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  1. Re:And... on A Guitar Robot That Can Really Shred · · Score: 1

    None of that was actually any Metallica riffs. TFA also said 'Metallica-style riffs'.

  2. Amiga source files on What's the Oldest File You Can Restore? · · Score: 1

    Assembler source files for demos I wrote from about 89-93. Found my old 120MB disk in the closet, mounted it in a PC, accessed it from WinUAE and copied over the files.

  3. Re:Wikileaks is clearly in the wrong... on Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables · · Score: 1

    Point is, nobody trusts US govt (or any other govt) anymore and somehow there needs to be evidence so citizens can rid themselves of their parasitic overlords. It is already established that the democratic processes have failed, so just voting for a turd or a douche won't cut it anymore.

  4. Astroturfers, report in on Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables · · Score: 1

    I would seriously like to know how many government officials are hired to sway opinion in this thread. Moderate this +1 funny if you're paid to astroturf, restrain from modding if anything else. I don't think Slashdot keeps moddingIP logs.

  5. Re:To think about it another way on Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables · · Score: 1

    Then you warn everyone it is a psychopathic asshole so other people won't have to deal with it again. If the employer won't fire it, tell everyone the employer is equally inept. It will suck short term, but in the long term it will force people to not hire psychopathic assholes.

  6. Re:Ooh ooh! I know this one! on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    I wonder how difficult it would be to set up a shadow economy where I do favours for my neighbours, they do favours for me, and rich parasites are excluded?

    Governments call that tax evasion. At least in some countries, it is illegal to swap services without taxing, even though no money changed hands. Freedom is nice, right ? :(

  7. Re:I said the same thing about Barak Obama in 2006 on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 1

    I find myself saying 'thats right out of Idiocracy' more and more often. That is probably one of the most underrated movies ever. It's like a time traveler came back to us from the 23th century to warn us. When you see that movie for the first time, you will find ourself pointing out things around you that is somewhat related to it. Genius.

  8. Re:Taxpayers get shit on.. End black budgets on X-37B Secret Space Plane To Land Soon · · Score: 1

    This is not funny. WTF Slashdot.

  9. Re:Ubuntu instructions incorrect on Alternative To the 200-Line Linux Kernel Patch · · Score: 1

    I use Ubuntu 8.04 LTS with kernel 2.6.24-28-generic, and I get these errors on starting a terminal:

    bash: /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/9202/tasks: No such file or directory
    bash: /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/9202/notify_on_release: No such file or directory

    (the number is different every time, it's just a PID, right ?)
    I'm sure I followed every step correctly and I didn't try this before the corrections came up. Anyone have any ideas ?

    My /usr/local/sbin/cgroup_clean reads:

    #!/bin/sh
    rmdir /dev/cgroup/cpu/$*

    My /etc/rc.local reads:

    mkdir -p /dev/cgroup/cpu
    mount -t cgroup cgroup /dev/cgroup/cpu -o cpu
    mkdir -m 0777 /dev/cgroup/cpu/user
    echo "/usr/local/sbin/cgroup_clean" > /dev/cgroup/cpu/release_agent

    And finally I have this at the bottom of .bashrc:

    if [ "$PS1" ] ; then
    mkdir -m 0700 /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/$$ > /dev/null 2>&1
    echo $$ > /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/$$/tasks
    echo "1" > /dev/cgroup/cpu/user/$$/notify_on_release
    fi
    All permissions should be right too.

  10. Re:backport? on The ~200 Line Linux Kernel Patch That Does Wonders · · Score: 1

    Or for .28 ? I am using the still supported 8.04 LTS.

  11. Re:How is this a copyright violation on Universal Sends DMCA Takedown On 1980 Report · · Score: 1

    When all you have is a hammer, everything becomes a nail...

  12. Re:No competetion for programmers workstation on Ubuntu Won't Moan To EU About Microsoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    My wife set up Ubuntu 8.04 alone and got everything to work. flash, samba, A/V codecs, media players. In fact, we were going to make a whining video about how difficult everything was with Linux but had to cancel it due to everything turning out better than expected.

  13. Re:Great news - groups too on Facebook Implements 'Download Your Profile' Option · · Score: 1

    Groups. The cycle is starting to turn again. In 3 years FB will be exactly like a regular forum site.

  14. The Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses on Simple Virus For Teaching? · · Score: 1

    Get 'The Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses' - old but I remember it had simple ASM viruses you could play with.

  15. Re:Solution on Why Are We Losing Vertical Pixels? · · Score: 1

    So I guess the good old 4:3 format is still good for something. Soon they will be selling everyone who jumped the various WideScreen-configurations-bandwagon a HighScreen(tm). Two tilted widescreens in ONE AWESOME 4:3 UNIT! Cycle repeats in 5 years.

  16. Re:Yeaaaah ...... on Can We Travel To That Exciting New Exoplanet? · · Score: 1

    Nice, tell them they will only get 50% of the shit! If that is too bad for them, we can just find two new planets when we get there, then we have 4 planets to each give our 25% shit to! Actually, when colonizing truly starts, there's probably enough planets available that we each can have our own private planet. There's probably even enough empty galaxies for each and every one of us to own.

  17. Re:old hardware, probably on 66% of All Windows Users Still Use Windows XP · · Score: 1

    Being one of those geek friends, I now uphold the facade that I don't know anything about Vista or 7. Gosh, I lost a bunch of 'friends'.

  18. Re:Bah! on Iran Arrests Alleged Spies Over Stuxnet Worm · · Score: 1

    The meltdown in Chernobyl didn't benefit most of Europe either. Which leads me to believe that nobody even near Iran is the ones that did this.

  19. Re:Why do open source projects pick stupid names? on OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice · · Score: 1

    Good point Sir. I don't get how the entire Linux community can choose names like GIMP, GNOME, BASH, Pidgin and all the other completely worthless names for their software. The first 6 months of any Linux convert is wasted with trying to figure out what the hell is actually the name for various software he/she could use !

  20. Re:what bs are you posting on Hawking Radiation Claimed Created In a Lab · · Score: 1

    Urgh, I was confident that black holes would evaporate due to Hawking Radiation, that's why I didn't get myself a tinfoil hat when the whole LHC controversy came up. So they are actually going to make black holes at LHC without even knowing if it will evaporate? Or is there another mechanism that will make the black hole diminish that are 10000% confirmed ? Otherwise I can't believe that they are actually going to do that?! Halp? Please?

  21. Re:Pointless. on UK Anti-Piracy Firm E-mails Reveal Cavalier Attitude Toward Legal Threats · · Score: 2, Informative

    Anyone could have gotten the file by going there at the right moment, regardless of whether he was part of the DDoS or not. If you put a bunch of files in the web server root while its still online, you can't argue that it wasn't meant to be published, because that is where you put files when you want to publish something. It would have been different if the files where obtained from another computer. (let's say you got into a command line on the web server and found out about samba shares and whatnot, to another office machine). It is a security blunder, but you can't blame anyone else for the results. IANAL.

  22. Re:The reason is? on CD Sales Continue To Plummet, Vinyl Records Soar · · Score: 1

    No, because I already bought a Marigo Labs Signature 3-D Mat that will "get the least significant bits that get lost and never get off the disc", and it works great! Maybe next month!

  23. Books won't die. on E-Books Are Only 6% of Printed Book Sales · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't spend my whole life near a store that sells batteries or power outlets. I travel by bus, train, plane. That's where I want books, because there it's useless to depend on any technology more advanced than. "Flip to the bookmark, read." Real books are just an amazing technology!

  24. You're absolutely right. Their best wrench will be the online banks which almost everyone uses now, even me. And I don't do anything else online like shopping, ordering tickets etc. I simply don't trust anyone with my credentials. The only reason I use online banking is because it saves me a lot of money in actually traveling to the bank in the first place, and then also bills paid online are not charged additional processing fees.

  25. Re:Look on Supreme Court May Tune In To Music Download Case · · Score: 1

    It's a long way from looking trough the windows of neighbouring girl when you're a curious teenager and making a copy of a song. In what universe can you compare the two?

    It's an innate feeling in humans to be shy and not wanting to be seen naked. Even the least empathically gifted person will know that it's wrong based on their own emotions. A CD on the other hand emits no human emotion and thus it's difficult to appreciate the 4 tons of law that is associated with it.

    Also, a lot of people will benefit from the general poulation not knowing the law,both lawyers and the gubberment so they can play the spanish inquisition and go "TADAAAA YOU BROKE A LAW" and make you pay both hard time and hard money.

    Law isn't about lawfulness anymore it's only about exploitation by those who can afford to figure out what the hell the a 'law' means. And if the law wasn't promising enough revenue, they buy new laws like they were in a fricking Walmart store.

    The part where one is supposed to know about (unnatural) law(s) is something i strongly disagree with and with enough public outcry and media attention and the whole shebang, one could force law classes into ever classroom in the civilized world. It's really a big issue that probably hasn't seen the light of day because of the implications for those who deal in the business of law.