Slashdot Mirror


User: SEWilco

SEWilco's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
5,473
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 5,473

  1. Re:Cool on X-Prize Cup Site Chosen: New Mexico · · Score: 2, Funny
    How do you eat Kung Pao Chicken from a tube with chopsticks?

    Um... I think you do it with the chopsticks.

  2. Re:Golly on X-Prize Cup Site Chosen: New Mexico · · Score: 1
    20 % flamebait?

    Doesn't that describe the X Prize?
    Unless someone comes up with a really unusual propulsion technology.

  3. I'll be impressed... on Possible First Photo Of Extra-Solar Planet · · Score: 1

    ...when I see this planet's artificial satellites!

  4. Re:I'm not sure on Massive Update on Strings Theory in Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Wikipedia needs to have a COMMENT marker.
    So someone can insert comments which are only visible to editors, such as:
    >> DO NOT SAY "Mostly harmless" AS IT WILL BE REMOVED!

  5. Re:Hubble! on Possible First Photo Of Extra-Solar Planet · · Score: 1
    "because the shuttle is too dangerous and we can't be bothered to go up and move Hubble out of the decaying orbit"

    Go look at the astronaut biographies and tell us the names of those you are willing to have die to service Hubble. What is the basis of your decisions and are you placing importance upon their skills or whether they are married?

  6. Real Test on Linux Filesystems Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    As he wanted a test of how people really use the file system, he should have included a simulation of when people forget to remove all the junk they've put on the disk.

  7. Prevention is Obvious on Patents and the Penguin · · Score: 2, Funny
    An idea which is obvious to someone who works in the field can not be patented.

    When you announce your latest addition to Linux, don't say "I had a great new idea!". Say "It certainly is obvious that this was needed."

  8. Re:Discrimanatory on Cry To Beat Iris Scanners · · Score: 1
    How about a tattoo or object glued to eyelids?

    Personally, if an iris scanner is uncomfortable, I'd be tempted to instead use a tattoo as my ID so I can pass the test with my eyes closed.

  9. Re:...but it's still cold everywhere. on Cry To Beat Iris Scanners · · Score: 0
    Actually, there are no polar bears in the Antarctica.

    That can be changed.

  10. Re:Cost? on Astronauts Get Tricoders (Almost) · · Score: 1
    Apparently, not that much, judging from the health of any space program anywhere.

    China. Rather than a car, it sounds like they want to send up bulldozers.

  11. What Makes a Good CD/DVD Duplicator on What Makes a Good CD/DVD Duplicator? · · Score: 2

    The obvious answer to every /. reader: Legos

  12. Re:Cola Contests on GPS Cell Phone in Soda Can Form · · Score: 1
    water is 8.333 lbs per gallon

    Anyone here ever weigh a gallon of electronics? How much did it weigh?

    Yes, we have to use the weight of boards here. If we deal with the weight of the silicon semiconductors then we're dealing with the weight of a gallon of rock. A little more than that of water.

  13. How To Win on GPS Cell Phone in Soda Can Form · · Score: 1
    • Hire as many people as necessary to follow all Coca-Cola reps who might deliver winning cans.
    • Look for men in black in the soft drink aisle.
    • Look for can with a GPS antenna on it.
    • Find Coca-Cola building where winning cans are stored. Sweep everything that goes in and out with pings of cell phone and GPS frequencies, listening for weak antenna echoes for both. Follow those objects.
    • Buy same model of vehicle. Post pictures on a web site. Tell /. about your experience as a winner.
    • Become manager at store. Wait for someone to tell you that your inventory count shows one too many boxes of Coke.
    • Become clerk at store. Wait for someone to bring in a box of Coke.
    • Become security officer at store. Arrest anyone you see coming in to store with a suspicious bulge under their clothing.
    • Offer twice as much money for someone with a can to sell it to you instead of pushing the button. Bring cold Coke to give to thirsty person who found phone instead of a cold beverage.
  14. Re:It isn't even april.... on Apple Patented by Microsoft · · Score: 1
    It is perfectly possible in the USA for me to find one of your hairs lying around and patent your genetic sequence so you have to pay me to reproduce.

    Only if he reproduces by fission, with the same genetic sequence.

    And do patent laws apply to mammals, or are you saying he is a plant?

  15. Re:It isn't even april.... on Apple Patented by Microsoft · · Score: 1
    I hold the patent on human life! pay up!

    You'll get my money over my dea^*&%

  16. Re:The answer on Apple Patented by Microsoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    I sense a great disturbance in the farce.

  17. Do The Math on Missing Matter... Still Missing · · Score: 0, Redundant
    What's 20 times 0? And don't tell me zero!

    20 times 0 is nonzero for some values of zero.

  18. Whose Laws? on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 1
    if the worm writer is caught, can he be held at least partially responsible for any deaths that occured during this outage?"

    Yes.

    I can be so certain because the Internet affects many countries. So the effects take place where there are many different laws used. So what laws might be applied? Well...

    If it displeases the King, the worm writer can be punished.

  19. Re:Sweeeeet on Directed Sound · · Score: 1
    You can do that, with a vortex cannon.

    Yeah, but she tends to ignore the toast smell until she finds where her bra landed, and by then the smell has dissipated. Totally ruins the scent advertising.

  20. Re:Can I smell something ? on Directed Sound · · Score: 1
    I've yet to see it being used commercially.

    If you're not a subscriber, of course you wouldn't have been hearing it for the past year. Everyone else joined then, where have you been?

    Sure beats an iPod to be able to choose tunes and handle email while in the mall or supermarket. And the keychain controller's batteries last for three months. But I think I'm going to upgrade my service and get rid of the ads.

  21. Re:Can I smell something ? on Directed Sound · · Score: 1
    "(they liken it to talking on cell phones while driving)"

    Dashboard says: Error 618143-Baker. Warning. Speeding in traffic stupidly endangers this unit. Have dealer mechanic service this unit within ten hours for continued operation. Tell dealer the error code from this message. *giggle*

  22. Re:Can I smell something ? on Directed Sound · · Score: 1

    I thought Spock did this on Star Trek years ago to alienate the freaks.

  23. Re:Lomg time. on Opportunity Rover Arrives at Endurance Crater · · Score: 1
    • They've spent weeks driving there and during all that time they haven't decided whether to go in?
      • "Kids, let's drive to Disneyworld and then decide whether to go in!"
    • The rover seems to be working OK. They can look at things near the crater for a while.
      • If the rover is dying, send it in the crater and begin what might be the last tasks.
      • Look for various nearby slopes and test the movement.
      • Look inside the crater from several directions and improve the map of the crater.
  24. Re:Don't jump to conclusions... on Opportunity Rover Arrives at Endurance Crater · · Score: 4, Informative
    The rovers have a suspension system which reduces side-to-side tilt. So if a rover is sideways on a slope, wheels on one side can be higher than those on the other side, while the body is more level than the angle of the slope.

    The rovers can reduce the angle of a slope by going diagonally up a slope. In a conical crater, a rover could traverse the sides in a spiral pattern to reach the top. Assuming it doesn't slip down as much as it is trying to move up.

    The safest route is straight up and straight down. A roll over is more likely when going sideways on a slope.

  25. Re:Spirit and the Columbia Hills on Opportunity Rover Arrives at Endurance Crater · · Score: 1
    The Planetary Society supplied a microphone that we flew on MPL (Mars Polar Lander), but the mission failed.

    Note: Remember next time to turn on the microphone before atmospheric entry. The sounds might be the only data returned.