Slashdot Mirror


User: ArhcAngel

ArhcAngel's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
2,682
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 2,682

  1. Yes on Do We Need a Longer School Year? · · Score: 2

    The school year should be 23 months with a month off to scrape all the gum off the underside of the desks.

  2. VANET on Ask Slashdot: Ad-Hoc Wireless Mesh Network For Emergency Vehicles? · · Score: 5, Informative

    So you want to set up a VANET (Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network)...a subset of the MANET (mobile ad-hoc network). There's even a proposal for a secure fire truck communication protocol via VANET. Perhaps you can find more information by reaching out to some of the agencies working on this protocol.

  3. Re:They need to innovate on AMD's Next-Gen Steamroller CPU Could Deliver Where Bulldozer Fell Short · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well they definitely need to step up with their current offerings but I will forever be grateful for their 64 bit x86 extensions. If not for that we'd be stuck with Itanium desktops...*SHUDDER*...

  4. Re:So which field of engineering on Bill "The Science Guy" Nye Says Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children · · Score: 1

    I worked with a couple of sales and marketing guys that wanted to "get into" the computer business. They studied the material for the MCSE exams and aced the tests without ever actually doing any diagnostic work. They didn't cheat they simply studied the notes needed to correctly answer the questions. If the final exam doesn't require them to fix something in front of a trained professional anybody who can memorize things can pass.

  5. Re:Yes! on Bill "The Science Guy" Nye Says Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children · · Score: 5, Funny

    While he's awesome, I wonder how this made it to the front page of Failblog before it made it to Slashdot.

    Don't worry. /. will make up for this by posting it several more times in the next few days.

  6. Collapsed headline on Study Shows Marijuana Use In Teens Correlates To Decreasing IQ · · Score: 1

    The story was collapsed so the headline was so close to the previous story I saw Study shows Apple use by teens may cause lower IQ.

  7. What ifs on PC Makers In Desperate Need of a Reboot · · Score: 2

    Imagine the world today had hp claimed ownership of Wozniac's first PC?

    You may say I'm a dreamer...

    But I'm not the only one...

    Take my hand and join us...

    And the world will live, will live as one

  8. Re:Recycled CNN content on Tata Intends To Sell Air-Powered Car In India · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeap, that was me. I consider 1980 part of the 70's. I also consider "Real People" and "That's Incredible" to be the same show despite them being on different networks ;).

  9. Re:Recycled CNN content on Tata Intends To Sell Air-Powered Car In India · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's been vapor a lot longer than that...Besides the obvious pun I saw a guy demonstrate a compressed air motor on "That's Incredible" in the 70's. I've tried to find it but it looks like nobody wants to be reminded that show ever existed.

  10. Re:Pee in a cup? on Lance Armstrong and the Science of Drug Testing · · Score: 1

    You mean professional like the NY Post?

  11. Re:Ex-military, current paranoid schizophrenic on Judge Orders Release of Ex-Marine Detained Over Facebook Posts · · Score: 2

    Posting that here will get you an instant "+5, Insightful" here.

    How long have you worked for the department of redundancy department?

  12. Re:Cap on The Rebirth of PC Gaming? Bring On the Modders! · · Score: 1

    It is truly sad to see OnLive stoop to turfers...

  13. Re:Tmobile wifi calling solves this problem on T-Mobile Returns To Unlimited Data Plans · · Score: 1

    What? The point of having a data plan on a mobile device is to replace the wifi at home?

    That may be your point for having mobile data. Mine is to be able to access data...while mobile. I have a 12Mbs line at home for data consumption. I'd hate to even think about the lag trying to play one of my FPS games over wireless data. That's what kept me from switching to Clear from AT&T. OH...and I can access the media on my home server from any internet connected DLNA client. Kinda hard to do if the home internet leaves the house when you do.

  14. Re:"Hamlet's BlackBerry" and "In Praise of Slow" on Workers Working An Extra 20 Hours a Week Thanks To BYOD · · Score: 1

    living without internet access and posting to /.

    Mind Blown!

  15. Re:We no longer regulate ads and mail order produc on Should Medical Apps Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    No need to ask. My years at a pacemaker/implantable defibrillator company working on the design and testing of medical devices taught me more than I ever wanted to know about the FDA. As for your guidance I simply implied it was a tad heavy handed. I agree that if an app is being marketed to medical professionals the vendor should cross their T's and dot their I's.

  16. Re:We no longer regulate ads and mail order produc on Should Medical Apps Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    Using your justification all web browsers are medical devices.

  17. Revolabs on Ask Slashdot: Recording Business Meeting Audio On an Intranet? · · Score: 1

    You could try the Revolabs xTag USB and your favorite capture software. We use them connected directly to an amp since we don't record but the base has a mini-USB plug for just what your are needing to do.

  18. Re:Potential for abuse on "Knitted" Wi-Fi Routers Create Failover Network For First Responders · · Score: 2

    But what if you got everyone on board and you could go anywhere in the world and have access to free WiFi?

  19. Re:If only we could do that automated on German Government Wants Google To Pay For the Right To Link To News Sites · · Score: 1

    How in the world is that going to compensate them for the lost sales of their print version?

  20. Re:If you have to ask... on Are 12-16 Hour Workdays Productive? · · Score: 1

    As a matter of fact...no. Shortly after I came on board they announced the parent co. had merged with another in the same industry (The software co. was there solely to support the title industry) and the decision was made to use their software ( a VB based windows abomination) instead of our product ( *nix C/S app). They kept us on for 10 months for support while they transitioned AND gave us severance benefits.

  21. Re:If you have to ask... on Are 12-16 Hour Workdays Productive? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I worked with a programmer that drove 150+ miles a day round trip because the company agreed to waive the dress policy for him when none closer to where he lives would. He was a musclebound hippie with a pony tail down to the small of his back. His daily attire consisted of a muscle shirt and neon orange Hammer pants. Programmers can be an unyielding bunch when it comes to their comfort zones. Given the demands placed on them it is usually warranted.

    He also made some really kick ass habanero jerky once a month.

  22. Re:If you have to ask... on Are 12-16 Hour Workdays Productive? · · Score: 4, Funny

    So...you dream up new software in bed?

    Sounds like a cushy job...

  23. Re:It's like Palo Alto all over again... on Apple Loses Bid To Exclude Evidence In Samsung Patent Trial · · Score: 1

    That is PRECISELY why I got out of programming.

    boss walks in... "Our biggest competitor just released an update that does xyz. Please have these features added to product abc by the end of the week."

  24. Re:OR on US Carbon Emissions Hit 20-Year Low · · Score: 1

    Well there is more to the anti-fracking crowd than just people who want the prices to rebound. Fracking has it's own set of problems.

    I work in the energy industry and we do our fair share of fracking but our natural gas exploration group has started drilling for oil in the last couple of years to offset the low returns on gas. You can't stay in business if it costs more to acquire then you can sell it for.

  25. Re:the revenge of DRM on Electronic Arts Up For Sale? · · Score: 1

    Figures...I have always been a single player game kinda guy. I finally come across a multiplayer I am getting into (Mass Effect 3) and it'll be shut down in a few weeks. I even agonized about getting ME3 at all since I couldn't purchase it through STEAM. I'm truly sorry everybody. It's obviously my fault.