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  1. Re:Same old RMS on Interviews: RMS Answers Your Questions · · Score: 3, Insightful

    geez, you are really ungrateful. if it wasn't for RM and people like him, you wouldn't have free software or a decent open source model

  2. Re: Same old RMS on Interviews: RMS Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    its a matter of a pointless discussion as no-one (or very few) votes with their wallet and stops buying the latest shiny toy.

  3. Re:Waiting for it to update without prompting on Microsoft Is Downloading Windows 10 Without Asking · · Score: 1

    thanks. checked it again today and it now allows me to untick the box

  4. Re:Windows 10 is a default optional update on Microsoft Is Downloading Windows 10 Without Asking · · Score: 1

    i've had the same issues with my girlfriends machine. Microsoft Windows is a pox, i must get my girlfriend off Windows and onto Linux then i'll have total piece of mind.

  5. Re:Waiting for it to update without prompting on Microsoft Is Downloading Windows 10 Without Asking · · Score: 2

    Every time there was an update, the Window 10 update was also automatically ticked. I've been unticking before the installs take place but now i cannot remove the tick so i log off and close the lid so it doesn't update. I wonder when they'll stop me doing that.

  6. Re:Feminism on UK Researchers Developing Influenza-Resistant Birds · · Score: 1

    "man flu" is not infectious... i think...

  7. Re: trust already lost in Debian on Debian Working on Reproducible Builds To Make Binaries Trustable · · Score: 1

    Again we see the immaturity of the anti-systemd kids. - just fixed that for you, didn't bother with the rest of your cut and paste post because it just shows just how little you know.

  8. Re:trust already lost in Debian on Debian Working on Reproducible Builds To Make Binaries Trustable · · Score: 1

    well, vote with your feet and go off to devuan and stop polluting a non-systemd article with your immature and incorrect rant

  9. Re:Change the channel, Marge on New Release of the Trinity Desktop Environment · · Score: 1

    "Yawn. Not *another* desktop environment. " - that implies you didn't know it was an existing DE, thats the research i mean, you knee-jerked a response at the headline.

  10. Re:Change the channel, Marge on New Release of the Trinity Desktop Environment · · Score: 1

    Along with all the KDE4 trolls of that time, you obviously had reading and comprehension problems with the KDE 4.0 release. It was released as a development release for app coders to port their apps upto KDE4.
    Some of the distros screwed up, not KDE.

  11. Re:Change the channel, Marge on New Release of the Trinity Desktop Environment · · Score: 2

    perhaps you should do some research instead of relying on a headline otherwise it shows your ignorance.

  12. Re:Slowing Down The Planet on Slowing Wind Energy Production Suffers From Lack of Wind · · Score: 1

    no they won't. once they all get going we'll be able to travel the universe and go where no man has gone before

  13. Re:caused by climate change on Slowing Wind Energy Production Suffers From Lack of Wind · · Score: 1

    i don't see any reference to subsidies/tax breaks etc given to the fossil fuel industry to keep their prices low. there is a reason why the fossil fuel industry donates to government coffers in a large way.

  14. Re:It's simple... on Slowing Wind Energy Production Suffers From Lack of Wind · · Score: 1, Insightful

    i guess it was too complicated for you to understand.

  15. Re:Fully isolated? on Systemd Absorbs "su" Command Functionality · · Score: 1

    "When using the shell command without arguments (thus invoking the executed shell or command on the local host) it is similar in many ways to a su(1) session, but unlike su completely isolates the new session from the originating session, so that it shares no process or session properties, and is in a clean and well-defined state. It will be tracked in a new utmp, login, audit, security and keyring session, and will not inherit any environment variables or resource limits, among other properties." - from the documentation...

  16. Re:also also on Carbon Dating Shows Koran May Predate Muhammad · · Score: 1

    jeez, don't trust that racist xenophobic rag to get anything correct

  17. Re: Old testament on Carbon Dating Shows Koran May Predate Muhammad · · Score: 1

    "The Christian Old Testament was compiled and codified before the Jewish Bible." - can you provide a citation for that claim?

  18. Re:Cue terrorist bombings/shootings on Carbon Dating Shows Koran May Predate Muhammad · · Score: 1

    you haven't met many (or any) then

  19. Re:Well, that's embarrassing on Carbon Dating Shows Koran May Predate Muhammad · · Score: 1

    well, we are all part of gods plan..... :o)

  20. Re:Well, that's embarrassing on Carbon Dating Shows Koran May Predate Muhammad · · Score: 1

    "Interestingly, the shroud of Turin isn't exactly mentioned in the Bible as being the lynchpin of the Christian faith." - correct, but it was used as "proof" jesus existed

  21. Re:Spontaneous combustion on Plunging Battery Prices Expected To Spur Renewable Energy Adoption · · Score: 1

    Thats what i've never understood. the need for an electric van for the huge delivery market must be huge, as they are vans they could put larger batteries to get longer ranges in them as they are not so constrained on prettiness of the vehicle to hide the battery. Fast luxurious cars are made because of the "glamour status" gained, no-one will get glamorous coverage or kudos for developing a practical vehicle.

  22. Re:Their work is being wasted. on Linux Kernel 4.2 Released · · Score: 1, Troll

    i've never had a boot failure with systemd. Just as well you posted as AC with dreamt up anecdotes

  23. Re:Their work is being wasted. on Linux Kernel 4.2 Released · · Score: 1

    you'd best use Slack with motif as your gui.

  24. Re:v4.2 lol on Linux Kernel 4.2 Released · · Score: 1

    no, its regressed to 2 not 10.

  25. Re:Fully isolated? on Systemd Absorbs "su" Command Functionality · · Score: 1

    " it sounds like machinectl breaks the audit trail that su has always supported" - how did you come to that conclusion? please point me to that.