Slashdot Mirror


User: fuchsiawonder

fuchsiawonder's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
32
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 32

  1. Baffling on Ask Slashdot: Someone Else Is Using My Email Address · · Score: 1

    People signing up for services with someone else's email address is a behavior that has always confused the hell out of me. It's happened to me as well, and I don't think there's anything you can do to _prevent_ it. My suggestion is to make sure your email address password is changed on the regular; co-opt the services you'd care to use; and for the rest, switch the passwords to some 50-odd random string of characters.

  2. Re:So don't use them. on Comcast Hinders BitTorrent Traffic · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm crazy, but is this website not helpful in finding another ISP?

  3. Re:Or, everyone could stop breaking the law too. . on Judge Deals Blow to RIAA · · Score: 1

    You are really bad at writing haikus, you know. This is why you fail.

  4. Re:Imagine this on Virginia Tech Report Cites Privacy Law Problems · · Score: 1

    3. Students A and B are teenagers. How excitable are teenagers?

    Irrelevent, or more to the point, impossible. Teenagers may not own handguns.

  5. Remember Betamax? on National Hockey League Embraces TV Placeshifting · · Score: 1

    I find it intriguing that the NHL comes down in favor of placeshifting and MLB comes down against it when they were both in favor of timeshifting. The difference, now, is that MLB has a strong product while the NHL's U.S. audience (not wonderful in the first place) has dwindled to insignificance. If MLB had just come off of another player's strike, you'd bet they'd be in bed with Slingbox, antiquated territorial broadcast rules be damned.

  6. Obvious. on Internet Connectivity Outside of the United States · · Score: 1

    It's obvious why the USA has such slow connection speeds: the pipes aren't wide enough! I'm going to write to Senator Stevens, the plumber of the Internet.

  7. Viewing all the content. on The 'Truth in Videogame Rating' Act · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This thing can't possibly fly. (And because this bill is starting in the House, it probably won't.) Attempting to play Final Fantasy X-2 entirely through to completion, for example, is a mission for doofuses on gamefaqs.com with all the time in the world on their hands, not an organization like the ESRB.

  8. TFO. on Wiretapping Lawsuit Against AT&T Dismissed · · Score: 3, Informative

    The F***ing Opinion, for those that don't know acronyms, can be found on this page. Case Number 1:06-cv-2837.

  9. Too far down to be noticed, but hell. on Censored Wikipedia Articles Appear On Protest Site · · Score: 1

    Doesn't anyone find it strange that Wikitruth doesn't have an entry for "Wikipedia"? You'd like to think that all the ranting and raving could be nicely collated onto a single page. Or maybe Wikitruth is afraid that a page like that might get edited. Someone start up thetruthaboutwikitruth.org now!

  10. Why not both? on Who Really Won the Super Bowl? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is a big jump in amygdala activity when the dinosaur crushes the caveman, as shown below. The scene looks funny and has been described as funny by lots of people, but your amygdala still perceives it as threatening, another example of disconnect between verbal reports on ads and brain activity while viewing the ads.

    See, I don't see how there's necessarily a disconnect. So what if there's a threatening image that resonates with a part of the brain? That doesn't mean it can't be funny. Part of being human is having multiple reactions to the same stimulus. Ever ridden a roller coaster? Thrilling and scary at the same time, at least to me. I don't see this as being a disconnect; it's different portions of my self reacting in different ways.

    That being said, the Burger King ad was awful.

  11. Re:No on Olympic Medalist was Spyware King · · Score: 1

    Being an ethical or moral person and being involved with the Olympics appear to be mutually exclusive nowadays.

  12. Poor guy. on Is It Wrong to Love Microsoft? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it's safe to say that Mr. Dubey is afflicted with Stockholm Syndrome.

  13. Get with the times. on Can a Bayesian Spam Filter Play Chess? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Playing chess is so...passe.

    Teach it how to play Katamari Damacy.

  14. A possible answer? on The Changing Face of Computer Science · · Score: 2, Insightful

    At the career fairs I went to as a computer science major, everyone was interested in web development, flash, java, etc. The CS department at my university doesn't teach these things; a person can learn these through the Information Technology department, however. If all of the money is going to people that don't mind building websites and putting cute flash animations on them, why pursue a degree in computer science?

  15. I'm ecstatic. on Real-ID Passes U.S. Senate 100-0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm so thankful this is going to come to pass. Finally, I don't have to hunt through multiple databases to swipe all of the pertinent information about someone. It's all collected in one place for easy access. Thanks, DC!

  16. Reruns are the problem? Not likely. on Trek Producers Will Provide World A Break · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not even! The reason people didn't watch is because the writers kept doing stupid things like using the Borg, Nazis, and time travel. All these alien races to have first contact with, and a damn Borg cube shows up on screen.

    Oh yeah, the opening theme was substandard too.

  17. Other methods. on Machine Learns Games · · Score: 1

    Yes, but can it cheat by throwing dynamite?

  18. No 10-key? on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 1

    This thing doesn't have a 10-key on it. As a multiple-time cashier, I'm personally offended.

  19. Another Rollback. on Jumping From Computer To Computer · · Score: 1

    The project has even a feature named Rollback which would permit to go back in time, eliminating these pesky viruses.

    Wait, Rollback? Are you saying this is a Wal-Mart project?

  20. But... on HP Launches New Calculators · · Score: 1

    The important thing is, do the new graphing calculators play Drugwar? *clutches TI-82*

  21. Not enough rhyming. on Alpha's Going Going Gone · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry, I just can't put my support behind a server that doesn't have stupid rhyming commericials for it.

    Are Alphas "utterly buyable, give 'em a tryable"?

    I think not.

  22. Too little, too late. on Maintaining Large Linux Clusters · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just a little too late for the SETI@home project. Kind of a shame, really. If only we had those computers sooner...

  23. Hmmm. on Online Auction Industry In A State Of Limbo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Names being bandied about as possible acquirers include Amazon, Yahoo and eBay itself. Whoever holds the patents may require other sites to pay them licensing royalties.

    You think they'll have the guts to hold an online auction for the royalties?

  24. Regarding Fansubs on Updating the Pirate Anime FAQ · · Score: 1

    A good addition to the Fansubs section would be a quick blurb on Digisubs. For the uninitiated, Digisubs are Fansubs which are subtitled on computer and released in computer video format (usually mpeg or .avi(mp4)).

  25. If only... on Mozilla 1.4 RC1 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ah! The ability to be one of the first posters replying to a new thread...and nothing cool to say. Dammit.

    Ah, well. Kudos to Mozilla.