Slashdot Mirror


User: thieh

thieh's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
232
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 232

  1. I call this BS on US Asks Universities To Flag Risky Pathogen Experiments · · Score: 2

    Any science that can be developed into technology can be used to do harm.

  2. Re:I bet Putin couldn't go to the moon on Russia Pledges To Go To the Moon · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the time between now to 2030 is to develop technology that will let him go essentially/almost shirtless on the moon. Maybe some spray-on or something. I mean they have technology to go to space, what else is stopping them to go right now?

  3. Re:GNOME's accessibility is moot on Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop · · Score: 1

    Stock Mesa got good 3D acceleration? O_o I guess I should start playing my steam games with it then.

  4. Re:Why not KDE on Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop · · Score: 1

    When I was a noob I use Fedora. Sadly ubuntu didn't work for my box circa 8.10 when the liveCD won't boot properly with some radeon cards and I kind of stayed away from ubuntu ever since, especially after the period which cross-distro solutions won't come from them when they start using upstart and unity. I still check out the variants of it when new DE versions comes out, though not much more than that.

  5. Re:Dial up can still access gmail on Ask Slashdot: Remote Support For Disconnected, Computer-Illiterate Relatives · · Score: 1

    if gmail is blocked, then you're in an unusual situation where nobody here can give you good advice without knowing more about what's going on.

    Get everything through Tor with bridge? That of course assumes that you can install tor with bridge list somewhere else, and at some point update tor on site.

    Speaking of which, OpenBSD/illumos might be a good idea comparatively because of their less popularity compare to linux (so even less malwares target those given what they do on a regular basis.)

  6. Legitimizing? on The Case For a Federal Robotics Commission · · Score: 2

    A commission for robotics would probably be legitimizing stuff like law enforcement drones and such, because "there is an overseeing commission watching over to ensure compliance". The tiny problem with that is of course, the one making the drones has influence over the one making the rules and the one applying the rules. Speaking of which, who likes Skynet?

  7. Re:Aero Or Go Home on What To Expect With Windows 9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's right, we already got "High Contrast" as the flat color theme.

  8. Re:I know! on What To Expect With Windows 9 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    More restrictions, more driver problems, more money needed to buy, more powerful hardware required, more "shove down your throat" on pre-built machines. Strangely enough, that also means more people make games/apps/stuff on it.

  9. I thought they have tried region code for DVD/BD.. on Quickflix Wants Netflix To Drop Australian VPN Users · · Score: 2

    And that never works well for some reason. Why would anyone think region restriction would be a thing to try now?

  10. Which free are they talking about? on Windows Tax Shot Down In Italy · · Score: 1

    I am inclined to think it has a problem with including non-gratis stuff and not necessarily non-libre stuff, which would spring something like "windows trial version" in such cases.

  11. Re:Battery life on First Intel 14nm Broadwell Core M Benchmarks Unveiled · · Score: 1

    They will cut down the battery size because it looks cool and because Tesla is buying up all the batteries.

  12. Re:It should be on Text While Driving In Long Island and Have Your Phone Disabled · · Score: 1

    Because then you can't call for help when some other car smash into yours if both are disabled. You should at least be able to either get out of harms way or at least call for help if your passenger starts messing with your phone.

  13. Re:It should be on Text While Driving In Long Island and Have Your Phone Disabled · · Score: 1

    Then comes people with missing one arm/hand bashing that idea. Making that configurable to be used with one hand kind of defeats the purpose, no? And what about manual transmissions?

  14. Lobbying? on SpaceX and Boeing Battle For US Manned Spaceflight Contracts · · Score: 1

    Does SpaceX got the same load of cash as Boeing to "pursuade" the authorities? At least that's how congress works currently.

  15. Re:And low-emission transport trucks, too on To Really Cut Emissions, We Need Electric Buses, Not Just Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    I thought we have nuclear ships already...

  16. Re:Copyright violation? on Comcast Using JavaScript Injection To Serve Ads On Public Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    ... I don't think it is necessarily the end-user: the guy getting free hotspot wifi isn't necessarily the same guy who rents the router.

  17. Re:And this is why we're moving towards SSL only on Comcast Using JavaScript Injection To Serve Ads On Public Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    Just that the fine print for the Hotspot portal associated with the "agree" can contain a lot more than you can ever imagine. We are lucky they didn't include stuff like "by using this service you agree to let us modify everything of the operating system of your device(s)."

  18. Re:JavaScript on Comcast Using JavaScript Injection To Serve Ads On Public Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    People still have JavaScript on while using a public wifi network? O_o

  19. Re:And this is why we're moving towards SSL only on Comcast Using JavaScript Injection To Serve Ads On Public Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    I don't see why Comcast can't block everything that cannot be injected or block contents to you unless you allow them to separately launch ads using JavaScript.

  20. Re:Copyright violation? on Comcast Using JavaScript Injection To Serve Ads On Public Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is a subtle difference: user modification on visit is personal use and mostly not shared, what Comcast is doing is broadcasting modified content.

  21. well... on Protesters Blockade Microsoft's Seattle Headquarters Over Tax Breaks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The difference between Microsoft-style tax avoidance and tax evasion is that MS just donate to politicians to reduce the amount of taxes they pay in the former while you don't pay politicians in the latter

  22. Re:Mistake #1 on Oregon Suing Oracle Over Obamacare Site, But Still Needs Oracle's Help · · Score: 2

    Haven't Oracle bought that too? Use MariaDB instead.

  23. Re:grow your own exchange on Oregon Suing Oracle Over Obamacare Site, But Still Needs Oracle's Help · · Score: 1

    Or the guys at Oracle will start selling cannabis as medicine in Oregon until they fix it.

  24. What the...? on You Got Your Windows In My Linux · · Score: 1

    I thought you got slackware and probably gentoo if you don't like systemd? You don't have to swallow if you don't like it. And then there is Hurd...

  25. Re:Oh microsoft on Microsoft Releases Replacement Patch With Two Known Bugs · · Score: 2

    What enterprise-grade quality?