User: Whalou

Re:Already?

On: Why Wave Failed

Wave is to Google what Kin is/was to Microsoft.

Re:Moral framing

On: How Will Contemporary War Games Affect Veterans?

There is no victory in war.

As Bertrand Russell once said: "War does not determine who is right - only who is left."

Re:Never

On: When Is It Right To Go Public With Security Flaws?

You do your user name proud.

Re:It'll be interesting...

On: A Windows Phone 7 For Every Microsoftie

More likely it just didn't make the cut for release.

It got cut but not pasted.

Re:Anyone who is stupid enough to work with the RI

On: RIAA Accounting — How Labels Avoid Paying Musicians

[...] set up a papal [...] checkout [...]

This doesn't give you a big customer base.

Re:Typo in summary?

On: SSDs vs. Hard Drives In Value Comparison

Must be talking about Spinning State Drives.

Re:Piloted

On: Solar-Powered Plane Makes First Successful Flight

Having the plane computer-controlled would require more solar energy.

Re:No name yet

On: Six Atoms of Element 117 Produced

My vote is for Mattdamium

Re:Have they shown that hands-free devices help?

On: Will Your Car Tell You To Put Down the Phone?

I'm a pretty damned good driver, with literally millions of miles behind me.

That explains your user name.

Re:Head tracking

On: Nintendo Announces 3D Successor of Nintendo DS

That sounds like what Apple patented in 2008: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/apple-patents-automated-3d-point-of-view-displays-more.ars

Re:Hmmm

On: Google vs. China — Who's Got the Most To Lose?

Hmmm

Re:Tech Support Call

On: India First To Build a Supersonic Cruise Missile

How the eff is that funny? There are already a dozen call call center jokes out there.

PS: the reason the tech support asks such stupid questions is because the users (you) are really dumb at times

Am I correct to understand that users are dumb?

Re:Fist post!

On: Multicore Requires OS Rework, Windows Expert Says

I'd browse at -2 if I could.

Re:so how big is it?

On: Quantum State Created In Largest Object Yet

200 miles = 352 000 yards = 3520 football fields = 3200 canadian football fields = between 3520 and 2708 european football (soccer) fields.

Therefore, you must be an European living in a city whose team play on a 120-yard field.

Re:"Active Windshield" - what I want

On: GM Working On Interactive Windshields

So... you want sunglasses?

Re:Cultural Gap

On: Japanese Turning To "Therapeutic Ringtones"

The caller will most likely hang up before the phone has finished ringing.

Re:No, PNG was primarily created to be patent-free

On: Microsoft Previews IE9 — HTML5, SVG, Fast JS

I know, this is Slashdot, I'm not allowed to cite sources.

[Citation Needed]

Re:Chuch of Highlander

On: Jobcentre Apologizes For Anti-Jedi Discrimination

The Church of Highlander can only have one member.

Re:Security Failings

On: Humans Continue To Be "Weak Link" In Data Security

A policy I had to follow on one site required the use of a minimum of 2 lower caps, 2 upper caps, 2 numbers and 2 special characters.

I'm sure a lot of users had the password q1W@e3R$ which is probably the easiest password to remember that fulfilled the requirements. And therefore easy to guess if the password policy is known.

Re:Oh noes!

On: Next-Gen Augmented Reality Rears Its Unreal Head

You misspelled "???"

Re:To be fair...

On: The Secret Origin of Windows

Don't forget that Microsoft saves a ton of money by not shipping Windows 7 on floppy disks.

Re:Yeah Not Really

On: Algebra In Wonderland

It's pretty well established that the Alice books contained all kinds of references and allusions that would have gone straight over a child's head.

So what you're saying is that the Cliff Notes could have actually been a Cliff Word: "Woosh"?

Re:For those of us wondering...

On: The Arctic Is Leaking Methane

Soon we will have passenger jets and mars probes crashing left and right.

Note to self: Stay in the center.

Re:Soprano style

On: IO Data Licenses Microsoft's "Linux Patents"

He said he had a club not a racket.

Re:Wireless mouse

On: Bluetooth 4.0 To Reach Devices In Fourth Quarter

I have the Logitech MX 5500 keyboard and mouse and they use Bluetooth.

No need to use the provided USB Bluetooth adapter if your computer (or PS3 in my case) supports Bluetooth already.