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  1. XFCE is... on Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't You Running KDE? · · Score: 1

    ...like Gnome except without the bloat of Gnome (or KDE). That's why I run it too.

  2. Science is a rather broad subject on Ask Slashdot. Best Online Science Course? · · Score: 1

    Could you be a bit more specific as to what you're looking for exactly?

  3. Re:Uh on IEEE Spectrum Digs Into the Future of Money · · Score: 2

    Has any of those BitCoin thefts occured because of vulnerabilities in BitCoin itself or because of unsecure 3rd party services? I doubt you'd go and say real money is insecure if a single bank somewhere got hacked.

  4. Re:"They don't turn on unless they hear a gunshot. on Audio Surveillance, Intended to Detect Gunshots, Can Pick Up Much More · · Score: 1

    I think a short circular buffer (a gunshot shouldn't take more than a second) is equivalent enough to not recording at all. If it's all in RAM, it's not permanent.

  5. Re:And yet... on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    Commentception!

  6. Re:So much for geeks on Aging Eyes Blamed For Seniors' Health Woes · · Score: 1

    I do realize there are many geeks who get outside for various activities. It's a joke.

    Really? They must not be very serious geeks if they have time for such folly.

  7. Re:The Obvious Answer on Three Unexpected Data Points Describe Elementary School Quality · · Score: 1

    What's a checkbook? I don't think I've ever seen one.

  8. Re:Game rules do not underlie copyright on Zynga Accused of Cloning Hit Indie iPhone Game Tiny Tower · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Perhaps not, but then again nobody is suing them either. This is more about moral rules than the law.

  9. Re:Local exploit? on Exploits Emerge For Linux Privilege Escalation Flaw · · Score: 5, Informative

    A weak SSH user account/PHP script/whatever + local privilege escalation = instant remote root

  10. Re:Astroturf More on Android Kinect Projector Interface · · Score: 1

    ...that sentence sounded like the PR department the moment I saw it.

  11. VIM on Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Answer to Dreamweaver? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Or if you prefer graphical software, gvim.

  12. Depends on what "traditional schooling" is on Do E-Readers Spell the Demise Of Traditional Schooling? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If "traditional schooling" means burying your desk/shelf/whatever in a lot of physical, printed books, yes. Otherwise, no. Physical books are the only thing e-book readers might replace, and while they may do that, that alone is not going to change education as we know it.

  13. Re:I did on Fee Increase Attempt Inspires 'Dump Your Bank Day' · · Score: 1

    Actually I've never seen one. The information age has made checks obsolete and extinct in all civilized countries.

  14. Re:So, jocks and cheerleaders to the front again? on High School Kills Color-Coded ID Program · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Funny. Here in Finland the back of the bus is traditionally reserved for the troublemakers. Just like the back of the classroom. Further away from the authorities (bus driver, teacher), less surveillance.

  15. Buzzwords! on Samsung Unveils New 10" Retina Display · · Score: 1

    So am I to understand that "retina" is the new "HD"? I expected something better from Slashdot...

  16. Re:Bleh on Encrypted VoIP Meets Traffic Analysis · · Score: 1

    I think there's a big difference in the probabilities of a coin toss and the probability of guessing the correct phrase of who-knows-how-many alternatives.

  17. Awesome on Google Introduces Domain Blocking To Search · · Score: 0

    Finally an easy way to block all the useless w3schools.com results that for some reason always rank above the actually useful information.

  18. Re:Ummmm on People Were More Likely To Google Themselves This Year · · Score: 5, Informative

    They did a survey. The links in the article point that out quite clearly.

  19. Re:Just remember on DOS 5 Upgrade Video · · Score: 1

    Year 2027 and /still/ stuck using IPv4? Do not want...

  20. Re:The genius that is Microsoft... on MSN Censors Your IM · · Score: 1

    Somebody needs to create a really evil exploit that uses a .com URL. We need to see if we can get Microsoft to block their own site.

  21. Re:Wild guess here... on Why are Websites Still Forcing People to Use IE? · · Score: 1

    No, I'm quite sure even IE gets div (lowercase btw) correct, that is, renders it by default as a block element with quite much no default styles. A whole different thing is of course how CSS styles work on divs, but that applies to all elements, not just div elements.

  22. Re:Sheet music only? on Complete Mozart Works Now Free · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's called "sheet music OCR and a MIDI synthesizer".

  23. Re:knowing verizon... on Verizon Can't Do Math · · Score: 1

    10e for unlimited data here in Finland. It's only GPRS though, the more advanced networks haven't reached the middle-of-nowhere I live in...

  24. Re:Anime hackers on Servers, Hackers, and Code In the Movies · · Score: 2, Informative

    To be honest, the anime portrayal of computers is way more accurate that in most (if not all) western movies (both animated and non-animated). Western movie makers seem to either be stuck in the green-screen age or seem to think all computers run some über-futuristic 3D-desktop environment with lots of ones and zeros floating around for no apparent reason. In (non-futuristic) anime you usually see a normal desktop ("Mindows" seems to be a common OS), no beeps as a response to every action and often they even get the details correct. If you look carefully you can see the IME and kanji conversion engines working (that's what they use to write Japanese which has about a zillion characters). If you look carefully you can see USB connectors in Chobits and perfectly valid commands to compile a program in Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. All in all, if you compare anime and western computer-related movies, western movie makers have no idea :P

  25. Re:i agree on Windows Vista and XP Head To Head · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wow, a whole two years old? I can't believe you're using such ancient hardware. I get a new laptop every two months because I have a tree on which money grows.