User: edittard

Re:offtopic rant

On: Gentoo 2005.0: A Live CD And [No] Graphical Installer

it's unlikely that sentiment has never been voiced on Slashdot before.

Never mind the comments, it's unlikely that the story hasn't been seen on slashdot before.

Re:Roland Piquepaille Is A Scammer!!!

On: Liquid Lenses For Camera Phones

There's no other explanation why he keeps getting on the front page with regularity.

He's michael's bum-chum. It's a known scientific fact.

Re:Zooming

On: Liquid Lenses For Camera Phones

No, it's a fluid... and your link is borken.

Liquids are fluids (but some fluids are nopt liquids).

Re:MySQL sucks

On: MySQL Database Design and Optimization

there's a job for every tool.

Usually editor, at slashdot.

Tripe

On: Buy a Piece of Acclaim

There was a dupe of a dupe last week. Some wag christened it a "tripe".

What do you expect them to use ...

On: Military Robots Get Machine Guns

What do you expect them to use, harsh language?

Re:Greasy Kids Stuff

On: In Korea, Email Is Only For Old People

How many people do you know that can carry on a voice conversation with 5 people at once?

Quite a few. I think the technical term for them is women.

Re:you don't deserve an ipod...

On: Three Books On The iPod

...if you need a book to operate it.

I second that. What next, "Watching TV for dummies", "Teach yourself how to listen to the radio"?

Re:Mac == Apple Tree, Intel PC == ??

On: Biodegradable Cell Phones Sprout Into Flowers

are you suggesting that planting your Fedora box will get you a Hat Tree?

Don't know, but if you planted Michael Sims you'd get a mug tree. Maybe someone should do an experiment to test that, though. Purely in the interests of science.

Re: dynamic IPs

On: Lycos Declares War on Spam Servers

I'll try to use short words so as to not confuse you...

Just a coincidence that they're the only ones you know, eh?

Pro-Ams? what about Am-Pros?

On: Open Source Geeks Considered Modern Heroes

the importance of 'Pro-Ams' -- amateurs who pursue a hobby or pastime, in many cases an all-consuming passion, to a professional standard.

What about Am-Pros? That's people who do things in the sloppiest, most half-assed way imaginable and still get paid for it.
Some examples:

• Slashdot editors
• Anyone employed by a Big-N consulting firm (other than the janitors).
• The entire QA & testing staff at M$.
• Michael Sims
• Enron's auditors.
• Did I remember to mention the Slashdot editors, in particular Michael Sims?

Re:Marketing gimick?

On: Biodegradable Cell Phones Sprout Into Flowers

'cmon, Michael [...] you're making it look like those student loans were just a big waste.

I can think of worse examples of waste: every time he breathes.

Re:It's *not* a biodegradible cell phone.

On: Biodegradable Cell Phones Sprout Into Flowers

It's not a biodegradible cell phone. It's a biodegradible cell phone case.

Good point. Very good point. May I draw your attention to who posted it - you must be new here ... er hang on, you aren't. I'll get me coat.

Re:So that's where Palladium is going to come from

On: FCC Claims Regulatory Power Over Home Computers

It's also a bad idea to have leaders who build a cult of personality so strong that you can't get rid of them even when they're unable to keep doing their job

What, like the Über-asshole himself?

Re:Impressive timing, Slashdot

On: Impressive Half Life 2 Case Mod

Not news, doesn't matter.

Utter utter shite.

Re:10Watts of slave power

On: Steve Ballmer's $100 PC, Sans Windows

It's 10 watts of energy, didn't you read TFA?

Re: dynamic IPs

On: Lycos Declares War on Spam Servers

"So I should tolerate spam from dynamic IP addresses because a few legitimate people don't want to bother with getting a decent ISP that will issue a proper static?"

Which part of "not enough to go round" do you not understand, spaztard?

Re: dynamic IPs

On: Lycos Declares War on Spam Servers

people trying to blacklist specific dynamic IPs (or even small ranges of them) are just showing their ignorance of how the net works.

Ever had the "due to bad posting from your IP or subnet..." message from slashdot?

Re:Slash-Dot

On: A Brief History of the iPod

Yup. A veritable flood of shite from everyone's favourite git.

huh?

On: India Debating Manned Space Flight

has acknowledged it's technological preparedness

Acknowledged it is technological preparedness? What is?

Re:Heck, join the military

On: What is the Tech Jobs Situation in Late 2004?

every high school graduate was told that the computer industry was going to be the "next bug thing".

And for the ones who went to work at M$, it was...

Re:Heck, join the military

On: What is the Tech Jobs Situation in Late 2004?

I never said I was alone.

The I:we ratio of your post sure as heck implied it, though.

I would quite like one

On: Spies Riding Shotgun

Bearing in mind that I 1) don't drive like a twat 2) hate people who do, I would quite like one.

Re:lots of other victimless crimes to worry about.

On: Anti-P2P Law Looms over the Horizon

Following your logic, alcohol should be made illegal.

ITYM made illegal again.

Re:Lots of other [...] crimes to worry about.

On: Anti-P2P Law Looms over the Horizon

"There's a local 25 year old teacher who will no longer teach because someone high on drugs crossed the centerline and hit her head on."

Had she been hit by someone who crossed the centerline for any other reason (tiredness, squabbling kids, plain old stupidity), she'd be perfectly fine though, right?