Slashdot Mirror


User: pjt33

pjt33's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
3,770
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 3,770

  1. Pot, meet kettle on The Physics of Zero-G Whipped Cream · · Score: 1

    In today's world isn't being intolerant considered worse than being insensitive?

  2. Re:Bring a lot to the table on Bill Gates On the GPL — "We Disagree" · · Score: 1

    Most doctors are quite happy for you to do some research before you go to see them, as long as you're not arrogant enough to think you know better than them. The last time I went to a malarial zone I read up on anti-malarials and asked for the one I considered most appropriate; my GP also considered it appropriate, so he prescribed it.

  3. Re:what other ideas of his will come to pass? on DARPA Working On Arthur C. Clarke Weapon Idea · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In the specific case of GP you may be correct to claim that "God did it" is a placeholder, but in general you wouldn't be. When theology and science are placed in opposition it's usually because one is being asked questions which are more suited to the other. The question of mechanisms is scientific: the question of root cause is theological / philosophical, so the choice isn't between believing in a god to explain something currently unexplained or believing that there's a scientific explanation yet to be discovered, but rather between believing in a god and believing in an anthropic principle.

  4. Re:WoW Movie on Blizzard to Boll - DENIED! · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have often commented that the Lord of the Rings trilogy suffers from exactly the same problem as War and Peace: it has lots of characters, many of whom have two or more names/titles, so you need notes to enable you to remember who they all are.

  5. Re:You know... on .su Lives On, Stronger Than Ever · · Score: 1

    No, that's the WWW.

  6. Re:Fact checking on Sacha Baron Cohen Wikipedia Entry Creates Circular References · · Score: 1

    Yes it is. That's why, for example, Jeffrey Archer committed perjury in his libel trial against the Daily Star. Of course, nowadays you can probably say anything you like about him and defend yourself by claiming that he has no reputation to lose.

  7. Or perhaps... on Do the Blind Deserve More Effort on the Web? · · Score: 1
    More to the point:

    Open fire! All weapons!
  8. Re:Huh? on Growing Plants on the Moon May Be Feasible · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Urdu.

  9. Re:Desktop Linux on Red Hat Avoids Desktop Linux, Says Too Tough · · Score: 1

    Well, their main competitor Ubuntu is basically giving away the OS for free. How can RedHat expect to compete with that? Exactly the same way they compete in the enterprise market: they don't sell the OS but rather the support services. The problem is that this isn't a very applicable model to the home market.
  10. Re:WTF? on Some 12% of Consumers 'Borrow' Unsecured Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    How the hell do you "consider" something to be illegal? It either is, or isn't. Ask a top lawyer whether it's legal. The answer you get will almost certainly not be a straight yes or no, because in the absence of legislation which specifically addresses the issue it's up to judges to construe the application of existing legislation which broadly addresses the issue.
  11. Re:Get Out of the Way for Victory on Yahoo to Take on Google Analytics · · Score: 1

    I stick them in /etc/hosts pointing to 127.0.0.1 and run a simple webserver which returns 404s quickly.

  12. Re:Subpoena by *email* ?? on Fake Subpoenas Sent To CEOs For Social Engineering · · Score: 1
  13. Re:What about blonde-haired developers? on African Americans and the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    Black people aren't a minority of the world

    That depends on your definition of black. If you classify ethnicity using the same system as the UK Census then they are, because the non-black Chinese and Indian populations comprise about 50% of the world population.

    However, whether they are or not misses the point. To consider the world population in the context of the videogames industry is ludicrous, because the industry is highly concentrated in a handful of countries. Moreover, given the use of the term "African Americans" it's reasonable to assume that the context is the US of A.

  14. Re:Who cares? on African Americans and the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    Could you clarify what you mean by "race"? Of the characteristics you list one is physical and three are political.

  15. Re:Not smart on Stolen US Military Equipment Being Sold On eBay · · Score: 2, Funny

    My battalion's head cook was selling MRE's on Ebay Wait. People were buying MREs?
  16. Re:Not smart on Stolen US Military Equipment Being Sold On eBay · · Score: 1

    Not entirely. The Soviets had a massive section of their espionage devoted to science and technology, Directorate T of the KGB.

  17. Re:I have to ask on Europe Rejects Plan To Criminalize File-Sharing · · Score: 1

    That's not to say the EU gets off the hook, the fact this thing even came to a vote (narrowly losing 314-297) means its only a matter of time until it, or a more convoluted version of it, passes. Probably in a meeting of the Fisheries ministers.
  18. 55% of whom? Sources? on Flickr Adds Video Capabilities to Service · · Score: 1
    I would love to see the sources for the 55% claim in the Telegraph article. What is meant by the following claim?

    However, video sharing is less lucrative, with 55pc of internet users just playing their video clips on their cameras or on their PCs - without sharing the footage over the internet. It appears to presuppose that 100% of Internet users record video clips. In fact, I'd be very surprised by well-documented statistics showing that 45% of all Internet users upload video, which is the clear implication.
  19. Paraphrasing from Benny Hill on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 1

    Doctor, doctor, I've hurt my arm in several places.

    So don't go back to those places!

  20. Re:Domain Futures on ICANN Moves Against GoDaddy Domain Lockdowns · · Score: 1

    When I saw your subject I thought you had an idea for a derivatives market based on domain names. That really would be messy.

  21. Re:This is great but... on Virginia Becomes First State to Mandate Internet Safety Lessons · · Score: 1

    Copy-paste? Hah. My brother had to show his IT teacher how to turn the computer on.

    Surely, though, most schools have at least one teacher under 30 who is familiar enough with computers to be able to teach this, possibly with the aid of official notes. It's hardly going to be such a major part of the curriculum that it pulls said teacher away from their normal work.

  22. Re:wrong topic on Virginia Becomes First State to Mandate Internet Safety Lessons · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Correction: they introduced Zero Tolerance policies so that a kid who is being bullied gets suspended along with the bully whether he defends himself or not.

  23. Re:Pax? on Scientists Discover Gene For Ruthlessness · · Score: 1

    You've linked to a page with dozens of definitions. Which one do you mean?

  24. Simple on UK Banking Law Blames Customers For Insecure OS · · Score: 1

    To cover all vectors. It's not unknown, to take an example, for brand new USB drives be infected.

  25. Re:Opens new tab to read article... on Celebrity AD&D Character Sheets · · Score: 1

    Never mind that. What about Charisma 18? Gag me with a spoon...