solafide - Slashdot User

Submission + - Once Slashdot beta has been foisted on me, what site should I use? 3

Submitted by buswolley on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @07:45PM

buswolley writes: Just asking. Because we do not want the Beta site.

Submission + - The nmber of users that SLASHDOT will lose with new interface? (slashdot.org) 3

Submitted by jackb_guppy on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @07:37PM

jackb_guppy writes: SLASHDOT today started to push users from the old interface to the ugly, slow, new interface. Any guess on the number of users that will be leaving SLASHDOT. So much for market share.

Submission + - NASA pondering two public contests to build small space exploration satellites (networkworld.com)

Submitted by coondoggie on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @04:05PM

coondoggie writes: NASA today said it was looking into developing two new Centennial Challenge competitions that would let the public design, build and deliver small satellites known as Cubesats capable of operations and experiments near the moon and beyond. The first challenge will focus on finding innovative ways to allow deep space communications with small spacecraft, while the second focuses on primary propulsion for small spacecraft.

Submission + - Judge orders professor removed from no-fly list (seattletimes.com) 1

Submitted by Okian Warrior on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:36PM

Okian Warrior writes: In a followup to Slashdot's previous article, a federal judge has ordered Rahinah Ibrahim removed from the U.S. government's no-fly list.

Rahinah Ibrahim eventually won the no-fly list ruling after her daughter, a US citizen, was prevented from returning to the country to testify at the trial.

Here's hoping this is the first of many successful challenges to the no-fly list.

Comment Evolution is gearing up for a jump! (Score 3, Funny) 136

by solafide on Thursday September 12, 2013 @05:08PM (#44834637) Attached to: First Gear Mechanism Discovered In Nature

Who knows, maybe next we'll evolve gears to help us reach those things on the top shelf better...

Comment Not actually a problem with AWS. (Score 5, Informative) 114

by solafide on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @02:13PM (#44821369) Attached to: The Windows Flaw That Cracks Amazon Web Services

This is no different than booting a LiveCD and changing the Windows password from a Linux LiveCD running with access to the same storage device. This is not a flaw in AWS in any fashion, other than illustrating the trust you place in AWS having access to your physical devices. Why is this news? This is a standard if-you-have-access-to-hardware-you-can-have-complete-control-over-everything-on-it-not-encrypted problem.

Comment The hell is 7x a 64gb drive? (Score 5, Funny) 201

by solafide on Monday September 09, 2013 @02:37PM (#44800675) Attached to: Big Jump For Tablet Storage: Seagate Intros 5mm Hard Disk For Tablets

Couldn't we just say 500gb up front and be done with it, instead of having a bogus multiplier on a meaningless size? What's next, "this hard drive holds 30 Library of Congresses, which are each 6x the capacity of a regular library?"

Comment calligra? (Score 1, Funny) 30

by solafide on Friday August 02, 2013 @01:26PM (#44458423) Attached to: KDE Releases Calligra 2.7

Didn't you mean Kalligra? What kind of KDE program _is_ this?

Comment Re:I was going to moderate in this discussion but (Score 1) 168

by solafide on Monday February 25, 2013 @07:22PM (#43009473) Attached to: Long-Lost Continent Found Under the Indian Ocean

Psh, you should know by now geeks are sEDENtary.

Comment Re:HALOPERIDOL (Score 1) 384

by solafide on Saturday December 15, 2012 @09:05AM (#42300669) Attached to: White House Must Answer Petition To 'Build Death Star'

Many bacteria use metal reduction as its way of obtaining energy, in fact, and also obtain these metals from rocks, so... yeah, your point about bacteria seems false. (Iron, sulfer, selenium, sulfate, nitrite -reducing bacteria all exist.)

Comment Re:You don't have to comply but... (Score 1) 1059

by solafide on Saturday January 07, 2012 @12:00AM (#38618794) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Deal With Roving TSA Teams?

State level. Stop and Identify laws are not in force in MA.

Comment Re:Here's what you say (Score 1) 1059

by solafide on Friday January 06, 2012 @09:28PM (#38617626) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Deal With Roving TSA Teams?

In Massachusetts, you are not required to identify yourself.

Comment Re:Just keep calm... (Score 5, Interesting) 1059

by solafide on Friday January 06, 2012 @06:57PM (#38615806) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Deal With Roving TSA Teams?

I believe it is entirely within one's rights to stand outside the station protesting, perhaps with your portable 4th Amendment sign; and as a Boston resident, I think I'll be carrying around such a sign when I ride the subway in the future.

Comment Re:You don't have to comply but... (Score 1) 1059

by solafide on Friday January 06, 2012 @06:53PM (#38615748) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Deal With Roving TSA Teams?

In Boston, there is no need to identify yourself.

Comment Re:Just keep calm... (Score 5, Informative) 1059

by solafide on Friday January 06, 2012 @06:41PM (#38615582) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Deal With Roving TSA Teams?

"A passenger may choose not to be inspected but then is prohibited from riding on the MBTA."

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