Slashdot Mirror


User: chromaexcursion

chromaexcursion's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
394
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 394

  1. Re:10 nanometer, not 1 cm on Simple Method Yields A Wrinkly, Durable, Water-Repellent Coating (acs.org) · · Score: 2

    rolf.
    and stop rust

  2. Big Deal on SpaceX Rocket Launch Postponed Again (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Why is this news!
    the shuttle wouldn't have blown up if NASA hadn't been chasing headlines.
    Safety First!

  3. Re:Cam shafts work without the battery on Camless Internal Combustion and the Digital Age (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    perhaps you should talk to Herr Messerschmit.
    At least fuel injectors were invented for his aircraft. They're mechanical.
    Fuel pumps? the Model T had one - mechanical.

  4. Cam shafts work without the battery on Camless Internal Combustion and the Digital Age (hackaday.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The fundamental parts of the engine are all mechanical. They work without a battery.
    Resilience to electrical failure is important.

  5. ITAR on Beyond the Liberator: A 3D-Printed Plastic 9mm Semi-Auto Pistol · · Score: 1

    International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
    Posting the files is a federal crime.
    Second Amendment does not apply.
    Certain federal agencies may have already paid a visit

  6. I agree. current status should be trivial.
    But the demand is for a historical report. Who knows if the data even exists.

  7. There's no way this order can be reasonably complied with. If indeed it could ever be done.
    And, who's going to pay for it?
    What a disgusting bunch of idiots pretend to run my country.

  8. yet another reason never to vote for a Republican on Why 6 Republican Senators Think You Don't Need Faster Broadband (cio.com) · · Score: 0

    Blatant, self serving.
    All to attempt to get a little more profit for the rich.
    Some portion of the people they are supposed to serve would be hurt by this.

  9. They've already sued and lost on City Sued Over Smart Meter-Related Patent (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a troll, through and through. Atlas must die.
    Naperville didn't manufacture the meters, or any of the other equipment which might infringe on a patent. They need to counter sue for legal fees and 3x damages for frivolous legal claim.

  10. Philadelphia area on Ask Slashdot: Undervalued, Livable American Tech Towns? · · Score: 1

    There's a fair amount of tech in the area. Prices aren't sky high, though not on the cheaper end.

  11. Solution for patent reform - knowledgable judges on East Texas Judge Throws Out 168 Patent Cases · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The judge in question has learned a lot about patent law (he's only been a district judge for 4 years). He threw out the cases, and invited the defendants to file for attorney fees.
    The threat of having to pay attorney fees if they lose will stop patent trolls dead. Millions for defense, not a penny for tribute will take on a new meaning when you can get the millions back.

  12. Cry me a river on Oracle: Google Has "Destroyed" the Market For Java · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sun destroyed the market for Java.
    Sun wanted to sell hardware, and they designed Java to run well with their hardware. Sun's ideal was the network is the computer. Java is/was a client language that could run on a lot of platforms, with in Sun's mind a Sun server at the other end. Didn't quite work out that way. Sun was going belly up, Oracle bought the carcass. Sun gave Java away. You can't put the jinni back in the bottle.
    Java was worthless when Oracle bought Sun. They're engaged in revisionist history trying to milk a dead cow.

  13. Re:Sony Xperia Z3 on Ask Slashdot: Best Big Battery Phone? · · Score: 1

    Add my my vote.
    I've had mine for almost a year. With moderate use I can go a couple days on a charge.

  14. BULL$#1T on Legislation Would Force Radio Stations To Pay Royalties · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's NOTHING in the bill that would pay artists,
    only record companies.
    As to the comments on ASCAP and BMI. In most cases "license fees" are another term for royalties. And in this case they are.
    This is more backdoor BS by the record company shills.

  15. Interesting mod of a waterproof tablet on Ebola-Proof Tablet Developed By Google Set For Deployment In Sierra Leone · · Score: 1

    At least one version of the Sony Xperia tablet is waterproof. They also make a waterproof phone.
    The issue is chlorine breaks down the the seals. All Google had to do is replace the seals with a chlorine resistant compound.
    Xperia have a "glove" mode, so that takes care of that problem.
    The result is probably much cheaper than an industrial tablet, or computer.

  16. Stop doing business with them on How Do You Handle the Discovery of a Web Site Disclosing Private Data? · · Score: 1

    Talk to, call, or send an email to your boss If he's not an idiot things will end soon. If that doesn't work. If' you have a contract. read it carefully, find the exit clause and use it.

  17. Survey says : X on MN Legislature Introduces Amendment To Protect Electronic Communications · · Score: 1

    why did this even get put on the /. main page
    the summary itself provides damning evidence that this bill is a pointless act.

    this might get more press than the Montana hating state rep who wants to ban yoga pants, but not likely

  18. Re:Like hearing grandpa talk about WWII on PC-BSD: Set For Serious Growth? · · Score: 1

    Only too true.
    and Apple's desktop OS is based on BSD.
    funny that

  19. Finally the idiots stop believing sympathic magic on US Gov't To Withdraw Food Warnings About Dietary Cholesterol · · Score: 2

    That consuming cholesterol actually causes an increase in someone's cholesterol level was never well founded.
    It has always fallen in the sympathetic category from any evidence I've ever seen. Tropical oils, which have no cholesterol seem to cause far more problems than butter and eggs.
    Diet is the least well understood health issue. Worse, it varies widely between individuals. Perhaps the in'duh'viduals in the FDA have finally caught on.
    Given the number of times they've revised dietary recommendations, one can only assume doctors must have been (maybe still are) really ignorant; at least about diet.

    NOTE: I said ignorant. For a profession that likes to present itself as all knowing that is an issue. To deny it is stupid.

  20. CONTRACT! on DMCA Exemption Campaign Would Let Fans Run Abandoned Games · · Score: 0

    When you buy one of those DRM games there is an implicit contract. The seller has agreed to provide authorization.
    Contracts work both ways.
    I believe Sony has already run into this problem.
    All it takes is one class action suit (for the value of the purchase price of the game per plaintiff) against the current copyright holder to make it too expensive for any company to shut down the servers. Yes, it will take free legal services to do it, but they seem to be available.
    In the cases where no one shows up to defend the copyright it's the best possible answer. The copyright is unclaimed and the work is either in public domain or worthless. No more DMCA.

  21. I suspect flow became crap on The Bizarre and Complex Story of a Failed Wikipedia Software Extension · · Score: 1

    The Wiki has been fighting being overwhelmed by crap.
    open does not mean open to every stupid asshole who want's to abuse the system
    this is another attempt to hijack a legitimate source by assholes

  22. good CHEAP phone on The First Ubuntu Phone Is Here, With Underwhelming Hardware · · Score: 1

    I saw an "underwhelming post" must have been a -1. I was hoping to respond to it.
    some people want this to compete with an apple or samsung.
    Get a life!
    This is a cheap phone that works.
    Is it spectacular? Full featured?
    NO, but it works! too many idiots have no clue. this a a good phone, for the 3rd world.

  23. Perhaps you've heard of GPS on Extra Leap Second To Be Added To Clocks On June 30 · · Score: 1

    GPS doesn't directly need leap seconds, but it relies on astronomical calculations that do.
    I write software that deals with leap seconds. I don't write the stuff that actually calculates them, but I have to make sure not to break it. One of the mottos of the company I work for is "it is rocket science".
    A second is a small enough margin of error to be allowable. Most time systems are based on seconds, so that's the smallest reasonable choice.
    For the jokers. An error of 1 minute would be 1 nautical mile (almost 2 km). Which is 1 minute of latitude (60 minutes in a degree). Funny how minute and nautical mile are the same.
    I'm an astro geek, and a sailor, don't piss in my yard.

  24. Really bad summary. totally bogus math on 65% of Cancers Caused by Bad Luck, Not Genetics or Environment · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's 2/3 of all types of cancer, are random. Not 2/3 of all cases of cancer (excluding the most common ones).
    bogus math. pointless conclusion.

    There are lies
    Damn lies
    Then there are statistics

  25. Re:3 minutes is slow? on Tesla About To Start Battery-Swap Pilot Program · · Score: 1

    I drive long trips all the time.
    put the nozzle in, get it running, us the rest room.
    That actually takes about 5 minutes, though my trip timer may be including driving into the gas station.
    When I was married, any stop took far longer. (That's not why I'm not married now)
    why do people seem to want Tesla to fail?