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Comment Just a heads up (Score 1) 7

by FortKnox (#25747671) Attached to: King Marthial I
You do realize that fascism is an extreme conservative... communism is the extreme liberal.

Nazi's were ultra patriotic to a fault and Hitler took advantage of it.

Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine. For the record, my bias is not with liberals, as I'm a centrist with conservative leanings (I'm a fiscal conservative, mostly).
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - LGP selling unique game for EFF benefit (linuxgamepublishing.com)

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michaelsimms writes: "Linux Game Publishing have just launched an Ebay Auction selling the #1 (of 500) limited edition numbered copy of their new game X3: Reunion — Special Edition for the benefit of the EFF. Only 500 of these special edition games will ever be made, each one numbered. We hope that enough people will bid on the number 1 copy to give the EFF a valuable donation."
Christmas Cheer

Gadgets For a Budding Geek? 372

Posted by kdawson from the better-to-give dept.
fprintf writes "As much as I hate to admit it, it looks like my 13-year-old son is following in my footsteps and preferring interesting, science-based toys. In the past he has been really interested in Lava Lamps, Newton's Cradle, and anything magnetic. It seems the knick-knacks that have generated the most interest were small and relatively inexpensive. For example, a small laser pointer keychain I bought him a couple of years ago still provides tons of entertainment. Yesterday I showed him ThinkGeek and he really liked the Levitron. I wanted to ask the Slashdot crowd what were some other really neat, interesting gadgets? Is there anything cool in the under-$50 range that you would like in your stocking this year?"

Comment Re:Are you pregnant? (Score 1) 4

by FortKnox (#25706887) Attached to: update
It was 80% a joke, but was typing it in a rush, so I forgot to add any winks to it or anything.

And its a girl. The name will be announced after Thanksgiving (naming her after a family member and won't see said family member until Thanksgiving).

Comment M-4?? (Score 1) 76

by FortKnox (#25644649) Attached to: Woke Up This Morning, Got Myself a Gun
Sweet hell, are you planning on starting a militia (which is also constitutional)? Are you going to war?

That's a serious weapon.

Me? I have my .3006 and 12 gauge. Thought about getting a sidearm, but don't want to shell out the cash for it.

The only change I'll make? Getting ammo. I usually only get ammo if I'm going out to shoot... keep none in the house, no fears about the kids doing something stupid (even though they can't get to the weapons, and if they could, they have trigger locks). Now I may have to go against that philosophy :(
Programming

Practical Reasons To Choose Git Or Subversion? 667

Posted by kdawson from the while-we're-at-it-do-you-like-vi-or-emacs dept.
markmcb writes "I develop Rails applications and recently followed my lemming herd and made the switch to Git after learning some of the practical advantages Git offers over Subversion. As I'm sure there are many die-hard Subversion fans in the Slashdot audience, I'm curious what your key reasons are for sticking with Subversion. If possible, I'd like reasons that apply to 'most of the time' as opposed to arguments based on obscure features that may get used only a few times ever."
Data Storage

An In-Depth Look At Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda 283

Posted by kdawson from the should-be-space-enough-for-anyone dept.
theraindog writes "More than a year and a half after the first terabyte hard drives became widely available, Seagate has reached the next storage capacity milestone. With 1.5 terabytes, the latest Barracuda 7200.11 serves up 50% more capacity than its peers, and at a surprisingly affordable $0.12 per gigabyte. But Seagate's decision to drop new platters into an old Barracuda shell may not have been a wise one. The Tech Report's in-depth review of the world's first 1.5TB hard drive shows that while the latest 'cuda is screaming fast in synthetic throughput drag races, poor real world write speeds ultimately tarnish its appeal."
Communications

Sprint's Xohm WiMax Network Debuts In Baltimore, Works Well 86

Posted by timothy from the will-it-reach-the-double-t-diner? dept.
bsk_cw writes "Sprint's newly launched Xohm service is now offering America's first WiMax network. Computerworld's Brian Nadel went to Baltimore to try it out, and he reports that Xohm delivered data smoothly to a car moving at highway speeds, played YouTube videos flawlessly, and on average, pushed through more than 3Mbit/sec., compared with 1.3 Mbit/sec. for the AT&T network Brian used as a comparison. But right now, coverage is only planned in a few US cities; if Sprint isn't able to ramp up its coverage quickly, it may lose its advantage."

Comment John Scalzi on why it won't work (Score 1) 370

by CleverNickName (#21961464) Attached to: Sony's Idea of DRM-Free Music
John Scalzi wrote a hilarious exchange on his blog the sums up perfectly why this idea is made of fail:

Sony BMG spokesperson: We're pleased to announce we are the final major music corporation to release electronic tracks without that pesky DRM! All you have to do is leave your house, go to a selected retail outlet, buy a special card there, go back to your house, scratch off the back of the card to find a code, go to our special MusicPass Web site, enter said code, and download one the 37 titles we have available, from Celine Dion to the Backstreet Boys!

Kid #1: Or, in the time it takes me to jump through all those hoops, I could just download all 37 of those albums off of Pirate Bay.

Kid #2: Or, I could just scratch off the back at the store, record the pin number, go home and download the album through a Tor connection, so you can't trace my IP number.

Kid #1: Also, what's with this first slate of artists? Celine Dion? Backstreet Boys? Kenny Chesney? Barry Manilow? Are you high?
There's much more, but I didn't want to jack his entire post.

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