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  1. Have switched, back to FireFox. Had been using both FireFox and Chrome for different reasons. Now FireFox seems to fill both slots.

  2. When I got my SSN, some 60 years ago, printed right on the then paper card, it said, NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION USE, or sommething like that. Guess they knew better then.

  3. Re:Ummm....So what will you do less than a year fr on AskSlashdot: How Do You See Your Life After Firefox 52 ESR? (mozilla.org) · · Score: 1

    "if your life is affected by a browser, you need to re-evaluate your life."

    it's probably because your browser provider has just sold your personal information to some hacker, who has just assumed your identity and sold your house, told your employer you are quitting your job because the company stinks, divorced and deported your wife, and sold your kids into slavery.

    AMEN!

  4. Since Mr. Trump seems to "UNDERSTAND" almost nothing, no big surprise! I would guess he would have to read a lot longer than his attention span will allow, to even come close to even a superficial understanding.

  5. Re:Oldie but Goodie on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie? · · Score: 1

    Maybe the all time best "space" sci-fi movie!

  6. Re:Mint on Ask Slashdot: What's The Easiest Linux Distro For A Newbie? · · Score: 2

    Two distros come to mind....PCLinux OS and MXlinux. Both "work" right from the get-go.

  7. passwords on Slashdot Asks: Are Password Rules Bullshit? (codinghorror.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only bullshit, but no two sights' requirements are ever the same. Often i just leave and don't return.

  8. Re:2+ million does not seem like dead... on Windows Phone Market Share Sinks Below 1 Percent (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    I have several Window phones, as well as Apple and Android, and I like the Window phones the best. BUT ..... if you need a whole bunch of aps....not so good.

  9. Re:"Most" Android Smartphones on Campaign Demands Telecoms Unlock the FM Radio Found in Many Smartphones (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    I have two Android and a couple of Windows phones, and they all have FM radios that work.

  10. Funny thing this story is from Fox Unnews. I could tell Fox that I have hacked her e-mail, and they'd print or broadcast it! Any story from Fox is suspicious. Doesn't mean it's not true, but sure raises questions.

  11. Re:Honestly? on Windows 10, From a Linux User's Perspective · · Score: 1

    The UI looks like a 20 somethig's smart phone! It is however fast, smooth and uses lower resources than 8.1 or 7. Still prefer 7 over 10. On the phone side my Windows phone worked much better with 8.1 than with 10, which was forced on me.

  12. Critical systems on Windows? on The US Navy's Warfare Systems Command Just Paid Millions To Stay On Windows XP · · Score: 1

    You mean to rell me some of our critical defense systems are running on Windows? BSOD anyone!

  13. Does anyone really think they, the NSA, is not going to spy, with or without approval? We have no way to control them, they hold all the cards!

  14. Florida Schools/Cops on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    Must not be enough murders, rapes or cop shootings, had to find something to do.

  15. Re:It's quite simple really... on UK Licensing Site Requires MSIE Emulation, But Won't Work With MSIE · · Score: 1

    The people who developed the site are idiots... I was working with a client recently and discovered they had a problem with a web site they had to use. They were on IE11 and the web site only works with IE9 and I really do mean IE9 and nothing else. The service provider tech support said the solution was they would have to uninstall IE11 and then install IE9 Idiots, there is no other way of describing it, utter idiots. There is no good excuse for a website not to work in all major browsers, it really is that simple but then I'm just a guy who has to make sure the websites he develops work properly in order to get paid, these companies that provide websites for government departments at costs of millions or billions can get away with stupid shit like this because of the contracts they create.

    You hit the nail on the head..... Somebody is still paying these guys, even thou there work isn't! The power of the purse is the answer.

  16. Re:No, Never, for Any reason. on Ask Slashdot: Should I Let My Kids Become American Citizens? · · Score: 1

    What does it hurt? As I see it, you can never have too many "home" countries. Dual citizenship might be a big advantage at some future date, you never know.

  17. Re:And was it really a punishment? on FTC Targets Group That Made Billions of Robocalls · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Unless they settled to the tune of tens of billions of dollars, I don't see how we're going to make any progress on this.

    The solution is hard jail time. I don't mean easy-living jail, I mean the baddest damn federal prison. And not just for the boss, but for everyone involved.

  18. sounds on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 1

    The Heterodyning when tuning across an AM radio spectrum.

  19. You don't need any of that. Get a LiveCD of any os you want. Burn it, you're done. You boot to the CD/DVD and its a clean OS every boot. They can't break it because they can't write to it.

    To be really safe, tape the DVD drive shut.

    Exactly what I was thinking. Puppy Linux is easily modified to be just sort a system. Provides dial-up support and is small and fast on older equipment.

  20. Re:Public servants don't give an arm and a leg on Every Day Is Goof-Off-At-Work Day At the US Patent and Trademark Office · · Score: 2

    Well, seems to me, if managers know whats going on, then they are goofing off as well. Not doing what they are paied to do.