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  1. Damn... on DARPA Autonomous Robot Race Rules Announced · · Score: 1

    The race is in 2004, I'm going to have to wait more than a year for this event! Maybe this will turn into a tv show, as with what seems to be the current techno-driven trend in new programming.

    But I think that some of the network execs should get serious and spend some serious money. Wouldn't it be cool to hold a race like this on Mars, or the Moon!

    That would be wicked! And with the advent of privately funded space delivery contests like the X-Prize, the race could be made into a veritable interplanetary decathalon! Its a few steps down the road, but hey, why not?

  2. Re:heh on The Wireless City · · Score: 1

    *whips coat open flashing his discs...

    "Hey, wanna by an AOL CD? 1000 hours free?"

  3. Re:The spiders were probably.. on Spider Web Covers Field · · Score: 1

    Ha, the worlds first Spiderbank.

  4. East Asia on The Origin of Dogs · · Score: 1

    Its nice to know that, since dogs were first domesticated in East Asia, the next evolution taking place in the relationship we have with canines involves us eating them.

  5. Flawless first use of Certified Airplane Parachute on First Emergency Use of Whole-Aircraft Parachute · · Score: 1

    Except when after pulling the chute, the pilot jumped out of the plane...

  6. Oh man... on Living with Darth Vader · · Score: 1

    This is the end / Beautiful friend
    This is the end / My only friend the end.

  7. Dr. Terminator on Robots Approved For Cardiac Surgery · · Score: 1

    John Connor talking to Dr. T-800 about his surgical procedure being performed by the T-1000. John: I need a moment here. You're telling me that this thing can operate on anything it touches?!
    T-800: Anything it samples by physical contact.
    John: Get real! Like it can -excise- a...pack of cigarettes?
    T-800: No, only an object of equal size.
    John: Well, why doesn't it become a -bong- or something to -subdue- me?
    T-800: It can't form complex machines. Guns and explosives have chemicals, moving parts. It doesn't work that way. But it can form solid metal shapes.
    John: Like what?
    T-800: Knives and -surgical- stabbing weapons.

    Duh-duh duh duh-duh...duh-duh duh duh-duh...

  8. General Shatner on Ask William Shatner · · Score: 1

    Hello Captain,
    You have said previously, in the cold, dark, and coursing tones of an embittered Canadian Warrior, that if it were to come down to the US and Canada having an all out war, you would kill Americans and enjoy it.
    What can you say to the accusations against the worlds foremost and powerful bargain hunting supercomputer only being used to bring us wonderfully inexpensive and competitively priced air transportation, hotel fortifications, vacation-like incursion plans, and ultimately cultural invasions on a daily basis!?

    What is the good name-your-own-price of War?

  9. Why... on Ask William Shatner · · Score: 1

    Why.....Canadian?

  10. Re:Long time friend just got scammed on FTC Sues Six in Spam E-Mail Round-Up · · Score: 1

    Please forward this post to 10 friendly Nigerian Officials in the next ten minutes to save Kimbo's life by keeping more food in his belly, and therefore more gas in the van.
    Otherwise if you don't you will be forced into doing odd jobs for ten years in a carp ridden, nasty green algea swimming pool...

  11. The Farce... on Jedi Archives In Dublin Library? · · Score: 4, Funny

    *waves hand thru air*

    We did not clone the Dublin Libraries for the movie, and no we do not have overdue late charges on "Scottish Clans and Tartans".

  12. Incredible on Sensors Gone Wild · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The one thing that keeps popping into my head is how this system can be characterized in its usefullness. Its like a sense for a simple organism.

    The implications that are present here produce visions of gathering nodes of information and data not just in the random and simplistic fashions of the internet's present structure, but in the processing fundamental functions of seperate personalities and intelligently focused mini-brains automatically approaching a consciousness as they communicate.

    I think the statement made in the article about this "tech being better than the internet" could be accurate, but only when you think on how this could be connected to the internet in some useful way. Where, if the internet is a simple organism, this would be one of its senses - one using the other.

  13. What time is it? on Shuttle Main Engine Test to be Webcast · · Score: 1

    Did the clock get hacked or is it just /.'ed? Whats the dillio 23 hours?

  14. Planet Waynes World... on Canadian Astronomers Discover a Magnetar · · Score: 1

    "Well it certainly does suck..."

  15. So wait.... on Embedding Data Signals In White Noise · · Score: 1

    If they're just discovering the applications of this technology now,

    Who the hell's been speaking to me all this time!!??

  16. Re:how about 9 miles - already done on Possible Big Boost in WiFi Range · · Score: 1

    Who is cringly Bob 10?

  17. Re:Quick Summary on The Worst Coders In Washington · · Score: 1

    One of them is definitely more consumer friendly than the other.

    Free blowjobs are the epitome of friendly consumerism.

  18. Frictionless Train Tube eh? on Pipeline Mass Transit? · · Score: 1

    Sponsored by KY.

  19. Re:No thanks on Smart Pool Table · · Score: 1

    Was her last name Larsen? You may have inspired this technology!

  20. Re:What happens when the net goes down? on Dr. Robot Watches Over Home And More · · Score: 1

    What happens when the net goes down? -- Or it walks out of range of the wireless base station?

    The robot stops and says "Somebody set us up the bomb..."

    And then starts yelling "All your bases are belong to us!"

  21. Re:Oh my God on Dr. Robot Watches Over Home And More · · Score: 2, Funny

    Degraded child: "Mommy Mommy! Mr. Robot is telling us bad bedtime stories again!"

  22. Dr. Robot on Dr. Robot Watches Over Home And More · · Score: 4, Funny

    "If the robot's thermal sensors detect a human in the house, the robot can e-mail to the owner or call them on their cell phone."

    *ring ring
    Owner: "Hello?"

    Robot: "A warm humanoid mass is robbing your house. Video has been sent to your email, enjoy. Thank you for choosing Dr. Robot."

  23. Re:Next logical troll... on Roll-Up Monitors A Step Closer To Reality · · Score: 1

    Hey, you could watch porn on your hand! Wait, um...maybe not.

  24. Cathy is a genius... on Cathy Rogers Responds Without Crashing · · Score: 1

    How brilliant is it that she eluded to streaking at the Crufts dog show in the UK...

    Now, at first I thought to myself, how bizarre a statement that was to make! Then as the vision streaked through my head, I started to think about how fantastic that would be... And the genius of her statement was revealed!

    Think about how she 'spot' referenced (pun intended) subliminally the sunglass wearing Junkyard Wars Dog/Mascot.

    Dog show streak... Sunglass-wearing dog mascot... Brilliant!

    Ahh, the inspiration of fuzzy animals and nudity...

  25. It is called... on Building the Ultimate Silent PC · · Score: 1

    ...The abacus