Slashdot Mirror


User: Mike+Buddha

Mike+Buddha's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
1,606
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 1,606

  1. Re:When doing anything involving the ocean on Wave Power Fails To Live Up To Promise · · Score: 2

    That's what the sensationalists would have you believe.

  2. Re:Not sure if troll but.. on Harvard's CompSci Intro Course Boasts Record-Breaking Enrollment · · Score: 1

    Eastern time zone, Doctor Who.

  3. Re:I am shocked! on Harvard's CompSci Intro Course Boasts Record-Breaking Enrollment · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of people in the world who will maintain your vehicle for a reasonable price. Same with your computers.

  4. Re:Linux, cryptography, HTML and JavaScript. on Harvard's CompSci Intro Course Boasts Record-Breaking Enrollment · · Score: 1

    If you don't think Javascript is computer science, you either don't know Javascript or don't know computer science.

  5. Re:finally on Amazon Instant Video Now Available On Android · · Score: 1

    Works on my Note 3.

  6. Old news. on Whole Organ Grown In Animal For First Time · · Score: 1

    Animals have had whole organs growing in them for years!

  7. Re:The Tools of Science on 13-Year-Old Finds Fungus Deadly To AIDS Patients Growing On Trees · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since when is collecting samples and cataloging them not hard science? Not particularly difficult, but most definitely hard science.

  8. Re:Agile can fuck off. on Latest Wikipedia Uproar Over 'Superprotection' · · Score: 2

    Agile development is the fastest way to organically grow your shitstorm.

  9. Re:Torvalds is true to form.... on Linus Torvalds: 'I Still Want the Desktop' · · Score: 1

    What corporate?

  10. Re: Probability of roll for advantage/disadvantage on Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook Released · · Score: 1

    I first learned about statistics from reading an article in Dragon magazine about doing a Chi-squared test to determine which of your dice rolls more favorably for you. I learned probability from playing D&D. Like it or not, the two are inexorably tied, and for some of us, that's part of the fun.

  11. Re:Pathfinder? on Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook Released · · Score: 1

    I'd like to play Pathfinder adventures with 5e rules. Pathfinder has too many rules.

  12. Re:5e: Best D&D, MHO on Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook Released · · Score: 1

    I really hated the paperwork involved with gaining a level in 3e & 3.5e. 3e was worse, though. What skills do you want to raise? Does that skill have any other skills that it synergizes with? Is the synergy active at this skill level? If so, do you want to spend less on that skill and more on another that doesn't have a synergy yet? Bah. I'm not interested in games that are as complicated as the tax code for no good reason. All the rules just slowed everything down. They added nothing to the gameplay. Nothing that couldn't be added by having a player make a DC modified by their class and level, that is.

  13. Re:Flaws? on Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook Released · · Score: 2

    IMO 5e is better than 0e, 1e, 2e, 3e, 3.5e, and 4e. It's a culmination of the best elements of all these editions, with none of the crap. It's a svelte paragon of the D&D genre that puts the gameplay back into the rolling of dice to determine success, without the irritating paperwork involved in 2e-3.5e. Most of 4e was pitched :)

  14. Re:The obvious /. question... on New HP Laptop Would Mean Windows at Chromebook Prices · · Score: 1

    Locked BIOS.

  15. Re:Apple problem. on Microsoft's Windows 8 App Store Is Full of Scamware · · Score: 1

    Oh but you know they're chomping at the bit to. Ever since they introduced their app store for OS X a few years back...

  16. Re: sigh on Ask Slashdot: Life Beyond the WRT54G Series? · · Score: 1

    It's not their fault. It's duck.com's ISP that's causing the problem.

  17. Re:Nice on the aspect ratio on NVIDIA Launches Tegra K1-Based SHIELD Tablet, Wireless Controller · · Score: 1

    Not if you're reading comic books. 9:16 is perfect for that.

  18. No doubt that gold plated connectors don't oxidize, but does the oxidation cause real issues with sound quality, in any meaningful measurement? How much oxidation would be required before a noticable degradation in signal would occur?

  19. Re:Sound Cards are good enough? on Ode To Sound Blaster: Are Discrete Audio Cards Still Worth the Investment? · · Score: 1

    My experience with NewEgg has been impeccable as far as support goes. Try again.

  20. Re:Sound Cards are good enough? on Ode To Sound Blaster: Are Discrete Audio Cards Still Worth the Investment? · · Score: 2

    A quick glance over at Newegg would throw into question your statement that "most intel/amd sound chips don't support high range, 5.1 or 7.1 surround". Supporting 5.1 & 7.1 surround are de rigeur on even the low end motherboards that are available. As far as "high range", if you don't define it, I guess we don't know if they support it.

  21. Re:Back in the day? on Ode To Sound Blaster: Are Discrete Audio Cards Still Worth the Investment? · · Score: 1

    I had a sound driver that could play digitized audio over my case buzzer. Worked OK on my laptop.

  22. Re:No. on Ode To Sound Blaster: Are Discrete Audio Cards Still Worth the Investment? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Soundblaster cards don't have the imaginary qualities audiophiles look for?

  23. Re:Where the fault lies? on Avast Buys 20 Used Phones, Recovers 40,000 Deleted Photos · · Score: 1

    IOS full device encryption is only activated when a passcode is added to the device. Android's works the exact same way. If you don't have a passcode on your iPhone, your device is NOT encrypted, and resetting your device will have the exact same vulnerability to these kinds of data restoration tools.

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht...

  24. Re:google doens't need to stir up dissent on Google Reinstating Some 'Forgotten' Links · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There are plenty of laws in existence to deal with libelous or legally damaging stories on the internet. Why does this law need to exist outside of those existing methods? Well, that would be to force Google to do the job of the courts in the EU, of course.

    Personally, I wouldn't have a problem if all these instances were adjudicated by a court first, and Google was handed a list of "when a user searches for this, this specific link should be omitted" rather than the cop out "Google has to look at each request and decide what fits" BS.

  25. Re:Reminds me of Chromecast on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    Hmm. I use power from the TV USB port, so it shuts off when I turn off the TV.