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  1. Re: Internet Rape on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    VPN, or browse through a cloud computer running x2go.

  2. Re:Desktop and Proprietary Drivers? on Ask Slashdot: What's The Easiest Linux Distro For A Newbie? · · Score: 1

    Flamebait? WTF?

  3. Re:Desktop and Proprietary Drivers? on Ask Slashdot: What's The Easiest Linux Distro For A Newbie? · · Score: 0

    OpenSUSE has better hardware support then Mint, last I checked.

  4. Re:rose rinted glasses on Ask Slashdot: What's The Easiest Linux Distro For A Newbie? · · Score: 1

    I have an opensuse laptop that I use a couple times a week, I never do anything except login and open the web browser. Occasionally, I will allow it to update if the popup in the corner gets to irritating.

  5. Re:Not exactly an easy question on Ask Slashdot: What's The Easiest Linux Distro For A Newbie? · · Score: 1

    OpenSUSE's Yast is the same tool for GUI and console. That alone makes it shine. On Ubuntu, if your looking for a tutorial or howto, at least 3/4th's of the time it's assuming you have a GUI. With OpenSUSE, it's much easier to find stuff that walks you through the console directions, and they are mostly the same. Red Hat also has different tools for GUI and console.

  6. Re:Same answer since always on Ask Slashdot: What's The Easiest Linux Distro For A Newbie? · · Score: 1

    In my experience, OpenSUSE has the best hardware support. I had old equipment that gave me nothing but trouble on Ubuntu and Mint that worked fine on OpenSUSE. I used to fall back to a debian based system when I was playing around with uncommon packages, but OpenSUSE has really come a long way and has packages for almost everything in Yum. You can also go to the website and find rpm's that are missing. They have a 1-click install to add the repo's and install the packages.

  7. Re:Lots of valuable information... on Senate Votes To Kill FCC's Broadband Privacy Rules (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    interesting, I always trunk my whole network out one vpn, to avoid overloading the router with multiple vpn's. Do you find this affects your router at all, or do you have a particularly beefy one.
    I have a setup with a seperate router doing the vpn, and anything on my network that uses it as a gateway will go out the vpn. This allows me to use the vpn on all sorts of devices and choose which ones go out it and which ones hit the regular internet (stupid netflix). It also give me an egress point to connect to vpn'd devices from outside my network, if necessary.

  8. Re:Lots of valuable information... on Senate Votes To Kill FCC's Broadband Privacy Rules (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I had PIA and switched to AirVPN because of a billing problem with paypal. Both worked well. PIA is simpler, AirVPN has many more options if your inclined to use them.

  9. Re:Something something DRM... on Firefox for Linux is Now Netflix Compatible (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Possible, but difficult. I could never get Netflix and HBO Go to work at the same time. :(

  10. Re:Conversely... on Patents Are A Big Part Of Why We Can't Own Nice Things (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Pure copying should be way lower. 40 or 50 years max. It should also be taxed as a asset after 20 years, if it's worth it, pay. If it's not, let it go public domain.

  11. Re:Nothing to worry about on Burglars Can Easily Make Google Nest Security Cameras Stop Recording (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you know how much Methdone costs? Do you think these treatments are well covered in our current system? They are not.

  12. Re:Nothing to worry about on Burglars Can Easily Make Google Nest Security Cameras Stop Recording (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    I know I shouldn't feed trolls, but having someone yell insults from the short bus is irritating. I can understand that without the brainpower to metephorically turn on an LED, it might seem like South Africa is a failed socialist state, especially if you rabidly consume the alt-right dogma.
    However, it might be that there is more to the story.
    A history of colonialism, apartheid, restricted access to education and all the other shit that South Africa has dealt with... This makes for a poorly prepared electorate and tends to allow dysfunction and corruption.
    But I guess that doesn't play as well to your base.

  13. In many houses, there is a switch right under the power meter. Years ago, someone flipped mine and I couldn't figure out what happened until the power company guy came out.

  14. Re:Nothing to worry about on Burglars Can Easily Make Google Nest Security Cameras Stop Recording (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    Sure, welfare spending is the problem, not rampant corruption.

  15. Re:Nothing to worry about on Burglars Can Easily Make Google Nest Security Cameras Stop Recording (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    Alot of this is tied to substance abuse or other desperation, if only there were some source of assistance or legal inexpensive way to get your fix.

  16. Re:That's nice, but... on Hundreds of Cisco Switches Vulnerable To Flaw Found in WikiLeaks Files (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Serial port, even a standard ssh account would be more secure then telnet. Telnet should be disabled.

  17. Re:That's nice, but... on Hundreds of Cisco Switches Vulnerable To Flaw Found in WikiLeaks Files (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Lazy admins are a dime a dozen, which is what companies want to pay, unfortunately.

  18. Re:Really, Microsoft? on Windows 10 Will Download Some Updates Even Over a Metered Connection (winsupersite.com) · · Score: 1

    OpenSuse, it's like Linux, but easy.

    Shh... Don't tell him.

  19. Your an adult, you can do anything you want, but there are consequences. For example, if you ask if something is "aloud", people might assume you're only semi-literate.

  20. Re: Microwave popcorn is cutting edge on Movie Theaters Haven't Innovated Beyond Popcorn, Says Netflix CEO (variety.com) · · Score: 2

    The drawback of air popped is how damn loud it is, come on, I'm trying to watch a move.

  21. Re:age 30 is old and $60K is "wealthy" on Ebook Pirates Are Relatively Old and Wealthy, Study Finds (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I download alot of ebooks and read at least one or two books a week on average. I fall into this category, but despite my high household income I'm under 200% of poverty (large family).

  22. Re:TRIGGERED! on Ebook Pirates Are Relatively Old and Wealthy, Study Finds (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    My daughter is a crazy about grammer rules, her school is obviously teaching them.

  23. I had this talk with my son just a little while ago. It's kind of heartbreaking to explain to kids how many people are lying to them just to make them spend money.

  24. You can see this just by looking at advertising of past generations. They could never get away with the sorts of things we see today.
    Inversely, watch some advertising from South America, it's garish to American eyes, but in some ways it seems move honest then what we're used to seeing.

  25. Re:Same thing with manhatten island. on 'We Didn't Lose Control Of Our Personal Data -- It Was Stolen From Us By People Farmers' (ar.al) · · Score: 1

    Actually, It's more like someone came over and gave your neighbor some beads to buy your house. The neighbor that hates you.

    That's basically what many "explorers" did.