Mithrandir

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Intel, Samsung, Toshiba band together(thinq.co.uk)
2 points by Mithrandir 16y ago|0 comments
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Class Action Suits Target Google, Facebook, Zynga(threatpost.com)
3 points by Mithrandir 16y ago|1 comments
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French watchdog forces Google to clarify AdWords(thinq.co.uk)
2 points by Mithrandir 16y ago|0 comments
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
If a cyber-terrorist wants to cause havoc, he/she will find a way; the best way for them to get around this would be to move to another country where such laws are nonexistent. And who will be controlling regulation of such back-doors? The
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
You can disagree with legalizing marijuana, and even hate the drug, but don't hate the people who use it. I personally have never used marijuana, nor ever intend to do so, but I don't hate the people who use it because I don't who they ar
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
According to ABC News [1], these new "pat-downs" will not likely prevent someone like the Underwear Bomber from boarding. 1: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/tsa-pat-procedure-airports/story?id...
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
In "The Hacker Ethic", there is an allegory used describing how hackers work that uses Sundays and Fridays as the example: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2ecd9b8 (Google Books) http://slashdot.org/books/01/03/06/1751250.shtml (Slashdot revi
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
There is a bit of a bad psychological effect on HNers: don't say things that might get people angry/to disagree, or your Karma goes down. But there is also a good psychological effect as well: don't say stupid things (like "LOL, wut?"), o
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Ubuntu moves away from GNOME(networkworld.com)
3 points by Mithrandir 16y ago|0 comments
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
Oh, people can break computers alright. Give them a picture of small kittens or of porn and, believe me, they'll find a way.
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
In that case, you'll also need a bill for Bill Gates, rms, Steve Wozniak, Linus Torvalds...
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
At least on TinyUrl, you can preview links (prefix the links like: "preview.tinyurl..) But you are correct about sites going down. Biy.ly or TinyUrl goes down, so do the links.
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
> BTW the Usenet still exists, even if it's not that active anymore. GGroups has been the cause of most spam on Usenet for years. It's also sad because some of the people who aren't regular spammers think that when they post to a newsgr
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
Interesting discussions on it at: http://tinyurl.com/2cepr72 and http://tinyurl.com/25pgqql More in-depth post at: http://allanmcrae.com/2010/10/big-python-transition-in-arch-... Seems there's not a lot of uproar or cheering on it (th
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
Just tried it and got errors galore. Oh well, I'll keep trying.
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
I was talking about the catchphrase "open-source", not what the OSI talks about. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
Generally, the reason why some vehemently hate proprietary software is on ethical and idealogical issues; some I agree with, others I don't. Notice how much more popular Ubuntu is than Fedora, a distro that is more strict against proprietar
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
Sad, but so true. Perhaps one day those companies will listen to the free software movement and take it seriously. In the meantime, we need to take care that FOSS doesn't kill itself with in-fighting. We've got to find a middle-ground of
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
Open source (or should I say, the catchphrase open-source) lets you "see" the source code, but not use it. It's more loose than: Free software (some call it "libre") lets you see and use the source code. Proprietary does not let you do ei
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
And in the same token, promotion (or helping, making available, whatever) of proprietary software can turn people away from free software. Either way, however, it's a matter of opinion. BTW, it's not about making sure rms doesn't get pissed
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
I do agree with some of what you said. There are still people who have never heard of Gimp. Tell then that it's an alternative to Photoshop and they say "What's Gimp?" or "What's Photoshop?" followed by a lengthy explanation, tagged with q
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
Correct, but we also must have ethics. If we throw those out with the trash, then we've lost a helluva lot more than money. I'm not against someone installing Adobe Air on their Ubuntu machine (that's their business.) But when we start enco
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
It's too bad that Canonical has, in effect, surfed the wave of free software, but refused to be a integral part of it, as they really could be. It's disappointing that they are "open-source" but not free. Including Adobe Air and Flash in th
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
The third story's name should also be "Don't be nasty to little kids, jerkface." :)
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
To quote: He [Stephan Kramer] said the debate about immigration was making people "uneasy and scared". Reminds me of what's going on in the States, albeit a much different atmosphere.
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by Mithrandir 16y ago
No worse than the X.Org server, which some people (for awhile, myself included) end up calling "xorg". 8|