Slashdot Mirror


User: SilkBD

SilkBD's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
161
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 161

  1. Tool on L.A. County Bans Use Of "Master/Slave" Term · · Score: 1
    In the immortal words of Tool, I quoteth:
    Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any fucking time. Any fucking day. Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.
  2. Re:The Truth on Billy the Kid Faces The Law... Again · · Score: 1
    No one cares if these graves really hold the actual bones of Billy the Kid

    I care. I would rather know the historical TRUTH then live in ignorance simply to maintain the level of tourism of some small town I never even heard before.

    The fact that he's a legend makes finding the truth even more important because his story is more important than making these people money.

    The question is really about money vs. truth. Truth wins out any day.

  3. Re:how warp drive works on Star Trek Enterprise Tested to Mach 5 · · Score: 1
    The warp engines "warp" spacetime around the Enterprise making the distance smaller... so they're not ACTUALLY going above the speed of light... they're cheating in a sense

    As for the torpedos... 3 words "Torpedo Sustainer Engine":

    Propulsion system within a photon torpedo. It comprises a matter/antimatter fuel cell that powers a sustainer coil. The coil maintains a warp field around the torpedo that is handed off from the launching ship, allowing the torpedo to travel at warp speeds. As part of Dr. Timicin's experiments in 2367 in fusion enhancement within stars, sustainer engines were modified on a number of photon torpedoes.
  4. Re:NOPENOPENOPE no harm on China Wants To Establish Moon Mining · · Score: 1

    I seriously couldn't agree more. If our government doesn't care about anything but oil piplines and their free flow into the country... then fuck'em. Go China!

  5. God damned... on Hollywood Says No to Filtering DVD Player · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Money Grabbing Fattiefats.

  6. Security thourgh obscurity? on Dyson On Grey Goo, Bioterrorism, and Censorship · · Score: 3, Interesting
    we should 'relinquish pursuit of that knowledge...so dangerous that we judge it better that [it] never be available.'

    The problem with this is that knowledge (or even simply ideas) once taken out cannot be jammed back into the can. Nor should it. Security through obscurity is never really secure... if you know what I mean...

  7. Re:Well... on What's Your Earliest Memory? · · Score: 1

    Cool. Manville: Home of Frank's Chicken House (the juice nudie bar)

  8. Fun Multiplayer Roleplaying on EverQuest: What You Really Get From an Online Game · · Score: 1

    If you actually enjoy roleplaying and want to have fun... you're better off looking at this world

  9. Re:They missed one... on Top Ten Web-Design Mistakes of 2002 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I agree, the #2 mistake should be flash (#1 would be auto pop-ups/unders)... use of it in any way other than a brief intro that can be skipped.

    Flash pisses me off because it takes away functionality from my browser...

  10. Ummm NO! on Cable Companies Despise PVRs · · Score: 1
    I suggested that consumers pay 1 cent per commercial skipped (which is about the same as what advertisers pay). That would be equivalent to $10/thousand commercials skipped. I think that's reasonable. I also suggested that targeted advertising could be a win-win for all involved by delivering ads in areas that are of greater interest to the viewer so that there would be less incentive to skip and fewer ads would have to be delivered due to the higher prices paid for the targeted group.

    Let me just apologize for my language now, I'm sorry.

    FUCK THAT! If i wanted to watch a goddamned commercial I'd wouldn't be skipping them. I pay my cable company $60 for cable service a month. I don't want to spend one god damned more cent for anything. Fuck your commercials, I'm just intersted in the shows that I'm paying for.

    I get really angered when I read fat greedy fucktard businessmen telling me what to do with my god damned eyes.

  11. Re:1st dibs on Living with Darth Vader · · Score: 1
    So, lets see. Being a "Jedi" is nothing more than passing a midiclourian (sp?) test, becoming an apprentice and eventually being recognised as a Jedi by your elder Jedi? Does not being a Jedi then mean you are not allowed to be endowed with the "Force"? I think not. You could be a non-Jedi force aware person or even start your own branch of the Sith. Couldn't you? :)

    Well, sure... but the advantages of being a Jedi (besides being a group of superhuman mystics) is the training in use of the Force. Without the training, you're just a schmuck who can masterbate with no hands.

  12. Re:Aaargh on Scientists Attempting to Create Simple Life Form · · Score: 2, Insightful
    man's ability to create often outpaces man's wisdom to use.

    Well sure, this happens quite often when it comes to R&D. But that's what we are... we're explorers, creators, inventors. We are, in essense, God. This is just a new level of what we as a species have always done.

  13. Re:Mo-dem? on New EL Touchscreen Remote Control · · Score: 1

    Error: Date ambiguous

  14. Re:In other words... on EMI Customer Relations Tells It Like It Is · · Score: 1

    Ok, so what's wrong with sluts?

  15. It's so clear on Superhero Smackdown · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Come on guys, it's so clear.

    If Batman has kryptonite, it's either a stalemate or he wins (if he gets close enough).

    If Batman does not have kryptonite, he is dead. I don't care what technology he has... superman is invulnerable to everything except kryptonite.

  16. Re:Perspective on Farthest Human-Made Object: First Quarter Century · · Score: 0
    I guess I'm just too dumb to get it.

    Not at all... this is one of those topics that our brains have difficulty comprehendin because it's not a natural situation in our immediate environment.

    I Guarantee you, when traveling at relativistic speeds becomes a common mode of travel, it will be increasingly easier to understand because we will be exposed to it naturally.

  17. Re:Picking your nits! Re:nit picking on Doctor Phlox on Season 2 of Enterprise · · Score: 0
    I just don't fully believe that this ship is the first thing of the sort that humanity has put into space.

    It's the first Warp 4.5/5 ship... not the first SHIP. There were quite a few other ships, including all the private "boomer" ships.

  18. Re:unless on One Step Closer to NWN for Linux · · Score: 0

    It's not a mistake. They gave us the tools to make our own world with our own characters. That's more of what NWN's focus is... They gave us the tools to create our own AI... how can you find fault in that?

  19. Re: Cor, I did that too!! on A High-School Hacker's Notebook · · Score: 0

    "A Mate" as in someone you regularly have sexual intercourse with in order to procreate?

  20. Tivo, Replay on Time Warner to Allow Digital Recording · · Score: 0

    I own a first generation Tivo. I couldn't imagine watching TV without it, it's become such an important part of my Television experience. I'm looking at ReplayTV's new unit which will allow me to send shows to other ReplayTV's (this will definately take some time to catch on). I'll be buying one of those. Now the Cable company is geting in on it, but they're leaving out lots of the features that make my Tivo and ReplayTv ultra convenient and consumer friendly... Oh yeah, I'm on that. It's a shame when companies lose sight of the consumer.

  21. It's a Zen experience on Video Games Found To Decrease Brain Activity · · Score: 0

    I practice Martial Arts and study Zen Bhudism. The goal of both is to exist/act with complete focus and without the chatter of random thoughts common in the mind.

    When I practice Martial Arts and when I play a Video game, if I'm really into it, I definately get into a mindless state where I simply exist in what I'm doing.

    Sports competitors will tell you the same thing about how they feel during a competion.

    This is a Zen experience.

  22. Re:First photo? Wild Turin Shroud theories... on World's First Photo · · Score: 0

    I have "In Search Of" Tivoed, I'm fully aware that they use conjecture in their programs.

    However, they also use research and scientific analysis. That's why I only mentioned those 2 points... because they weren't conjecture.

  23. Re:First photo? Wild Turin Shroud theories... on World's First Photo · · Score: 0

    Granted my source is "In Search of" on TLC, I heard a different story.

    1- The carbon 14 datings was around the 1500's
    2- The color in the shroud was proven to NOT be pigments on the surface

    That's all I'll say about that.

  24. Government should not legislate for a "God" on Pledge of Allegiance Ruled Unconstitutional · · Score: 0

    Any law, ammendment or government decision based or related to the acknowledgment that a "God" exists is inherantly flawed.

    There is no basis in fact that "God" exists and any legislation that assumes "God's" existance as fact is unreasonable and has no place in a rational and just society. (Of course I'm making a flawed assumpting that we live in a rational and just society)

    Not everyone believes in "God" and the government should not promote any such belief in any form. In light of what I've said, yes "In God We Trust" in our currency should not be there, songs related to God Blessing America and such are fine as long as nobody forces you to sing it especially in anything governmetn funded.

    Religious fanatics may hate everything I just said, but whoever said Religious fanatics are rational. When you don't have to think for yourself and simply read a book to figure out what you believe is real (bible), rationality is replaced with blind faith and you no longer are responsible for your actions.

  25. Re:Wireless theater on Slashback: Towel, Linkage, Drafthouse · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You basically just said absolutely nothing using 45 words. Congrats.