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  1. Re:As a US-only service on Hulu "Kicking Back Into Action" Says CEO, Adding New Content · · Score: -1

    Shouldn't you be thankful that your pristine country is protected from Yankee cultural rot and contamination?

    I'd mod this up but I already posted, dammit

  2. Re:As a US-only service on Hulu "Kicking Back Into Action" Says CEO, Adding New Content · · Score: 1

    I agree that they're evil. But have you tried using a proxy?

  3. Re:Advatages of ZFS over BTRFS? on OpenZFS Project Launches, Uniting ZFS Developers · · Score: 1

    I'm using it right now on an SSD, but then I've turned off the swapfile and 'discard' in FSTAB, with no trouble. I'll admit I was put off initially by its experimental nature. This is the first time I've used it; prior to now I always used ext2, 3, or 4. Thanks to everyone who commented.

  4. Re:I'm addicted on OpenZFS Project Launches, Uniting ZFS Developers · · Score: 2

    Well, this *is* SLASHdot (rimshot)

  5. Advatages of ZFS over BTRFS? on OpenZFS Project Launches, Uniting ZFS Developers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, but does it offer any advantage over BTRFS? I'm not trying to start a flame war; I'm honestly asking.

  6. Sour grapes from the 1990s on IBM Promises $1B Investment In Linux Development · · Score: 1

    Grumble grumble mutter mutter bitch bitch... Back in the days of OS/2 it'd have been refreshing to see IBM put that much into its *own OS*. Today though, as a Linux user, it's a good thing.

  7. Evil vs Evil on Doubleclick Cofounder Responds to Patent Troll by Filing Extortion Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    I guess evil will win

  8. Re:"No, I don’t have a quick answer." on How Amateurs Destroyed the Professional Music Business · · Score: 1

    You're correct. The old business model the recording industry used for decades is already dead; it's just still twitching. It'll be gone by the wayside in another 10 years. Talentless so called "artists" who rely on Autotune and studio wizardry will not survive. Instead the ones with real ability will, and their main revenue will be from live performances.

  9. Re:Workplace Shell on Ask Slashdot: Attracting Developers To Abandonware? · · Score: 2

    The WPS was elegant and very well designed & was light years ahead of anything else. I still miss it. It'll never happen, but I wish the old code could be open sourced and developed for again. Like I said, it'll never happen though.

  10. Good stuff on Study: Our 3D Universe Could Have Originated From a 4D Black Hole · · Score: 1

    That means that... our whole solar system... could be, like, one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being! This is too much! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-n_RQb4tJmhY2n/animal_house_1978_smoking_pot_with_professor_part_2/

  11. Re:"Modern desktops" LOL on Majority of Enterprise Customers Finally 'Migrating Away From Windows XP' · · Score: 1

    Show me the businesses on Vista then

  12. Nobody wants W8 on Majority of Enterprise Customers Finally 'Migrating Away From Windows XP' · · Score: 1

    I know of no business-- not even a single one-- hankering & chomping at the bit to move to W8. Indeed, most of them are satisfied with XP and will have to be dragged kicking and screaming away from it come May 2014. The smart ones have already moved to W7, and they're perfectly happy with it. People point to Vista and Millenium Edition as being failures, but I don't think M$ has ever laid such a turd as W8/8.1.

  13. My own experience on SSD Annual Failure Rates Around 1.5%, HDDs About 5% · · Score: 1

    Last year I bought a used 90GB Kingston V200 used off Craigslist. I am running my Linux installation right now off of it. At first I treated it with kid gloves and tweaked everything I knew how to tweak to reduce writes, including turned off swapping entirely-- with 16GB RAM I never touched the swapfile anyway-- reduced the swappiness system variable, etc. When I went from Mint 13 to 15 I only turned off the swapfile and it's still running like a champ, but a part of me still just doesn't trust the little darling. I decided to get a larger one to run my W7 installation on and bought an Intel 520-series 180GB one. It too has been rock solid reliable. I trust Intel more than Kingston and probably will take W7 off it and put on Linux the next time I upgrade my OS. Anyway, the gist of what I'm saying is, they've both done very well for me. I have no personal experience with OCZ but everything I've read says stay away. Samsung makes the drives that go in Macbooks, though I don't know if the 840 you can buy at retail is the exact same one as in the Apples. For anyone thinking of taking the SSD plunge, I say go ahead. I highly recommend Intel, but then I really don't boot to Windows that often these days so the the 520 gets *much* less use than my little Kingston. It's been a workhorse.

  14. It's the screen size, stupid on Can Even Apple Make a Watch Insanely Smart? · · Score: 1

    Even a screen that's roughly 4x4 cm covering a square roughly the width of a man's wrist is too small to really be useful. This has been tried before with the Palm OS. Another thing is, large watches are ugly, and people won't buy them for that reason either. Sure, geeks would lap them up in droves of a few thousand units. After that, crickets...

  15. Re:no ghettos pre-internet? on Could Technology Create Modern-Day 'Leper Colonies'? · · Score: 1

    The effect of Hip Hop on a white or red person is just as bad as its effect on a black one, yes. Hip Hop is not a positive or beneficial thing. Now next you'll point to all the things whites have come up with that aren't positive or beneficial. The difference with thug/Hip Hop culture is that it's so pervasive. There's no comparable thing within the white community to compare with it.

  16. Re:no ghettos pre-internet? on Could Technology Create Modern-Day 'Leper Colonies'? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    there is a problem, but it's cultural rather than racial.

    Bingo. Nothing about being black means you must commit crime. The thug culture is the problem. And to get back to the original topic, a list of places to avoid would be just as useful to a black person who didn't want to be raped, robbed, and murdered as it would to a white.

  17. In Other Words on How Gen Y Should Talk To Old People At Work · · Score: 1

    Don't piss us off

  18. Like the President does? on Why One Woman Says Sending Your Kid To Private School Is Evil · · Score: 1

    Really? Some statements are just too stupid to be taken seriously

  19. Ogilvie told me on We All May Have a Little Martian In Us · · Score: 2

    The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one...

  20. Re:ST Continues on New, Canon-Faithful Star Trek Series Is In Pre-Production · · Score: 1

    I just rewatched it again for about the fifth time. It blows me away. It'll blow you away too.

  21. ST Continues on New, Canon-Faithful Star Trek Series Is In Pre-Production · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Star Trek Continues is very, very good. The first episode features the return of Apollo, played by original actor Michael Forest. I've already sent them money; I'd rather see this funded than more TNG era stuff. The era had its moments, but this is a really faithful back-to-the-roots adaptation that captures the heart and soul and the *feel* of Star Trek better than anything else I've ever seen. The attention to detail is amazing. Gorn Bob says check it out: http://www.startrekcontinues.com/

  22. Jane, stop this crazy thing!

  23. UN's Fault? on How the UN Might Have Inadvertently Started a Cholera Epidemic In Haiti · · Score: 2

    The article said the Nepalese were billeted at a Haitian miltary base with poor sanitation. "...Because of inadequate water and sanitation facilities at the base, cholera-infected sewage contaminated the Artibonite River..." implying the Haitians had been dumping sewage into the river themselves at least since the disaster. This was an accident. I'm no big huge fan of the UN, but they were there to *help* fer goshsakes, and for Haiti to attack them is wrong.

  24. Re:Really? Political correctness? on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    Why do you believe that a female Doctor Who would not attract and keep TV viewers?

    Indeed. Why not cover all the PC bases, as the OP stated? "Why not a vegan tranny black lesbian Muslim in a wheelchair?" For me, the Doctor will always be Tom Baker. But then I'm a straight white male. May my oppressive soul burn forever in Hell.

  25. Re:Really? Political correctness? on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    Too bad modding goes up only to five. You know, why not something as breathtaking as picking a doctor *that will attract and keep TV viewers*, instead of trying to fulfil some unstated 'diversity' quota?