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  1. Nothing wrong with the FLAT UI. There is a reason everyone is copying the concept, including google and the open source community.

    Peer pressure?
    omfglearntoplay got it right. What's wrong with it, is that it makes making out the features of the ui, like buttons, harder.
    Personally I use WindowBlinds to address the issue i windows 10. Currently my desktop almost looks like a win7 desktop, transparency included.

  2. Re:It's Not All About Security on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Hard Truths IT Must Learn To Accept? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    BASE64 encoding?:)
    If you have local admin you can overwrite the group policies.
    You run your script via the task scheduler on start, logon and whenever else you think they might try to push policies to your computer.
    While it may not solve your main problem, it might at least make other things a bit more bearable.

  3. Re:Disagree with Bob's # 6: Charter IT projects on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some 'Best Practices' IT Should Avoid At All Costs? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree completely. #6 makes no sense.

  4. Product Owner(s) on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop The Deployment Of Unapproved Code Changes? · · Score: 1

    The product owner is simply an individual responsible for the product.
    Users report bugs to the product owner, not the dev.
    The product owner is then responsible for any requirements updates, scheduling of developer(s), test(ers) and whatever else might be needed.

  5. Re:Global Warming is due to 9th planet!! on Curious Tilt of the Sun Traced To Undiscovered Planet (spacedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Personally, I blame the IAU for bad definitions.

  6. Re:Meh. Still rocking Windows XP. on One Year Later: Windows 10 Now Runs On Over 21% of All Desktops (winbeta.org) · · Score: 1

    It's called Windows Embedded POSReady 2009.

    I would like to add that, contrary to frequent rumors, the "POS" in there doesn't actually stand for Piece of Shit. It actually means... uhh... well I'm sure it's not meant to be Piece of Shit.

    Point of Sale, maybe?;)

  7. Re:Leisure Suit Larry Age Verification on UK Gov't Launches Public Consultation On Porn-Site Age Checks (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Best way to do Porn-Site Age Checks.

    alt-x to pass?:)

  8. Re:Tandem Guardian. on Ask Slashdot: If You Could Assemble a "FrankenOS" What Parts Would You Use? · · Score: 1

    Still exist, even, if somewhat expensive. Though it's HP NonStop rather than Tandem nowadays.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    I work with that system on a daily basis.

  9. Re:What about life NOT as we know it? on How Gaseous, Neptune-Like Planets Can Become Habitable · · Score: 1

    Is there some kind of reason we want to find things just like us? Isn't that kind of boring?

    We don't just want to find things that are like us.
    It's just that's it easier to look for, as we have a good idea what to look for.

  10. Re:SamKnows from the FCC on Ask Slashdot: An Accurate Broadband Speed Test? · · Score: 1

    Cable? Wouldn't know about that market, since I don't watch TV.

    But I do have FTTH and eight different ISP:s to chose from.
    My current fiber options:
    http://skb.qmarket.se/privat/b...
    I live in stockholm, btw.

    Google claims that "1 US Dollar equals 7.22 Swedish Krona", if you wish to do a price comparison.

    There are plenty more ISP:s if you prefer ADSL. Don't know why you're so hung up on cable. There are plenty of other options.

  11. Re:most people don't want to bother on Security After the Death of Trust · · Score: 1

    For the record, gmail supports IMAP.

  12. Re:Ingy döt Net on Ingy döt Net Tells How Acmeism Bridges Gaps in the Software World (Video) · · Score: 1

    Not really. Ö can be vowel just like any other. Hell, in swedish it's even a proper word (means island).

  13. Re:So Metric will change..again. on Graphene and Quantum Hall Effect Could Help Redefine Metrics · · Score: 1

    Thank you:)

    I was the AC who asked the question.

  14. Re:What about latency? on Alcatel-Lucent Boosts Copper Broadband To 100Mbps · · Score: 1

    I suspect most latency when using copper comes from error correction. You could try having your ISP lower/zero your interleave value..
    That can shave off 10-20ms, but it requires that wires aren't crap..

  15. Re:I'm Trent the Thief, and I approve this message on Vint Cerf Says Fix the Net With More Pipe · · Score: 1

    How desperate are you, exactly?;)
    You could get it if you moved. Of the top of my head, I know of at least one place you can get it, and I'm certain there are many more.
    Umeå, in northern Sweden, it's reasonably easy to get 1 Gbps.
    They upgraded from 100Mbps just recently.

  16. Re:If he's so smart how come he's dead? on Remembering Alan Turing On His 99th Birthday · · Score: 1

    Ok, I will:) He isn't smart any more. Comes with being dead.

  17. Re:Who understands women? on Women Remain the Ignored Audience In Gaming · · Score: 1

    In order to build games for women don't you need to understand them ?
    Does anybody (who can code) know what women wants ?

    Sure, just look it up; 'man woman';)

  18. Re:This is a bad list on PC Gaming's 10 Commandments · · Score: 1

    While some things are legit, common sense UI issues, like the SF4 controller issue, most of it is latching onto conventions of the past for no other reason that they are conventions of the past. You really shouldn't need to edit the graphics settings more than like screen resolution and then "low, medium, high, ultra", at least in the game's interface. Maybe give people access to a plaintext config file if they want to do more, but there's no reason to expose more options than this through the user interface other than "PC gamers are used to it". Being "used to" something that makes for bad or confusing UI doesn't make it not a bad or confusing UI.

    As long as DoF/Blur/View bob/Tripple buffering is permanently of, vsync on, FoV is locked to 110, and a few other details, I _may_ not complain to vocally...
    I'd still like the option to decide whether to step back on AA,shadows or view distance on various things.
    There are likely a lot more settings like this I'd like to prioritize myself;)
    So I'd still complain:p

    Point is, I disagree, because most of us have different preferences and prioritizations regarding settings.

  19. Re:No mention of where it flew from... on Solar-Powered Airplane Completes First International Flight · · Score: 1

    ...it took of in Helsinki, Sweden.

    Apparently it started over 200 years ago:)
    I suspect either a misconfigured navigation system or time-travel device.

  20. Re:National security exception on AP Files FOIA Request For Bin Laden Photos · · Score: 0

    I have dealt with conspiracy loons for decades. Their theories have no basis in reality with or without the photos.

    We have photos of planes hitting buildings but some people think it was a controlled explosion, regardless of the solid scientific facts. We have photo of men standing on the Moon, but people still make shit up to claim we didn't get there.

    FTFY.
    Sorry, had to, it was just a bit painful to read:p

  21. Re:HU? on Instant Quantum Communication Is Near · · Score: 1

    Sadly, I think most of us will have to content ourselves by slapping him with the imaginary part.

  22. Re:Really? on Afghanistan Called First "Robotic War" · · Score: 1

    As the Daleks have taught us, attacking a country with no elevators is a guaranteed way for your robots to lose the war.

    Not really.
    As we all know, they simply level the building.

  23. Re:Did even the submittor read the summary? on Physicists Develop Quantum Public Key Encryption · · Score: 1

    So /. posts a story with content from the actual article, and you complain?

    So harsh...

    And herein lies the problem. Here on /. we do not read the articles before commenting on them.
    At least it appears to be bad form.

  24. Re:If you want CD-quality audio, buy CDs on Why We Should Buy Music In FLAC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Even if you only want one song from the entire CD?

  25. Re:any evidence at all? on Stellar Wormholes May Exist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Which may be interesting if B also gives A, and B is testable.
    Otherwise, not so much.