Slashdot Mirror


User: houghi

houghi's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
11,136
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 11,136

  1. Re:THIS is science on German Test Reveals That Magnetic Fields Are Pushing the EM Drive (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    One does not exclude the other. Teaching only science is just as bad as seaching only culture or only art or only whatever.

  2. I am driving on the right side of the road. It is these bloody locals who have no idea how to drive. Can't even speak proper English. Not sure if it is French, Welsh, Scottish or American, but it sure isn't English.

  3. Re: Trump Ignores 'Inconvenient' Security Rules .. on Trump Ignores 'Inconvenient' Security Rules To Keep Tweeting On His iPhone, Says Report (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    Hoe many here know a CxO who wanted to get rid of some security or ignored their company policy?

  4. Re: so how do you prevent from scanning your plate on Repo Men Scan Billions of License Plates -- For the Government (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I have not paid my bills and I had a loan. However where I live when I buy a car and can not pay,it is irrelevant if I bought a tv or a car. It could mean my goods can be possessed, including the car AND tv, regardless if they where paid cash.

    I owe them money, not a car. Ican get a car loan at my bank or at the dealer. Makes no difference.

    That one time they came by to take my stuff, we were able to work something out.

  5. They are not even there to illustrate anything. They are there to drive the plot.

  6. Re:Public Domain on Congress Is Looking To Extend Copyright Protection Term To 144 Years (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    So if I am a rich company I can afford it, I can pay it, but if I am some poor singer-songwriter, they can just use it to sell soap after 10 years?

    No, just no. What need to happen is that it stops after 10 years, period. No extension for anybody or anything. However there is a downside of this and that will upset a lot of people, so here it goes:
    This could mean the end of series like the Marvel Universe or the repeated Star Wars movies. They would have to come up with new ideas all the time.
    It would also mean that a song goes into public domain faster and that other performers might make a better version of it and we have to listen to that.
    The people who will be upset with it are the people that own the studios, so there are not that many. We should still be aware that they won't be able to buy that new condo every year. Think of them. Think of them as long as they think about you.

  7. When you write, please do not forget o transfer at least the same amount of money as the companies do.

  8. Re:The year of Linux Desktop! on Ask Slashdot: Some Good Linux Desktop Option For Kids? · · Score: 1

    GNU? Not Unix?

  9. I just go online and book, most of the times. I can immediately see when tables are free. I never go to a salon, but I would imagine the process would be similar.
    No need to call the restaurant and have them closed or have somebody answer the phone while you have to wait for your beer when you are there.

    So much easier, no stupid calls, and it achieves the exact same end-goal.

  10. What voice synthesizer? If the discussion was fake, why not the rest?

  11. Re:The year of Linux Desktop! on Ask Slashdot: Some Good Linux Desktop Option For Kids? · · Score: 1

    No, it is pre-installation. Your kids run Linux because that is what the computer they got was running. The same happens with adults. They buy a computer or a phone or a tablet and run whatever it runs.

    People will have an iphone, a Windows desktop and an android tablet all at the same time and they do not care.

  12. All this only works when you are logged in.

    I use the following to export all my subscriptions : https://www.youtube.com/subscr... Without the ?action_takeout=1 you can manage your subscriptions.

    To me it is the only way to follow all the around 200 channels I follow at this moment.

    Took me a while to know how to get there by browsing.
    Cllck on the Bell icon and then on the settings. There you can click on "Manage all subscriptions". Scroll to the bottom and you can click on "Export subscriptions". It will be an OPML file. I import that into Liferea and only log in to YouTube to add and remove channels. I also close my browser, so all cookies get nuked.

    This is about Google so it could change in the next 30 minutes. They have moved it around a lot already.

  13. Thatis why they did it. Togibe you less power.

  14. And I then also hope that the next place does not lower the taxes to 0% for Amazon. Because they are just promoting a race to the bottom. They will get nothing and when they want to ask Amazon for their share, they will move to the next one.

    The only ones winning abre the Amazon shareholders by not paying taxes.

  15. Re: The logic is painfully twisted. on Amazon Threatens To Move Jobs Out of Seattle Over New Tax (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    46. What did I win?

  16. Re:The logic is painfully twisted. on Amazon Threatens To Move Jobs Out of Seattle Over New Tax (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon already pays taxes like everyone else.

    No, they don't.

  17. They probably do. That is why they are making such a shitload of money. Oh you thought they developed prodcuts to please you as a customer?
    I have some bad news for you.

  18. To support the Californian farmers in periods of drought, I buy as many almond products as I can. I am doing my part, how about you?

  19. Yes. I will post the URL to use when I get home in two hours or so. Just posted this to remind myself to do so.

  20. Re:I already have too many montly fees. on YouTube Unveils New Streaming Service 'YouTube Music,' Rebrands YouTube Red (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    That is 120 EUR a year. That is nothing for a professional, but still a lot of money for the average person. And the downside is that you do not own the software. That is also not good for a professional. If they suddenly decide to not support the format you work with, you are screwed and need to transfer all your images to something else. Or you will be unable to edit the images/movies in your library without converting them first and that will mean loss of quality. (There is a reason you have them in the format you have them in)

  21. Re:Google's approach to music is why I use Power A on YouTube Unveils New Streaming Service 'YouTube Music,' Rebrands YouTube Red (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I just turned all my CDs into MP3 a few years ago and skipped the whole "streaming" situation.

    I just put a shitload of songs on a micro-sd of 32GB. I could buy a 512 GB one. 32GB gives me enoughn music to listen to. And I even put in the odd audiobook to listen to.

    I just use the standard player and I do not say anything as not to confront the other people on the train and pressing play is not that hard.

  22. Re:Red? Why not literally any other colour on YouTube Unveils New Streaming Service 'YouTube Music,' Rebrands YouTube Red (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I checked it from work and it still is a thing. If people are offended, they should not sneak up on me and watchg my screen. If they think it is because I am wasting time, I only waste 2 minutes (and a paper towel) on it and am less tense than if I would be after being on /. or reddit and be all agressive because of all teh idiots!!11One!1

    Oh and boss: I just did it to verify if the VPN you requested blocks things or not. It did not as required, so I will change it. Good that I tested it.
    On a sidenote Why do I need to bring a box to your office for the urgent meeting with the people of HR?

  23. Same advice as always as with distros on Ask Slashdot: Some Good Linux Desktop Option For Kids? · · Score: 1

    Us t hat what will give you the most supporty. If you have a friend that used Debian, use that as that will be the person who you ask and that is what he knows.

    So for the kid it will be whatever you use. As you post here, I assume you at least know how to change a desktop to look as you want it to look.
    Do that and you are done.

    I did not even need to know how old the kid is or what its capabilities and/or limits are as you will just know.

    Now if you use something that you know will not be possible to be adapted enough, just use one of the three big ones that can be easily installed on your distro of choice. XFCE, KDE or GNOME. Pick one that is easiest for YOU to install and/or maintain.

    Remember that you will be the one that has to repair things when it breaks. If the small adult is larger, you could install more than one and have the mini-you make its own choice if it wants to. Could be that the kid has absolutely no interest in it and rather does something else. That is a real option. I know I wanted to do things my dad did not like, just because.

  24. People forget that in 1984 the power was given to Big Brother. It was not taken.
    How we give so freely what others have fought for so hard.

  25. Re:Gesture is great but toothless, at this point on Senate Votes To Save Net Neutrality (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Not sure why you name Obama. As far as I know he is not a president anymore (but you still need to call him that). Does that mean to say that because Obama did it, it is a good thing or a bad thing?