Slashdot Mirror


User: blackpaw

blackpaw's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
477
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 477

  1. Re:In this on Australian National Broadband Network Releases 3-Year Plan · · Score: 2

    where phonelines disconnect when it rains.

    Just in case people think the OP is joking - they arent. Happens to me regularlly and I live close to the Brrisbane CBD

  2. Re:And it's mostly areas that have decent ADSL cov on Australian National Broadband Network Releases 3-Year Plan · · Score: 2

    Exactly, I'm on the Wacol exchange about 10k from the Birsbane CBD - at the end of 4k of wet copper. Lucky to get 1.8mbs and thats dodgy. NBN work is starting this year, should be connected by this time next year. Can't wait - naked DSL and VOIP finally!

  3. Re:Amazing stuff on 16-Year-Old Creates Scientific/Graphing Calculator In Minecraft · · Score: 1

    Indeed. I don't know if I'll ever be able to play Minecraft again now :(

  4. So, has it gained a standard ABI yet? on Stroustrup Reveals What's New In C++ 11 · · Score: 1

    Probably the last thing preventing it from being truly safe and useful in shared libraries across implementations.

    How many years has it been?

  5. Re:The cloud has always existed for Corp IT on Why Corporate Cloud Storage Doesn't Add Up · · Score: 1

    God damn it, where are my mod points when I need them.

    +5 Insightful

  6. Re:I doubt you can get rid of it on DHS Budget Includes No New Airport Body Scanners · · Score: 4, Insightful

    short of a complete takeover by Republicans

    Eh? It was republicans that created the TSA.

  7. Re:If they hadn't brought their drone on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you *tried* to harm my dog you'd be carrying your teeth home in a bucket. Assuming you could still walk that is. And your snotty little brat would already have had his ass booted out of my yard.

  8. Re:What about OpenGL ? on Nouveau Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Achieves OpenCL Support · · Score: 2

    I don't like the binary blobs for because they 1) break when I get automatic updates that include a kerne

    You must have a pretty off beat distro. dkms has been handling that problem for years.

  9. Re:Razor-qt on KDE 4.8 Released · · Score: 1

    I'm going to have to check it out, I like qt, both for its looks and its API. KDE has a huge infra structure with it I'd be reluctant to give up but they've bet the farm on nepomuk/akonadi, which are complete clusterfucks, as said in Jurassic Park - "Dennis, our lives are in your hands and you've got butterfingers?"

  10. Dump akonadi on KDE 4.8 Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Its a fucking disaster. I used to blame kmail2 but came to realise its a decent frontend, its the back end that drags it down.

    4.8 RC2 Gmail imap account, working fine for weeks. Nothing changed, then I get that perpetual rotating wait icon, followed by the
    "Unable to fetch job" error when trying to access sub folders. Reboots don't make any difference.

    I know the deal - the only reliable way to fix it is to delete the virtuoso/nepomuk databases and all kmail configs and recreate the account from scratch, but you know what? I just can't be bothered any more. Tired out and fed up. I've been a good boy, I given up hoping for a search that works, I don't attempt to integrate with google calendar or contacts any more, I don't expect address expansion to work reliably. Theres bug entries ate bugs.kde.org related to this months old with no dev attention, not even to confirm or reject then.

    Its just easier to use my webmail or Thunderbird. At least it always works, even if its not as integrated with the kde desktop.

    So one less reason to use KDE at all.

  11. Re:And why shouldnt iran have nuclear weapons ? on EU Moves To Ban Iran Crude Oil · · Score: 1

    Iran has said time and time again that they want to wipe Israel off the map.

    No they have not. Its a flat out lie.

  12. Re:is it still web scale? on Testing the MongoDB Global Write Lock Improvements · · Score: 1

    OMG, thank you so much. That was beautiful. Web Scale even.

    Now please excuse, I have to find a plug for my bleeding ass hole.

  13. Re:LOLOLOLOL on Iran Tests Naval Cruise Missile During War Games · · Score: 1

    Ugh, the arrogance.

    Yah, also the ignorance

  14. Follow the Money on FDA Backtracks On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Proposal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bet you it leads back to Industry.

  15. Re:Playlist Editing on Music Player Amarok 2.5 Released · · Score: 1

    Well bugger. Saving playlists to disk is my primary usage pattern, so I can share them between different PCs and Installs. This is why I'm switching to services like Google Music or AMPache.

    Thanks for checking it

  16. Playlist Editing on Music Player Amarok 2.5 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I found the description a bit confusing but it *sounds* like they have improved the playlist creation and editing - that was what pushed me away fro Amarok 2.x, creating and editing a playlist was incredibly awkward involving multiple swicthes between various panes. Not to mention very buggy. The bugs were mostly fixed, but the actual process remained a usability nightmare.

    Will check it again once it reaches the kubuntu repos.

  17. Re:First (I think) on Feds Seize Korean Movie Download Portals · · Score: 1

    Clinton basically imposed many of the same tactics for his presidential promises and did not get near the backlash from the GOP that Obama is still getting.

    You must have slept through the whole impeachment thing

  18. Seems Reasonable on Battlefield 3 Banned In Iran · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Pretty sure a shooter involving taking down the Trade Centre would be banned in the USA.

    Given the current USA/NATO warmongering mutters re Iran they probably view it as an attempt to get people used to the idea of the USA invading Iran.

  19. Re:Thank [deity of choice] for the dropped keyboar on Amazon Disables 3G Web Browsing For New 3G Kindle Touch · · Score: 1

    enter a Wifi key

    Crap, I forgot about that. Its going to make hooking my next Kindle (if keyboard less) to my wifi very painful :(

  20. Re:Does anyone actually use tablets? on Sluggish Android Tablet Growth May Give Microsoft an Opening · · Score: 1

    I see many (as in 5+) each morning on the train into work (Brisbane, Australia). Mainly iPads, but some Android tablets too.

  21. Re:Nest step: Parent makes incorrect statement. on In Australia, Censorship vs. DNS, and Porn As Network Driver · · Score: 1

    Besides, if you wanted to avoid Optus and Telstra's voluntary filtering, you'd just go to Internode or iinet who have flatly refused to volunteer for this scheme. In fact, the fact it wont work is why iinet expressly said it wouldn't implement it.

    I would in a heart beat if I could, unfortunately despite being only 13k as the crow flies from the Brisbane CBD, my only choices are Telstra or Optus.

    I've changed my DNS servers to google.

  22. Re:Hard to believe anyone... on 11-Year-Old Pilots 1,325 MPG Concept Car · · Score: 1

    I like the idea that if I'm injured and incapable of driving, my son will be able to get the two of us out to the nearest road...

    There's been a couple of cases exactly like that in outback Australia

  23. Re:China's expanding in space... on Chinese Moon Probe Ventures Into Deep Space · · Score: 1

    5. Drugs is lost as well.

  24. Re:Well on Doctors Are Creating Too Many Patients · · Score: 2

    No its for the percentage who get painful damaging life altering treatment for the false positives that prostrate screening generates. Or the women get cancer from excessive breats scans that have minimal increases in detection rates.

    Or the immense amount of resources it consumes for diminishing returns, when said resources could be way more effectively applied elsewhere, saving more peoples lives.

  25. Re:A package manager finally? on Another Windows 8 Pre-Beta Surfaces · · Score: 1

    +5 Mod points. The awesomeness of apt-get (or one of its gui equivalents) on (k)ubuntu and the immense repositories is one of its biggest draw cards for me. Once I realised how it worked I just couldn't go back to windows.