Comment: Re:Excellent news! (Score 1) 374
Seconded.
Maybe the timing is good for kids in the UK too.
Comment: Re:Signs! (Score 1) 2
"Sings" is more fun!
Comment: Pinch (or grain) of salt required ... (Score 1) 2
I got as far as "... ext3 is limited to 2 TB volumes", and lost confidence. Given that the more mature ext3 is in fact limited not to 2T, but to 16T volumes (or, if you have an OS that can manage 8K clusters, 32T) , you might not be quite as ready as Gionatan (the author) to dismiss it.
Comment: Lame Hack (Score 1) 1
Lame because that level of traffic on the SMS/MMS system will get noticed in 3, 2, 1, ... about now. And guess how long it will take T-Mobile to throttle usage ..
Comment: Re:Related: ripping CDs to FLAC/CUE properly on Li (Score 1) 550
I use Windows and Linux (servers) -- mainly so I can choose the best tools in either world. Linux provides a CIFS file system accessible from Windows. I use EAC to rip my CDs to wav format, and Linux to enclode to flac.
Incidentally, this doesn't so far seem to be a particularly informed thread, though opinions abound! Sure, not everyone can tell the difference between mp3 (or any other lossy format) & flac representations of a particular recording. For those who can't, the choice is simple: go with mp3 & save the space! For those who can, the choice is almost as simple: if you can afford the space, go with flac and enjoy the greater sound spectrum!
My point is, just because you can't see or hear something does not mean it is isn't there. Though that sounds a bit religious, for which I apologise.
Incidentally, this doesn't so far seem to be a particularly informed thread, though opinions abound! Sure, not everyone can tell the difference between mp3 (or any other lossy format) & flac representations of a particular recording. For those who can't, the choice is simple: go with mp3 & save the space! For those who can, the choice is almost as simple: if you can afford the space, go with flac and enjoy the greater sound spectrum!
My point is, just because you can't see or hear something does not mean it is isn't there. Though that sounds a bit religious, for which I apologise.
Comment: Re:Why do we put up with DRM? (Score 1) 550
Same reason. There are not enough consumers who care in order to put any kind of pressure on the music cartels.
"You" might
Comment: Quantum Encryption (Score 1) 228
Will quantum encryption be similarly trivial to crack?
IT Worker's Revenge Lands Her In Jail 347
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from the bad-idea dept.
from the bad-idea dept.
aesoteric writes "A 30-year-old IT worker at a Florida-based health centre was this week sentenced to 19 months in a US federal prison for hacking, and then locking, her former employer's IT systems. Four days after being fired from the Suncoast Community Health Centers' for insubordination, Patricia Marie Fowler exacter her revenge by hacking the centre's systems, deleting files, changing passwords, removing access to infrastructure systems, and tampering with pay and accrued leave rates of staff."
Comment: Re:80-20 Rule applies (Score 1) 595
Damn right. Mine's a disgrace. But think of the water I saved by not washing it since March.
Comment: Re:The Sun has no credibility (Score 1) 555
Agreed. My heart sank when I saw my first ever link from Slashdot to the Sun. Yes I know, Slashdot is hardly the Acme of Journalism, but compared with The Sun ...
Rupert Murdoch. Now there's a p**** for you.
Dammit, now maybe I'll get banned from Oz for life. Oh well.
Rupert Murdoch. Now there's a p**** for you.
Dammit, now maybe I'll get banned from Oz for life. Oh well.