User: NobleSavage

I want my icons on slashdot

On: Louis Suarez-Potts Talks About Making Money with FOSS (Video)

OT: I really like the icons on the old Slashdot. The beta version has no icons just pictures and it looks just like every other news site.

The first thing I'd "speak" with my pupils

On: Paralyzed Patients "Speak" With Their Pupils

KILL ME

And so it begins

On: DEA Program "More Troubling" Than NSA

Can we use the word police state yet?

This is a Dupe

On: Project Anonymizes Your Writing Style To Hide Your Identity

This is a dupe from yesterday: http://tech.slashdot.org/submission/2852793/post-without-worry---anonymouth-hides-your-identity?sdsrc=rel

Why are critial systems hooked into the net?

On: Hacking Group Linked To Chinese Army Caught Attacking Dummy Water Plant

This just one more example of why critical systems should never be connected to the internet. The should always be an air gap.

Do we really need smart appliances?

On: Why the Internet Needs Cognitive Protocols

The last thing I want to worry about is security vulnerabilities overflowing my toilet. I really don't want my refrigerator, toaster, coffee maker, and microwave on line.

Re:Yet another low caliber 3D printed firearm

On: In Canada, a 3D-Printed Rifle Breaks On First Firing

Yeah, but the 5.56mm has a hell of a lot more powder behind it than a 22lr.

Re:calling it

On: MIT's "Hot Or Not" Site For Neighborhoods Could Help Shape Cities

Yes and there will be a spam potential as real estate agents, business owners, and residents of a neighborhood try to artificially increase their rankings.

Re:We can thank the code breakers

On: Sunken WWI U-Boats a Bonanza For Historians

That was WWII not WWI.

Re:That's what you get for running Ubuntu

On: Ubuntuforums.org Hacked

I assume that the forum software was hacked. I believe they ran vBulletin which is often hacked. Nothing indicates the underlying OS was hacked.

No Chrome for me thanks

On: Google Is Bringing Chrome Remote Desktop App To Android

I feel dirty using Chrome. It's made by Google and I just assume they are snooping on me. For this reason I stick to Firefox even though Chrome is probably faster.

DuckDuckGo sucks

On: DuckDuckGo: Illusion of Privacy

Have you tried a search in DuckDuckGo? It should be called DuckDuckSuck.

XKCD

On: Voyager 1 Finds Unexpected Wrinkles At the Edge Of the Solar System

Obligatory XKCD

Not for me

On: Jetstream Retrofit Illustrates How Close Modern Planes Are To UAVs

I like the pilot IN the plane!

Ballistics Tests

On: With Catastrophes In Mind, Supercomputing Project Simulates Space Junk Collision

The summary sounds like the experiment would be good for ballistics tests. I'm not sure what the Title means.

Re:Someone start a defense fund

On: USA Calling For the Extradition of Snowden

Sign petition here

So

On: Rare Water-Rich Mars Meteorite Discovered

How does someone become a meteorite dealer?

Google is getting scary

On: My Location the Next Google Privacy Controversy?

They are too big and know too much.

How does the service know when you are dead?

On: How To Send Email When You're Dead

So how do they figure out that you kicked the bucket?

What about the Yellow Pages??

On: Craigslist Fires Back Over Adult Services Accusations

Just look at the Yellow Pages for any moderately large city... it will have hundreds of ads for "escorts" and "escort agencies'. This kind of activity has been going on for ages, but no one ever made a big stink. Now that it's on the intewebs prosecutors somehow feel that there is cause for concern? I say, Quit wasting my tax money!

Sour Grapes

On: Sony Pictures CEO Thinks the Net Wasn't Worth It

"I'm A Guy Who Doesn't See Anything Good Having Come From The Internet. Period." Sounds like a guy who's wife won't let him look at porn.

Re:Fine Line

On: How Tor Helps Both Dissidents and the Police

Slashdot 2.O does suck!

This is why I switched to Ubuntu

On: Draconian DRM Revealed In Windows 7

I forced my self to go 100% without Windows. I did this specifically because I had a hunch that after XP things would just get worse in terms of annoying restrictive crap. Vista came out after I made the switch and I was really happy that I had broken free of the MS habit. I put Ubuntu on my laptop and desktop. It took a little time getting used to. Granted I keep a copy of XP in a virtual machine just in for that occasional Windows only program I have to run. But I'm very happy now, some things I like a lot better. It rocks having a full Bash shell just a click away. If Windows diapered I wouldn't miss it one bit. The best part is the freedom of knowing I don't NEED Microsoft.

So why do I want plugins in my complier?

On: Plug-In Architecture On the Way For GCC

Can someone explain what kind of plugins might be made? What extra functionality wold I want in a compiler?

Slashdot makes ME feel smart

On: Intel Takes SATA Performance Crown With X25-E SSD

I suck at spelling and grammar, but when I read the Slashdot headlines I realize that I'm not as bad as some people! I'm just trying to figure out how they got jobs as editors.