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  1. Have you looked into https://www.winlink.org/conten...

  2. Re:Correction on Feds Say There Isn't A Single Safe 'Hoverboard' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    ... and the ArcaBoard is really real.

  3. ... run away, screaming like little girl. on Interviews: Linus Torvalds Answers Your Question · · Score: 0

    Are we allowed to say that out loud?

  4. Re:Free? on Microsoft Brings Office To Android Smartphones For Free · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've installed it to edit my CV. Most features are there, and I could open and edit a new blank doc. You need a Microsoft account to sign on, but an Office 365 subscription isn't needed. Who going to be worried about tracked changes whilst using a tablet?

  5. Re:Mandatory xkcd on GNU Hurd 0.6 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do people dislike systemd so much?

    It is largely down to terrible marketing and poor public relations. We all need to have someone to hate.

  6. Re:Fight within a platform, not between platforms on Cyanogen Partners With Microsoft To Replace Google Apps · · Score: 1

    Tots agree that this could work for corporations. Especially if a certain Canadian firm gets a licence.

  7. Re:SoylentNews Rocks on Incomplete Microsoft Patch Left Machines Exposed To Stuxnet LNK Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    I don't even read Slashdot "stories" about Microsoft anymore, because most are just obvious "troll" or click-bait aimed at the anti-microsofties that prevail at Slashdot.

    Soylentnews.com is a great site.

    http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/03/01/1949210 Are you sure?

  8. Re: The Browser is NOT the OS on Google Introduces Freon, a Replacement For X11 On Chrome OS · · Score: 2, Informative

    Really kinda wanna know this, too, as I'm still considering a Chromebook Pixel, but it this breaks Crouton, I'll pass.

    Looks like they've got it covered. https://www.openhub.net/p/crouton/commits/367012555

  9. Literally infinte on Why It's Almost Impossible To Teach a Robot To Do Your Laundry · · Score: 1

    "... infinite doors that may or may not open." Is that literally an infinite number of doors?

  10. Re:iGoogle on The Abandoned Google Project Memorial Page · · Score: 1

    Without igoogle life will never be the same. Pity.

  11. Re:My FreeBSD Report: Four Months In on Systemd Getting UEFI Boot Loader · · Score: 4, Funny

    That would be ridiculous. MySQL is so last year. systemD needs something far more Big Data.

  12. Re:My FreeBSD Report: Four Months In on Systemd Getting UEFI Boot Loader · · Score: 2

    I thought Ubuntu *did* ship with that support since it's a South African distro, not US-based (and that this was one reason why people liked it--it came with everything out-of-the-box).

    Canonical is UK based, http://www.canonical.com/about

  13. Re: Bad comparaison on The American App Economy Is Now "Bigger Than Hollywood" · · Score: 1

    You are a sceptic.

  14. Re: Oh please, you act as if they're computers on Modular Smartphones Could Be Reused As Computer Clusters · · Score: 1

    But does it run Linux?

  15. Re:Nope on UHD Spec Stomps on Current Blu-ray Spec, But Will Consumers Notice? · · Score: 2

    ... 4K will be about as noticeable as an acarian bug.

    I'm guessing you've never had a dust mite allergy.

  16. Re: sounds complicated on Linus Fixes Kernel Regression Breaking Witcher 2 · · Score: 1

    VMware isn't great at 3d graphics, although it beats VirtualBox in my experience. I also believe it's still possible to install more than one operating system on a computer. You could save quite a bit of space that way.

  17. Re: Good news on Disney Turned Down George Lucas's Star Wars Scripts · · Score: 2

    As long as it's got Summer Glau then I'm happy.

  18. Re:Emi on EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs · · Score: 1
  19. Re:good dad on Slashdot Google Bombers? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Very true.

    Time to quit it.

  20. very last post, I win again! on Nintendo Celebrates Pokemoniversary · · Score: 0, Troll

    last post!
    Baby Ruby says "bwarghhhhh!"

  21. Re:Extortion? on SCO Invoices For Unix Licenses Get Closer · · Score: 2, Interesting
    1. These guys will only stop when they see a reason to do so, such as a court order.
    They saw a cout order.
    They have not stopped yet.
    Go figure.

  22. Re: Tier One Support? on Finally A Major-Brand Desktop With Linux, Not Windows · · Score: 1
    1. So if I read this right, you have to go on the Internet and download a driver for the modem in your new PC.
    You didn't read it write. From the article:
    The Linux version of the d220 does not include a modem offering. ... If you need dialup on your Linux d220, you'll need to provide your own modem.
    Provide yourself with a real modem, and you won't need to download any drivers.

  23. Mooo v'on. Nothing to see here. on Need Milk? Get Yourself A Supercow. · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Three 'supercows' with the genetic potential to produce more than 14,000 litres of milk ...
    The calves, born two weeks ago, were...
    There might be a story here when these animals grow up and prove that the researchers are actually worth their stock options. In the mean time, don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

  24. Re:Flying Cars on What's Always Next? · · Score: 2, Funny
    In fact, I would go as far as saying i'd enjoy a trained monkey wearing underwear then Madonna.
    In many ways, I really think, you shouldn't go that far.

  25. Re:video phones? on What's Always Next? · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I have a 3G mobile video phone on my desk and it works, so that one can be struck off the list.

    When you can roam from Europe into the US and have your 3G video cell phone work, then it can be struck off my list.