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  1. OMNI antennae on Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do With Old Coaxial Cable? · · Score: 1

    Make omni antennae... for the kids, you kow... http://wireless.gumph.org/arti...

  2. Possibly... on Mars Rover Spots Clouds Shaped By Gravity Waves (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    FTFA: "It’s far from certain those are gravity waves, though."

  3. My comments... on Eleven Reasons To Be Excited About The Future of Technology (medium.com) · · Score: 2

    1. Self-Driving Cars: another excuse to buy a new car....
    2. Clean Energy: Good, but still the production of materials needed for Solar, etc, are environmentally expensive.
    3. Virtual and Augmented Reality: another excuse to buy a new TV.
    4. Drones and Flying Cars: more "stuff" to buy.
    5. Artificial Intelligence: something else to annoy me. Regular people are enough.
    6. Pocket Supercomputers for Everyone: another excuse to buy a new phone.
    7. Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains: the economy must be based on resources, not money.
    8. High-Quality Online Education: Good, knwoledge is never enough.
    9. Better Food through Science: Keep off my beef!
    10. Computerized Medicine: Educate people not to get sick first, THEN seek new meds.
    11. A New Space Age: good, as long I can get a beef on Mars....

  4. Maybe... on Google, Apple and Microsoft Squirm As Global Tax Schemes Scrutinized · · Score: 2

    ...it is easier to pay taxes in Singapore than it is in Australia. In Brasil, only the names of taxes, contributions, tariffs, fees, dutys and rates we pay (R$500 billion until March 31st) would be enough to flabbergast any company...

  5. Re:Strange on Linux and Multiple Internet Uplinks: a New Tool · · Score: 2

    The site is now at http://ja.ssi.bg/ and it works very well, specially with dozens of users. The "nano.txt" file explains it all, with examples.

  6. NukeAnything on Ask Slashdot: Most Useful Browser Extensions? · · Score: 1

    Remove any section of the loaded HTML... Perfect if you want to copy/paste content when event the print version of a site has tons of ads/logo/etc... (no Chrome support, unfortunately)

  7. Re:Feynman was overrated on Feynman Lectures Released Free Online · · Score: 1

    And the equations for liquid helium! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

  8. IP camera on What Are the Weirdest Places You've Spotted Linux? · · Score: 1

    Some IP cameras my boss got from China. I was surprised to telnet to them and get a shell...

  9. Re:Mighty broad definition of "language" there on Khan Academy Launches Computer Science Curriculum · · Score: 1

    And what does "drawing", "animation", and "user interaction" have to do with programming or computer science?

    What does computer science has to do with "drawing", "animation", and "user interaction"?

  10. Don't do it! on TV Isn't Broken, So Why Fix It? · · Score: 1

    Or the zombies wake up and eat your brain too!

  11. Books are 82% of the $5M on $5M In Torrented Files Presented As Art · · Score: 1

    The major part of the value comes from books, not music/movies, so the MPAA/RIAA has little to worry about.... As for the editors/etc, I guess I can borrow a book from a friend os just get it on the public/school library...

  12. dd on Confidential Data Not Safe On Solid State Disks · · Score: 1

    Didn't RTFA, but how dding zeros to the device?
    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb should work on everything...
    I remember something about a prize for recovering data from a zeroed HD...

  13. What comes along the word on The Continued Censorship of Huckleberry Finn · · Score: 1

    A good friend told me the word is not important, but what comes after it. He didn't mind calling him nigger, but he DID mind calling him nigger son of a b$#&*... I have that book, btw...

  14. Another proof on The Effect of Internal Bacteria On the Human Body · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Bacteria isn't a small part of us. We are a small part of THEM....

  15. Re:Median 3Mbit, Mean 4Mbit on ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds · · Score: 1

    The real story is that over 50% of the users get less than 50% of the average bandwidth.

    And 50% of the users like their ISPs 50% more than they deserve... Altho my ISP allocates 12797Kbps downstream for a 10Mbit plan. "Viva GVT"

  16. Zenoss on GUI-Based Asset-Tracking Tools For a Datacenter? · · Score: 1

    I'm testing Zenoss which tracks SNMP events, SSH commands to linux and darwin nodes like df and ifconfig, and WMI. If you are organized on the switches and hostnames, it can really help! \m/

  17. Download them all! on Verizon CEO Says "We Will Hunt Heavy Users Down" · · Score: 1

    Download every version of Ubuntu (or your preferred legal DVD image), every day. Keep the client open a full day, remove the files and start over. Use your connections to the limit "helping others get free and open source software".

  18. Sound system on You've Dropped Your Landline — Now What? · · Score: 1

    Connect all wires to your stereo and hook up some speakers around the house!

  19. Maybe... on PC Historian Finds Puzzling Game Diskette Image · · Score: 1
  20. first post! on Brazil Appeals OOXML Decision · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And I am from Brasil! I could see this coming... Open source is taken VERY seriously her...

  21. Slashdotted?! on A Brief History of Slashdot Part 2, Explosions · · Score: 2, Interesting
    ...and then immediately buckled under the traffic.

    That seems like revenge!

  22. Prologica CP 500 on What Was Your First Computer? · · Score: 1

    I had one of these! http://www.trs-80.com/images/computer-m80.gif Was the FIRST computer my father bought for his factory and ended up at home around 1989 (for the kids, you know)... Compatibility: TRS-80 Model III / IV CPU: Z 80A Clock: 2 MHz RAM : 48 Kbytes ROM: 16 Kbytes Screen: 16 lines x 64 columns (80 x 24 when running SO-08, CP/M 2.2 compatible OS)

  23. Until she can't learn by herself.. on What Should People Understand About Computers? · · Score: 1

    I say it as a Computers Teacher: What a hell is a file (all types: regular file, program file, directory or folder, pipes, sockets, devices, etc) and different file extensions What is the bloody difference between software, hardware, program, plug-ins How the system works in general Some history to eliminate the missing "why's" Whit this information any user must be capable finding documents and understand books, or he/she is not suitable at all to have a computer. \m/

  24. wireless on Splashpower Boasts Wireless Power · · Score: 1

    I just know that I want one of these as a mousepad for my wireless mouse! \m/

  25. PHP File Manager on OSS Web-based File Management? · · Score: 1

    take a look at php filemanager (http://phpfm.sf.net/ it has very good fatures, it's single file and the integration depends only on apache's