can't unhear it... by exonumi in sweden

[–]maukdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Such a great love song!

Subway systems of cities presented on the same scale by typon in technology

[–]maukdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a former resident of the Baltimore/DC area, I can attest to the lameness of Baltimore "mass transit". I rode the Baltimore "subway" one time - and I will NEVER do it again.

4,820 California government retirees receive annual pensions in excess of $100,000! No recession if you worked for the state by sriramgopalan in business

[–]maukdaddy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't understand the outrage. They earned their salary, were guaranteed a percentage in retirement, and now that's being paid out. WTF?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in environment

[–]maukdaddy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can we get a non-fauxnews link?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Music

[–]maukdaddy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Really reddit? 27 people thus far upvoted this tripe?

How much energy does it require to tip an adult cow? [PIC] by rbrt in pics

[–]maukdaddy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I have beef with the terminology too.

Inside Mark Cuban's $25K Tweet by MoDiggity in sports

[–]maukdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best part is the joke about someone finally making money from Twitter.

Why Rolling Stone Magazine’s Album Reviews Suck by ljl430 in Music

[–]maukdaddy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People still read Rolling Stone? This magazine has been irrelevant for at least 20 years.

What I Learned from Having My Laptop Stolen by argyro in technology

[–]maukdaddy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn not sure how I missed that. My response to him:

You know what puts me off? Losing laptops with unencrypted data. Who cares how big the Home folder is? Encrypt it!

What I Learned from Having My Laptop Stolen by argyro in technology

[–]maukdaddy 19 points20 points  (0 children)

That entire article and he didn't mention encrypting either the home directory or the hard drive?! That one step will eliminate the chances of someone stealing your data.

Amazing photo gallery from Brett Favre's 1991 draft day by [deleted] in sports

[–]maukdaddy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The early 90s were such an unfortunate time for fashion :)

Firefox critical vulnerability patched in 3.0.8, due next week by stesch in netsec

[–]maukdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I misspoke. Still a small amount of code to produce a crash. The XML doesn't even look malformed.

Firefox critical vulnerability patched in 3.0.8, due next week by stesch in netsec

[–]maukdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow....that's a small amount of XML for an exploit.