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  1. Hurr durr on Nvidia Faces Suit Over GTX970 Performance Claims · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lunix hurrr durrr NSA secret hurr durr privacy hurrrrr

  2. Re: Forest Circus. on Forest Service Wants To Require Permits For Photography · · Score: 1

    The only thing I can think of it the fine might be "per photo" while the permit is, say, as many photos as you like for the next X months.

    In that case, the fine would very very quickly become more expensive than the permit.

  3. Re:If I own the car on 2015 Corvette Valet Mode Recorder Illegal In Some States · · Score: 1

    It's not illegal to record them in those States. It is, however, illegal to record them without notifying them and giving them a chance to opt-out. (You don't need express consent, but you need to give them the ability to hang up the phone or walk away.)

    What you consider "natural law" and what someone else considers "natural law" obviously differ. Maybe you should go to the Washington State Legislature and try and make your case.

  4. Re:The protruding lens was a mistake on Apple Edits iPhone 6's Protruding Camera Out of Official Photos · · Score: 1

    My Lumia 1020 has one, I was wary at first, but honestly it's not a big deal at all. (Having one, that is. Lying about it on the website-- not good.)

    It also takes better pictures than my dedicated camera, which is only a few years old. I think it's worth the tradeoff.

  5. Re:Another case of Skype, but for gaming on Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang For $2.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    What changes have Microsoft made to Skype "for the sake of getting money"? I haven't seen any.

  6. Re:An end to XBox? on Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang For $2.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    ... and why does/should Microsoft give a crap about Japan?

    Hell, the Japanese game development community is so inbred at this point, it's almost a compliment to be rejected by them.

  7. Re:Expense on If Tesla Can Run Its Gigafactory On 100% Renewables, Why Can't Others? · · Score: 1

    It's also a heck of a lot easier when you're building a new plant from scratch.

    The cost for Chrysler to convert an existing plant to 0% emissions is probably about the same as the cost of scrapping it and building a new plant from scratch. That's a lot of money for something that (most likely) won't translate into more than a few dozen car sales.

  8. Re:Er? on GSOC Project Works To Emulate Systemd For OpenBSD · · Score: 1

    I've never seen a more blatant example of You Don't Need That in my life.

  9. Re:I predict on Combating Recent, Ugly Incidents of Misogyny In Gamer Culture · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The reason people hate Anita Sarkeezian is not because she is a woman, but because she purposefully misrepresents facts in games

    Example?

    and posed as someone that enjoys games when there is video evidence of the contrary.

    Why does this matter? You don't have to be an artist to criticize art. Roger Ebert seems to have become pretty well-respected considering his only film credit was Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

    She lied to the people that financed her videos and then did not even deliver,

    Example?

    not to mention that it's such poorly made crap that a high school student could have done better.

    Oh, well, that's certainly worth death threats. You've convinced me with this one!

  10. Re:must me false on Akamai Warns: Linux Systems Infiltrated and Controlled In a DDoS Botnet · · Score: 1

    I just finished loading a Windows 2008 server running IIS yesterday,

    Before you selected the web server role, how many ports did it have open?

    Just as a reminder, you yourself said:

    When you load windows, it's NOT secure, you have to load other stuff to make it secure.

    Windows boxes? They come out of the install process wide open with a whole raft of dangerous services turned on.

    If that's true, and if you have recent experience of it, you should have no trouble at all telling me what part of your initial Windows Server 2008 install was insecure. Which dangerous services were turned on? You did this just yesterday, this should be a breeze.

    Look. I don't believe you. Nobody who works with Windows Server would say the OS is descended from Windows 3.1. It's not possible for that combination of expertise and ignorance to co-exist. You're lying to me about setting up a Windows Server. I'm not buying what you're selling, buddy.

  11. IMHO Linux is better, both historically (which even you cannot argue with apparently)

    I'm making no argument one way or the other. I'm saying that's completely irrelevant.

    and currently remains better.

    Right, but based on what? Just your humble opinion? Do you have any evidence whatsoever? Have you even used recent versions of Windows Server?

    Because your extreme ignorance of it tells me you have not, and as a result your humble opinion isn't worth jack.

  12. Re:must me false on Akamai Warns: Linux Systems Infiltrated and Controlled In a DDoS Botnet · · Score: 3, Informative

    Windows 8 isn't a server. You're comparing apples to oranges, and being intellectually dishonest, and you know it.

    The truth is: you haven't used Windows Server 2008, you haven't used Windows Server 2012, and you (obviously from your grandparent post) have absolutely NO idea what you are talking about when it comes to Windows Server security.

    And instead of just admitting as much and bowing-out gracefully, you pull the "hahaha you are wrong but it's a waste of time to argue with you!" card. Disgusting.

  13. Ok your brain is broken in two ways here:

    1. You keep talking about history. Nobody gives a shit which OS was more secure in 1986, we care which is more secure now. The question is, if I were standing up a server today, which OS would be the best choice?

    2. You're redefining "Linux" to mean whatever happens to make it best in any given situation. Saying OpenSSL isn't part of "Linux" is both technically correct, and extremely intellectually dishonest.

    To be perfectly frank: the grandparent has an extremely good point that you're completely ignoring. In recent years, Linux server security has been measurably worse than Windows server security.

  14. Re:Cinelerra or Creative Cloud on Ask Slashdot: the State of Free Video Editing Tools? · · Score: 1

    The $80 package I have allows 10 video tracks, which is more than enough for me. I think I've hit the limit once in 100+ videos, and it was really easy to work-around. Without knowing what this guy is doing, it would be hard to say whether that meets his needs or not.

  15. Re:Cinelerra or Creative Cloud on Ask Slashdot: the State of Free Video Editing Tools? · · Score: 1

    You can buy a basic version of Sony Vegas for $80, one-time cost. It does a *lot* for $80.

  16. Re:Really? on Tech Looks To Obama To Save Them From 'Just Sort of OK' US Workers · · Score: 1

    I support it. Wholeheartedly.

    My primary reason is to spite Slashdotters. Is it working? I'm so fucking shit of the constant "there taking our JERBS!" bullshit and hypocrisy on this site.

  17. Re:No retraining costs the other way? on Munich Reverses Course, May Ditch Linux For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    The Microsoft party-line has always been that retraining employees to use Linux is far more expensive than paying those license fees...

    Does "Microsoft party-line" mean that Microsoft has actually expressed this? Or is it code for, "I heard a lot of Slashdotters bitching about this"?

    Or in other words, cite please?

  18. Re:Vitamin D deficiency; he needs to supplement on WikiLeaks' Assange Hopes To Exit London Embassy "Soon" · · Score: 1

    What's stopping him from going on the roof? I doubt the police would try and snag him into a helicopter.

  19. Re:"matter of national pride " on Entire South Korean Space Programme Shuts Down As Sole Astronaut Quits · · Score: 1

    She was apparently in charge of a $25 million budget. Let's hope that money was being spent on more than travel costs for speeches!

  20. Re:Website Design on Elementary OS "Freya" Beta Released · · Score: 1

    I'm also pretty sure:

    Luna has been engineered from the ground up to be light on its toes. It starts up quickly, logs in instantly, and uses the bare minimum of resources so that your apps enjoy a speed boost as well. And with Luna, you get the same Linux foundation chosen for the worldâ(TM)s fastest supercomputers.

    is a flat-out lie, considering it's using the Linux kernel. Unless they're claiming they had an engineer re-examine every line of code in the Linux kernel "from the ground up".

  21. Re:Usability is THE killer feature that Linux need on Elementary OS "Freya" Beta Released · · Score: 1

    Actually, no, that is really annoying, because you end up with a computer that does stuff behind your back, and is using bandwidth/processor power when I need it.

    The CPU power is a non-issue for an application like this.

    Windows solved the bandwidth problem by creating BITS, Background Intelligent Transfer Service, that only consumes bandwidth when no other processes are making bandwidth demands. So if you're halfway through a 2-GB patch, and start up Battlefield 4, the patch download will automatically stop until BF4 is done using the network.

    Surely Linux has a feature like that that can be used? This should be a 100% solved problem in 2014.

  22. Re:Vizio on The XBMC Project Will Now Be Called Kodi · · Score: 2

    You do realize that the software product Visio predates the TV brand by a solid decade, right?

  23. Re:I've always thought that the best way for Israe on A Skeptical View of Israel's Iron Dome Rocket Defense System · · Score: 1

    If you count the prices of the missiles launched at Israel, you'd have enough to get food to most of the Palestinians, to repair most of the buildings, to create medic centers, schools, ...

    How could they repair the buildings, when the Israelis won't let them import building materials?

  24. Re:Not a dime from me on Lessig's Mayday PAC Scrambling To Cross Crowd Funding Finish Line · · Score: 2

    "Allegedly" is right. The level of rhetoric here is nuts: Mayday's stated goal is to change the way that campaigns are funded such that each person (voter) can contribute equally to the campaigns of their choice.

    That's the exact problem I have with it. It's an effective tax raise, and what happens to the money raised? It goes to support candidates I might vehemently disagree with. To buy them TV commercials. I find that pretty objectionable.

    I have no issue with Lessig's end-goal here, I think it's noble and needed. But the way he's going about it is awful, and I won't be contributing money to it.

  25. Re:Made it! on Lessig's Mayday PAC Scrambling To Cross Crowd Funding Finish Line · · Score: 2

    I have - they should be e-liminated, not limited.

    Ok. Fine. That works too. But you're missing the point.

    The issue I have with this entire thing is they want to use *my* tax money to buy ads for politicians I don't support. If they have another solution to the problem that doesn't involve spending my money, well great. But that's not what Lessig is soliciting money for right now. He's soliciting money to (effectively) raise my tax rate, with the additional funds going towards political campaigns.

    I also have to wonder how many people actually read their proposal instead of the feel good vagueness on the homepage... it seems strange to me that $5 million-worth of donors would actually want this. But maybe I'm just projecting.

    The system is purely money-driven, doubtful if the idea behind MAYDAY-PAC can change that, but worth a try.

    If the problem is, "money has too much influence", I don't see how adding more money into the system could possibly change that. But hey, whatever.