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  1. Re:Spare Change on GoPro Project Claims Technology Is Making People Lose Empathy For Homeless · · Score: 2

    And here is Seattle - "Nicklesville" ...

    4. People who feel that society should support their homeless lifestyle.

    I noticed a lot of that in Portland, when I lived up there. Maybe it's a northwest thing?

  2. Re:Alternatives on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 1

    I looked at noip ... and eventually settled on dynu.com today after getting dyndns' email. Actually I looked at a little comparison article here http://www.gnutomorrow.com/bes...

  3. Re:Windows 98 unofficial patch site on Slashdot Asks: Will You Need the Windows XP Black Market? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, there's also the unofficial "Service pack 5" for windows 2000...

  4. Re:Virtual Box is a good start on Slashdot Asks: Will You Need the Windows XP Black Market? · · Score: 1

    For Windows 2k and above virtual box works well.

    Yes-- I run 2k, XP, and 8 in virtualbox. It also does DOS well enough. Windows 3.11 is a little flaky on the mouse, but otherwise ok. I have problems writing to floppy disks in virtualbox; reading works fine. OSX seems to have some issues too (for me): in particular, networking seems very slow and sharing directly with host machine's not working. Personally I only use XP in virtualbox... I've got a couple friends who have XP for their main OS and they plan to keep using it. One of them asked me if their computer would keep working after April.

  5. Re:Application and driver compatibility on Slashdot Asks: Will You Need the Windows XP Black Market? · · Score: 1

    ... driver for a CNC machine ...

    I thought those ran on DOS...

  6. Re:In the 18th century ... on Is Weev Still In Jail Because the Government Doesn't Understand What Hacking Is? · · Score: 2
    from the summary:

    the federal prosecution argued that a hacker should spend three and a half years in prison for committing a crime it couldn't fully comprehend

    from taco cowboy (5327):

    In the 21st century, people can claim that they do not know how to hack, but they can tell the court who are the hackers and who are not.

    from flyneye (84093):

    Actually, its not a very good idea at all, to name names, when you are headed for prison.

    from me:
    attempting to clarify this... I believe that taco meant the prosecutors could tell the court who is a hacker without understanding what hacking is ... not that the person going to prison would accuse others of hacking to reduce their sentence.

  7. Re:Religion... on Religion Is Good For Your Brain · · Score: 1

    I'm glad that God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise. The weak, lowly, despised He has chosen.

  8. Re:Firewire's failure begat USB 2.0 on USB Implementers Forum Won't Play Nice With Open Hardware · · Score: 1

    I use USB for keyboard/mouse, Firewire for video capture, eSata for external storage (well I do occasionally use USB flash drives...)

  9. Re:Pegged as a Windows user!? on What Marketers Think They Know About You and What They Really Do · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that!
    Isaiah 65:5 says: "Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day."
    As far as I can tell, that's where the "holier than thou" phrase is based from... with an implied verb of art [holier than thou art], otherwise it doesn't really make sense to use a subjective noun as an object.
    So yes, you were informative... though your post is currently +2 Troll :)

  10. Re:No need for cameras. on EU Proposes To Fit Cars With Speed Limiters · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Here across the pond, they teach us to maintain a 2-second gap in front (or 3 seconds depending on conditions: dark, rain, etc.). I don't think I'd handle English traffic well at all. Do you have those 2-story autobuses?

  11. Re:is the NSA taking candy away from kids too? on Ask Slashdot: How To Diagnose Traffic Throttling and Work Around It? · · Score: 1

    Evidence. You never know when you might need to bankrupt/incarcerate/whatever someone, anyone ... everyone!

  12. Re:Processed food is NOT the same on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 1

    Organic is a word that doesnt even have a scientifically defined meaning (unless we're talking organic chemistry, which, guess what, organic farmers are not). Its a stupid buzzword defined arbitrarily by legislation based on some stupid assumption that a naturally derived chemical is different than a synthetically derived one.

    Aww, don't shatter my bubble! And all along, I thought I was getting premium carbon-based goods when I purchased organic.

  13. Re:most people never wanted local storage on Limitations and All, Chromebooks Appear To Be Selling · · Score: 1

    Dude, you really should get a clue, Apple Macs are PCs since 2000-something, most models even officially support installing Windows (or Linux you somehow menaged to avoid in your entire post on OS) on them. On top of mixing what PC means,...

    I blame the MS/Mac advertising for confusion of PC's definition. "Hi, I'm a Mac. Hi, I'm a PC"
    They are both Personal Computers.

  14. Surprising on Linux 3.11 Features Fall Into Place With Merge Window · · Score: 5, Insightful

    and a new DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) driver for the Renesas R-Car SoC

    I'm surprised the Slashdot headline didn't read "DRM Coming to Linux" or some other such nonsense. :-)

  15. Re:It's a cookie mixer on Student Project Could Kill Digital Ad Targeting · · Score: 1

    While in this case the answer happens to be right, using W3 schools as a reference for anything is like getting all your international news from Hugo Chavez's ghost.

    I suppose you have a better international news source?

  16. Re:It's a cookie mixer on Student Project Could Kill Digital Ad Targeting · · Score: 2

    Serious question, does the drop command accept wildcards?

    Nope

  17. Re:Excellent initiative ! on Chinese Media Calls For Boycott of Cisco · · Score: 1

    Yes, true, while there is US and THEM, there is also WE. But, you must understand, WE are not like THEM! ;)

  18. Re:as long as you don't have plants or animals on Ask Slashdot: Can I Cross US Borders With Legally Ripped Media? · · Score: 1

    would it kill you to use capital letters and periods?

    maybe you missed these:

    i've traveled around the world and from all the nonsense you read about >>> US <<< law enforcement i've had less trouble at >>> US Customs <<< than almost anywhere in the world >>> . <<< including >>> Europe . <<<

    That's six capitalizations and two periods.
    They why not write at all?

  19. Re:forced corporate jocularity on Birthday Song's Copyright Leads To a Lawsuit For the Ages · · Score: 1

    well an "oct"ave should have eight distinct tones... but yeah I get it :-)

  20. Re:forced corporate jocularity on Birthday Song's Copyright Leads To a Lawsuit For the Ages · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... a vocal range of only about one eighth of an octave...

    Wow. That would be pretty monotonal sounding.
    Computer analogy: all their data bytes use only one bit, or something like that.

  21. Re:Why the hell are people accepting this? on Keeping Your Data Private From the NSA (And Everyone Else) · · Score: 1

    Where's the mathematics czar when you need him?

  22. Re:Why the hell are people accepting this? on Keeping Your Data Private From the NSA (And Everyone Else) · · Score: 1

    People, the government is supposed to work for you, not the other way around.

    So... don't ask what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for you!

  23. Re:I think he's dealt with other orthodox types on The Amish Are Getting Fracked · · Score: 1

    No - because these are classical CHRISTIAN issues and interpretation, not JEWISH ones. The timers are tools put in place before Shabbat - and they're exceedingly deterministic. Robots would be 100% for the record - so long as their programming was established prior to shabbat itself.

    Christians know (or, at least should know) that "the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor." and that "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." (Galatians 3:24-25; Romans 10:4 NKJV), and salvation is not from keeping the law at all. The law could not justify.
    "Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?" (Galatians 3:2-3) Even after salvation, continuing in our walk with Christ is not about keeping the old laws. God desires mercy and not sacrifice.

  24. Re:Very un-PC on IRS Admits Targeting Conservative Groups During 2012 Election · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about you, but I'm certainly entitled to my own facts.

  25. Re:that's how a 15 years old teenager on Lawyer Loses It In Letter To Patent Office · · Score: 1

    Is it really related to their point if said 15-year-old is named Ezekiel, or has a large collection of shoes? Would their gender be relevant?

    Possibly. With a large enough data set, we could conclude that owning a large collection of shoes increases 15-year-olds' responsible social behavior. In fact, we could graph their "social iq" on one axis, and "number of shoes owned" on the other axis. We could add another axis for gender... then print it with a 3d printer. yeah. I'm sure that must be why the child's age wouldn't be enough information for most people.