Comment Quick question about English vocabulary (Score 1) 182
Is extortion or shakedown a better word to describe the practice?
Comment this is as far from UNIX philosophy as you can get (Score 1) 466
so every time I install something which is bundled with (say) java, I'll get java every time? How many copies of java with inconsistent and possibly incompatible behaviour does a person need?
example, say I have an app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.0, which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
and then I have another app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.1 which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
wtf??? am I missing something here?
example, say I have an app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.0, which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
and then I have another app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.1 which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
wtf??? am I missing something here?
Comment Re:BitCoin (Score 1) 297
SOPA in greek translates to "Shut up!"
PIPA translates to (smoking) pipe, but it's also the word for "blowjob"
apt, isn't it?
PIPA translates to (smoking) pipe, but it's also the word for "blowjob"
apt, isn't it?
Comment Treat students like livestock! (Score 1) 515
How very educational.
Comment Re:But that isn't what this app does (Score 1) 122
I see your point and I agrree with the philosophy behind it. But in my post, "why" was a short way express "make a conjecture as to why based on that evidence alone"
Comment Re:TFA is evil (Score 1) 122
it also deprives you of the ability to keep to yourself whether you "just don't use facebook that often" or you just don't wanna add another useless contact.
Comment TFA is evil (Score 1) 122
Details about who doens't want to friend you and why should remain private. Then again that's true for most of the stuff posted on facebook but that's another story.
Comment What about Zaphod? (Score 1) 312
Why doesn't anyone ask about Zaphod Beeblebrox? He's from there, too, he's president of the fucking galaxy, and
[spoiler]
the most important person in the universe of the total perspective vortex
[/spoiler]
[spoiler]
the most important person in the universe of the total perspective vortex
[/spoiler]
Comment and quite a long time in coming, too (Score 1) 284
did I get asked for this? noooooo.
all extensions not explicitely allowed by the user should be disabled.
all extensions not explicitely allowed by the user should be disabled.
UK Gov't Wants To Block Internet Porn By Default 642
airfoobar writes "Yet another country wants to 'protect the children' by blocking all internet porn — not just child porn, all porn. The British gov will talk with ISPs next month to ask them to make porn blocking mandatory (and they appear more than happy to comply). As an effect, adults who want to access pornography through their internet connections will have to 'opt in.' Their rationale is that if ISPs have managed to block all child porn, they'll also be able to block all other porn as well."
Comment Re:Okay Anonymous Assholes (Score 1) 469
private
public
is there any kind of difference between these two words? maybe private stuff should stay private and public stuff should be public? imjustsaying
public
is there any kind of difference between these two words? maybe private stuff should stay private and public stuff should be public? imjustsaying
Comment Re:MS has mixed up 'Hacking' and 'Cracking' (Score 1) 215
It's not a hack, it's a feature
Scientists Find New Target For Alzhiemer's 107
GarryFre writes "Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found a new therapeutic target that can potentially lead to a new way to prevent the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The target called neutral sphingomyelinase (N-SMase) is a protein which, when activated, can cause a chain of reactions in the cell leading to neuronal death and memory loss. Already a substance has been found that shows some promise in halting the progression of the disease."
Comment Re:What ads? (Score 1) 250
And how do you feel about calling the process of filtering out unsolicited pieces of information from a server you didn't even choose to visit "freeloading?"
Maybe smug is the word you're looking for. Oh, wait...
Maybe smug is the word you're looking for. Oh, wait...
Slackware 13.1 Released 155
Several readers made sure we are aware that Slackware 13.1 release is out. Here's the list of mirrors. "Slackware 13.1 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.6.1, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy-to-use desktop environment, and KDE 4.4.3, a recent stable release of the new 4.4.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment."
