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:20PM
OpenSourceAllTheWay writes: Back when PCs were more boxy looking than today and people used floppy disks to store stuff there were a bunch of prank apps around that one could put on a DOS or Windows computer to annoy the hell out of siblings, classmates, coworkers and others. (Here is a listing of some older prank apps: https://www.prank-ideas-centra... and some more recent Android prank apps https://www.androidheadlines.c... ) Some prank apps would flip the Windows desktop upside down. Some would make the mouse pointer move in strange ways or make it give you the middle finger. Some would cause you to hit the right keyboard key and still mistype a word. Some would play an audio file in the background every now and then that gave the impression of your computer making strange noises for unknown reasons, even turning the OS volume up before the sound, and then down again, making it impossible to make the sounds stop. There are many more computer users today than there were back then. Yet there doesn't seem to be much new in the way of prank apps — at least for Windows. Why is that? Did Windows 8 cause PC users to lose their humor?
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byNossie
013 @09:39AM
(#43291737)
Attached to: Largest DDoS In History Reaches 300 Billion Bits Per Second
I think he is suggesting the RIAA and MPAA are going to convince their respective government that the land of clogs needs some 'democracy'
FUD I know, but I guess that's what you expect from COD players.
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byNossie
@02:22AM
(#43201151)
Attached to: Microsoft To Abandon Windows Phone?
yes, but being truthful Windows mobile was around for a very long time. What I found was that it was up to the carriers / manufacturers to update and keep support of the older devices and neither of them had any incentive to do so. Why upgrade a phone for free when you can force them into a new contract? I had that experience for years before I switched but then I was always cooking roms on xda developers.
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byNossie
@02:20AM
(#43201145)
Attached to: Microsoft To Abandon Windows Phone?
you sound almost as cynical and twisted as I am :D
For me the whole adware/spyware issue with Ubuntu put me over the edge and I switched to Mint w/ cinnamon but I really hated the idea of using Unity and still stuck to gnome.
I do think you are being a little harsh on mountain lion, yes it has some addition touch centric stuff but the majority of the uI hasn't changed. I just drop the addition icons out the dock on a fresh install.
I'm also still stuck on Win 7, I personally hate metro but I can half see it being useful on a mobile device. I'm just disturbed that MS is trying to force me to use something I'm not into. The truth though which they are trying to avoid is that, like the old windows media center - if you can turn it off, most people will.
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byNossie
@05:57PM
(#43199283)
Attached to: Microsoft To Abandon Windows Phone?
oh christ was my first thought to that....
I'm not a huge fan of Microsoft but I do feel for Nokia and the bus that their staff were thrown under.
I'd be kinda surprised if this is true though, Microsoft are known for flaunting failed products for years to save face. This would be another reason to add to the list for why metro sucks ... it's pretty sad that the whole windows ecosystem was imho designed from the mobile up rather than an extension of the desktop.
This sounds like FUD though and for once it's not coming out of Redmond.
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byNossie
3 @09:50AM
(#43148905)
Attached to: Facebook Knows If You're Gay, Use Drugs, Or Are a Republican
thank you for the information... after some googling though - I still can't find anything nefarious that ghostery is actually doing? It's probably a good idea to move away from this service but is there a smoking gun yet?
Are they doing anymore than no script or adblock when it comes to being selective about what they block or collect?
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byNossie
3 @07:59AM
(#43147823)
Attached to: Facebook Knows If You're Gay, Use Drugs, Or Are a Republican
And this here fellow /. readers is a prime example of a pedantic troll with no social skills.
Instead of saying 'I don't use either but it shows nothing for me, btw - did you know ghostery is ad industry funded and here is why?'
You attempt to belittle me for choosing the tool-set I do and provide absolutely no evidence to support your claims
http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/31/ghostery-a-web-tracking-blocker-that-actually-helps-the-ad-industry/
There, I just gave you one because I'm kind - any proof they are doing anything nefarious? like oh I don't know - adblock that whitelists people that pay?
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/02/05/reddit-whitelisted-by-adblock-plus-for-using-acceptable-online-advertisements/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-shaking-down-websites/
OMG, I provided another source - are you learning yet?
So troll, go back to your lynx browser - I have to wonder what the domain rpxnow.com knows about you though :)
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byNossie
@08:53PM
(#43145051)
Attached to: North Korea Kills Phone Line, 1953 Armistice; Kim Jong Un's Funds Found In China
is that you just catching on to that?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/arts/television/doomsday-preppers-and-doomsday-bunkers-tv-reality-shows.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/aug/30/america-religious-fundamentalists-rewrite-history
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byNossie
@08:12PM
(#43144813)
Attached to: Facebook Knows If You're Gay, Use Drugs, Or Are a Republican
I have discovered they apparently know nothing about me..
+1 no script /ghostery
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byNossie
013 @05:24AM
(#43090681)
Attached to: Gnome Founder Miguel de Icaza Moves To Mac
I'm still waiting on it happening...
Although with Windows 8 the writing is already on the wall.
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byNossie
013 @05:23AM
(#43090671)
Attached to: Gnome Founder Miguel de Icaza Moves To Mac
it has,
it's in all the devices around them and they don't even know it.
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byNossie
013 @01:46AM
(#42976665)
Attached to: RIAA: Google Failing To Demote Pirate Websites
I think most of them went to digg and then reddit.
All the best for slashdot me thinks.
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byNossie
2013 @11:54AM
(#42968589)
Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Starting From Scratch After a Burglary?
go down to your local LUG group and see if anyone has offered to sell 2nd hand un*x computers.
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byNossie
2013 @03:04AM
(#42869139)
Attached to: Of the Love of Oldtimers - Dusting Off a Sun Fire V1280 Server
it's a shame his bandwidth wont be wide enough to cope with all that communication to the mothership....
43137803
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byNossie
2013 @03:00AM
(#42869117)
Attached to: Of the Love of Oldtimers - Dusting Off a Sun Fire V1280 Server
and what's the comparison of power usage compared to your maxed out G4 and a consumer grade NAS?
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