Slashdot Mirror


User: americanFatCat

americanFatCat's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
49
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 49

  1. wow on Laser Shoots Down Artillery Shell In Flight · · Score: 1

    now they can hit hijacked planes with... no, it doesn't help that situation. But they can shoot those little boats, like the one that hit the cole, and... no, it doesn't help that situation either. Oh right, it helps the people who are making the weapons. Long live the military industrial complex. May we never feel the need to yield to international law or qualify our actions. war war war. great job, guys. I won't sweat it if Usama finds a cannon and tells you where he's going to shoot it. In other news, i still have to pay too much fucking money for college.

  2. Re:For the incredibly lazy on Skateboarding AIBO · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    wow, you didn't even look at the PICTURES the post linked to. That's low, man.

  3. my name is on Microsoft Tries a "Switch" Campaign · · Score: 1

    they forgot the end...

    My name is Ficty Null, and I don't exist.

  4. Re:is it just me on Only 10-20 Billion Years To Go · · Score: 1

    yes, way to go science, and it is specifics.

  5. a typical slashdot observation cliche on Scientists Discover 'Crime Gene' · · Score: 1

    >We're like the proverbial blind men trying to identify an elephant by touching just a single part.

    >To only "get the feeling" now is incredible. Has the editor been living under a damn rock?!?

    Ah, slashdot -- where points are made with conflicting cliches.

  6. This is the best blog i've read. on Narrative and Weblogs: the Blognovel · · Score: 1

    here Although it is not a novel, it has some similarities.

  7. what? on Codeplay Responds to NVidia's Cg · · Score: 1

    Who uses goto statements? I'd count that as a feature.

  8. It can't be all drones -- on Robot Wars · · Score: 1

    we'll still need zealots, at least.

  9. Re:Since when has this site turned from... on Cops Have Got Your Number · · Score: 1

    Bad people like Martin Luther King Junior? The FBI contacted him regularly, telling him that if he didn't stop the whole civil rights deal, they were going to tell everyone he was a womanizer -- information they gleaned by spying on him.

  10. Re:Off-topic: missile defense on 'Think Tank' Issues Microsoft-Funded Troll · · Score: 1

    >I am sure that he is, but he just does not want facts to get in the way of his rhetoric.
    "The mark of a true liberal"

    if(maxims == rhetoric)
    cout "watch your generalizations." endl;

  11. because... on Unofficial GBA SDK Available for Free · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    open source developers have been so good at developing games in the past?

  12. Re:What fun on Subversive Gifts for New College Students? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't touch the lamination machine. The FBI raided my dorm last year and arrested two guys for making fake ids. Get her a bike.

  13. Re:How does one know that a rock is a tool? on Chimps Used Simple Tools 5 Million Years Ago · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think it usually has to do with the way the rocks have been shaped. Then again, I'm not a paleontologist, neither are you. They would know the answers. they don't get funding for nothing. Your comment is like saying, "I can't divide. therefore, division can't be done."

  14. Re:Rocket fuel as warhead propellant on New Rocket Fuel: A Pinch of Salt · · Score: 1

    Was that an allusion to the treaty as well? If so, then that may be the best, or worst, pun ever.

  15. holy pi batman! on Instant Messenger or Instant Advertiser? · · Score: 1

    //smarterchild is the greatest!

    Me: what is pi?
    SmarterChild: 3.141593

    >>> I can show you NBA standings by division. Type "nba midwest division standings," for example.
    Me: kings 7:23
    SmarterChild: 1 Kings 7:23

    And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
    Me: hmmm.

  16. System Dynamics on FBI States Online Auction Fraud Biggest Source of Complaints · · Score: 1

    If people who are willing to do scams and steal from others arn't afraid of being caught, and they arn't -- online, they will do those things.

  17. GREAT! on JPEG2000 Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Now my page can have even less content!

  18. Re:Show of hands... on Is Realism Destroying Video Games? · · Score: 1

    I would show my hands, but...

  19. Re:GCC or something? on Bad Review for the Zaurus · · Score: 1

    for 500 dollars you're probably only going to get around 250 mhz with a shitty display and a broken battery. I'll take the new, under warranty, PDA which fits in my cargo pocket, thanks. -chum*p*

  20. GCC or something? on Bad Review for the Zaurus · · Score: 1

    Can you actually program on the PDA? I am just wondering because i think that would be really cool; as a cs major i tend to have a lot of programming work -- it would be nice to be able to do it outside, for a change.

  21. Re:lawsuit eh? on Sony Intentionally Crashes Customers' Computers · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that was krusty at the rigged movie awards.

    Same episode with the classic, "I was saying boourns..."

  22. Re:How dose he know? on Earth to...Earth? Are you there? · · Score: 1

    I was privy to an assembly by SETI, and am aware of both methods. However, i think that they said that the eclipse method is equally hard to do with earth sized planets, as the light blocked is so insignificant.

  23. lawsuit eh? on Sony Intentionally Crashes Customers' Computers · · Score: 1

    Well I believe it's time to run some important, irreplaceable business program while listening to Dion's lovely cd.

    ...oh dear.

    Yeah, Celine Dion moved me...

    TO A BIGGER HOUSE!

  24. Re:How dose he know? on Earth to...Earth? Are you there? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think he's talking about the technology needed to find those planets. Currently, we've only been able to find gas giants because that's all our technology can handle; we notice them passing in front of stars or something. When the technology become available so that we are able to notice earth-sized planets passing in front of stars at great distances, then we'll discover that type of planet. If we are close to the technology, we are close to the final objective.

  25. starcraft as inspiration on Weirdest Case Mod You've Ever Seen · · Score: 1

    I see he's decided to live as the Zerg...