User: antdude

Re:Hello, it is 2014

On: Chromium 37 Launches With Major Security Fixes, 64-bit Windows Support

Because some people still use 32-bit OSes on very old machines? :(

Re:shoot the admins

On: Time Warner Cable Experiences Nationwide Internet Outage

No backup Internet service? I have dial-up for these Internet emergencies. :)

Re:I was affected

On: Time Warner Cable Experiences Nationwide Internet Outage

Same here with my friend and me in Southern CA, USA: ...
[03:58am] * Ant is away: (Auto-Away after 120 mins) [BX-MsgLog On]
ï½ï½ï½ Connection closed from irc...: Remote end closed connection
ï½ï½ï½ BitchX: Servers exhausted. Restarting. ...
03:58AM ï½ï½ï½ Ant [~ant@...socal.res.rr.com] has joined #linux
ï½ï½ï½ Topic (#linux): http://preview.tinyurl.com/muy...
ï½ï½ï½ Topic (#linux): set by Ant!~ant@...socal.res.rr.com at Wed
                    Aug 27 00:27:20 2014 ...
03:58AM ï½ï½ï½ KaT [~kat@...socal.res.rr.com] has joined #linux ...

We were glad to be asleep to miss the outage. I hate it when my Internet service goes out like that. :(

Re:shoot the admins

On: Time Warner Cable Experiences Nationwide Internet Outage

TWC just wants your family to buy their TV service to watch cartoons. :P

Re:Prior art

On: Whole Organ Grown In Animal For First Time

So, you're 30 years old. ;)

Re:The world we live in.

On: New Nail Polish Alerts Wearers To Date Rape Drugs

Professor, is that you?

Re:OK, fine, do it already.

On: Sources Say Amazon Will Soon Be Targeting Ads, a la Google AdWords

Can we tell Amazon never to recommend for ALL by default?

Re:Reputation

On: Oregon Sues Oracle For "Abysmal" Healthcare Website

Yep, lots of Oracle for my workplace too. :(

Let's share our passwords on /.!

On: 51% of Computer Users Share Passwords

Mine is 1d10t. ;)

Re:I give up...

On: Your Phone Can Be Snooped On Using Its Gyroscope

I am so glad I don't own a mobile phone to worry about these issues. :) I do have to worry about other sources though. :(

What about the future?

On: Wheel Damage Adding Up Quickly For Mars Rover Curiosity

What is being done to improve future wheels on rovers and others?

Re:"mobile-first, cloud-first . . ."

On: Ballmer Leaves Microsoft Board

Bill Gates, is that you? :P

Re:I am not a human.

On: Research Unveils Improved Method To Let Computers Know You Are Human

I thought you're a Necro. :P

I am not a human.

On: Research Unveils Improved Method To Let Computers Know You Are Human

I am an ant! :P

Insightful?

On: The Data Dome: A Server Farm In a Geodesic Dome

More like funny!

Cable companies should be :).

On: Broadband Subscribers Eclipsing Cable TV Subscribers

That they can do more than TV: Phone, Internet, etc. Imagine if they couldn't. They would be dead!

That's good, but...

On: Groundwork Laid For Superfast Broadband Over Copper

... what about distance? I can't get DSL due to 20+K ft. distance with COs. Also, the copper phone systems suck even for dial-up (can never get to close to 53K speeds). :(

Re:Most documentaries suck

On: Kevlar Protects Cables From Sharks, Experts Look For Protection From Shark Week

What about PBS, BBC, etc.? So, what documentaries are still good these days?

Re:Phew.

On: Microsoft Black Tuesday Patches Bring Blue Screens of Death

Even if they are zero/0 days?

Re:Twitter Bots are GREAT

On: Twitter Reports 23 Million Users Are Actually Bots

We should click on that flag icon. :P

Re:yeah yeah

On: Comcast Drops Spurious Fees When Customer Reveals Recording

For me, no other afford broadband services. No DSL, FIOS, WISP, etc. Cable wins in my areas. :(

Re:Better question

On: Is "Scorpion" Really a Genius?

NBA CBS, Toyota, Bears, Obama, etc. care! [grin] ;)

Re:Peter Norton

On: John McAfee Airs His Beefs About Privacy In Def Con Surprise Talk

Prove it. :P

Re:Peter Norton

On: John McAfee Airs His Beefs About Privacy In Def Con Surprise Talk

Prove it that he is dead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P... doesn't say so. :P

Peter Norton

On: John McAfee Airs His Beefs About Privacy In Def Con Surprise Talk

He needs to show up too!