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  1. Nope, haven't been for a long time on Ask Slashdot: Are Post-Install Windows Slowdowns Inevitable? · · Score: 1

    Buy an SSD.

  2. Try Australia on for size on The Vicious Circle That Is Sending Rents Spiraling Higher · · Score: 1

    We have negative gearing, a tax benefit - aimed solely at the rich. They rent out the property and get to claim the cost (interest payments, renovation, service costs, repair etc) against their taxable income.

    The common man (me, you, poors, middle class) are literally subsidising the rich buying more homes. It's an ass backwards, inane scheme that often, when described to foreigners elicits a response of basically "what the fuck? You're kidding? That's backwards!?"

    Our houses are artificially inflated high in cost, the only mild benefit is that rents are arguably, slightly cheaper. Furthermore the government is welcoming with very very open arms, Chinese cash. They are POURING their money out of China in to property here. You're starting to see for sale / auction / expressions of interest signs for property in Melbourne, with NO fucking English writing on the sign.

    These 2 things combined, have driven buying a house into an investment, not a home. It's *finally* getting some serious media scrutiny this year and your average man is beginning to click as to WHY negative gearing as a policy is completely and utterly fucking him.

    I've always been frugal and careful with money and I've saved my ass off. I get the shit taxed out of my money in the bank (interest made) but had I put it into a house, I'd be able to infact claim any losses.
    It's ... it's insane, it's fucked. an entire generation is getting basically,... fucked by the old and the rich (or the young who got in with assistance)

    The division between the rich and the poor and the wiping out of the middle class is beginning to kick into high gear in general, across the world and I think even your average person now, is starting to get pretty pissed about it.

  3. Move the comments number BACK on Linux 4.1 Kernel Released With EXT4 Encryption, Performance Improvements · · Score: 1

    I browse in full screen mode on a 30" 2560x1600 monitor. Some would say this is folly, none the less it's what I do.
    The article news headline is on the far left 1/4 of my monitor.
    The comment quantity per article is over a fucking foot to my right and I have to glance at how many comments there are, per article, left, right, left right.

    Put it back below where it belongs.
    I don't like or care about a dopey share button - if you keep it, fine but don't make the comments number worse due to it.

    I hate to cite fucking reddit of all places but isn't their score, comments and news headline all left focused? All the "important shit" is on the left, grouped together?
    Cmon people fucking think would you?

  4. I do not know anything about this pocket app,.... on Mozilla Responds To Firefox User Backlash Over Pocket Integration · · Score: 1

    However my stance on the issues with firefox changed very little

    http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
    http://news.slashdot.org/comme...
    http://news.slashdot.org/comme...
    http://news.slashdot.org/comme...
    http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

    TLDR: The stability (under the 64bit waterfox build) is pretty much where I want it, it doesn't crash.
    However,...the performance is atrocious compared to chrome, I don't know what kind of machine to throw at this browser but there needs to be a better way.

    I've tried with / without the noscript, with / without adblock and flashblock - nope still no good.
    It's sad.
    Stop adding bloat, start trimming and tidying and optomising code.

    My personal, non software developer, layman opinion is almost every web site, almost every application, almost every game and almost every operating system - almost all software in existence really should have **national optomisation week** where NO FEATURES ARE ADDED, NO UI'S CHANGED and for 1 week a year they simply try to speed up their old code.
    Seriously.... developers are still behaving like it's 1995 -> 2008 or so, when everything endlessly doubled in performance. Hint: PC performance increase have slowed. Start coding cleaner.
    1 week a year, think about it devs, please.

  5. What are the beneficial FEATURES to dumb end users on How Ready Is IPv6 To Succeed IPv4? · · Score: 1

    There's a heap of people here debating if the security is better with IPv6 or if doing things "right" is the better way and you may be all correct but the question for the mid tier and lower skilled tech users, adopters and end users is where is the big benefit?

    You tell someone "yes, your netflix video will buffer faster" (I know, that's bandwidth) or "You can do more on your network at once" that might help./
    The only thing I recall (which I think was pulled?) was multicast? As a mid teir tech, that was the only thing which got me all hot and bothered. The potential for huge bandwidth savings as data can be "split" as it goes down the network branch to only the nodes requesting it and only a single time (until the split is required, down a different trunk)
    THAT was interesting, that might mean, my Australian ISP uses VASTLY less bandwidth for certain applications / users and therefore I get allocated more monthly quota since their bills decrease.

    So yeah, ok sure, we should be switching to a better protocol, regardless and for the sake of too few ipv4 address's but to my knowledge there isn't some big huge (or even small) gain to most end users, at all. If not plain old inconvenience in setting up a new network type they know nothing about and may require more knowledge to secure.

  6. Politicians couldn't give 2 shits about this stuff on Disney Making Laid-Off US Tech Workers Train Foreign H1-B Replacements · · Score: 1

    Until there's fly in, fly out, outsourced politicians - they don't give a damn . Cheques will still come in from IBM, HP, Apple, Google or whoever takes on this kind of practice to save a buck.

    We're all fucked long term, seriously, globalisation has some great benefits and some utterly horrific drawbacks. Y'all fucked, me included.
    (Ok, not "Y'all" - "Y-vast majority of you")

  7. I ask again, ... does anyone know. on Windows 10 Release Date: July 29th · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How does it all work?
    If I install Windows 10 on my personal desktop, with valid key.

    Then trash the machine, re-install from a brand new original Windows 10 media DVD. Does the Windows 7 key work for Windows 10?
    Even if another user signs in?

    Is the Windows 7 key tied to my "Windows account" (they seem to be pushing accounts / logins now.... my Windows 10 test machine I literally login with my Microsoft live account) or what was once called live...

    I own at least 3 machines with genuine Windows 7 keys but I administer / work on / help with at least 30. I do NOT want to have 30 unique Windows 10 "accounts" with MS.

    So is it literally a flag in the DB "this key is now Windows 10 and Windows 7"?

  8. Re:annoying downgrade, ingores major usage pattern on Google Calendar Ends SMS Notifications · · Score: 1

    Most of the kids these days.......

    How much is it costing google to run the SMS service? The company used to do useful stuff, now they just endlessly kill off their services and re-skin stuff to make it harder to use (gmail)

    Run the damn SMS service for another decade until it's well and truly not needed, then end it and get ire from no one.

  9. Re:Ahh..a pity. on Insurer Won't Pay Out For Security Breach Because of Lax Security · · Score: 3, Funny

    You think that's bad? I very briefly thought this was due to some laptop / hardware being forced open by LAX airport security staff.

  10. Re:Or.... on Leaked Document Shows Europe Would Fight UK Plans To Block Porn · · Score: 0

    I am going to the sauna, tonight.
    In my swimwear.
    Everyone in my sauna in Australia wears swimwear.

    If you want to be naked, no issue.
    Why should you be FORCED to be naked?

    Sorry, that's fucking ridiculous.

  11. Re:Not planned at all on Large Amount of Star Citizen Art Assets Leaked · · Score: 1

    They've been selling virtual ships for hundreds of dollars a pop instead.
    This thing is damn near a ponzi scheme, I can't wait to see the collapse it's going to be EPIC, just incredible online.

  12. Re:Or.... on Leaked Document Shows Europe Would Fight UK Plans To Block Porn · · Score: 1

    I hate to agree with a 'prude' but if she's not comfortable having her body naked, that's her own issue. I understand people who want to be naked can / should be able to in such an environment - but to force others to have to do it? Sorry I'm not seeing the humour.

  13. BlackBerry Bold 9000 / 9700 on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Dumb Phone? · · Score: 1

    Somewhat a smart phone but with wifi disabled, data disabled, 2g mode enabled, you can get from 7 to 12 days out of it.

    Good reception too, it's definitely the new Nokia dumb phone.

  14. Re:And now for a real question on Microsoft Confirms It Won't Offer Free Windows 10 Upgrades To Pirates · · Score: 1

    Buy any off the shelf Dell / HP business workstation for under $1000 and then double the ram and put in a 500gb SSD, I'd be surprised if you got LESS than 7 years out of the machine for word processing, youtube, email, browsing etc. :/ MS definitely best not be dictating the lifespan of machines.

  15. Reading between the lines, now I get it...ahh-ha! on Microsoft Confirms It Won't Offer Free Windows 10 Upgrades To Pirates · · Score: 1

    So as an owner of ... quite a lot of Windows 7 Pro CD keys and completely legal / valid machines. I was surprised I was getting Windows 10 for free for myself to use, however I've just read the summary on this article, NOW it makes sense.

    Key words in the summary are the following for the supported lifetime of that device.

    So, unlike my Windows 7 key, where I can un-install it from the old PC / wipe the machine, then install it on a new machine, call a phone number, follow some prompts and re-activate my legit key, I get the impression the Windows 10 key I'm allocated will only work on ONE set of hardware, period.

    I'm still not sure if they are simply going to convert my existing, legitimate Windows 7 key to a Windows 10 key or issue me a new key. Either way it sounds like a Win7 -> Win10 conversion license is is not going to be as flexible as a 'proper' Windows 10 license.

    Also of note, if I recall the original articles regarding this, I have a 1 year window to make my Windows 7 keys "Win 10 free mode allowed" I'd bet good money, I can't just type the keys into a website and convert them, I bet I need to install Windows, using the Win7 key, activate it AND follow the prompts to engage "upgrade mode"
    I'm seriously considering building a VM just before entering the key to actually do this.

    Finally, I ALSO get the impression that a Windows 10 license / key is 'bound to' an email account / Micosoft account of some kind, which is also quite awkward for me, perhaps I can only have 1 Windows 10 license per account? Who knows.

  16. Stupid fat sack of shit on Australia: Your Digital Games (and Movies!) Could Be About to Jump In Price · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If he wants to bring in some fucking revenue, END NEGATIVE GEARING.

    For foreigners who don't understand, you can buy a second, third, fourth, nineteenth goddamned house and can claim the interest repayments, renovations, real estate management fees, maintenance etc against your taxable income.

    They claim this 'encourages low cost rentals' and housing to be built by the rich for the renters.
    Statistics show the VAST majority of negative gearing boffins actually buy in well established areas because they are worth more money (of course) and will appreciate in value.
    They get interest only loans and bank on the "fact" that housing should double in value every 7 years (incomes sure don't though)

    What negative gearing actually does is artificially drive investors (ie: rich people) to offload cash into homes, turning the "aussie dream" of owning a home far more difficult for those who can't afford to compete with the rich, trying to reduce their tax.
    Furthermore we are also welcome with wide wide open arms, foreign investment into property here, it's not good for the economy, it's good for a miniscule fraction of the population, it's driving the average price up also.

    Long story short, me, you and any other Aussie tax payer reading this are literally paying for rich peoples homes, when you explain this to most foreigners they are baffled as fuck "wait, a tax break for people with SECOND homes and THIRD? what about a tax break for people getting their first" ...
    It's fucking nuts, disgusting.

  17. Fuck updating. on Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I used a Galaxy S3 with 4.3 for about 2 years and was quite happy with it for the most part.
    I picked up a used Galaxy Note II from someone at a very very reasonable price, it shipped with 4.3 and I updated it to the very latest build of 4.4 available for that model.

    It ran well, was surprisingly snappy for basically the same phone (plus 1GB more memory) and then all my god damn fucking tools went haywire because of some dipshits policy change on MicroSD card usage. EVEN WITH ROOT AND SD CARD FIXES, the functionality of data stored on the SDcard is reduced. This is causing me major headaches as an advanced user.

    I've got Titanium Backup doing a scripted full backup at 2am (if charging) and then I've got a great app called FolderSync doing an SMB via Wifi upload of the ENTIRE /phone/ and ENTIRE /sdcard/ to my NAS. It ensures I have a complete backup of the phone, in full. This all went tits up with 4.4 though.

    Google have turned into Apple, enforcing shitty policies at their own whim. Combine that with the ghastly adoption of "material design" (all looks flat, colourless, no shades, no borders and offten no text labels) plus killing off old useful services, seriously - fuck them.

  18. Fuck that bullshit and that stupid article. on Single Verizon IP Address Used For Hundreds of Windows 7 Activations · · Score: 1

    I've activated at LEAST 150 to 200 Windows 7 keys on my IP in Australia over the past 3 years (re-building one of my 4 machines regularly, friends and machines I also sell)

    There's only ONE thing which Microsoft should be focusing on here.
    IS IT A VALID KEY
    Period, that's it - is the key valid? Not being used a second time? Yes or no, period. Doesn't matter if he or she activates 1 or 1000 codes, for fucks sake.

  19. Mmmm delicious material design on Chrome OS Receives Extreme Makeover With Material Design and Google Now · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Contextless, textless, unlabelled icons I take it then?
    No separation of data using small 1 pixel width dividing lines, shading, or anything really, just one big flat white (or whatever colour they choose) mess?

    Difficulty in easily identifying data because it's not highlighted or accentuated in any particular way?
    Yep, love that material design. It's clever stuff.

  20. Re:I am the statistic you should listen to. on World's 1st Penis Transplant Done In South Africa · · Score: 1

    I maintain, whoever voted this down is a piece of shit, fuck you idiot.

  21. Mine is mounted in a cupboard on Ask Slashdot: Building a Home Media Center/Small Server In a Crawlspace? · · Score: 2

    Bottom, far corner, that impossible area to get to.
    In summer, unfortunately due to 7200rpm disks (not my choice) they hit 134f, so I've had to add a fan pointed directly at it which will run for about 5 months solid.

    It's actually mounted there for noise, I've got quite a small apartment.
    I'm also running FreeNAS on the server, I use a dedicated HTPC with Kodi (XBMC) on it for playback. Quite a nice, quiet, good looking one too.

    I routed wires there with cable ties, drill, hanging hooks etc, it's all a pretty neat install, considering it's in a back corner with my spare blender next to it.
    I've only once had to hook up a monitor to it, due to a poor upgrade from the FreeNAS crew, that should be fixed now. I'd recommend, if you can somehow - at least dangling a very long VGA cable off it or something or a very long USB cable. Even if you almost never use them, that one time you do, could really save hassles.

  22. Re:I am the statistic you should listen to. on World's 1st Penis Transplant Done In South Africa · · Score: 1

    Wow some piece of shit moderated this down, can someone *please* fix this? It is entirely factual based on real world experience.

  23. I am the statistic you should listen to. on World's 1st Penis Transplant Done In South Africa · · Score: 0

    DO
    NOT
    CUT
    PEOPLES
    BODIES
    WITHOUT
    THEIR
    PERMISSION

    I hope that got your attention.
    Go on google images and type in "penal scrotal webbing"
    I have this, I don't want it, I didn't ask for it. Luckily my dick still works but it's a bit ugly and can cause some sex issues.

    I resent my parents, I resent the doctor and I resent society for this thing, I DO.NOT.WANT.DONE
    Circumcision on infants should be banned as genital mutilation.

    Anyone defending this "but, but mine was cut and it's fine" that's meaningless tripe. Meaningless. Mine is not fine and it was cut and it WOULD BE FINE were it not cut.
    This is a non essential surgical procedure, the guy in the news article, his dick was fucked up from circumcision, this guys story is particularly bad.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...

    Unfortunately, I can put all the passion into a post I want, it's not going to suddenly go away, but if I can convince just one person to reconsider, it's a start, or even consider someone else to at least agree with me and propogate the word.

    Just to re-state, I have a defective penis, which has too little 'penis skin' and too much 'ball skin' because someone decided my dick should be diced up without my consent.
    What.The.Fuck.

  24. Re:Take this shit back to NeoGAF on Another Upscaled Console Game: Battlefield Hardline · · Score: 1

    I was using their terminology, I haven't been a "PC Master race" dipshit since before the PS3 shipped.
    They are a bunch of insecure wankers, desperately trying to justify their expensive purchase.

  25. Take this shit back to NeoGAF on Another Upscaled Console Game: Battlefield Hardline · · Score: 1

    I'm so fucking sick of it, I'm SO SICK OF IT.

    If you want 1080p ALL the time and 60fps ALL the time then buy a goddamned PC.
    Consoles are not the be all and end all of power, the new consoles are not ultra beast powerhouses, they are affordable gaming boxes, which are surprisingly powerful for the cost.

    I can't believe I once identified as a PC gamer who loved insulting peasant console people. Now that I'm older, I just want to play some games, I really dont' give a damn.
    60fps MANDATORY or QQ!!! :( :( Nope! - only 60fps mandatory games, 2D fighting, racing, online fps high intensity twitch shooters.
    You wanna demand 60fps minimum in my single player storyline focused games? Nope. Shut up. Stop whining, stop badgering developers. Go to NeoGAF and cry with the rest of them.