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  1. Re:Picasa on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Pay To See Open Sourced? · · Score: 1

    ACDSee looks like a fine application; but, I don't need DAM or layered editing; I just need a way to make basic edits, organise my photos, and create albums. Yes, ACDSee can probably do all three of those things, but only at the personal cost to me of having to learn a complicated interface. I've got better things to do with my time.

  2. Re:Picasa on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Pay To See Open Sourced? · · Score: 1

    Definitely, Picasa should be open sourced! There is no other application like it in terms of simplicity and just doing what it needs to do. All it' competitors either do too little or over-reach themselves and do too much. The replacement that google trundled out, Photos, is a 2nd-rate tool that doesn't even attempt to act as a real replacement; rather, it's a competitor of Flikr.

  3. Most dual-SIM phones also affected on AT&T Shuts Down 2G Network, Ends Cellular Connectivity For Original iPhone (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Almost all dual-SIM phones are also affected; i.e., they become single-SIM phones because--except in very new phones--the second SIM uses the 2G network to provide voice ad SMS services they never provided data).

  4. Missing link on Homemade Speed Trap Made By Former UVA CS Professor (cvilletomorrow.org) · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Wheres the story on Ex-CIA Director Says Snowden Should Be 'Hanged' For Paris Attacks (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    The CIA guy is just a dumb fuck. He was caught out behaving badly and now he's angry that everyone knows he's a dishonest asshole. Once a dumb fuck, always a dumb fuck.

  6. MS Word on Ask Slashdot: Open Tools For Logbooks and Note-taking? · · Score: 1

    I've used MS Word for my log book for many years. I use the classic MS Word file format, not the newer XML-like format; since many programmes on every computing platform that's ever existed are able to open and read the classic MS Word file format. In addition, MS published the file format and so it's well understood and newer editors will always be able to create an import filter for MS Word files.

  7. Re:A really big tip on progressives after 20 years on Ask Slashdot: Are Progressive Glasses a Mistake For Computer Users? · · Score: 1

    Tips 2 & 3 are on the money. Progressives work very, very well for me (~-5 correction, with +2 added for the reading component). That said, I have the optometrist make the lens taller to accommodate a bigger focus area, plus I pay extra money for the lenses that offer a wider viewing area (in my case, Nikon Progressive Presio Power). I believe this makes a difference and isn't just marketing.

  8. Re:if it doesnt work on Ask Slashdot: Are Progressive Glasses a Mistake For Computer Users? · · Score: 2

    The problem with bifocals and progressive lenses is that they assume you are looking down to see close objects...

    I wear progressive lenses and they work very, very well with my laptop + external monitor setup. The key is properly positioning the monitors. Yes, the monitor needs to be lower than you may have positioned it prior to needing reading glasses; but, it's really not a problem to position the laptop and external monitor to accommodate this.

  9. Re:Software doesn't really matter on Ask Slashdot: Best Software For Image Organization? · · Score: 2

    You're exactly on the money!!! What's needed is a cataloging app that keeps the canonical data store in sidecar files. Picasa is "almost" there. In recent versions it writes most of its data to .picasa text files (an open data format). This provides future portability because another app can read those .picasa files and the image files to rebuild the database. Hopefully, Google will continue to expand Picasa so that it writes all info to .picasa files as well as keeping a local database current. The local database provides excellent app performance, and the sidecar files provide for future portability when Google decides to walk away from Picasa--which they inevitably will.

  10. The researcher, journalist, and most cyclists are making the classic correlation is not causation error. See the following site for lots of humourous versions: http://tylervigen.com/

  11. While we're at it... on GOP Bill To Outlaw EPA 'Secret Science' That Is Not Transparent, Reproducible · · Score: 1

    Let's also outlaw secret courts, non-transparent legal processes, unfettered wire tapping, etc. This action against the EPA seems to be nothing more than a way to distract voters away from the government's illegal actions.

  12. Re:I'm male but... on Getting Young Women Interested In Open Source · · Score: 2

    You are confusing ability with interest. No matter how much ability someone has, if the activity doesn't interest them then they will not pursue it. This whole get woman involved in tech thing has become very tired. /. needs to stop posting these articles.

  13. Re:At least one CEO eats his own dog food on Office Space: TV Documentary Looks At the Dreadful Open Office · · Score: 1

    Anyone with a serious interest in this subject needs to read "Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom Demarco & Timothy Lister. They present empirical research data gathered in the 1970s that demonstrates the real productivity gains to be made through housing staff in appropriate office space. Note: open offices and cubical jungles do not constitute productive environments. The numbers tell no lies.

  14. Re:Rape, burn, pillage, rape... on Senator Dianne Feinstein: NSA Metadata Program Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    But, "Rape, burn, pillage, rape" is so much more alliterative than the correct form.

  15. Here's the answer... on Memo To Parents and Society: Teen Social Media "Addiction" Is Your Fault · · Score: 1
  16. Snowdon contributes to global warming on Edward Snowden Leaks Could Help Paedophiles Escape Police, Says UK Government · · Score: 2

    In other news, government officials announced they have conclusive evidence that the information leaked by Snowden is causing an acceleration in global warming.

  17. Netgear's recent incompetence on Users Slow to Update Netgear ReadyNAS Boxes Open To Remote Exploit · · Score: 1

    I'm a ReadyNAS owner. I have ignored recent firmware updates from Netgear simply because they have become incompetent at releasing firmware that actually functions. I keep my ReadyNAS far away from the Internet, and so my level of risk is low; as well, I have stopped upgrading: Netgear's release quality is simply too poor to allow me to risk the upgrade.

  18. Re:big surprise on NSA Can't Search Its Own Email · · Score: 1

    More likely a case of somebody lying to get around a FOIA request,...

    I agree. Telling porkies is their specialty.

    ... for which there will be consequences. All government agencies have very strict regulations concerning record keeping and FOIA, with jail time possible for anyone who fails to abide by those regulations.

    Now you're dreaming in Technicolor. The liar might get a promotion for their behavior, but there certainly won't be any negative consequences.

  19. Re:Here's the deal... on Is Buying an Extended Warranty Ever a Good Idea? · · Score: 2

    The advice I've replied to is exactly right. In my case, I fly almost every week on business, and I buy my own laptop. By the end of the second year, I almost always experience some type of failure in my laptop--either failure of a component or an accident (liquid into the keyboard). I always buy the all-perils warranty for my laptop and I always come out ahead. I am out at the extreme upper end of the bell curve, and so I benefit at the expense of the insurance company.

    One of the benefits of the warranty (on my HP laptop) is that I buy the onsite, next business day service. So, no matter where in the world I am working--and I work in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia--an HP tech shows up and fixes my laptop without the need for me to visit a service centre or return my laptop to depot by courier. This is part of the business value to me.

    However, I do not buy any other extended warranties; because in all the other situations I am not out at the extreme end of the risk curve and so I will always lose.

  20. Re:Convert to a common format on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Archive and Access Ancient Emails? · · Score: 1

    I should add that I use X1, http://x1.com/, to index and access the Aid4Mail converted emails.

  21. Convert to a common format on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Archive and Access Ancient Emails? · · Score: 1

    I gathered up all my historical email records a few years ago, and used Aid4Mail to convert all the various mailbox formats to the common format I use today. Choose a format that's convenient for you, and standardize on it. Here's the product website: http://www.aid4mail.com/

  22. Re:Good. on Monsanto's 'Terminator' Seeds Set To Make a Comeback · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It can also be used to prevent the spread of "engineered" genes to wild plants and crops in nearby fields, and it can eliminate many plant-patent lawsuits.

    This assertion flies in the face of common sense; pollen from this seed will float through the air and contaminate non-engineered fields and now those farmers will also have a percentage of their crop that produces sterile seed. This time, lawsuits will flow in the opposite direction: farmers who replant seed will sue Monsanto due to reduced germination rates and reduced yields in future years.

  23. Re:Good only for Monsanto. on Monsanto's 'Terminator' Seeds Set To Make a Comeback · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Negative: If the gene causing infertility is transmitted via pollen, then farmers that try to produce an heirloom seed crop near a field planted with a Monsanto variety would be screwed since their seed crop could end up infertile.

    This is exactly what will happen, and so Monsanto will put and end to many farmers' current practice of saving part of this years crop as next year's seed--since their seed yield will be reduced they negatively impact their future yield due to a percentage of the seed being sterile.

  24. Sounds like meteor envy to me on Residents Report Bright Streak Over Bay Area Friday Evening · · Score: 1

    Why does everyone need to keep up with the Jones's?

  25. Re:advantages of metric on Petition For Metric In US Halfway To Requiring Response From the White House · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, politicians do not want to eliminate confusion... they thrive on confusion and obscurity. Just like Canadian politicians (my home country), American politicians will vote to fuck over their citizens and do everything in their power to ensure that citizens are disenfranchised and screwed.