Slashdot Mirror


User: jaymz666

jaymz666's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
815
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 815

  1. Re:A hidden cost of open source? on The Official Samba 3 HOWTO and Reference Guide · · Score: 1

    Writing good documentation is never superfluous. It requires patience, a certain distance from what you are documenting so as to avoid bias and alienation of new users.

  2. Does nobody read what they write anymore? on NERC Releases Interim Report on Aug 14th Blackout · · Score: 1

    the August 14th power outage power outage
    FirstEnergy did it. The are, of course, denying it.

    Do people really take so little pride in their communications that they no longer check it for grammar and spelling?

  3. Re:A hidden cost of open source? on The Official Samba 3 HOWTO and Reference Guide · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except that you also have to buy all sorts of books for say, Windows servers, Oracle, etc.

  4. Re:I don;t know about 9 on The Ten Most Overpaid Jobs In The U.S. · · Score: 1

    The fact that football only happens for such a limited time, and each team only plays 16 guaranteed games a year has to help. Basketball and Baseball can get boring really quickly when "your team" plays 5 times a week.

  5. Re:One more year and... on 20th Anniversary Of Computer Viruses Commemorated · · Score: 1

    18 is legal drinking age somewhere.

  6. Re:VoIP is a Good Thing on Is VoIP the Way to Go? · · Score: 1

    Or maybe just a little box that you plug a regular phone into, so you can have cordless and all that fun stuff.

  7. Re:leading characters on 'Star Wars: Clone Wars' Premieres Tonight · · Score: 1

    I dunno, the first 20 minutes of the first movie was almost only them. They're definitely leading characters in the first movie.

  8. Re:Third on 'Star Wars: Clone Wars' Premieres Tonight · · Score: 1

    Yes, but Ewoks weren't leading characters.

    There was also a live action Ewoks movie, Battle for Endor

  9. Re:Extended edition on LOTR: Two Towers Extended Edition Reviewed · · Score: 1

    What if they're minty though?

  10. Re:I'm not sure why the Diebold source isn't avail on E-Voting Done Right - In Australia · · Score: 1

    Of course, this also leads to another serious point that should be considered. Shouldn't a federal election be run by the Federal Government? Sure, you can reimburse the state, but if the Federal Election were Federally run, and using the same methods. That way if crap happened then it would be brought to the forefront more easily, and people from outside of your jurisdiction would be able to impartially (well, as impartially as possible) assist.

  11. Re:Preferential voting system on E-Voting Done Right - In Australia · · Score: 0

    Of course, this makes it harder for the ignorant to vote, and easier to donkey vote, and vote incorrectly.

  12. I'm not sure why the Diebold source isn't availabl on E-Voting Done Right - In Australia · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't the voting system run by the state? Shouldn't the source code be available by the Freedom of Information Act or something?

  13. Re:uh.. on Neil Gaiman Responds · · Score: 1

    Of course, I did see Mononoke on the billboard for a theatre in Sioux City or was it Sioux Falls, one of those two cities, on my travels through the country. It was a few months after official release though.

  14. Re:Office Comments to Direct Attention to 2k3 on Microsoft Raises Security Game, Notes Shortcomings Elsewhere · · Score: 1

    So, yet another new release that barely resembles the previous releases that we are all used to using.

    How much productivity is lost every time they release a new OS or piece of software that behaves very unlike the current version?

  15. Re:Who pays me... on Telemarketers to Target Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    I don't know about that, it's not *that* hard to average 16 minutes on the phone every day, especially if you have a family and need to check in every so often, see what after work plans are, need to find someone else in the office who you need to get in contact with ASAP. And if you add in one or two 1.5 minute (billed in whole minute intervals so 2 minute) telemarketing calls every day it's very easy to go over the minutes.

  16. Re:Who pays me... on Telemarketers to Target Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Who said anything about ditching landlines?

    What you didn't see is that nights begin at 10pm and end at 6am. Somewhat unconvenient times to call people.

    Then you have to add on another 5-10 bucks a month in taxes and fees for these rates.

  17. Re:Who pays me... on Telemarketers to Target Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Who has a 4500 minute allotment on their cell phone? I currently hve 125

  18. Re:Who pays me... on Telemarketers to Target Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    That's the beauty of the U.S. system. You can call any phone number in your area code free. If the cell phone is in your area code (local to you), it's a free call for you. It's just simple.
    No, you can not call any number in your same area code for free. That's the absurdity of it. I live in the 812 area code, which covers the southern half of Indiana. People living 30 miles from me, but still 812, are long distance phone calls. Well, intra-lata or whatever the phone company calls it, it still costs me money to call these numbers. As well as the 812 number that are over 100 miles from me.

  19. Re:Who pays me... on Telemarketers to Target Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Why should I pay to receive a phone call though? Which is the whole issue. It's screwy!

  20. Re:Who pays me... on Telemarketers to Target Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    The US cellular system is screwy this way. Cell numbers look the same as regular phone numbers, and the person who owns the cell phone pays for all calls, incoming and outgoing. The only charge the caller pays on an incoming call is any applicable long distance charges.

  21. Re:Nah, you're all wrong on Spam Slows Australian Net Traffic · · Score: 1

    You can *still* get XXXX at your outback? As Coors stopped brewing it in the US several years ago.

  22. Re:Nah, you're all wrong on Spam Slows Australian Net Traffic · · Score: 1

    Now that would be amusing if Outback Steakhouse had ANYTHING to do with Australia

  23. Re:GNU/Linux on Linux Users Try FreeBSD 5, Windows · · Score: 1

    If you take a standard Linux distribution, and list out all the packages
    there, you will find a fair amount of GNU software, agreed.

    However, you will find a *MUCH* larger number of packages that are GPL'd,
    but which do not appear in the list of GNU projects/software. And this
    list of non-GNU software is *far* longer than the GNU content.

    Now how does one go about being fair?

    By calling it "GNU/Linux", you are giving credit to GNU, which *is* a part
    contributor to the distribution, but by no stretch of imagination the
    *only* (or even the largest) one.

  24. Re:Unix/Linux ratio?? on Automating Unix and Linux Administration · · Score: 2, Informative

    Couple with the fact that the reviewer liked it for the RPM information, it really sounds like it's very Redhat centric

  25. Re:Priorities on Automating Unix and Linux Administration · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, there's also jewelry