Slashdot Mirror


User: MAXOMENOS

MAXOMENOS's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
1,324
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 1,324

  1. You got it almost right! on Red Hat and Microsoft Partner On Azure (redhat.com) · · Score: 1

    Last I checked, Azure has Ubuntu Server. :)

  2. I'm torn on this. on Botnet Takes Over Twitch Install and Partially Installs Gentoo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    On the one hand, I'm not fond of black hats. On the other, that's really, really funny.

  3. What's the over-under.... on Twitch Viewers Will Try To Collaboratively Install Arch Linux (twitchinstalls.com) · · Score: 1

    ...on how long it takes 'em to brick the box?

  4. Re:How about... on Makers Compete To Produce US Army's Next Official Handgun (military.com) · · Score: 2

    Field stripping a 1911 vs field stripping a Glock --- Glock is easier by far. I imagine other modern pistols would try to be similarly easy. (And yes, I'm aware we're also talking about the US military that uses the M4, but small gains here and there add up.)

  5. Re:Kimber on Makers Compete To Produce US Army's Next Official Handgun (military.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, they cited the issue of fitting the hands of smaller shooters, so in the modern day none of these firearms are really applicable.

    A gen 4 Glock comes with multiple backstraps --- I can pick the one I want and get the hand size I want. My hands are too small for a gen 3 Glock 20 or 21 but can grip a gen 4 21 with ease.

  6. I'm guessing that /pol/... on Moot Sells 4chan To 2channel Founder Hiroyuki Nishimura · · Score: 1

    ...isn't taking the sale of 4chan to a Japanese national too well?

  7. Re:To disable AirDrop on Bug In iOS, OS X Allows AirDrop To Write Files Anywhere On File System · · Score: 2

    Good point; I presume you're running OSX. If you're running iOS this won't work.

  8. To disable AirDrop on Bug In iOS, OS X Allows AirDrop To Write Files Anywhere On File System · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check to see whether it's disabled already, open a command prompt and run:

    defaults read com.apple.NetworkBrowser | grep DisableAirDrop

    If it returns DisableAirDrop = 1, then you should be fine. If it comes up blank, or if it shows DisableAirDrop = 0, then AirDrop is not disabled by default. In this case, run:

    defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -bool YES

    You'll need to log out and log back in for the change to take effect.

    references: this Apple Forums thread

  9. There goes my SSID :( on Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi Password With Contacts · · Score: 3, Funny

    FBI Surveillance Van #1_optout just looks dreadful.

  10. Question on Worker Fired For Disabling GPS App That Tracked Her 24 Hours a Day · · Score: 2

    Is the app installed on her personal device, or was it installed on the company's personal device? Her personal device should be her personal business, broadly speaking. Her company's personal device is their business.

  11. Re:Feminist bullshit on Psychologist: Porn and Video Game Addiction Are Leading To 'Masculinity Crisis' · · Score: 1

    No. Really, no.

    If you're attracted to someone and they are not attracted to you, and you act like an idiot about it, that's being creepy.

    If you're attracted to someone and they are not attracted to you, and you continue to act appropriately around them, that's fine.

    In particular, if you want to succeed in the modern work environment, you're going to need to learn how to be professional with people who you find attractive and who don't find you attractive. This really isn't a hard skill to pick up, it just requires a change in attitude around your co-workers.

  12. Re:Why? on Messenger's Mercury Trip Ends With a Bang, and Silence · · Score: 5, Informative

    There wasn't enough fuel to sustain orbit. The team responsible for this went to heroic lengths to keep it in orbit --- including at one point venting the spacecraft's helium to give it a final boost. This was all done so the probe could keep sending back data, which it did happily. In the end we got approximately four times the expected data we wanted from the probe.

    Not bad for government contractors.

  13. Silly Rabbit. on Why Crypto Backdoors Wouldn't Work · · Score: 1

    Just make encryption that isn't ridiculously easy to crack illegal, or subject to severe regulation and taxation. Get an expert devoid of care for privacy (say, Dorothy Denning) to endorse the law on the Sunday Morning talk shows. Cast anyone who cares about secure encryption as a bitter and deranged malcontent. Tell people it's for the Common Good.

    Problem solved.

  14. For me, there are two questions. on GNU Hurd 0.6 Released · · Score: 0

    Who the hell is still working on this project, and why do they care?

  15. Redundant measures on Court Mulls Revealing Secret Government Plan To Cut Cell Phone Service · · Score: 2

    Now might be a good time to invest in CB Radios or a HAM license and station.

  16. Re:Domestic Terrorism? on Watching a "Swatting" Slowly Unfold · · Score: 0

    Considering that it puts people in danger AND lately has been used to shut up political opponents (like FreeBSDGirl), I think the terrorism definition is apropos.

  17. Re: Oh, Okay on Hugo Awards Turn (Even More) Political · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wells, H. G. The Time Machine. 1895

    Chambers, Robert W. The King In Yellow. 1985.

    Lovecraft, Howard P. The Shadow Over Innsmouth. 1936

    Lovecraft, Howard P. At The Mountains of Madness. 1936

    Lovecraft, Howard P. The Shadow Out of Time. 1936

    Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1949.

    Gibson, William. Neuromancer. 1984.

    Gibson, William. Count Zero. 1986.

    Sterling, Bruce. The Artificial Kid. 1980.

    Sterling, Bruce. Mirrorshades. 1986.

    Stephenson, Neal. Snow Crash. 1992

    Dystopian sci-fi is not a feature of Social Justice, it's a feature of sci-fi itself.

  18. I might get one... on Microsoft Announces Surface 3 Tablet · · Score: 1

    ...once these things run Windows 10. 10 isn't a bad OS when compared to 7, let alone Vista, 8, or 8.1.

  19. Re:Help us, P2P Kenobi, you're our only hope. on Comcast's Incompetence, Lack of Broadband May Force Developer To Sell Home · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is that reliable for the VPN he requires to work?

  20. Re:Get a T1 on Comcast's Incompetence, Lack of Broadband May Force Developer To Sell Home · · Score: 4, Informative

    He explored that solution, and it turned out to be a huge pain in the neck. Quoting Consmerist (first link in the OP):

    Then there’s XO, which provides connectivity solutions for business. We confirmed with an XO sales rep that the company could, in theory, provide T1 broadband service (through CenturyLink). However, it would require that either Seth’s employer purchase the service or that Seth have a business license of his own. But even if that were possible, the cost would be exorbitant, starting at nearly $600/month with a three-year contract.

    I could see his employer saying "no," and $600/month for 1.5 mbps is highway robbery.

  21. I imagine a pair of women... on A Bechdel Test For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    ...could make real names for themselves by writing, respectively:

    1. code for something kinda useful
    2. a RESTful web service exposing the above

    Then every web page on Earth can pass the Programmer Bechdel Test just by consuming the web service.

    However, I suspect that's not what the test is intended to accomplish.

  22. Re:Oh the irony! on White House Proposal Urges All Federal Websites To Adopt HTTPS · · Score: 2

    -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: PGP v. NSA-1 mQINBFPOzTUBEADT1kIEMY1Ix+9DyNfGHE9HPjLSI/Ybnsn/bbx8cWmeAktoYjBS q29mJ0tchjyG8KP38vlkvfNYKn80985a/p7ZKupxOm1dDyAn5TZguDG2fEgCYxcB FxfMjGKLEFOS6hlPVh/3bm7xEvRuB5P/5Wdch9/UK11qLE3hlDlhnT1zq82Sk4G8 OWnH8BLA8XuRAdwAdri7U2OmNPqCld EZ CRACK Qk7tYi0Rwc55c65U4gGSuY qw3QzQ6X4TecFO/jUPBnnVb5YcYKxVw75PYF6NnKbbsnDYJoNg8bpEP2SVC0FWNK 2rKYsGsbcco2/ruJuQsThVcuH3l07cAKaSzt+eb5+FWWzsojbSeXwD8yZocfPvEL eaa0 NO SERIOUSLY EASY TO CRACK bD9PDX3C5gyPj78mzDlhytLTCsdtL1Uqgm DTbIqgDPQBEnGr9Ny2XlIQ6AjuyuahBDl+ElmLnz0jI9bjt0vgAUGjmCCp71aioo MXZALwVBsdQH3w2BHQ8wU9sYtMlBPBMZz++oIQthmJ+Gb6myvMZCQ34M9TfpIv5i utAK2xBP/XfBl5BMYl6xNUHOxGhtBj/Pbzcwu/+Sk3mKkC4E2+aUKEjyzs6rDdDs pT+2B4A1nNXLU1PA+AfabdLnlvm7lMgzr30Waejcz4FbSdwCX8oN9UabBQARAQAB tCVBbGFuIEVsaWFzZW4gPGVsaWFzZW5AbWluZHNwcmluZy5jb20+iQJBB pIPGkZxLOFm59msUf9mBqw7rJEs/EqhQ2w== =7DhM -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

  23. s/succeed/fail. Original should read:

    No, seriously: can you cite a study with a solid methodology to demonstrate that less than 70% of FLOSS projects fail? I ask because there's a lot of orphaned projects out there that most people have never heard about and that are effectively dead, their code either unused or in desperate need of replacement (because it's not being maintained).

  24. What makes you think FLOSS fails less? on Ask Slashdot: What Can Distributed Software Development Teams Learn From FLOSS? · · Score: 1

    No, seriously: can you cite a study with a solid methodology to demonstrate that less than 70% of FLOSS projects succeed? I ask because there's a lot of orphaned projects out there that most people have never heard about and that are effectively dead, their code either unused or in desperate need of replacement (because it's not being maintained).

  25. Products purporting to be medical treatments backed by zero evidence and pseudoscientific gobbeltygook theories don't work? Whodathunk!