Slashdot Mirror


User: hduff

hduff's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
1,318
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 1,318

  1. The political pre-election process is gamed in favor of popularity over substance. It's then no surprise about the leaders we get.

  2. Given that the average person is not too bright and half of the population is dumber than that, it's no wonder that pretty, shiny, charismatic appeals to people.

  3. Floppies on Verizon Is Rebranding Yahoo, AOL As 'Oath' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Will they re-brand all the floppy disks?

  4. New Slashdot look? Yuck! on Y Combinator-Funded Startup To Do Quantum Computing -- Only Better (bizjournals.com) · · Score: 0

    New Slashdot look? Yuck!

  5. Apple has made the iPad Boom too easy to use.

  6. It's a feature.

  7. I believe we have had those devices for some time now.

  8. Reality Show? on No One Knows What To Do With the International Space Station (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    It's ripe for exploitation for one of those reality shows.

  9. Today I learned that Drupal had rules about sex. It must be for a plug-in.

  10. Ready for mass production? on Interviews: Ask Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor John Goodenough a Question · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There are several innovative ideas for better batteries that never make it to market. The problem is that you can make a few by hand in the lab, but production of useful numbers does not scale well at all or it scales, but is horrible expensive.

    Will your development reasonably scale? If not, what stands in your way.

  11. Mageia6 on Ask Slashdot: What's The Easiest Linux Distro For A Newbie? · · Score: 1

    Great default settings, excellent hardware support, easy-to-use, nice graphic system tools, friendly community support. The Mageia6 release in almost ready to release, but I've been using it for quite a while without problems. As nice as it is, I'm surprised it doesn't get more attention; it deserves the attention.

    They provide install DVDs and a Live DVD (Just don't install from the live DVD. Dues to size limitations of the DVD media, some useful packages are left out of the live DVD.)
    https://www.mageia.org/en/6/

  12. "I was big enough for your mom." -- Pluto

  13. thatsapenis.gif

  14. IF they were deeply committed, they would have fixed them all by now.

  15. Re:Why isn't Android considered a GUI? on Android is About To Eclipse Windows as the World's Most-Used Operating System (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Same reason OS X isn't considered just a GUI while it sits on top of BSD?

  16. Linux on the Desktop? on Android is About To Eclipse Windows as the World's Most-Used Operating System (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Still no.

  17. Re:Stone tablet and chisel on Ask Slashdot: Best File System For the Ages? · · Score: 1

    M-disk sounds nice, but I have not had any success using it with Linux, although it "should" work.

  18. Perhaps municipalities should address the needs rather than game the system.

  19. Re:Nope, nothing to see here on Mike Pence Used His AOL Email For Indiana State Business -- and It Got Hacked (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The simple explanation is that generally uninformed people enjoy engaging in partisan attacks. It validates their poorly-thought-through ideas, making them feel better about themselves.

  20. Feels for the Dad, but . . . on Father of Driver In Violent Tesla Crash Blames Sedan's 'Rocket-Ship' Acceleration (autoweek.com) · · Score: 1

    The anguish of a parent who lost a child is not a good basis for establishing rules or laws.

  21. Nothing New on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Aggressive Forum Users? · · Score: 1

    "read the source code"
    "fix it yourself and submit a patch"
    "a trivial problem"
    "Won't be fixed"
    "posted to wrong maillist" (with no indication of which maillist it should be posted to)
    etcetera, etcetera, etcetera

  22. No such thing as Unlimited. It's always been limited.

  23. But can it run DOOM?

  24. The linked site won't display when you run AdBlock.

    Here's a free link: http://www.inc.com/business-in...

  25. Cow farts are killing us.