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Comment Re:Infighting: Linux's biggest weakness (Score 1) 155

NOTHING on linux even close to a real business accounting package

Try Moneydance, which is close to QuickBooks for a small business, depending on your needs:
http://moneydance.com/

In my limited experience it's well-designed, well-supported, and geek-friendly (extensible with Python, open API, etc.). It appears to be multi-user but I've never tried that feature.

Submission + - CIA torture program "far different and far more harsh" then described

An anonymous reader writes: Amid the uproar over Senator Feinstein's accusations that the CIA hacked and destroyed data on Senate computers, an important part of her speech to the Senate has been overlooked: "Chairman Rockefeller sent two of his committee staffers out to the CIA on nights and weekends to review thousands of these cables, which took many months. ... the two staffers completed their review into the CIA’s early interrogations in early 2009, ... The resulting staff report was chilling. The interrogations and the conditions of confinement at the CIA detention sites were far different and far more harsh than the way the CIA had described them to us." Senator Feinstein is Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence with access to classified information. Did this "far different and far more harsh" torture become public knowledge or was the program much worse than what we already know?

Comment Re:Well it IS the BBC (Score 1) 431

As you demonstrate, ignorant, hateful people can be found everywhere. One way to spot them is that they depict the world as one group vs. another (Jews vs. Muslims), and talk about a group of people as if they are a single-minded whole (Jews do this, Muslims do that) rather than as millions or billions of individuals.

My reading of history is that the hateful people are the ones that cause the most trouble, independently of what other group they belong to.

Comment Re:Slashdot BETA Sucks. (Score 4, Informative) 2219

From Bruce's Web site:

Hot topics as I write this: Why doesn't Bruce resurrect Technocrat.net now that Slashdot is owned by Dice.com and stinks more than the last two times I've shut down Technocrat.net due to lack of readership?

Think it would really work this time? You've got my email and phone.

So yes, email him to give him an idea of how much actual interest there is so he knows the readership will be there.

Submission + - Slashdot after beta - Paywall? 2

An anonymous reader writes: Is the beta hinting at other changes in the near future?

Submission + - Slashdot is dead 3

An anonymous reader writes: I saw it with my own eyes

Submission + - How to fix Slashdot Beta? 17

Forbo writes: Since the migration to Slashdot Beta was announced, it seems all meaningful discussion has been completely disrupted with calls to boycott and protest. Rather than pull an Occupy, what can be done to focus and organize the action? What is the end goal: To revert entirely to the previous site, or to address the problems with the new site?

Submission + - AltSlashdot is coming (altslashdot.org) 3

Okian Warrior writes: I've registered "AltSlashdot.org". I intend to run a site much like Slashdot used to be — better articles, less decoration and less "in your face" functionality. I'm reviewing and getting comfortable with slashcode right now. I'm looking for volunteers to help with setup and running the site. If the site becomes profitable, I intend to hire from the pool of volunteers. If you've ever wanted to participate in a site like Slashdot, here's your chance! I'm particularly in need of people who can:
  • Set up and manage a high-traffic site (servers, load-balancers, data sites, &c)
  • Edit story submissions
  • HTML, CSS, and script creation/bugfix/repair

Contact me if interested John (at) AltSlashdot (dot) org

Submission + - Why is Slashdot ignoring the advice of so many developer articles. 2

An anonymous reader writes: Over the years, Slashdot has recycled plenty of articles about lousy UX, lousy design, lousy graceful degradation, lousy development practices, lousy community management, even lousy JavaScript implementations creating security problems. Did Slashdot read any of those articles?

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