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  1. Locutus of Borg on What is Bill Gates Learning From Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... Locutus needs to recognize that one company, be it the size of the Borg from Regmond, cannot take upon itself the sheer amount of technical challenges as the Borg have tried to do. They may have tens of thousands of drones, but they're still spread thin. The solution is to release the entire code to their flagship products, Borg Windoors XP and Borg Windoors Vista, under an OSS license. The entire world is suffering from the problems inherent in these two products, so you can rest assured that within no time, millions of programmers will jump in and fix the problems therein. Most likely, most of the system would be replaced by major chunks of Linux or BSD code anyway.

  2. idiots on Encryption Passphrase Protected by the 5th Amendment · · Score: 1

    Tell those mother fuckers, "Well, if YOU can find out what the password is, then please tell me, because I can't remember it to save my life!"

    And that would actually be your passphrase, but those idiots will never figure that one out.

    The government is incompetent.

  3. XP sux on The Advantages of Upgrading From Vista To XP · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Windows XP has its shortcomings as well. If you maintain a number of computers for a company, you'll notice that there is no good way to set up one Windows XP computer exactly the way you like it and then duplicate that setup to other computers, unless all of your computers have identical hardware.

  4. a better os on NYSE Moves to Linux · · Score: 1

    this sux. they should move to windoze vista home basic

  5. Re:Microsloth Windows Excalibur on Light-based Quantum Circuit Does Basic Maths · · Score: 1

    Did you RTFP? I said IF you buy an HP or Dell with the exact same guts, running Windoze instead of Mac OS X, you're going to sit there and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and then be told how Microsloth Windoze Excalibur is saving you time. And when you click on something, as if the audible "click" of your mouse button isn't enough, you'll hear that crisply-recorded "click" sound from your speakers, that infuriates me so much that I want to take the computer and throw it off the roof of a 400 story building. But they ain't built one yet.

  6. OraleSocial on Google's OpenSocial Too Late To Be a Win? · · Score: 1

    What kind of a retarded, boring name is OpenSocial? No wonder it isn't winning anybody's heart. The darn thing has a name that only a mother could love.

  7. Microsloth Windows Excalibur on Light-based Quantum Circuit Does Basic Maths · · Score: 1

    Dude, this is nothing. I'm writing from the future to let you know that my MacBook has a processor called the Intel Q-80, an 80-core Intel hybrid quantum/conventional computing CPU. The conventional part runs at 1.5 THz (terahertz) and is a 4-nanometer process running at 0.03 volts. The quantum part is based on a positron spin matrix, and all computations are nearly immediate and reversible. I can convert a 5 TB RedRay (the successor to BluRay) movie to SMPEG format in about 2 microseconds. I can crack a 1024-bit encryption message of 1 TB length in less than half a microsecond. All operations on the computer are incredibly fast, partly due to much faster memory and also to all mechanical hard drives being eschewed in favor of an approach that is faster than DRAM. And most interaction with the computer is through spoken commands a la the Star Trek ship's computer, with spoken feedback in a variety of voices, all sounding as real as a human's voice. When turning on the computer, Mac OS X 10.9 Lion loads instantly. It's as quick as waking the computer from sleep, but from a cold boot. Also, the battery lasts approximately 80 hours with heavy usage. Oh, one final thing. If you get a Dell or HP with exactly the same hardware configuration, it comes with Windows Excalibur (the successor to Windows Ansicht, which is the successor to Windows 2011, which is the successor to Windows Vista). Windows Excalibur is touted as the world's most time-saving operating system, as it takes full advantage of the newest advances in hardware to provide a smooth and lightning fast user experience. As you might guess, studies show that users of an average Windows Excalibur computer spend approximately 0.01% of their time actually interacting with the computer, while 99.99% of the time is spent waiting for it to respond.

  8. Re:how to solve the energy crisis on Electric Cars to Help Utilities Load Balance Grid · · Score: 1

    The crazy thing is that if you use the exercise bicycles to power the gym (and do it to reduce the gym's costs) and then advertise it as a "green" gym, you could actually charge people MORE to work out there, and there are lots of people who would actually pay more, just because it would make them feel good about attending a "green" gym, so you could have your cake and eat it too!

  9. Ask /. with an answer?! on The Home Library Problem Solved · · Score: 1

    Dude, I think this is an historical moment. We have all witnessed the very first Ask /. that actually has an answer!! Oh, by the way, pirst fost!

  10. A-mad-jihad is in for a big bang. on Iran Builds Supercomputer From Banned AMD Parts · · Score: 1

    Heh heh... AMD never authorized 216 chips to be shipped into Iran. And guess what? They didn't authorize some fly-by-night counterfeit product maker in China to make counterfeit chips, either. But guess what? I'm guessing both happened. And I'm guessing these counterfeit chips are what Iran got their hands on. They will most likely process the "one point twenty-one" jigaflops or whatever Iran claims it'll do, but unknown to them, it'll make mistakes on about 88% of them. So when Iran launches a nuke at what they think will be the United States, it'll actually fly all the way around the world and then fall right smack on that idiot tyrant Hitler-wanna-be Mahmoud A-mad-jihad's house.

  11. Government on Ohio Plans To Encrypt After Data Breach · · Score: 1

    Why don't they just use GPG? It won't cost them three million dollars, and it'll be just as good. It's not going to cost Ohio's government three million dollars. It's going to cost the people who live in Ohio three million dollars in tax dollars. Every time someone says, "Let the government pay for that," they really mean, make us all pay for that, because where does the government get its money? From your hard work! And every time someone says, "Let corporations pay for that," they really mean, make us all pay for that, because where do corporations get their money? That's right! It comes out of your pocket whenever you buy any product or service. Somewhere along the line, it was mined, grown, processed, moved, removed, produced, packaged, housed, assembled, displayed, sold, etc., by a corporation. And when that corporation's expenses go up, it becomes included in the price structure of the product or service you buy.

  12. this is stupid on Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra? · · Score: 1

    There should be a law that not only forbids the bullshit that makes it inconvenient to copy DVDs, but furthermore there should be a law that anyone who copies a movie for any reason is entitled, by filling out a simple web form on the web, to have the MPAA, RIAA, and Microsoft pay Steve Jobs (personally) triple the cost of the DVD media onto which they copy the movie. There should be no need for proof. Whatever people fill in on the honor system will be considered prima facie evidence in a court of law. In other words, you could simply log onto the website and fill in that you copied a trillion movies last night, at a cost of a billion dollars per DVD disc, and the MPAA, RIAA, and Microsoft would instantly, by law, each owe Steve Jobs whatever three times a trillion times a billion equals (which would appear on a sheet of paper as a three with a whole shitload of zeroes after it) in United States dollars. Furthermore, the law would call for all of Darl's possessions to be confiscated and offered as a reward to the "pirst-foster" who enters a number larger than a googolplex on this website. The law should furthermore state that the debt is collectable immediately upon the data being entered into the system, with no grace period allowed between the instant the "submit" button is clicked and the moment payment must reach Jobs' bank account, and that failure by any of the three organizations to pay in full and on time shall constitute breach of the law by all three organizations and that said breach entitles RMS to confiscate everything those three organizations have and donate it all to Linus, whereupon Linus would be required by law to accept this donation and apply it towards the technical improvement of Linux. What? Didn't you read the subject line? It said this is stupid. But no, you didn't believe it, you stupid idiot. You had to read the whole thing and see that it's totally, completely, and in all other ways retarded beyond description. And so are you, because obviously you have nothing better to do than read this shit. (I, on the other hand, have MUCH better things to do than write this shit, but we'll ignore that for now and just keep insulting you.)

  13. how to fix energy problems on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    I have a much better idea. Instead of nucular power (yes, this spelling is correct, as is President Bush's pronunciation), what we need to do is fit all our prisons and jails with stationary bicycles that are attached to generators. Instead of letting those inmates waste the state's money, make them pedal all day long to produce energy.

  14. how to solve the energy crisis on Electric Cars to Help Utilities Load Balance Grid · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I have a much better solution to the problem of energy. There are thousands upon thousands of people behind bars. All they have to do is hook up rows and rows of stationary bicycles, where the flywheels of all the bicycles on each row are connected by an axle, at the end of which is a coil that serves as a generator. Put the inmates on these damn things for 18 hours a day, with groups of inmates starting and stopping at two hour offsets to make sure that there will be electricity generated 24 hours per day, and make them pedal hard to generate that electricity. Each bike would be fitted with a device that senses if the inmate on that bike isn't pedaling hard enough, and if so, the taskmasters assigned to that group of bicycles would use a whip to provide incentive to pedal harder. The prison walls could be built out of lead-acid batteries arranged like bricks to house excess energy.

  15. Turning an IBM 360 into a MacBook Pro on How to Turn Your PC into a Mac · · Score: 1

    Turning a PC into a Mac is nothing. What they really need to come up with is how to turn an IBM 360 into a MacBook Pro.

  16. Hmmm. on Your Ex-CoWorkers Will Kill Facebook · · Score: 1

    Yes you have a choice. Just don't approve their friend request. But don't disapprove it either. Just let it sit there. Their page won't show anything different, and if they happen to find you again and try to add you again, it'll simply tell them there's already a pending friend request. That makes it look as if you never log in.

  17. Snakes. I hate snakes. on Are Spammers Giving Up? · · Score: 1

    Spammers giving up? I think not! Do you have any idea how many emails I get every day telling me how I can grow an enormous trouser python?!?!?! I don't even like snakes!

  18. Get another job and make more too on NASA Requires JPL Scientists To Give Up Right To Privacy · · Score: 1

    Well I don't see any problem here. They should have no trouble at all finding a job in any high tech industry they wish to work in. Not only that, but I think they'd probably earn MUCH MORE working for private industry than for the government. Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea how many industries, like aviation, industrial automation, etc., would dish out millions to get their hands on some more qualified engineers and scientists? I still think they should play the lawsuit lottery and try and make a few million more in damages to be paid by the government. It's not right that the government does this kind of stuff. First it's NASA JPL scientists. Then it's people working for any part of the government. And then it's people working in any business that services the government (which is just about every business there is) and then it's everyone. Next thing you know, the law will read like the EULA of the Borg from Regmond:

    Borg Collective of Regmond

    Walls Vista Medium Sized Business (50 to 100 employees) Ultimate Edition End-User License Agreement (EULA)

    IMPORTANT. READ CAREFULLY: BY US HAVING WRITTEN THIS AGREEMENT, YOU HAVE AGREED TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS.

    This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you and The Borg Collective of Regmond. We may amend, modify, rewrite, or otherwise change this EULA at any time and for any reason without any notice or consent from any party, including but not limited to you, or any other party, and you hereby agree to agree with any and all such changes, if any such changes are made.

    1. GRANT OF LICENSE. The Borg Collective of Regmond grants you the privilege and honor of complying with all terms and conditions of this EULA:

    1.1 Payment for no consideration. You agree that you owe us everything you own, have in your possession, had in your possession at any time in the past, whether or not still in your possession, or will have in your possession at any time in the future, whether or not in your possession at this time. Said possessions may include, but are not limited to, your money, your furniture, your automobile or automobiles, your house or houses, your soul, and any other possession, whether real, imagined, or believed to be real. You agree to pay us in full. You further agree that you shall receive no consideration whatsoever for said payment. However, you agree that giving us everything for no consideration provides you significant joy, and that if this EULA is ever called into question in a court of law, you agree that said joy shall be considered your consideration for said obligation and payment. You further agree that you shall have no remedy for any breach of this EULA by The Borg Collective of Regmond, and that if such a remedy is provided by law, you wish to waive your right to any such remedy, and that such waiver of such right shall constitute additional consideration for the aforementioned debt and payment.

    1.2 Deferral of payment. The Borg Collective of Regmond grants that you shall not have to make the entire payment in full at this time. However, you agree that said payment shall be made, in whole or in part, at our sole discretion, whenever we choose, and that we may search your property or properties and seize any belongings we wish to seize at any time and without any notice.

    2. RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS.

    2.1 You agree that you have no rights under this agreement.

    2.2 You agree that The Borg Collective of Regmond has all the rights under this agreement.

    3. CONSENT TO COLLECTION OF INFORMATION. You agree that The Borg Collective of Regmond may, at its sole discretion, gather information about you in any manner it pleases, including, but not limited to, monitoring you, tapping your phone and network lines, opening your mail, reading your email, initiating clandestine surveillance of your personal activities, photographing you and your activities from behind bushes, or in any other manner, now known or later developed. You further agree tha

  19. A check with a one and a zillion zeroes after it. on IBM Sues Company Selling Fake, Flammable Batteries · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... A million bucks per dodgy fake battery sold. And this company sold how many of these? A million. So that means they owe IBM about... $1,000,000,000,000.00. That would be a trillion dollars. Which is 1/12th of the GDP of the United States. Yeah. I think IBM could probably collect that with no problem at all. It's just a matter of someone writing a check and putting a whole bunch of zeroes on it.

  20. Read the EULA! on States Claim There is No Match for Microsoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do you want? The governments of these states are simply obeying the EULA. I am copying this EULA below for reference (bold emphasis mine):

    Borg Collective of Regmond

    Walls Vista Business Professional Deluxe Plus End-User License Agreement (EULA)

    IMPORTANT. READ CAREFULLY: BY US HAVING WRITTEN THIS AGREEMENT, YOU HAVE AGREED TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS.

    This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you and The Borg Collective of Regmond. We may amend, modify, rewrite, or otherwise change this EULA at any time and for any reason without any notice or consent from any party, including but not limited to you, or any other party, and you hereby agree to agree with any and all such changes, if any such changes are made.

    1. GRANT OF LICENSE. The Borg Collective of Regmond grants you the privilege and honor of complying with all terms and conditions of this EULA:

    1.1 Payment for no consideration. You agree that you owe us everything you own, have in your possession, had in your possession at any time in the past, whether or not still in your possession, or will have in your possession at any time in the future, whether or not in your possession at this time. Said possessions may include, but are not limited to, your money, your furniture, your automobile or automobiles, your house or houses, your soul, and any other possession, whether real, imagined, or believed to be real. You agree to pay us in full. You further agree that you shall receive no consideration whatsoever for said payment. However, you agree that giving us everything for no consideration provides you significant joy, and that if this EULA is ever called into question in a court of law, you agree that said joy shall be considered your consideration for said obligation and payment. You further agree that you shall have no remedy for any breach of this EULA by The Borg Collective of Regmond, and that if such a remedy is provided by law, you wish to waive your right to any such remedy, and that such waiver of such right shall constitute additional consideration for the aforementioned debt and payment.

    1.2 Deferral of payment. The Borg Collective of Regmond grants that you shall not have to make the entire payment in full at this time. However, you agree that said payment shall be made, in whole or in part, at our sole discretion, whenever we choose, and that we may search your property or properties and seize any belongings we wish to seize at any time and without any notice.

    2. RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS.

    2.1 You agree that you have no rights under this agreement.

    2.2 You agree that The Borg Collective of Regmond has all the rights under this agreement.

    3. CONSENT TO COLLECTION OF INFORMATION. You agree that The Borg Collective of Regmond may, at its sole discretion, gather information about you in any manner it pleases, including, but not limited to, monitoring you, tapping your phone and network lines, opening your mail, reading your email, initiating clandestine surveillance of your personal activities, photographing you and your activities from behind bushes, or in any other manner, now known or later developed. You further agree that The Borg Collective of Regmond may, at its sole discretion, share this information, in whole or in part, with any person or entity.

    4. ASSIMILATION. You agree that without prejudice to any other rights that you do not have anyway, The Borg Collective of Regmond may choose to assimilate you into The Borg Collective of Regmond, and you further agree that if The Borg Collective of Regmond so chooses, that you shall not resist and shall allow The Borg Collective of Regmond to assimilate your biological and technological distinctiveness into its own.

    5. APPLICABLE LAW. This EULA shall, at The Borg Collective of Regmond's sole discretion, be governed by the laws of any union, bloc, country, state, locality, or other government structure, real or imagined, that The Borg Collective of Regmond shall

  21. hmmm on Colleges Outsourcing Email To MS Live, Google · · Score: 1

    School emails are kind of stupid. Once you graduate, the email is no good anymore. Better to get an email address on your own and keep it forever.

  22. right from the outset on Flexible Optic Fiber Promises Cheaper Last Mile · · Score: 1

    They should run many in parallel right from the outset to, say, quadruple the throughput. This is because although the investment will be much larger in the short run, in the long run, it will save money, since it will put off the need to upgrade to yet higher throughput systems, which will save in switching costs. Not to mention that installation of the cable is probably more expensive than the cable itself.

  23. Darl on Stay Lifted, Novell Vs. SCO Can Go Forward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How tough are you now, Darl? You thought you could play the lawsuit lottery against anyone who's ever said the word "Linux" but guess what? Linus has more resources at his disposal than even the Borg up in Regmond. So do the dozens of international corporations and governments that are using, developing, or otherwise supporting Linux. Not to mention that all your lawsuit succeeded in doing was generating lots and lots of press for Linux. And as the saying goes, there's no such thing as bad publicity. So I guess there's only one thing left to say: Nanny nanny boo boo!

  24. Re:Windows-style results. on Apple 10.4.11 Update Can Brick Macs With Boot Camp · · Score: 1

    Apple paid me roughly $-6000 over the last year to write that. Note, that's a negative number. Meaning that when they paid me, the money actually went from me to them. Think of it as getting paid with antimoney, similar to antimatter in a way. Except that in this case, when they paid me those 6000 antidollars, they also gave me some computers and software, which were matter, as opposed to antimatter. Hmmm... I can see where this might be a bit confusing.

  25. Re:Hmmm... on How the BSA Squeezes the Little Guys · · Score: 1

    rice_burners_suck is a cock sucker.

    Hey, what you and I do in the privacy of your bedroom is our business and no one else's.