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Comment Re:Stupid? (Score 1) 204

Playing fetch with my Black Lab is cruel. To me. After a day with her, I feel like I am ready to blow out a rotator cuff or need Tommy John surgery. The damn dog NEVER gets tired. Walking her in the usual fashion is impossible. The only way I can reasonably "walk" her is with a skateboard. Specifically a Landyachtz Evo downhill racer. Riding a skateboard at Black Lab speeds can be terrifying, but one of those bad boys is super stable. Still doesn't tire the dog, though. :)

Comment Re:Is there a way to tell? (Score 1) 239

You could just go to http://www.netcraft.com which has a search function to do just that.  They also have an anti-fishing toolbar which will give very detailed information about a site.  For example:

Site title     Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters     Date first seen     September 2004
Site rank     5747     Primary language     English
Description     Not Present
Keywords     Not Present
Network
Site     http://it.slashdot.org     Netblock Owner     SourceForge, Inc.
Domain     slashdot.org     Nameserver     ns1.p03.dynect.net
IP address     216.34.181.48     DNS admin     hostmaster@corp.sourceforge.com
IPv6 address     Not Present     Reverse DNS     star.slashdot.org
Domain registrar     pir.org     Nameserver organisation     whois.dyndns.com
Organisation     Dice Holdings, Inc., New York, 10018, US     Hosting company     Dynamic Network Services, Inc.
Top Level Domain     Organization entities (.org)     DNS Security Extensions     unknown
Hosting country      US
Hosting History
Netblock owner     IP address     OS     Web server     Last seen Refresh
SourceForge, Inc. 12150 Meredith Drive Urbandale IA US 50323     216.34.181.48     unknown     Apache/2.2.3 CentOS     13-Dec-2013
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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Tips For a Brand-New Linux User? 1

Maxus Atom writes: So, I've recently been given a 2007 ThinkPad installed with Ubuntu 13.10. I'm pretty knowledgeable about the computers, I'm fluent in two coding languages (Lua and JavaScript), but when I look at Ubuntu, though I've gotten pretty far on my own, I'd like to know if I'm missing anything. I've been prowling the forums learning how to use it, but it seems people don't really respond to my questions on Absolute Beginners. I'd like to know what there is for me to optimize my Ubuntu experience.

Submission + - Grand Canyon is "Frankenstein" of Geologic Formations (sciencemag.org)

sciencehabit writes: It’s a debate that has vexed scientists for decades: Is the Grand Canyon young or old, geologically speaking? Both, a new study declares. A group of scientists reports that the famed formation is a hybrid of five different gorges of various ages--two of three middle segments formed between 70 million and 50 million years ago and between 25 million and 15 million years ago, but the two end segments were carved in the past 5 million to 6 million years--and the Colorado River only tied them into a single continuous canyon 5 million or 6 million years ago.

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