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Comment: Re:MOVIN’ ON UP. (Score 1) 110

by TitusC3v5 (#46172273) Attached to: Second World War Code-cracking Computing Hero Colossus Turns 70
I wouldn't be sure about that. If I'd currently had mod points, I would have modded down all the off topic stuff, and I imagine there are plenty of other people with a similar mindset.

Regardless of whether or not the complaints have merit, clicking on a story to read the commentary only to see a sea of people frothing at the mouth over what will eventually be inconsequential stuff. Yes, inconsequential. I've been through several of these Slashdot revamps now, and it's always the same story: new layout introduced, the community loses its shit, it eventually goes live and everybody gets used to it and it's a non-issue.

Comment: Re:MOVIN' ON UP. (Score 1) 110

by TitusC3v5 (#46171743) Attached to: Second World War Code-cracking Computing Hero Colossus Turns 70
I don't see the grey on grey you speak of. My only real issue with the beta format so far is the excessive amount of whitespace. Or perhaps I'm just impartial since I tend to spend more time at Ars (where Slashdot seems to pull a large number of their stories) than here.

Edit: Oh, and the lack of auto-fill for the subject of new comments. Almost forgot about that one.

Comment: Re:What assholes (Score 1, Troll) 142

by TitusC3v5 (#46098325) Attached to: Oracle Broadens Legal Fight Against Third-party Solaris Support Providers
What they're doing wrong is that they're suing somebody for doing EXACTLY what they do with their rebranded Red Hat distro. Yes, Red Hat is FOSS so it's fair game whereas the proprietary Oracle stuff is not, but that doesn't make it any less hypocritical or Oracle any less vile.

Comment: Re:Dont do anyone any favors (Score 5, Insightful) 644

by TitusC3v5 (#46054787) Attached to: Court Says Craigslist Sperm Donor Must Pay Child Support
While I broadly agree, it doesn't appear the lesbian couple actually asked for the guy to pay child support; that was all on the state's initiative.

Citing the above, since it's very relevant. The issue here is it's a government agency abusing a loophole (well, not really a loophole since it's intended, I suppose) to get paid back for $6000 in state services. They've essentially gotten a two for one deal - not only do they get reimbursed for the matter, but they also managed to set a nice little precedent for future cases like this.

In short, make sure the blame stays on the Kansas Department for Children and Families.

Comment: Re:Most visitors... (Score 1) 231

by TitusC3v5 (#46054249) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Reimagine a Library?
For online book stores, you really should be using an e-reader. You usually can preview the first several chapters, and there's a huge selection of books on both B&N and Amazon that costs about the price of a soda.

I don't disagree, however. On the occasion that I do want a physical copy of a book, I almost always hit up the local bookstores first.

Comment: Re:Why would he be arrested? (Score 1) 399

Did any of the aiding the enemy nonsense even make it to the list he was tried for?

From what I remember from the list, the charges he was hit with were a bunch of unauthorized access and theft like charges; I don't remember him being convicted of any aiding the enemy-type charges.

Comment: Re:One word (Score 2, Interesting) 172

by TitusC3v5 (#44686957) Attached to: Yahoo! Sports Redesign Sparks Controversy, Disdain From Users
Judging by the other replies, I seem to be one of the few people who actually finds the redesign to be easier to read. I always hated the old design, though I'm not a regular visitor of Yahoo Sports in any way. Come to think of it, that may be why - are we sure this isn't just a case of Change is Bad?

Comment: Re:Dunno, I'm pretty happy without cable... (Score 1) 304

by TitusC3v5 (#44579279) Attached to: Why Internet Television Isn't Quite Ready To Save Us From Cable TV
I haven't had cable or satellite TV in over ten years. I watch the occassional movie on Netflix, and I watch a few channels on Youtube on a regular basis (The Young Turks, Angry Video Game Nerd, Black Nerd Comedy, Ray William Johnson, and a smattering of unsigned artists). But by and large my downtime is spent either playing games, mostly online, or reading. Plain old television simply hasn't had a place in my life for over a decade.

The steady state of disks is full. -- Ken Thompson