Slashdot Mirror


User: XanC

XanC's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
1,855
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 1,855

  1. Re:Wow on Doom Ported To the Web · · Score: 1

    I really doubt that Javascript itself is the bottleneck on this one. Much more likely to be the browser's ability to draw quickly.

  2. Re:Immediately followed by killer tornadoes on Carbon Emissions Reached Record High In 2010 · · Score: 1

    Excellent summary!

  3. Re:They forgot the most important feature of all.. on Computer De-Evolution: Awesome Features We've Lost · · Score: 1

    This is hardly the same as a switch which disconnects the computer's power supply from its source.

  4. Encryption? on O'Reilly Author's Laptop Rescued By 'Twitter Posse' and Prey · · Score: 1

    I would definitely prefer to use full-disk encryption on my laptop, and write off the hardware. Much better than having who-knows-who access to all my data.

  5. Re:If you steal a laptop on O'Reilly Author's Laptop Rescued By 'Twitter Posse' and Prey · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you're smart enough to even pose these questions, you can probably do something better with your time than steal laptops.

  6. Re:The Slashdot system seems to work pretty well on Ask Slashdot: Going Beyond Comment Threads? · · Score: 2

    to my the length of my dick (in centimeters)

    Isn't that easier in millimeters since you would have to use fraction or decimal amounts to give them that figure in centimeters?

    Speak for yourself.

  7. Re:Hi, welcome to the Duke lacrosse team on Chinese iPad Factory Staff Forced To Sign 'No Suicide' Pledge · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean the Duke lacrosse team which was falsely accused and then hounded by a rogue prosecutor for political reasons, who was eventually disbarred for his misconduct?

  8. Re:Lunchbreaks on The Importance of Lunch · · Score: 2

    The official Journal of Quackery recommends tofu and "organic" almonds! Huzzah! I'm pretty sure all the almonds I've ever eaten have been organic, since I don't recall eating a silicon-based one.

    So the root of all human suffering is sublaxations, huh. Here I thought it was unicorn farts. Can you check my thetan levels while you're at it?

  9. Re:Why not just report the issue to the user? on Feds To Remotely Uninstall Bot From Some PCs · · Score: 1

    *BLAM*

    *BLAM* *BLAM*

  10. That's "tracts". on What Monty Python Teaches Us About Computing · · Score: 1

    n/t

  11. Re:*SMOOTCH!* Buh-bye Enterprise! on Intel Replaces Consumer SSD Line, Nixes SLC-SSD · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because SLCs survive for two orders of magnitude more writes than MLCs.

  12. Don't like this on Intel Replaces Consumer SSD Line, Nixes SLC-SSD · · Score: 3, Insightful

    MLC the only option on a server? For high-transaction databases, I don't see how it will work.

  13. Beginning not an option on Ask Slashdot: How/Where To Start Watching Dr. Who? · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that most (all?) of the First Doctor's episodes are sadly no longer extant.

  14. Re:Love the attempt, but... on IE9 Released, Media Has Opinions · · Score: 1

    Opera is not a WebKit browser.

  15. Re:NN is not regulation. on US House Subcommittee Votes To Kill Net Neutrality · · Score: 0

    The First Amendment doesn't say anything remotely like "all voices must be equally loud". That's what Net Neutrality does. The First Amendment simply says that the federal government won't get involved in regulating speech. ...Which pretty much shoots down Net Neutrality right there, come to think of it.

  16. Re:Once you admit your an idiot... on US House Subcommittee Votes To Kill Net Neutrality · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So... He shouldn't have his way, and you would make him be in charge of something he doesn't understand?

    Why in blazes would we expect people in government to be omniscient? It won't be. That's why we decided it shouldn't be omnipotent either, except that something like 50% of people have completely forgotten about that idea.

  17. Re:That's a great theory on Town Expands To Boost Cooling For NSA Data Center · · Score: 1

    Is it unusable for people after it's been through a datacenter? Why does using it to transfer heat around reduce its utility for drinking?

  18. +1 TOS: "The Ultimate Computer" reference on Sysbrain Lets Satellites Think For Themselves · · Score: 1

    n/t

  19. Safe? on Private Space Shuttle Flights · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Was it all that safe in government hands?

  20. Re:He's a bubble boy on Texas Student Attends School As a Robot · · Score: 1

    Boy!

  21. Typo on Texas Student Attends School As a Robot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You misspelled "Sheldon Cooper".

  22. Re:Each user gets 18 quintillion addresses? on Comcast Activates IPv6 Trial Users · · Score: 1

    Every subnet gets at least a /64. That does lead to a lot of unused addresses, sure, but it doesn't mean that there are only 2^64 addresses either.

    By the way, going from 2^128 to 2^64 isn't cutting in half; it's taking the square root.

  23. Re:NT on Comcast Activates IPv6 Trial Users · · Score: 1

    IPv4 is embedded in the IPv6 address space. What would you have done differently and how would that have made the transition smoother?

  24. Re:Each user gets 18 quintillion addresses? on Comcast Activates IPv6 Trial Users · · Score: 1

    The smallest subnet normally designated in IPv6 is a /64. When you use automatic addressing based on MAC addresses, then you need a 64-bit host address. Assigning each household (at least) a /64 allows everything to work automatically.

  25. Cotton fishing lines on Do Tools Ever 'Die?' · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I heard someplace that the quickest ever total replacement of a technology was cotton fishing lines. Cotton lines must be replaced every season. When nylon came out, it was cheaper than cotton, and lasted forever. Is there any use for cotton fishing lines anymore?