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  1. Re:Unity was Canonical's suicide note on Linux Mint: the New Ubuntu? · · Score: 2

    It is weird how people who want customization, seem to be singularly unable to install a different Desktop Environment that is customizable. If you want a customized desktop, install XFCE, LXDE or KDE and STOP MOANING!

  2. Re:Taxes. In virtualization. on What's Keeping You On Windows? · · Score: 1

    Hah, I solved that problem by moving to the UAE - no more income tax. So now I exclusively use Linux at home and at work.

  3. Re:So if we do as they ask... on IEA Warns of Irreversible Climate Change In 5 Years · · Score: 1

    Why is more CO2 a bad thing? Plants are carbon restricted. If we add more CO2 to the atmosphere, plants will grow better and the earth will be greener. A green earth is bad? Farming the northern tundra is bad? There are multiple sides to all arguments.

  4. Sky is falling in 5 years on IEA Warns of Irreversible Climate Change In 5 Years · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't worry, according to Family Radio, the world will end several times before then.

  5. Space Shuttle Main Engine on NASA Successfully Test Fires J-2X Engine. · · Score: 1

    Uhmm, wasn't the Space Shuttle main engine also a J2 derivative? The J2 has been redesigned many times over the decades. It likely doesn't look much like the original drawings anymore...

  6. IR = heat on Light Barrier Repels Mosquitoes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Most insects are very heat sensitive and will die quickly when temperatures are elevated. So I suppose the mozzies see the IR light as a dangerous threat and move away.

  7. Executor on Ask Slashdot: How To Securely Share Passwords? · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter. When you die, it all becomes the executor's problem. People have been dying for millions of years. There is a system for it. Bottom line: Don't impersonate a dead person - it is illegal to do so. Just gather up all the information you can find and give it to the executor. To those people who have paid/ordered stuff from the dead person - tough luck really - but that is life.

  8. French nuke plants are good quality on Belgium To Give Up Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    The French knows how to build good quality plants. They don't skimp on concrete and steel. Their plants very different from the junk that GE built in Japan.

  9. Re:How Does He Know. on Helping the FBI Track You · · Score: 1

    Yup, there is a whole wing in the FBI HQ dedicated to tracking his every move. One of these days they will grab him again and then he'll have to explain why he changed his routine from Taco Bell to McDonalds on 23 October 2011...

  10. Data =! Information on Helping the FBI Track You · · Score: 2

    Also known as Garbage In, Garbage Out.

  11. ununlimited on Sprint Cutting Unlimited 4G Data Plans · · Score: 1

    non-unlimited, de-unlimited, post-unlimited, limited or 'de luxe'?

  12. Re:Stability is NOT achieved that way. on Hobby Humanoid Robot KHR3HV Rides Bike At 10k/h · · Score: 2

    It is true that the gyro effects are not needed to ride a bike. That is why one can ride a bike with tiny wheels just as well as one with big wheels. However, at high speed it does have a very noticeable effect and does contribute to stability - for good or worse if your wheels are badly balanced. Once you reach speeds of 80km or over, the gyro effect becomes very strong indeed - you can literally hang off the side of a bike and not fall immediately, it will just turn slowly - been there.

  13. McJobs on Ask Slashdot: What To Tell High-Schoolers About Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    First of all, they should learn how to drawl: Ya want fries wizzat? ...since that is most probably where they will end up working.

  14. Re:Linux =Startup time non-issue, no frequent rest on Early Speed Tests For Windows 8 · · Score: 0

    Yah, I can't say that I care much about start-up times: $ uptime 18:02:25 up 724 days, 5:08, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

  15. BBX Porn Videos on Trademark Trouble For RIM Over New "BBX" Name · · Score: 1

    Well the search term BBX sure brings up some interesting hits.

  16. Reader? on Google Reader's Social Features Merging With Google+ · · Score: 1

    Google has many products that no-one has ever heard of. So whether they merge one unheard of app with another unheard of app, isn't really 'stuff that matters' is it?

  17. Why go to expensive schools? on US Student Loans Exceed $1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    Many US schools are terribly over priced. Why do the children go there? Running up huge study debt is simply irresponsible. Let the idiots suffer and learn a simple economic lesson.

  18. Duplicated departments on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    The Feds have duplicated many functions of the states - education, health, research and many other things do not belong in the federal government.

  19. BSOD on How Google's Autonomous Vehicles Work · · Score: 1

    ...just wait for the Windows version...

  20. Child vaccine on New Vaccine Halves Malaria Risk · · Score: 0

    Africa needs an effective vaccine against babies more than a vaccine against mosquitoes.

  21. Re:Decouple GUI from OS on Linux Mint Will Adopt Gnome 3 · · Score: 1

    Yup. If you want Desktop Environment choice, then you are basically limited to the RPM distros: Fedora, RedHat, CentOS, Scientific, Mandriva, Mageia, PCLinuxOS or Suse.

  22. Re:Perl is the most refreshing programming languag on Mojolicious 2.0: Modern Perl For the Web · · Score: 1

    Purrrrfect Perl! I salute you, my dear sir.

  23. Re:Use underground pipes on Ski Lifts Can Could Help Get Cargo Traffic Off the Road · · Score: 1

    Hmm, transport pipelines for oil, gas, water and sewage is hardly a new idea.

  24. Re:How are they better? on Open-source Challenge To Exchange Gains Steam · · Score: 3, Informative

    Really? The CItadel Easy Install script runs in about 20 minutes. Citadel is easier to set up and administer than Exchange and it costs nothing.

  25. Re:Alternatives are good on Open-source Challenge To Exchange Gains Steam · · Score: 2

    Actually, it is a Bluetooth headset, with a poorly designed version of Bill Gates....