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  1. Re:It's already there... on Linux Fatware: Distros That Need To Slim Down · · Score: 1

    try not installing X11, X11 apps, kde, xfce , emacs, tcl and docs (ie: just unselect the install folders x, xa, kde, kdei, xfce, e, tcl and f )

    there! you have a tiny distro, ready to use, compile, whatever



    I am pretty sure that the good Mr Volkerding is well aware of how to configure the distro that he created.
  2. Re:Ahhh crime. on Man Ordered At Gunpoint To Hand Over Phone For Recording Cops · · Score: 1

    qik video---uploads live.

  3. Re:Immature and Gun Happy on Hunters Shot Down Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    Happiness:
        This happiness index is for how happy the planet is, and it appears that Central America wins. most likely by having less people and some forests.

    Crime:
          toss up. lots of European countries on either side of the US here. The only relevant one to the discussion is the firearm stats. the US is the only country with recent updates and full stats. apples to oranges, and it feels manipulated to make the US look bad.

    Health:
      the US life expectancy is below cuba! and chile. and costa rica. While they may be nice places(the planet is happy enough there!), I believe that there may be some reporting discrepancies here

    Conclusion: This appears to be a bunch of references that hope to make the US look bad. As long as no one actually reads them. Wait, no I forget--of course Europe is better!

  4. It looks like what you get for 9.99 on Subscription-Based 'Hulu Plus' Is Now Official · · Score: 2, Informative

    It looks like what you get for 9.99 is access outside the browser. They mention Samsung tvs, and ipad/iphone.

    no android love yet though.

  5. Re:Use aircraft headsets on Best Telephone For Datacenters? · · Score: 1

    what's wrong with the one in the link he posted?

    http://www.marvgolden.com/headsets/pilot86aadapter.htm

    or the generic?

    http://www.marvgolden.com/headsets/pa96.htm
    + an adapter for a cell phone
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=q7a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=cell+headset+adapter&aq=0&aqi=m1&aql=&oq=cel+head+set+adapter&gs_rfai=

    just curious...

  6. Re:Perspective from a Juror on this Case on Terry Childs Found Guilty · · Score: 1

    I think you meant 3750--just about the only difference being that the 3650 isn't stackable, and the 3750 is.

    Gee, can you guess what my day job is!?

  7. Re:Even a swimwear merchant app that sold bikinis on Apple Bans Sexy Apps, Developers Upset · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topless_beach#Topless_beaches

    "In the United States, which is generally less tolerant of female toplessness than Europe or Australia, toplessness is permitted in Washington, D.C., New York, Hawaii, Maine, Ohio, and Texas wherever a man is permitted to go without a top.[25][26]. However, women in Texas appearing topless in public are typically charged under public nuisance laws.[27] Topless bathing is permitted on designated public nude beaches."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_beach

    "The first nude beach of the United States was established in San Gregorio in Northern California in 1967,[5] as a private "free beach".[6] The number of official nude beaches in the United States has recently increased because of the stewardship of national and local nudist organizations and the establishment of working relationships with—or lobbying of—local municipalities and law enforcement agencies. The tourist potential of clothing-free and topless events and facilities is increasingly being recognized.[7]"

    Here in Austin we have Hippie Hollow. Which I have never been too, but I hear is lotsa fun.

    And now I hope no one actually sees this comment. one more reason no one can ever know my slashdot ID. Conveniently I picked the lamest alias ever.

  8. Re:On CEOs as seers. on 20 Years of Bill Gates Predictions · · Score: 1

    Heinlein talks about a personal phone in chapter 1 of Space Cadet. He does not mention the technology backing it. He does however receive a call from an aquaintance (possibly his mother or uncle, its been awhile). That pretty much covers cell phones as actually used.

    Integrated devices (cell phone/camera) are talked about in general ways in many books during the 40s-50s, although camera phones specifically are not mentioned to my knowledge. The wrist communicator/data access device was one particularly common example of such a device. It wouldn't surprise me if one had a camera.

  9. Re:"that's the dumbest fucking idea..." on Bill Gates' Management Style · · Score: 5, Funny

    wasn't the project manager for clippy his future wife?

    via the MS Bob project anyway...

    puts number 3 in a different light.

  10. Re:Went with quad 3.0... on Apple Ships 8-Core MacPro · · Score: 1

    I work here: kulabyte.com

    see us to saturate your cores

  11. Re:Bandage on Next Wave Of Hard Drive Tech: Perpendicular Recording · · Score: 1

    That would have to be RAID 0 OR 1, you realize, with just two drives and all

  12. Re:Dippin Dots on Making Ice Cream With Liquid Nitrogen · · Score: 1

    no rumor, they sell them here (here being Modesto, CA and surrounding areas) and in the summer, about 5 minutes after you buy them , Dipping Dots are melted enough to be just like regular ice cream

  13. Re:Older coders welcomed where needed on Job Chances for Older Coders? · · Score: 1

    Tenessee? is that you?

  14. Re:Halfway there. on Organizers Plan Online Medical School · · Score: 1

    My experience working at a med school tells me that the real reason for this is lazy doctors, getting out of teaching a class, so they can be screwing crap up somewhere else!
    They share their slides so they don't have to prepare their own, and video means they only have to give a lecture once, and then they have it for years to come.

  15. Re:Cryptonomicon camerabook on Sony Vaio C1MW PictureBook Review · · Score: 1

    you are correct sir!

  16. some examples, and software on DIY Web "Television" Station? · · Score: 1

    see here for someone who was doing it back in the day(of dotcom's)
    and see here for some software to use to convert a video stream to any number of formats for streaming.

    The biggest problem is of course bandwidth, and coming up with shows to put on...maybe you could pick up some of the stuff from thesync--it looks like they aren't doing much with it anymore.
    The set up for streaming is pretty simple--let me know if you need some help, etc...I have set some of this stuff up before.

  17. Re:I would, but ... on Revitalizing the Internet and VMS · · Score: 1

    check you nt4 server CD's--3.5 is on there, along with other old crap, if I remember correctly

  18. well, one way on How to Test Your T1? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you found the way, but you forgot to include the address for your site.

  19. Re:Deep Impact on Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship · · Score: 1

    That's mostly because that movie was a weird combination of Lucifer's Hammer, and the above mentioned Footfall. At least that was what I thought after rereading them recently.

  20. Re:Tom's hardware review on New AMD Athlon 2600 Processor Released · · Score: 1

    dude--it'll be a year or so...remember Moor's Law

  21. Re:Dr. Dimento's D&D on Dungeons and Dragons Knowledge Compendium · · Score: 1

    The animation is an easteregg on the ps2 game summoner. just for those who cared

  22. Re:They don't need to GPL their own work... on DishPVR 721 Review · · Score: 1

    You are wrong, I am sorry to say...please go back and reread the top level post. His idea is that they do not modify any GPL licensed code, and thus nothing they write is covered by it. In this case, they are under no obligation to release anything. Of course, if they are modifying the kernel, or other GPL code, then naturally they must release their source.
    But that has nothing to do with the parent post.

  23. Re:A Proverb on Doom3 and OpenGL2.0 · · Score: 1

    dude, you're thinking of john romero

  24. Re:HUH? on Improv Animation as an Art Form? · · Score: 1

    TANSTAAFL:
    there AIN'T no such thing as a free lunch.
    Oddly enough, I just finished rereading that book last night. (that book being "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", by Robert A. Heinlein.)
    good stuff

  25. Re:DVD+RW (HP DVD Writer dvd200i) on Time to Purchase a DVD-R? · · Score: 1

    to stop something running at boot time use msconfig