User: RobertLTux

Possible Evil: Pageant Moms

On: Human Cloning Possible Within 50 Years, Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Claims

i could see a pagent mom cloning her "doll" N times just to have that many extra chances to WIN AT ALL COSTS

Krystal 2 breaks an ankle before a competition= replace with Krystal 3
K1 ODs on her meds= call and have a new clone whipped up

the short version of this

On: 30 Days Is Too Long: Animated Rant About Windows 8

If you HAVE to deal with a Win8 system then install classic shell and be done with it

If you think the measure of things is how a 3 year old does them then i would suggest your choices are a bit different beginning with say your underwear,

note for MS please restore the Start menu/Orb at least as an option for SP1

note for IT managers please allow things like Classic Shell so that your folks can get WORK done.

Re:Mixed feelings.

On: Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today

given the number of federal laws this would break and the overlap of GUN owners and HAM operators you would be lucky to not lose your LIFE

Re:I suspect there's some level of feedback

On: Using Multiple Forms of Media At Once Correlates With Depression, Anxiety

No actually its because of the IAAL types that something that might be considered "Professional Advice" must be preceded with I Am Not A %Professional% to flag that this might be WRONG

and besides with the IAAL types they will always say IAAL But Im Not YOUR Lawyer and may not even cover Your Case In Your Location.

Because you have a Linux Box??

On: Valve Begins Listing Linux Requirements For Certain Games On Steam

My big question is if you have a TriBoot Linux /Mac /Win system short of the publisher being a Rotted Male Organ wiould you ahve to buy each platform seperately?? (or would your Steam Account load the "correct" platform each time from one purchase)

Re:F2F [Re:Uh, nice try]

On: Stay Home When You're Sick!

" And "corporate sim" is not actually face to face."

depends on how flexible you define face to face

you may have a problem with somebody showing up "furry" but in SL you can actually see faces.

Re:Uh, nice try

On: Stay Home When You're Sick!

quite frankly Businesses should consider trying to get as many folks to work from home as possible.

start with this question

What is the exact reason you think that you need all of your people actually nose to muzzle on a day to day basis??

If its the real time "Face to Face" thing then for all that matters you could have everybody meet on your corporate sim on the SL grid

would it be worth it to pay US$1000 and then US$295 a month for a meeting place that is world accessable runs 24/7 and does not have the problems of folks making each other sick??

(special note there are other similar grids with lower prices)

Best of the Self Hosting alternates??

On: Google Axes Free Google Apps For Businesses

So if somebody wanted to do this themselves is there a way to self host this kind of Integrated Stack??

I like the concept of EyeOS but that seems to be a Dead Project

Re:Two dirty words harry reid

On: How Yucca Mountain Was Killed

isn't it nevada that one time had a state owned Whorehouse?? (and couldn't run it properly)

Re:parents would say:

On: Hagfish Slime Could Make Super-Strong Clothes

yes true but not having nasty bits of rock jammed into ones knees (and having scarred up skin on her knees) would be a good thing.

It would still HURT but it would be a lot less nasty

Re:Scientology, anyone?

On: Tour the Turn of the Century Electrotherapy Museum (Video)

i think that what you are doing is changing the capacitance of the circuit so yah its a bit iffy.

parents would say:

On: Hagfish Slime Could Make Super-Strong Clothes

let me know when i can buy tights/pants for my kid using this.

you can be raising the fruffiest Princess Ever but if she trips while skipping down the lane those tights are TOAST

Slash Parents can i get a

SO SAY WE ALL
?

Re:Misunderstood?

On: Facebook Says EU 'Right To Be Forgotten' Would Harm Privacy

making a few assumtions here

lets say you go to a party and then get drugged out of your mind (spiked drink) they then strip you down shave you and put you in a wig makeup and teddy (with any needed padding). As the party winds down they then start posting pictures AND TAGGING THEM hinting that you maybe wanted to be dressed/act like that.

do you think the Important People in your life would approve?? the ones you haven't met yet??

The End of "You have reached The Desk of ...."?

On: Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Need a Phone At Your Desk?

For all that matters i would be all in favor of dumping Fixed Phones if it means that i can talk to %person% not %persons_desk%
IF I WANT TO TALK TO FURNITURE I WILL TALK TO MY OWN

Re:I guess the food supply

On: As Fish Stocks Collapse, Overpopulated Lobsters Resort to Cannibalism

No no no. Here's the proper way to do it:

I guess the food supply...

*put on sunglasses* ... is getting pinched.

http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=csi

is even better.

So i guess RedLobster is going to have a massive sale now??

Re:Same applies elsewhere?

On: Researchers: PATRIOT Act Can 'Obtain' Data In Europe

and then be accused of having ties to Terrorists/ Child Slavery/Whatever and then everything held by the company remotely "US based" gets seized.

Google Takeout is you freind

On: The Rise of Feudal Computer Security

i think you can Yoink a copy of EVERYTHING yours in the G-hive and its in decent formats also

why no Bootable Discs anymore??

On: Interviews: Ask What You Will of Eugene Kaspersky

I was surprised that companies don't rig the install disc to be self booting anymore Why is this??

would not be a problem but an updated bootable copy seems to be either Vodoo or in the form of download a full copy every time

Re:Damn...

On: No More "Asperger's Syndrome"

"Ever looked up the definition of normal? Aspergers is a significant deviation from how a person functions mentally on average. That's the definition of "not normal"."

a bit of trivia NONE of the DSMs have had the word "normal" as a diagnosis.

as my Psych teacher said "Normal is a setting on a dryer"

Re:I Wonder?

On: Windows XP Drops Below 40% Market Share While Windows 8 Passes 1%

but the problem is you get Metro going MEESA IMPORTANT LOOK AT MEES NOWZ!!! every five minutes or so

The Old School way of handling this

On: Steve Jobs Was Wrong About Touchscreen Laptops

if somebody tries to touch your screen with Naked Fingers you pull out your slide rule quickly calculate the need strike force and then SNAP THEIR HANDS OFF AT THE WRIST (with your slide rule of course)

seriusly this is why they have those very cheap styluses

Re:iPad and iAnnotate

On: Ask Slashdot: Tablets For Papers; Are We There Yet?

so you gin up a Throwaway address and don't worry about such things.

Is it that they dare to ask for a contact address or worry about some sort of tracking??

The problem is a bit complex

On: DOE Wants 5X Improvement In Batteries In 5 Years

Okay so you create a battery that can be made cheaply and outputs X amount of Volts and Y amount of Amperage per gram of weight.

1 what does the discharge curve look like?? (how quick does it drop voltage/amperage)
2 exactly how toxic is the stuff inside?
3 what happens if it gets shorted??
4 how easy is it to recharge SAFELY??
5 what about heat??

it does no good to create a ZPM if dropping it causes an explosion in the C4 range or having a battery that has a sloped power curve (so that half power = half voltage).

Re:Cool

On: UK Government Mandates the Teaching of Evolution As Scientific Fact

the big problem is that the setup made

1 amino acids that were WRONG
2 also produced Poison Gunk (that worked to break down anything that was produced)

Evolution is a tornado hitting a car junk yard and leaving a working airplane behind.

Way to many times for a new "feature" to work a list of about a dozen things have to be true.

get born with a half wing?? YOU WILL DIE.

ICR is constantly finding stuff that says "simple" things aren't.

Re:You shouldn't have to mandate this

On: UK Government Mandates the Teaching of Evolution As Scientific Fact

"Evolution is an observable and testable fact. We have documented one species evolving into another."

err since when?? and btw things like a moth being Grey or Black do not count.