Samizdata - Slashdot User

Comment Re:hum (Score 1) 647

by Samizdata on Saturday November 29, 2014 @05:56PM (#48487287) Attached to: Debian Forked Over Systemd

Honestly, I don't buy into the whole non-GPL can't link GPL argument in the first place.

Suppose I were to tell you to grab your copy of the 3rd paperback printing of Game of Thrones and look at the second sentence on page 320. Does posting that sentence make this post a violation of GRRM's copyright? Of course not - I didn't copy anything in his book - simply mentioning that it exists and that it contains a page 320 in no way makes this post a derivative work.

I believe a book over 300 pages is a poorly designed book and also breaks the reader guidelines. As such, none of my GRRM books have any pages over 300.

Comment Re:Automated hate? (Score 1) 571

by Samizdata on Friday October 24, 2014 @10:25PM (#48227161) Attached to: The Inevitable Death of the Internet Troll

Bravo, old son, bravo. I wish I had mod points...

Comment Re:Don't do the crime (Score 1) 165

by Samizdata on Friday October 24, 2014 @01:06PM (#48222685) Attached to: Proposed Penalty For UK Hackers Who "Damage National Security": Life

But I didn't commit the crime, xxxIrOnHaCkErOnExxx did! He needs to do the time. Alternately - My avatar did it!

Comment Re:Just put fine print sticker on the dash,,,,, (Score 1) 269

by Samizdata on Saturday September 27, 2014 @10:50PM (#48011907) Attached to: 2015 Corvette Valet Mode Recorder Illegal In Some States

I did NOT click the box that says I agree to the EULA...

Comment Re:G'Day Valve, (Score 1) 139

by Samizdata on Saturday August 30, 2014 @06:30PM (#47792777) Attached to: Australian Consumer Watchdog Takes Valve To Court

Well, I have at least two games in my Steam collection that do not work. One, I was told by the company it wouldn't work ever with my config, and the other...Well, I am tired of pawing through forums trying all kinds of things. And, we are not even going to mention getting ripped off for my Minerva's Den DLC, which I place firmly in the split camp of Steam/2K Games/Microsoft.

Comment Sneaky (Score 1) 275

by Samizdata on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @12:36PM (#47757695) Attached to: Dropbox Caught Between Warring Giants Amazon and Google

A little more detail please? That's the first I have heard of such a thing.

Comment I seem to remember... (Score 1) 275

by Samizdata on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @12:32PM (#47757661) Attached to: Dropbox Caught Between Warring Giants Amazon and Google

It was Apple, BTW. They loved how it was integrated into the OS.

Comment Re:straight from the OMFG NO dept (Score 1) 364

by Samizdata on Sunday August 24, 2014 @03:03PM (#47742851) Attached to: "MythBusters" Drops Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci

And, IMO, Kari has winsome in spades. And hearts. Clubs too. Oh, and diamonds.

Comment Re:Your Official guide to the Jigaboo presidency! (Score 1) 186

by Samizdata on Sunday August 24, 2014 @12:51PM (#47742299) Attached to: BBC and FACT Shut Down Doctor Who Fansite

Who apparently is both friendly and warmer than MY ex-wife.

Comment Re:Where? (Score 1) 257

by Samizdata on Saturday August 23, 2014 @08:44PM (#47739575) Attached to: When Customer Dissatisfaction Is a Tech Business Model

Well, I live in an apartment building. We could get basic cable in our apartments for $30 a month. I paid for that and extra for a connection, and I was pretty happy. Until Comcast re-negotiation time came around and they really jacked up the group price. So the landlord told them to get stuffed. So, what's my current broadband options? AT&T DSL or Xandoo wireless. AT&T is slow and the mandatory gateway sucks. Xanadoo? Slow, dodgy, and capped WAY low with no reliable way to monitor usage. So many options I have for ISPs....

Comment Re:2GB of RAM? (Score 1) 215

by Samizdata on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @12:27PM (#47712977) Attached to: New HP Laptop Would Mean Windows at Chromebook Prices

Well, none of those are "necessary add-ons". Java necessary? Since when? Who the hell even uses java applets anymore? Silverlight? Who ever used that? Office? Seriously? Flash, ok, there's a metric fuck load of flash out there.

Educator that do online courses, and have to have Java for class chats to work?

Comment Re:explorer is VERY useful (Score 1) 426

by Samizdata on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:57PM (#47709195) Attached to: Microsoft Considered Renaming Internet Explorer To Escape Its Reputation

With a secure browser? (Or just keep my general generic install package installer on a stick.)

Comment Re:explorer is VERY useful (Score 1) 426

by Samizdata on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:56PM (#47709183) Attached to: Microsoft Considered Renaming Internet Explorer To Escape Its Reputation

On a secure machine?

Comment Re:Never used any 8.1 apps from their store (Score 1) 188

by Samizdata on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @03:51PM (#47706025) Attached to: Microsoft's Windows 8 App Store Is Full of Scamware

Netflix app is better than the browser interface.

Of course, in my case, the browser interface lets me log on without crashing, so there's that.

Comment Re:explorer is VERY useful (Score 1) 426

by Samizdata on Monday August 18, 2014 @05:31PM (#47698563) Attached to: Microsoft Considered Renaming Internet Explorer To Escape Its Reputation

for downloading firefox on a new windows install

That is why I skip that and use Ninite.

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