Slashdot Mirror


User: pembo13

pembo13's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
2,684
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 2,684

  1. My only concern on 23,000 Linux PCs For Filipino Schools · · Score: 1

    Is how they are going to maintain what are essentially 4 different distributions, fairly fast moving distributions -- although, if the machines worked when they were deployed, they should not decay very quickly.

  2. Re:don't hate me on 23,000 Linux PCs For Filipino Schools · · Score: 1

    no, they are not doing a disservice

  3. Re:Photosynth on Stanford's New Website Converts Your Photos to 3D · · Score: 1

    It's a myth that the majority of Slashdotters are Microsoft haters. Maybe it just used to be that way.

  4. Audiocasts on the topic on Nokia Buys Trolltech · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Underlying Implications on Nokia Buys Trolltech · · Score: 3, Interesting

    On the other hand it also justifies Gnome's existence as a project to begin with

    I find that hard to believe considering the rate at which Gnome is including Microsoft's tech.

  6. Nokia more involved than I thought on Nokia Buys Trolltech · · Score: 2, Interesting

    According to this page, http://www.opensource.nokia.com/contributions.html, Nokia is already fairly involved in OSS, more so than I would have guessed. If they do smart things, I have no problem patronizing their product lines more.

  7. Re:Oh that's why on Multitasking Makes You Stupid and Slow · · Score: 1

    It's one of the many areas where men and women are _not_ equal. Women multitask much better than men, at least that's what the science says, since their brains function differently.

  8. Re:You can't track a cell-phone that is off on Embedded Microchips In Virtually Everything · · Score: 2

    But remember it is a soft switch. There's nothing stopping it from just pretending to be off.

  9. Why do they even have this much power? on Warner Sues Search Engine, Tests DMCA Safe Harbor · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why does Warner yield this apparently massive amount of power in the first place?

  10. All I have to say is on Smartphones Patented — Just About Everyone Sued 1 Minute Later · · Score: 1

    Sweet!

  11. Re:Pay for a recount? on Recount Proves No Fraud In NH Primary · · Score: 1

    Fair enough. I didn't understand that part of it.

  12. Pay for a recount? on Recount Proves No Fraud In NH Primary · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If there is uncertainty, why does anyone (voters or the candidates) have to (directly) pay for the recount?

  13. Re:HTTP lives on port 80 on Pirate Yourself, Become a Best-Seller · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    why not? your browser can't handle it?

  14. They maybe shouldn't have listened on Big Delays, Small Laptops: OLPC XO Recipients Mad · · Score: 1

    They listened to all the market begging to release it to individuals. They do, and now it sucks. They should have maybe just kept to plan.

  15. Won't they make it up? on IBM Responds to Overtime Lawsuits With 15% Salary Cut · · Score: 1

    Won't they make it up in the overtime they can now get? Surely the only reason they complained was because they were already working what they considered to be overtime.

  16. Usual counting method on Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws · · Score: 1

    This is why I why I resist the notion that there are too many smart people over at MS. They routinely use the idea that number of flaws in their OS being less than number flaws in an entire linux distribution is somehow a sensible metric. How does someone even type that out? I mean... where's the pride in what you do?

  17. Re:N*** still a bad idea on Saving in OOXML Format Now Probably A Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    word of advice: save your offense for words directed at you at the very least

  18. Re:Niggers still a bad idea on Saving in OOXML Format Now Probably A Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    well said my friend. beat me to it.

  19. Re:N*** still a bad idea on Saving in OOXML Format Now Probably A Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    why? seriously?

  20. Totally Unfair on IE8 May Not Pass the Acid2 Test After All · · Score: 1

    As it seems this is totally unfair to those who did things properly instead of the MS way.

    If you coded to standards, you were punished due to the monopoly

    If you hacked to get to work in IE? you spent several extra hours

    If you coded to IE, you did so throwing away any engineering pride

    Now, if you are already following standards, you now need to break those standards in the hopes of getting the rest of your work to be rendered according to standards. Just great

  21. Re:Hibernate on Do Any Companies Power Down at Night? · · Score: 1

    What have you done to develop your own country?

  22. Haha on Researchers Work To Perfect Computerized Lip Reading · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I like how the task for which it will be used most heavily is put at the end of the summary.

  23. Is it normal to get headaches? on Cloverfield Discussion · · Score: 1

    I didn't get a headache watching the movie, didn't even come close. Just wondering if it is or is not normal to get a headache watching a shaky film? My eyes seemed to adjust to the shaking after a few minutes and didn't take note of it again till I came back to /.

  24. Re:Not really... on Microsoft Threatens Startups Over Account Info · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    OK so you don't like Microsoft's tactics, don't get a Hotmail account.

    Well duh, that's easy. Try getting your mail out of Hotmail without using Windows+Outlook

  25. Re:The problem I have with QT's licensing on Trolltech Adopts GPL 3 for Qt · · Score: 1

    This seems like a very common use case, have you contacted them about this?