pwizard2 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Common knowledge (Score 1) 270

by pwizard2 on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @08:48PM (#45603611) Attached to: For First Three Years, Consumer Hard Drives As Reliable As Enterprise Drives

I haven't seen regular for $2.xx since the early 2000s. The last few years, I haven't seen it under $3.xx more than once and that was only for a day or two.

Comment Re: Good advertising? (Score 0) 324

by pwizard2 on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @09:37PM (#45533905) Attached to: Jury Finds Newegg Infringed Patent, Owes $2.3 Million

I'm against regressive forms of taxation like sales taxes and excise taxes (some states even tax food, I shit you not). Tax the rich instead--they can afford it.

Comment Re:Yes. (Score 1) 1216

by pwizard2 on Sunday November 24, 2013 @08:14PM (#45510593) Attached to: Should the US Copy Switzerland and Consider a 'Maximum Wage' Ratio?

At least the Soviets had bread lines. Today's Republicans would simply let the lower classes starve because the rich need yet another tax break.

Comment Re:Whoosh! (Score 1) 666

by pwizard2 on Friday November 01, 2013 @06:38PM (#45306211) Attached to: Atlanta Man Shatters Coast-to-Coast Driving Record, Averaging 98MPH

We can also get Yuengling east of the Mississippi and it's way better than Coors.

Comment Re:Big deal (Score 1) 201

by pwizard2 on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @08:58PM (#45275305) Attached to: Infosys Fined $35M For Illegally Bringing Programmers Into US On Visitor Visas

20% isn't steep enough. If employers really can't find qualified people in this country, then they won't mind paying double or triple the market rate to get people with the necessary skills.

Comment Re:Creative Cloud Crap (Score 1) 145

by pwizard2 on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @08:53PM (#45275265) Attached to: Adobe Breach Compromised Over 38 Million Users, Photoshop Source Code

My Photoshop CS2 serves me very well and will continue to do so until Gimp catches up.

Me too, especially since CS2 is effectively free now. Adobe shut down the activation servers earlier this year so they actually gave out activation-free CS2 installers AND their serials. It's the only non-douchebaggy thing Adobe has done in recent memory.

Comment Re:Would suck to be them (Score 4, Funny) 145

by pwizard2 on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @08:48PM (#45275209) Attached to: Adobe Breach Compromised Over 38 Million Users, Photoshop Source Code

The rest of the world can finally see how god-awful their code really is.

Comment Re:Crooks (Score 1) 201

by pwizard2 on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @08:41PM (#45275165) Attached to: Infosys Fined $35M For Illegally Bringing Programmers Into US On Visitor Visas

And they wonder why people come to believe that capitalism is evil.

Comment Re:Personally (Score 1) 655

by pwizard2 on Monday October 21, 2013 @09:38PM (#45196373) Attached to: Most IT Workers Don't Have STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) Degrees

Sounds like you guys need to hire a tech writer.

Comment Re:Evil, powerful men have enemies. (Score -1, Flamebait) 242

by pwizard2 on Saturday October 19, 2013 @09:05PM (#45178145) Attached to: Dick Cheney Had Implanted Defibrillator Altered To Prevent Terrorist Attack

Who doesn't want Cheney dead? When he finally dies, folks are going to celebrate knowing that vile piece of shit is gone forever. It's a shame there is no real Hell to send him to.

Comment Re:Here's the real problem he has (Score 1) 479

by pwizard2 on Sunday October 13, 2013 @05:13PM (#45116035) Attached to: Charlie Stross: Why Microsoft Word Must Die

Wow, publishers actually accept a raw PDF as the finished product these days? Jesus.

Comment Re:Here's the real problem he has (Score 1) 479

by pwizard2 on Sunday October 13, 2013 @05:11PM (#45116019) Attached to: Charlie Stross: Why Microsoft Word Must Die

LO/OO.o can produce passable old-fashioned doc files. However, editing a moderately-complicated docx originally produced in Word with LO will fuck it up every single time, I guarantee it.

Comment Re:Here's the real problem he has (Score 1) 479

by pwizard2 on Sunday October 13, 2013 @05:09PM (#45116001) Attached to: Charlie Stross: Why Microsoft Word Must Die

A couple years ago, I was typing up/formatting a book manuscript with Lyx running on Ubuntu at the time. I might actually finish it one of these days.

Comment Re:Why yes! (Score 1) 174

by pwizard2 on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:41PM (#45022097) Attached to: Dead Drops P2P File Sharing Spreads Around Globe

If you just want to see what's there, a laptop running a Linux LiveCD (with all hard drives unmounted) would eliminate much of the risk.

Comment Re:Sounds plausible (Score 1) 233

by pwizard2 on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @01:43AM (#44999045) Attached to: Producing Gasoline With Metabolically-Engineered Microorganisms

A lot of the doppelbocks can be very filling too (plus some of them pack a kick at ~8-9% ABV). Bock-style lager was originally designed to be a meal replacement.

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