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  1. Re:ENIAC on What Was Your First Computer? · · Score: 1

    I had this very computer. As I recall, for its time it was a decent PC. I wowed all my 8-bit Nintendo playing friends with the graphical glory that was Sierra's Manhunter.

    Hahaha I was popular for five minutes. Good times.

  2. Re:Remove the Internet Zone too on Zone-Spoofing Fixed for IE 7 Home Users · · Score: 1

    Shut off from the outside world I think IE is still executed frequently, even on a box encased in three feet of concrete and nothing but a monitor, keyboard and mouse.

    *We get blue screen. AI turn on.*

    //IE starts hallucinating and spoofs what it imagines the world must be like.

  3. Re:What!? on Podcasting Officially a Word · · Score: 1

    While it may not have terribly wide circulation, rootkit should be added as a scientific and technical term because it is indeed a scientific and technical word frequently used by scientific and technical people.

  4. I for one... on Toyota Develops New Plant Species · · Score: 1

    welcome our Protoculture-Growing, giant robot overlords.

  5. Re:www.fuddrruckers.com on Fuddruckers Called Out on Hotlinking · · Score: 1

    fuddruckers.com points at the original server.

    No longer, all hacked all the time now apparently.

  6. Re:My Law on 83,431 Recited Digits of Pi · · Score: 1

    Clearly he robbed #1 to get more #2.

    Um. Eeeew!

  7. The Poll on Open Source Self-Replicating Robot · · Score: 1
    Are you concerned by the prospect of self-replicating machines?
    I for one welcome out self-replicating robot overlords.
  8. Re:Taco on Microsoft AntiSpyware thinks Firefox is Spyware · · Score: 1

    should read

    "CT The article notes that the screenshot is fake."


    -but we'll take the Red Swingline Stapler instead.

  9. Re:The honey is everywhere on Tech Reporter Pursues Spammer · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you mean? Since I started reading my webmail, I've put all my company's mail-security needs into these miraculous services called hotmail and or yahoo! Why, it was but ten years ago that my penis was two inches shorter! Not only that, but now all of my debt has been consolidated! I can just pass on the tab to my next of kin! I decided contact you, Because I believe you are a reputable person and I feel You can help me and my mother over this confidential matter.

  10. Re:Reminds me of on How To Get Googled, By Hook Or By Crook · · Score: 1
    The Napoleonic Wars
    - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.


    Lost it when I saw that.
  11. Oh I thought you knew! on European Space Shuttle Prototype Lands Safely In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Thought you knew!
    The ESA is developing the Intergalactique Conquistador class battle cruiser!!!
    No place in the galaxy will be safe from Le Crux de Hegemonique European!

    Now where are the keys to my Precursor vessel?

  12. Re:Ghetto Rack baby on Rack Mounted PCs for the Home User? · · Score: 1

    That is hard core brother. Hats off to ya.

    Now, could you see a setup like this hidden in a closet or even in the drywalled confines of one's walls?

    Mm, I can. Stealth computing to the next level!

  13. Re:Dammit on MS Hotmail Offline For Hours · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do you mean? Since I started using Hotmail prior to the MS acquisition, I've put all my company's mail-security needs into this miraculous service! Why, it was but ten years ago that my penis was two inches shorter! Not only that, but now that all of my debt has been consolidated, I can just pass on the tab to my next of kin!

    Why you hating? Hotmail works for me!!! ;)

  14. Re:The Milton Solution on Fired Via Instant Message · · Score: 1

    "Just let me get my red stapler and I'll burn the place down"
    -(virtual quote)

  15. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. on Star Wars Episode III Spoiler Photos · · Score: 1

    But can IT run on BSD!

  16. Re:great on TV Set Doubles as a Mirror · · Score: 1

    And YOU flick off the television.

  17. Re:So .... what's their plan of action? on ISS May Have A Leak · · Score: 1
    My approach would be thus: if the leak cannot be located, start sealing off compartments

    Not sure if this is what you were saying, but wouldn't this be an effective way to isolate the leak? Start sealing off comparments and watch for when the pressure stops dropping?

    I am sure that I am over simplifying here since nothing in space is simple. Does anyone know if such an approach is feasible?
  18. Didn't you know? on Swedish Flight Simulator Adds G Forces · · Score: 1

    In addition to a great healthcare system, every Swedish citizen is entitled to a jet fighter for self defense. Much like the American "Right to Bear Arms," the Swedes have "The Right to Drop Bombs on That Ass."

  19. By the same rationale on GTA Violence, the Media, and the Gamers · · Score: 1

    I live in a bad neighborhood and see drug dealers, gang bangers, and crack heads on a daily basis. My house was almost broken into a month ago. My car has been burglarized in the last six months. I have also been mugged in the last few years.

    If you provide no balance to the violence of everyday life, the outcome can only be me buying a gun and going ballistic on the crack heads jumping my fence, the dealers in front of my house, or the whores down the street on the corner. Sure I call the cops, but they can only do so much, like a fly-swatter in a sewage treatment plant in mid-August.

    They should put bigger warning labels on games like these. These games will make your average joe/jane-suburbs feel uncomfortable. Just don't punish the people who have to deal with a GTA-like environment on a daily basis because you can't keep tabs on what your kids do on their computers/consoles in your house.

  20. So... on Warning: Exploding Batteries · · Score: 1
    Would you say the news outlets were jumping the shark that year?

    <ducks>
  21. Re:Odd gift on Weird Presents Anyone? · · Score: 1

    I got one too. Mine was called Massaging Soap on a Rope and it has injection molded bumps on it to soothe aching muscles. Just what was my wife trying to say?

    Some Ideas:
    "Watch out for your cornhole." Or "If you want someone to wash your back you better ask a big prisoner from now on."

  22. Re:Distracting on Heads-Up Displays for Motorcyclists · · Score: 1
    I've had some experience with motorcycles, and it sounds to me like this would just be a distraction.
    Ya know this could be a strong selling point! In the event of an accident, any distraction prior to Rapid Deceleration Syndrome is a welcome distraction indeed! :)
  23. Re:Um... I thought Diebold machines _WERE_ used! on Diebold To Drop Suit Against Whistleblowers · · Score: 1

    While I cannot speak for other districts, it might be interesting to note that Diebold voting systems are not used by their home state of Ohio. Here in southwest Ohio we still use the punch card/booklet voting medium.

    Wouldn't it make sense to use Ohio as a testbed for such a system until it has earned certification and a thorough security audit for the underlying technology?

  24. Re:Hmmm on Phoenix Sounds Death Knell for BIOS · · Score: 1

    Internal battles prompt the cease of all function
    Crazed rapture captures all inner compunction
    Does someone know a word that ends with -unction?
    Wait! Did you hear about the hushed injunction?

    Where did this come from this improbable clause?
    Recent concoction put in all the land's laws
    Dedicated to defending the drawing of straws
    So long as it exposes all our character flaws

    Bear with me a moment can we speak in code?
    These words passed through some listening node
    This prior to your receiving what I upload
    Look you see the white van down the road?

    Transmissions scrutinized quick as they pass
    Live automatons charged with tapping that ass
    Tapping the phone for an evidence mass
    That includes when we talked about mowing the grass

    Force-locked eyes watch hypnotic light show
    Feel the oozing creep of gray matter outflow
    Not even knowing which way does the wind blow
    Been inside all day long how the fuck do we know?

    From the start they taught us all about democracy
    They said smile kids you're in the land of the free
    I know you weren't in the same schools as me
    But you think we heard a peep about plutocracy?

    Someone close by said, "Don't like it then leave"
    And there had to be a microphone up that sleeve
    The next thing that happened I couldn't believe
    The white van pulled up and it meant to retrieve

    The ninjas flew out and each had a blackjack
    They rushed in the building prepared to attack
    Surrounded encircled my jaw went slack
    I awoke, sat up, and sweat fell down my back

  25. Re:What a wimp... on Epson Creates Tiny Flying Robot · · Score: 0

    Just wait 'til they strap tiny cluster bombs and lasers to them...