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  1. I still like my CRT on Where Are All the High-Resolution Desktop Displays? · · Score: 1

    I'm still perfectly happy with my massive 2048x1536 Trinitron. My desk may be sagging in the middle, but it only cost £2 and has twice the resolution of the TFT next to it.

  2. Yeah, well fuck you too. on Adobe Releases Last Linux Version of Flash Player · · Score: 1

    A combination of html5 and bittorrent will replace you crap quite satisfactorily.

  3. Yes, we hate them. Or at least I do. That's why I only use wmii on my computers.

  4. Re:Not a good public rep on Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 1

    Are you really that sure you know the true story about this?

  5. Re:Not provably secure on OpenBSD 5.0 Unleashed On the World · · Score: 1

    It's quite tricky to prove you wrong, but easy to prove you right. (if you are right) Just find a remote exploit or two.

  6. Hardly ever use? on OpenBSD 5.0 Unleashed On the World · · Score: 1

    My server runs OpenBSD. It has a really good firewall, and it's absurdly secure. I'm not enough of a masochist to run it on a desktop but if you configure it properly it makes an excellent server OS.

  7. Re:Disinformation on Helping the FBI Track You · · Score: 1

    Unless they're really gullible. And though the FBI may be many undesirable things, gullible isn't one of them.

  8. Conveyor belt censoring on Britain's Broadband Censors: a Bunch of Students · · Score: 1

    Porno, porno, porno, clean, anarchists, porno, clean, ET cover up expose, clean.....

  9. Re:So on Teacher Cannot Be Sued For Denying Creationism · · Score: 1

    Maybe, but sacking would probably be a better option than suing

  10. Re:Huh? on UCLA Engineers Create Energy-Generating LCD Screen · · Score: 1

    There's quite a big difference between the power requirements of a watch, and those of a laptop. On the order of 10^7 times worth of difference. You'd be jiggling your bag pretty hard to get that kind of power out of it.

  11. Bad firefox on Mozilla To Remove User-Facing Firefox Version Numbers · · Score: 1

    Bad Firefox I like this not. It is often useful to know the version number, for awareness of bugs, and getting addons to work. Also, what's the point of the about window if not to tell you the version number? That is the only reason I have ever clicked help/about on any program ever. I am probably overreacting but this kind of cozying up to most technophobic users is what made me leave Ubuntu and then gnome. I'm seriously considering jumping from Firefox.

  12. It appears to have gone on Hamstersoft Ebook App Rips Off GPL3 Code, Say Calibre Devs · · Score: 1

    Looking at their website, all trace of the Ebook software seems to have vanished, I'm glad to say.

  13. Re:I have duct-taped my cell phone to my wrist on Wearable Computers and Portable Power · · Score: 2

    You're not in the future until you try to peel it off.

  14. Apps! on NYT Update Breaks iPad App, Annoys Subscribers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I can't stand all this app bullshit. They seem like websites, only you have to pay for them, they only work on one platform, and they all have they all have different interfaces and different ways of working. What's wrong with an RSS feed?

  15. I'd use a flexible capacitive sensor. on Electronic Skin Gives Robots a Sense of Touch · · Score: 1

    I you asked me to design a robot's skin I'd probably try to make some sort of flexible touchpad. The bending would seriously distort readings though.

  16. Re:Ok. safe this time. on Flood Berm Collapses At Nebraska Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    What about the next time a major natural disaster hits an oil pipeline? Almost as harmful to health, and much more difficult to protect from damage.

  17. Re:what the planet needs on Flood Berm Collapses At Nebraska Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    I thought nuclear power /was/ the inconvenient alternative. The inconvenient truth was anthropogenic global warming, remember?

  18. Re:A small fusion reactor on Teen Builds Nuclear Bomb Detector · · Score: 1

    I don't know, it still looks pretty exciting to me.

  19. Re:new lessons to teach kids in school on US Pressing Its Crackdown Against Leaks · · Score: 1

    The advantage of the government holding this power though, is you can vote for someone else. Unfortunately, in the US there aren't enough options and elections are few and far between. Also the media is largely crappy and invested in the current political situation.

  20. User error on $500,000 Worth of Bitcoins Stolen · · Score: 1

    While this is bad for bitcoin's reputation, storing $500,000's worth in an unencrypted wallet is incredibly foolhardy. It is fairly simple to run two wallets, one encrypted for savings, and one unencrypted with only a small number of coins in it.

  21. Re:Pointless and harmful on EU Ministers Seek To Ban Creation of Hacking Tools · · Score: 1

    Yes, of course, you /can/ criminalise it. That hasn't stopped people owning lockpicks if they want them.

  22. Pointless and harmful on EU Ministers Seek To Ban Creation of Hacking Tools · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can't just ban software. There is absolutely no practical way to stop people from sharing code, and there fucking shouldn't be. If you ban these tools, the only people seriously affected will be the white hats.

  23. Re:GMO scientists, who do you think you are? on Activists Destroy Scientific GMO Experiment · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure scientific experiment is just a general term for a controlled environment which is monitored to test a hypothesis, rather than a direct quote from anybody. Nobody is forcing GMO food down your throat. It may well be more expensive to buy organic, non GMO food, but that's because it's more expensive to produce. The fact is, there is a major overpopulation problem in the world today, and many people go hungry. If we're going to feed everybody satisfactorily and keep populations growing uncontrolled, we need all the technology we have to make food production more efficient.