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  1. Re:Oops on Lizard Squad Targets Tor · · Score: 1

    no kidding
    there ARE groups you just DO NOT PISS OFF

    the non govt. professionals like the ones behind offensive security and like
    are not to be messed with lightly

  2. Re:Advertsing on Federal Judge: Facebook Must Face Suit For Scanning Messages · · Score: 1

    "Ghostery+Adblock+Scriptblock=No Ads"
    true - BUT they still SELL $$$ all the information about
    YOU
    Your friends
    all the relational data that is connected to you

  3. re on Docker Image Insecurity · · Score: 1

    just another example of the "bleep'ed ed bleep" that passes for a good idea

    it REALLY is time for a X30+ solar flare to kill the electricity for 10 years

    then MAYBE we will have had time to well THINK FIRST!!!
    and change the priories from
    new and "Bleeped up"
    to stable and SECURE

  4. law zero on AI Expert: AI Won't Exterminate Us -- It Will Empower Us · · Score: 0

    i do beg to differ
    the forth law of robotics
    -- LAW 0 ( zero ) !!!

    the current human population is a UNSUSTAINABLE levels
    for various reasons a world population of about 2.5 to 3.5 - 4.0 Billion is sustainable

    law 0 would allow for the REMOVAL of 4 billion people from the planet
    ( something WE humans are unwilling to do at this time )

  5. Re:are the debian support forums down? on Ask Slashdot: Stop PulseAudio From Changing Sound Settings? · · Score: 1

    that it dose
    i was one of the FIRST people to use pulse in fedora 6
    now back then there were issues
    but

    Almost 10 years have past and those issues are no more

    pulse on it's own WILL NOT JUST CHANG SETTINGS

  6. Re:Flare on X-Class Solar Flare Coming Friday · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Carrington event was a X27 to x45

    so a 1.6 is tiny ( for a big one)

    a 2 is 10 times greater that a 1 in power

  7. Re:Just as long as it's not XK-class. on X-Class Solar Flare Coming Friday · · Score: 2

    a XKCD flare would need a warning like this
    -- Don't Panic --
    http://www.craftster.org/pictu...

  8. Flare on X-Class Solar Flare Coming Friday · · Score: 2

    Seeing as it is only a x 1.6
    As far as BIG things go this is a bit tiny

    so PREPARE for the WORST
    1 to 2 days no electricity
    BUT
    expect the BEST
    pretty lights in the sky

  9. i worked in custom color and B&W darkrooms for over 10 years

    finally by the late 90's there were 3 jobs for over 200 techs in the SE Michigan area

    The oldest piece of hardware was a Kodak K10 that still had vacuum tubes

  10. lost mail on Congressman Asks NSA To Provide Metadata For "Lost" IRS Emails · · Score: 0

    did not "Bush" already loose a ton of mails when the "white house" moved from the
    Huge giant sized corporate Lotus based mail to the " small business/HOME" mail system from MS

    this is NOTHING new

  11. target on Target Moves To Chip and Pin Cards To Boost Security · · Score: 0

    i can almost GUARANTY that target will "frack up " this too
    a 2015 prediction
    target will use the password " 1234" to secure the servers

  12. --- "i think what we have here is a failure to communicate" ---

    as in the CEO has NO idea about the technology being used

    px resolution is a easy one to do , and would make some sense .

    the SIZE of the screen is just a phallic reference .

         

  13. Re:tabs on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 2

    I forgot to add ---

    I knew there was a reason i use SEAMONKEY as my default browser
    at least for now there is Firefox 24 LTS

  14. tabs on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 1

    the "about : config " setting for "tabs on bottom"
    was removed !!!!!!!!!!!!

    if you upgrade and not a new install the setting is there
    BUT USELESS
    and the "page reload" is NOT MOVABLE

  15. Re:User friendliest: on Ask Slashdot: User-Friendly Firewall For a Brand-New Linux User? · · Score: 1

    I would suggest installing WINE and then running Windows Firewall.

    WTF !!! are you "fracked in the head " ?
    iptables is way better

    anyway you could not even do that

  16. Re:Don't bother. on The Problem With Congress's Scientific Illiterates · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "All you can do with somebody like that is"
    is to do EVERYTHING possible to have them removed from office ASAP!!!!

  17. Re:Must keep running XP on Ask Slashdot: Preparing For Windows XP EOL? · · Score: 1

    That is some "bleeped up "software

  18. linux on $2,400 'Introduction To Linux' Course Will Be Free and Online This Summer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    well for those of us that have been using one version or another for the last ten years
    it might be a good review
    -- quote --
    " As long as I never see or need to use the command line, it doesn't matter what operating system I use."
    --- end quote--
    Most of the programs i use DO NOT !!!! use a GUI
    or do not need the one that it might have

    the terminal is GREAT !!!!
    learn to use it !!!!!

  19. ide on Does Relying On an IDE Make You a Bad Programmer? · · Score: 1

    just use VI and solve the problem

  20. now if it could only decimate the D.C. population of politicians

  21. what is it using ? on Report: Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) Scans Your DNS History · · Score: 1

    the $94,000 question is
    Is it using System V or System D to look up the dns cache ???????

  22. REGARDING --- on Do Hypersonic Missiles Make Defense Systems Obsolete? · · Score: 0

    you have to be kidding

    the comments are NOT even the same on the old and the beta
    they are NOT even sharing the same DB

    also
    the text area

    I use a black theme !!!!!!!!!!!
    And having black text on a black background
    -- DOSE NOT WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!

    I will have to change my theme just to use this site -- NOT GOOD

    This right there will drive me to BOING BOING

  23. Re:All I Have To Say Is on You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future · · Score: 2

    No bleeping kidding
    that car would be " jail broken " faster than you can say " WTF"

    cracking the DRM on the CAR would be the FIRST #1 job

  24. OpenSuSE on OpenSUSE Forums Defaced, Email Addresses Leaked · · Score: 2, Informative

    as a long time OpenSuSE user the forum has beed a problem for a very long time
    Novel controls it
    NOT OPENSUSE !!!!!!

    and this has been a long standing problem for the site admins
    they really do not control it

    as in the VERY LONG STANDING issue of the code and font and css used for the forum topics
    one MUST turn off the min. size font used
    or use a 9 pt font

    that can ONLY be changed by Novel and NOT by the OpenSUSE forum

  25. Re:It's not a relevant topic for Slashdot. on US Customs Destroys Virtuoso's Flutes Because They Were "Agricultural Items" · · Score: 1

    " I do, however, dispute its relevance here at Slashdot."

    well
    RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT !!!!
    I am betting that more than half of us here do .