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  1. Re:Very different when ... on Will Microsoft IIS Overtake Apache? · · Score: 1

    Bytes, or even hits is a much better metric than "just up and serving a site". Just buying a bunch of domains, or even IP addresses is pathetic. IIS would not be my first choice for holding sites anyway, but that's my preference.

  2. Re:Mod parent up on Ask Slashdot: Command Line Interfaces -- What Is Out There? · · Score: 1

    Yea...I wish Slashdot were an ANSI BBS too.

    Then instead of some of the more inane comments, we could instead have gripping games of Legend of the Red Dragon, or Usurper.

    Oh those were the days. LORD is still playable at places like http://www.3dham.com/telnet/index.html

  3. Re:Good news on Enlightenment DR 0.18: Improved Compositing, Wayland Support · · Score: 2

    If on the other hand you want to take a look at a productive minimalist desktop, I suggest you try evilwm [6809.org.uk], which I think is the best [usenix.org.uk]. If you like GNU Screen you may also like Ratpoison.

  4. Re:Funny that. on Boston Cops Outraged Over Plans to Watch Their Movements Using GPS · · Score: 1

    Despite all the dodging of traffic jams, lack of pay+display parking, MOT, insurance and road tax, I've never felt more liberated by being a cyclist.

  5. Re:in sue happy america on Woman Facing $3,500 Fine For Posting Online Review · · Score: 1

    anybody can sue anybody for anything. it doesn't mean you'll win, and even if you do your winnings may pale in comparison to your legal costs.

    Once I sued my neighbor because her cat kept defecating in my potted plants. Judge said that I couldn't show any actual monetary damages, so that was the end of that.

    You can always solve this problem with technology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbkLjjlMV8

  6. Re:Let's hear it from... on Scientists Says Jellyfish Are Taking Over the Oceans · · Score: 1

    It's not the fishermen who are greedy, it's the company that they work for which is. The fisherman just wants a comfortable life, they're quiet hard working people, taking risks on a daily basis. How often does your job threaten you with drowning when you screw up? However, I have no sympathy for the company which they work for, since that would be the accountants realm. Business is the one area of the world where altruism doesn't apply. So lets not try to confuse the fishermen with capitalism.

  7. Re:Sad times on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 0

    I don't mind waiting for a DVD to turn up, that's fine, I just don't like shonky online streaming due to poor bitrates

  8. Re:Sad times on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 0

    Does it need a camera to know what you watch from an EPG/streaming service... Viewers who watched your recent choices may also enjoy ...

  9. Re:Sad times on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 0

    The service that I'm paying for is by post, and it wins IMO as there's no buffering.

  10. Re:Sad times on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 1

    Each of the above methods far exceeds getting a film via internet.

  11. Re:Sad times on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 1

    I'd rather not have a network connected telly, I'm happy with the aerial that it currently has. Are you watching the telly, or is the telly screen watching you?

  12. Sad times on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 1

    I've been a happy blockbuster by mail customer for some time, I'm sad to hear that they're decommissioning the service as Lovefilm sucked with their poor QA. I'm not very happy about the thought of relying on digital distribution services to supply the same quality as a DVD over the network, sitting down and watching a film in a living room is far better than using a poxy computer for a film.

  13. Re:Not really news on The Silk Road Is Back · · Score: 0

    How does that differ from real life dealings?

  14. Re:So it's not what you know... on You're Only As Hirable As Your Google+ Circles · · Score: 1

    No, it's who allows you to add them to your circles. If I change my name/picture to appear to be a higher up, and then circle lots of skillful people, late changing my photo/name back may allow for some statistic skewing.

  15. Re:No signatures, just checksums? on OpenBSD 5.4 Released · · Score: 1

    Or buy the cd set from openbsd!

    ... and the men in black suits will deliver your post ...

  16. Re:This is the year... on OpenBSD 5.4 Released · · Score: 0

    Hang on, Gnome 3.8 worked really nice???

  17. Re:OpenBSD Rocks. on OpenBSD 5.4 Released · · Score: 0

    Hurm, yes, but there's iptables-restore

  18. Re:But ... on OpenBSD 5.4 Released · · Score: 0
  19. Yawn on GCHQ, European Spy Agencies Cooperate On Surveillance · · Score: 0

    Is there anyone left in the world who doesn't think their government doesn't spy on their countrymen?

  20. Re:too much wheel reinvention on Debian To Replace SysVinit, Switch To Systemd Or Upstart · · Score: 1

    Reinventing the wheel is how you put your collective mark on things. Programmers like writing things, and there is a natural desire to write rather then use, and a warm fuzzy feeling when other people use what you have written.

    The whole unix way is to reuse, http://catb.org/esr/writings/unix-koans/ten-thousand.html comes to mind.

  21. too much wheel reinvention on Debian To Replace SysVinit, Switch To Systemd Or Upstart · · Score: 0

    What is it with all these different ways of doing the same thing, it takes the TIMTODI idea and stretches it somewhat. Solaris has SMF, RH has systemd, Ubuntu has upstart, DOS has autoexec.bat, can't we just agree on one thing, init.d is a happy middle ground for me.

  22. UK mirror on Yahoo Deletes Journalist's Pre-Paid Legacy Site After Suicide · · Score: 0

    Mirrored in UK, http://martin-manley.s5h.net/. Yahoo when you die, maybe AOL will mirror your content.

  23. Re:Use protected zip file with password on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Request Someone To Send Me a Public Key? · · Score: 0

    You can do similar with PGP symmetric passphrase protected files (gpg -c). Has the advantage of giving receive a bit more clue to what is out there.

  24. Re:It's a lost cause on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Request Someone To Send Me a Public Key? · · Score: 0

    What is the harm in putting the PUBLIC key into a CMS? The whole point of the public half of the key is that you can place it in the wild.

  25. Re:Easily gamed? on New Android App Encourages Users To Throw Device As High As Possible · · Score: 0

    You are = you're