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  1. Re:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on Ask Slashdot: Best Linux Distro For Computational Cluster? · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, accept no substitute.

    So what user should do? Use substitute of Debian or accept no substitute.

  2. Re:Ok, everybody. Two things: on Miguel De Icaza Forms New Mono Company: Xamarin · · Score: 1

    Quit picking on Miguel.

    This is slashdot. What else do you expect?

    He's done considerable contributions to the cause of FOSS

    Scratch "to the cause of" part. Getting in bed with MS does not contribute anything to the cause of FOSS.

  3. Re:First... on Space Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off On Final Flight · · Score: 1

    Let's implement the space elevator, allowing materials and people to get to orbit cheaply.

    If you want to move 10 tons of stuff 100 kilometers, you need energy. Lots of energy. If you want to do it safe, you will need protection and more energy for hurling protection together with protected content. Cheap, safe and big enough to matter. You can choose two out of three.

  4. Re:What's the difference between Syria and Libya? on Syrians Using Donkeys Instead of DSL After Gov't Shuts Down Internet · · Score: 1

    I see your 3 letters and raise to 4: Iran.

    Five letters. A B O M B

  5. Re:The question nobody wants to ask.... on Perl 5.14 Released · · Score: 1

    In a string context (in Perl, it would have to be something besides ===, but we'll get to that later), it would be "visually equal to"

    So you want whole database of homonims and database of letters with diacritical marks to be stored inside program execution space. Do you imagine what kind of impact it will have on performance?

  6. Re:What it means for Linux users... on Microsoft Buying Skype for $8.5B · · Score: 1

    However, this is Microsoft, and we know how they operate.

    Linux skype is at version 2. You don't have to be microsoft to operate that way.

  7. Re:Shit gets shittier on Another Windows 8 Pre-Beta Surfaces · · Score: 1

    The first interface is not the best

    There is no guarantee that your interface will be the best and your boss is right about choosing "stuff that works" instead "test new stuff on our customers" path.

  8. Re:Would you trust your government to be your mail on Malaysian Government Offers Free E-mail To All Citizens · · Score: 1

    I don't really think that is the correct question. Perhaps we should be asking the question "Do we want to continue to pay for governments sending us physical mail rather than using more efficient technology?"

    If I don't want to see my government financing war in other country, can I deduct that from my taxes?

  9. Re:Well... on What Happens To Data When a Cloud Provider Dies? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that all SLAs, privacy agreements, and other items are not worth the paper they are printed in come a liquidation

    SLA or privacy agreements don't protect your data from liquidators, but copyright laws do. Provider can't put third party copyrighted data on torrent and it does not matter if they are still working or being liquidated.

  10. Re:Not a dumb question on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    I could run just about any server application I can think of on port 8443. Just because it has a standard use doesn't mean that that is what the intended use will be. To assume it is standard use would be stupidity.

    If admin cares what kind of service it is for, then they are also wasting their time. You give port or you don't give port access. if you care, the answer is 'no'.

  11. Re:Jerry Pournelle's *rational* view of Fukushima on Robots Enter Fukushima Reactor Building · · Score: 1

    Your counterpoint would be totally relevant if the demon core ever generated a watt of power.

    demon core generated 23 kilotons of power. How can I convert kilotons to watts? It should be something close to 100 TJ. Or maybe you want to limit nuclear powers to peaceful ones.

  12. Re:Not a dumb question on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    Asking what port 8443 is for wasn't a stupid question

    Asking about 8443 port was a stupid question. It is user level (>1024) HTTP over SSL port.

  13. Re:Jerry Pournelle's *rational* view of Fukushima on Robots Enter Fukushima Reactor Building · · Score: 1

    Tsar Bomba famous for being the largest nuclear weapon detonated

    It is also one of cleanest nuclear weapons ever detonated.

  14. Re:Jerry Pournelle's *rational* view of Fukushima on Robots Enter Fukushima Reactor Building · · Score: 1

    nuclear power has not directly killed anyone in the United States

    Demon core, Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin. Since when Los Alamos is not USA.

  15. Re:Stupid Zuckerberg on Ceglia Sues For 50% Facebook, Old Emails as Evidence · · Score: 1

    What's 10 billion when you already have 50 billion?

    50 billion in cash or 50 billion in overinflated stock options?

  16. Re:You insensitive clod! on Japan Raises Nuclear Plant Crisis Severity To 7 · · Score: 1

    Our threat levels are designated by colors! What color is seven?

    Brown and glowing. Just like your shit will look like after one day in that environment.

  17. Re:Right Now It's a 7 on Japan Raises Nuclear Plant Crisis Severity To 7 · · Score: 1

    Do we add #8 'Fukushima' to the scale if it gets any worse?

    #8 is reserved for Sun. Self sustainable nuclear reaction.

  18. Re:That would be interesting on Wozniak: I Would Consider Returning To Apple · · Score: 2

    1. Steve jobs retires or dies from his poor health.

    Or he dies in car accident when his car accelerates uncontrollably for some unknown reason.

  19. What else can you do on Facebook Opens Their Data Center Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    What else can you do to get technies into your data mining database? "We support open source, our datacenter is omg huge and lets forget all privacy issues".

  20. Re:100 mS is no joke on Fukushima Radiation Levels High, But Leak Plugged · · Score: 1

    A scientist says: "Car accidents can happen to anyone who is in an automobile. However, studies have shown that car crashes are an insignificant cause of death for those who drive less than 1000 miles per year.

    He is not scientist. He is statistic, who manipulates data and ignores the fact that large part of dead are sitting in passenger seat. Car accidents can happen to anyone who is in an automobile.

  21. Re:"Bulletproof glass" mistake? on MythBuster Developing Light-Weight Vehicle Armor · · Score: 2

    You're a decade or two behind state-of-the-art.

    But he is still right about .50 cal. Those carton boxes are not rated for anything bigger than 7.62 NATO, Even if other side can't get M2 or M82, they still can get NSV, DShK, Type 77/85 or PTRS/PTRD

  22. Re:*yawn* on GNOME 3 Released · · Score: 1

    Gnome3 is a downgrade for me and a nudge to check out KDE.

    It can't be that bad. If they implemented same plasmoid madness as kde4, you should check xfce and not kde4.

  23. Re:Wheres the data coming from? on Thousands of SSL Certs Issued To Unqualified Names · · Score: 1

    I don't think that LT CAs are trusted by Mozilla or Microsoft.

    How about more simple analysis. Who signed those thousands of certs? Do we have to download 4GB of data just to see that?

  24. Re:Chrome Lite with leaks on Firefox 5 Details: Sharing, Home Tab, PDF Viewer · · Score: 1

    Would save time and have much better memory use and performance

    Try compiling Chromium with debug enabled (default) on machine with 2 GB of memory.

  25. How about urchin on FSF Suggests That Google Free Gmail Javascript · · Score: 1

    If you care about privacy, force them to disclose urchin javascript and server side code.