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Comment: Nothing wrong with Windows that Linux can't fix (Score 1) 572

by jmd (#43365483) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Protecting Home Computers From Guests?

First dump Windows. Then install Linux. (it is just a matter of time for you too) Go from there. As you discover Linux, make notes on which apps do what. Then make a cheat sheets for guests to use. Have them use a guest account.

I would have a hard time believing that anyone is such a good computer user that they never have issues with Windows. It is just impossible to stay 100% clean all the time.

Comment: Many would argue... (Score 1) 470

by jmd (#42733935) Attached to: The Biggest Financial Fraud of All Time

Capitalism has got to go.

BTW... stories like this hitting the mainstream media is in part why there is such a push to limit the flow of information. Those who have become corrupted seek to silence the flow of information. While now we are slaves to debt, soon we'll be slaves because we are just plain ignorant of the world around us.

Don't forget to hug a "hacktivist" today. :)

Comment: Someone's Pissed... (Score 1) 292

by jmd (#42720123) Attached to: Officials Warn: Cyber War On the US Has Begun

USSC.gov. was hacked. Sys Admins put it back online. USSC was hacked again. This time with keystrokes to play tetris and a nyan cat. As of this writing USSC is still down. Someone is pissed.

So........This is a great excuse to steal more money from taxpayers using fear. The fear instilled in us taxpayers (stuxnet etc) was created by..guess who??

The game is over .. Anonymous has called it right. This will be an interesting ride over the next few years.

Comment: Go Figure... One more privitazation scheme (Score 2) 473

by jmd (#42001723) Attached to: USPS Reports $15.9 Billion Loss, Asks Congress For Help

This is not about mail volume or heath costs. Try funding 75 years of pension value in 10 years. ..public or private entity.

"Unlike every other governmental agency, the Postal Service is required to fund 75 years of retiree health benefits over just a 10-year span."

Yep.... would not want the government to be successful at anything..except war and destruction. Oh and let us not forget....printing money for the rich.

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/1/as_us_postal_service_faces_default

Comment: Nothing New Here.. (Score 1) 385

by jmd (#41710923) Attached to: How Do You Spot a Genius?

My father was a research professor in curriculum and foundations @ ohio state univ from mid 60s to mid 80s. he would suggest genius is an irrelevant term. misleading at best. he would never tell me my IQ test results as a kid. IQ was not a good measure of anything. creativity, discipline and a host of other factors contribute to the overall picture.

he is rolling over in his grave if he looks at the state of public education today from early childhood development through post secondary education and graduate degrees. education in his mind was not meant to obtain a better job, but mostly to increase one's understanding of the world around them.

our public education system has failed... and since we have a pretty uneducated public, so will the democracy we live in.... (or has it already?)

Comment: slackware..... (Score 1) 867

by jmd (#41468519) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Distros Have You Used, In What Order?

14 floppies for the basic install. a friend and i bought cdroms (1x i think)... unfortunately we chose the panasonic interface. once slackware was running with a browser, windows 3.1 was history. then on to anything i could find that would run on a 275mhz Alpha board that i bought really cheap. although i always had an intel box as the main desktop which was red hat. red hat had strong support for Alpha in the 90s. anything but beige.

when red hat went commercial i went to libranet. then i bought an ibook g4. boredom set in ... so i switched to ubuntu.

just bought a raspberry pi

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