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Submission + - "Calibration" error changes Illinois touchscreen votes (watchdog.org) 4

Submitted by BobandMax on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @01:48PM

BobandMax writes: In a truly shocking occurrence, a Cook County, Illinois touchscreen voting device changed votes from Republican to Democrat. Voting officials removed the machine and determined that a calibration error was at fault. The voter who brought the problem to their attention, Republican state representative candidate Jim Moynihan, was later "allowed" to vote for Republicans. Some things never change, regardless technology.

Comment Re:are the debian support forums down? (Score 1) 286

by JohnVanVliet on Saturday October 18, 2014 @09:35PM (#48178419) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Stop PulseAudio From Changing Sound Settings?

that it dose
i was one of the FIRST people to use pulse in fedora 6
now back then there were issues
but

Almost 10 years have past and those issues are no more

pulse on it's own WILL NOT JUST CHANG SETTINGS

Submission + - NASA awards "space taxi" contracts to both Boeing and SpaceX (reuters.com)

Submitted by ugen on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @11:24PM

ugen writes: Contrary to the rumor posted on Slashdot earlier today, "NASA will partner with Boeing and SpaceX to build commercially owned and operated "space taxis" to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, ending U.S. dependence on Russia for rides, officials said on Tuesday... Boeing was awarded $4.2 billion to SpaceX's $2.6 billion. "

Comment linux (Score 1) 10

by JohnVanVliet on Saturday September 13, 2014 @08:06PM (#47899169) Attached to: Linux distro to vampire XP install?

well RHEL 5.10 will support the OLD 2001 XP hardware from 13 years ago
and RHEL 6.5 will also for most 13 year old hardware ( except for the nvidia gforce4 and OLDER cards )
a minor hack of the OS is needed for that .

You can use the FREE CentOS or ScientificLinux 5.10 or 6.5
OR BUY $$$$ the redhat support contract

Comment Re:Flare (Score 4, Informative) 145

by JohnVanVliet on Thursday September 11, 2014 @12:40AM (#47877705) Attached to: X-Class Solar Flare Coming Friday

The Carrington event was a X27 to x45

so a 1.6 is tiny ( for a big one)

a 2 is 10 times greater that a 1 in power

Comment Re:Just as long as it's not XK-class. (Score 2) 145

by JohnVanVliet on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @11:51PM (#47877545) Attached to: X-Class Solar Flare Coming Friday

a XKCD flare would need a warning like this
-- Don't Panic --
http://www.craftster.org/pictu...

Comment Flare (Score 2) 145

by JohnVanVliet on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @11:41PM (#47877501) Attached to: X-Class Solar Flare Coming Friday

Seeing as it is only a x 1.6
As far as BIG things go this is a bit tiny

so PREPARE for the WORST
1 to 2 days no electricity
BUT
expect the BEST
pretty lights in the sky

Submission + - Border Patrol Steals LEGAL Ivory Bagpipes (ap.org)

Submitted by schwit1 on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @09:47PM

schwit1 writes: The U.S. prohibits importing ivory taken after 1976. Even though the boys had certificates showing their ivory is older — Campbell's pipes date to 1936 — U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized the pipes in Highgate Springs, Vermont. Well, not all of them: The boys took every other part possible and left the ivory with Border Patrol so nobody else could make a full set out of the parts.

Comment disk images (Score 1) 1

by JohnVanVliet on Saturday July 05, 2014 @05:23PM (#47390019) Attached to: What Disk Imaging software works best?

the "dd" command

Comment re (Score 1) 4

by JohnVanVliet on Monday June 30, 2014 @09:26PM (#47355933) Attached to: Microsoft takes down No-IP.com domains

I used to use No-Ip.com
and ALWAYS recommended it
it was a great service

Comment darkrooms (Score 1) 240

by JohnVanVliet on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @09:24PM (#47259625) Attached to: Even In Digital Photography Age, High Schoolers Still Flock To the Darkroom

i worked in custom color and B&W darkrooms for over 10 years

finally by the late 90's there were 3 jobs for over 200 techs in the SE Michigan area

The oldest piece of hardware was a Kodak K10 that still had vacuum tubes

Comment lost mail (Score 0) 347

by JohnVanVliet on Monday June 16, 2014 @07:48PM (#47250319) Attached to: Congressman Asks NSA To Provide Metadata For "Lost" IRS Emails

did not "Bush" already loose a ton of mails when the "white house" moved from the
Huge giant sized corporate Lotus based mail to the " small business/HOME" mail system from MS

this is NOTHING new

Submission + - Humans not solely to blame for passenger pigeon extinction (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit on Monday June 16, 2014 @04:13PM

sciencehabit writes: When the last passenger pigeon died at a zoo in 1914, the species became a cautionary tale of the dramatic impact humans can have on the world. But a new study finds that the bird experienced multiple population booms and crashes over the million years before its final demise. The sensitivity of the population to natural fluctuations, the authors argue, could have been what made it so vulnerable to extinction.

Comment drm (Score 1) 1

by JohnVanVliet on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @11:37PM (#47219383) Attached to: Question: Can I leave DRMd content I've bought from Amazon to anyone in my will?

make drm FREE copies

Submission + - GCHQ's Middle Eastern Internet spying base .. (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by lippydude on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @01:14PM

lippydude writes: Above-top-secret details of Britain’s covert surveillance programme — including the location of a clandestine British base tapping undersea cables in the Middle East .. located at Seeb, on the northern coast of Oman, where it taps in to various undersea cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian/Arabian Gulf ...

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