Slashdot Mirror


User: zerosomething

zerosomething's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
243
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 243

  1. Re:This has all happened before. on BSG Prequel Series Caprica Canceled · · Score: 1

    But that's how the sausage is made. It's not like a book or a movie, you read it when the author is done. I suppose some TV is all written so the creators know the end before you see the fist show but I doubt most do that. Shows evolve as they wright the episodes. I don't think this is a valid criticism of the show.

  2. This has all happened before. on BSG Prequel Series Caprica Canceled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wish they would stop repeating these mistakes

  3. Two wrongs fail again on Voting Machines Selecting Default Candidates · · Score: 1

    Nope, two wrongs still don't make a right. Try again.

  4. My numbers are different on The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The university I work for has over 25 to 30 percent (5000 +) of it's staff using iOS devices. We gathered this info from our Exchange system. Students don't use Exchange so these are mostly well established professors and staff not a bunch of upstart kids. We have reason the believe the percentage of students using iOS is well over 30% if not closer to 50%. It's important to note that if you own an iOS device you also own a computer of some kind. People aren't using one device to access all content and iOS is by far the primary mobile platform if you are talking about small form factor or phones. You just can't produce stats that say otherwise. And yes Android is moving fast up the stats and they don't like Flash on it. Just think of all the Flash adds you are missing.

  5. Re:Just because Myers is an ass doesn't mean Kurzw on Ray Kurzweil Responds To PZ Myers · · Score: 1

    In other words because Kurzweil's theories are, in your opinion, nonsense they shouldn't be tested?

  6. Comments open at computer-audio on Calling Shenanigans On Super SATA's Claimed Audio Qualities · · Score: 1
  7. You need a Porn Buddy on Web-Based Private File Storage? · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9gnexnnIDc

  8. if the final results are positive? on Best Way To Publish an "Indie" Research Paper? · · Score: 1
    Right, no one ever publishes failed results that would just be embarrassing and of no value to someone with the same idea or that might be able to actually prove what you did was right but you just can't add properly.

    Hope you do find something useful though and get it published.

  9. Re:Or... on Ninth Suicide At iPhone Factory · · Score: 1

    http://www.fastcompany.com/1649072/foxconn-suicides-mental-health-counsellors-apple-honhai-china-manufacturing-monk Now we know that Foxconn has some 800,000 workers, which makes the situation looks even less conspiratorial. According to the World Health Organization, for every 100,000 people in China every year some 13 men and 14.8 women will commit suicide (compared to 11.8 men and 3.3 women in the U.K, for example). This means Foxconn's statistics are actually commensurate with the suicide rate norms for such a large community as its workforce, and in fact the employee suicide rate is below what you may expect for a random sampling of Chinese citizens.

  10. Because government can put you in jail on Former Head of CIA Think Tank Talks Privacy, Technology · · Score: 1

    I don't want government to have this kind of private info because they can use it against you. Private businesses can't put your in jail because you might be Japanese during a time of war with the Japanese government. A business also can't put you in jail because out of frustration you flame mailed their CEO like you might if you flame the President.

  11. Content, creation, consumption and service. on The End of the PC Era and Apple's Plan To Survive · · Score: 1
    You have areas of computing that are well defined.

    Content Serving. The traditional server system but with new software serving the content others are creating. This is becoming the so called "cloud". This is where Apple wants to be and create something new.

    Content Content Consumption. This is all iPad, iPhone iPod etc. Net books fall in here too. Devices to get what you want when you want it where you want it. You don't store much here and you get a new one every couple of years. You don't create content with these devices. You might gather data with them to put into the cloud so you can work on it later. This is where Apple is going right now.

    Content creation. The traditional desktop will become more like what we remember as "workstations". These systems will create the content and apps being used by the other two areas of computing. People won't have desktop PCs for browsing web pages and email. This is where the Macintosh is now and will continue to be.

  12. Re:Large Hard-on Collider on First LHC Data Hint At New Particle · · Score: 1

    Just wishing I could give +Funny to those giving you +Insightful

  13. Re:Oh, anything we can do to help on Endangered Species Condoms · · Score: 1

    There you go. Make them from the foreskins of sperm whales. Kind of like lamb skin condoms and avoids all that latex allergy stuff too.

  14. wanker on Slashdot Discussions Now Include Roulette Video Chat · · Score: 1

    Now we can not only call someone a wanker we can we can have video proof of the fact they they are.

  15. Fantastic Idea on Free Software To Save Us From Social Networks · · Score: 1

    Actually I think it's a fantastic idea but social networks are maybe the wrong model.

  16. Re:No. on Free Software To Save Us From Social Networks · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes but... umm ... I got noting.

  17. Are you willing to pay for it? on Health Care Reform · · Score: 1

    It's a simple question to see where you stand on the issue. 1. Are you willing to pay more than you are now so other people can have health insurance? 2. If you aren't already paying for insurance are you willing to start paying about 10% of your current income to have it? (up to a max of about $15,000 or so).

  18. Constant break-in attempts not aggressive actions? on There Is No Cyberwar · · Score: 1

    So does he just not getting the data from his IT people on the constant SSH scans and Remote Desktop attacks aimed at every computer on the network?. And we are suppose to think this isn't a concerted effort by foreign entities to take over US government property and steal information? I guess it's just a bunch of vitamin 'D' deprived adolescents doing it.

  19. Re:1 teragram is not 1.1million tons on The Arctic Is Leaking Methane · · Score: 1

    Don't blain US for all of this. The 'long ton' is British we just rounded it to 2000 pounds instead of 2240 pounds. I would certainly rather have a tone of British ail then a ton of American light beer but I'd rather move a short ton than a long ton or metric tonne (which is only about 36lb short of a long ton).

  20. Apple Disk Utility app on Real Settles Lawsuits, Will Stop Selling RealDVD · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For years OS X users have been duplication CDs and DVDs using Disk Utility on their Macs. Just make a disk image of the item then burn that disk image to a CD-R or DVD-R. You might have issues with DL disks. +R media works on some/many system too. Guess this means Apple will get sued next.

  21. Re:AOL came from eWorld (Wrong) on The Worst Apple Products of All Time · · Score: 1

    Never mind I can't read. AOL came from Apple Link and eWorld and AOL did compete.

  22. AOL came from eWorld on The Worst Apple Products of All Time · · Score: 3, Informative

    eWorld and AOL never competed agains each other as the article would suggest. In fact AOL grew out of the remains of eWorld. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EWorld Oh and the pricing wasn't really so bad compared to not being online or long distance dial up and membership fees for other BBS.

  23. Not just a car company on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 1

    I guess they didn't realize they are not only a car company but also a computer manufacture and application developer? So apparently they never created a bug reporting process, like every other app developer and hardware vendor?

  24. Re:Uniform fab on Super Strong Metal Foam Discovered · · Score: 0

    And if you watch the video you will see this is very easy to do. Well kind of. It's just hollow metal spheres cast in Aluminum. There may be some other little secrets to the composition of the spheres but it should be easy to manufacture. I could probably do it in my basement. Now just add memory metal to the system and you got new kids of springs.

  25. Re:Legal? on Virtual Currency Becomes Real In South Korea · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Casinos do it all the time. Private currency isn't illegal