User: kbrasee

Already saw this happen in HD

On: World's Largest Flower Blooming In Streaming HD

when I watched Dennis the Menace on Blu-ray.

Best reference I've found on D.I.Y. home security:

On: D.I.Y. Home Security

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Alone

Obligatory Sony Angst

On: More Sony Batteries Recalled

We keep getting bad news, after bad news, after bad news...

http://angrysonyfanboy.ytmnd.com/

Obfuscation 101

On: Stealing Data With Obfuscated Code

X=1024; Y=768; A=3;

J=0;K=-10;L=-7;M=1296;N=36;O=255;P=9;_=1<<15;E;S;C;D;F(b){E="1""111886:6:??AAF"
"FHHMMOO55557799@@>>>BBBGGIIKK"[b]-64;C="C@=::C@@==@=:C@=:C@=:C5""31/513/5131/"
"31/531/53"[b ]-64;S=b<22?9:0;D=2;}I(x,Y,X){Y?(X^=Y,X*X>x?(X^=Y):0,  I (x,Y/2,X
)):(E=X);      }H(x){I(x,    _,0);}p;q(        c,x,y,z,k,l,m,a,          b){F(c
);x-=E*M     ;y-=S*M           ;z-=C*M         ;b=x*       x/M+         y*y/M+z
*z/M-D*D    *M;a=-x              *k/M     -y*l/M-z        *m/M;    p=((b=a*a/M-
b)>=0?(I    (b*M,_      ,0),b    =E,      a+(a>b      ?-b:b)):     -1.0);}Z;W;o
(c,x,y,     z,k,l,    m,a){Z=!    c?      -1:Z;c     <44?(q(c,x         ,y,z,k,
l,m,0,0     ),(p>      0&&c!=     a&&        (p<W         ||Z<0)          )?(W=
p,Z=c):     0,o(c+         1,    x,y,z,        k,l,          m,a)):0     ;}Q;T;
U;u;v;w    ;n(e,f,g,            h,i,j,d,a,    b,V){o(0      ,e,f,g,h,i,j,a);d>0
&&Z>=0? (e+=h*W/M,f+=i*W/M,g+=j*W/M,F(Z),u=e-E*M,v=f-S*M,w=g-C*M,b=(-2*u-2*v+w)
/3,H(u*u+v*v+w*w),b/=D,b*=b,b*=200,b/=(M*M),V=Z,E!=0?(u=-u*M/E,v=-v*M/E,w=-w*M/
E):0,E=(h*u+i*v+j*w)/M,h-=u*E/(M/2),i-=v*E/(M/2),j-=w*E/(M/2),n(e,f,g,h,i,j,d-1
,Z,0,0),Q/=2,T/=2,       U/=2,V=V<22?7:  (V<30?1:(V<38?2:(V<44?4:(V==44?6:3))))
,Q+=V&1?b:0,T                +=V&2?b        :0,U+=V    &4?b:0)     :(d==P?(g+=2
,j=g>0?g/8:g/     20):0,j    >0?(U=     j    *j/M,Q      =255-    250*U/M,T=255
-150*U/M,U=255    -100    *U/M):(U    =j*j     /M,U<M           /5?(Q=255-210*U
/M,T=255-435*U           /M,U=255    -720*      U/M):(U       -=M/5,Q=213-110*U
/M,T=168-113*U    /       M,U=111               -85*U/M)      ),d!=P?(Q/=2,T/=2
,U/=2):0);Q=Q<    0?0:      Q>O?     O:          Q;T=T<0?    0:T>O?O:T;U=U<0?0:
U>O?O:U;}R;G;B    ;t(x,y     ,a,    b){n(M*J+M    *40*(A*x   +a)/X/A-M*20,M*K,M
*L-M*30*(A*y+b)/Y/A+M*15,0,M,0,P,  -1,0,0);R+=Q    ;G+=T;B   +=U;++a<A?t(x,y,a,
b):(++b<A?t(x,y,0,b):0);}r(x,y){R=G=B=0;t(x,y,0,0);x<X?(printf("%c%c%c",R/A/A,G
/A/A,B/A/A),r(x+1,y)):0;}s(y){r(0,--y?s(y),y:y);}main(){printf("P6\n%i %i\n255"
"\n",X,Y);s(Y);}

My hopes for the next game:

On: New Elder Scrolls Game In 2010?

1. The chicks don't look like dudes.
2. They get more than 4 voice actors.
3. It doesn't take an Oscuro's Overhaul to make it play the way it should.

What could possibly grow wrong?

On: Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria Could Provide Clean Energy

Why, nothing short of the next bubonic plague.

My prediction: Silverlight will be like Windows

On: Silverlight 2.0 Released

Version 1.0 will be a joke and no one will buy into it. Version 2.0 will be only moderately better than 1.0 and it will gain a little momentum. Version 3.0 will be only moderately better than 2.0 and almost everybody will switch to it within a year or two.

I look forward to the day

On: "Roadable Aircraft" Moving Towards Launch

when we can all ride around in our flying cars.

Re:Well, duh, the internet = n Libraries of Congre

On: Internet Use Can Be Good For the Brain

No, where n is arbitrarily large.

"Flatlander Woman"

On: Android Also Comes With a Kill-Switch

"How did you...???" *Boooooooooooommmmmmmmm!!!!!!*

I, for one

On: First Official Photos From New Star Trek Movie

leaves me wondering why they put a kid in charge of a space ship...

I, for one, welcome our new Starship Enterprise boy captain overlord.

Well, duh, the internet = n Libraries of Congress

On: Internet Use Can Be Good For the Brain

So by my estimation it will make you n times smarter than the Library of Congress ever could.

Take advantage of aerodynamics

On: Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving?

Do like everyone else does, drive about 6 inches behind me at 65 mph.

Re:200 / 12 != 20

On: 20 Hours a Month Reading Privacy Policies

This is real life we're talking about. There aren't any sig figs IRL.

200 / 12 != 20

On: 20 Hours a Month Reading Privacy Policies

Slashdot must be using the New Math.

Please please please please...

On: First Deus Ex 3 Details Emerge

... please don't make it ANYTHING like Deus Ex 2. The original was fantastic, but the sequel was a horrifying dumbed-down heavy-handed console mess. Ugh, and the stupid intrusive HUD... I played through the original 3 or 4 times, but the demo of Deus Ex 2 was way more than enough.