Slashdot Mirror


User: The+Hobo

The+Hobo's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
204
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 204

  1. Re:Survival on How Long is Too Long to Update? · · Score: 1

    I've seen a system with sp0 (nothing at all) be fine long after SP2 was out, I was really surprised
    As long as you have a firewall it's usually alright, they were behind a router

  2. -1, Plagiarism on A Solution for the Ten Letter Acrostic Puzzle? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Cursory Google search

    Try to offer a comment instead of copying and pasting other people's work next time

  3. Re:PLEASE use nyud.net on NES Controller MP3 player hack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's even sillier is the fact that there's no actual story, or in a case like this the usual 'step by step' photos, just the article "summary" handed to us by the submitter, which of course, has no original content... as they say, business as usual

  4. 4th post! on Academic Vs. Reciprocal Open Source Licensing · · Score: 1

    almost 12 hours after the story was posted...

  5. Re:Goodbye Canada on Canada Moves to Keep Skilled Workers · · Score: 1

    Criss est un anglicisme, tu veux dire crisse ;-)

    Quelque chose pour toi: ici

    --The Hobo, un Franco-Ontarien

  6. I wonder if on Copy Machines At Greater Risk During Holidays · · Score: 1

    The Goatse man ever cracked the glass of a photocopier

  7. Re:OUTGOING on Spike TV Video Game Award Winners · · Score: 1

    Can someone explain this troll to me?

  8. Definition of accost.. on Richard Stallman Accosted For Tinfoil Hat · · Score: 1

    There's a couple...

    Here

    (I recently had this discussion with a female coworker, was an interesting conversation)

  9. Re:The Minutes Of The Meeting on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    I used Media Player Classic (it's on sourceforge, also distributed with the kazaa lite codec pack), check the file menu I saw something similar in VLC (another open source project) though I never tested it But Media Player classic is what works for me

  10. Re:The Minutes Of The Meeting on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Detective: Now don't you fret. When I'm through, he won't set foot in this town again. I can be very, very persuasive.
    (Cutaway to detective in a bar with Sideshow Bob)
    Detective: Come on, leave town.
    Sideshow Bob: No.
    Detective: I'll be your friend.
    Bob: No.
    Detective: Aw, you're mean!


    And for those Sideshow Bob fans, I managed to get this shot at just the right frame..

    CLICK ME!!111one1

  11. Photos of the pirates on Pirates Thwarted by Sonic Weapon · · Score: 1

    link

    Requires flash

  12. Can someone please explain this troll to me on The Ultimate Star Trek Collection · · Score: 1

    n/t

  13. As always, defaults play a role on Browser Stats For The BBC Homepage · · Score: 2, Informative

    Remember, with every English-US installation of Firefox comes a preloaded RSS feed on the bookmark toolbar that points to the BBC for news (I say this as an avid Firefox user)

  14. Re:Who's got the Nuke? on Lawmakers Support U.S. Control Of The Internet · · Score: 1

    Who's got most of the oil? <Insert Arabic country or Canada here>, not you.

                      --Ackbar

    (Just pointing out how asinine the PP is, the Cold War is over)

  15. Re:So I guess lawyers have no soul? on IBM Drops Patent Counterclaims · · Score: 3, Funny

    No no, this is Slashdot, he meant "it's"


    ;-)

  16. Re:Zonk and blogging stories on Blog Network to Sell For $20 Million Plus · · Score: 1

    That's the idea
    Every new Zonk blogging story gets the same comment, only updated to reflect the growing list of 'stories'

  17. Zonk and blogging stories on Blog Network to Sell For $20 Million Plus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    YAZBS (Yet Another Zonk Blogging Story)

    Look for the magic word in the title/summary/links:
    One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen

    There's probably more, but there's definitely a trend: If you want a story posted on Slashdot, find (or in some cases, make up) blog-related "news" while Zonk is on duty

  18. Obligatory Simpsons video on Seattle Axes Monorail Project · · Score: 2, Informative

    The name's Lanley.. Lyle Lanley..

    From one of my previous comments:

    Firefox Users: If the WMV doesn't work, try going tools, options, downloads, and on the bottom right click plugins, uncheck wmv, and if you don't want pdfs opening in firefox (meaning download first THEN open, I prefer this method, always faster and more stable) then uncheck pdf and anything else you don't want opening in firefox

  19. Re:I'm disrespectful to dirt! on Flash, Meet Sparkle · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mr. Sparkle: Can you see I am serious?

    Firefox Users: If the WMV doesn't work, try going tools, options, downloads, and on the bottom right click plugins, uncheck wmv, and if you don't want pdfs opening in firefox (meaning download first THEN open, I prefer this method, always faster and more stable) then uncheck pdf and anything else you don't want opening in firefox

  20. Gotta love PR people on Automated Pool System Saves Swimmer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Check out this gem (emphasis mine):

    Francois Marmion, general manager of Vision IQ, which developed Poseidon, said: "It is virtually impossible for lifeguards to see everything that is happening in the pool all of the time, given the warm, noisy and crowded environment in which they work. "Thankfully she made a full recovery, but just a minute or so longer under the water and she would have suffered brain damage or died."

    Does he think he's a doctor or what?

  21. Obligatory Simpsons Quote on Beowulf Pioneer Lured From Cal Tech to LSU · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apu: I came here shortly after my graduation from CalTech: Calcutta Technical Institute, as the top student in my graduating class of 7 million.

  22. Zonk and blogging stories on Geek Blogging is in Decline · · Score: 4, Informative

    YAZBS (Yet Another Zonk Blogging Story)

    Look for the magic word in the title/summary/links:
    One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen

    There's probably more, but there's definitely a trend: If you want a story posted on Slashdot, find (or in some cases, make up) blog-related "news" while Zonk is on duty

  23. Re:façade? on U.S. Broadband Access Falling Behind · · Score: 4, Informative

    It does have a French accent, in French that particular character is used when we want a soft c sound (ss as opposed to k)when the next letter is an 'a', 'o', or 'u' (by default, when the next letter is one of those, the sound is hard)

    Without it, it would be said 'fakade' instead of 'fassade'
     
    FYI, if the letter following the c is an 'i' or 'e', the default action is a soft c sound, so the 'tail' (officially called a cédille) would not be necessary

    The Hobo, your friendly neighbourhood French-Canadian

  24. Re:More info and a pic or two on Pentium 4 Overclocked to 7.1GHz, Sets World Record · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here you go Clicky

  25. Re:As I understand it on USB-Powered Linux Server Fits in Your Pocket · · Score: 1

    Almost sounds like it's using an autorun to run something like QEmu (See Damn Small Linux embedded for an example, link here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/ damnsmall/current/dsl-embedded.zip
    Main site