Slashdot Mirror


User: NMBob

NMBob's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
145
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 145

  1. Mission Possible! on USB Killer 2.0: a Harmless-Looking USB Stick That Destroys Computers · · Score: 1

    The secretary is going over the disavowing guidelines in the employee handbook.

  2. Re:Full Autonomy? on Why Self-Driving Cars Should Never Be Fully Autonomous (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    You could go to Google, put five things in a "shopping cart", then jump in your car and have it take you to the places that sell that stuff. Preferably the drive-up, so you don't have to actually get out. You could even just duct tape your iPhone to the window, and have your car drive around, pay with Apple Pay and get the stuff for you, then you wouldn't even need to get out of the pool. Or the refrigerator could just tell the car that you were low on milk and beer and it would all be taken care of before you even got out of bed in the morning. This is getting better by the minute. Full autonomy! Woof woof!

  3. Re:Was going to give it a try... on Star Trek: New Voyages, The Fan-Based Star Trek Series (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Roger roger. I'll choke down the second epidote and hang in there. Thanks! :)

  4. Was going to give it a try... on Star Trek: New Voyages, The Fan-Based Star Trek Series (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Happened to catch the first few seconds of the second episode. Captain Pike calling for saucer separation? That was dumb when TNG did it in its first episode. Maybe this was just an alternate timeline or something, but I'll stick with Star Trek Continues, thanks.

  5. Did this problem make it better than the usual? on Hundreds of Southwest Flights Delayed By Online Booking Problems · · Score: 1

    After flying a lot for years I hadn't flown for a couple years until a few weeks ago. I've never seen it take as long to get through the gate as it did on this trip and 100% of the delay was from people trying to get the scanners to read their phones/pads. It was pretty funny.

  6. Re:Not using laugh tracks on What Non-Geeks Hate About the Big Bang Theory · · Score: 1

    I know there was a big deal about this in S3(?) and the producers came out and said, "No." They did say that they may do things like take the laughter from one take and use it with another take, but something doesn't sound right this season.

  7. Try this... on San Francisco Still Among Most Dangerous For Pedestrians · · Score: 2

    There's a little road on the island of Tutuila, American Samoa, that has the sign "5 MPH or rocks". Made me slow down. :)

  8. What's Apple going to do? on Xiaomi Investigated For Using Superlatives In Advertising, Now Illegal In China · · Score: 2

    Their ads will be blank over there.

  9. Re:Works for me. on The Real Cost of Mobile Ads · · Score: 1

    Oops. Didn't realize I wasn't logged in. 'Works for me' is from me.

  10. That's nice. on Tesla Unveils the Model X · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd rather have a car that goes from 0 to 60 in 6.4 seconds and goes 500 miles. 250 miles just doesn't cut in some parts of the US (out West).

  11. Number 6. on The Lessons Learned From Emergency Robot Deployments · · Score: 1

    Don't piss of the robot that may one day have to come looking for you.

  12. Re:Suprised they got it working on Bug In iOS, OS X Allows AirDrop To Write Files Anywhere On File System · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I was surprised by this article. I can hardly ever get it to write files anywhere -- even where it's supposed to.

  13. After 2020? on NASA Mulls Missions To Neptune and Uranus, Using the Space Launch System · · Score: 1

    Give the contracts to the folks that built and flew New Horizons to Pluto. We'll be there next week and everything will work perfectly. Those folks did a great job.

  14. Re:Can't skip a bit generation on A Naysayer's Take On Windows 10: Potential Privacy Mess, and Worse · · Score: 0

    There's a 64-bit Win7!? :) I think it was 32-bit. I guess I'll just stick with VMWare/XP on my Mac.

  15. Re:Jumping the Sharknado! on A Naysayer's Take On Windows 10: Potential Privacy Mess, and Worse · · Score: 1

    Does Chip's Challenge still run? I've got a copy of it somewhere, and it still ran on Win7. Great game.

  16. Just curious. on U. Michigan Opens a Test City For Driverless Cars · · Score: 1

    What happens when the city power goes out and all of the stop lights go out -- not blinking red, but off? I'm guessing the cars know where stop lights are supposed to be. Maybe they just pull over and wait. Is it smarter than a 5th grader? What about when 4 cars get to a 4-way stop intersection at the same time? Then what do they do?

  17. Re:Since they are on the ocean... on SpaceX Breaks Down Its Rocket Landing Attempts · · Score: 1

    Oh, right...wanting to land on land part. Now it makes sense.

  18. Since they are on the ocean... on SpaceX Breaks Down Its Rocket Landing Attempts · · Score: 2

    Why don't they just build a big net on the barge? If it doesn't land straight up and down, or if it falls over it won't matter. And if the rocket thing doesn't work out maybe they can still catch some nice tuna.

  19. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid on Building the Face of a Criminal From DNA · · Score: 1

    ...and their behavior. They could just hang out in the places you'll probably go and nab you when you pick up your weekly pack of Twinkies.

  20. Re:Because plastic surgery is so uncommon on Building the Face of a Criminal From DNA · · Score: 1

    And what do you do after the next robbery?

  21. What!? on Features That Windows 10 Will Deprecate · · Score: 1

    old versions of Windows games... You mean Chip's Challenge won't work? That's a deal breaker.

  22. ...or one who is constantly checking Twitter and Facebook on their phone.

  23. Which OS is that thing running?

  24. Sheldon knows what he's talking about. on Second Ever Super-rare Pocket Shark Discovered · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The pocket thing is an upper flureman.

  25. Re:How is it 'alien' ? on Signs of Subsurface 'Alien' Life Found In Antarctica · · Score: 1

    It's the GoT Children.