Comments on: US Expelled Saudi Students For Using Pirate Software, Official Says

By: us0r

us0r — Mon, 19 May 2014 15:10:00 +0000

But if you are a Saudi princess you may keep slaves in your apartment!

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Mon, 19 May 2014 02:06:49 +0000

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By: SCP-682

SCP-682 — Sun, 18 May 2014 07:46:00 +0000

It is getting better.GIMP used to have its tools in a separate window, but now it’s off to the side of the picture.

By: bug menot

bug menot — Sun, 18 May 2014 05:49:00 +0000

Even sicker was bureaucrats who worked to help people resettle outside Germany and got overrode by genocidal maniacs because they ‘were’nt quick enough’. One was bad, but the other policy that replaced it was just vile.

By: bug menot

bug menot — Sun, 18 May 2014 05:44:00 +0000

Irony: NSA and the like are involved in creating *censored* and then *cough*AFLAC*cough* them across Asia and South America. (seriously though, much spyware comes in the form of ‘free’ discs full of stuff)

By: bug menot

bug menot — Sun, 18 May 2014 05:41:00 +0000

I remember when I first learned Windows 95. I actually knew what most of the registry entries were for. It was like exploring and making a map in your head. Man, the learning curve on Windows and DOS was a lot harder back when you didn’t have soooooo much troubleshooting information and fix-it tips all over the place. Nowadays we have Debian which has maybe a handful of configuration files that’d you’d ever want to mess with and they mostly have GUIs to configure them just like in Mac/Windows worlds. That or you can just Google what to change and copy your old file before doing it.

By: bug menot

bug menot — Sun, 18 May 2014 05:36:00 +0000

A simple VM with rollback capabilities is also pretty damn private, if behind a proxy. :)

By: bug menot

bug menot — Sun, 18 May 2014 05:34:00 +0000

Ugh, a live CD or WUBI sounds more useful to that user. Run virus/malware scans on the other OS. I’ve gotten in the habit of having at least 2 OSes on my PCs since being able to go from say a broke Windows 7 to XP or KDE is very handy. Even more so if you upgrade to a 2nd HDD and put the newer OS on the faster and bigger one. If one dies, you can at least still get even a newbie user to their browser instantly without dealing with ultrasmall screens or slow performance of tablets/phones. Only annoying bit is having to install drivers 2x. :(

By: Another_Lurker

Another_Lurker — Sun, 18 May 2014 05:29:00 +0000

I was serious, I do not think the average ICE id10t would know there is FOSS applications that do not demand any payment to use.

By: bug menot

bug menot — Sun, 18 May 2014 05:29:00 +0000

Was gonna say, yeah. Even Debian has gotten pretty easy since Wheezy (7). Actually, I quit using Ubuntu-based distros since I like the stability of ultra-conservative paranoid uncle Debian who’s always a few years behind (on untested features). ;)