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  1. Re:Pretty smooth on Some Early Adopters Stung By Ubuntu's Karmic Koala · · Score: 1

    I actually used her laptop because her windows partition crapped out and I didn't have a copy of japanese windows-xp laying around....Oh, and she didn't care as long as she can check her mail and play flash games.

  2. Pretty smooth on Some Early Adopters Stung By Ubuntu's Karmic Koala · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I upgraded my wife's system - which is on a Japanese laptop and everything seems to have gone fairly smoothly. I was concerned when it asked me for the keyboard settings, but it seems to have respected my original settings nonetheless. Boot times seem a bit nicer and she hasn't complained of any stability issues. It's definitely gone a lot smoother than past upgrades which were extremely unstable on her system, X often crashing, windows becoming unresponsive, or the arty completely bombing out for no reason.

  3. Re:Free speech and democracy? on Flickr Yanks Image of Obama As Joker · · Score: 1

    Freedom of speech is something that the government has to allow, not privately owned websites. Their terms are set by the owners/administrators.

  4. Re:don't name by person just makes it harder to do on Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that high turnover could make administrating the PC's a mess.

  5. Depends on the situation on Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations? · · Score: 1

    I've seen a variety of things done. Personally, I named computers by division and assigned the computers from there. This worked fine for a group of about 25 people, but could be problematic when running into larger groups. I'm not sure how a larger group would do it, but I'm sure it would be done somewhat differently.

  6. Re:This is midrange? on AMD's Phenom II 965, 3.4GHz, 140 Watts, $245 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Have you seen Intel's pricing? Can't get a decent solution from them including a motherboard for under 500 whereas I just recently built a full Phenom II computer for about 400 (including hard drive). I'm not convinced that Intel is really interested in mid-ranged computing.

  7. Re:Not-for-profit on California Student Arrested For Console Hacking · · Score: 1

    Not commenting on whether he was 'right' or not, just disputing the 'not-for-profit' post.

  8. Re:Not-for-profit on California Student Arrested For Console Hacking · · Score: 1

    According to the article there were 'dozens' of hacked consoles found. It seems very likely that he was running a modding service.

  9. Legally, how? on Amazon Pulls Purchased E-Book Copies of 1984 and Animal Farm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This seems extremely shady legally. You bought and paid for something. Electronic or not, how do they have the right to take it away from you? I could MAYBE understand if it was a subscription-based service in which you had access to a collection, but for them to take this away from someone who specifically bought the book seems legally dubious at best.

  10. Re:What gives them the right on NASA Plans To De-Orbit ISS In 2016 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Russians already have plans to detach part of the ISS and use it for part of their next station, so it's not a total loss when decommissioned.

  11. Re:What gives them the right on NASA Plans To De-Orbit ISS In 2016 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I believe NASA was given control of its decommissioning when the countries established the ISS charter.

  12. Re:What I learned on 10 Business Lessons I Learned From Playing D&D · · Score: 1

    Nope, never played with any 'vixens' and the vixens I did know had no knowledge about my gaming habits. ;)

  13. Re:Why is facebook allowing this? on The Pirate Bay Comes To Facebook · · Score: 1

    This isn't an app, it's just sharing (posting) a link which any user can do without installing apps. You can add your own comment to it, a thumbnail, etc. It's a 'mini-digg'

  14. nice on Use Your iPhone To Get Out of a Ticket · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the iPhone just became a positive ROI for many people in these areas.

  15. Outsourcing? on Indian Court Is 466 Years Behind Schedule · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe they can outsource their legal system to the US? We're only a few years behind for 'enemy combatants.'

  16. Re:Already in japan? on New Law Will Require Camera Phones To "Click" · · Score: 1

    mod parent up! This law does come Japan which tries to have very strict laws for guys who enjoy taking upskirt shots.

  17. Re:*sigh* on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 1

    I think it started around a year ago, between march-april 2008.

  18. Re:Poetry is not a good basis for immigration poli on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The waiver program was supposed to be a way that citizens could get from their country to a friendly country without much hassle or processing times (aka a visa). It's supposed to go both ways, but now the US has put up a tiny roadblock to that smoothness. Here's to hoping the other countries don't reciprocate in classic xenophobic style.

  19. Re:*sigh* on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was horrified when I went to Japan recently and had to let them take my fingerprints and a picture. I was even more horrified when I complained to my Japanese friends and they let me know that America has the same practice.

  20. Re:Those that haven't already changed... on Experts Say To Switch Browsers In Light of IE Vulnerability · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yea but the ones that they support and frequently think it's a good idea to click on the 'Hit the target to get a free iPod' ad is a good idea.

  21. Re:Be honest! on IWF Backs Down On Wiki Censorship · · Score: 1

    I don't think I ever advocated banning the image in my post, though you can correct me if I'm wrong. Lots of things are tasteless but not illegal, and it should probably remain that way.

  22. Re:Be honest! on IWF Backs Down On Wiki Censorship · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, it's pretty tasteless, and probably was at the time too. However, I don't consider it child porn, otherwise I think the band would have not been allowed to release it and several people would have been arrested.

  23. Re:Ivy League on Researchers Decentralize BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    I think hunting still counts as killing things. My comment didn't factor in whether killing things are good or bad, and that was on purpose.

  24. Re:Ivy League on Researchers Decentralize BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Guns aren't always used to kill things either. I mean, you can use them for target practice, right?

  25. Re:This is irresponsible on Minefield Shows the (Really) Fast Future of Firefox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think anyone is encouraging the masses to use a nightly. However, slashdot is "News For Nerds" right? Nerds should be able to use a nightly without destroying their computers beyond recognition, if not they need to give their badges back.