User: spudchucker

Tech consulting and travel

On: IT and Divorce?

You should check out The Vault. Much info about work caused family problems are discussed in the forums archives.

Would you invest in TiVo?

On: Cox May replace its own DVRs with TiVos

Just curious if any of you would invest in this company? I'm looking to get into tech again, and TiVo seems buy outable. (The yahoo stock chat room for TiVO is useless)

Re:Doesn't matter.

On: John Dvorak's Eight Signs MS is Dead in the Water

Yeah, next to my Zip drive.

Re:Force Field?

On: Mysterious 'Forcefield' Tested on US Tanks

This is a total blatant misnomer. Wasted my time because I expected to read about some energy based defense system.

What about Wife 1.0 ?

On: Next-gen Robot Toys to Fetch Beer

eom

Worst year for April Fools.

On: Download-only Single Becomes UK Number One

Not to mention a day late. Seriously, where is the good song?

According to RIAA ratios,

On: Digital Music Enjoys Golden Week

their industry lost $7.8 billion the last week of 2005

Hertz has ben doing it

On: Apple Revolutionizing Retail

Rent a car from Hertz.

What went wrong?

On: Lego Mindstorms: What Went Wrong?

Too f*cking expensive.

calc

On: Indian Tycoon Sets Balloon Flight Record

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=69852+feet+in +miles&btnG=Google+Search

Big Brother Competition?

On: British Intel Shuts Down al-Qaeda Sites

We better keep an eye on American AMD.

Re:Not on my watch

On: Software Agents Can Help Time-Stressed Teams

If a team member forgets part of their job, it is usually not because s/he is under stress, it is because of lack of training or experience.

Lack of experience causes memory loss?
Please explain.

Nostradamus was wrong

On: Canada and Denmark using Google as Battleground

World War III begins here!

Basic profit

On: Blowing TiVo's Lid

1 Google stock quotes?
2 FreeBSD an unknown giant?
3 The inside of a TiVo
4 ...?
5 Profit?
6 goto 1

Re:Welcome to

On: Google Includes NASDAQ Results

Also you can punh in a three-digit US phone code.
Try googling for 213

Show map of area code 213
Downtown Los Angeles, California
www.whitepages.com

Typical Slashdot

On: Why FreeBSD

Smells like an advertisement.
Follow the money,
the path ain't long.

Re:Capricorn One

On: World's Largest Telescope Begins Production

Trust me, if the moon is going to land, you won't need a telescope.

Photos

On: World's Largest Telescope Begins Production

Photos

Re:How does transparancy improve my productivity?

On: Windows Longhorn Beta Screenshots

Just add another monitor, much easier to move your eyes than move that mouse.

Stealth Post

On: Owner of the Word Stealth 'Protecting' Rights

Hey! -- that NASA probe hit that comet thing.

Help me find -

On: Initial Review of Microsoft's Acrylic BETA

the torrent. Thanks

Re:Say goodbye to $200 32" sets

On: FCC Speeds Up Digital TV Signal Deadlines

Whatever - Hurt? The last thing the world needs are unmotivated poor people watching tv and living off the efforts of others.

too hard

On: A Decade of PHP

Html and php are too hard to understand, I am having better luck with java.

Encrytption?

On: 3.9 Million Citigroup Customers' Data Lost

It is the ethical responsibility for the mantainers of this data to keep it secure. When trusting a 3rd party to transfer sensitive data, Citigroup should have encrypted the data on the media. Sure is odd how this happend, UPS has never lost anything of mine.

Is reading Slashdot

On: Scientific Research That Could Have Been Avoided

Is reading Slashdot considered research?