Slashdot Mirror


User: po_boy

po_boy's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
425
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 425

  1. Re:What the hell is a fansubber? on Fansubbers Under Fire · · Score: 1
    The only reason I came to the article was to brush up on my vocabulary.

    I used to do that. Now, I go over here. I'm not sure which one is more accurate and authoritative, though.
  2. You now own a writeoff on What Do You Do When Outsourcing Goes Bad? · · Score: 2, Funny
    At what point do you consider they may have just ripped you off?

    Sometime between when you receive code obfuscated by Source Guardian and when you ask Slashdot about it.
  3. Re:First the letter i, now this on Google Announces 'Mini' Search Appliance · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least it's not the Gmini.

  4. 69 panels? on 5th HOPE Conference Audio Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think I'd like to put some of those up in my bedroom!

  5. slashbot help needed on Bringing Down A Copycat Site · · Score: 1

    I must be new here. Is this the good kind of copyright violation, or the bad kind?

  6. Big deal on 2004 MN4 Probably Won't Kill Us · · Score: 1

    What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet -- big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head.
    -- http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F11.html

  7. Re:TLDs are Losing Their Meaning on ICANN Approves Two More Top-Level Domains · · Score: 1
    There was time when TLD meant something. You knew a .com was a company, a .org was a non-profit,...
    I have never understood this claim. RFC 1032 defined the ORG TLD in this way:
    "ORG" exists as a parent to subdomains that do not clearly fall within the other top-level domains. This may include technical- support groups, professional societies, or similar organizations.
    Is there something else that designated the .org TLD as reserved for non-profit purposes?
  8. Re:Weather or not on Weather Data Available in XML · · Score: 1

    That's pretty clever. You registered a creative login name so that you could respond to these comments.

    Maybe you should spend a few minutes researching whether or not "Korean" is a race.

  9. My vote: on Best Live Linux For Christmas Giving? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Christmux.

  10. standard mischief? on Color Laser Printers Tracking Everything You Print · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Time for some non-standard mischief!

    http://www.google.com/search?q=non-standard%20misc hief&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

    well, I'm out of ideas. Maybe sub-standard mischief?

  11. eagerly anticipating it on Gentoo Linux Releases 2004.3 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Let me know how it is when you all get it compiled in a couple months!

    http://www.funroll-loops.org/

  12. Re:Oakley sunglasses on Clothing For Gadget Guys · · Score: 3, Insightful
    a very nice pair of shades, with a built in mp3 player.

    Nope, those aren't nice shades at all. In fact, they look downright ridiculous.
  13. effects on ebay share price tomorrow on Paypal Grinds To A Halt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Get out your crystal balls. What effect do you think this will have on the share price of EBAY tomorrow? Will that constitute a buying or selling opportunity?

  14. They didn't recommend it on FTC Recommends Bounty on Spammers · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think that they determined that it would take $100,000 - $250,000 for people to turn in people that they knew were spamming, but according to the article: The FTC, in a report requested by Congress, did not take a position on whether such a system was a good idea. To me, that sounds like the refrained from recommending it.

    I guess it's up to us to convince them that it's a good idea.

    Note: they recommend that this money come from taxpayers, but in an effort to try to cut down on that, can I suggest we find another source of it? Perhaps we need to not only look to civil penalties from the spammers, but also from the ISPs who behave negligently toward spammers.

  15. OB Simpsons on Ask Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik · · Score: 1

    Mr. Badnarik: your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular?

  16. Re:Second amendment? on Government Asks Court to Keep ID Arguments Secret · · Score: 1
    Perhaps we could make ID an option, if you want to carry a gun on a plane, you need to show ID and sign a waiver.

    Or, if you don't want to carry a gun on a plane, you need to show ID and sign a waiver.
  17. Re:Choosing your fights on Government Asks Court to Keep ID Arguments Secret · · Score: 1

    The airlines aren't claiming that it's their policy, that would be reasonable, or at least legal.

    It's the federal agency called the TSA that's doing this, and the airlines that are claiming that they are complying to federal statutes.

  18. Re:Tin Foil Hat Brigade on CEO Indicted for DDOSing Competitors · · Score: 1
    Two of them were mine, and one STILL hasnt been returned to me.

    I blame your bad luck on your userid.
  19. Re:my suggestion -from a musician on Blog Torrent: Downhill Battle Interview · · Score: 1
    We should start a govt run program...

    Yeah, they have something like that in Cuba already. It's no surprise to me that people are literally jumping off that island into homemade rafts in attempt to float across shark-infested waters to Florida.
  20. Re: Heeeyyyy! on Composite Of Earth At Night · · Score: 4, Funny
    But seriously, I noticed the same think. The whole USA seems to be divided by a line that runs straight north from the most southerly point of Texas. Is that for real, or just an artifact of the image-making process?

    Please stop telling people about the parts of the US west of the Mississippi River. The reason we're here is because they're not.

    Thanks.
  21. Re:I wish more people did this.. on Larry Wall's State of the Onion 8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Linus doesn't seem to publish much like this annually, but the other ones are easy:

    Microsoft Annual Report
    Apple Annual Report (2003 doesn't seem to be available yet)
    Sun annual report

    FYI - they typically come out in the spring for the previous years. The SEC "encourages" that.

  22. Re:Why else? on Your Right to Travel Anonymously: Not Dead Yet · · Score: 1

    Be careful to not confuse "identifying yourself" with "producing government issued papers". There's a difference, and while it is subtle, it appears to be relevant here. Hiibel refused to give his name and was arrested under state law that requires it. The US Supreme Court appears to have held up that law which requires you give your name. The TSA actually asks for papers and refuses to let you travel without them.

  23. Re:um... on Using P2P To Make Gov't Documents Easy To Find · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...my first fresh Linux dostro downloaded

    It was bound to happen sooner or later. Another "i" in "distribution" finally succumbed to the temptation of becoming an "o". I knew that once "distri" became "distro" we were on a slippery slope to destruction. Pretty soon, all we'll have left are "dostrobutoons". Mark this day.
  24. Re:This is what example.com is for on Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go? · · Score: 1
    The domain "example.com" is reserved for exactly this purpose.


    No kidding. I think that the author has confused the terms "Dummy Email Addresses" with "someone else's email address". As the owner of a domain name that is often used by inconsiderate fools like ajain, I get tons more spam than I would otherwise. The practice of filling in email addresses that don't belong to you has significantly reduced the usefulness of my domain name and those of others. The fact that you don't want email from those people with whom you do business should be enough to make you realize that I don't want it either. Do us all a favor and use an email address that either is not deliverable, such as from example.com, or use one for which you are responsible. webmaster@anuragjain.com would be a good choice for you.
  25. Re:Funding - situation, what we spent the money on on Wikipedia Hits 300,000 Articles · · Score: 1
    If anyone wants to donate, as one of the hardware people, I'd rather see monthly recurring payments of a smaller amount than a lump sum. It makes it easier for me to try to predict what we can buy based on some moderate predictability of available funds.


    Excellent idea. I didn't happen to notice a PayPal subscribe link on your fundraising page, though. I can't figure out how to make paypal send you regular amounts without one, either. Any chance you would put one up there? I could part with a fistful of USD every month or 6 for your service.

    Thanks!

    (PS: no, I can't edit the page with the paypal links on it myself for somewhat obvious reasons)