Slashdot Mirror


User: operagost

operagost's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
13,916
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 13,916

  1. Re:OS/2 on The Software That Failed To Compete With Windows · · Score: 1

    Actually, the opposite was true. I suppose you are basing your statement on anecdotal evidence. What do you think was wrong with OS/2 Warp? It had full PCMCIA support, internet access (full LAN access with the Connect edition), full multimedia support, lower memory demands, and better bootup recovery options.

  2. Re:Great...now just one more issue.... on Making Airport Scanners Less Objectionable · · Score: 1

    Your numbers are bogus because airlines filled up the gap BY CHARGING EXTRA FEES. People pay about $50-150 more now because most airlines charge for bags. They also let you thirst and starve-- with the help of the TSA-- unless you pay ridiculous prices for food at the gates or on the plane.

  3. Re:Great...now just one more issue.... on Making Airport Scanners Less Objectionable · · Score: 1, Informative

    Your first point is wrong. They do indeed handle people's genitals now. Please do try reading about something before you comment on it.

  4. Re:Living under surface on Life Found In Deepest Layer of Earth's Crust · · Score: 1

    nasty place, hot and wet

    Huh, huh.

  5. Re:This story can't be true on Lawsuit Shows Dell Hid Extent of Computer Flaws · · Score: 1

    You act as if it isn't the status quo for most corporations to behave like that.

    It's not. Regardless, we're all pretty tired of the "100% free market" straw man that anti-libertarians like to attack. A totally unregulated market isn't capitalism-- it's anarchy.

  6. Re:Bloody idiot. on Man Offered $150k for Exploding Jar of Fruit · · Score: 1

    He hit it with the handle of a screwdriver. Regardless, I wouldn't recommend hitting a jar with anything. Tapping, maybe.

  7. Re:Title is confusing or incorrect on Extra-Galactic Planet Discovered In Milky Way · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why don't we just call it an "immigrant" star, then? Since this is the first time we're hearing of it, and it's billions of years old, it's probably here illegally^W^W undocumented. I suggest we give it full social security and Medicaid entitlements, plus in-galaxy tuition at the college of its choice.

  8. Re:Go for it on US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary · · Score: 1

    Eating while driving is distracting.
    Tuning the radio while driving is distracting.
    Talking while driving is distracting.
    Adjusting the environmental controls while driving is distracting.

  9. Re:Go for it on US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary · · Score: 1

    People drove for years without ABS.
    People drove for years without air bags.
    People drove for years without seat belts.
    People drove for years without collapsing steering columns.
    People drove for years without disc brakes.
    People drove for years without hydraulic braking systems.

    Cell phones are actually a safety feature, when properly used.

  10. Re:They did this in the 90s. on Toyota Introduces Electric RAV4, Powered By Tesla Motor · · Score: 1

    Just buy a Government Motors Volt and leave us alone, OK? It's funded by money stolen from the American taxpayers and their retirement accounts. Should be great!

  11. Re:It has to be Tesla on Toyota Introduces Electric RAV4, Powered By Tesla Motor · · Score: 1

    I was thinking more along the lines of, "practical and successful."

  12. Re:I ahve to address your sig on Cellphone Carriers Try To Control Signal Boosters · · Score: 1

    Who said that libertarians don't believe in amending the Constitution? Talk about fallacies. In addition, if you were truly Jeffersonian, you would have to accept even greater state power than the average libertarian espouses. The Antifederalists wanted extremely decentralized power, emphasizing agrarian interests.

  13. Re:Why? on Cellphone Carriers Try To Control Signal Boosters · · Score: 1

    Wire was also (maybe still) used as a frame for stucco. It looks like chicken wire with smaller cells.

  14. Re:it always looked to me like... on USB Is the Devil's Connection · · Score: 1

    I'll let my aunt Geraldine know that she's pronouncing her name wrong.

  15. Re:I wonder... on TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old · · Score: 1

    We should abolish Israel. That will appease the Muslims. Peace for our time!

  16. Re:hahaha on Internet Blacklist Back In Congress · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mr. unity100, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on Slashdot is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no karma points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

  17. Re:Good. Hope this keeps up on US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans · · Score: 1

    Who let Janeane Garofalo in here?

  18. Re:In the land of the free on Internet Blacklist Back In Congress · · Score: 1

    See, the problem with your entire statement is that this bill is being pushed by a bunch of people who, although they may not call themselves socialists, espouse socialist ideas. If it passes both houses, it will be signed by a president who has surrounded himself with socialists and espoused socialist ideas. So which part of this bill has anything to do with EVIL free enterprise?

  19. Re:You know why? on The Story of My As-Yet-Unverified Impact Crater · · Score: 1

    Yes. I'm positive we have to keep feeding Mythbusters new material as long as Kari is on it.

  20. Re:You know why? on The Story of My As-Yet-Unverified Impact Crater · · Score: 1

    I read your post using the Comic Book Guy's voice and it was a lot funnier.

  21. Re:The problem with computer sabotage... on Stuxnet Was Designed To Subtly Interfere With Uranium Enrichment · · Score: 1

    "My good friends, this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. And now I recommend you to go home and sleep quietly in your beds."

  22. Re:RTFA on Tablet Prototype Needs No External Power Supply · · Score: 1

    Sol, eh? Well la tee DO!

  23. Re:First Post on Tablet Prototype Needs No External Power Supply · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Stop being lazy, Gilligan! Mr. Howell wants his blender working by this afternoon, and the coconut smoothies won't make themselves!

  24. Re:Little difference? on Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, the problem is that the Palestinians want a small strip of land without any Jews on it. Or Jews on any land, anywhere.

  25. Re:Little difference? on Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars · · Score: 1

    How about our treason convicted spies? They're intelligent usually, and not likely to get violent out in space?

    But what good would it do to send people you can't trust?