Slashdot Mirror


User: MrTripps

MrTripps's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
146
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 146

  1. Ulysses Comic Book App? on Apple Censors Ulysses App In Time For Bloomsday · · Score: 1

    Yes, censorship is bad. So is the idea of Ulysses as a comic book app. Maybe next they can do Pokemon as an opera.

  2. Like US in 1800s on Stem Cell Tourists Take Costa Rica Off the Agenda · · Score: 1

    During the 1800s there were tons of miracle cures and tonics. Mostly, they were just over priced booze, but some could do real harm. Then the FDA came along in 1906 and put an end to most of it. The FDA (even in its weakened state) makes me laugh at those who tell horror stories about government intervention in health care.

  3. Re:Libraries on Windows 7: The Missing Manual · · Score: 1

    Or you could, you know, use them. I found it kind of nice to have my own called TV or eBooks and point them to a directory (or more than one directory) where those things are already at. If you don't want them, all you have to do right click on a library and select delete. No registry hacks required.

  4. All It Is on Hints of Life Found On Saturn's Moon Titan · · Score: 1

    Nothing down there but Chrono and the blue birds.

  5. Re:Anyone remember the Prisoner miniseries remake? on Giant Guatemalan 'Sinkhole' Is Worse Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    Heh. I watched that last night and thought the same thing. I think the writers took the term "plot hole" too literally.

  6. Guilty on Study Finds That "Extreme Gamers" Play 48 Hours a Week · · Score: 1

    I did this for about two years with an MMORPG (not WoW) and had completely rationalized it. Had to get away from it and go back to school.

  7. Link on FTC Staff Discuss a Tax on Electronics To Support the News Business · · Score: 2, Informative
  8. Rosy Palm on Mars500 Mission Begins · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some with one hand. Others with two.

  9. Bio-Dome on Mars500 Mission Begins · · Score: 0, Redundant

    First rule of new bio-dome: No Pauly Shore.

  10. Re:I'll make an exception for this one on Military Develops "Green" Cleaners For Terrorist Attack Sites · · Score: 1

    Thats ok. Boron isn't toxic.

  11. Decon Green on Military Develops "Green" Cleaners For Terrorist Attack Sites · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its made of people!

  12. Rube Goldberg on Smokescreen, a JavaScript-Based Flash Player · · Score: 5, Funny

    It opens SWF binaries, unzips them (in native JS),follows a little ball down a wire track, knocks over domino that begins a chain of falling dominoes, the last of which frightens a chicken into laying an egg, which rolls down a ramp, cracks into a frying pan, flipped by a spring loaded spatula onto a plate with bacon attached to a remote control car, that drives it to the kitchen table. Then a counter weight pulls up the plate, puts on the table, then extracts images and embedded audio and turns them into base64 encoded data. That is a lot of trouble just because Jobs is being prissy about what runs on his over priced under powered eye candy.

  13. Re:Keanu on Neuromancer Movie In Your Future? · · Score: 1

    "I WANT ROOM SERVICE!" was the "woah!" of Johnny Mnemonic.

  14. First Thought on Long Odds For Online Gaming Legislation In US · · Score: 1

    At first I thought they were going to tax and regulate gold farmers in WoW.

  15. Re:Windows 7 is still a dog. on Ballmer Says Microsoft Wasted Time On Vista · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't say Windows 7 is a dog. It does still have its flaws. For example, why in the name of Zeus's butthole can an administrator not open C:\Documents and Settings through explorer? Yes, its easy enough to get around, but FFS...

  16. Degrees on The Futurama of Physics · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Cohen has a bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard and a master’s degree in computer science from UC Berkeley" He obviously has too many degrees that he isn't using and is a detriment to the American economy. (snark)

  17. Get a Real Computer on Acer To Launch Chrome OS Netbook Next Month · · Score: 1

    I know netbooks are cute and all, but you can get a real laptop for less than $400. New Egg is selling an AMD 2.1 Ghz, 3 GB ram, 160 GB HD for $380. And, what do you know, it runs Linux.

  18. Degree is Needed to Get Hired on Too Many College Graduates? · · Score: 1

    As others have said, without the sheep skin your application will not make it past HR. It is the difference between a $40K a year job and a $70K+ job.

  19. Re:Why not high school? on Too Many College Graduates? · · Score: 1

    Sure, but you will know how to hang dry wall recursively.

  20. What it Does Explain on Ball Lightning Caused By Magnetic Hallucinations · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What it does explain is the convoluted plot of Lost. That's not a smoke monster, Freckles. Just electromagnetic hallucinations.

  21. Tru Dat on Security Firm Reveals Microsoft's "Silent" Patches · · Score: 2, Informative

    Updates can be destructive to customer environments. Just ask anyone who uses McAfee.

  22. Re:Ummm... on Recession Cuts Operation That Uses Hair To Clean Up Oil · · Score: 1

    I heard that interview. The best part was that the San Francisco area doesn't have as hard of a time finding lots of used stockings to stuff the hair in because of its transgendered community.

  23. Justin Hammer? on Spoiler-Free Iron Man 2 Review · · Score: 1

    Iron Man Vs. Justin Hammer. Sounds like a.... Oh well, at least Schumacher isn't there to put nipples on the suit.

  24. Yep. We gots the IE6. on Corporate IT Just Won't Let IE6 Die · · Score: 1

    We have several instances of a third party document management system that only runs on IE6. Apparently the new version has a Fire Fox plug-in, but getting everyone to upgrade to the new version is like pulling teeth. For the short term I would be happy if I could convince our users to use IE6 just for that application and Fire Fox with Ad-Block for everything else.

  25. Alt Link on Massive Number of GoDaddy WordPress Blogs Hacked · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not sure if this is the same thing, but "Reports from webmasters hosted by Godaddy, Network Solutions or VPS.net indicated that the attack was not web hoster specific." http://www.ghacks.net/2010/04/12/wordpress-hack-terrifies-webmasters/