ilikenwf - Slashdot User

Submission + - School Sued for Spying on Students with Laptop Cam (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by ilikenwf on Thursday February 18, 2010 @10:14PM

ilikenwf writes: A student and his family have sued his highschool after he was repremanded for “improper behavior in his home,” using a photo taken from the camera as evidence. Surprisingly, this didn't happen in a more police state nation like England or Austrailia — nay, it happened in Philadelphia, PA. While this may appear to be a cut and dry 1st Amendment (and possible pedophilia) violation, the school is actually backing the actions of the principal.

Submission + - PSPP: An Open Source Clone of the SPSS Statistics (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by ilikenwf on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @01:51AM

ilikenwf writes: SPSS is an extremely expensive piece of software. After showing it to a professor and proving that it does all of the necessary statistical functions, I have been able to convince my school to use at least one piece of opensource software over a closed source version that they are currently paying thousands of dollars for. PSPP is fully functional and a GNU project, and I for one am satisfied. It does all of the functions I need to get through my assignments. A demo video is included.

Submission + - Oppose Mandaded Policeware (petitiononline.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @09:36PM

ilikenwf writes: "We, the undersigned, are American citizens strongly opposed to the proposed "Security Systems Standards and Certification Act" (SSSCA), which would force all new consumer electronics devices and personal computers to have government-mandated "policeware" built-in.

This proposed policeware would restrict what we can and cannot do with our own personal computers in our own homes and businesses. Any person who disables this policeware would be subject to five years in federal prison and a $500,000 fine."

Submission + - Blackhat SEO: Exploiting Dumb Masses for Profit (mattparnell.com) 1

Submitted by ilikenwf on Thursday October 30, 2008 @09:48PM

ilikenwf writes: This article was recently published in 2600 and describes the methods required to setup a little empire of websites designed specifically to make money off of stupid internet users who are generally considered "n00bs." Many resources and plugins discussed in this article could be adapted for use in a more white or greyhat way, should you choose to do so.

Submission + - Wootoff Bag of Crap Alarm - A bash Script (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by ilikenwf on Thursday October 23, 2008 @03:30PM

ilikenwf writes: I assume that everyone here in the U.S. is following the Wootoff. In that accord, I present this bash script that will sound an alarm at the moment a Bag of Crap is posted on Woot.com. Get it here.

Submission + - School - After The Basics, What's the Point? (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Thursday October 09, 2008 @10:37PM

ilikenwf writes: "I'm starting to become more and more frustrated with the ridiculous nature of the education system. If a person learns to read, write, do basic math, and depending on future job choice take more specialized classes, should any more classes be required of them? College and highschool in these ways are somewhat follies of society. If one learns these things and can think abstractly, should they really be forced through extra steps in order to achieve their dream career? Anything over and above should be their choice, and not compulsory. What do you think, after reading through my thoughts?"

Submission + - apt-fast - 26x Faster Downloads With Apt (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Tuesday June 03, 2008 @01:00AM

ilikenwf writes: "With a Debian based distro and apt-fast (a shellscript), you can download your updates much faster, without having to go through umpteen steps to get the list of files, and download them with axel. To use this script, simply install axel, and then use it just like apt-get (e.g.: sudo ./apt-fast dist-upgrade)."

Submission + - An Open Request to nVidia for FOSS Video Drivers (opentheblob.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Friday April 11, 2008 @03:49PM

ilikenwf writes: "The nVidia drivers we have today work very well in Linux most of the time, but there are many bugs that constantly arise that nVidia has trouble keeping up with, partially due to the fast development of the Linux kernel (a personal frustration of the submitter). That said, this letter/request/petition is 8000+ signatures strong and growing. This request may get nVidia to release the code and allow Linux devs the chance to work out all of the bugs and finally give us perfect nVidia support across the board."

Submission + - HP Unwilling to Fix BIOS for Linux Users (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @11:11PM

ilikenwf writes: "Many users have had issues with the HP laptops that are currently on the market as a result of a BIOS bug persists to pop up on HP's laptops, regardless of the various updates. This causes users to have to disable lapic, which keeps features like high resolution timers from being used to increase speed and drastically increase battery life. Contacting customer support has been less than helpful, as displayed by HP's arrogance. Any BIOS hackers out there?...And no, LinuxBIOS will not work on these laptops."

Submission + - 3 Simple Steps to Font Perfection in Linux (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Monday September 17, 2007 @12:33PM

ilikenwf writes: "Matt Parnell's Blog has a nice tutorial that describes a mere 5-10 minute procedure that can drastically beautify the fonts in any Linux distro, on any window manager. Screenshot of the "After" included, because we all know how the default fonts usually look on a default 'nix install."

Submission + - Upgrading FROM Vista to XP (And Kubuntu) (asktheadmin.com) 1

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Thursday August 16, 2007 @03:52AM

ilikenwf writes: "Like any geek, I am not one to judge a piece of software until it lands on my desk and I have a chance to play with it. Windows Vista was no exception, and since it came pre-loaded on my new laptop, I couldn't say no to what I would call a "test drive." Let me say now that I have already crashed!"

Submission + - New and Exciting Firefox Extensions (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @12:59AM

ilikenwf writes: "These extensions enhance and make efficient a chaotic internet. Besides that, they help you have a consistent browser setup from one machine to another, across all operating systems. These extensions include FEBE — the Firefox Environment Backup Extension, which will back up EVERYTHING, including your extensions and settings on a regular schedule, and Foxmarks, which syncs, combines, and backs up your bookmarks from whatever Firefox you are running, and allows you to thus have everything you need, no matter what machine or OS you are using."

Submission + - Megavideo - New Contendter for YouTube (megavideo.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Tuesday August 07, 2007 @01:51PM

ilikenwf writes: "Megavideo, by the same people who are behind Megaupload, is an alternative to YouTube that blatantly says it "Beats YouTube." There are lots of features that are very appealing, including the ability to make money and earn premium points through your videos. Besides that, the service will import all of your YouTube videos to make the changeover super easy! See the 10 Reasons page for more information. I know I am going to make the switch."

Submission + - Sharp Fonts On A KDE Desktop (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Tuesday August 07, 2007 @01:44PM

ilikenwf writes: "There are many articles about getting your Gnome fonts looking all pretty, but so far, I have only seen one that tells how to do this on KDE. This appeals to me, as I use Kubuntu, and if you follow the directions, you can have fonts that are easy to see, for once."

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