Slashdot Mirror


User: slshwtw

slshwtw's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
64
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 64

  1. Re:Facts and References and Facts on Bill Clinton Suggests Internet Fact Agency · · Score: 1

    Most people agree when it is a medical necessity (The actual reason for the Row vs. Way) that abortion are necessary.

    Dear Sir or Madam:

    It is our obligation to inform you that in your statement quoted above, you appear to be referring to "Roe v. Wade" (not "Row vs. Way" as you assert). We further inform you that your claim that medical necessity was the "actual reason" for the case is false, as demonstrated by the facts:

    • The plaintiff, Norma L. McCorvey (a pseudonym of "Jane Roe" was used for the case) originally attempted to claim she was raped, thereby attaining a legal abortion in Texas. This attempt failed due to the absence of a police report.
    • The case took years of trials to reach the supreme court. In the meantime, Norma successfully delivered the baby (thereafter adopted).
    • McCorvey later became a pro-life activist.

    Your ancillary claim that "most people agree" that abortions are necessary when medically necessary, is currently under review for violations of ambiguity and circular logic.

    Yours, The Internet Fact Agency

  2. Stop (+1) on Oracle's Ellison Accused of Running Executive Fighting Ring · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Excuse me while I mine +1 insightful mods by complaining about how much this site sucks on April Fools each year.

  3. Re:efeatedDay ithWay igPay atinLay on China Starts Censoring Phone Calls Mid Sentence · · Score: 1

    01101111 01110010 00100000 01101010 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110011 01110000 01100101 01100001 01101011 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001

  4. Re:"CULT" is just hate speech on Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology · · Score: 1, Troll

    OK, obviously my first time using HTML list tags in slashdot. When I previewed the submission there was no auto-numbering, hence the repetition above. I guess I should have known better than to think the preview would actually render accurately.

  5. "CULT" is just hate speech on Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Here is the definition of a cult according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
    1. 1: formal religious veneration : worship
    2. 2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
    3. 3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of adherents
    4. 4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator
      • 5a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad
      • 5b: the object of such devotion
      • 5c: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion

    Note that all of the above could easily apply to first-century Christianity; indeed it is difficult to think of *any* definition for a cult that wouldn't (and yes I'm well aware there is an abundance of /. users who don't particularly care for Christianity, or any other religion). Here is the definition of a cult as people really use it: "A religion I don't like" I don't personally have any warm fuzzies about scientology, but to label it "a cult" doesn't describe anything substantive about the organisation except your opinion of it.

  6. Re:Bad day for RIM on NFL Teams Considering IPads To Replace Playbooks · · Score: 1

    However, Walsh said that one delay in the implementation of the shift is that the iPad isn't seen in the NFL's technology circles as being secure enough yet. That's why tablets, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, or others running the Android operating system could end up being selected if teams, or the NFL, decide they're more secure.

  7. Re:Response from Another VP on Microsoft Vehemently Denies Google's "Bing Sting" · · Score: 1

    Except that a Wikipedia citation is not actually a citation.

  8. Re:Windows on Microsoft Fights Apple Trademark On 'App Store' · · Score: 2

    Office, Internet Explorer, SQL Server...

    If you ask Microsoft what the "SQL" stands for in "SQL Server", the official answer is that it doesn't stand for anything, it's just "SQL". Otherwise they couldn't trademark it (since they didn't develop the language and it is an ANSI standard).

  9. no computers under the desk then? on Using LED Ceiling Lights For Digital Communication · · Score: 1

    The "integrated security" of the "illumination apparatus" means you can kill the communication link by quickly putting the computer with the "special modem" under your desk, and out of line-of-sight with the ceiling LEDs.

  10. Summary = Article 1st Paragraph on Google TV Suffers Setback · · Score: 1

    For those that have the attention span to read either the entire article, or the summary, but not both.

  11. You can play against Watson now on 'Jeopardy!' To Pit Humans Against IBM Machine · · Score: 1

    You can already play against Watson here. However it seems to be a very limited question bank so Watson may have an unfair advantage there.

  12. comparison image on Man Sues Rockstar Saying GTA:SA Is Based On His Life · · Score: 1

    pretty difficult to dig up an image - best I could find: http://media.rockstarwatch.net/news/9806741532.png not much resemblance... also the article points out you can adjust the character's appearance (i've never played it personally).

  13. video on General Motors' NASA Robot On Tour · · Score: 1

    The Wall Street Journal has a video. It's pretty creepy the way they have the head turn to "look" at what the robot is doing with its fingers, etc. as if to imply self-awareness.

  14. video on engadget on Google Unveils Android 'Honeycomb' Tablet · · Score: 4, Informative

    Engadget has the video.

  15. Re:In Related News on Palin E-Mail Snoop Gets Year In Prison · · Score: 1

    I think you meant "on the lose"

  16. I can't wait on Has Christopher Nolan Turned the 3D Argument? · · Score: 1

    I can't wait until 3D jumps the shark... in 3D!!!

  17. original source on How Allies Used Math Against German Tanks · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the original source... from July 2006.

  18. Re:coml.org images on Brilliant Pics of Bizarre Sea Critters · · Score: 1

    OK, now I see that the discover blog images just didn't load for me due to slashdot effect.

  19. coml.org images on Brilliant Pics of Bizarre Sea Critters · · Score: 5, Informative

    coml.org Image Gallery (since for some reason I can't seem to find where the pictures are on the discover blog)

  20. goo.gl/page on Google URL Shortener Opened To the Public · · Score: 1

    easter egg? coincidence? conspiracy? goo.gl/page appears to redirect to a (barely) german-language page for a chrome extension that uses the goo.gl service. I wonder what other URL codes may have already been "reserved" (maybe they will have "premium" redirects like other shorteners have implemented)

  21. monkey uprising on "Super Monkey" Security Force Used At Commonwealth Games · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The article ends suddenly with "In 2007, the deputy mayor of New Delhi died from a fall after being attacked by a group on the terrace of his home." I had to make the assumption (and then track down the article) that it meant "a group of monkeys".

    I love how their solution to the monkeys is "to train bands of larger, more ferocious monkeys". WHATCOULDPOSSIBLYGOWRONG?

  22. The UK should do something about this on Segway UK Boss Dies After Driving Off Cliff · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ban gravity.

  23. unfortunate on Segway UK Boss Dies After Driving Off Cliff · · Score: 3, Funny

    He was a real stand-up kind of guy

  24. cars on United Nations Names Ambassador To Aliens · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do they know the alien will want to make first contact with a human instead of some other life form? Presumably its first instinct will be to reach out to a moving car as the obvious dominant life form.

  25. "MS Office 2010 is sexy" (?) on AMD Offers Women Geek Dating Advice · · Score: 1
    Just check out the titles of her other blog posts, including:
    • My 3D Love Affair
    • Microsoft Office 2010 is Sexy
    • What Women Want

    It seems like she would rather be a VP of Marketing at a tabloid than a technology company.