Slashdot Mirror


User: FuzzyDaddy

FuzzyDaddy's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
831
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 831

  1. What if I want to watch a crappy DVD? on Dell Releases Ubuntu 7.10-Powered PCs · · Score: 5, Funny
    "In fact, one of the key requests from customers interested in Linux is the ability to watch their favorite DVD movies."

    Of course, if it's not your favorite DVD, then the player won't work.

  2. Re:My Deskjet 550C is still running on HP & Staples Collude On $8,000/Gallon Ink? · · Score: 2, Informative
    I got a brother HL2040 when my wife entered graduate school. The lights flicker when it's printing, but it's been going strong for a year and I've only just swapped out the partially filled toner cartridge that came with the printer with a full one. And I spent less than $200, including a new, full toner cartridge.

    I don't know why the laser printer manufacturers haven't started playing the same games as the inkjet people. Is it a historic fluke, or is there some technical or legal reason why toner isn't $8000 a pound?

  3. Re:Ridiculous on Should Wikipedia Allow Mathematical Proofs? · · Score: 1

    You've hit the problem exactly. Is the "non-expert" system able to ensure that the proofs are accurate?

  4. The issue is power limiting on Electricity Over Glass · · Score: 2, Informative
    You're stilling bringing as much power into the fuel tank. High-power beams of light aren't any safer, a laser can cut inch thick steel.

    It's a lot easier to ensure the power is properly limited. Running a sensor is a low power application (you wouldn't be using a "steel cutting" laser), and the power is limited with the size of the laser diode. There's no other way to get power through the line.

    With electric lines, the issue is whether the wire to the sensor is going to short to another wire somewhere else in the wiring harness that will accidently put a lot more power on the line. There are a TON of wires on an aircraft, going every which way, some of which can deliver a lot of power. Short one of those to the sensor line and you can get a spark in the fuel tank.

  5. Re:Megan aside, on Online Sex Offender Database Leads To Murder? · · Score: 1

    Hey, I found someone with my last name with 5 criminal cases against him! Privacy is dead.

  6. Re:Something to note about other people's opinions on Are You Proud of Your Code? · · Score: 1

    That's a great list. I've done #4 myself, before I found out about inttypes.h, but I don't have the heart to go back and fix my old code.

  7. Re:good bye, and thanks for the fish on Group Hopes to Rename Street After Douglas Adams · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Make the MPAA pay for it on MPAA Boss Makes Case for ISP Content Filtering · · Score: 1
    6) Would watch it on TV/Airplane if nothing else on and I can't sleep.

    7) Would watch it on TV/Airplane after I finished the Sudoku, but with no sound because it's not worth the $2 for the headphones.

  9. Re:I don't get it on Major Breakthrough In Spintronics Research · · Score: 1
    But...um...how exactly do you get a spin current without the electrons actually moving?

    The same way you get a crowd at a football game to do the wave without anyone moving over a seat.

    "NRL scientists first inject a spin polarized electrical current. . . .which generates a pure spin current flowing in the opposite direction. . ."

    I can't say for sure, but I think this may be incidental to the experimental setup, and not a fundemental restraint on the spin current. Also, this electrical current might be much smaller than is required for fast switching the old fashion way.

  10. Just like the car talk guys say... on Final Repair Mission To Extend Hubble's Life · · Score: 1
    It's always cheaper to fix an old car than to get a new one.

    (He says after getting a new radiator for my 1995 Saturn Station Wagon.)

  11. Re:Are people really this stupid? on Facebook Retreats on Online Tracking · · Score: 1

    People really are that stupid. Someone in my wife's Psychology program, who was doing her internship as a substance abuse counselor, was kicked out after posting details about her drunken weekend behavior.

  12. Re:Privacy isn't for those at the federal trough on NASA Requires JPL Scientists To Give Up Right To Privacy · · Score: 1
    The JPL scientists are not living off taxpayers any more than a soldier, cop, or schoolteacher is. They are providing a service that the government is willing to pay for. The government supports it because enough people believe it is in our national interest to do so.

    Would you still agree with your own statement after substituting "police officer" for "JPL Scientist"?

  13. Re:Privacy isn't for those at the federal trough on NASA Requires JPL Scientists To Give Up Right To Privacy · · Score: 1
    If you want privacy, go get a real job.

    So, by your logic, you can be owned by a private company.

  14. Re:If you don't like it, leave your govt. job. on NASA Requires JPL Scientists To Give Up Right To Privacy · · Score: 1
    It should be a privilege to work for the JPL

    Why, they shouldn't even have to pay them.

  15. Re:They've also changed their PageRank for many si on Google Purges Thousands of Malware Sites · · Score: 1

    My older daughter is the only person that comes up when I google her "Firstname Lastname". I wonder if that means she'll hate me for giving her a weird name, or thank me because the URL is still available.

  16. Re:You could ask politely on How to Deal With Stolen Code? · · Score: 1
    If it were me, I'd talk to the tech lead.

    I agree. By posting the code, the original author's intent seemed to be to share it. This tells me that your lead's use of the code doesn't automatically imply he's a bad or immoral person. So unless you know him to be a jerk or a thief, it would be worthwhile to just ask him about it. The context could be that you're trying to find out if it's OK for you to do the same thing.

  17. Re:double entendre on Google Gives Up IP of Anonymous Blogger · · Score: 4, Funny
    i believe that slander, libel, defamation, etc are... perhaps outdated concepts.

    I would expect no less from a fascist wife beater like yourself.

  18. Re:Imminent destruction! on Everyday Copyright Violations · · Score: 1

    There's a great short story about a guy who gets a tattoo from a world famous tattoo artist. He ends up not being able to pay the artist, who donates the work to the state, and the guy's not allowed to leave the country because of restrictions on exports of "national treasures". I wish I could remember who it's by.

  19. Re:Is it just me on NASA Goes Bargain Basement With New Satellite · · Score: 1
    How about faith based launches?

    With a $100 million payload, there's no other kind

  20. I saw a mock up of the SUN model... on Intel Considering Portable Data Centers · · Score: 1
    at a trade show recently. It was an intermodal container (like an 18 wheeler hauls around). There was a HUGE power connector, an input and output pipe for cooling water, and a network interface. I don't know about the economics one way or another, but it was cool to see. From the outside, you can't help but think that someday we'll have the same thing with a normal power cord, and no cooling water, in something the size of a shoebox. Perhaps because the network connector was no bigger than the one on my computer.

    Also, I got to bring home a little foam rubber one for my daughter.

  21. Re:PRE-Production? How about IN-Production on 6 Major Pre-Production Electric Vehicles Compared · · Score: 1
    That's very cool. It doesn't quite work for my commute (25 miles on the highway, so the speed limitation is a problem and the range is a little too close for comfort).

    I'd really like a plug in car, top speed 65mph or more, 70 mile cruising range (work and back with plenty to spare). The charging time could be 12 hours.

  22. Re:This comes up every few years on Cannabis Compound Said To "Halt Cancer" · · Score: 1

    It was listed by Hypocrates as a cure-all.

    It was prescribed by Queen Victoria's doctor

    They also believed in blood letting to restore the balance of the humors.
  23. beware of "reconcilling" on AT&T Calls Telecommuters Back To the Cubicle · · Score: 4, Insightful
    He says AT&T is in the process of reconciling the human resources policies

    Translation: out of the three companies which are merging, let's pick the policy that takes the most away from the employees.

  24. Re:oh great on Hackers Use Banner Ads on Major Sites to Hijack Your PC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, those two things often go together.

  25. Re:How old does it make me... on New Ghostbusters Video Game in the Works · · Score: 1

    I had choplifter, which was a lot of fun. After playing for a long time on a monochrome monitor, I was amused when I saw it in color - and landing on the little people gave a flash of red.