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  1. We Need To Help Those Who 'Pirate' on Ebay and Microsoft Fight Software Piracy · · Score: 1

    Those poor people that actually 'Buy' software. They know not what they do. We should show them the way of wisdom by helping them get Linux, from the internet. "Koppix" is excellent. "WINE" will alow the children to play their games; Give children "WINE". COME! Join Me in enlightning those who do not know. Come Brothers, and Sisters of the light, show the down trodden that there IS a better way; And it IS Linux.

    Amen.

  2. Re:Parodies, "fair use" and Melbourne IT on Australian PM Has Parody Site Shut Down · · Score: 3, Funny

    I RTFA and to me it wasn't funny. Maybe if the tone was from the Director of Marketing for the Foster's Bewery, then THAT would be funny.

    Some constructive suggestions for the site:

    1. A "How To" page for using a turbin as a cooler for beer

    2. A "How To" page for showing when president Bush is lying, (his lips are moving...).

    3. A "How To" for watching sand as the wind blows.

    4. A "How To" for looking at dead civilizations in Iraq

    5. An aussie-english to aribic translation page?

    "hay mate, where can I get a beer?"

    "hay mate, I'm not american, I'm an aussie"

    "hay mate, where can I buy some razor blades? . . . To SHAVE with!"

    "hay mate, where is the local strip parlor?"

    "hay mate, where is the liquor store?"

  3. In Response To A Bill For ANY Censorship on Bill Could Restrict Freedom of the Press · · Score: 1

    Well, ya know; "The Road to Hell is Paved With Right Wing Religous Zealouts"

  4. I Know They're Pros, But... on U.S. Army Robots Break Asimov's First Law · · Score: 1

    Put the assembly on a "Torrent"?

    I figure 3 shoots for a "Kill", not 1000's.

    I figure a "Fire Squad" to queue up "Kills".

    What happens if the bad guys "Capture" one?

    Could the device support a low decible sound device? Some times you gotta "Flush" out your "Pray".

    I think this is a "Proof of Concept", so some bugs are gonna make them selves known.

    Maybe the R&D team might want to review the first scene of the movie, "Robo Cop"...

  5. In A Related News Story on The Microsoft Salary and Review System · · Score: 1

    President Bush decides to sell a percentage of Congress to the U.A.E..

  6. Re:Shadow of the Colossus on The Tech of the Colossus · · Score: 1

    I can't help but wonder if Mr. Forbin would approve?

  7. No, no, no Use This Topic Instead on U.S. Satellite Programs in Jeopardy of Collapse · · Score: 1

    Just say, "Your doing gods work"; and the G.W. will be motovated again.

  8. Easy, To Do on U of Wisconsin's Mac OS X Security Challenge · · Score: 5, Funny

    The process is pretty simple, "It's too expensive to compromise the Hardware, but the Humanware; That's cheap, and easy. First your dog/pet/loved is shoot, dead, in front of you. The next comes easier. The gun is pointed at you, and you are given 2 minutes to change the web page to some off topic theme. If you are given an extra 5 minutes, you'll learn Photoshop so that you can put an image of you doing it to a male Shetland pony in front of the members of the supreme court, all looking down on you and smiling in that knowing fashion." The D.O.D. Security Instructor that said this to me didn't even bat an eye; That's the chilling part.

  9. Re:20 years.... on Two-Stage-to-Orbit Spaceplane Program Shelved · · Score: 1

    I believe the damage that Burt Rotan has done to the space industry is not reversable. Should we wonder why the Air Force not be any different than NASA when it comes to putting humanity into space? Humanity could do a lot more if NASA, and the Air Force emulated Burt Rotan.

  10. Re:How about "why"? on Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart · · Score: 1

    There are many compelling reasons to change from VB. "Cost to Market" is the biggest factor. "Time to Market" is what I call the "Bonus Paid Factor". VB? I shake my head an wonder why. Recently I was given a reason why, the herd knowedge base of my client's software staff was not capable of understanding AJAX, which I believe is more easy to understand than VB. Some people still think OO solutions are beyond their grasp, and their budgets. These people should fear the word "Off-Shoring" the most.

  11. Re:is Niels Ferguson.. on No Backdoor in Vista · · Score: 1

    Well, lets face it. "Before the Gods MAKE YOU FALL, they first give you the gift of Pride." Sucks to be Niels Ferguson.

  12. Re:Relax, We're still going to the moon, right? on NASA Cancels Missions After All · · Score: 1

    If NASA would work on getting our collective butts into space, the natural curiosity of man would do the rest.

  13. Re:Maybe you should try Lyx... on MS Thinks OOo is 10 Years Behind · · Score: 1

    Given the nature of Open_Office, one could enhance it to handle the way of the Kanji. But I don't think Ms.Office will like you as much when you are with another.

    But I ask you, which better? 'O-O', or 'O-O-O'?

  14. Re:MS blames everyone else. on Microsoft Accuses European Union of Collusion · · Score: 1

    Lets see if I get this right. Microsoft wants us to believe that their desktop IS THE OPERATING SYSTEM. That because it has been proven time and again that Windows has more quality failures than swiss cheese has holes. NOW they blame EU for making a rational decision.

    Is there a "No Tolerance On Using Drugs Policy" at Microsoft?

  15. Re:NSA to start helping detectives? on NASA to Start Helping Detectives · · Score: 1

    Given NASA's lack of ability at getting man into space; I'm thinking that the total number of people that HAVE gone into space would make a nice group picture in front of a McDonalds. If I were the FBI, I'd trust NASA, but I would verify also.

  16. Re:1 reason vista will suck on Why Vista Won't Suck · · Score: 1

    I can think of one excellent reason why windows vista won't suck. I'm using the Knoppix distro of Linux. That's $500 I'll save, PLUS hardware upgrades that won't affect my allowance at all.

    Is it me, or has anyone else noticed that this "windows" product is like closed source? I mean like how old are these guys to think that bad guys couldn't go in and mess with their software, and like no one would know about it? My computer lab teacher said that dudes that hide junk in their code get failing grades; bummer dude.

  17. Flea Bytes? on Napster Blames Microsoft for Lack of Sales · · Score: 1

    If one lays down with dogs, one is sure to get flea bites. But a short internet search will show that the law suits of Micorsoft losing AFTER doing business with a company that sells interesting technology is damning enough.

  18. Applications Question on Unlock Your Doors With a Knock Code · · Score: 1

    What sound will it make if she already has knockers?

  19. Legal Risks? on 'Infectious' Open Source Software? · · Score: 0

    Ok, grandpa will bite; What are they? Or is this some kind of smoke your trying to blow up my, (where the sun don't shine body part).

  20. I Just Don't Understand? on Justice Dept. Rejects Google's Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    I understand that everyone has "needs"; But what is G.W.'s fetish about a childs left behind?

  21. Microsoft Paid For My High School Prom on Microsoft Confirms 6 Versions of Vista · · Score: 1

    If it wasn't for like Microsoft, I just couldn't do things, or buy stuff. Like adults pay me to put their ads on like everyones computers and stuff. There's even money in like getting dudes personal data and like selling it to other clueless dudes; Wow! Now with this new Vista coming out in 6 flaovrs?! Woe! I can make like 6 times the cashe. I figure that when I get old, like 18? I can retire, and hang lose about Social Security. Rock ON Microsoft!

  22. Re:Commercial Moonlandings? on Draft Rules for X Prize Lunar Lander Challenge · · Score: 1

    Have you ever noticed that a elemental analysis of the surface of the moon down to a level of say 10 feet is missing?

    If you want to kick start accesss to the moon, then show everyone where the gold is. during the 1840's and '50s California gold rush, it wasn't the miner that made the money, it was the guy that sold the miner a shovel.

  23. Re:Doesn't make sense... on Future of Maglev in the US Military · · Score: 1

    Then think "Skynet"

  24. Re:Route around that censorship. on CIA Secretly Reclassifying Documents · · Score: 1

    Saw the clip, I can see all americans are going to start praying 5 times a day on that one. I guess tomarrow I'm going start seeing Minerets next to all McDonnals?

    You know? I just can't help but wonder when the CIA will get tired of wiping G.W.'s ass for the sake of his ol'man. G.W. should be VERRRRY glad that his followers don't call him "Ceasor."; Because of the reputation of the Practorian Gurad.

  25. Re:To be blunt... on What Do You Want in a Job Website? · · Score: 1

    Problems:

    0. I stopped believing what Head Hunters, and Employers said when Nixon was "Homeland" spying on the Democrats.

    1. Job Seekers should have access to the job posting history of the employer. this helps to determine the type of job the employer is filling, filled; And two, if the employer has a high turnaround on new hires, then the employer doesn't know how to hire the right kind of people. Maybe your the right one.

    2. What a Head Hunter does is check off boxes on a form, that person has NO IDEA what the answers mean. If you DON't put in the right words that fit what's on a print out, then you don't "Match".

    3. If the Job Poster is trying to get someone to handle a job without paying for training of its employees; Hello Mr. Adam Henry. If there is no training program, then the employer does not care about its I.T. staffers future; For what ever reason.

    4. The Job Seeker has to find some way to shut the f... up when someone else mentions an opposing view. Don't even have an opinion till you have been on the job 18 months.

    5. The Employer wants to see someone who will BE THERE every work day, rain or shine, WITH a POSITIVE attitude. NOBODY wants to hear from a winey mouthed worker. Problems are like assholes, everybody has at least one.

    6. A f...ing test in order to be hired? That's sure sign the employer couldn't find their A.., using both hands, in a room full of mirrors. I've made lots of money off these types.

    7. Don't lie on your job application. The CEO of Radio Shack found out about that one, the hard way. If you are going to lie, be VERY sure you cannot get caught.

    8. No matter how stupid the employers are, DO NOT put Ebonics down as a second language. It's a joke that takes 60 days for people to realize, and if you are on a 90 probation, that means 30 days of smiling real big to everyone that read that resume, and didn't even bring it up.

    9. OK, you got caught putting Ebonics on your resume. Explain to the employer that's its a language that has no assignment statement in it. It works with only known data in an embedded application. It will take them 180 days to figure that joke out; Well past the 90 day probation period.