Slashdot Mirror


User: zwarte+piet

zwarte+piet's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
707
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 707

  1. Re:Hangings on US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures · · Score: 1

    I thought they were supplied with wooden bullets that blast into a thousand harmless pieces when fired.

  2. Save yourself and the tsa the hassle on 87-Year-Old World War II Veteran Takes On the TSA · · Score: 1

    If he knows he's goin to fly, maybe just bring the metal shoes in the suitcase and get some 'flying shoes' for the trip.

  3. Re:Coming to a Soviet state near you on TSA Airport Screenings Now Start Before You Arrive At the Airport · · Score: 1

    In Netherlands you are required to have a passport, driver's license or id card with you at all times.

  4. Re:That article was fucking awful. on Crossing the Divide From Software Dev To Hardware Dev · · Score: 1

    Can't wait till chip manufacturers have their tools so flexible that they can offer to make small series of custom designs for an affordable price and a quick turnaround time, like what pcb prototyping services are now.

  5. Re:Everything is easier today! on Crossing the Divide From Software Dev To Hardware Dev · · Score: 1

    Wirewrapping and blinkenlichten. Sounds like fun. :)

  6. Re:Everything is easier today! on Crossing the Divide From Software Dev To Hardware Dev · · Score: 1

    Nobody makes you use clocks in the Gigaherz range. Atmel and numerous other brands still make 8 bit microcontrollers that can go as low as 32khz or as high as 20Mhz. Is up to you and all the hf stuff happens in the chip anyway. Recently designed a vending machine controller with an all thru-hole board and a clock of 3.386Mhz. No problem.

  7. Re:That article was fucking awful. on Crossing the Divide From Software Dev To Hardware Dev · · Score: 1

    I always assumed a microcontroller on the mainboard does all the setting up before setting starting the processor.

  8. Re:doesnt matter on First Few Doctor Who Episodes May Fall To Public Domain Next Year · · Score: 1

    no sound or picture but they still smell funny.

  9. Re:Morons who believe the 'recycle' lie on First Few Doctor Who Episodes May Fall To Public Domain Next Year · · Score: 1

    Well, that was informative. Thanks. Now go wash your mouth with soap young man.

  10. Re:The public paid for them, the BBC threw them aw on BBC Unveils Newly Discovered Dr.Who Episodes · · Score: 1

    Talking of standards, I find that dvd copies of tv series from the early seventies seem to have less noise (almost none) compared to the ones from the late seventies/early eighties. (Strictly talking PAL here) I guess, they must have moved to cheaper technology, wich isn't all bad cause stuff from that era is still available wheras a lot of the older stuff is lost because they reused the tapes.

  11. Re:Cool. on Qualcomm to Build Neuro-Inspired Chips · · Score: 1

    I suppose the factory training could be a starting point for the device to learn further.

  12. Re:Obligatory on Qualcomm to Build Neuro-Inspired Chips · · Score: 1

    But Cyberdyne uses motorola 6502 processors for everything no?

  13. Microsoft Delphi? on South African Education Department Bans Free and Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    *Scratches head*

  14. Re:Don't give a shit. on Will Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Stay With MySQL? · · Score: 1

    But you care enough to tell us about how little you care....

  15. Re:Coding on Windows on Learning To Code: Are We Having Fun Yet? · · Score: 1

    Oof! That one's got a beard.

  16. Some old books still sell new on Ask Slashdot: Prioritizing Saleable Used Computer Books? · · Score: 2

    Like "The art of software testing" from 1976. Or the C programming language by Kerningham and Richie. I would certainly save the classics.

  17. Re:The Major is right though on Student Arrested For Using Phone App To 'Shoot' Classmates · · Score: 1

    If he lets one go and people die, then he's not eating right.

  18. Re:nuclear bomb hoax on It Takes 2.99 Gigajoules To Vaporize a Human Body · · Score: 1

    It might be enough to discolor wood exposed to the flash, so eery shadows on walls and doors would be possible.....

  19. Re:TWO POINT NINE NINE GIGAJOULES?! on It Takes 2.99 Gigajoules To Vaporize a Human Body · · Score: 1

    Jiggajools?

  20. Re:KVM? on Crooks Arrested Over KVM-Based Bank Heist Attempt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Using mice in computers is not recommended, they chew on the wires and poo and pee on the boards. I've been using the MIC (Mice In Cat) protocol to prevent that.

  21. Re:Really? on SSD Failure Temporarily Halts Linux 3.12 Kernel Work · · Score: 1

    Yeah, why didn't he just set his systemclock back to just before the ssd failure and copy everything.

  22. Re:Poor statistics on SSD Annual Failure Rates Around 1.5%, HDDs About 5% · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I would like to know that too.

  23. Re:Speed limits don't work on EU Proposes To Fit Cars With Speed Limiters · · Score: 1

    Yeah, same with automatic transmission... yawn

  24. Re:Already exists, sort of. on EU Proposes To Fit Cars With Speed Limiters · · Score: 1

    We'll just make opening the hood/bonnet illegal.

  25. Re:No need for cameras. on EU Proposes To Fit Cars With Speed Limiters · · Score: 1

    Tomtom does it also. Off topic: I had a bit of fun with my tomtom last year and stuck it on the window of the passenger jet I was traveling in. It neatly displyed where I was and that I was going 960 km/h and occasionaly warned for speeds cameras and speeding. I was slightly disappointed when the flightcrew told me to turn it off during landing.