User: wiredog

Editors are a minefield

On: DocBook 5

If everyone would just use the sensible choice: EMACS Vi Notepad Pico!

Re:Throw away the Snowball.

On: Did Sea Life Arise Twice?

what else are sponges going to do anyway?
I can think of a few things, involving 18 year old redheads, but that would be off-topic.

Re:The sad part?

On: Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks

Wish we could mod above '5'. Because that was awesome.

Re:why the fuck are these people deciding?

On: Google & Verizon's Real Net Neutrality Proposal

The Constitution of the United States of America.

That's almost as good as ...

On: Onion Story Gets Blown Out of Proportion

"Is your son a computer hacker?" which trolled a certain techie site hard...

Re:Hmmm

On: US Senate Passes 'Libel Tourism' Bill

Well, you can't be forced to pay judgments brought against you in non-US courts. For other sorts of protection, look to the 2nd Amendment rather than the 1st.

You read the WashTimes?

On: Deported Russian (Spy?) Worked At Microsoft

Please note that they seem to have gotten that news 2 weeks after the Washington Post reported it:

One of these friends may have been Alan Patricof, a Democratic fundraiser and friend of the Clintons.

Right, because no 'ordinary' people

On: Feds and Hollywood Seize Domains of Movie Pirates

are in the industry. No one works in the cafeterias, cleans the offices, works on the sets, or does any other kind of ordinary labor.

The reminder goes to your heirs.

On: Verizon Charged Marine's Widow an Early Termination Fee

So does the remainder... ;)

SJVN

On: Bill Gates Doesn't Work At Microsoft Anymore

He's this guy. Been writing about the industry, specializing in open source, for a couple decades now.

And if they do that

On: Developers Expect iOS and MacOS To Merge

what will we develop mac applications on? Windows boxes?

Yes. It does.

On: Updated Mac Mini Aims For the Living Room

So you can do netflix streaming.

Privatised spying..

On: Iridium Pushes Ahead Satellite Project

Ever heard of GeoEye?

low-fat mayonnaise taste like the real thing

On: The Rise of Nanofoods

Yeah, but can they give it the taste and consistency of Kraft Extra Heavy Mayo? Available from Amazon!

I wasn't aware Google was causing

On: Google Audits Street View Data Systems

Tens of billions of dollars in environmental damages that were going to have to be cleaned up by the taxpayers.

But is it infinitely improbable?

On: Physicists Do What Einstein Thought Impossible

In the way that a nice cup of tea is?

He wasn't the only one..

On: Bill Gates's The Road Ahead, 15 Years Later

Another book from 15 years ago that biffed it.

an asteroid 100 km in size.

On: Vast Asteroid Crater Found In Timor Sea

I think they are off by an order of magnitude there.

Re:I hope the devices have good tuners

On: Google TV Announced With Intel, Sony, and Logitech

Bet your girlfriend really appreciates that.

Re:I hope the devices have good tuners

On: Google TV Announced With Intel, Sony, and Logitech

Why the fuck would I want to spend several hundred dollars on a pc to hook up to the TV, plus mess around with getting MythTV going, then add in the hassle of using a full bluetooth keyboard, and put up with waiting a couple minutes for the "tv" to boot, just so I can watch streaming 'live' less than standard definition video of the local news and weather? Assuming they have a live stream?

I don't want to surf the web in order to watch TV while I'm eating my damn breakfast! I want to turn the damn thing on using a simple remote with the minimum number of buttons and not have to think about why I'm getting a 404, or where the link is today, all before I've had my first cup of coffee.

I hope the devices have good tuners

On: Google TV Announced With Intel, Sony, and Logitech

for over the air TV. I had to get cable at my new place because the tuners in the TV's don't pick up most broadcast over rabbit ears. My Sharp Aquos has the worst reception. EyeTV dongle the best.
You never see tuner quality mentioned in the reviews.

Didn't work...

On: Taylor Momsen Did Not Write This Slashdot Headline

No Slashdot in the first 20 or so returns. After which I got really bored and went back to work.

Profanity is the inevitable linguistic crutch

On: ACLU Sues To Protect Your Right To Swear

of the inarticulate motherfucker.

I'm not worried about those hacks

On: Hacking Automotive Systems

We all know that once someone has physical access to your system it's theirs. But can they do this via OnStar or other remote access systems?

Because it's a correction...

On: Telecom Plan To Take Over the Internet Isn't Real

Read the first link.