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  1. Re:Increasingly irrelevant tech dinosaur.. on Nokia Shareholders Approve Sale To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Cue conspiracy theories about how Microsoft persuaded Nokia to go all in on Windows phones, knowing full well it would flop and cause the company to stumble hard enough to enable a cheap buyout.

  2. OMG they took down GrummelNet!? on Dutch Police Takedown C&Cs Used By Grum Botnet · · Score: 1

    Now where am I going to get my hyperdestructive upgradeable weaponry!? There are no Gadgetron offices in this galaxy and I really don't want to be stuck using MegaCorp's crap for self defense and taking down supervillains. Their household products are more dangerous than their pathetic weaponry! What am I supposed to protect myself with, a used B20 Crotchitizer?

  3. Re:3 People? on Ask Slashdot: Good Metrics For a Small IT Team? · · Score: 1

    I just got cut off of a 4 person criminally overworked team doing the same thing with metrics. HUGE push for metrics and 1 person gets eliminated, and they still don't know what to do with the metrics they gathered (I hear from teammates still). Be ready to demand a pay raise when your workload suddenly spikes heavily.

  4. Re:Hahaha on Ask Slashdot: Good Metrics For a Small IT Team? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    As a dumbass who forgot to log in, the above statement is mine. Please mod accordingly :P

  5. Re:Succession plan? on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Maybe now Slashdot will institute an Altar of Literacy that must be prayed at and passed before commenting ;)

  6. Sprint on Verizon Cracks Down On Jailbreak Tethering · · Score: 2

    My HTC Evo comes with a wi-fi hotspot app built in that allows I believe 4 clients. It may not be the fastest but it works.

  7. Re:Reminds me. I owe that guy money. on NoScript Anywhere In Development For Android · · Score: 1

    As noted above, it doesn't even approach the same functionality so I don't count it. Hyperbolic rhetoric still pumped. Flame on!

  8. Re:Reminds me. I owe that guy money. on NoScript Anywhere In Development For Android · · Score: 0

    +1000 insightful on this.

    I will not use Chrome or Opera (or IE for that matter) simply for their lack of anything even remotely approaching NoScript.

  9. Re:Here goes last supporter of open-source on Red Hat Nears $1 Billion In Revenues, Closing Door On Clones · · Score: 1

    I rest my case.

  10. Re:Here goes last supporter of open-source on Red Hat Nears $1 Billion In Revenues, Closing Door On Clones · · Score: 1

    ...is it bad that seeing a goatse makes me wax nostalgic?

  11. Re:Here goes last supporter of open-source on Red Hat Nears $1 Billion In Revenues, Closing Door On Clones · · Score: 0, Troll

    Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Even in open source.

  12. Re:Flickr on How Do You Store Your Personal Photos? · · Score: 1

    No, because RAW formats vary and are proprietary. If you want high quality uploads, I would suggest .tiff or PNG-48 as a starting point. Flickr auto-converts all uploads to a set of common usable .jpg's but also keeps the original with a Pro account.

  13. Re:Flickr on How Do You Store Your Personal Photos? · · Score: 2

    Someone please mod this up. Fantastic value for the money, also has built-in online editing tools, grouping/sets, blah blah blah etc. I probably have on the order of 5-7K+ pics on Flickr these days, works fantastic for what I need and easy linking.

  14. Re:Official Wikilead guide to the Jigagoo presiden on Beginning Blender · · Score: -1, Troll

    GTFO newfag, this isn't /b/.

  15. Re:Obligatory question on Beginning Blender · · Score: 1

    That is the question!

    (cue theme music and montage)

  16. Re:Because... on US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again. · · Score: 1

    Still married actually, and plan on staying that way. I do, however, believe that women are all evil and men are all greedy assholes. The sooner you accept that the smoother your relationships will be.

  17. Re:Because... on US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again. · · Score: 1

    As Heinlein pointed out (correctly IMHO), voting without responsibility for the results is sheer madness. If you're not intelligent enough to understand why you're voting, what and who you're voting for, and accept and shoulder the consequences of your decisions, you shouldn't be allowed to vote. It's like driving: bad decisions can lead to bad consequences for a LOT of people. But in voting the consequences are delayed long enough that people don't make the logical connection.

  18. Re:Because... on US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again. · · Score: 1

    See above:

    I beg to differ. Women are the root of all evil OR equal to evil, depending on how you do your proof.

  19. Re:OT: Audio Editing on US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again. · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, needs to run on Windows. And he primarily uses Sound Forge. Now the studio he works at part time, however, might be HIGHLY interested in Ardour. Thanks for the info!

  20. Re:Because... on US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again. · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, you can have good privacy or good security. Not both.

  21. Re:Because... on US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again. · · Score: 0, Troll

    I beg to differ. Women are the root of all evil OR equal to evil, depending on how you do your proof.

    Women = Evil

  22. Re:Common misconception on US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again. · · Score: 1

    I've been working on Audacity for years and love it. I've also been working for years to get my dad to use it for his audio business instead of buying Sound Forge or Pro Tools. It's slow progress...

  23. Re:Because... on US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again. · · Score: 1

    Personally I'm a big fan of the old Scantron-style systems that some states still use (Minnesota in particular). It's read electronically but still gives you a physical paper record to go back to. But then again some people are too stupid to fill in ovals correctly. Come to think of it, I'm not sure why they should be allowed to vote...

  24. Because... on US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again. · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why do we remain in the virtual dark ages, when clearly we have better alternatives readily available? ...there's lots of money and power behind closed source, which leads to corruption and back-room deals. QED.

  25. Re:He's Living the Dream, Baby! on Drunken Employee Shoots Server · · Score: 5, Funny

    He must have been playing Paranoia the night before.

    "You play a troubleshooter. You go out, find trouble, and shoot it."