Slashdot Mirror


User: justcauseisjustthat

justcauseisjustthat's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
221
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 221

  1. Market will decide on US Banks To Test ATMs Which Accept Your Smartphone Instead Of Cards (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It's interesting that every vendor tries a slightly different approach to give or get money, it's probably going to take 5-10 yrs for a standard to prevail.
    By the time this new standard prevails there will be an approach using quantum encryption using Personal IDs.

  2. He should be suing for $53 million on Kanye West Is Reportedly Considering Legal Action Against the Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    If he won , he could stop begging. Mind you, I wouldn't turn down $53 million. Is that begging :-)

  3. Protect the corporations on Authorities Arrest Activists Instead of Those Responsible For CA Gas Leak (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 0

    We must protect the corporations at all cost, if the people get sick and die that's OK.

  4. I wouldn't do business with a pager based company on Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Have a Pager? Do You Find It Useful? · · Score: 1

    I seriously would not do business with any company who had as a point of contact, a pager number. In the age of smart phones (with battery packs and alternative charging methods) why go backwards, in a worst case have an older cellphone that lasts days.

  5. Re:Interesting. on Kim Jong-Un Found To Be Mac User · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you seen his hair?

  6. Who smuggled that in? on Kim Jong-Un Found To Be Mac User · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I thought you couldn't ship Apple stuff (Mac, iPhone , etc) to North Korea, so they must have smuggled it in from South Korea or China.

  7. Re:Camera Pills getting small on Graphene Optical Lens a Billionth of a Meter Thick Breaks the Diffraction Limit (gizmag.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Totally agree, although I was being comical, I was also serious. As an individual who is required to have a colonoscopy every 2 yrs, this would be nice alternative. Also the smaller size would translate to less chance of the pills getting stuck in the small or large intestine, hopefully.

  8. Camera Pills getting small on Graphene Optical Lens a Billionth of a Meter Thick Breaks the Diffraction Limit (gizmag.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    This would be huge for camera pills and colonoscopy cameras, imagine swallowing 3-6 camera pills (no bigger that a standard capsule pill) of these and they stream back a continue set of pictures as they travel from the mouth until they pass through the butt. This would be the shit!!!

  9. Re:10 yrs out with robotics on Trump Says He'd Make Apple Build Computers In the US (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    1st gen only, after that robots will build robots (that's never had a bad ending in stories >:-) )

  10. 10 yrs out with robotics on Trump Says He'd Make Apple Build Computers In the US (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Apple will be assembling productsin the US within 10 yrs, using robotics, but it won't help employment rates because it will all be robotics based.

  11. Password length = data protected on European Space Agency Records Leaked For Amusement, Attackers Say (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    I've used 4 digit passwords on sites that store nothing besides my email, name, corp address and nothing of true significance. On the otherhand I'll use the maximum allowed digits for banking and commerce sites. What blows my mind, is a site that doesn't allow unicode character set and more than 12 digits.

  12. Re:Lateral aerodynamics on Steel Treatment Paves the Way For Radically Lighter, Stronger, Cheaper Cars (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Sooo true on smaller cars, lateral gusts and the turbulence created by large trucks.

  13. Sounds awesome, hopefully corrosion resistant on Steel Treatment Paves the Way For Radically Lighter, Stronger, Cheaper Cars (gizmag.com) · · Score: 2

    If it isn't corrosion resistant and brings a cars life expectancy down, it will be a big issue in the car industry. But look to bikes and industrial assembly lines for positive impact.

  14. Call me paranoid but this was industrial espionage on Chipotle Plans To DNA Test Produce After E-Coli Outbreaks In Nine States · · Score: 1

    The E. coli outbreak is targeted at the company loudest about antibiotic free, additive free, non-GMO foods. The things Chipotle was doing were causing waves in the restaurant and agriculture businesses that one or more players didn't like. This E. coli outbreak has set that back years, people now question whether it was the right move by Chipotle. If they looked they will find this started as a crime.

  15. Latest version of Indentured servants on Purdue Experiments With Income-Contingent Student Loans · · Score: 0

    It's funny how we just keep doing this to ourselves

  16. Unlimited Data Required on No Such Thing As 'Unlimited' Data (wired.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Only idiots would think data caps will work, with 4K videos starting to be streamed and 8K not far behind, people who think it's just those damn abusers are kidding themselves. Networks technology needs to grow faster and with much bigger bandwidth.

  17. The Three Modes (of robotic/autonomous vehicles) on How Tesla's Autopilot and Google's Car Are Entirely Different Animals (robohub.org) · · Score: 1

    Car moving forward should have three modes:
    1) autopilot - the user need do nothing except enter destination/route and the user can be anywhere in the car, liability for accidents etc is the car manufacture
    2) accident avoidance - the user is in control, but the car will not allow an accident to happen, liability for accidents etc is the car manufacture
    3) manual - user is in complete control and can do damage, liability for accidents etc is the current driver
    This allows for those that want to drive, to be able to drive but also has the advantage of lower accident rates and even allows for people to sleep, read and/or TXT.

    I love that Tesla is pushing it forward and being loud (mistakes will happen without a doubt), Google (and others only autonomous vehicles) will have there place in taxi service, semi-trucks, etc) but for a majority the Three Modes vehicles will be a majority.

    PS DUI's go away, distracted driving (TXTing, reading, eating, putting on makeup) issues go away, accidents are reduced dramatically (but will never be perfect).

  18. Was it Scotty? on British Engineers Create Sonic Tractor Beam (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Montgomery "Scotty" Scott invent tractor beam, hmmmm....

  19. Trump on Interviews: Ask John McAfee About His Presidential Run · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What are your thoughts on Donald Trump (another businessman)? And why are you more qualified to be president?

  20. Bet u another battery tech will beat both in price on Plunging Battery Prices Expected To Spur Renewable Energy Adoption · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I bet you another battery tech will beat both in price and performance, over the next 5 years battery tech is going to take off (it's already started) and what we use today will be primitive in comparison.

    Not to mention fusion will finally be feasible which will spin this whole discussion.

  21. Not new for tech but it does need to change on Amazon Work-Life Balance Defender: Prior Employer Nearly Killed Me and My Team · · Score: 1

    This is not new for tech companies, they will drive you and drive you.
    Without regulations regarding hours worked and after hours email, phone, etc it will never change.

    Executive will not change as long as they can cut staffing and increase their pay.

  22. Gives me geek hardon on Hyperloop Getting Closer To Reality, Groundbreaking Set For 2016 · · Score: 1

    I can't wait for teleportation prototype to be next or at least hypersonic passenger plane.

  23. Re:*that* Russ Meyer? on Why Micron/Intel's New Cross Point Memory Could Virtually Last Forever · · Score: 1

    Thanks, that name was bugging me :-)

  24. Crossbar vs XPoint (Crosspoint) on Why Micron/Intel's New Cross Point Memory Could Virtually Last Forever · · Score: 1

    Crossbar vs XPoint (Crosspoint) can't wait to see how this plays out.
    Once these hit consumer devices life could be alot faster and last longer :-)

  25. Why does the timing of this seem like counter puff on DOJ Vs. Google: How Google Fights On Behalf of Its Users · · Score: 1

    Apple recent push on "we don't want users data, etc" and then this counter piece stating that Googles the good guy, seems like puff piece to counter Apples puff.