Slashdot Mirror


User: spectrokid

spectrokid's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
655
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 655

  1. good trade possibilities on Dutch Pass iPod Tax · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's dude, like, dude, TONS of germans, belgians and french, dude, hopping over the border to get hold of the more, like, exquisit Dutch agricultural products. And dude, I'm not talking, like fucking tulips here, right? So like, I guess the dudes just got themselves a whole new currency to pay with.

  2. I will wait... on Dell to Get Into Cell Phones in 2006 · · Score: 1

    for the iPhone.

  3. in toolbar on Google TrustRank · · Score: 1

    bah, if they could include a green-orange-red light in their toolbar... Go to your bank's website to "verify" your password and a little red light starts flashing in your toolbar? Could be good.

  4. do they deserve it? on Apollo 13 Engineers to be Honored · · Score: 1

    sure they did a brilliant job duct-tapeing the pieces, but a really brilliant engineer would have a.o. forced all subcontractors to use the same type of scrubber....

  5. not all norwegians are that cool on The Bender PC Case · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I got quite a shock when I found out the story behind the author of the WARFTP software. Read here: http://www.jgaa.com/index.php?cmd=show_article&art icle_id=2&menu=36

  6. Belgian chips... on InPhase Announces 300GB Holographic Discs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    InPhase technology uses a camera chip designed by FillFactory, a Belgian chip maker.
    Now if you are British, you are probably thinking of this.

  7. Re:Does WiMax do adhoc networking? on Intel to Release WiMax Chip · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Engineered, yes. But question is, can it be hacked so as for private people in a town to set up a mesh- style self regulating network? Now that would be cool. Or imagine a school with a good netconnection. They could allow their kids to keep on surfing from home.

  8. other finger on Microsoft Proposes Thumb-Driven Interfaces · · Score: 1

    they wouldn't have an interface for the middle finger, no? I can think of good uses...

  9. what we need on Grand Challenges in Networks for the Next 15 Years · · Score: 1

    -identify a person
    -identify a computer
    -move a file (yes an email can be wrapped as a file)
    -non-lossy streaming (IM, telnet,...)
    -lossy streaming (MMedia)
    Now if we could replace the thirty-elleven thingies with a "p" as last letter by the above 5...

  10. eye focus on Multi-layer LCD Displays · · Score: 2, Interesting

    this could be interesting if the depth between the 2 displays was enough so you could "switch" between them by refocussing your eyes, like wathing through a fence.

  11. Re:Better filters?not on exchange on People are More Accepting of Spam · · Score: 1

    I work for an organisation with 4000 people. somehow I don't think "they" will allow me to install a spam filter on "their" server.

  12. Re:Better filters?not on exchange on People are More Accepting of Spam · · Score: 0

    I have Outlook 2000 on Exchange, so no spam-filters for me. The best I found is a rule which sais everything from yahoo,msm,hotmail directly to trash unless the sender adress is in my adres book. Works perfectly!!!

  13. not to bitch but... on Hoary Hedgehog Ubuntu 5.04 Released · · Score: 1

    Is there a point in compiling desktop-aimed distros to 386? I mean, it's not like you can actually run KDE + OO on a 386? Wouldn't 586 or even 686 be a little more realistic?

  14. Re:Finally...my pretties will fly. on Linux Distro turns PCs into Night-time Clusters · · Score: 1

    sounds like an awefull lot of shebang for one night!

  15. little difficult... on Hitachi Predicts 3D Hard Disks by Year's End · · Score: 3, Funny

    how do I visualise this? Data in jelly blubber with a read/write needle swimming through it? Data gets read out where two laserbeams cross?

  16. and the nazi boot in the computer on Australian P2P Sites Disappear Overnight · · Score: 1

    as seen here

  17. Dual smooth on Anatomy of a Successful Enterprise Linux Distro? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is my wish for a linux distro. I work in a Windows only company where linux is slowly creeping in (embedded, specialised application servers, a small beowulf). I have ZERO chance of getting admin rights on the network or influencing the IT dept. towards Linux. What I need is a distro which not only coexists with windows, but automatically sucks its settings, copies email settings, home drive and printers. Automatically install the correct autentication module so people can log on with their active directory password. Read the windows drive letters and mount them. Note I write this from a linux box. I am trying, but it could be easier.

  18. Private also on Source Code Dispute in Boston's Big Dig · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you have a big enough private company, you start seeing the same kind of attitude. "It is not my money." and a shrug. I think it has to do with volume and inertia, not with private/public.

  19. Re:Uh, ok. on Linux Server Break-in Challenge · · Score: 3, Informative

    Break into a Linux server that has no services running[...]
    From TFA: This server won't be protected by firewall. There won't be any fake demons or honeypots as well. It will be running all the services normally found in a regular Linux distribution and more.

  20. Firefox = thin client on Google & Firefox's Relationship · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When Google will port Picasa to a web-interface, followed by a small word processor, and offer their customers 1 GB to store their data, they will need to have their fingers in at least one big browser. Not to pump it full with ads, but to make sure it is a good enough thin client for their purposes.

  21. simpler solution on Costa Rica May Criminalize VoIP · · Score: 3, Insightful

    if they have a monopoly, why not just block it at the first router?

  22. Re:compressed air: not efficient on Using Air to Recharge Your Cell Phone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    there's this physics law that sais air gets hot when you compress it. If the tank is not insulated it will cool down to room temperature again and you lose quite some energy. There are however examples, there is even a car which runs on compressed air, and in the good old days of steam, they used comp. air locomotives e.g. in ammo factories and other places where you might want to avoid fire.

  23. English isn't dominant either... on France National Library Attacks Google Book Effort · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes the dude makes himself look ridiculous. But I would like to oppose the "english is dominant" view. It is not the English language which dominates this planet, but a small subset of it. "Communication English", spoken all over the world, contains only a fraction of vocabulary and grammar of "the real thing". And people who can show you the way in Bejing most probably have read neither Shakespare nor any of the more modern classics. So starting to digitise English litterature is really not as "normal" as you might think. I am not French, but I can speak it. And I can tell you this: the French language has song lyrics which make John Lennon look like a guy from "star for an evening". Yup the frenchkies should get their act together and start digitising themselves, no Shakespare does not rule the world.

  24. I like my backup like I like my hookers: on Arkeia Network Backup Agent Remote Access · · Score: 1

    wiiiide open

  25. somebody got out in time... on Gates tried to Blackmail Danish Government · · Score: 1

    one of the most famous ex-employees of Microsoft Denmark: HKH Kronprinsessen, aka Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Denmark