mbruns - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:For Windows, ninite (Score -1, Flamebait) 529

by mbruns on Sunday March 02, 2014 @03:23PM (#46382947) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without?

http://www.ninite.com/

Comment: For Windows, ninite (Score -1, Flamebait) 529

by mbruns on Sunday March 02, 2014 @03:22PM (#46382931) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without?

Install 90% of the software listed below, quickly and effortlessly, without any crap.

http://www.nitnite.com/

Comment: Re:Get TeamViewer (Score 1) 418

by mbruns on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @06:37PM (#43084953) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Best To Set Up a Parent's PC?

LogMeIn is also good, and free for personal use. It works in some setups where TeamViewer has issues.

Comment: Re:In Soviet ... (Score 2) 155

by mbruns on Monday July 09, 2012 @08:15AM (#40590053) Attached to: Cell Carriers Responded Last Year To 1.3M Law Enforcement Data Requests

Unfortunately, it's getting worse and worse.

Take a look at these 2 police recruitment videos: http://boingboing.net/2012/07/07/police-recruitment-videos-from.html Which police force do you want to vote (and pay) for?

Comment: Re:The slippery slope (Score 1) 570

by mbruns on Thursday February 05, 2009 @01:44PM (#26740425) Attached to: Washington State Wants DNA From All Arrestees

Then I thought about the fact that people are fingerprinted upon arrest, and have been for decades. When you come down to it, there really isn't any significant difference between recording fingerprints and recording DNA. If you disagree with recording DNA there's no reason why recording fingerprints before conviction should be acceptable either.

You're right, authorities initially said fingerprints would only be kept for those convicted of a crime. How did that work out?