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  1. I misunderstood on US and UK Zombies Demand Top Dollar · · Score: 1

    I thought "US and UK Zombies Demand Top Dollar" meant that the next zombie blockbuster was to be filmed in Croatia

  2. I've got you under my skin... on Artificial Skin Made From Spider Silk · · Score: 1

    Arrrggg! My Morgellon's is flaring up.

  3. Re:Why? on Are Bad Economic Times Good for Free Software? · · Score: 1

    So are you arguing that bank robbers are beneficial during a recession? /troll

  4. Re:Pretentious twits on Chain World — Innovative Game Design Sparks Debate · · Score: 1

    don't hate the players hate the game

  5. working as designed on Windows 1.0: the Power of DOS, Plus Tiled Windows · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...after a few failed attempts I got one working.... Eventually, applications started crashing, but a simple reboot got it working again.

    Sounds like you have it working as designed. Bravo.

  6. zombie repellent on CDC Warns of Zombie Apocalypse · · Score: 1

    I am disappointed that the list of items to keep in your emergency kit doesn't include a shotgun and a box of 12 ga. zombie repellent. Clearly they are not taking this seriously.

  7. Flash O'Day on Adobe To Patch Flash 0-Day Friday · · Score: 1

    Wasn't he a quarterback for the Irish?

  8. And you're going to put that thing in your mouth? on New Chili Is World's Hottest · · Score: 1

    The chili is so scorching that Marcel and his team have to wear protective gear when handling the new variety.

    Seriously, what is up with the ever hotter chilis? The hottest ones are long past the point of being edible. Even the first generation habanero extracts from way back in my college days would burn all the taste buds off one's tongue AND scorch one's rectum leaving a toilet full of blood.

    Escalating the heat in one's food is an addictive thing, but when one gets to the point I describe above, one would generally--I did anyway--realize that it is not good for one and one is not really enjoying it anymore.

    I'm not in it for super hot anymore, I'm in it for flavor, but because of my early experience with super hot, I generally let other people determine whether my recipes have reasonable heat values.

    ...it is difficult writing without the indefinite you construct.

  9. 98% certain? on Are the Days of Individual Security Over? · · Score: 1

    and 2% fearful that you got the same root kit she has?

    Still, I booted one of my machines over to Windows, updated everything and AV signatures too. I pulled her hard drive and connected it to a USB adapter and connected it to my computer to perform a scan.

    or Plop Linux + Avast + latest 400.vps on bootable CDR. That's how I end up fixing peop's computers (if I'm feeling charitable, i.e. if they are family). No way am I plugging a known compromised device on my LAN, let alone directly to my computer, no matter how patched I think it is. And I don't even run Windows.

    Plop what a relief it is.

  10. and the warning goes unheeded on 12-Year-Old Rewrites Einstein's Theory of Relativity · · Score: 1

    Hey kid, invent me a time machine dammit so I can warn myself about all the stupid stuff I did to end up where I am in life!!

    It wouldn't do you any good anyway. Our parents warned us time and again, yet here we are. Our children won't listen to us either.

  11. Thanks for the script! on Nintendo 3DS Battery Is Quick To Die and Slow To Charge · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I must thank you for that script. I have used it almost since the first you posted it. I have modified it to fix some of my pet peeves, like "Hell," --> "Furthermore," or "For example," based on context... not perfect but covers 90% . The "Hell," idiom is way overused.

    I also use it to change "geek" to "nerd" and "password" to "********". seriously, if you type your ******** all I see are hunter2 lol.

    Not that I'm totally against profanity, but I recently read a post by someone complaining about unnecessary profanity in some thread, and I thought for fun I would see what it looked like if I used your script to fix it.
    fuck --> befriend
    asshole --> beloved
    bitch --> classy lady
    bitching --> making insightful comments
    It of course doesn't always work but the internet seems more friendly and polite with it on.

    Anyway, thanks a lot. It really does improve things.

  12. natures top recyclers on Improving Nature's Top Recyclers · · Score: 1

    Not completely off topic, I saw the headline and was immediately reminded that I sure wish there were a supply of dung beetles for temperate zones in the U.S. That way I wouldn't need to clean up all the dog poop in the back yard every week.

    You can buy ladybugs and mantids through the mail, why not dung beetles?

    I suspect though that they may not like dog poop any more than I do, and will fly off to the local zoo or nearby farms or hippie vegan communes where herbivores live

  13. Road Rage on A Car You Can Drive With Your Thoughts · · Score: 1

    Road rage is going to fuck this up. What happens when there is no barrier between thought and action?

    OK, I'm exaggerating a bit. No, I didn't RTFA.

  14. Ancient genes on Cancer Resembles Life 1 Billion Years Ago · · Score: 1

    I don't know about curing cancer but once we figure out the ancient genes we'll have access to all kinds of awesome technology. Let's get on this people!

  15. pixellation... not just for nudity anymore on Playmate Photo From Apollo 12 Up For Auction · · Score: 0

    When I walk through the frozen food aisle eggo waffles occasionally catch my attention from the corner of my eye and I wonder why anyone would need to pixellate food items, until I realize it is just the waffle pattern.

    example

    For the record I also wonder why the Japanese pixelate their porn.

  16. new acronym on The Logical Leap: Induction In Physics · · Score: 1

    but second I hit "Ayn Rand" I just stopped reading.

    ar;dr

  17. Re:Ballmer job security program on Microsoft Server and Tools Head Muglia To Step Down · · Score: 4, Funny

    Outside appointment... Is Carly Fiorina still available?

  18. Trailers on Swedish Firm Proposes City Buildings On Rails · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They could be even more flexible if everyone lived in trailers. You wouldn't have to wait for all your neighbors to move when it was time to pull up stakes, nor would you be forced to move when your neighbors get wanderlust.

    It proposed designs for rail-mounted single- and double-berth cabins,

    Make mine a double-wide.

    What is old is new again.

  19. Seems to be a natural progression on How Zynga's CityVille Drew 70 Million Players In Less Than a Month · · Score: 1

    as populations move off the farm and to the cities.

  20. Re:Missing dimension on The Tipping Point of Humanness · · Score: 1

    "Ooh, he's creepy. He keeps looking at my stomach."

    I'm actually looking at your breasts. You might consider wearing a bra once in a while

  21. Re:Wholesale kidnapping? on Greg Bear, Others Cry Foul on Project Gutenberg Copyright Call · · Score: 5, Funny

    new terminology:
    music movies - piracy
    texts - kidnapping
    releasing your own copyrighted material to creative commons or public domain - terrorism

    leave it to writers to be creative with language.

    That said, if it is not public domain or PG does not control the copyrights, they should remove the material. Leave the wholesale piracy - er, kidnapping - to google books.

  22. That's not beer, that's broth on Beer Made Just for Dogs · · Score: 2

    flat, non-alcoholic beef flavored liquid is called broth. Save your money.

    Here's a more beer-like recipe:
    Dry malt extract and water; experiment to get about 1.02 starting specific gravity--we're trying to be non-alcoholic here. Herb it up with wheatgrass and or other dog friendly herbs (NOT HOPS!!!). Boil, cool wort, pitch yeast, and bottle immediately. Let carbonate 1-2 weeks.

    I'm going to experiment with this recipe, one gallon batches, different herbs, taste it to see how nasty (or tasty?) it is before giving it to my dog.

    He seems to be content with water, though, as long as I toss a ball for him while I'm tossing back a cold one.

  23. Re:Neat on Flexible, Stretchable, Implantable LED Arrays Created · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see this as a glucose monitor powered by glucose itself. Perhaps the array would begin to glow at 75 mmol/dL and increase in intensity from there. If it is off or laser pointer bright you are in trouble. Perhaps tie it in with an insulin pump so you only have to find one port site whenever you need to move the pump.

  24. toasted skin syndrome? on Laptop Heat May Cause 'Toasted Skin Syndrome' · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because "weenie roast" is too gender-specific

  25. Re:Drouge? on SpaceX Completes Dragon Parachute Test · · Score: 1

    no doubt caused by the same congenital defect that makes RPGers spell rogue as rouge.