Military Choppers Fire Machine Guns Over Miami; Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1

Don't miss a single issue of Slashback. Add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your address book. Military Choppers Fire Machine Guns Over Miami Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1 Microsoft Blasts PC Makers for Windows 8 Failure How EVE Online Dealt With a 3,000-Player Battle Proxied Torrents Could End ISP Subpoenas Hot Comment: Why JJ Abrams when you could get Peter Jackson? From the Vault: Rush Limbaugh Begs Steve Jobs for Bug Fixes Watch It: Making LinuxFest Northwest Happen Poll Booth: Current favorite still-image camera type Military Choppers Fire Machine Guns Over Miami Multiple police agencies and the military were "conducting training exercises over Miami this week and elsewhere in the county. The exercise included military helicopters firing machine-gun blanks while flying over highways and buildings. Sound Off>> Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1 A Linux user explains why he switched to Windows 3.1. At least in part. Yes, he switched to Windows 3.1--the 16-bit one that came out in 1992...over 20 years ago. It started when he was looking for a good graphics program for his Android tablet. And now he's pondering how far he can take this. Sound Off>> Microsoft Blasts PC Makers for Windows 8 Failure The Register reports that Microsoft is blaming PC makers for underwhelming Windows 8 sales over the holidays and is "frustrated with major OEMs who didn't build nearly enough touch systems." PC manufacturers have hit back, saying that they "would have been saddled with the costs of a huge pile of unsold units." Sound Off>>     How EVE Online Dealt With a 3,000-Player Battle A mis-click led to an epic tale on the space MMORPG EVE Online this week. The leader of a huge coalition accidentally warped himself into enemy territory without his support fleet. After calling upon every ally he could, the enemy rallied, leading to an incredible 3,000-player battle. Sound Off>> Proxied Torrents Could End ISP Subpoenas Bennett Haselton writes that the continuing war on movie pirating will give rise to p2p software that proxifies your downloads through other users. This model would make it impossible for third parties to identify the source or destination of the file transfer--potentially ending the era of movie studios subpoenaing ISPs for the identities of end users and taking those users to court. Sound Off>> Why JJ Abrams when you could get Peter Jackson? "And turn Star Wars 7 into Star Wars 7, 8, and 9?" --by ohnocitizen Read More>> Rush Limbaugh Begs Steve Jobs for Bug Fixes Five years ago, Rush Limbaugh complained on his radio program about some problems that he was having with his Mac: "Mr. Jobs, please help me. I know we don't agree on anything ... But can you put me to somebody that can get this going, because I know it's gotta work for most people. What am I doing wrong?" Read More>> Making LinuxFest Northwest Happen Meet Jakob Perry, one of the organizers of LinuxFest Northwest, an annual event entering its 14th year produced by the Bellingham Linux Users Group, and volunteers from other northwest U.S. open source user groups. Jakob talks about what goes into putting on the event, which drew 1,200 attendees last year, and offers advice for anyone who wants to start a Linux conference. Watch the Video>> Current favorite still-image camera type: Film camera (35mm or smaller film) Film camera (film > 35mm) Fixed-lens digicam of some kind Digital SLR in conventional 35mm size Micro 4/3,Q, or other newfangled mount Whatever came with the phone I [am indifferent toward/hate] them all equally Other; I'll explain my favorite below Cast Your Vote>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.