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  1. Re:Not supported on Anonymous Raises Over $54,000 For Dedicated Your Anon News Website · · Score: 0

    Actually, they are not attempting to put an official channel on the name and idea of Anonymous.

    They are creating a centralized news site where news about Anonymous and Anonymous operations and be aggregated, discussed, posted etc. I also can't agree with your predictions that the site will be "controlled, or shut down, or censored" -- and how exactly will people get the idea Anonymous has sold out? By creating a legitimate media outlet, it's more like they're gaining more awareness...

    You don't speak for Anonymous, so let's not go spouting ignorant rubbish about it selling out and what it does or does not support. I hear the bell ringing kiddo, it's time for class.

  2. Mint! on Ask Slashdot: New To Linux; Which Distro? · · Score: 0

    I'm becoming more and more of a Mint fan. It's easy to set up, looks nice and doesn't have Unity! It has debian at it's core, just like Ubuntu, but without most of the bullshit.

  3. scanned by MS IPs on Microsoft Admits To Being Hacked Too · · Score: 0

    I don't know how many of you noticed in the last few weeks that the usual round of default password scans had a few Microsoft IPs in them. I have several event logs with MS IPs scanning my network with default logins. I didn't think much of it, thought maybe it was a spoof--- but hey, it looks like it really was from inside of MS's network. Crazy shit, and how ironic is it that they got their Macs?

  4. if this guy is a hacker or not.... on Turning SF's Bay Bridge Into a Giant LED Display · · Score: 0

    Who gives a fuck, the media is never going to get it right. The point is that the golden gate bridge is going to look fucking amazing at night for two years. As a NorCal resident, I will be consuming psychedelic substances and walking around the bridge when they light it up in march. San Francisco has so much technology living in at, and such creative people, be they musicians or technologists. It's about time we get some big crazy light show powered by programmable LED lights!

  5. re: brown dwarf on Probable Rogue Planet Spotted · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I made a brown dwarf after my second cup this morning, small universe.

  6. I taught them.. on Ask Slashdot: What Were You Taught About Computers In High School? · · Score: 1

    I went to high school in the 90's. We had a bunch of mostly functional PCs from a local manufacturer. By 10th grade I was on paid IT staff, with four or five of my geeky friends. We were paid to do NT4 admin, cabling projects and to support the staff and students. I came in to summer school one year and several of my friends saw me and figured I was there to get my grades back up like they were. I walked into the class with them and sat down. The teacher then introduced me as someone they could ask for help on their computers. They got weird looks on their faces and I went back to IRC.

  7. Finally on California Employers Can't Ask For Your Facebook Password · · Score: 1

    I have a friend who has recently begun training to be an EMT and for fire service. Several months ago, when he began his schooling and training, he told me he had to clean out his facebook account. I figured it was a good idea, since they could look at it, but I told him he could just change his privacy settings to keep anyone that wasn't on his friends list from viewing his wall/timeline. He then explained to me, that on his application, he had to supply his facebook login and password. I was immediately appalled at the notion of handing over your personal social networking credentials over to any company/organization. I told him it was very illegal, but he didn't want to start any trouble as a new recruit. I told him to make a fake account, but he wasn't having it. Now there's a specific law making it illegal, I made sure to tell him the second I read this article. It is a shame we need a specific law for this...

  8. Re:Not so good on Google Captures 'Street View' of Underwater Habitats · · Score: 1

    On the up side, previously over crowded tourist spots will be less crowded and worth visiting again?

  9. Ye Olde Slashdot on Slashdot Turns 15, What Are You Doing Later? · · Score: 2

    I started reading Slashdot some time in high school (late 90's), this was the beginning of my career in IT. I was hired sophomore year to be a member of the paid IT staff and never looked back. I'm also part of a loyal bunch of pot headed IT folk by the name of "Smokedot". We've been around for almost as long, but consume a lot more dorritos.

    Thank you Slashdot, even though Rob called me a noob at LinuxWorld a while back, I still love you.

  10. Re:So is apple... on Anonymous Leaks 1M Apple Device UDIDs · · Score: 1

    Oh, it's been verified.

  11. Re:News Flash on Study Shows Marijuana Use In Teens Correlates To Decreasing IQ · · Score: 1

    Thank you mikael, I couldn't agree more.

    Also, how many of these comments are coming from people with Rx medication in their medicine cabinet? hypocrites.

  12. Re:I had the very first issue on Nintendo Power To Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Oh man, yeah I got a subscription in the early 90's and was so very excited every month when it came. Kids my age had a collective shitting of bricks when the SNES came out and promptly developed some Nintendo thumb. It was a great magazine, but I have no idea what happened to it after the 90's.. I suppose that other company bought it?

  13. coffee on Caffeine Linked To Lower Skin Cancer Risk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, good, I was just about to turn down my caffeine IV drip. I suppose it's time to turn it up!

  14. re: Sonic.net on Sonic.net's CEO On Why ISPs Should Only Keep User Logs Two Weeks · · Score: 1

    I've lived near Santa Rosa, the location of Sonic.net's HQ for my whole life. When I started using the internet in 1997 they were there with local dialup and a free linux shell to all subscribers. They've been nothing but incredible since then and I'm very glad to see Dane in the headlines once again. Kudos to you Dane!

  15. re: Sonic on Worst Companies At Protecting User Privacy: Skype, Verizon, Yahoo · · Score: 1

    I used Sonic.net from the first year they opened until about 2006 when I had to move out of their service area. I had the pleasure of working in their data center several times whilst working for a local peak oil think tank. Although many things can (and are) be said about the owner, Dane Jasper, he has created the best "mom & pop" ISP in California hands down. The support is amazing, they have a variety of different broadband products, including fiber in some areas (you may remember an article recently about their fiber installs if you're a Norcal native). On top of all this.... they're the highest rated for privacy by the EFF.

    If you live in the area and you're not a Sonic customer yet, maybe you should think about it :) No, I don't work for them, sadly I was passed by every time I applied for their support team. They have an arcade in the office too!

  16. Re:Well, if they're going to generalize, I am too on Are Porn and Video Games Ruining a Generation? · · Score: 1, Troll

    Oh man, fuck, I did not see this comment coming. Kudos to you sir, I'm laughing my ass off. Nothin' like neck hole rape to keep you going on a boring afternoon.

  17. Re:The Onion Router on US ISPs Delay Rollout of "Six Strikes" Copyright Enforcement Framework · · Score: 1

    TOR is The Onion Router, it routes you around using other hosts on the TOR network. It's very slow and you really don't know who's running the exit nodes, best to stay away from it. If you don't want your traffic slowed down or possibly spied on by weirdos or the US government, check out a paid VPN service in Sweden, or any country outside the US/CAN/UK with decent privacy laws. vpntunnel.se / ibvpn.com / anonine.com / ipredator.se are all decent services to look into. Encrypted traffic, very little slow down and it's quite affordable.

  18. Re:What an elitist on Geeks In the Public Forum? · · Score: 2

    "You know I've noticed a certain anti-intellectualism going around this country ever since around 1980, coincidentally enough. I was in Nashville, Tennessee last weekend and after the show I went to a waffle house and I'm sitting there and I'm eating and reading a book. I don't know anybody, I'm alone, I'm eating and I'm reading a book. This waitress comes over to me (mocks chewing gum) 'what you readin' for?'...wow, I've never been asked that; not 'What am I reading', 'What am I reading for?' Well, goddamnit, you stumped me...I guess I read for a lot of reasons — the main one is so I don't end up being a fuckin' waffle waitress. Yeah, that would be pretty high on the list. Then this trucker in the booth next to me gets up, stands over me and says [mocks Southern drawl] 'Well, looks like we got ourselves a readah'...aahh, what the fuck's goin' on? It's like I walked into a Klan rally in a Boy George costume or something. Am I stepping out of some intellectual closet here? I read, there I said it. I feel better."

    -Bill Hicks

  19. Re:The prophecy of the Simpsons. on DreamHammer Wants To Corner the Drone OS Market · · Score: 1

    Thank you sir, I know a great deal of slashdotters know the first 10 seasons of The Simpsons as well as I do, but so rarely do they regurgitate these wonderful quotes. That's a great episode.

  20. Yeah... I'm like, sick 'n stuff on FDA May Let Patients Buy More Drugs Without Prescriptions · · Score: 1

    So, medical kiosk, I'm sleepy and my back hurts and I have trouble staying asleep, please give me some rittalin, some morphine and some xanax.

  21. re: love boat on Nearly 150 Companies Show Interest in the Tech Love Boat · · Score: 1

    Love is in the air.... and also BO.

  22. dirty dealers on Sony Put Video Service on Hold Due to Comcast Data Caps · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Comcast has been up to no good for years. We all remember the torrent throttling and god knows what else. They need to have the thumb screws put to them so they stop trying to squeeze every penny out of every MB by throttling traffic, applying data caps and the like. I hate Comcast's business practices but they're usually pretty damn fast.... there needs to be another choice. 20% is too large for a dickweed company that pulls this bull-shlaka.

  23. Re:the same idiots on Good News For US Fusion Research · · Score: 1

    The same idiots who deny cannabis's medicinal benefits agree it should be grouped along with crack and ecstasy.

  24. they don't want that kind of info on Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't Schools Connected? · · Score: 1

    I'd imagine it has something to do with teachers not wanting to be that transparent. They're also already under enough pressure for very little pay... of course this very well may make their jobs easier. Maybe there's a "pilot program" somewhere, where teachers are doing this, or at least using SOME tech in the classroom.

  25. re: Dane on The Five Levels of ISP Evil · · Score: 1

    Sonic.net was my first ISP back in '97, they offered a free shell server and happened to host the MUD I was currently addicted to. They have always been an incredible ISP and a great place to work (if I could just get in there! grr) in Sonoma county and all over California. I'm always glad to see Dane Jasper on the front page of /.