Slashdot Mirror


User: vandelais

vandelais's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
354
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 354

  1. Re:RIAA needs to learn English on RIAA Goes after LimeWire · · Score: 2, Informative

    What about the word "Steal". If you mean download songs I already purchased from the record companies in casette format that the sun melted before the concept of fair use was legal precedent, then I suppose that's stealing. Ex post facto and they can't prove I didn't.

  2. Re:It's the "hacktors" on Why Have Movies Been So Bad Lately? · · Score: 1

    Women (men too) ask 'Who's in it?" for the reverse reason. They have their guard up.

    Associate/Friend?: "There's this movie trailer I saw the other day for movie "x" that really looked great."
    You: "Oh, really? Who's in it?"
    Associate/Friend?: "Adam Sandler..."
    You: "You have been demoted to Acquaintance."
    Acquaintance: "What?"

  3. Why are movies so bad lately? on Why Have Movies Been So Bad Lately? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Increasing seasonality.

    Summertime 'popcorn' movies are usually the least fulfilling for intellectual people.

    The best original stories are increasingly backended towards the time of year when studios and tabloids focus on awards.
    Hollywood doesn't squeeze any new decent TV out this time of year when people are taking their kids on vacation and stuff.

    In the meantime, start with the IMDB top 250 and see what you haven't.

  4. Re:They're Right on 'Perfect Storm' of Mac Sales on the Horizon? · · Score: 1

    This may be just a shot in the dark, but my hunch is that you have a Seagate hdd on rebate and you have bad clusters that the drive wrote to.

  5. the child on ' Naughty Bits' Decision Not So Nice · · Score: 1

    of Mister Falcon has no fairy godmother.

    Give MEE the keys!

  6. Re:Reminds me of HotMail on Microsoft in Talks To Acquire Ebay · · Score: 1

    -or-
    MS will forget to renew the ebay domain name.

  7. At least on Beware Your Online Presence · · Score: 1

    her real name isn't Ellen Feiss.

  8. Spring Launch was JAPAN (and Ebay) ONLY on Analysts React to PS3 Delay · · Score: 2, Interesting

    November is just affirmation of the more important and effective Europe and Americas launch.

    Secondly, the delay will allow for the unit costs of the components to decrease to a level where the risks of loss-leading are significantly reduced.

    If the delay is Blu-Ray related, as I have been hearing on CNBC all day, then the component cost for that piece alone will depreciate significantly.

    The difference between a loss of $150/unit and $190/unit (just speculation, here, no flames) would be huge.

    My only question here is whether I will be twisting off (diet) Coke or Pepsi (I'm a fat fuck)to try to get one.

  9. Where is the ammo stored? on U.S. Army Robots Break Asimov's First Law · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lesson from Battletech: Don't store machine gun ammunition in the head.

    Don't ask.

  10. No backdoor in Vista on No Backdoor in Vista · · Score: 3, Funny

    strangely silent on the topic of Internet Hearts.

  11. Re:Could be a joke but more likely... on Telescopes Useless by 2050? · · Score: 1

    "And meat - which I happen to belive in - "

    I believe in meat too, but what about the fat chick in the 1981 MBZ 300SD? Is that your girlfriend?

  12. Re:Originally reported by Bob Collins on Minnesota GOP's CD Raises Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    The access code is actually a permit for 300 free hours of gay marriage with no commitment required.

  13. Why bust your hump getting MS or PhD in one of .. on U.S. Science Gap Fictional? · · Score: 1

    Why bust your hump getting MS or PhD in one of the hard sciences/engineering, only to land a job making less than 80k??...

    THE BABES!!

  14. It's his parents' fault on Botnet Attack Shuts Down Hospital Network · · Score: 1

    for naming him Christopher.

    Aside from whether his name gave him a Jeebus complex, every Christopher I've met has spent time in jail, so he must be guilty.

    Chewbacca defense doesn't work either, since he doesn't CHOOSE to live on Endor.
    He just got a bad timeshare.

  15. I want our trillion (unspent as yet) dollars back. on Should We Land on the Moon's Poles or Equator? · · Score: 0

    If this is an elaborate ruse to make China and the EU think NASA are going, then fine.
    But otherwise, ...

  16. Re:Take the lead from others.... on When Should You Stop Support for Software? · · Score: 1

    I develop websites as well as part of a much larger firm.

    is that firm...Microsoft?

  17. Time horizon on When Should You Stop Support for Software? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I see a number of ?s/comments to the effect of 'IS it profitable?'

    The aspect of where both you and your users WILL BE in 18 months is not examined and what it would take for continuing support.

    Be forward looking, don't be like your 'whatdoyameanweranoutofcopiertoner' manager.
    -or-
    Bridges being built for tomorrow's traffic, not today's.

  18. Awards without consequence, nominees without merit on Bill Gates, Time Magazine "Person of the Year" · · Score: 1

    Bill Gates-Time's person of year
    Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men, nominated for best actor in a comedy-Golden Globes

    Remember, Yassur Arafat won a Nobel peace prize.
    Don't put much stock in these awards, their merits are a sham.

  19. Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? on Bill Gates Speaks Out · · Score: 5, Funny

    SPIEGEL: When one puts the sentence "Bill Gates is the devil" into the Internet search engine Google, one gets thousands of hits. Does this bother you?

    Gates: Slashdot runs a lot of duplicate stories.

  20. God says... on Scientist Says Most Scientific Papers Are Wrong · · Score: 1

    most papers on God are wrong.

  21. Re:Just keep 'em rolling.... on 10 Next-Generation Franchise Comebacks · · Score: 1

    Gotta second Bionic Commando.
    That game was fun.

    An old arcade game called Frontline was pretty good too.

    Atomic Bomberman

    Atari--Maze Craze. That game for Atari was really fun.

  22. Who's to say on Trust in a Bottle · · Score: 1

    that Oxycontin skews our trust levels.

    Maybe it's the abscence of oxycontin that skews our trust levels to the negative.

    If you ask people, they SAY they would prefer to live in a more trusting world. To the extent we can choose our attitudes instead of having our attitudes chosen by survival instinct would be a good thing.

    Wait. I'd better call my broker and ask him how that VA software stock I bought is doing.

  23. Significant power reduction on AMD 'Venice' Core Shows Big Drop in Power Needs · · Score: 1

    occurs here only in percentage terms.
    20 watts=1/2 of a standard light bulb.

  24. Don't bother. It was postponed due to rain. on Time Travelers' Convention · · Score: 1

    Just ask Joan of Ark. Noah's wife.

  25. Re:Sorry on Serenity Trailer Out Tuesday · · Score: 1

    'canned it to concentrate on reality shows'

    It's also hard to create loyal viewership when your initial series is interrupted by the best baseball postseason in modern baseball history. It was the Cubs, Red Sox and Yankees (among others).