Comment NO! (Score 2) 5
There is no new version of Slackware in sight!
Comment Re:Just The Facts (Score -1, Troll) 134
Socialism is caused by bad parenting and laziness.
Maybe it is.. However I think it's actually a learned behavior which is systematically taught though the public education system and under the guise of "not being selfish" and "fairness".
Kids are born understanding capitalism in it's unbridled form. Just watch a group of 2 year olds interact. They have the base concept engrained in them.... I want MORE than you...
The problem is socialism doesn't work for the very reason why 2 year olds act like they do, folks want more but don't want to work for it. It's human nature and it cannot be suppressed enough for socialism to work. It can work in a capitalistic society though. One just have to add the concept of hard work being the means of getting more and that "fairness" is defined as equal opportunity, not equal results and you are there. Those are concepts that many adults don't understand these days... But time and the wisdom that comes with it may fix that.
Comment How many of these are really worthwhile? (Score 2) 68
I don't know much about community internet networks, but I notice that Q-Life where I live in The Dalles is listed. The touted success story is likely mostly true with Q-Life being important in bringing the Google data centers here, but the Internet service available here is about as bad and expensive as anywhere.
Comment It's been tried and the result was not good (Score 1) 313
Back in the 1970s and 80s Seymour Papert and colleagues developed the programming language Logo with the goal of using it to help children learn mathematics and critical thinking. As part of the proselytizing the Logo group convince the school district in Watertown, MA to include this (along with Bank Street Writer and other now forgotten advances) in the curriculum. Our children suffered through this and, along with many others, it nearly destroyed their interest in computers even though they had been happily exposed to them (starting with keypunches!) from infancy. They survived the experience but I've seen no evidence that any significant number of Watertown children benefited from that experiment.
Comment "Scientists" find scientists are better people! (Score 1) 315
And they are smarter too
Comment When did advertisements come to /. front page? (Score 1) 698
And why?
Comment Re:People still bank at Chase? (Score 1) 398
There are over 8,000 financial institutions in the US right now. I guarantee that if you look locally, you will find a community bank or credit union that meets your needs and provides all the services of the "big guys."
What a silly remark! The Dalles, Oregon, is a prime example where one of the community banks failed and the other community banks and credit unions to not come close to meeting my needs.
Comment I doubt my wife knows (Score 1) 3
see as she has been using it as long as it has been available!
Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? 790
Wired has an amusing writeup that accurately captures the most recent ridiculous addition to Bugatti's automobile catalog. The $2.1 million Veyron sports over 1,000 horsepower, a 16-cylinder engine, and a top speed of 245 mph. The guilty conscience comes for free. "That same cash-filled briefcase could buy seven Ferrari 599s or every single 2009 model Mercedes. You could snap up a top-shelf Maybach and employ a chauffeur until well past the apocalypse. Hell, in this economy, $2.1 million is probably enough to make you a one-man special-interest group with some serious Washington clout."
Draconian DRM Revealed In Windows 7 1127
TechForensics writes "A few days' testing of Windows 7 has already disclosed some draconian DRM, some of it unrelated to media files. A legitimate copy of Photoshop CS4 stopped functioning after we clobbered a nagging registration screen by replacing a DLL with a hacked version. With regard to media files, the days of capturing an audio program on your PC seem to be over (if the program originated on that PC). The inputs of your sound card are severely degraded in software if the card is also playing an audio program (tested here with Grooveshark). This may be the tip of the iceberg. Being in bed with the RIAA is bad enough, but locking your own files away from you is a tactic so outrageous it may kill the OS for many persons. Many users will not want to experiment with a second sound card or computer just to record from online sources, or boot up under a Linux that supports ntfs-3g just to control their files." Read on for more details of this user's findings.
Submission + - Does any company power down at night? 11
An anonymous reader writes: My Health Sciences Campus has about 8,000 computers on desks, and any night about half of them are left on. I know, because I track all the MAC addresses in case there is a virus outbreak. Aside from the current fad of "being green", has anyone had any success in encouraging users to power-down at night? Eliminate running bots, protect yourself from the next virus outbreak, keep your data safe, etc. My esteemed director's view: "I log off of my PC at night". Or does it matter, security wise, let alone power consumption wise?
Journal Journal: OPLC in vain
Please be patien to read my story with linux first.
I always call my machine, launching Linux only, linux box or my box. It is my, not box only. I always enjoy my computer in a normal user and switch to root with "su" when need to do system-wide maintaining work. I compile all the software with "./configure --prefix=/usr/local/xxx" and then make a link to it from /usr/local/bin. The updating work for this software is quite easy--just delete the directory for it, sometimes some
Comment Did anyone expect this would reduce spam? (Score 1) 249
This is certainly what was expected by everyone I've discussed this with!
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