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  1. Re:Fee Open Online CounterStrike? on Another Player In the World of Free, Open Online CS Courseware · · Score: 1

    Check out Xonotic ... Free and Open, CTF mode has the grappling hook, very fast game play... Heck, a few of the original Quake maps have been recreated.

  2. Re:Short answer: on Ad Blocking – a Coming Legal Battleground? · · Score: 2

    Because it is based on the server name and not the (rotating/round robin/whatever) IP address.

    Here's a few lines from my hosts file. Servers get added when either they are obnoxious ads, or the ad server/ad network is slow to respond and keeps the rest of the page from loading while it waits for an image...

    0.0.0.0 b.scorecardresearch.com edge.quantserve.com pixel.quantserve.com

    0.0.0.0 surveycenter.net

    0.0.0.0 syndication.exoclick.com cache.dashboardad,net

    0.0.0.0 u.openx.net

    0.0.0.0 delivery.tacticalrepublic.com

    0.0.0.0 dspads.sitescout.netdna-cdn.com

  3. Re:What type of shot? Was it birdshot? on Activists' Drone Shot Out of the Sky For Fourth Time · · Score: 1

    This. Check out the Pittman Robertson Act and what it pays for, and how it is funded (hint - 11% excise tax on ammo, firearms, some camping, fishing, and archery equipment). Not to mention the millions brought in every year for migratory bird stamps (aka duck stamps, which are wonderful works of art and worthy of collecting just for the art value)

  4. Re:Countermeasures on Activists' Drone Shot Out of the Sky For Fourth Time · · Score: 1

    Depending on what it is made out of, I'd lean towards something like #2 birshot or a little bigger and into the B, BB, T or F sizes... much bigger and then you get into buckshot sizes.

    Why? Takes 5 or 6 pellet hits to break a skeet clay with #7.5, 8, or 9 shot at a max distance of 30 yards. But they break real easy if you drop one on hard ground/concrete from 4 feet up.

    So, I'd sacrifice some pattern density and go for the larger shot which will carry more NRG to the target.

  5. Re:Learn a bit about hunting... on Activists' Drone Shot Out of the Sky For Fourth Time · · Score: 1

    Ah, go for the 2lb (1/2 gauge) punt gun and launch 5lbs of BB sized shot each time you pull the lanyard/trigger

  6. Re:No Child Left Alone... on Young Students Hiding Academic Talent To Avoid Bullying · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but segregating the lower end from the middle and the middle from the higher end (assuming you have enough kids in each grade to do this).

    Why hold back the top 25%, or pass on the bottom 25% to get them out of your way, and teach everything to the middle 50%? Put the top quarter and bottom quarters into their own classes, let the smart ones excel and move forward, get more help going for the lower ones...

  7. Re:Countermeasures on Activists' Drone Shot Out of the Sky For Fourth Time · · Score: 1

    shotshells are a lot less. around 5.50 for a box of 25. at least for 12 and 20 gauge. 16, 28 and 410 run a lot more but most folks who shoot a lot of these will reload to save money

  8. Re:Not good enough, dammit, not good enough! on Running Netflix On Linux · · Score: 4, Informative

    And if you run nmap against my Samsung TV, it reports that it is running Linux. Youtube, BBC channel, all sorts of sports stuff, Hulu plus, Netflix, etc. are all built into it.

  9. Re:Bah, that's a load of crap on Ask Slashdot: Developer Or Software Engineer? Can It Influence Your Work? · · Score: 1

    But in some areas, what your position title is or key words in it control what pay grade you fall in. So position title is not always what is printed on your business card or what you put in your .signature

  10. Re:Teaching on Ask Slashdot: Finding Work Over 60? · · Score: 1

    This. At a community college, where courses in IT typically don't transfer up to a 4 year school, the only requirements to teach are knowing the content and maintaining a heartbeat.

    Adjunct pay isn't fantastic (I get about $2k per semester for a 3 credit class, works out to about 25/hr for in class and grading/prep time) but it is income, and if you can land a full time position pay goes up dramatically.

  11. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 2

    So then gen-ed stuff should be at a lower cost... often times it is, and available thru community colleges (or renamed former community colleges).

    $300 for ENC1101 at Santa Fe, vs. $600 at UF ...

    Hrm...

  12. Re:Stupid. on Voting Machine Problem Reports Already Rolling In · · Score: 1

    There were similar probs with paper votes in Athens Tn in 1946. Had a much more serious outcome. google "battle of athens"

  13. Re:Just in case anyone doesn't understand on Microsoft Sponsors Linux Foundation Event · · Score: 1

    Certainly will... but my current vid card (since that is the blob I referenced earlier and you are now) is a 5 year old nvidia card... when it no longer meets my needs, I certainly will be replacing it, and open source-ness of the drivers will take a large part of the accounting... but when I bought it was "do i want it working and a blob, or just basic 2d support and open"...

  14. Re:Ultimate solution... on Ask Slashdot: Extreme Cable Management? · · Score: 1

    Heck I've got 2 I'll sell for $25 each ... local pick up only or you pay my time to pack and drive to a shipping place as well as actual shipping cost.

  15. Re:Just in case anyone doesn't understand on Microsoft Sponsors Linux Foundation Event · · Score: 1

    But then, for some of us, we run Linux and/or use other Open Source software because of cost, stability, feature sets, and the fact that it meets our needs. While the Free part is nice, it is an ideal, and if using a binary blob (that has never caused a system issue for me) on my desktop system so I can play Xonotic, Urban Terror, the original Quake, etc. in 3d with decent frame rates is what is required, I personally don't mind. But then, that is *my* needs/wants/desires, for my machines.

    If you use Linux/BSD/Hurd/whatever because of the ideals behind F/OSS then perhaps not being able to do a few of those things or not being able to do them well is an acceptable price for you. I sort of pay that price by not using Windows and not having access to the latest/greatest games - but then, I'm also probably a little more productive without them, and I certainly have a few more dollars in my bank account. Again, my choice - and having choices is what the Freedom is really about.

    And yes, I do know who I'm replying to, and I have great appreciation and respect for what Bruce, Linus, RMS, ESR, et al have done for the computing world while working to bring their ideas and ideals to life!

  16. Re:The what tower? on Climbing 103 Floors On a 'Bionic' Leg · · Score: 1

    And what is he talkin' 'bout?

  17. Re:Missing links on The Evolution of the Computer Keyboard · · Score: 2

    Some of us are still stuck on a Model M.

    Connected via a DIN-9 to PS2 to USB series of adapters.... and I have 2 spares in my garage should my original ever die.

  18. Re:Ok, let's jump into this on Want a Security Pro? Get Politically Incorrect and Learn Geek Culture · · Score: 1

    Which is why the CISSP certification is in such high demand....

  19. Re:ONLY BEEN TWNETY-SIX YEARS !! on The Past, Present, and Future of OSS · · Score: 2

    The issue is that it is not really economical to put together a computer from scratch, adding OS later, even if the OS if basically free.

    Sure it is - either you spend less, or you get more computing power for your same amount of $. And, if you can build, then just slowing upgrading parts as they die or become too slow/small for your needs.

  20. Re:FREEZE! on Canadian Teenager Arrested For Photographing Mall Takedown · · Score: 1

    So then why exactly haven't we "won" the war in Afghanistan?

    Also consider just who would be revolting and why. A good percentage of the revolters could be military, or military trained.

    http://constitution.org/mil/tn/batathen.htm

  21. Re:FREEZE! on Canadian Teenager Arrested For Photographing Mall Takedown · · Score: 1

    Right, of course. Thats why *all* of the military service oaths, and office holding oaths, have that bit about "defend the constitution against all enemies - foreign and domestic." The founders of a new nation, needing to assert its freedom via violent resistance, realized that over time the government they were founding may eventually be perverted against the citizens and freedom, and the citizens of the time may need to revolt as well.

    For a good example, check out what happened in 1946 - the Battle of Athens, Tn.

  22. Re:Stupid article lookat this quote: on Slashdot Asks: Are You Preparing For Hurricane Sandy? · · Score: 1

    I'm married to a redheaded puerto rican. *every* period is dangerous.

  23. Re:Or on Free Online Education Unwelcome In Minnesota · · Score: 1

    We don't actually care where exactly a student lives. We are interested if they are in our "zone" of the state (2 counties), or if they are in-state or out-of-state for tuition purposes.

  24. Re:Or on Free Online Education Unwelcome In Minnesota · · Score: 2

    Not accreditation - it is Fed law about crossing state lines.

    For example, the college I work for is accredited by SACS (in face, we have them visiting next week). But we still have to get permission to let a student who is out of state take one of our online classes... maybe.

  25. (another) BSD fork()? on Kaspersky To Build Secure OS For SCADA Systems · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why waste the time in new development. Start with one of the BSD systems (already approved under iso9001/9002 type stuff) and either set up custom configurations, or fix what needs fixing.