Slashdot Mirror


User: xao+gypsie

xao+gypsie's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
202
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 202

  1. hrm... on Is Open Source Fertile Ground for Foul Play? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i disagree....if there is a security hole, those implementing the software would ideally know enough to pick up on it fairly quickly. i mean, they do have the source, after all...

  2. oh the irony on Google Traffic Takes Down Web Site · · Score: -1, Redundant

    now that poor guy's alt site will be /.ed...talkin about insult to injury..

  3. the real question is... on Linux Going Mainstream · · Score: 4, Funny

    when will "Pirates of Sillicon Valley 2: The Wrath of Linux" come out?

  4. Re:CBS Censors MoveOn.org Ad on Superbowling · · Score: 1

    dude, it's their network, they can do whatever they want. if they don't want to show something, they don't have to. you are not required to watch their programming, regardless of what it is, and it is not really a public domain. If you had a network and you hated GW Bush, im guessing you wouldn't be showing pro-GWBush commecials or the like....

  5. Re:This is nice, but... on Nit-Pickers Guide to Deviations in Jackson's LotR · · Score: 1

    ha ha, yeah, i remember that...which was weird that at that age i was able to sit still long enough to watch them....oh well

  6. Re:This is nice, but... on Nit-Pickers Guide to Deviations in Jackson's LotR · · Score: 1

    the BBC does an incredibly good job in getting basically all details right in their work of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, if memory serves, though it has been several years since i've seen it. worth watching if you liked the book when you were a kid

  7. they forgot the most important part!! on H2G2 Cast Finalized, Starts Shooting in April · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....what company will be supplying the towel???

  8. umm... on BBC Buys Google News Keywords In Kelly Case · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    can someone explain what that all means? i mean, im not too dumb, but i seem to be out of the loop, and i think im not the only one. so for all the ignorant bastards out there like me, could someone clear this up?

  9. Re:where credit is due... on Justin Frankel On AOL, Subverting The Status Quo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    this is why i love nullsoft. not really all the flashy or mainstream (except for winamp, of course) software, but stuff that certain people can really use that really doesnt have a closed source equivalent.

  10. where credit is due... on Justin Frankel On AOL, Subverting The Status Quo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    my hat is off to this guy, especially for waste. that program rox..

  11. Re:So... on SCO Lobbying Congress Against Open Code · · Score: 2, Funny

    until darl realizes that God released the source to the universe...in which case he will have to make a deal with Satan....oh..wait....nevermind.

  12. and the winner is...... on Yahoo! Research Labs · · Score: 0

    GOOGLE. oh wait, the little contest jsut started? i will have to wait, then, and repost the same results at the end of the year..

  13. in case you were wondering on One-Way Ticket to Mars? · · Score: 1

    Bereshit, or better transliterated 'veres-hiit' means literally 'in a beginning', tho a better translation is 'in The beginning.
    Vereshiit barah elohim eth-hashamayim we'eth ha-arets, in case you were wondering, depending on what pronunciation scheme you are using.

  14. hrm.... on Clean Nuclear Launches? · · Score: 4, Funny

    on Gas Core Nuclear Rockets
    those have been around for years, and i have been fortunate enough to work with them for much of my life. they are called bean burritos. there is more explosive energy in one of those bad boys than most realize, especially when the chemistry behind the force is just right...granted, the fallout is pretty terrible too...

  15. Re:maybe this isn't such a good idea... on LaserMonks Offer Prayer, Printer Cartridges · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or do they first circumsize and baptize everyone who buys a modem from them? :D
    *ahem* it is the greek orthodox church, i believe that circumsized and baptizes.....not the catholics

  16. Just a game?? on Doom 3 Vaporware no More · · Score: 1

    What's the big deal anyway? It's just a game.
    jsut a game? why havent you heard? this is the next big thing in scare-the-shit-out-of-you-ware.....seriously. the alpha leak was scary as hell even at about 3fps....not that i played it...

  17. so.. on FBI Can Inspect Bank Records w/o Court Orders · · Score: 1

    .....that means that the gov't can now see that i get paid slave wages for work that my university would normally have to pay decent wages.....and that i blow what little money is there on my girlfriend and toys?? oh well...

  18. hrm... on The Cost of 12 Days of Christmas · · Score: 4, Funny

    now, is it that the demand for swans has gone up, or that the supply has gone down?

    xao

  19. yes.... on CRIA Prepares To Sue P2P Copyright Violators · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ....because cd sales drops have nothing to do with things like slow economies, declining quality in music, overpriced cds.....

    xao

  20. Re:Chicken, or Egg? on PowerPoint Makes You Dumb · · Score: 1

    The answer, as usual, lies between....
    dude, you jsut like totally blew my mind... *cough* man this is good stuff...
    xao

  21. so.... on Pigeons Faster than Internet · · Score: 5, Funny

    does packet colision occur when the pigeon hole principle comes into effect?

    xao

  22. easy... on Technology Quarterly · · Score: 1

    how to bake the perfect chip...
    i have done that before, and its not that hard. all you do is start your system without realizing that the heatsink is every so slightly off the core from poor shipping...that bakes your chip nice and toasty.
    incidentally, if you do bake your chip, it makes a pretty good gottee comb....yesh, sounds weird, but try it...

    xao

  23. double sided on SCO Group Web Site Attacked Again · · Score: 1

    on one hand, i think that is funny as hell, and a little vigilante jsutice is healthy...
    but ont he other hand, that makes the rest of us look really really bad. naturally, all the other antisco prognu/linux people will be pegged as those who take matters into their own hands..

    but it's still pretty funny

    xao

  24. OSQ on Personal SUV of the Sky · · Score: 4, Funny

    did anyone else instantly think of the Canyonero?
    Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!!!!

    xao

  25. hrm... on Linux PCs Drive 74-Channel Pipe Organ · · Score: 3, Funny

    reminds me of my friend who wanted to put a fork in a blender. he did this by connecting the blender to a serial cable wired to the various speeds, and then wrote a simple linux driver to control it. had his sister ssh into his box while he wasnt in the room, and boom.....buh bye to the fork. i would post a picture of the setup on my webserver, but at the offchange it gets /.ed, i will refrain. i dont think my roommates would like me killing their internet, and it would be hard to explain...

    xao