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  1. Re: the damn touchpad on laptops on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 1

    There is an option in the BIOS on my Thinkpad to disable the trackpad. Some laptops have a dedicated button to disable the trackpad.

  2. Re:Understand the Allure on Python Is On the Rise, While PHP Falls (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    You might like Go. It has most of that line-count saving stuff removed. It is really quite polarizing.

  3. Re:One thing that always drove me crazy... on Mimic, the Evil Script That Will Drive Programmers To Insanity (github.com) · · Score: 1

    Many editors, such as Sublime Text, have an option to display tabs and spaces differently.

    Example

  4. Google is keeping "don't be evil" on Google As Alphabet Subsidiary Drops "Don't Be Evil" · · Score: 5, Informative
    From TFA:

    Even though Google is underneath Alphabet, its own, more specific code of conduct remains largely the same, and it retains the "don't be evil" motto. And since most of Alphabet's employees work at Google, that means "don't be evil" is still very much alive and well in Mountain View.

    It is just Alphabet that is dropping it.

  5. Re:Not fear but precaution on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 1

    A Russian reconnaissance satellite failed to make it to nuclear safe orbit and reentered, scattering radioactive debris over northern Canada:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    That isn't exactly what I would call a perfect safety record.

  6. Re:Meh on Presidential Candidate Lincoln Chaffee Proposes That US Go Metric · · Score: 1

    I found the original source for the map with a key:
    http://imgur.com/rn7h1xP

  7. Re:Windows 8.1 on the Business Workstation? on Dell Precision M3800 Mobile Workstation Packs Thunderbolt 2, Quadro, IGZO2 Panel · · Score: 1

    Maybe the same company that made a business workstation without a Trackpoint?

  8. Re:I'm dying of curiousity on Software Freedom Conservancy Funds GPL Suit Against VMWare · · Score: 4, Informative

    They are not using the entire linux kernel. At this point most of vmkernel is their own code and they are (for the most part) only linking in the parts of the linux kernel that deal with hardware. Linux has way better hardware support than BSD.

  9. Xubuntu 15.04 beta 1 doesn't come with Xfce 4.12 on Xfce 4.12 Released · · Score: 1

    I am running it now. It is still on Xfce 4.10. Not saying that it isn't possible to install though.

  10. They are actually called great gerbils on Giant Asian Gerbils May Have Caused the Black Death · · Score: 3, Informative

    I downloaded the actual paper and discovered that the gerbil in question is Rhombomys opimus, more commonly known as the great gerbil.

    Here is the Wikipedia page in case you want to learn more or see some pictures:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...

  11. tasksel on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Web Development Linux Distro? · · Score: 1

    Have you tried tasksel in Ubuntu? It won't setup your vituralhosts or Emacs CLI, but it does nearly everything else you mentioned.

  12. Re:Engineer? on Engineer Combines Xbox One, PS4 Into Epic 'PlayBox' Laptop · · Score: 2

    It doesn't look like it. The article's source is a blog written in the first person. The blog is hosted on edsjunk.net which is registered to one Eddie Zarick.

  13. Re:It's Over 9000! on Over 9,000 PCs In Australia Infected By TorrentLocker Ransomware · · Score: 1

    Don't feel bad, Oprah missed it too:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  14. Re:Edited for Slashdot on Top Five Theaters Won't Show "The Interview" Sony Cancels Release · · Score: 1

    I didn't find a copy and this article says it isn't available:
    https://variety.com/2014/digit...

  15. Exporting? on ODF Support In Google Drive · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Did they finally fix exporting as ODF?

  16. Re:Move to a gated community on Waze Causing Anger Among LA Residents · · Score: 1

    I lived in this area for about three months and made exactly one round trip on this section of freeway during rush hour. I don't use Waze, but on my way back, taking the route through the neighborhoods seemed obvious and probably saved me about an hour coming home.

  17. Re: The best gift? on 2014 Geek Gift Guide · · Score: 1

    There is even an section about this on his Wikipedia page:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...

  18. Is the water jet always present? on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Make a High-Spec PC Waterproof? · · Score: 1

    If the water jet is always present and not too warm, it could be used for cooling. Just put the computer in a waterproof aluminum box (maybe with fins?) and attach the hot parts of the computer to the box with heat pipes.

  19. Re:Always divide by 2, if not significantly more. on Samsung's Wi-Fi Upgrades Promise Speeds Up to 4.6Gbps · · Score: 1

    I have gotten over 5.4MB/s Internet throughput with 802.11g with an Intel wifi card and sitting right under a Cisco AP. I also routinely get over 120MB/s network thoughput over gigabit lan using Intel NICs. It is all about using the right hardware and the right drivers and making sure that everything is configured properly.

  20. Re:Why is this news? on The First Person Ever To Die In a Tesla Is a Guy Who Stole One · · Score: 1

    You can increase the cross sectional area of your bicycle by getting off and holding it horizontally. That should be enough to trip just about any sensor.

  21. Re:It is all pretty obvious on The Sudden Policy Change In Truecrypt Explained · · Score: 1

    Do you have a source for that? I Googled it and I didn't find anything.

  22. Re:Fake cable cars on NYC's 19th-Century Horse Carriages Spawn Weird, Truck-Size Electric Car · · Score: 1

    So, in other words, busses?

    Riding the bus has been shown to be much safer than driving a car.

    Here is a discussion about this topic:
    http://ask.metafilter.com/8158...

  23. He forgot the United States as a contender on Russian State TV Anchor: Russia Could Turn US To "Radioactive Ash" · · Score: 1

    The United States is definitely capable of turning itself into radioactive ash.

  24. Have you tried a recent kernel? Intel's linux suport has been greatly improving and is now quite good.

  25. WIMPs on China's PandaX Project Looks For Dark Matter In the Heart of a Marble Mountain · · Score: 4, Informative

    In case anyone was wondering, WIMPs are Weakly Interacting Massive Particles.