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  1. Re:OpenSuse on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Computer Set-Up Look Like? · · Score: 1

    i7 3770 8gb ram gtx 950 128 gb ssd 250 gb ssd 1tb spinny disk thang heavily modified slackware-current thousands of dust bunnies lurking in the nooks and crannys

  2. Re:She lived longer than most poor voters... on Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dead At 94 (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The poor should dress better...

  3. molten mixture of nitrate salts on A Tower of Molten Salt Will Deliver Solar Power After Sunset (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    What could possibly go wrong?

  4. Re:Data Plan Blew Up on Microsoft Is Downloading Windows 10 Without Asking · · Score: 1

    My data plan for the 4G home wifi hub (no cable available in this part of the bairro) has blown its cap for the last months, and I have been blaming family members for downloading YouTube videos on their cell phones. Turns out my work laptop has been downloading the Win 10 update without telling me in the background, I see the hidden folder has roughly 5.6 gB of files, so I would be blowing the cap for the next 2-3 months if this continues. (Only 2 gigs cap then it goes down to old-time dialup speeds). NOT cool.

  5. Re:And NOTHING of value was lost on Emory University SCCM Server Accidentally Reformats All Computers Campus-wide · · Score: 1

    Don`t forget True Detective. Time is a flat circle

  6. Re:Game price reduction? Don`t make me laugh! on Xbox One Used Game Policy Leaks: Publishers Get a Cut of Sale · · Score: 1

    I have a hard time getting my head around Brazilian prices. I live by -caveat emptor- . I just bought a very nice Dell monitor at pretty much the US price, processors are pretty close to par, but motherboards and videocards are close to double. Most of the kids XBOX games I bought used/from their friends, full retail is truly a ripoff. And dont get me started on car/motorcycle prices :( Need to get the boss to bank some trips out of the country again.

  7. Re:Sennheiser HD 280 PROs on Ask Slashdot: Best Headphones, Earbuds, Earphones? · · Score: 1

    I too will vouch for the Senneiser HD280Pro. I bought these to replace a pair of Sony Studio Reference phones my kids got a hold of and destroyed. Isolation is good, Ive used them with my cellphone on many flights (where permitted) and long bus rides, and they block a good portion of the turbines/road noise/screaming babies while delivering pretty decent sound quality.

  8. Re:Short answer... on Ask Slashdot: Any Smart Phones Made Under Worker-Friendly Conditions? · · Score: 1

    My Nokia N8 was apparently made in Manaus, Brazil, but that is probably just the final assembly for the domestic market here. There are tax benefits for doing so, and Brazilian import duties tend to be somewhat onerous otherwise.

  9. Re:Note to self... on Severe Arctic Ozone Loss · · Score: 1

    Dont be so sure, the worst sunburn I ever got on my face was in the subarctic back around 1990 or so. Low sun + snowcover = lots of reflected UV rays. The few bits exposed to the sun got right crispified, most of the crew suffered from some degree of sunburns till we ended up getting some sunblock flown in with the provisions.

  10. Re:Aaah, fun early days on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Think I was between real jobs, doing hell-centre in 99 or so to tide me over when one of my supers twigged me on to this cool site. Helped keep my sanity till I moved on to greener pastures (and warmer climate). Thanks to Rob and the crew, I feel old now too.

  11. Re:OT: Deforestation? on Google's Amazon River Street View Project · · Score: 1

    Ive seen some pretty extensive deforestation going on in Pará, mostly spreading out from the Altamira-Santarem-Itaituba axis going south -as well as cattle the flat lands here are being cleared for soya production. The Xinguara-São Felix axis (and continuing on into the Terra do Meio on the other side - thats all very recent) would be cattle ranching. Also along the BR 163 further west and extending along the Trans-Garimpeiro. Btw the narrow red barren areas on the satellite maps are iron deposits on top of plateaus, those are naturally occuring. Maraba-Parauapebas had been cleared for the most part when I first visited in 1998, the funny thing is the areas being mined are where the forest has been mostly preserved - Vale is pretty strict about controlling access, unlike the local government.

  12. No potential for misuse here on Tracking Bracelets for Autistic Kids and Senior Citizens · · Score: 1

    Daddy, what happened to grandpa? Well son, his bracelet blew his hand off when he tried to sneak out of the nursing pris^h^h^h^h home.

  13. Don't get one. get a gammaspectrometer on Testing Geiger Counters · · Score: 1

    If you have cash to splurge get a gammaspectrometer rather than a geiger counter. It will actually give you an idea of the elements involved. Modern models dont need an internal cesium reference so you can measure that as well. You may have to set up new regions of interest (ROIs) for the exotic isotopes, they usually come set for uranium, thorium, and potassium, with a window for cosmic, plus total count which includes everything.

  14. Re:Be praised Stevee. on Apple Causes Religious Reaction In Brains of Fans · · Score: 0

    Durka Durka Apple durka! Apple-hu akbar jihad!

  15. Re:Milky Way on Worldwide Night Sky Stitched Together In 5 Gigapixel Image · · Score: 1

    SImilarly, I have worked in some remote areas of Brazil with little light pollution. You can actually get a feel for the immense size of our galaxy, especially looking the region around Scorpio, as the structure and depth becomes apparent in clear skies - you can see where the nebulae are obscuring the stars in a manner that shows the extent of the dust clouds. Its hard to explain unless you see it though.

  16. I saw that episode on 1928 Time Traveler Caught On Film? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry!!! She will get hit by a car and Kirk cant save her or else the Nazis will take over.

  17. Old Gregg on How Do You Handle Your Keys? · · Score: 1

    For your mangina? Sounds fishy to me.

  18. Re:Isn't this a dupe? on Bug In Most Linuxes Can Give Untrusted Users Root · · Score: 1

    Slackware 13 here
    2.6.29.6 kernel

    cat /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr
    4096

    Wine 1.32 and my EVE sessions work just fine.

  19. Re:Purpose on Slackware 13.0 Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, Eris knows you don't even need to be a SubGenius to appreciate the benefits, one can never have too much Slack. Please excuse me, I just got run over by a Fnord.

  20. Re:Original fallout team on Bethesda Announces New Fallout Game For 2010 · · Score: 1

    New Vegas? wonder if you can continue your life as a porn star, or be relegated to fluffer. Or play the gang lords off against one another and knock up the mob lord's druggie daughter, after a fling with his wife.

  21. Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    At least it isnt "The Giver". (No Im not going to link it). Now thats an e-peen to stroke. (But I aint gonna stroke it either!)

  22. Re:The Devil Comes for Republicans on Alaska's Mt. Redoubt Has Erupted · · Score: 1

    Oops, just RSO is off the air, rdn was just slow refreshing.

  23. Re:The Devil Comes for Republicans on Alaska's Mt. Redoubt Has Erupted · · Score: 1

    Should have spent a little more to ash proof the seismometers. Looks like 2 of the 4 webicorders have gone titsup. RSO went off the air at 4:45 and RDN as of 6:03 am akst. Unless its the slashdot effect melting them.

  24. Re:Your link doesn't seem to support your contenti on Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano About To Blow? · · Score: 1

    I checked some of the monitoring stations, http://www.seis.utah.edu/helicorder/heli/yellowstone/Uuss.YTP_EHZ_WY.2008123100.gif for example. The background tremors seem to be picking up, but it might just be wind, as a front recently passed through. I think I'll be watching this one for a few days.

  25. Re:Your link doesn't seem to support your contenti on Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano About To Blow? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I noticed that too, and the local distribution of the cluster does look somewhat like pre-volcanic activity. But if it were the supervolcano. I'd expect activity along the caldera margins. This looks more like something that would result in a new cone or maybe just some new hot springs under the lake.