User: JohnHegarty

Re:Nothing new

On: AOL Shuts Down CompuServe

Exactly , the Compuserve clients released by AOL were just re-branded version of the AOL software.

Started with AOL 4.0 if i remember correctly.

1994 Floppy Disc

On: Flash Drive Roundup

Sounds like they have the same status as the floppy disc did 15 years ago.

First Post

On: Online Banking Customers Migrating To Lynx

First Post (Right Arrow)

Re:Could a mobile on the beach connect to a ship?

On: How To Rack Up $28,000 In Roaming Without Leaving the US

No , the ships need to be out or range of the coast before their turn their cell tower on.

Once you are still close enough to pick up any network they don't have it on.

Left on a train

On: UK Government To Outsource Data Snooping and Storage

At least it's less lightly to be left on the train, if it's not in government hands.

I don't understand

On: Black Hole At Center of Milky Way Confirmed

So God's in the black hole or what ?

It's 2008 people

On: "Roadable Aircraft" Moving Towards Launch

Dam it , it's 2008 people I was promised a flying car !!!

Re:Avoiding US taxes by setting up overseas

On: Facebook Finds Grass Greener In Ireland

except the Irish government guaranteed the Irish banks for $550 billion on Monday

If every a server was going to be slashdotted....

On: Web Server On a Business Card

If every a server was going to be slashdotted....

NDA

On: SDK Shoot Out, Android Vs. IPhone

Well I for think that the Apple SDK is a big stinky pile of ................

See Kidz

On: NASA Produces Rap Video On Astrobiology

See kidz, i said the astrobiology was kool..

Better than cloning Simon Cowell

On: Using Computers for Sophisticated Music Analysis

Well it was this or clone Simon Cowell so they can finally start that 24x7 American Idol channel....

You can be sued for anything

On: Can You Be Sued For Helping Clients Rip DVDs?

You can be sued for anything, the question is can you be successfully sued

I always get 10 hours+

On: Sony Pledges More Accurate Laptop Battery Figures

Well I always get 10 hours+ of my battery , and I am never cut mid sen..

Disablites Act

On: Possible Monogamy Gene Found In People

Anyone want to start suggesting a relevant text for the update to the americans with disabilities act

Just use a CD , it's only 25 years

On: Digital Storage To Survive a 25-Year Dirt Nap?

Just use a CD. Do you really think the wonder people of the future won't be able to read it. It would be like us digging up a 1983 5 1/4" disc, would take about 20 minutes for someone to find a drive to read it.

Re:Well that's embarassing

On: Rosetta Disk Designed For 2,000 Years Archive

With the way things are going very soon the Bible will be the only book that's out of copyright....

For anyone confused by the summary

On: New Olympics Scoring: No More Perfect 10.0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriend

Re:Put a picture of Zeus on them.

On: Warning Future Generations About Nuclear Waste

It worked for 2000 years (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Tragic_Poet) why not 10,000 :-)

Re:Last time

On: Dublin Air Traffic Control Brought Down By Faulty NIC

Any I am not entirely sure what a Lucky Charm is ...

Emulator

On: OLPC Game Jam for an XO Laptop

I am sure its in the FA but this is slashdot.....

It these an emulator or sdk of something one could use to try and develop for hardware involved here ?

Can't be true..

On: Blackberry Network is Down

Can't be true... I would have got an email telling me if it was......

Re:Ehh? What's going on?

On: 3-D Virtual Maps For the Blind

I don't know... and I am too busy playing duke nukem forever to care...

RIAA

On: Is Flixster Using Deceptive Viral Practices?

Sorry MR RIAA lawyer... I didn't download the mp3's.... try Flixster they use my account too...

Birds or Humans ?

On: Indian Scientists Develop Vaccine for Bird Flu

As the comment on the pages says... is this for the birds or humans ?