Slashdot Mirror


User: sconeu

sconeu's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
7,139
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 7,139

  1. Re:Depends on how old you are on Ask Slashdot: Were Developments In Technology More Exciting 30 Years Ago? · · Score: 1

    Self landing rockets never emerged from the cover of Analog until Elon made it so.

    Depends on the definition... Surveyor says hello.

  2. Damn. You're right. I didn't even read the whole headline. I just saw the bet part.

    I am corrected. Thank you, sir.

  3. The exception to Betteridge's Law of Headlines.

  4. Re:And this is why the market solves nothing ... on Verizon Will Fix Broadband Networks, Landlines To Resolve Investigation (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but then you have to deal with the French....

  5. Re:Farewell, Professor Hawking on Stephen Hawking, Who Examined the Universe and Explained Black Holes, Dies at 76 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have the same feelings, 93. My wife passed away from ALS five years ago. The fact that Prof. Hawking not only survived for over 40 years with the disease, but did so much amazing science during that period is incredible.

  6. Yeah, I know. I coined the term. I've heard it referred to elsewhere as "Goldfinger's Law".

  7. I didn't know that Ernestine worked for Comcast!

  8. Fleming's Razor:

    Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

    This is at least twice, per TFS.

  9. Yes, this is news. It's news for the original core audience.

    Back when CmdrTaco ran the site, it actually had NERD NEWS, not this political BS.

  10. Re:Congress has to pass this on Florida Lawmakers Approve Year-Round Daylight Saving Time (tampabay.com) · · Score: 1

    But... but... it's America's wang!

  11. Re:Cali.... There is truth in this saying: on Self-Driving Cars Are Being Attacked By Angry Californians (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    A completely off topic hint. NOBODY from California calls it "Cali".

  12. But I just don't buy the claim that it's impossible.

    Guess what? Math works whether you buy into it or not, bitch.

  13. I've been there.. on Flippy the Robot Takes Over Burger Duties At California Restaurant (ktla.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been to the Pasadena location... It's attached to a club that does rock concerts.

    The burgers are meh. Only good thing about the restaurant is they will loan you a wireless charging ring for your phone while you're eating. Oh. And the shakes.

  14. Re:Strange solution on Flippy the Robot Takes Over Burger Duties At California Restaurant (ktla.com) · · Score: 1

    Carl's had conveyors in the late '70s (speaking from work experience)

  15. Re:they are not our friends on Six Tech Companies Filing Net Neutrality Lawsuit (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    This is always true.

    The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. Nothing more, nothing less. It may make us temporary allies, but not necessarily friends.

  16. Re:How long till the next Slashdot outage? on Your Love of Your Old Smartphone Is a Problem for Apple and Samsung (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    These would not have happened under CmdrTaco

  17. Re:HAL 9000 on IBM's Watson Is Going To Space (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Explicitly denied by Dr. Chandra in the novel 2010.

  18. Re:Why are we calling it a 'banana'? on Nokia's Banana Phone From The Matrix is Back (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You're thinking of the Nokia 3210. There was quite an aftermarket for the bezels.

  19. Re:If it *really* was a priority? More doors! on Airlines Won't Dare Use the Fastest Way to Board Planes (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    That's one of the great things about Burbank Airport (BUR). You board from both the front and the rear, because there are no jetways. Same for deplaning. So if you're flying SJC => BUR, you can grab (Southwest) or book a seat to the rear for easy deplaning.

  20. Re:Nobody said these people were smart... on Manafort Left an Incriminating Paper Trail Because He Couldn't Figure Out How to Convert PDFs to Word Files (slate.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    To be fair, it seems to me that among all the insanity in the White House, Tillerson is the adult actually *TRYING* to do his job.

  21. Re:Have an idea on Amateur Astronomer Spots Supernova Right As It Begins (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Only if we can blame it on the Buso Nova...

  22. Re:That 0.02 TB made the difference. on Samsung Starts Mass Producing an SSD With Monstrous 30.72TB Capacity (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Since I had a stand for the machine, I even had the vendor run the low-level format with the drive vertical.

    For you youngsters, back in the day, there were no tower cases, you stood a desktop case on end. In addition, you had to run a "low level format" to physically mark the sectors on the drive, as well as mark the sector interleave. If you were running the drive vertically, instead of horizontally, you got better performance when you low leveled it in the vertical orientation.

  23. Re:To heck with them on Game Industry Pushes Back Against Efforts To Restore Gameplay Servers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I meant "can't play them currently". My bad for not being clear.

  24. Re:Oh please please please on 'Troll' Loses Cloudflare Lawsuit, Has Weaponized Patent Invalidated (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Cease and deists

    And what does one's believe about ${DEITY} have to do with it anyways?

  25. Hurt their business... on Game Industry Pushes Back Against Efforts To Restore Gameplay Servers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So resurrecting abandoned servers -- which means that people can't play those games -- would hurt their business?

    This means one of two things:

    1. They're lying
    2. Their new games suck so badly that players would instantly drop them for the older versions.

    Either way, not a good thing for them to say...