Comment Angry Yugo (Score 1) 56
Great thought, just missed.
Comment Cue the fat and lazy camels (Score 2) 367
"leave camels out of its activities altogether." If not being herded around in the desert, handled by camel herders, then what are camels for? Advertising smokes I guess. And more importantly, won't somebody please think of the dromedaries?
Comment They don't make rocks like they used to (Score 1) 48
I liked it when rocks took thousands of years to be nudged around by hunks of ice. These new rocks are pushovers.
Comment Apropos (Score 1) 156
"I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain." - Leia
Well, now we know Han was trying to kick and lasers were his methadone. .. And, from the footer on /. right now..
"It's easier to take it apart than to put it back together. -- Washlesky"
Comment Vimperator: surprisingly effective and liberating (Score 4, Interesting) 417
There are similar add-ons for Chrome, but Vimperator on Firefox is fabulous for my needs. Everything else looks a cluttered, redundant mess. I am despise the URL bar.
Comment Breaking Story: (Score 1, Insightful) 374
Humor is rooted in pain and suffering.
Story at 11. and 11. and 11.
Comment Misleading Quote (Score 2) 51
No where does the source article correlate the statistics to "passing" or not. The editorial article does.
Said differently, only one-third of agencies and departments evaluated received a passing grade"
"Said differently" being the key phrase.
How To Find Bad Programmers 359
AmberShah writes "The job post is your potential programmer's first impression of your company, so make it count with these offputting features. There are plenty of articles about recruiting great developers, but what if you are only interested in the crappy ones?" I think much of the industry is already following these guidelines.
Yellowstone Supervolcano Larger Than First Thought 451
drewtheman writes "New studies of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park shows the plume and the magma chamber under the volcano are larger than first thought and contradicts claims that only shallow hot rock exists. University of Utah research professor of geophysics Robert Smith led four separate studies that verify a plume of hot and molten rock at least 410 miles deep that rises at an angle from the northwest."
Submission + - Maintaining a Windows 2000 for the long term
MarkWatson writes: "I sometimes need to use Windows in my consulting business although I prefer Linux and OS X for doing software development and writing. I keep two Windows machines: a Windows 2000 laptop (bought with XP,but installed an old Windows 2000 license and Linux) and a desktop with XP (dual boot to Linux).
I would like to avoid ever buying a PC with Vista, a situation that looks good because I believe both my Windows systems are reliable, fast, and will service my Windows needs for the long term.
My problem is this: I like Windows 2000 better for a few reasons, but mainly because the license is transferable. I would like to still be using Windows 2000 5 years from now in a secure and reliable way (again, just for when I need Windows).
Since I am far from a Windows expert, I would like to know your strategy for archiving Microsoft's latest Windows 2000 updates, and generally dealing with security issues. My strategy is to set my firewall up to run in stealth mode and not use Windows for general web browsing.
Any suggestions will be appreciated!"
I would like to avoid ever buying a PC with Vista, a situation that looks good because I believe both my Windows systems are reliable, fast, and will service my Windows needs for the long term.
My problem is this: I like Windows 2000 better for a few reasons, but mainly because the license is transferable. I would like to still be using Windows 2000 5 years from now in a secure and reliable way (again, just for when I need Windows).
Since I am far from a Windows expert, I would like to know your strategy for archiving Microsoft's latest Windows 2000 updates, and generally dealing with security issues. My strategy is to set my firewall up to run in stealth mode and not use Windows for general web browsing.
Any suggestions will be appreciated!"
