Skapare - Slashdot User

Comment my 1st and 2nd choice for document format (Score 1) 200

by Skapare on Friday May 15, 2015 @05:37AM (#49696385) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Open Document Format?

i usually just go with the .TXT format but have been considering the compatible .RST format.

Comment Re:Translation (Score 1) 54

by Skapare on Friday May 15, 2015 @05:29AM (#49696365) Attached to: United Airlines Invites Hackers To Find Security Vulnerabilities

... and face the wrath of ignorant pilots?

Comment Re:bugs (Score 1) 54

by Skapare on Friday May 15, 2015 @05:15AM (#49696337) Attached to: United Airlines Invites Hackers To Find Security Vulnerabilities

what if we hack into their simulators and simulate flying into the Alps?

Comment on-board flight systems? (Score 1) 54

by Skapare on Friday May 15, 2015 @05:12AM (#49696323) Attached to: United Airlines Invites Hackers To Find Security Vulnerabilities

The scheme not only bans participants from probing on-board flight systems but threatens criminal prosecution for any such attempt.

... because those are not secured yet due to use of legacy software?

Comment maybe (Score 1) 461

by Skapare on Thursday May 14, 2015 @05:24AM (#49687773) Attached to: Does Using an AOL Email Address Suggest You're a Tech Dinosaur?

if they would offer FREE email with secure web AND imap interfaces then i'd go for one or a few.

Comment IRS e-file risk (Score 2) 45

by Skapare on Thursday May 14, 2015 @05:18AM (#49687765) Attached to: US Passport Agency Contractor Stole Applicants' Data To Steal Their Identities

this is the concept of why i do not use e-file for my annual tax filing. the e-file scheme give some filing company a lot of personal info. i trust the IRS more than any of those businesses. i used one once (a major name) and got marketing mail from them for 5 years.

Comment Re:That's nothing (Score 1) 182

by Skapare on Monday May 11, 2015 @07:10AM (#49662875) Attached to: The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead

can you prove it ... with a selfie?

Comment Re:A lot of other things are challenging too... (Score 1) 182

by Skapare on Monday May 11, 2015 @07:04AM (#49662859) Attached to: The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead

or tweeting about your sudden demise .... with a selfie of course

Comment Re:If you think Web hosting is hard ... (Score 1) 182

by Skapare on Monday May 11, 2015 @07:02AM (#49662853) Attached to: The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead

it all depends on remembering your password

Comment Re:all of us are going to die (Score 1) 182

by Skapare on Monday May 11, 2015 @07:00AM (#49662839) Attached to: The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead

oooh, 108 possible identities to grab!

Comment Twitter (Score 1) 182

by Skapare on Monday May 11, 2015 @06:45AM (#49662809) Attached to: The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead

Can someone tell me how to keep my twitter account active after I die?

Comment "The ultrafine particles are particularly ... (Score 3, Funny) 395

by Skapare on Friday May 08, 2015 @08:19AM (#49645803) Attached to: 25 Percent of Cars Cause 90 Percent of Air Pollution

"The ultrafine particles are particularly troubling" .... well, now we know why small cars are bad

Comment if you are fast enough (Score 1) 99

by Skapare on Friday May 08, 2015 @08:14AM (#49645781) Attached to: Amazon's Delivery Drones Will Be Able To Track Your Location

if you are fast enough ... get a free drone ... sorry no controller but you get free parts

Comment Re:"Trento" not "Trent" (Score 2) 59

by Skapare on Friday May 08, 2015 @08:08AM (#49645749) Attached to: Researchers Make Spiders Produce Silk Strengthened With Graphene

Italian researchers have renamed Trent.

Comment i already have a spider farm (Score 1) 59

by Skapare on Friday May 08, 2015 @08:06AM (#49645743) Attached to: Researchers Make Spiders Produce Silk Strengthened With Graphene

it is located under my house and is very productive, year after year.

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