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  1. Whiners on AT&T Says 10Mbps Is Too Fast For "Broadband," 4Mbps Is Enough · · Score: 1

    I have 1.5 Mbps, and we call it broadband here in Venezuela. Basic 360p Youtube, and netflix (SD) even works.

    I would KILL for 10 Mbps, let alone 4 Mbps. You guys are lucky!

  2. Re:Reading Logs / Binary and Text on You Got Your Windows In My Linux · · Score: 1

    The only reason i can think to justify a binary log is to save disk space.

  3. Re:What's wrong with Windows Server? on You Got Your Windows In My Linux · · Score: 1

    I agree with some of the criticism regarding systemd, but reading logs is not one of them. Just learn the systemctl and journalctl syntax before you ask silly questions regarding reading logs.

    Also, read http://0pointer.de/blog/projec...

  4. sideload? on Post-Microsoft Nokia Offering Mapping Services To Samsung · · Score: 1

    here's (no pun intended) hoping that we can sideload the here app somehow on the rest of android phones

  5. Re:A plague on both their houses on Choose Your Side On the Linux Divide · · Score: 1

    Modprobe uses libkmod, so upstart and sysvinit indirectly use ipv6

  6. Re:For some it was just a plain black screen on Windows 8.1 Update Crippling PCs With BSOD, Microsoft Suggests You Roll Back · · Score: 1

    thank you, i knew about the legacy bootloader but i didn't know it enabled F8

  7. Re:It isn't only Windows 8 on Windows 8.1 Update Crippling PCs With BSOD, Microsoft Suggests You Roll Back · · Score: 1

    I only reboot windows once a month after patch tuesday.
    Crappy experiences are mostly gone since 7 (and in my case, since Vista as well. I experienced only one major bug in vista, slow file copying which was fixed in SP1)

  8. Re:For some it was just a plain black screen on Windows 8.1 Update Crippling PCs With BSOD, Microsoft Suggests You Roll Back · · Score: 1

    Huh? F8 doesn't exist anymore on Windows 8.x

  9. text editors on Comparison: Linux Text Editors · · Score: 1

    i would like some text editors reviews as well, like nano, joe and others

  10. we are experiencing something similar on Western US States Using Up Ground Water At an Alarming Rate · · Score: 4, Informative

    in northwestern Venezuela we are having the biggest drought in 60 years. We only have 57 days left of water, and that's including with limited use (1 and a half days of water per week!)

    Our water comes by the way of reservoirs, and we depend heavily on rain. Can't remember the last time it rained and we are getting extremely worried

  11. Re:Not a open source issue. on Apple Fixes Major SSL Bug In OS X, iOS · · Score: 1

    decided posting instead of modding you down, since you may not know that Apple does not use OpenSSL, therefore you are just wrong.

  12. Re:running 8.1 update 1 from wsus on Microsoft Confirms It Is Dropping Windows 8.1 Support · · Score: 1

    we have specialized hardware as our firewall
    we have an antivirus on all machines
    we are policies to restrict software to only allow sanctioned bits.
    we have sensible subnetting in place

    I admin 600 client machines and the only issue in over 9 years was an IIS security issue.

    I am not saying we are 100% secure, but really, if you think about it, SSL isn't going to do anything for us.

  13. running 8.1 update 1 from wsus on Microsoft Confirms It Is Dropping Windows 8.1 Support · · Score: 4, Informative

    if you have wsus without ssl, it works fine after importing the update from the catalog.

    i don't see the need of ssl on an internal small server, anyway even with ssl you can enable tls 1.2 manually and it will work.

    this article is also misleading, since the update itself is a regular update and not labeled "update 1" or even a service pack, but on every windows version out there there are updates that depend on other updates, especially service packs, so nothing new here.

  14. Re:If only there was an update tool from xp to win on Meet the Diehards Who Refuse To Move On From Windows XP · · Score: 1

    There is one. Pcmover by laplink (not the free version) says that it can migrate apps as well as data.

    If you only want to migrate the data and profiles, use USMT (free), it's a command line tool but works fine.

    If you are migrating to 7 instead of 8.1, use windows easy transfer, it's a GUI to usmt that comes with it built in, download for XP and then format and double click on the .mig file to get the data back.

  15. Re:microsoft account on Microsoft Releases Free Edition of OneNote · · Score: 2

    The problem isn't needing a microsoft account (i.e live account to sync settings), the problem is that the program won't install if you are using a non-microsoft account in windows 8, which practically means you can't use this on business machines.

  16. Re:User friendly on WhatsApp Founder Used Unchangable Airline Ticket To Pressure Facebook · · Score: 1

    Not true, whatsapp doesn't store contacts, as it doesn't do contacts authorization.

    When you change your android phone, you put your gmail account and you get your contacts back (this is being done by the OS), whatsapp just queries the server to find out if your contacts have whatsapp and shows accordingly.

  17. Re:How can the situation be improved? on Why Is US Broadband So Slow? · · Score: 1

    I would love to get your local cable monopoly, or 6 Mbps choice.

    In Venezuela, we get 1.5 Mbps on average.

    You guys aren't that bad, you just can't compete with Europe or Asia (how should you? the US is quite bigger and harder to lay down fiber)

  18. Re:Facebook was dumb. on WhatsApp Founder Used Unchangable Airline Ticket To Pressure Facebook · · Score: 3, Informative

    You are mostly right, i live in Venezuela, here we only get charged for data/outgoing sms/outgoing calls. Incoming sms and calls are free, as they should. Of course, our cell plans suck, for example i only get 60 minutes a month, 300 sms and 250 MB of data.

    You are wrong about whatsapp not caring for new accounts, it is widely known whatsapp 450M users have about 70% of daily use.

    Here a trick for whatsapp users: don't want to pay anually? Have android? Borrow an iphone, put your simcard, buy whatsapp for 1$, put your simcard back into your android phone. Boom, you get lifetime service for 1$.

    Whatsapp is good enough, its strenght isn't security or privacy, but rather its comfort. You don't need to add anyone, no pins, usernames, passwords or logging in. If you want security then use BBM.

  19. Re:Lets see how far back... on Apple SSL Bug In iOS Also Affects OS X · · Score: 1

    If you don't want 7.x you can use 6.1.6 which got released to fix this

  20. Irrelevant on Getting Young Women Interested In Open Source · · Score: 1

    Why should we try to pursue women to work in tech? We have to accept they are different and the majority doesn't like working in tech.

    I cringe every time i see something being specially tailored for them. In Venezuela, they even have their own bank. It's stupid, what happened to equality?

  21. Re:Are we gonna compare every service pack to vist on Windows 8.1 Passes Windows Vista In Market Share · · Score: 1

    Problem is, that 8.1 is being marketed as a new OS. It's not a service pack. Technically it may be even less than a service pack in changes.

  22. Re:Murica Fuck yea! on U.S. Teenagers Are Driving Much Less: 4 Theories About Why · · Score: 1

    europe countries are a lot smaller

  23. easy on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Often-Run Piece of Code -- Ever? · · Score: 1

    i=i+1 or i+=1 or i++

  24. Old on Russia Backs Sending Top Students Abroad With a Catch · · Score: 1

    This is common practice on lots of countries. In Venezuela this has been going for almost a century (though i don't know the current status since our problem with $$$), they give you a scholarship to study abroad with the condition to come back, otherwise they give you (or your relatives) the bill.

  25. buy online on Ask Slashdot: Top Black Friday Tech Picks? · · Score: 2

    i don't get all the haters here that say to avoid the day. if you NEED something, buy it if you can find a good deal, and if you want to avoid people then buy online. that's it.

    sometimes Americans just try to find a cat's fifth paw .