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  1. Didnt work for a virtualbox install. on Fedora 18 Installer: Counterintuitive and Confusing? · · Score: 1

    I tried to upgrade a virtualbox image, didn't work for me either. I tried a couple times but I was too annoyed to continue.
    Not sure what the issue was, but telling me not enough space, not letting me use my existing partitions or even letting me reformat the drive, clearly a broken installer.

    No idea who is testing this on the Fedora team, but damn, if this cant pass the drunk admin test you failed.

  2. Well Yeah. on UC's For-Pay Online Course Draws 4 Non-UC Students · · Score: 1

    6K a year for all you finish credits online for govenours college compared with 1400 for 4 credits seems expensive.
    I'm sure there are even more cheaper places not even counting the free courses.

  3. Gnome team and Microsoft think tablets are super! on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: 4, Interesting

    User interface guidelines. Android is finally realizing they needed interface guidelines. Apple has done great in both OSX and IOS. But Gnome team and Microsoft seems to be ignoring every standard and going gooey eyed over tablets.

    My tablet is not my work computer, not my game system, and not my media box. Its my portable content reader.

    Listen to your users.

  4. Whoa, slow down there. on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 3, Funny

    Took the FCC 10 years to fix this? Whats the rush!?

  5. All the "bonkers" and "Crazy" talk... on McAfee Arrested In Guatemala · · Score: 4, Interesting

    After reading the timeline of events. It really seems like he didn't pay some protection money. First the police raid his house (for a meth lab) and drop charges, then after he donates to the police the next day all his dogs are killed. He definitely pissed off some people. So is he Crazy? I think hes so damn shaken up he cant think straight and tried to run because he honestly thinks he would be escape goat for a murder and might even be murdered himself.

    Timeline @ http://wecheck.org/wiki/John_McAfee

    TDLR; I think he was too busy banging the 17 yo and having the good life, so I doubt he had a meth lab and was a drug kingpin.

  6. Re:Mate on Mint = Awesome on Linux Mint 14 Is Out · · Score: 1

    I bet you are right, the Mint team does provide a great looking desktop. I just installed the Mate 14, and it looks great.

  7. Mate on Mint = Awesome on Linux Mint 14 Is Out · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I switched to Mint when Ubuntu forced Gnome 3/Unity on me. Been extremely happy except one big issue. Mate uses GTK 2 but newer apps use GTK 3, so you get stuck in this world of mixed themes that looks bad. Found a nice gtk 2/3 clearlooks compatible theme, so I end up with Mate DM with GTK 3 apps looking normal again. Best thing, Compiz still works...

    While I'm very grateful of what Canonical has done for the Linux community and have paid for services and software to show my support, I cant take the design choices or direction the company has went seriously. Gnome 3 has chosen a new direction, one that I don't need or want. Ubuntu is embracing that direction.

    Mint right now is the best balance I can find out there. Keeps the popular Ubuntu base, but with Mint or Cinnamon DE which is hands down superior to Gnome 3 for the desktop.

  8. Re:So outdated! on Linux Mint 14 Is Out · · Score: 1

    No doubt. You have dual 27 inch monitors you really want that MP3 on the lock screen! You also want to run all your apps in full screen, you have 2 monitors, 1 app per screen. Functionality and user friendly interfaces died at gnome 2, its gnome 3 and unity baby. The future is NOW!. Don't you read the gnome3 blogs?!?

  9. Re:if you saw an open bank vault on Jail Looms For Man Who Revealed AT&T Leaked iPad User E-Mails · · Score: 1

    Going to have to disagree, you can talk about anything you see in normally. If you opened the bank vault door first then yell its open, then you are guilty.

    This guy reported a hack he found poking around, that's a crime. If he reported a hack he found while doing normal transaction, then its not a crime. I think its pretty easy to tell the difference.. Buffer overflows and exploits are not normal transactions. This is what makes the difference between white and black hat hackers. White hat doesn't perform intrusion without authorization. They can perform analysis on normal transactions, thus no law is being broke, as you are authorized for "normal use".

  10. At least he wasn't using this while driving. on German Police Stop Man With Mobile Office In Car · · Score: 1

    At least he wasn't using this while driving.

  11. LMDE - Linux Mint Debian Edition on The Release Candidate For Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" Is Out · · Score: 1

    Been using mint debian edition as my daily desktop for awhile. I'm really loving the polish and look of Mate on Mint. Went with the debian edition as I'm tired of Ubuntu and its anti competitive behavior. But the biggest issue I'm running is neither are rolling releases. I have a mixed LMDE and Debian testing running which has been mostly ok.

    Also, running mate which is based grtk2 you have to use a theme that looks good on gtk2 & gtrk3.

    I see the mate team talking about moving to gtk3, but no idea if its really being worked on or not. And compiz being decommissioned and having to be forked, its incredibly frustrating. Gnome3 is not an option, cinnamon might be. Mate just works the way I want.

  12. Re:Iterations on GNOME 3.6 To Include Major Revisions · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So true, on a 30 inch monitor, gnome3 is unusable and a pain in the ass to use. But its build for tablets, even the gnome developers admitted it. Music player on lock screen? Tablet feature. Good portion of my developers at work are still using 10.04 due to gnome 3 and ubuntu unity fiasco. Those not using linux use osx.

    Never liked unified menus, hated it with office, hated it with gnome3 and osx.

  13. Did they learn their lesson yet? on Windows 7 Is the Next Windows XP · · Score: 1

    Gnome and Microsoft know tablets are the new hotness, so they are forcing us to switch to a tablet optimized interfaces. One major problem, Most of us are not using it on tablets. Now that gnome has had its backlash and microsoft is getting their earful of leaving the default gui everyone likes alone, a task bar (with clock and quick launch), task manager, and app tray. We can get back to implementing new features and not messing with users experience in working.

    Its like getting in a car, and the steering wheel and pedals are gone, first thing a person does in an accident will be stomp their foot on the floor pedal break, which will be missing. Muscle memory.

    I will say, even Android is pushing its annoyance limits on newer versions, moving settings around where if your a long term android user you expect settings and buttons in one location and its moved. It can be a little annoying when you cant find something. Messing with peoples routine memory is annoying and actually infuriates people.

  14. Re:stop doing grunt work on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Stay Employable? · · Score: 1

    Project managers also work crazy hours, thats one job thats hard on a family life.

  15. Removed MHL/Video out so you must by the Nexus Q on Is the Google Nexus Q Subtraction by Subtraction? · · Score: 0

    Intentionally crippling the Nexus 7 so you have to buy the Nexus Q really is a FU to loyal customers.

    Nexus 7 has no MHL and no SD Card. Cripple functionality to sell addons and services, that's not cool google.

  16. Andriod on NVIDIA Responds To Linus Torvalds · · Score: 1

    You can never use a new release of android until the manufacture releases its updated version that includes updated drivers.

    This is the perfect example of the closed driver issue.

  17. Smart very smart. on EA To Provide Free Distribution To Kickstarter Games · · Score: 2

    EA knows that crowd sourced games will dig into their profits. EA already tried to buy everything up, but they cant buy the crowd sourced games makers.
    EA will just offer a "helping hand" with just a few legal strings attached... Maybe they will even use the same contracts the record producers give the artists....

  18. Elvish... on Jury Rules Google Violated Java Copyright, Google Moves For Mistrial · · Score: 1

    So, an analogy. Books are copywriteable and languages they are written in are not copywriteable. Supporting the whole SSO (structure, sequence and organization) idea. The words layout is the structure thus the finished book are copyrighted, the words themselves are not.

    I could take Moby Dick (its public domain now) and transpose it into Elvish (which is copyrighted) and the finished work would still be public domain.

    Also, this would be the common idea with lawsuits against laws and municiple codes being put online. These books formatting are copyrighted (the courts said). Thus people manually typing the laws into public websites to get around punication and format in the published books is permitted. (Kinda like copied code).

    Interesting all around.

  19. Kickstarter a new online tv station on Hulu To Require Viewers To Have Cable Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    I'd gladly dump cable and pay the money to an online TV station that caters towards Sci-Fi and tech news, like oh, TechTV before G4 killed it.
    In fact, why not have someone come up with a good business plan and see if they can Kickstart it.

    Anyone?

  20. Illicit Content checking. on Who Needs CISPA? FBI Has a Non-Profit Workaround · · Score: 1

    We do the same thing at work, we hand off information of users whose files match md5 sums of known child porn to a non-profit that works with law enforcement. People don't realize anytime you use a cloud service provider, good change those files are scanned not just for viruses but for illicit content.

    Does your phone auto-backup its content?

  21. Sure it buddy, sure it is... on If You Resell Your Used Games, the Terrorists Win · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Car manufacturer Richard Browne has come out swinging in favor of the rumored remote disable features in the next years model PlayStation Orbis and Xbox Durango.

    'The real cost of used cars is the damage that is being wrought on the creativity and variety of cars available to the consumer,' Browne writes. Browne's comments echo those of influential engineer and Raspberry Pi designer David Braben, who wrote last month that '...pre-owned has really killed commuter cars. It's killing daily driver cars in particular, because they will get pre-owned, and it means your day one sales are it, making them super high risk.' Both Browne and Braben conflate hating used car dealers (a thoroughly reasonable life choice) with the supposed evils of the used car market. Braben goes so far as to claim that used cars are actually responsible for high car prices and that 'prices would have come down long ago if the industry was getting a share of the resells.' Amazingly, no car manufacturers have stepped forward to publicly pledge themselves to lower car prices in exchange for a cut of used car sales. Car companies are hammering dealers (and recruiting insurance companies to do the same) because it's easier than admitting that the current system is fundamentally broken."

  22. 1200x1080 on 1366x768 Monitors Top 1024x768 For the First Time · · Score: 2

    I really hate how mainstream dropped 1920x1200 using mainstream terminology 1080p. Artificially limiting pixel height and pixel DPI has to be my few gripes at displays for both monitors and laptops. 1366x768 is useless and has a horrible DPI, but its been the standard size for years on laptops. Now Apple tablets and phones have higher dpi than most monitors. People want progress but the display glass monopoly has been holding progress back for years.

    1080p is a gold standard when 2048 or 4K should be making inroads other than Tablets or 30 inch displays.

  23. Re:not so fast there alarmast headline writers. on AT&T Caps Netflix Streaming Costs At $68K/Yr · · Score: 1

    Bandwidth needs to be sold like a public utility.
    1 kwh = 5 cents
    1 gallon water = 1 cent
    1 terabyte shouldn't cost 5,000 dollars.

  24. Eeek... on GNOME Shell Extensions Are Live · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ive been a long time ubuntu user, and with the ubuntu unity/gnome fiasco I've been looking at going back to SuSE or even switch to Fedora since I work on redhat boxes all day.

    But I decided to go with Mint, and with the extensions installed, its back to what Gnome 3 should have been. I do like being able to reload the desktop without closing my apps, and the looking glass debugger is a nice touch. I think now that extensions are out, and distros can start using them again, Ubuntu will make a comback. But now that I'm switched to Mint, its basically Ubuntu with the better desktop, I might not go back.

    I just wish the gnome extensions were installed by default, so people didnt have to learn about them 2nd hand after they already get pissed off at a crippled and funny looking desktop.

  25. Re:Stopping the bad press. on Police Encrypt Radios To Tune Out Public · · Score: 1

    Press is known as the fourth branch of the government, it helps us keep check on the other 3. There is a reason that freedom of the press is so important and nobody should have to explain why its needed.