Slashdot Mirror


User: Motard

Motard's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
661
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 661

  1. Re:I'm not sure I understand on BT, Sky, and Virgin Enforce UK Porn Blocks By Hijacking Browsers · · Score: 1

    Why would you want to defeat it? Your ISP wants to ask you if you want filtering on or off. Just tell them 'off'' and be glad they asked before filtering your requests. Then you can go on with your life without and further redirections.

  2. Re:What to do? on US Links North Korea To Sony Hacking · · Score: 1

    Sony should upload "the Interview" to torrent servers and distribute it for free.

    And you should give me your car.

  3. Re:Not a good week... on Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crashes · · Score: 1

    But it wasn't really a New World after all. It was the same one. The Europeans just didn't know about that part of it until then. When they found out about it though, they were all over that sucker. Air, water, lumber, animals, seafood, -- everything.

  4. Re:Not a good week... on Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crashes · · Score: 1

    Yes, bronze axes. That's all anyone needs - a bronze axe.

  5. Re:Not a good week... on Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crashes · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The benefits of every technical achievement went to the rich people first. From the toilet, to electric lighting, the automobile, the iPhone, etc. Every one.

    Even military advances. Thanks God that it turned out, starting in the 1600-1700s that private enterprise - working independently of the aristocracies - led to wealth generation outside of the political structure. This gave societies as a whole the power to increasingly influence governments, leading to popular revolutions in America and France, and the neutering of royal power in England.

  6. Re:And so therefor it follows and I quote on Italian Supreme Court Bans the 'Microsoft Tax' · · Score: 1

    Walk into a store and buy a fully assembled name brand (Dell, HP, etc) PC, complete with warranty and guarantees, without ANY software preinstalled. You can't. Your analogy fails.

    If enough people wanted to do that, you could. But virtually nobody does. The demand is not there. The Italian legal system thinks too highly of itself.

  7. Re:Non-story? on AT&T Locks Apple SIM Cards On New iPads · · Score: -1

    Didn't they subsidize your purchase of the phone when you chose to buy it from AT&T?

  8. Re:Compelling, but a mix still better... on NASA's HI-SEAS Project Results Suggests a Women-Only Mars Crew · · Score: 1

    Because Mars needs moms.

  9. Re:Article is very very suspicious on Lockheed Claims Breakthrough On Fusion Energy Project · · Score: 1

    U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers run on nuclear power, but they have large fusion reactors on board that have to be replaced on a regular cycle.

    Don't trust anything you read in this article.

    But everything else on the internet is okay, right?

  10. Re:Performance on Tesla Announces Dual Motors, 'Autopilot' For the Model S · · Score: 1

    Ooops, that should've been 2001. The IRL ran they're first race there in 1997.

  11. Re:the event on Tesla Announces Dual Motors, 'Autopilot' For the Model S · · Score: 4, Funny

    where can I watch the hole event and not just some clips?

    I dunno, try searching for 'courtney love' on Youtube.

  12. Re:Meh on Tesla Announces Dual Motors, 'Autopilot' For the Model S · · Score: 0

    Or, you drive 4-5 hours, stop to charge/eat and find that there are no available charger spots. Now you may have to wait 30 minutes to charge for 30 minutes. And God forbid there's a line.

  13. Re:Performance on Tesla Announces Dual Motors, 'Autopilot' For the Model S · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, they hit this point in 1997 in IndyCars (CART). The Firestone Firehawk 600 at Texas Motor Speedway had to be called off because of G forces.

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

  14. Re:Awesome on Tesla Announces Dual Motors, 'Autopilot' For the Model S · · Score: 1

    I bought one and put it to work printing another. Then these two will print more - with each new one printing even more.

    When I have enough, I'm going to print a planet.

  15. Re:Practice colony in Antarctica first? on MIT Study Finds Fault With Mars One Colony Concept · · Score: 1

    I think that's the point. To see if you can colonize a *less* hostile environment

  16. Re:Pipe Dreams on A Production-Ready Flying Car Is Coming This Month · · Score: 1

    If this thing can drive on roads in Slovakia, that's plenty good enough for me at this point. After all, even if I had the money, pilot skills and desire for such a thing, I certainly wouldn't be the market for the first version.

    I'd just like to see someone, somewhere give it a go. And on the surface, the claimed specs of this thing would be adequate to be potentially useful - presuming it's not all bullshit.

    That's what I want to know at this point. Do the range and speed numbers even pass a cursory BS test?

  17. Re:Parallax. on Apple Edits iPhone 6's Protruding Camera Out of Official Photos · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, the bulge was where the U2 album was stored.

  18. Can't Wait! on Tesla and Panasonic Have Reached an Agreement On the Gigafactory · · Score: 1

    I, for one cannot wait for the opportunity to purchase a brand new Tesla Giga. I hope it will cost less than the Model S. I also hope it will be a smartphone, because I already have a vehicle.

  19. I Have a New Technology for This on Intel Launches Self-Encrypting SSD · · Score: 4, Funny

    My new device is designed to accept any amount of data and any rate imaginable. Once stored, the data can *never* be retrieved, no matter what is tried. And this new technology is surprising affordable. Call now for your new StorageBrick 3K!

  20. Re:Don't buy cheap android on Why My LG Optimus Cellphone Is Worse Than It's Supposed To Be · · Score: 1

    No.

  21. Re:My story with those assholes... on Domain Registry of America Suspended By ICANN · · Score: 1

    Avoid using whois on registrar sites to check availability. It's trivial for them to hijack that info and then allow someone else to see what domains people have been checking, so they can pre-emptively register them.

    Seems like a pretty good argument to do *a lot* of bogus inquiries. Let them pre-emptively register to their heart's content.

  22. Re:Black box data streaming on Russia Prepares For Internet War Over Malaysian Jet · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Black box data streaming on Russia Prepares For Internet War Over Malaysian Jet · · Score: 1

    I don't think the trajectory can tell us anything. These missiles turn and chase their targets. The point of impact will say nothing about from where the missile was launched.

    The good data will likely come from radar signals. The U.S. has already indicate that they know the missile was launched from a rebel controlled area.

  24. Re:Black box data streaming on Russia Prepares For Internet War Over Malaysian Jet · · Score: 1

    Transponders and other things already send a bunch of data (in the case of MH370, all of these thing had been turned off).

    In terms of the black boxes, there's also another consideration; privacy. Remember that all of the cockpit conversations are recorded and are generally only listened to if the plane crashes. I doubt if pilots would put up with a system that broadcast all of their conversations all over the world.

    In this case though, I don't think the black boxes are going to be of much value. They'll show that the flight systems went haywire for some reason, and we already know the cause of that. The pilots may or may not have been aware of impending doom, but I don't see how that information would be useful in any event.

  25. Re:For us dummies.... on White House Punts On Petition To Allow Tesla Direct Sales · · Score: 1

    Most states, prodded perhaps by dealer associations, have forbidden auto manufacturers from selling directly to the public. New York, Ohio and Texas have been among the most prominent battlegrounds so far.