ctonchev - Slashdot User

Comment why not just block internet connectivity? (Score 1) 93

by ctonchev on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:46AM (#65410831) Attached to: Blue Book Sales Surge As Universities Combat AI Cheating

Why could we not have a setup that drops out connectivity and the students just have to type their essays and print. No internet, just printer connectivity. Should be easy enough to implement with vlans set up properly. I for one know I can type a lot more legibly and faster than I can handwrite. For example, if the class is taking a test from 9 to 10:30. no internet from 9 to 10:30 in that room.

Comment Suspicious timing (Score 2) 181

by ctonchev on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:46PM (#63953245) Attached to: Honda Says Making Cheap Electric Vehicles is Too Hard, Ends Deal With GM

The Chevy Blazer EV was just named SUV of the year. The timing seem suspicious. "Wednesday, MotorTrend named the all-electric Chevy Blazer its SUV of the year."

Submission + - Microsoft files a copyright infringement lawsuit for activating pirated software

Submitted by Esra Erimez on Monday December 08, 2014 @02:26PM

Esra Erimez writes: Microsoft has filed a complaint at a federal court in Washington accusing person(s) behind an AT&T subscription of activating various pirated copies of Windows 7 and Office 10. The account was identified by Microsoft's in-house cyberforensics team based on suspicious "activation patterns."

Despite being one of the most pirated software vendors in the world, Microsoft doesn’t have a long track record of cracking down on individual pirates. From the descriptions used in the complaint it seems likely that the target is not an average user, but someone who sells computers containing pirated software. Time will tell whether that’s indeed the case

Comment Re:tl;dr (Score 2) 312

by ctonchev on Friday December 05, 2014 @03:02PM (#48532803) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Electronics-Induced Inattentiveness?

Limiting myself to a few browser tabs? Really? Shut the damn laptop and work with paper and a pencil. :)

Comment Re:A few recommendations (Score 1) 312

by ctonchev on Friday December 05, 2014 @03:01PM (#48532795) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Electronics-Induced Inattentiveness?

These are all great recommendations, but the one that at least for me has made the most difference is that I keep a notepad at my desk and WRITE STUFF DOWN by hand. it forces you to organize your thoughts, and also the very act of writing it down and not typing it helps you to remember it. In my opinion, a notebook (paper) and a pencil are the best tools to fight inattentiveness.

Comment Re:My kind of democracy (Score 2, Insightful) 412

by ctonchev on Monday March 02, 2009 @05:43PM (#27044955) Attached to: Volt Asks Temps To 'Vote" For Microsoft Pay Cut

Funny how the statement falls apart when you replace personal with Bank and companies with Taxpayers

Second GTA IV Patch Released, Early Look At DLC 41

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday January 25, 2009 @04:24AM from the more-dudes-with-guns dept.

IllusionMPN notes that a new patch has been issued for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV. It primarily contains bug fixes and optimization changes, though it's created an issue with some input devices. We're also starting to get hands-on previews of the upcoming downloadable "episodic content," The Lost and the Damned. Trailers and an achievement list are available as well. The original game's Niko Bellic won't have much of a role in the new content.

Comment The same congressmen? (Score 1) 243

by ctonchev on Thursday February 02, 2006 @11:43AM (#14626183) Attached to: Congressmen Condemn Companies for China Policies

Are these the same congressmen that have no problem shafting your rights for corporate profit? They don;t even blink when they pass laws like the DMCA and now the Broadcast flag discussion, but they are all up-in-arms when Chinese rghts are violated? Please give me a break. Sometimes I think it would be better to move to anotehr country that the US is "Rebuilding and helping" because the home front is being neglected.

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