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  1. It's called systemd

  2. B-b-but the thousand monkeys?!! on New Mayhem Malware Targets Linux and UNIX-Like Servers · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I thought linux was secure because there were thousands of monkeys looking at the code. How did they let this happen - or was I lied to?

  3. vim on Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without? · · Score: 1

    vim is the better editor - there's absolutely no reason to choose emacs over vim

  4. Re:No. .Just No. on Firefox 21 Arrives · · Score: 1

    Nope, it's not the mantra of FOSS community. FOSS is about software licenses not "Let me decide!".

  5. Obligatory xkcd on Stallman On Unity Dash: Canonical Will Have To Give Users' Data To Governments · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://xkcd.com/1095/

    Mod parent +1 funny.

  6. Re:Looks like ubuntu monospace on Adobe Releases New Openly Licensed Coding Font · · Score: 1

    > ubuntu mono and adobe source mono pro are almost identical ...

    I am guessing you have not really spent too much time carefully choosing the best font for you.

  7. Re:Pointless? on Chrome To Get 'Do Not Track' · · Score: 2

    The point is that advertisers WILL (and want to) take this seriously on the server level, as long as the user KNOWINGLY sets the DNT option on. But, if it is abused by certain software vendors, the whole exercise is going to be rendered pointless.

  8. Re:Too bad no one will get it on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Review · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's not the point though. I have a samsung galaxy s2, and I am willing to bet a dollar that I will never get upgraded jellybean, unless I flash the rom.

  9. Re:malice or incompetence? on Microsoft Blocks FSF Donation Website As a 'Gambling Site' · · Score: 1

    I am sorry, but using a bitcoins as a single factor to rule out a site as legitimate is a bug in the design of the filtering machine. There needs to be different levels of severity based on a set of features. It is not 100% effective, but if MS labels it as being "not a bug but a feature", it just means they are being lazy (which is okay, maybe they don't have time to make it better).

  10. Re:malice or incompetence? on Microsoft Blocks FSF Donation Website As a 'Gambling Site' · · Score: 2

    Automation is supposed to be smart enough to detect edge cases. If not it's just buggy software. Saying that something is automated, is not an excuse for it to make wrong decisions.

  11. Congrats! on Linus Torvalds Awarded the Millenial Technology Prize · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's awesome, Linus! Congrats, you really deserve it for revolutionizing software development twice in the last two decades.

  12. Re:Enough already on Patent Troll Sues Google, AOL Over Search 'Snippets' and Ad Serving Tech · · Score: 2

    My prediction : 201x will be referred to as the decade when the software patent and copyright bubble burst.

  13. Re:MBA's aren't against R&D ... on 'Goofing Off' To Get Ahead? · · Score: 1

    I'm a recent MBA grad

    Work for a few more years in hardcore tech, and come back and read what you just wrote. Your approach could work for ultra-conservative companies. You should look at 20% projects more as something that keeps the really smart and enthusiastic engineering folks from leaving your company.

    The biggest end result of side projects are motivated people, not new technology.

  14. Re:Precise on Google Talks About Its Ubuntu Experience · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There is much more to ubuntu than the default desktop environment, right from their hardware support to their extensive list of software and ppas. Even then, it's always good to have a modern but simple DE for people just getting into Linux, and Unity is one of the best DEs for that. (I personally use gnome shell)

  15. Re:incomeptent contracts != corruption on Low-Cost Indian Tablet Project Falls To Corruption · · Score: 1

    It's not just incompetent contracts, but also looks like there was some breach of faith somewhere alone the way.

  16. Re:Good. on NYC Teachers Forbidden To "Friend" Students · · Score: 2

    So, are you saying that you lost touch with your teachers, especially the ones you really liked, after the year got over? Since, that is absurd, I'll assume you haven't.

    So, let's say you add your teacher on FB after the year. What do you do when the same teacher takes a class for you the following year? Do you un-friend them? Even if you _do_ unfriend them, it doesn't solve the main problem, which is innate bias from some teachers to some students.

    What needs to be done is that, all teachers that favor a select few students with respect to grades or personalized attention need to be penalized or reprimanded. Students should be allowed to complain anonymously about such issues to a higher authority.

  17. Re:it's official... on Plantronics Helps Make Remote Workers' Lives Easier (Video) · · Score: 1

    Oops.. typo. It should be news.ycombinator.com

  18. Re:it's official... on Plantronics Helps Make Remote Workers' Lives Easier (Video) · · Score: 1

    news.ycominator.com

    Also known as hacker news.

  19. Re:Gahh on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: -1, Redundant

    >implying a plane can actually land on water.

    You are so naive.

  20. Re:iPhone users on Sprint CEO Defends Company's Decision To Bet It All On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    I should by an iPhone then. I will get more chicks, for sure!

  21. Re:What about the battery life? on Canonical Puts Ubuntu On Android Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Oops :%s/I managed/if I manage/

  22. Re:What about the battery life? on Canonical Puts Ubuntu On Android Smartphones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How does it matter? You will be running Ubuntu only when it's docked apparently.

    From the website:

    Ubuntu for Android requires minimal custom hardware enablement, allowing fast and cost-efficient core integration. It requires a core based on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or any subsequent version.

    Ubuntu and Android share the same kernel. When docked, the Ubuntu OS boots and runs concurrently with Android. This allows both mobile and desktop functionality to co-exist in different runtimes.

    Shared services and applications are delivered using a Convergence API module which ensures the tight integration between desktop and mobile environments. Work is balanced across the cores of the phone. When the handset is not docked, both CPU cores transfer their full power to Android.

    This is simply brilliant! If I can get gcc, vim and python, and I managed to compile (if not just download) some packages I need, I don't think I will need to buy a full fledged desktop. :)

  23. Re:Ium on Desura Linux Game Client Goes Open Source · · Score: -1

    No, but it sure is a new craze to add a "DB" at the end of everything, to make it sound cool.

  24. Code Cleanup Culls LibreOffice Cruft on Code Cleanup Culls LibreOffice Cruft · · Score: 2

    Nice alliteration.

  25. Re:Objective C on 2011's Fastest Growing Language: Objective-C · · Score: 1

    I think his point is that the popularity of Objective-C relies heavily on the success of iOS platform. What would really make a language popular, if people "forked" it from its initially intended usage, and ported it to other platforms or application domains. Objective C is too single-dimensional to make everyone consider learning/using it, unlike some other languages.