Comment It's facebook (Score 0) 115
Come'on really. How reliable would this be anyway? News? Move on. Next!
Comment Re:First post! (Score -1) 256
Adobe Hacked: Almost 3 Million Accounts Compromised
Were 3 millions accounts were "almost" compromised or does the poster mean "close to" 3 million accounts compromised.
Valve Announces Steambox, Sort Of 252
wbr1 writes "A new page has appeared over at Steam with this slightly cryptic text, a countdown, and an image of a console controller.
'Last year, we shipped a software feature called Big Picture, a user-interface tailored for televisions and gamepads. This year we've been working on even more ways to connect the dots for customers who want Steam in the living-room. Soon, we'll be adding you to our design process, so that you can help us shape the future of Steam.' It appears Gabe Newell wants to throw his hat in the console ring now with the Xbox One and PS4 about to be released. The countdown to the announcement is targeted at Monday."
Comment Re:And we care...why? (Score 1) 88
Ohhhh
Comment Re:And we care...why? (Score 1) 88
Minix rather
Comment Re:And we care...why? (Score 2) 88
Kind of. 1996 was the days of OS2 Warp and Windows 95 which notably wasn't free but easily pirated. Linux helped more in the server space and with the emergence of the BSDs. Open/FreeBSD was kind of the bad boys on the block. Linux was already pretty mainstream by 96, we used to use it to drive our 20 node dial up ISP at the time feeding data from a ISDN line.
It was the earlier parts of the 90's where Linux made its ground. Minux was the best that was out there until Linux came along.
Comment Re:PCI Compliance (Score 2) 314
I know what PCI is you daffy duck! I was trying to make a nerd joke and i didn't even get 1 mod point for it *frown*
Comment PCI Compliance (Score 3, Funny) 314
Does this mean that the NSA is PCI Compliant?
Comment Re: should slashdot be asking if the U.S. should b (Score 1) 659
*eyeroll* again with the unrealistic socilaist view.
The reason why surpluses are 'bad' (coining the very definition of bad to mean not bad) is only because inflation which is _caused_ by deficit spending economies can devalue that surplus longterm. If you create inflation (which is really just fiat currency deflation) then using the excuse to spend only becomes valid if the juice is worth the squeeze or the asset that Govt money translates into increases in value in to the future.
Spending into the red is simply evidence of this not taking place. IE not having a surplus
Look at QLD's power grid for example. Poor / over Govt spending resulting in ridiculous costs of power because they baught the wrong assets and have to maintain and upkeep systems that are under utilisised, couple that with the abomination that's the Carbon Tax. Labor not only needed to go 4 years ago but we need to start issuing laws in Australia which hold these incompetent crooks responsible.
Submission + - iPhone 5C: "C" Doesn't Stand For "China" (itworld.com)
jfruh writes: To Americans, the "C" in the newly announced iPhone 5C stands for "cheap": it's basically the same phone as the iPhone 5 in terms of specs, but for only $99, half the cost of the 5S. But you only get that price if you sign up for a two-year wireless contract, and most Americans don't realize the extent to which carrier subsidies distort phone sticker prices. In China — where most people pay full price for a phone up front, and where the 5C was rumored to be the low-cost model that would finally bring Apple's smartphone to the masses — the 5C will cost $728, just 15% cheaper than the 5S, leading to puzzlement and disappointment from Chinese consumers and analysts.
Comment Re:Blunt != abusive (Score 1) 566
My second QUOTE was supposed to be
When dealing with people who are wrong, all that you need to say is "You're wrong".
I wasn't addressing the same sentence. Sorry. Just picked up on it then.
Comment Re:Blunt != abusive (Score 1) 566
When dealing with people, don't insult them
My point exactly. There are too many sensibilities that can be triggered amongst various people that in most cases will end badly for the "insulter" based on the "insultee's" reaction.
When dealing with people, don't insult them
Well don't accuse people for working for the NSA. Especially a Finnish man who writes software that's supposed to trump "the man" so-to-speak. It's all how you see it right?
If being accused of ignorance is the worst they endured, they didn't endure enough!
Comment Re:Fr0sty Bin laden p1ss (Score 3, Interesting) 362
Oh John Kerry you really botched that one didn't you LOL!
Comment Re:At Least He Doesn't Throw Chairs (Score 3, Informative) 566
Not to make it a dick measuring competition on Tovalds behalf but you look at the guy on the other side of the fence who made staggeringly more.
Besides, we wont mention that this person in question has since then retired and is still making literally 100x more per year than Tovalds. I get your point but relatively speaking, If Tovalds chose to sell out how much more could [of] he made/make?
Comment Re:At Least He Doesn't Throw Chairs (Score 5, Informative) 566
He didn't create anything. ANYTHING. Open source existed before Torvalds. UNIX existed before Torvalds. To use the infamous battle cry of the typical Slashdork... "Where's teh innovationz?!?!?111!!?"
I've been using Linux since 1993. I can't even begin to tell you how wrong you are
When people start treating it like a valid technology instead of a religious movement it'll get more momentum in the mainstream.
You're missing the point. It's not treated as a religious movement It's kind of more like being a 60s child in the modern day if that makes sense.
When people start worrying about advancing Linux over where it stands versus Microsoft or Apple it'll finally have the chance of taking great leaps forward.
Google wrapped a business model around Linux. It's called Android and it's doing just fine.
