Slashdot Mirror


User: schon

schon's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
4,413
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 4,413

  1. Ow! Shit! on How To Tell If It's Really Titanium · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, I just tried this with a new package of Energizer Tianium, and the spray burned a hole through my skin!

    You can be sure I'll be returning these "titanium" batteries just as soon as I'm back from Emergency!

  2. Re:a joke? on Apple Lawyering Up On "Fake Steve Jobs" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I really do hope this is a joke C'mon - this is Dan Lyons here. It's obviously a hoax, not a joke.

    Seriously, read some of his ramblings about the SCOX saga. He's a paid shill.
  3. Re:What's a double? on Your Worst IT Workshop? · · Score: 1

    he explained it was called a double becuase it held two variables

    you're lucky he didn't hit you as it does contain two values, the exponent and the mantissa. Umm, Does it hurt to be that stupid?
  4. Re:No, incident does prove Apple is lacking ... on A Little .Mac Security Flaw · · Score: 1
    Wow. Just *wow*. That's a mighty powerful logic disconnect you have there. Seriously dude, considering how at odds those two paragraphs are, how come your head doesn't explode?

    the post was probably deleted by someone in poorly-trained low level support monkeys [...] Apple has a bug reporting system and an email for security issues. Use them, not the forums So.. what exactly prevented the "low level support monkey" from emailing the security team? If their bug reporting system is so difficult to figure out that even apple's own support people don't know it, why do you expect some third-party person to know about it?
  5. Re:What's the problem? on ISP Inserting Content Into Users' Webpages · · Score: 1

    It's not an ad, it's their logo. Because advertisements never contain comany logos?

    It's an ad.
  6. Re:What's the problem? on ISP Inserting Content Into Users' Webpages · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Let's get rational for a second here; the ISP is trying to inform you you're reaching your limit ... as well as taking the opportunity to inject advertising in the page.

    Don't believe it? Take a look a the screenshot. When was the last time you saw the Yahoo! logo on Google's homepage?
  7. Re:the usual on Canadian DMCA Bill Withdrawn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Then they'll bother to read the actual bill. Contrary to belief, there was no actual bill to read.

    This was about a bill that was going to be tabled this week. Nobody knew what was in it, except for insiders (one of whom apparently leaked details to Geist.)

    This shows pretty much that Geist's source is credible - if the bill wasn't as bad as he said, then Minister would have tabled it, and made Geist look foolish.
  8. Sorry, *deterrent*?!?!?! on Copy That Floppy, Lose Your Computer · · Score: 1

    I know people who were caught poaching fish [...] they had their fishing rods taken away, as well as their boat [...] it's quite a deterrent. <voice style="Inigo Montoya">... that word, I do not think it means what you think it means</voice>

    If it were *actually* a deterrent, it they wouldn't have been poaching, would they?
  9. Re:Amiga on Commodore 64 Still Beloved After All These Years · · Score: 1

    Strictly speaking, you're both wrong. Uh, no.

    The Amiga had four-channel 8-bit sound. The fact that you could emulate 14-bit sound by halving the number of channels and fiddling with the volume doesn't change that.
  10. Re:hmm on Did SCO Get Linux-mob Justice? · · Score: 1

    The whole point of the court case was to determine what the contract said and if it granted SCO the rights ***BULLSHIT***

    The point of the lawsuit was to try to convince Novell to go away.

    If the point had really been about determining what the contract said, then that's what SCOX would have done, rather than filing the whole "slander of title" bullshit.

    The reason the testimony was struck was not because the contract was unquestionable Again, ***BULLSHIT***

    SCOX argued that the contract was clear. The judge *explicitly* asked SCOX's lawyer whether hearsay testimony trumps a clear contract, and they answered that the only thing that mattered was the contract.

    If you were promised a 50" TV, had friends witness the salesmen telling you were buying a 50" TV and you thought you paid for a 50" TV, it doesn't really matter what the contract said. Except that's not what happened. SCO was *never* told they were getting the copyrights. They wanted them, but they couldn't afford them. The record is *quite* clear on that.
  11. Re:Accidentally on purpose on Privacy Breach In Canadian Passport Application Site · · Score: 3, Funny

    incompetent MCSE techies Umm, you realize you put a redundant term and an oxymoron in three words?
  12. Re:Google Maps Link on Bolivian Salt Flats Aid Spacecraft Calibration · · Score: 1

    Salar de Uyuni in Google Maps. Hmm.. anyone else get an overpowering craving for pretzels?
  13. Re:Please explain on Texas Science Director Forced To Resign Over ID Statements · · Score: 1

    What happened is she walked off the job to attend a presentation not directly related to her job duties. got any proof of that?

    The Seminar in question was on the lawsuit over the Dover school board's insistence on including creationism in science class.

    How the hell could that *NOT* be directly related to her job duties?
  14. Re:Blame the Geeks? on How Tech Almost Lost the War · · Score: 1

    The correct statement is, "...people shoot at you when you violently invade/overthrow their corrupt government, which they themselves hate, and peacefully occupy their nation. Oh, come on.

    Let's reverse the situation. Suppose a foriegn power decided to invade the US and overthrow George and Co. Do you honestly think for one single minute that the anti-federalist gun-toting militia groups in the northwest would welcome them with open arms?

    If you say yes, you're either lying or stupid.

    If you say no, then what makes you think that Iraqis would feel the same way when you (ostensibly) did it to them?
  15. Re:Desktop Linux on Torvalds on Where Linux is Headed in 2008 · · Score: 1

    suspend to RAM is a useful feature which is just a bitch to get working on Linux nowadays. Works just fine for me in Slackware (using ACPI)

    My laptop does suspend to RAM if I close the lid, and suspend-to-disk if I hit the power button.
  16. Re:Alternative on UN Says Tasers Are a Form of Torture · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't break the law and you won't risk your life to a taser. Also, don't be around someone else who is breaking the law.

    And don't raise your voice around an undercover police officer.

    And don't protest against anything.

    And don't "act suspiciously" on a bus.

    As long as you remain a complete sheep and don't do anything that might resemble, you know, being a free person, you'll be OK.
  17. Re:Fix What is Broken! on When Did Star Wars Jump the Shark? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Inherit implies genetics, but you can get things from your mother through blood, which are not genetic. (Think AIDS or crack-babies.) Lots of physical traits are a result of chemical exposure in the womb, and are not genetic, even though they were once thought to be. (A cat's markings for example - you can clone a cat and it will look totally different, because only the color is genetic.. where they appear on the cat is environmental.)

    Back to the subject of the force - I personally thought that it was more like musical ability - you can teach almost anyone to play a musical instrument, but it doesn't mean they'll be any good at it. Others will have a very easy time learning multiple instruments.

  18. Not just that.. on Linux Foundation's Desktop Linux Survey Results · · Score: 4, Funny

    But does anyone else here see the irony of a Linux survey being hosted on an IIS server?

  19. Re:Interesting issues it raises on Google Crowdsources Map Editing · · Score: 1

    The THEORY (ie: not mine, and dont know or care how valid it is) is that if the map data was accurate, bad people could pinpoint an exact location to within 13" +/- a few inches to do bad things, like use their imaginary WMDs to to pinpoint bombing And this impacts privacy *how*?!?!

    You said this was a privacy issue. How in the world does "OMGWMDZ!!!" equate to privacy?
  20. Re:What's the Deal With Not Naming Names? on The Pirate Bay Facing "Old Fashioned" Pressure · · Score: 1

    Nonono..

    It's now "The artist who until 2007 was referred to as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince."

    or "TAWU2WRTATAFKAP"

  21. Re:Wooden knobs == PC case mods on 10 Great Snake-Oil Gadgets · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How are wooden knobs any sillier than the modded PC case. PC case modders don't believe it will improve their FPS or ping times.

    The wooden knobs are $400 because the manufacturer claims that they improve the sound quality.

    That's rather a huge difference, IMHO.
  22. Re:Audiophooles on 10 Great Snake-Oil Gadgets · · Score: 1

    the "audiophile" market is a sham. cf: insulted speaker cable standoffs Best. Freudian. Slip. Ever.
  23. Re:Madness on Sesame Street DVD Deemed Adult-Only Entertainment · · Score: 1

    most of the "fairy tales" were reworked during Victorian times to satisfy the "sensibilities" of the adults being able to tell them to their children. The original Hansel & Gretel had the "lady who was a little eccentric" winning over the 2 kids. It's not just Victorian times that this has happened.. each generation that retells the story seems to do this.. for example up until the Disneyization, Cinderella's step-sisters mutilated their feet to get the slipper to fit.
  24. Re:What are the police really like? on Aqua Teen Art 'Terrorist' Describes His Ordeal · · Score: 1

    "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" seems to be an unofficial US policy Except when that enemy has lots of oil. Then you forget all about the real enemy and make up excuses to invade.
  25. Re:Well, he's over 40. on Gene Simmons Blames College Kids For Music Industry Woes · · Score: 1

    The general thread is that there are lots of business models based on a "Pay what you want" scale. Uhh, no.

    The general thread is the every business model is based on "pay what you want".

    And your handwaving has done nothing to refute it.