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  1. Re:Emacs on Ask Slashdot: Web Site Editing Software For the Long Haul? · · Score: 1

    Why not use Nano instead of Pico? Nano is a Pico clone only without the need to install Pine. Also has color formatting support if you like that stuff.

    I use Nano myself and just hand type everything.

  2. Re:What I didn't find amusing... on PBS Web Sites and Databases Hacked · · Score: 1

    No, it doesn't! It needs to continue until all the vulnerable sites go "extinct as a species".

    So in other words, it will never stop. As long as programs are written by humans there will be vulnerabilities in them.

    People are missing the point of this hack. It wasn't done to show that the site has security holes but it was done to retaliate for some news show they didn't agree with. This is the new future of news reporting. All news reporters will now have to start screening what they go public with and filter out anything that these punk groups might disagree with else face some retaliation.

  3. Re:AT&T Has a Bridge to Sell You! on AT&T To Launch LTE Network In 5 Cities This Summer · · Score: 1

    My speed test average results. Ran 6 times on each device.

    iPad
      - AT&T (3/5 bars) = Ping: 340ms UP: 46kbps DOWN: 574kbps

    HTC Thunderbolt
      - Verizon (3/4 bars) = Ping: 171ms UP: 75kbps DOWN: 436kbps

  4. Perfect fix! on Greenpeace Says the Internet Emits Too Much CO2 · · Score: 1

    Add more filters to the Internet!!

  5. Re:Not bad on IPad 2 33% Thinner, 2x Faster, iOS 4.3 · · Score: 1

    Same here.. Even if it had retina display I'm not sure I would upgrade.

    What I want is an update for the iOS (maybe v5?) that will allow you to customize the desktop screens more. Allow you to place App icons where you want and not be stuck with then starting in the upper left to lower right ordering.. Also allowing widgets would be a HUGE plus.

  6. Re:Not bad on IPad 2 33% Thinner, 2x Faster, iOS 4.3 · · Score: 2

    Something tells me they won't be releasing an iPad 3 the same year they release v2. Just sayin...

    However a year from now I could believe...

  7. Re:When will they learn? on FBI Executes 40 Search Warrants For 'Anonymous' · · Score: 1

    Really??

    Definitions of terror on the Web:

            * panic: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
            * a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
            * a very troublesome child
            * the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); "he used terror to make them confess"

    If you do something they don't like then they will terrorize you by trying to shutdown your computes. This "loosely organized group" is nothing different then the group of bullies from IRC that would threaten to bot flood your channel or packet flood your IP address unless you did what they demanded of you. In fact I bet it's made up of the same people. The third definition best describes them "very troublesome children".

  8. Next you will see on Drug Catapult Found At US-Mexico Border · · Score: 2

    people being launched using this.. Just wait.

  9. We use in-house generated ones. on SSL Certificates For Intranet Sites? · · Score: 1

    We have a pretty small employee base, about 35 people and several rotate in and out all the time in the sales dept. I choose to use an self signed cert for our site. Mainly to help if that odd ball virus got on a computer. I require everyone to use Firefox and with that you have the option to accept the cert and not deal with anymore annoying popups.

  10. Re:Wish I could play on World of Warcraft: Cataclysm To Launch Dec. 7th · · Score: 1

    Just everyone in the guild farms mats for you. =)

  11. Re:Not Facebook! on Man Claims 84% of Facebook, Gets Order Blocking Assets · · Score: 1

    I was kidding. But one can only hope something shuts down that huge pile of crap.

    So I take it anything you don't like is a huge pile of crap? If you don't like it then don't go to the site. As simple as that.

    There are many things about FB I don't like however I have got back in touch with many friends from high school and also enjoy keeping up with distant family seeing as I live several states away from them.

  12. Re:Bosses on Blizzard Offers Look Inside WoW At GDC · · Score: 1

    Oh so true.

  13. Re:Small programming dept on Blizzard Offers Look Inside WoW At GDC · · Score: 1

    "New ui elements (gear manager, quest helper, even voice chat)..."

    Adding various features such as these just takes away from the 3rd party mod developers. I for one don't use the new in-game gear manager and still use the add-on mod outfitter. I find it more useful.

    Voice chat has been in the game for some time now but is a total fail. I don't know of anyone that uses it.

  14. Re:"Only" 68 people? on Blizzard Offers Look Inside WoW At GDC · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing its just 68 Blizzard employees. The North American servers are all run out of AT&T data centers thus those are monitored by AT&T employees. I would guess when a servers fails 98% of the time it's from some AT&T employee sleeping at his desk.

  15. Re:Survival of the fittest on Blizzcon 2009 Wrap-Up · · Score: 2

    Yes some people may be like this but not everyone. I for one play WoW a lot. I have two level 80's. I did NOT go to BlizzCon or even pay to watch it over the TV/Net. Other the other side I also work 40 hours a week. I pay all my bills. I don't get government help at all and never have. I have no debt other then my car which will be paid off in 3 months. Own my condo with no payments. The place is clean and in fact I spent the weekend shampooing carpets.

    Some people can multitask and others can't.

  16. Re:Michael Stipe was right! on People Emit Visible Light · · Score: 1

    I'm not touching anyone.

  17. Re:Microsoft actually did something right on Your Browser History Is Showing · · Score: 1

    Same for me only I don't have history disabled. NoScript just didn't allow the scanning.

  18. Re:What about me? on SolarNetOne Wants Stable Internet Connections For Developing Nations · · Score: 1

    Blah.. meant ".org" for the /. url. Still to early in the morning for me.

  19. What about me? on SolarNetOne Wants Stable Internet Connections For Developing Nations · · Score: 1

    I want stable internet and I live in a developed nation!

    Comcast business = crap

    - The net often goes down 6+ times a day.

    - When the net doesn't go down the cable modem seems to run out of memory for its routing table so random websites will stop loading. Rebooting the mobem will fix this. Slashdot's IP was one a while back and I thought Comcast was just blocking /. I had to go to http://star.slashdot.com/ to read anything.

    - Field techs have been out here countless times and are as dumb as a sack of bricks. We have the cell number of one that seems to know what he's doing.

    Problem still not fixed 2 months later.

  20. Re:The Real Problem (The Phone Companies) on Auto Warranty Robocall Scammers Busted · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind that phone companies are just supplying a service to someone. A large company might have a contract with a phone company as well. The phone company can't terminate service without proof of wrong doing. For this an investigation would have to happen and court orders to the provided to the phone company.

    On a second note, if you're going to blame phone companies then you should also blame electric companies for supplying electric for the auto-dialer. Would they not be just as guilty for supplying a service to these scammers allowing them to run their crap?

  21. Simple solution... on CNN Uses P2P Video & Adds Terrible EULA · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't let CNN or any of its software into your computer/network. This just adds to the list of reasons why I deleted the channel from my TV listings.

  22. Re:My Review on Review: Wrath of the Lich King · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you want everything handed to you up front.

    - That flying mount you saved up for (worse, if you bought an epic) - can't use it until 77 or so. Bad call.

    Heaven forbid you have to work your way from zone to zone again. Having a flying mount from the start would really take away from exploring the new zone. I believe it's given (at a cost) to you at level 77 because whats when most people are getting to Storm Peaks and Icecrown zones which suck if you can't fly.

    - Not a mage? Can't get to Dalaran until 74 (or so, I haven't done it yet). That's right, a major feature cut out for you while you grind. This really serves just to highlight the grind, not remove it.

    Bummer... Just ask a mage to queue you up to a BG while he's in Dalaran or have a level 74 mage port you there if you don't want to work for it yourself. Hope you tip at least.

    - More dailies...ugh

    Then don't do them? It's a nice way to make some extra money for those that don't get the upper hand on the Auction House.

  23. Re:ok, its not wow on A Look At the Warhammer Community · · Score: 1

    Blizzard chose not to reset honor and marks but will be resetting arena the night before 3.0 comes out.

    They stated that they will be taking a snapshot of the current arena standings and awarding S4 prizes at that time (Oct. 14th) then the arena season will continue on till the xpack comes out. Any gain in arena standings once 3.0 is out will not get you the end of season prize. I DO NOT recall if they will set arena points to zero after the snapshot is taken or leave them. If they are allowing people to continue up till the xpack then I would think they wouldn't zero out the points. Blizzard has been changing things on a daily bases lately so it's hard to tell.

    Now blizzard didn't say when patch 3.0 was going live but they did say the end of S4 snapshot would be takin on Oct. 14th so people are guessing thats when the patch will be out.

    On another note. I have 4 people in the same WoW guild that are also playing WAR and log into both games on a daily bases. 2 of those people already stated they will stick with WoW and the other 2 are still undecided and are waiting for the WoW xpack. I myself don't know much about the WAR lore thus I'm not really that interested in the game and will be sticking with WoW.

  24. Re:Why on Now Google's CAPTCHA Is Broken · · Score: 1

    Sometimes I have a hard time reading the answer. CAPTCHA is more annoying then anything now days. It appears to be a flawed technology thats trying to cover up a flawed technology (smtp being one of them)

  25. Re:Desperation on Blizzard Awarded $6M Damages From MMOGlider · · Score: 1

    Just require players to solve a captcha every hour or be disconnected, with another required on reconnect after failing. Give them 5 minutes to answer if they are in combat. Problem solved.

    most captcha are already broken. Few examples: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001067.html its just a matter of time before a new one is broken.