Chase Husky - Slashdot User

A Bare-Bones Linux+Mono+GUI Distro? 158

Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @11:10AM from the essentials-only dept.

nimble99 writes "I am a computer software engineer, focused mainly on the Windows platform — but most of my development time is spent in .NET. I would like to move my .NET development to Linux in the form of Mono, in an attempt at building a media-center type of device. All I require, is a base operating system with simple hardware support, Mono, and a window manager that (preferably) does nothing but act as a host for mono applications. Is this available? I dont know a lot about Linux, so I thought I would ask if there is already something like this available. Obviously a 'Mono Operating System' would be the cleanest solution, but a similar thing could be achieved with the barest minimum of Linux distros right?"

Most Home Routers Vulnerable to Flash UPnP Attack 253

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday January 14, 2008 @09:55AM from the oh-this-will-go-well dept.

An Anonymous reader noted that some folks at GNU Citizen have been researching UPNP Vulnerabilities in home routers, and have produced a flash swf file capable of opening open ports into your network simply by visiting an unfortunate URL. Looks like Firefox & Safari users are safe for now.

Helium Crisis Approaching 501

Posted by kdawson on Monday January 14, 2008 @09:09AM from the no-more-squeaky-voices dept.

vrmlguy writes "Within nine years the National Helium Reserve will be depleted, according to an article in Science Daily. It quotes Dr. Lee Sobotka, of Washington University in St. Louis: 'Helium is non-renewable and irreplaceable. Its properties are unique and unlike hydrocarbon fuels (natural gas or oil), there are no biosynthetic ways to make an alternative to helium. All should make better efforts to recycle it.' (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a local article with quotes from Dr. Sobotka and representatives of the balloon industry.) On Earth, Helium is found mixed with natural gas, but few producers capture it. Extracting it from the atmosphere is not cost-effective. The US created a stockpile, the National Helium Reserve, in 1925 for use by military dirigibles, but stopped stockpiling it in 1995 as a cost-saving measure."

Submission + - New Government, New Network?

Submitted by

renegadesx

on Sunday November 25, 2007 @09:56PM

renegadesx writes: "Australia has a new government lead by Kevin Rudd and the center-left Labor party in a landslide victory Saturday night. For months Mr Rudd has promised if elected he intends on bringing Australia up-to-date broadband capacity in establishing a Fiber to the Node (FTTN) infastructure nation wide.

What challenges await the new PM in establishing this? Telstra, who of course want to retain their monopoly over Australia's infastructure. Can Rudd and Telstra play nice in the interests of bringing Australia out of the stone age of DSL capabilities?

Time will tell, the Howard Government and Telstra did not get along at all. http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/15505/1086/"

Comment Re:What do you expect on a free service? (Score 1) 173

by Chase Husky on Sunday November 25, 2007 @04:30PM (#21473325) Attached to: Facebook Users Complain of New Ad-Based Tracking

That's like being a "security researcher" here at Slashdot, right?

And no, it's not like being a "security researcher." I regularly publish my work in international, scientific journals, attend conferences and brief my peers.

So "medical researcher" really means you're a stoner?

Damn, you mean it's that apparent I went to Berkeley?

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