I think LyX is the best. It needs clear sectionning. Forbid people to do stupid things just because THEY think it looks better. Etc. A word processor would actually completely mess up Wikipedia.

For sure, all parents should be able to know how to configure multiple accounts with correct right management so that the other users cannot modify the firewall configuration, and configure a firewall to disallow all programs to connect to anything other then 127.0.0.1 except a white list. Oh and they have to find a way to disable websocket from the browser.

And of course a 13 years-old kid is not capable of cracking that kind of crap.

They could have also moved to China.

In France in the 90s I remember that a judge decided to grant compensation to people who got multiple sclerosis who claimed that it was linked to hepatitis B vaccine. Of course the scientific community completely debunked that link. The only reason some people who got it after vaccination was that tons of people got that vaccination at the same time, so coincidences were very very likely to happen.

Anyway, it is good thing for "equality of chances". If you sucked at school, you can become a judge.

Computer PSUs are usually switched-mode. There is a capacitor on the input which can be dangerous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-mode_power_supply#Precautions

"A nun, a gardener, and a housepainter cut through three security fences [...]" What was the punchline?

Why everything Torvalds says is so important to be posted on /.?

"you don't need any other distro". In the case of Slackware, "other" is a word too many in your sentence.

I think he would have to do this if Turkey had compulsory license provision in its copyright laws for Youtube video. And I doubt that. So I would not send them a bill for licensing, which would allow the other to continue to use the video. A proposition of settlement for damages would be better. Though I do not know if I would agree on the approach.

Interesting. In what way a certification from one country makes a project more or less serious? Do you have better arguments that do compare the realism of the two projects?

I would like to congratulate HADOPI for having made 150 euros. This obviously shows that this law was a total success.

Oddly enough, the page of "Irony" on Wikipedia cites Britannica. Master of irony, did you have the authority to modify this entry?

My grandma believed in anecdotal evidence and she lived to be 102.

Maybe you do not understand what placebo effect is.

The nice thing with Slashdot comments, is that if you lived in a complete seclusion for five years, and you come back to read them, you still understand the jokes.

Oh, so you can update MacOS through MacPorts?