fak3r - Slashdot User

Comment: Debian GNU/Linux - sparc64 (Score 2) 281

by fak3r on Monday February 11, 2013 @11:37PM (#42868127) Attached to: Of the Love of Oldtimers - Dusting Off a Sun Fire V1280 Server

I've run Debian on Ultra 1 and Ultra 5. OpenBSD is another option, I ran it on the Ultra 5 to run as a fw for a time.

Comment: Re:Short Answer (Score 1) 590

by fak3r on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @09:46PM (#41826271) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Stands In the Way of a Truly Solar-Powered Airliner?

"Follow Us on E-mail" lolz to the page designer

Comment: Re:If a Business can do it, why can't I. (Score 1) 248

by fak3r on Friday September 28, 2012 @04:43PM (#41493515) Attached to: Nebraska Sheriff Wardriving, Sending Letters About Unsecured Wi-Fi

well said!

Comment: Distros (Score 1) 867

by fak3r on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @09:59PM (#41472731) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Distros Have You Used, In What Order?

Red Hat, Mandrake, Slackware, Gentoo, (FreeBSD), Debian

Comment: Re:Oh boy! (Score 1) 163

by fak3r on Monday September 17, 2012 @03:25PM (#41365993) Attached to: Radioactive Tool Goes Missing In Texas

No, the REAL Choice bit: "On September 13, 1987, the guard in charge of daytime security, Voudireinão da Silva, did not show up to work, using a sick day to attend a cinema screening of Herbie Goes Bananas with his family"

Comment: Re:Doesn't Really Help (Score 1) 143

by fak3r on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @05:56PM (#41306061) Attached to: Go Daddy: Network Issues, Not Hacks Or DDoS, Caused Downtime

Wha?

Comment: Re:Wipe and reinstall. (Score 1) 320

by fak3r on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @02:29PM (#41169947) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Rescuing a PC That's Been Hit By Scammers?

I'm assuming 'fdisk /mbr' will wipe the boot sector, if not, please mock this post and call me a newb (since I haven't worked with/on Windows in years)

Comment: FreeNAS 8 and ZFS (Score 1) 234

by fak3r on Saturday August 25, 2012 @07:27PM (#41125685) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best *nix Distro For a Dynamic File Server?

s/t

Comment: Re:Shadow Ban (Score 1) 167

by fak3r on Monday August 20, 2012 @04:56PM (#41059533) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Using a Sandbox To Deal With Spambots?

I see what you did there, nice!

Comment: Same with an iPod Touch 4 (Score 1) 91

by fak3r on Thursday August 16, 2012 @01:08PM (#41013169) Attached to: Use Google's Nexus 7 Tablet As a VoIP Phone, For Free

My son did this same thing last week on his iPod Touch 4 - sure it requires Wifi, but otherwise it 'just works' fine via Google Voice, so I don't know how this post is garnering this much attention, save for the Nexus 7 is the new/latest hotness.

Comment: Re:Quietly coming back to life.. (Score 5, Funny) 52

by fak3r on Tuesday July 10, 2012 @05:31PM (#40607637) Attached to: Linux.org Quietly Comes Back To Life

In case the site is down, here's a mirror http://www.invitinghome.com/Mirrors/img/mirror-1534.jpg

Comment: Follow the bouncing ball: (Score 3, Funny) 52

by fak3r on Tuesday July 10, 2012 @05:29PM (#40607611) Attached to: Linux.org Quietly Comes Back To Life

http://www.linux.org/ -> http://twitter.com/LinuxDotOrg -> http://twitter.com/rlsteelman/status/197909427179884544 -> http://twitter.com/@rlsteelman (Ronald Steelman) -> http://www.ronaldsteelman.com/

"Welcome to CodeIgniter! The page you are looking at is being generated dynamically by CodeIgniter. If you would like to edit this page you'll find it located at: application/views/welcome_message.php"

Maybe his first article should be about setting up a site with CodeIgniter...or not!