Comment Just shut down the internet already (Score 0) 87
It's used by criminal elements
Comment Re:So? (Score 1) 148
yeah I thought this was hilarious spin.
this just in: slaves, most loyal employees (and immigrants) of all
Comment ESR's take (Score 1) 262
From the how to become a hacker faq (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html ) section "Points for Style"
The problem with screen names or handles deserves some amplification. Concealing your identity behind a handle is a juvenile and silly behavior characteristic of crackers, warez d00dz, and other lower life forms. Hackers don't do this; they're proud of what they do and want it associated with their real names. So if you have a handle, drop it. In the hacker culture it will only mark you as a loser.
I didn't agree with this when I first read it 10 years ago and I still don't. But, I do enjoy pointing out these hardline unilateralist viewpoints by purported advocates of Free ideologies
Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista 689
Anonymous writes "By now a lot has been reported on the new features and improvements in Ubuntu 8.10; it also looks like the OS is outperforming Vista in early benchmarking (Geekbench, boot times, etc.) At what point does this start to make a difference in the market place?" (And though there are lot of ways to benchmark computers, Ubuntu 8.10 with Compiz Fusion is certainly prettier on my Eee than the Windows XP that it came with.)
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