Comment Scott Manly has a good explanation (Score 5, Informative) 37

by Bigbuzzman on Sunday May 28, 2023 @07:51PM (#63558059) Attached to: A Japanese-Made Moon Lander Crashed Because a Crater Confused Its Software

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Comment Re:Just a proper standard adherence would be a win (Score 3, Insightful) 297

by Bigbuzzman on Sunday July 18, 2021 @05:19PM (#61595229) Attached to: The Case Against SQL

https://xkcd.com/927/

Comment Re:This is what I'm looking forward to (Score 1) 107

by Bigbuzzman on Sunday July 11, 2021 @06:34PM (#61573323) Attached to: Tor Project Hopes to Replace 'Complex', 'Fragile' C Code With Rust

Maybe not the same but you get the idea https://xkcd.com/927/

Comment Re:This is why... (Score 0) 90

by Bigbuzzman on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:46PM (#60358199) Attached to: Microsoft Edge Accused of Stealing Data From Chrome

Whichever idiot uses an os which rams anything down their user's throat?

One word... SystemD

Comment Re:Honestly only have it for file sharing (Score 1) 96

by Bigbuzzman on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:11PM (#60198142) Attached to: Dropbox is a Total Mess

Have you look at Sync.com? Switched about a year ago and it reminds me of the old DropBox. Just a simple cloud file sync with a few good features.

Comment Oblig? (Score 1) 67

by Bigbuzzman on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @04:20PM (#57087638) Attached to: Only a Small Percentage of Users Buy Stuff Through Alexa, Report Claims

https://xkcd.com/1807/

Comment Re:How much for low numbered IPs? (Score 0) 225

by Bigbuzzman on Sunday April 01, 2018 @01:41PM (#56363347) Attached to: Cloudflare Launches 1.1.1.1 Consumer DNS Service With a Focus On Privacy

This is the lowest IP number on the internet. Why isn't it worth more money, With a shortage of IPv4 addresses you would think getting the number 1 ip address would be worth millions.

1.0.0.0 is the lowest valid IP address. 0.0.0.0/8 are reserved for link local addressing

Comment Your PC is now Stoned! (Score 1) 155

by Bigbuzzman on Friday March 25, 2016 @06:50PM (#51779167) Attached to: Petya Ransomware Uses DOS-Level Lock Screen, Prevents OS Boot Up

Your PC is now Stoned!

Comment Re:Old Joke had to be repeated (Score 1) 196

by Bigbuzzman on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @09:57PM (#51245427) Attached to: Microsoft Teams With Automakers To Put Windows, Office In Cars

The oil, water, temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single 'general car fault' warning light.

You'd press the 'Start' button to shut off the engine.

Have these both in my current work vehicle.

Comment 4Dos (Score 1) 352

by Bigbuzzman on Friday November 13, 2015 @03:57PM (#50924845) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Terminal Emulator Do You Use?

Dammit, now I'm going to have to find the install floppy.

Comment Not all sites need to be derogitory... (Score 1) 108

by Bigbuzzman on Friday April 10, 2015 @01:41PM (#49447835) Attached to: ICANN Asks FTC To Rule On<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.sucks gTLD Rollout

primus.sucks

Comment Re:I Knew It! (Score 1) 83

by Bigbuzzman on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @08:37PM (#49434339) Attached to: Collision With Earth's "Little Sister" Created the Moon

Or Earth 2.

Comment Re: Crusty Hardware (Score 1) 189

by Bigbuzzman on Thursday January 22, 2015 @01:21PM (#48876529) Attached to: User Plea Means EISA Support Not Removed From Linux

Starting around VLB time I started to run into computers with the cards hot glued to the sockets.

Comment Re:OpenBSD (Score 2) 427

by Bigbuzzman on Friday August 08, 2014 @05:15PM (#47633559) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Life Beyond the WRT54G Series?

If you are going to do that, load up pfSense and do it right.

Comment Re:more like (Score 1) 329

by Bigbuzzman on Sunday August 25, 2013 @09:35PM (#44673061) Attached to: Google Breaks ChromeCast's Ability To Play Local Content

http://roksbox.com/ works like a dream

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