Slashdot Mirror


User: hackwrench

hackwrench's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
5,832
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 5,832

  1. Civics requirements? on No More Lunar Land for Sale · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure what case you are making. I went to http://usny.nysed.gov/topics/#D and downloaded the diploma requirements PDF and it turns out to be a pamphlet in which it turns out there is a "local diploma" that can be obtained in New York. Furthermore the pamphlet does not contain the word "civics".

    Can you point out where in the Regents Exams civics is covered?

  2. Protected: on No More Lunar Land for Sale · · Score: 1
  3. And the United States is the most productive! on No More Lunar Land for Sale · · Score: 1

    Creating more morons per GDP than any other nation! Not teaching any civics lessons helps up the production!

  4. Muddy waters? on Hands on With Nintendo's Wi-Fi Adapter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    However the 1up article clearly said that you register the DS with the computer. If the article was correct in what it had to say my speculation would not be as muddy. The statement "Before you can go online, your DS must be registered with your PC." and "One you're there, you can choose to set up a completely new connection to a pre-existing wireless hub," in combination with a previous article that appeared on Slashdot said that all games for the DS used NiFi instead of Wi-Fi prompted my speculation about the need for a firmware update. Furthermore the article talks of "The DS's WFC Connection functionality" and not the games. How do DS's find each other across different networks? Do two DS players have to arrange a play date beforehand? Wasn't there already a Mario Kart game for the DS? Yes! Mario Kart Double Dash! If my speculation muddied the waters it couldn't have muddied it much more than it already is. At this point, there's just about nothing that could muddy the waters more than it already is! Nintendo or anyone else should never give 1up an advanced copy of anything ever again.

  5. No description of device in slasdot article. on Hands on With Nintendo's Wi-Fi Adapter · · Score: 1

    Which is particularly heinous in this case because according to the referenced article, there's no small amount of confusion surrounding it. Oh and the "Mario Kart" mentioned in the Slashdot article is actually "Mario Kart DS". Also the actual article isn't the most illuminating.

    Apparently it connects to a personal computer and comes with software for Windows, to hook the DS to the computer for some reason not presented early in the article. You register the DS with the computer for some apparently unknown reason. All of this is supposed to somehow "take games online". It sounds like maybe the DS's firmware gets updated in the process, but who knows? Did the DS have the capability to connect to WAPs before this came out? If not, you'll probably need to connect the DS to a Windows box with the device first to set it up.

    Also, the article seems to say that connections can be made to players around the world, but fails to explain further. Bad all around.

  6. Re:Seems like survival of the fittest. on Open Source Design in risk? · · Score: 1

    But they didn't pay for all of it. A website is composed of three things:
    1. Domain Name
    2. Hosting
    3. Content

    He paid for the first two, but he didn't pay for the latter, and it is the latter that makes the first one valuable. Legally he may have obligations to the providers of the content regarding the domain name.

    I am not a lawyer, but I am basing my statement on what I learned in a Business Law class that was taught by a prosecuting attorney.

  7. Economist (misleading title) on Economist's Take On Open Source Development · · Score: 1

    I was looking for a link to http://economist.com/, especially with all the links to escapistmagazine.com That would have been your publication for you.

  8. And if he can't on Space Tourism Gets Another Passenger · · Score: 1

    And if he can't dress as Char Aznable, then he'll try to dress as Zechs Merquise and if he can't dress as Zechs Merquise, then he'll try to dress as Rau Le Creuset

    Actually, those are just the ones I've seen and there's a more complete list at Char Aznable, but none of them have a picture of the characters with the requisite mask.

  9. Burns Shield? on DARPA Awards $53 Million for Solar Power Research · · Score: 1

    First I thought Highlander II, but a search for "burns shield" highlander turned up no results, Then I thought possibly The Simpsons and that was no dice, so what do you mean exactly?

  10. One can think of distros in terms of levels... on Novell to Standardize on GNOME · · Score: 1

    Level 1 distros have a certain number of users, or a certain level of functionality.
    Leve 2 distros less than level 1.

    I think they can be grouped in a manner similar to consumer electronics.

  11. Think percentage... on Unisys: We No Longer Have A Way Out · · Score: 1

    Their revenue is going to grow by 10 to 99%

  12. Yeahm on Linspire CEO Offers S. Korea To Replace Windows · · Score: 2, Funny

    The headline currently reads "Linspire CEO Offers S. Korea To Replace Windows" which led me to wonder:

    Is S. Korea Linspire CEO's to offer?
    Is S. Korea a viable alternative to Windows?
    Are there any benchmarks on S. Korea's performance on general desktop tasks?
    Isn't this solution a bit excessive?

  13. To clarify on OMG Girlz Don't Exist On Teh Intarweb! · · Score: 1

    While I am aware that relationships can become more varied, that only becomes an option for me once I've gotten to know somebody well as a person.

  14. Interacting with people... on OMG Girlz Don't Exist On Teh Intarweb! · · Score: 0

    I never understood the problem really. I've always treated people essentially the same regardless of what gender/skin color/physical attractiveness/fame they were.

  15. They control part of it. on How World of Warcraft Operates In China · · Score: 1

    Or are you defining "internet" as all interconnected networks outside China? On the other hand, are you saying there are only client computers in China and no servers?

  16. Au Contrare, Mon Ami! on How World of Warcraft Operates In China · · Score: 1

    As in every country there are groups of people who can only handle certain truths. The firewall censors the truth for those people in that country who can't handle it. Those who can handle it inevitably build tools to get around it. This same logic applies to the DMCA and America's attempts to keep certain things classified. Keeping honest people honest really means keeping certain truths from people who can't handle them.

  17. Missed opportunities. on Oracle CFO Leaves after Four Months of Service · · Score: 1

    I'm just wondering why there wasn't someone in the CFO's department that could have stood in so the analyst's day and Oracle's presence at the Goldman's investment conference could have gone off without a hitch.

  18. I know what some of you are thinking... on How World of Warcraft Operates In China · · Score: -1, Troll

    How dare the Chinese have any control over any of the U.S. invented Internet.

  19. Other tidbits on BusinessWeek Interviews Miyamoto · · Score: 3, Informative

    It only scrolled one way, to the right.
    There was multiscreen vertical travel, but that was through a pipe or vine. One screen disappeared and the new horizontal level on a new vertical plane appeared. Always thought it would be neat to have a version with the same levels but you could go to the left.

  20. $PC + $200 on Intel Mac OS X Catches Up With Older Brother · · Score: 1

    I understood him to mean $200 in addition to the price of a vanilla system, not that the system would cost $200.

  21. NES Multitap on Blizzard's Warden Thwarted by Sony's DRM Rootkit · · Score: 1

    Plus the NES had multitap! http://www.google.com/search?q=nes+multitap

  22. Lawyers are suckers. on Slashback: DRM, MPAA, ADSL · · Score: 1

    When it comes to cases involving personal memories of times gone by, who do lawyers believe, the person whose memories have the normal affections of time, or the person who's augmented their memory by records or simply making stuff up.

    Hint: http://www.google.com/search?q=court+credible+year s

  23. Sony has and is doing something similar. on Sony Says No To Central PS3 Online Service · · Score: 1
  24. Most appropriate? I can top that! on Infinium Labs in Trouble Again · · Score: 1, Funny

    It seems the more that is spoken of the Phantom, the more evidence there is that it is the most appropriately titled console in history.

    Just you wait until I introduce my console...Vapor!

  25. So what? on Identity Theft-What Can Really be Done w/o a SSN? · · Score: 1

    For a long time I used to look at my SS card every time I wanted to use the number. Besides, AFAIK, most banks want to see your SS card.