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  1. On Linux: on Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without? · · Score: 1

    Tcsh, nvi, slrn, irssi, mutt, fetchmail, bogofilter, esmtp, moc, ctwm, VLC.

    Software I can't live with, so I remove if present: sendmail, Vim, any desktop environment and its associated garbage.

  2. "Of course there's an iOS app" on New 360-Degree Video Capture Method Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Apple's marketing dept. couldn't have said it better.

  3. Re:Please no? on Fixing Broken Links With the Internet Archive · · Score: 1

    Methinks a moderator needs more coffee, that wasn't offtopic.

    Yes it was, at least in part. The details on the old article's topic were completely unnecessary in order to make the point.

  4. Re:"So LONG FOR..."? on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    I say to you I'm one of American people! That suckering FBI must don't touch all my costitutionals freedoms!

  5. Re:AdBlock vs Not Visiting the Site on Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered? · · Score: 1

    Once upon a time, Google used to only serve up text based ads. They weren't annoying and didn't try to infect machines with malware.

    Yep. And we blocked them all the same.

  6. Re:NoScript on Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered? · · Score: 2

    I'm not the person you were replying to, but I - for one - would be more than happy to give up everything that came after the 90s, if I could go back to that decade.

  7. Re:I believe it on New Study Shows One-Third of Americans Don't Believe In Evolution · · Score: 1

    If God is a metaphor for one or more of:

    your community
    human nature
    the universe
    the laws of physics
    the workings of random chance,

    then you've seen God lots of times.

    If God is a metaphor for salted peanuts, I'm eating God right now.

  8. Re:It's an Exclusionary Club on How Ya Gonna Get 'Em Down On the UNIX Farm? · · Score: 1

    less `find . -type f -exec grep -il "useful information" {} \;`

    This is better:

    less `grep -Ril "useful information" *`

  9. Re:Maybe, but... on Piracy Offers Heavy Metal a New Business Model · · Score: 1

    They claim that, despite being heavily pirated, Iron Maiden makes a lot of profit because metal fans are so loyal they purchase more and pirate less.

    Yeah. More amazing "logic" from the parasites.

  10. Re:Illusion shattered on Dial 00000000 To Blow Up the World · · Score: 1

    Nah, WOPR was more intelligent than the average general and therefore decided the code wasn't 00000000 because that would be stupid.

    So that goes to show it actually wasn't a bad choice...

  11. Re:1st time? Who knows. on NASA's Next Frontier: Growing Plants On the Moon · · Score: 1

    $s/It/I/

  12. 1st time? Who knows. on NASA's Next Frontier: Growing Plants On the Moon · · Score: 1

    If they are successful, it will be the first time humans have ever brought life to another planetary body.

    It think that's a very optimistic statement.

  13. Re:packages on Slackware Linux 14.1 Released · · Score: 1

    but he said "wait", and typed the magic words "apt-get install mc".

    Just FYI, on Slackware that would have been "slackpkg install mc".

  14. Re:amused that they talk about the DT environs on Slackware Linux 14.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Hi, I'm a real Slackware user and I run ctwm and GNUscreen.

  15. Good. on Japan Refused To Help NSA Tap Asia's Internet · · Score: 1

    My next computer is Japanese.

  16. Duh! on Wikipedia Actively Battling PR Sockpuppets · · Score: 1

    Who would have thought someone would use a freely editable site to spread misinformation?

  17. Re:vi on Ask Slashdot: Do You Use Markdown and Pandoc? · · Score: 1

    busybox vi

    Ew. No. It doesn't accept numeric prefixes to commands, so it can't be considered a "real" vi implementation.

    P.S.: This comment was proudly written in nvi, the vi clone that doesn't require you to tweak 10 variables to fully disable autoindenting.

  18. Re:Data on Billion Year Storage Media · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Think of it, a future species recovers an archive of present tweets and facebook comments. They will think that we died out because we were egocentric egoistic maniacs who do not care about their future and legacy.

    And they will likely be right.

  19. Good job on the summary on The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 · · Score: 1

    It contains informative links that aren't in TFA. Well done.

  20. Re:Moral dilemma for Cowards on US Intelligence Chief Defends Attempts To Break Tor · · Score: 1

    What happened to being better than the rest?

    That one never came true, AFAIK. Not that I don't agree with your general plan.

  21. Re:What stops people from redistribution? on BitTorrent "Bundles" Create Cash Registers Inside Artwork · · Score: 1

    You really don't know what the fuck you're babbling about.

  22. Re:artists, get over it! on BitTorrent "Bundles" Create Cash Registers Inside Artwork · · Score: 1

    3) Art and culture existed since cave paintings. No jobs or copyrights existed. There is zero reason it must exist in a way somebody could subsist upon it. It won't stop. Sure, we will have less bland manufactured pop...

    Sure, and no "Dark side of the moon", and no Beatles.

    The world envisioned by parasites sucks.

  23. Oracle-friendly site(s) on Oracle Promises 100x Faster DB Queries With New In-Memory Option · · Score: 2

    14 hours ago, itnews.com.au runs a story (promptly picked up by /.) about how the social networks are staying with MySQL. In the article, it is suggested that the switch to MariaDB by some Linux distros is a "political move", and that Google's switch might be a retaliation against an unrelated lawsuit from Oracle. Also, it's mentioned (twice, with the same wording) that the Mozilla foundation is "upgrading from MariaDB to MySQL 5.6" (emphasis added).

    7 hours ago, itnews.com.au runs a story (promptly picked up by /.) about how Oracle's 12C database will be 100x faster, despite the fact that we only have Oracle's CEO word for it.

    Now that's what I call an Oracle-friendly site (or two?)

  24. Re:Crap site on 40-Million-Year-Old 'Walking Whale' Fossil Found In Peru · · Score: 1

    All NoScript does is force the user to bypass it or tweak it all the time, thereby causing more annoyance than it prevents. Uninstalled it eons ago, upon realizing that it only gives a pretense of safety.

  25. Crap site on 40-Million-Year-Old 'Walking Whale' Fossil Found In Peru · · Score: 1

    Self playing video with sound + Pop-up = CRAP SITE never to be visited again.