Slashdot Mirror


User: madmayr

madmayr's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
30
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 30

  1. this car does not interest me on Cadillac SRX Converted Into Self-Driving Car · · Score: 1

    as long as they don't make a 1982 Pontiac Trans Am - this is not newsworthy for me

  2. Re:Why not run OSX as a virtual machine? Why use m on Gnome Founder Miguel de Icaza Moves To Mac · · Score: 1

    i usually build my PCs from well chosen quality parts made by reputable companies - and i end up with a machine significantly less expensive when compared to a mac with the same specs in addition i can add components with exactly the features i want (if i can afford them)

  3. Re:Never met anyone who uses it. on FreeBSD Project Falls Short of Year End Funding Target By Nearly 50% · · Score: 1

    i'm not the AC OP, but organization standatrds are there for a reason - and they don't imply tunnel vision, just easier management of a whole system

  4. Re:Noththing wrong with him on Ubuntu Community Manager: RMS's Post Seems a Bit Childish To Me · · Score: 2

    thats easy - move to mint
    i did so when they introduced unity and never regretted it

  5. this is great news on Scientists Develop Sixty Day Bread · · Score: 1

    especially if it can kill the mold of other stuff too as for me, bread won't be the main usage - because it gets either eaten or too hard to eat before mold comes

  6. teach these facts in elementary school on Hackers' 'Zero-Day' Exploits Stay Secret For Ten Months On Average · · Score: 1

    there should be a lecture about this in elementary school, together with an overview of risks of social networks and place to seek help when being 'cyberbullied' just give those kids a basic understanding of the risks of the things they use (or will use) in everyday life - without demonizing them

  7. Re:Here you go folks.... on Fast-Food Logos Burned Into Pleasure Center of Children's Brains · · Score: 2

    ever seen the movie 'demolition man'?

  8. Re:First of the many bogus patents by Google on US Patent Office Seeks Aid To Spot Bogus Patent Claims · · Score: 1

    i'd say the root of 'evil' is approximately 'kq'

  9. Re:Wtf? on Free Speech For Computers? · · Score: 1

    Even with the most advanced self-learning and reasoning AI, there was a human that ordered it to learn and reason.

    same with kids: there were humans (parents, teacher, peers, etc.) who taught them to reason

    the problem with your statement is: when the first sentient computer is built - your argument does not hold, because there was surely a human (most likely several of them) behind it

  10. when i was a kid on Print Your Own Labware, Catalysts Included · · Score: 2

    i got a little "electronics kit" as a birthday present and the additional modules every year after it was a great experience and kinda brought me into the whole electronics/pc world such kits were also available from the same manufacturer for chemistry i would sure love to see this printing technology made into such products as they are a great way to play&learn imho

  11. Re:Government promises to only use them for astero on Engineers Working On Swarm Of Laser Wielding Satellites To Deflect Asteroids · · Score: 1

    yep ... what could possibly go wrong?

  12. Re:sure... on China Plans To End Executed Prisoner Organ Donations Within 5 Years · · Score: 5, Insightful

    i know this will get me downmodded - but why is this something that makes sense? imho those organs (which are most likely needed) now just go to waste, because those people will get killed either way

  13. thanks on Ask Slashdot: Which Multiple Desktop Tool For Windows 7? · · Score: 1

    for asking this question! it never occured to me to look for this feature for windows allthough it's one of those things i really really like about X (and therefore my linux boxes)

  14. Re:First on Gut Bacteria Can Control Diabetes · · Score: 1

    oh come on .. why do all these 'i for one ..' comments get modded down? of course this meme is a little bit old and maybe slightly overused, but still no reason to mod it down i think

  15. Re:Optical? on What Microsoft Should and Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720 · · Score: 1

    you have to be honest and don't speak of europe when you boast with your incredible connection speeds in austria (wqhich is in the middle of europe btw) you can get a 16/1.5 MBit (restricted for personal use) DSL connection with 'real' speeds of maybe 8/1 MBit if you're lucky for around 20e/month everything else is much more expensive because of the initial costs and few providers for higher speed solutions like fiber

  16. don't trust the PR on AMD Downgrades Bulldozer Transistor Count By 800 Million · · Score: 0

    but this 66% is really outrageous

  17. Re:Yes, but... on New 'Rubber Robot' Crawls Through Small Spaces With Inflatable Limbs · · Score: 2

    there are some helpful people - usually dressed in white - who will help you with a smile!

  18. it's sad on Bulldozer Server Benchmarks Not Promising · · Score: 2

    i always liked the AMD CPUs, mostly for almost equal computing power for less money but at the moment this is not really true anymore it seems when i look at the benchmarks (doesn't matter if desktop or server)

  19. Re:The Interface will be a problem. on MIT Creates Chip to Model Synapses · · Score: 1

    Besides, why interface with the brain, why not just replace it?

    because of cyberbrain sclerosis, duh!

  20. one word: on What's Keeping You On Windows? · · Score: 1

    Skyrim

  21. why not? on Using Stem Cells to Save Endangered Species · · Score: 2, Funny

    why not just store their genetic information in a big 'noah's ark' database let the extinction just happen, see if a creature was really needed for the ecosystem and if yes, revive it

  22. Re:Er- why? on German Ban On Doom Finally Lifted · · Score: 0

    mod+1 again please

  23. Re:FTP over TLS on GA Tech: Internet's Mid-Layers Vulnerable To Attack · · Score: 1
  24. Re:EVE players fell for that? on EVE Online Ponzi Scheme Nets $50k Worth of In-Game Currency · · Score: 1

    well, the roi wasn't too bad actually - 50% after 9 weeks is a nice interest, where you don't have to do anything for it you could focus on the stuff you really like to do, and not boring trading (yes, i might be biased on this one) and if you got your money out in time, it was actually a nice thing

  25. Re:Not really emulation then on A Quest For the Perfect SNES Emulator · · Score: 1

    Add a "turbo" button.

    and how should this hardware magically run faster just because of a turbo button?