RanchNachos - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Great for middle-class employed people. (Score 1) 324

by RanchNachos on Friday February 11, 2011 @01:33PM (#35176628) Attached to: Obama's Goal: 98% of US Covered By 4G

I'm borderline rural right now living in western Wisconsin, and all I have is a HD antenna after canceling Charter cable. My channels are as follows: NBC, ABC, Fox, CW, and 3 PBS channels. I'd be pissed if they disconnect free TV.

Comment site down (Score 1) 140

by RanchNachos on Friday February 04, 2011 @11:17PM (#35109246) Attached to: 'Dating' Site Imports 250k Facebook Profiles

As of this comment.. it appears to be slashdotted

Comment Re:De-ja-vu (Score 1) 259

by RanchNachos on Monday January 31, 2011 @11:59AM (#35057026) Attached to: Facebook-Deprived Man Sues For $500K

I would think it's more than 3 states...
Xcel Energy is my energy provider (western Wisconsin) and they have that same rule, more or less...

From November 1 till April 15 they can't shut us off. They can send all the disconnect notices they want and we still get power. Now come April if we still haven't paid past dues... the power can be shut off and the bill just sent to collections.

http://psc.wi.gov/thelibrary/publications/general/consumer04.pdf

Comment Re:If Linux wants to have broader adoption... (Score 1) 645

by RanchNachos on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @02:08AM (#34170606) Attached to: Should Being Competitive With Windows Matter For Linux?

Linux on the desktop, from the store, for average people, with first-party support.

Mandrake, now Mandriva is just that. I actually bought a retail copy from Best Buy(don't shoot me!) many years ago, and it has all that, including games. Tux Racer was fun! :)

Should Being Competitive With Windows Matter For Linux? 645

Posted by Soulskill on Monday November 08, 2010 @11:03PM from the reply-hazy-ask-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Is Linux being held back by distributions bent on competing with Microsoft Windows? This article argues that it's a real possibility. Quoting: '... what was apparent early on during my Linux adoption was my motivation for making the switch in the first place — no longer wanting to use Windows. This is where I think the confusion begins for most new Linux adopters. As we make the switch, we must fight the inherent urge to automatically begin comparing the new desktop experience to our previous experiences with Windows. It's a completely different set of circumstances, folks. ... The fact that one platform can support a specific device while the other platform cannot (and so on) doesn't really solve the problem of getting said device working. You can see where this dysfunction of thought can become a big problem, fast."

Submission + - aol buys tech crunch

Submitted by RanchNachos on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @03:28PM

RanchNachos writes: An article on Wall Street Journal goes on about AOL purchasing TechCrunch for 30 million
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100928-712098.html

Comment Re:survival of the fittest (Score 1) 102

by RanchNachos on Friday September 24, 2010 @09:26PM (#33694196) Attached to: Deodorant Sought to Save New Zealand's Native Birds

Ummm.. in west central Florida where I'm from that's the standard grass, not a weed. "Crab grass" on the other hand....

Frustrated Reporter Quits After Slow News Day 178

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 13, 2010 @11:01AM from the take-this-job-and-shove-it dept.

Norwegian radio journalist Pia Beathe Pedersen quit on the air complaining that her bosses were making her read news on a day when "nothing important has happened." Pedersen claimed that broadcaster NRK put too much pressure on the staff and that she "wanted to be able to eat properly again and be able to breathe," during her nearly two-minute on-air resignation.

Comment Re:Supposed to work well below freezing... (Score 1) 284

by RanchNachos on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @12:14PM (#33057432) Attached to: Long In Development, Toshiba 'SCiB' Battery Debuts

And for those of us living in the U.S. .. that would be -20 Fahrenheit

Comment well (Score 1) 92

by RanchNachos on Monday May 03, 2010 @02:28PM (#32075134) Attached to: Mariposa Botmasters Sought Real Jobs After Arrest

... did they get the jobs?

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