vocal Fry' Creeping Into US Speech · · Score: 1

    Or some middle-eastern men would be still alive had they understood they were meant when he talked about killing terrists.

  8. Re:2.30.2 under Squeeze works just fine... on GNOME 3 Wins Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award · · Score: 1
    We're at KDE4.7.3 now and it works fine

    But don't take my word, I also liked the 4.4 version.

  9. Re:A typical Malaysian problem on Malaysia Mulls Compulsory Registration of Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    Some years ago Singapore did exactly that.

  10. A typical Malaysian problem on Malaysia Mulls Compulsory Registration of Tech Workers · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Having worked in this wonderful country I dare say this is a typical Malaysian problem.

    The country has a diverse population with a Muslim majority and economical strong Indian and especially Chinese minorities. The last two make this a quite well off country.
    Historically this mix has been tightly controlled by an undemocratic government, this government knows the economy would seriously suffer when they would let slip the present (enforced) balance of power between these groups.

    It's no surprise the present government tries to continue this control and protect the relative strong economy by among others regulating new means of communication like computers and especially the internet.

  11. Re:CityRail = CityFail on Two-Thirds of Lost USB Drives Carry Malware · · Score: 2

    In that case they would all have carried the same virus.

  12. Two-thirds of drives were on a Windows computer on Two-Thirds of Lost USB Drives Carry Malware · · Score: 1
    One clear outcome of this investigation is that 2/3 of these USB drives were inserted into Windows computers.

    Because it's generally accepted more than 66% of computers run on an MS OS we can guestimate how many of them are infected.

  13. Free overtime ahead on Facebook Prepping For Massive Hiring Spree · · Score: 1
    This is no doubt a result of the fine proposal to stop payment for overtime to IT folks.

    A clear victory for employment..

  14. Re:Correction... on Patriot Act Clouds Picture For Tech · · Score: 1

    1+ insightful!

  15. Re:the best camera on Ask Slashdot: Best Camera For Getting Into Photography? · · Score: 4, Informative
    Yes and no.

    You should at least pick a camera with the option of full manual control and a good picture quality in automatic mode.
    When the last one sucks you quickly lose interest!

    I would suggest one of the top of the line compacts of Canon or Nikon, new serves no purpose except poser status and maybe warranty.
    I can strongly recommend the Canon G-series like the G10 or the Nikon P5000, others mentioned the Lumix series but I hate their low-light noise reduction.

  16. Re:The article is much too kind ... on Dell's Misleading Graphics Card Buying Advice · · Score: 1

    I think you don't understsand the democratic process, your elected parliament can dismiss this government at any time.

  17. Nice to be 2 degrees away on 4.74 Degrees of Separation on Facebook · · Score: 1

    It feels quite good to have to degrees of separation from the average victim of this spy/gossip ring.

  18. Re:Naysayers say nay on Swedish Pirate Party Member To Be EU's Youngest MP · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Mainland Europe understands the democratic process quite well, contrary to the UK it was influenced by the French revolution.

    In 1748 he French philosopher Charles Montesquieu published a book called De l'esprit des lois, in it he proposes the Trias Politica or checks and balances.
    Ideally his form of democratic government consists of three independent factors, the legislature (parliament), the executive (the government or administration) and the justice system.
    Many western European governments follow this system and these three powers all have their own functions, ultimately controlled by the elected parliament.

    This separation of power is considered a very important aspect of proper democratic government.

  19. Re:Naysayers say nay on Swedish Pirate Party Member To Be EU's Youngest MP · · Score: 4, Insightful
    You are an uneducated idiot or troll, may be both.

    Why would the commission need be made up out of elected members when you can get better people that are not necessarily political connected? See the present Italian government.
    In many European countries the democratic process means the parliament gets elected and they appoint and control the government.
    In case of the EU commission it is appointed by the democratically controlled governments of the member states and since fairly recent the EU parliament can approve or even veto policies as proposed by the commission.

    Of course it would be better when the EU parliament had full democratic rights like introducing their own proposals or amendments but the UK and France have always and are still opposing to such an idea.

  20. Re:Entertaining list on Pakistan Bans 1600 Words and Phrases For Texting · · Score: 1

    Title vs. name, a good point!

  21. Re:AMD always considered ... on Sources Say Apple Originally Planned AMD Chip For MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    You should meet their lawyers...

  22. Entertaining list on Pakistan Bans 1600 Words and Phrases For Texting · · Score: 1
    A very entertaining and instructive list, I didn't realise my English vocabulary had so many holes :)

    Weird that Jesus Christ is on the list, after Mohammed he is Islam's second most important prophet.
    Difficult when you are a plumber and need to order 1/2" NPT nipples...
    A Pakistani Big Bitch must be huge, she's 2x on the list :)

    Now Pakistan is a country of many languages so I wonder if there are, besides this English one, comparable lists for the others?

  23. Re:This annoys the hell out of me ... on Hybrids Safer In Crashes — Except For Pedestrians · · Score: 1
    Over the last few months I more than once had an unpleasant meeting with a very quiet hybrid.

    Each time it was in a car park, the typical place where they run electric only and where lots of pedestrians are mixing in.

    So yes, I support the demand for some sort of noise being emitted by otherwise very quiet vehicles, obviously not like the annoying beep backing up trucks and the likes make.

  24. Re:US is the problem on Copyright Isn't Working, Says EU Technology Chief Neelie Kroes · · Score: 2
    No, the scientists rejected the claim because it was too closely linked to drinking bottled water.

    And it was worded as a medical benefit, something that legally can only be attributed to products that are marketed (and by consequence have been certified!) as.... medicine.

  25. Re:US is the problem on Copyright Isn't Working, Says EU Technology Chief Neelie Kroes · · Score: 3, Informative

    Before stepping in the turd of a UKip MEP you should read and digest the real story.