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  1. Re:All the news that matters on US Customs Destroys Virtuoso's Flutes Because They Were "Agricultural Items" · · Score: 2

    candygram for TSA ... candygram for TSA....

  2. qtoctave on GNU Octave Gets a GUI · · Score: 4, Interesting

    it has one ALREADY

    I have been using Qtoctave for a VERY long time
    the current in SUISE12.3
    ---
    Repository: Packman Repository
    Name: qtoctave
    Version: 0.10.1-2.28
    Arch: x86_64

  3. Re:I support Mr. Mikko Hyppone on F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen Cancels RSA Talk In Protest · · Score: 2

    Also AS AN AMERICAN i give a big "here-here " for Mr. Hyppone

    more people INCLUDING us citizens should do this !!!!!

  4. Re:one method on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Your Privacy These Days? Or Do You? · · Score: 2

    no kidding
    there may or may not be one( or more) site(s) that has my REAL D of B and age
    nor have my address or city i live in

    different profiles might have different schools
    and different years attended
    or not .

  5. Re:Food for thought on Texas Drivers Stopped At Roadblock, Asked For Saliva, Blood · · Score: 1

    Not tipping

    It has ALREADY tipped

  6. " lead-lined boxes"
    well they DO have to keep Supper Man from seeing in

  7. Re:The whole Open/Libre Office thing hurt on Forrester Research Shows Steep Decline in Free Office Suite Stats · · Score: 3, Informative

    seeing as Oracle was going to CLOSE SOURCE "OpenOffice" and "make available" a LITE free version

    everyone ( almost) at OO quit and moved to LibreOffice

  8. Re:So the FBI hacked servers to find pedos? on FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack · · Score: 1

    All they did was to create there very own "home grown ...( fill in the blank ) " .

    and the Govt. wonders where they come from
    the Govt. makes them .

  9. Re:So the FBI hacked servers to find pedos? on FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack · · Score: 3, Interesting

    not correct
    for some yet to be explained well reason
    ff 17.0 and up in the tor-bundle
    have "allow javascript " turned ON BY DEFAULT !!!!!
    you as the user must DISABLE IT !!!!!!

    the BS reason so far has been
    "we want more people to use tor on the "clear net" and most clear-net sites NEED javascript

  10. is it me or is it a bit odd that that map has two bridges crossing lake Michigan
    and a bridge going to Isle Royal
    http://roadskillmap.com/#43.11702412135048,-86.5283203125,5

  11. Re: The real problem with Tor on Open Source Tortilla For Tor To Be Released At Black Hat · · Score: 1

    " If I were to run a Tor server, I'd filter it. (Actually, I'd first have to write my own so I could filter). I'd block all bittorrent usage, and I'd throttle the traffic so people surfing porn (legal or illegal) would get frustrated. "
    ------
    that is going to be a bit difficult , seeing as the traffic IS ENCRYPTED Not strongly , but still encrypted .

    yes in a few weeks you can decrypt it to see what is what , but by then a few weeks have past
    there is no way to "filter" it IN REAL TIME

  12. re energy on Energy Production Is As 'Dirty' As Ever · · Score: 1

    Soylent Green is people.............. to be continued .............

  13. re energy on Energy Production Is As 'Dirty' As Ever · · Score: 2

    Well the time for " ZPG " is past .
    It is time for a negative population growth
    or remove some of the population ( or nature will do it for us -- and not in a nice way)

    we DO need to be back to PRE World War 2 population levels

    that WILL solve the energy and food needs

  14. re computer on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Home Computers From Guests? · · Score: 1

    Just install Linux -- like Mint or Fuduntu
    http://www.linuxmint.com/
    http://www.fuduntu.org/

    set up a restricted "guest" account
    with chrome and Firefox on the desktop

    problem solved

  15. Re:There and back again on Ask Slashdot: Mac To Linux Return Flow? · · Score: 2

    On Linux ( fedora4 to 11 ,opensuse 11.1 through 12.2 ,centos5.0 through 6.3 ) i have never had issues in setting up the Apache stack .Mind you i install it from source .

    GRASS and GDAL( FWtools2&3) no problems at all
    the same for the main gis related tool i use on ScientificLinux6.3 "ISIS3" and "stereo-pipline"

    inkscape and scribus could not be any easier to install
    " yum install inkscape scribus"
    or
    "zypper in inkscape scribus"

    libreoffice4( or OO3.6) on the current opensuse12.2 is two very short rpm commands
    to me it was a lot less hassle than on win7
    dealing with oracle's bundled crap-ware

    about the only current Linux OS that gives me problems is BT5r3 -- well it is BT5 after all

  16. Re:Java and Flash on Oracle Ships Java 7 Update 11 With Vulnerability Fixes · · Score: 1

    mono is NOT .net
    but a VERY unfortunate necessary evil

    and if MS keeps having there way
    it will always be 3 to 4 versions behind .net

  17. Re:Java and Flash on Oracle Ships Java 7 Update 11 With Vulnerability Fixes · · Score: 1

    Here here

    as a very long time linux ONLY user
    ( i only support my family's MS OS's because they want to windows boxes )

    i would also add
    ---
    yum install ProgramName
    or
    zypper in ProgramName

  18. Not surprising on GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility · · Score: 1

    It is not all that surprising
    When all is said and done, I am betting that Go Daddy's LIKE for EOL fedora versions will have had a LARGE part

    Go daddy likes fedora
    they are ( were now) running
    Fedora 1
    Fedora 2
    Fedora 3
    Fedora 4
    Fedora 5
    Fedora 6
    Fedora 7
    Fedora 8
    servers that they have KNOWING and WILLFULLY NOT patched or upgraded

    and they are having users run commerce on OS's with KNOWN HOLES
    The Linux help forums are always getting questions on HELP with a 6 to 14 version out of date fedora install

  19. Re:My two cents... on Ask Slashdot: To AdBlock Or Not To AdBlock? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    /. already has an option to not view ad's

    i have ad block disabled on this site ( and ars tech )
    no-script is even allowing on /.

    personal opinion in to allow the TOP level domain ONLY
    if an add wants to run a script -- NO WAY

     

  20. Re:Yeah Okay on US Gov't Says They Can Still Freeze Megaupload Assets If the Case Is Dismissed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    no kidding

    it IS time for a new revolution
    this time the "well armed militia " will do what it was intended to do
    remove a govt that is TOO corrupt and can NOT be fixed

    some corruption one can NEVER get ride of fully
    BUT
    what we have now is not even in the shadows

  21. regarding on Mercury Turns Out To Be a Weird Little World · · Score: 1
  22. ice on British Student Faces Extradition To US Over Copyright · · Score: 1
  23. comcast on Comcast Offering Home Security Bundle · · Score: 1

    this better be SELinux compatible
    I would NEVER put the security of the house in the hands of Microsoft

  24. RE:Android on Ask Slashdot: Android Security Practices? · · Score: 1

    i am just surprised that SELinux kernel is not used

    this is a perfect fit for it .

  25. Lobbyist on FCC Commissioner Leaves To Become Lobbyist · · Score: 2

    viva-la -revolution
    time for a change .