Slashdot Mirror


User: Tarmus

Tarmus's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
16
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 16

  1. Re:Wait, so there's no conficker? on Conficker Worm Strike Reports Start Rolling In · · Score: 1

    That's what a co-worker is saying. Supposedly we don't get paid for "falling for an April Fools Prank" when we came in double checked several systems last night.

  2. If you spin it the wrong direction... on "Spin Battery" Effect Discovered · · Score: 1

    ...would it create a black hole?

    Like those deer whistlers on cars. Gotta make sure they're polarized properly.

  3. Re:You get what you pay for on Symantec Support Gone Rogue? · · Score: 1

    This.

    I've used Symantec products for years, and never had a problem.

    People have to use their machines responsibly. This is like driving your new car down a gravel road, and then blaming the people who paninted it when it ends up scratched.

  4. Re:The Support and Training Issue on Open Source In Public K-12 Schools? · · Score: 1

    Being able to use a computer, and being able to develop a strong curriculum and motivate children to learn are not related (unless you are a computer science teacher).

    Welcome to 1985.

    Instead of a pragmatic Education system like Germany, we tell all our little princes and princesses that they are super-special. So when our bell-curve comes out just like the rest of bell-curves throughout the history of mankind, we are somehow surprised?

    It's because of this sort of thinking, and a lazy attitude about computers and their place in the classroom, that teachers themselves are now willing to just "get their tenure". After which, they then do nothing to further develop their skills and teaching methods. And the children (and in turn, us as a society) then reap the benefits of a mediocre education.

  5. Re:The Support and Training Issue on Open Source In Public K-12 Schools? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anyone who can't even use a Macbook doesn't have any business instructing the future leaders of tomorrow.

  6. Factory Air included with the Wii on New Medical Disorder Linked To Gaming · · Score: 1

    Due to the motion and movements, you'd be less likely to develop a skin condition playing the Wii. Nintendo wins again?

  7. Thanks a LOT Google... on Google Blames Gmail Troubles On Maintenance Goof · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you're saying I *didn't* need to throw my iPhone out the car window the other day? I hit some poor lady right on the noggin with it.

  8. Corporate Firefox Culture on Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use · · Score: 1

    This sort of thing is exactly what's driving the best volunteer people away from the Mozilla Project.

  9. What do they call it when... on Sarcasm Useful For Detecting Dementia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You assume EVERYTHING is sarcasm?

  10. NXE Home, amirite? on PlayStation Home Beta Opens to the Public · · Score: 1

    We get it already. :rolls eyes:

  11. Who's paying for all this? on Obama Wants Broadband, Computers Part of Stimulus · · Score: 1

    I thought he was going to keep our taxes low. Bring the troops home, like you said you would. THEN we'll talk about some big government spending.

  12. Re:Filmed all the way from Earth? on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 1

    It was just swamp gas, I figure.

  13. Confiscate his Blackberry on Obama's Mobile Phone Records Compromised, Shared · · Score: 1

    I thought they were supposed to take away his Blackberry, for national security purposes, since he can't use email as President.

  14. Google now pronounces you Man and Wife on Google Terminates Lively · · Score: 1

    So 6 months is surely enough time for a virtual couple to get married on Lively. So which one of you was it? Fess up.

  15. Re:Well...... on Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots? · · Score: 1

    Our Windows domain environment doesn't even require us to turn the PC off an the end of a day. We just log out. How would their backups run at night? WHy is a daily reboot required?

  16. Earthlings Litter on Astronaut Loses Tools While Performing an EVA · · Score: 1

    An alien probe will likely happen upon this flotsam, and what will this say about our civilization?