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  1. Re:40 years and I still can't solve it on Rubik's Cube: 40 Years Old and Never Meant To Be a Toy · · Score: 2

    I can solve it, and I can say for sure that if you only rotate one edge piece, the whole puzzle will be unsolvable.

    Back in grade school, I used to solve people's cubes for them. When I got to the point where it was solved except for the unsolvable part, it would be obvious what had happened. I would show them where they pieces or stickers had been changed and offer to change it back for them.

  2. Re:You're holding it wrong on How Did My Stratosphere Ever Get Shipped? · · Score: 1

    If it was a we-all-have-iPhones-and-you-are-the-odd-one-out situation, then the texts may be going through, or accompanied by, apple's proprietary text network, similar to the Blackberry messenger system. I seem to remember when I initially set up my jailbroken, unlocked iPhone, it was asking for my iTunes account information and said something about a separate messaging network.

    Frequently, the iPhone itself decides how it wants to send your messages. It could well be that the sender's iPhone knows which contacts can receive the apple-enhanced messages. The phone then decides to just send you a regular SMS since you can't receive the apple-enhanced messages. My iPhone is on a text-and-voice plan with no cellular data and I can never tell whether my text is from someone who sent it to multiple recipients.

  3. Re:Whole Trial is bullshit on Skype Overload Interrupts Zimmerman Trial · · Score: 1

    Just a suggestion- You'll be a lot harder to shoot if you are running away than if you are sitting on the guy. You know- in case this situation ever comes up.

  4. Re:Just leave your passport at home... on Ask Slashdot: Can I Cross US Borders With Legally Ripped Media? · · Score: 1

    Sure. Just go grocery shopping and you'll see your tax dollars at work in the checkout line. The problem I have with ever-expanding government food programs is that it drives the prices up for those of us living independently.

  5. Re:Regarding the 'too late' part of the equation on BlackBerry 10 Review: Good, But Too Late? · · Score: 1

    Hey Mods. It has been awhile since I have been on here because the conversation has been going downhill. This is one example. Your +1 bonus when you have excellent karma should be used only when you have a really excellent point. Otherwise, mod it down! Just my moderation advice. Worth as much as you paid for it.

  6. Re:Glenn Beck is a fucking moron. on Glenn Beck Reports CIA Plot Between Embassy Killing and Something Awful · · Score: 1

    Informative? Really? In my opinion, this is Off-topic and Flamebait. But with the declining general quality of Slashdot over the last couple years, I have stopped being so obsessive about using my mod-points and so don't get them very often.

  7. Re:TFB on Ask Slashdot: How To Fight Copyright Violations With DMCA? · · Score: 1

    Actually, since their stuff is based on his stuff in the first place, I don't see how it could be perjury.

  8. "OK. Sorry. We'll stop distributing it now." on Stuxnet/Flame/Duqu Uses GPL Code · · Score: 1

    They just have to say, "OK. Sorry. We'll stop distributing it now." However the fact is that it continues to distribute itself.

  9. Re:Government warnings?? on Cleaning Up the Mess After a Major Hack Attack · · Score: 1

    In the second paragraph on page 4, Mr. Mandia says that over 90% of the private enterprises don't know their networks have been compromised until they learned from the FBI, DoD, or some other third party (emphasis added). However, in the last paragraph of page 5, he says that over 90% of the breaches his company responds to are first detected by the government.

    The "some other third party" phrase seems more realistic to me unless he deals mostly with government agencies themselves.

  10. Good discussion on this topic on Ask Slashdot: Handing Over Personal Work Without Compensation? · · Score: 1
  11. Ghetto solution on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Tech Gear From Smash-and-Grab Theft? · · Score: 1

    My solution is to look poor. I store my laptop in a cardboard box and drive a 1988 Chevy Nova.

  12. 2011 - 1955 = 66, not 56 on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 1

    Looks like he was 66 years old when he died. Please fix the headline.

  13. Re:Hardly open source on Microsoft Open Sources ASP.NET MVC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    > How so? It's accepted as a free software license not only by the OSI but by the FSF as well.

    Actually this may be a bit misleading. The MS-PL is firmly on their list of "GPL-Incompatible Free Software Licenses". This means that they urge you not use this license and it is incompatible with the GNU GPL.

  14. Good clean fun! on How To Keep Rats From Eating My Cables? · · Score: 1

    Trapping is good clean fun. I got into it checking out a book from the library called "Tiniest Game Hunter" or something like that. Given enough time and ingenuity, trapping is the way to go. I have had good luck with the spring-loaded oversize mousetraps, but my somewhat more wealthy friend recommends the Rat Zapper 2000.

  15. Re:any evidence on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy · · Score: 1

    > And, if that fails, maybe we should be looking at who the candidates have surrounded themselves with. (*cough* Palin...)

    That is indeed usually very telling. (*cough* Ayers...)

  16. Re:Beyond the current crisis on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy · · Score: 1

    Uhm . . . .Mods? This is one of the first actual on-topic comments that I have seen.

  17. Re:Oh great... on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    Didn't one of these vaunted European nations just decide to start looking almost all communications within their borders because they could.

  18. Re:Not That Tough on Is the Game Boy the Toughest Product Ever Made? · · Score: 1

    Uhmm . . . The original game boy discussed in the article was gray-scale, not color.

  19. Re:Undeadly coverage on Cambridge Researcher Breaks OpenBSD Systrace · · Score: 1

    Mods- This is the comment I was looking for and I had to get through half of the comments to find it. Please mod up as I am sure others are interested in the actual OpenBSD response.

  20. It is available now. on T-Mobile Announces WiFi Meshing Cellphone · · Score: 1

    A friend here at work said he signed up for this last night. He said the T-mobile person who was getting his details said he was the first person she had signed up for this. The main attraction for him is better reception throughout his house.

  21. Get some letters of reference. on Handling Interviews After Being a Fall Guy? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I just went through "Interview Training" and one thing the managers complained about is that they can not find any previous employers willing to give any kind of reference beyond name and dates of employment. It appears everyone is worried about lawsuits.

    They stressed that letters of reference are somewhat valuable as a replacement, so make sure you snag some of those before you take the fall.

    -no sig
  22. Official commentary on the GPL on Selecting a Software Licence? · · Score: 3, Informative

    For the official Free Software Foundation (FSF) commentary on their GNU Public License (GPL) and other licenses, http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html is the place to start. The title of the page is: "Various Licenses and Comments about Them - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)." I have referred to it often over the years.

  23. Re:Piffle on Microsoft To Pay IBM In Antitrust Settlement · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know of a mutual fund that does not and will not invest in Microsoft? I moved my IRA from one fund to another due to their heavy investment in M$, only to have the new fund later do the same thing.

    -datastew
  24. Who is Richard Holder? on A Novell Linux Specialist? · · Score: 1

    Although this guy didn't explicitly identify himself, a quick search on Google turns up his title from this quote in a news article

    "With Macromedia Breeze Training, we can simplify the process for creating sales training for partners and deliver it faster to a global audience, " said Richard Holder, manager, worldwide partner services, Novell.
    It looks like he is manager of Novell's worldwide partner services.
  25. Helpful Tip on Rechargeable Batteries - Yes or No? · · Score: 1

    I second the idea of using AA rechargables wherever possible. The added advantage of the AA form factor is that you can make a sleeve out of paper and use the batteries in the place of C size cells, because they are the same length.