User: DjangoShagnasty

Worst thing?

On: Ask Slashdot: What Could Go Wrong In Tech That Hasn't Already Gone Wrong?

How about the software industry being flooded with a bunch of progressive opinion writers turned software developers who put the same effort into coding as they did to factual content after being told to "Learn to Code"?

Re:ID

On: Tim Berners-Lee Announces Solid, an Open Source Project Which Would Aim To Decentralize the Web (fastcompany.com)

Built in javascript runnnig node.js and distributed over npm.

Not the most secure non-commercial foundation to base the "reinvented" internet on.

Re: Absolutely Worth It

On: Watchmen 50 Days On, Was It Worth the Gamble?

An hour too long, dull and unsympathetic characters, suspension of belief overchallenged, lame ending. I don't see how anyone who wasn't already a fan could have possibly enjoyed it.

Much like every Trek film, Star Wars sequel or Matrix sequel?

Mencoder?

On: Decent DVD-Ripping Solution For Linux?

Mencoder (mplayer package) works pretty well.

Following the docs gave me decent quality rips without too much hassle.

http://web.njit.edu/all_topics/Prog_Lang_Docs/html/mplayer/encoding.html

Re: Is anybody doing this right?

On: Are There Any Smart E-mail Retention Policies?

Yes. I save them in notepad.

Any geek doing it right uses emacs! ;)

Re:They can distribute linux

On: Novell Won't Lose Right To Sell Linux

We are implementing a groupwise mail solution to replace MS exchange. We had a one-on-one meeting with the Novell Canada CTO to discuss the whole MS/Novell deal, so we could clear up exactly what is going on.

The start and finish of the agreement is to allow better virtualization of each others server products and to not sue each others clients.

That's it.

All this talk of patenting linux is pure FUD.

If businesses cannot use FOSS as part of their operating model, the open source community is shooting itself in the foot.