Slashdot Mirror


User: Spudtrooper

Spudtrooper's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
89
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 89

  1. Re:SSID on Police Investigate Offensive Wi-Fi Network Name · · Score: 1

    People called Romanes go the house?

  2. Re:A good idea on Top Authors Make eBook Deal, Bypassing Publishers · · Score: 1

    That still doesn't change the fact that I can't put Kindle files on my Sony Reader. Even though I don't have a Nook, I can still use B&N's ebooks (ePub) on my device.

  3. Re:How It's Different on PCLinuxOS 2009 Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    Tried it for a while. Got tired of having Amateur Hour on a computer my wife has to use and went back to a rock-solid Ubuntu LTS install.

  4. Re:profiles vs fast user switching on Google Releases Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta · · Score: 1

    There's an ad on this page? Where?

  5. Re:Save the Franchise? on LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews · · Score: 1

    The midichlorians make perfect sense if you think about what happens to Vader. As a whole-body person, he was supreme. The Emperor turned him to the Dark Side because of his power with the Force. Then Obi-Wan laid the smack down on Mustafar, reducing his body mass (and, thus, his midichlorian count) by 50%. After that, Vader was a mechanical wretch, the Emperor's little whipping boy unable to live up to his full potential. That's why the Emperor wanted Luke. He wasn't stunted like Vader was. He had the potential to be far more powerful than Vader. Vader is a truly tragic character. He turned to the Dark Side due to the promise of power, then he lost it all. Also, Dooku and/or Palpatine arranged for his mother to be kidnapped and tortured by the sandpeople. Anakin's fall was set up right away from his introduction. The prequels aren't as ham-fisted as people like to make out. But Jar Jar still sucks.

  6. Re:Because on 8 People Buy "I Am Rich" iPhone App For $1,000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I preferred Conjunction Junction.

  7. Re:The only real sport on Robots Aim To Top Humans At Air Hockey · · Score: 5, Funny

    How is a robot supposed to get a bear to stand still and open its mouth to throw in a ping pong ball?

  8. Re:Ugh... on Relics of Science History For Sale At Christie's · · Score: 5, Funny

    That cross belongs in a museum!

  9. Re:bad for some? on Blogging Now Good for You, Still Bad for Some · · Score: 1

    Notice that the article is talking only about writing blogs being good for you. It's universally accepted that reading blogs is bad (that's why nobody does it).

    That's right. Nobody reads your blog. Yes, I'm talking to you.

  10. Re:Elium-4? on Successful Cold Fusion Experiment? · · Score: 1

    But in Latin, Jehovah starts with an "I."

  11. I'm confused. on Fable 2 Follow Up a "Significant Scientific Achievement"? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So is he talking about Fable 2 (the follow-up to Fable) being the achievement, or the eventual follow-up to Fable 2?

  12. Re:Maybe... on Griefers Assault Epileptics Via Message Board · · Score: 1

    So is this why they took away the tag?

  13. Re:How long on Another Web-Based Game Targeting Casual Gamers Launches · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to current medical science, the answer is "3 days after they put up an online version of Starcraft."

  14. Re:Americans and EU should wait until on Microsoft Cuts Vista Price In 70 Countries · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Chinese may get it for $5, but they also have to live in China.

  15. Re:Not color, false color. on New Electron Microscope Shows Atoms in Color · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ted Turner, eat your heart out.

  16. Hmmm on Politicians and the Cyber-Bully Pulpit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sen. Scott Rupp has introduced Senate Bill 818, which would prohibit "cyber harassment" defined as conduct which "serves no legitimate purpose, that would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, and that actually causes substantial emotional distress to that person",

    Uh, isn't that the whole point of the internet?
  17. Re:I total misread that on Gravity Lamp Grabs Green Prize · · Score: 1

    mmmm...gravy lamp...aghghghghhggh
    </homer>

  18. Re:Retcon much, George? on Animated Film Set To Kick Off Star Wars TV Show · · Score: 4, Informative

    Strictly speaking, Anakin was promoted to Jedi Knight during the original Clone Wars animated mini-series, which means this series would take place sometime during the timespan glossed over by the mini-series (the long, drawn-out portion of the war).

  19. Oh great... on 'Safe Ebola' Created for Research · · Score: 1

    Now you know it's only a matter of time before somebody puts it into an energy drink.

    Rockstar: Now with Ebola!

  20. Re:New terrorist plot for TV on 14-Year-Old Turns Tram System Into Personal Train Set · · Score: 2, Funny

    Video games don't make trains crash, they just make kids fat!

  21. Re:Endless recreations of the Dead Parrot Sketch on Toshiba Execs Declare HD DVD Not Dead Yet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alternatively:

    Toshiba declares that HD-DVD feels happy, would like to go for a walk.

  22. Re:$208,569 on Afterlife Will Be Costly For Digital Films · · Score: 2, Funny

    A game of 52 Million Card Pickup, anyone?

  23. Re:Anthony Michael Hall on Weird Science Offered As University Class · · Score: 1

    Nope, but you can take English with Wyatt at Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX...

  24. Re:Microsoft employees bashing something non-MS? on Redmond's Heavy Guns Go After OpenSocial · · Score: 1

    Don't forget about RMS's Chair GNAT (GNAT's Not A Thrower).

  25. Re:Confusing The Issue on Does Hacking Grades Warrant 20 Years in Jail? · · Score: 1

    That was ingenious, and it's sad that most "hacking" these days in movies is portrayed with fancy 3D graphics rather than how it's really done.
    Hey, leave Weird Science out of this.