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  1. 1996 on Debian Founder: How I Came To Find Linux · · Score: 1

    Back in high school, around 1996, I discovered FreeBSD and Slackware while scouring the USENET.

    Installed both in turn on my Packard Bell 486DX2 to check it out. Didn't really know how to use it and didn't know anyone to talk to for questions. But was still excited on the idea of a completely free OS.

    A year+ later I was in college and learning about it again, first in intro CS classes, this time using Red Hat and with many knowledgeable peers to learn from. Then I started building and configuring the kernel for my PC (Pentium 233MHz MMX). If I remember, the first kenel I compiled was 2.2.10 or so. Then moved on to Mandrake, Debian, and Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

  2. Re:The internet generation on Why Some Developers Are Live-Streaming Their Coding Sessions · · Score: 1

    the difference is, you're mostly anonymous here

  3. Re:She has no sense of value on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Near Launching Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    It was Compaq that bought DEC.

    But HP did bought Compaq a few years later.

  4. Re:PDF encryption on Ask Slashdot: What Portion of Developers Are Bad At What They Do? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Engineering is not about finding the biggest hammer and applying it on everything. Even though that will work, but there are other restrictions you must satisfy. Asking what type of file is relevant because those types may already offer its own way to do what you asked.

    If all I need is to send an excel file that I want to keep from prying eyes, then putting a password on it would be good enough. I don't want to tell the end user to install PGP or GPG, generate their own key pair, then sending the public key to the recipient, and 10 other steps to get everything set up.

    A quick and easy solution is generally better than a general, optimized, but slow to implement solution. Of course there are exceptions to this. If you're building a file sharing service, then using a PKI would be a better solution than depending on Acrobat or Excel's mechanism. But you didn't specify that in your question.

    Everyone has their Achille's heel, but that doesn't mean they're bad developers.

  5. Built by Samsung on New Cargo Ship Is 488 Meters Long · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's quite a bit of rounded edges on that ship. Watch out, Apple might sue.

  6. Re:Arrgh! Where's my 16:10 on LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 1

    Is is a reasonable price maybe 4 years ago. The prices of 16:10's haven't come down at all, while you can buy 16:9's on sale at around $140 (or less).

    We really would like to be able to buy 16:10's at around that price. even if at 11% higher price for the extra screen real estate, it should only cost about $155. The price on this website is twice that. It's NOT reasonable because it's at a premium compared to the other ratios.

  7. Resigning or Retiring? on UT Professor Resigns Over Fracking Conflict of Interest · · Score: 1

    With all that compensation, he can probably just retire and live a good life.

    Or maybe go work full time for the drilling company.

  8. Re:This shouldn't come as any sort of surprise. on HP Sues Over LCD Price Fixing · · Score: 1

    Search Achieva Shimian or Yamakasi Catleap on ebay. There are other alternatives too.

    Also visit 120hz.net.

  9. Re:Don't you mean flat panel display? on HP Sues Over LCD Price Fixing · · Score: 1

    Trinitrons! I finally tossed out my 17" Sony Trinitron monitor earlier this year. It served me well from 1997-2011!

  10. Re:This shouldn't come as any sort of surprise. on HP Sues Over LCD Price Fixing · · Score: 2

    Where have you been?

    15" 1024x768 TFT LCD screens used to cost $300+ circa 2004.

    I'm typing this message on a 27" 2560x1440 S-IPS LED LCD screen that also costs $300 from South Korea. (It's a bit of an exception, but it was still obtainable here from the U.S.)

  11. Re:That's nice on HP Sues Over LCD Price Fixing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There should be a fine against the lawyers holding a secret meeting to artificially create legal events that require the service of lawyers. But then we'll need meta-lawyers!

  12. Re:It could only be HP on HP Wanted $1.2B For WebOS and Palm · · Score: 2

    Bitter that he didn't earn twice as much for the first 28 years?

  13. Re:Who gives a flying fuck? on Is Jupiter Dissolving Its Rocky Core? · · Score: 1

    Ummm, we got there. Voyager 1 and 2? Galileo? No we didn't get into the core, but we can send spacecrafts there just fine.

    If we know for certain that there is no rocky core, then it would be pointless to build probes to try to reach/hit the core eh?

  14. Re:Thanks, but no thanks on China Telecom Mulls Entry Into US Telecoms Market · · Score: 2

    The corporation is not the same as the country it is from. Of course the CCP may be in control of the company. But they would have to obey U.S. laws if they were to operate on U.S. soil. WIth that said, I'll give them a try if they offer $5 unlimited voice and data plans ;-) At lease until other carriers lower their prices. Competition is a good thing.

  15. Time to die! on Diablo III Beta Begins · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alright! Another 3 years of my life is about to disappear!

  16. Pyjamas on A Fifth of Telecommuters Work Less Than An Hour Per Day · · Score: 0

    When I am coding in Python, I wear pyjamas. But otherwise I switch to regular pajamas. :)

  17. Re:Microsoft has been changing on Microsoft Reportedly Ends Zune Hardware Development · · Score: 0

    Where is Linux??? It's not exactly a company, but it's also another "World View", if you will, of computer software.

  18. Re:What if .. on Intel Resumes Shipping of Faulty Sandy Bridge Chip · · Score: 0

    Such a functionality would require a change in the silicon. If you are going to modify the silicon, you might as well make the fix to make all 4 ports problem free.

  19. Re:More tech detail on Asus, Gigabyte To Replace All Sandy Bridge Boards · · Score: 0

    Though there are a lot of motherboard variations, they are all built with mostly standard parts with well published design guidelines, e.g. an Intel reference design. I would say most boards out there are simply a small variation from the reference design. The chipsets are also likely designed with the tolerance for trace length, clock, voltage variations, etc.

  20. Re:Unexpected mishap on Asus, Gigabyte To Replace All Sandy Bridge Boards · · Score: 0

    These cougar's ports wear out too easily

  21. Re:Julian Assange on TIME Names Mark Zuckerberg Person of Year · · Score: 0

    No, that would be for year 2042. :-)

  22. Re:That's funny, because on Hidden Backdoor Discovered On HP MSA2000 Arrays · · Score: 0
  23. Re:You can bet there are many more Chinese spys - on Former Employee Stole Ford Secrets Worth $50 Million · · Score: 0

    If your F-150 was that great, why are you not driving it any more? Perhaps you didn't Fix Or Repair it Daily?
    I still drive my 2001 Toyota RAV4 and plan to for 10 more years, hopefully.

  24. CIA is smart enough? on Lighthearted Facebook Friends Could Make You Join NAMBLA Group · · Score: 1

    Hopefully CIA is intelligent enough to know the difference. Intelligence is their middle name right?