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  1. Re:Why not SLiM? on Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One reason: Why broadcast your login ID's to someone ? Make them work for it.

  2. Re:This brings up the question on US-CERT Warns of Serious Hole In ActiveX Control From Iconics · · Score: 1

    Why are they running windows in the first place and not a more appropriate embedded OS?

  3. Tell a lie often enough... on BSA 2010 Piracy Report: $58.8 Billion · · Score: 1

    ...and it becomes truth, especially when you use the media to squelch the real truth.

  4. Ungrateful people on Google's Honeycomb Source Code Release Is On Ice · · Score: 1

    What is with all these stories lately? Apple didn't do this when WE wanted it so they are bad but Google is good.. Today its just the opposite and Google is bad.

    its not like any of these companies are withholding anything they are working on it.. they all have a history of ponying up, so give them a damned chance.

  5. God help us all on Microsoft Antitrust Oversight Ends · · Score: 1

    The beast has awakened from its sleep.

  6. Re:A big victory... on Activists May Use Their Targets' Trademarks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Im shocked it came out of a US court at all.

  7. Re:Seriously? on Ask Slashdot: Is It Time For SyFy To Go Premium? · · Score: 1

    It happened long before they changed the name.

  8. Re:Not going to happen. on Ubuntu Aims For 200 Million Users In Four Years · · Score: 1

    Its not quite that bad these days really.

  9. its for the kids on Global Warming To Hinder Wi-Fi Signals, Claims UK Gov't · · Score: 1

    or wifi..... what? wifi? What are they smoking to be this desperate?

  10. Re:Is not reliable enough on Making Wireless, Not Ethernet, the Heart of the Network · · Score: 1

    That is true if we stick with the 'fat' client concept we have today, pushing gigs of data to the end point directly..

    If everything is moved to a RDP/VDI sort of environment, then it might become more feasible ( and secure ).

  11. Re:'Don't interview anyone who hasn't accomplished on Why the New Guy Can't Code · · Score: 1

    The impression i got was that he wanted you to be established and a proven track record first. Not just that you have done 'something cool'...

    When i went to college you did have to do small scale projects on your own, and in groups, ( various disciplines, since I'm an EE and not a CS major ) and i get the feeling that none of that would matter to this guy. He wants you to be out in the field for years and have a bunch of stuff in your portfolio that you can hold up and shout 'this is mine'. Of course, if you happen to work where your projects are proprietary or classified, then you cant show him anything anyway and its back to blind faith that you have skills...

  12. Ownership on Is the Gaming Industry Moving Online Too Fast? · · Score: 1

    Is so 80's.. Its not just the gaming industry, everything is moving to a leased/cloud type of architecture to ensure a steady stream of cash.

    Games, software, music, movies, phones, cars, homes....

  13. They encourage it.. on Sony Encourages Linux On Their Phones · · Score: 1

    Today. Then they will change the EULA terms and yank it, leaving you with 1/2 of what you bought.

  14. prove their case? on Evolution Battle Brews In Texas · · Score: 1

    WTF? Why do the scientists have to prove anything when the religious types don't? ( they cant, its why its called faith )

    Teach both as opposing but valid views so the student can decide. Be done with this stupid nonsense.

    Or just close the damned schools and let the kids go home, since they are obviously not offering an eduction anyway.

  15. 'Don't interview anyone who hasn't accomplished' on Why the New Guy Can't Code · · Score: 1

    Well that is a good way to kill off the next generation and deplete the job pool ( and destroy the industry eventually )

    If you ONLY talk to 'accomplished' candidates and never give the new guy a chance to come in and learn, at some point no one will have any expiration. ALL of us was the 'new guy' at one point in our life, even you..

  16. BS on Draft Proposal Would Create Agency To Tax Cars By the Mile · · Score: 1

    We already get charged by the mile, its part of the built-in feature of paying taxes on fuel and how it works.

    Now, we all don't pay the same amount i agree. But if you are driving a more efficient vehicle, shouldn't you get a bit of a break anyway?

  17. unconventional mathematical notation on Hewlett Packard's Cult Calculator Turns 30 · · Score: 1

    My foot it is. All depends on what career you are in if its 'unconventional' or not.

    Strange thing is these cost as much as they did when i bought mine 20 + years ago.. They should be cheaper now, so what is up with that?

  18. Re:I can't imagine on Oracle Subpoenas Apache Foundation In Google Suit · · Score: 1

    I am sure that Ellison has sleepless nights over that concern.

  19. Re:Finally!! on An IP Address Does Not Point To a Person, Judge Rules · · Score: 0

    Bingo, now you see one reason that v6 is bad. You get hacked and the courts just say ' we know it was you '....

  20. Re:Hyprocrits on The Internet's New Alternate Reality · · Score: 1

    he is part of the 'mainstream news media', of course he made things up. They are all scam artists and cant be trusted as far as you can throw them ( which they all should be... thrown into the drink ).

  21. Re:Cool but... on AppleCrate II: Apple II-Based Parallel Computer · · Score: 1

    From the way it looks the boards were not modified at least so they could be returned to normal service someday.

    If he did modify them permanently, he should be drawn and quartered.

  22. Re:another cycle on Ubuntu Unity: The Great Divider · · Score: 1

    And remember how much some of us STILL hate XP....

  23. Re:Reality check on Ask Slashdot: How To Monitor Your Own Bandwidth Usage? · · Score: 1

    I'm paying 50 a month for home service. Not 8. I don't know anyone who is paying much less than i am. i expect decent service for that kind of outlay each month.

    It is not unreasonable to demand this. Or do you work for comcast perhaps?

  24. Hyprocrits on The Internet's New Alternate Reality · · Score: 0

    Until very recently, if every professional news organization in the nation examined a charge and found it baseless, it was â" for all intents and purposes â" dropped,

    Its only bad when its your guy.. damned hypocrites. I still remember Dan Rather making up news, and only admitting it once he got caught.. At least this is actual news.

  25. Re:This is very bad design on VMware Causes Second Outage While Recovering From First · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am sure that is what happened. I don't know of any single keystroke that would take down an entire data center. ( aside from that big red button on the wall over there.. )