Slashdot Mirror


User: MobileC

MobileC's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
217
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 217

  1. How much scooter experience do these people have?

  2. But he IS a member of a foreign government?

  3. How broad is the problem? on Ajit Pai Calls California's Net Neutrality Rules 'Illegal' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    "The broader problem is that California's micromanagement poses a risk to the rest of the country. After all, broadband is an interstate service; Internet traffic doesn't recognize state lines. It follows that only the federal government can set regulatory policy in this area."

    The broader problem is Ajit Pai.
    Internet traffic doesn't recognise Country boundaries either. It follows that only a World Government can set regulatory policy in this area.

  4. XCover 4 on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Unlocked Smartphone? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Just works.

  5. Replying on an Acer Chromebook 14 Work here.
    85% battery, 17hrs left.
    The sound sometimes mutes and requires a restart, but other than that, as I'm not doing as much photo/video editing these days, my Mac Book Air has been put up for sale.
    This thing was cheap as well.

  6. And he has NZ citizenship.

  7. Re:Darwin award nominee? on 'Biohacker' Who Injected Himself With DIY Herpes Treatment Found Dead (livescience.com) · · Score: 1

    If you RTFA, you'll learn that he was found face down. Presumably, he drowned, but we don't know why he rolled over. Unless something interesting shows up in the autopsy, we may never know for sure.

    If you RTFA and then click a link to the original story, THEN you find out he was found face down.

  8. ASUS Zenwatch 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Fit 2 on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Good Smartwatches Or Fitness Trackers? · · Score: 1

    I first got a Zenwatch and it was brilliant. Did everything I needed. Notifications, appointments, looked good.
    Then a Zenwatch 2 added a speaker and Wear 2. Some things got better, some got worse.
    Unfortunately notifications got worse.
    Fit 2 time. Notifications work well, calander works, battery life is good, no speaker or mic, so no hands free phone or "ok Google" searches.
    Tizen is nice and smooth, as is Wear.
    Both will connect to WiFi if Bluetooth is unavailable.
    The Fit 2 has a GPS.
    The stopwatch only goes to 60 mins. WTF! I use the stopwatch as a time tracker when I'm working to figure out billing.
    The fitness side? Recording your heart rate every minute? Just say no.

    Both do the job, both have different features I don't use.
    If I ran one over with the car I'd happily use the other.

  9. Re:In other news on Television's Most Infamous Hack Is Still a Mystery 30 Years Later (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    A really s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-slow n-n-n-n-n-n-ews day...

  10. Tizen? on Slashdot Asks: Does the World Need a Third Mobile OS? · · Score: 1

    Works nicely on very low power devices.

  11. 5 times as fast as today's commercial aircraft.
    2 times as fast as yesterday's commercial aircraft.

  12. Re:So whats with the laptops then? on SpaceX Will Deliver The First Supercomputer To The ISS (hpe.com) · · Score: 1

    From TFA.
    "More modern hardware can be found in space; there are laptops on the ISS, 2007-vintage ThinkPad T61p running Debian, Scientific Linux, and Windows 7. They are being replaced by HP ZBook 15s which will run the same mix of Linux distributions and Windows 10. The Linux systems act as remote terminals to C&C MDM, while the Windows systems are used for e-mail, the web, and recreation.

    But those laptops are not high-availability, high-performance computers. They're ordinary laptops which are expected to fail. Indeed, there are over a hundred laptops on the ISS and most are defunct."

  13. It would be news if they were imposing the caps while saying they were uncapped.

    Only some ISP's here even have an uncapped plan on their books.

  14. Re:Not really why you'd use a DSLR on Is the iPhone 'Years' Ahead of Android In Photography? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 2

    20D and 40D with a small collection of f2.8 lenses and the best photo so far was with a Mavica FD95 at 1024x768. In no way was it the clearest, or the sharpest, but the subject and composition were nailed. It got me hooked on digital photography.

    If I'm going somewhere specifically to take photos, I'll take a dSLR with some good glass.
    If I'm going somewhere I might take some photos, I'll take my old Canon Powershot D10.
    If I'm going somewhere and need to take a photo, my S5 Mini does a damn good job.

  15. Thank you Dr Hiemlich on RIP Dr. Henry Heimlich, Inventor of the Heimlich Maneuver (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I used this on myself and am happy to report that it worked.
    That's the closest to death I've been...

  16. Creepy Computer Games on Uborne Children's Books Release For Free Computer Books From the '80s (usborne.com) · · Score: 1

    My first programming book. Still have it.

  17. Re: To be fair on Forrest Mimms On Modern Air Travel With a Bag Full of Electronics · · Score: 1

    And you're apart of the reason why geeks and nerds are always looked down upon and constantly viewed as elitist self-centered asshats. Obligatory XKCD as reference: https://xkcd.com/1053/

    Yep, that's us.
    I'm also a budding grammar Nazi.

  18. Re: To be fair on Forrest Mimms On Modern Air Travel With a Bag Full of Electronics · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hand your nerd card in at the door.

  19. Re: Good on Uber Forced Out of Kansas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's called "Doing a PayPal".
    No, we're not a bank at all, look! Puppies!

  20. Ranulph Fiennes on Giant Survival Ball Will Help Explorer Survive a Year On an Iceberg · · Score: 1

    Spent several months on an iceberg with only a tent and the occasional polar bear.

  21. Like illegal online gaming sites? on Police Could Charge Data Center Operators In the Largest Child Porn Bust Ever · · Score: 1

    "They store it and they provide a secure website that you can log into, much like people do with illegal online gaming sites."

    Or even like legal online gaming sites as they are known elsewhere in the non-US world.

  22. Re:Really? on Moot Retires From 4chan · · Score: 1

    alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die?

    alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die

  23. Re:If only there was a way for Slashdot editors on Netflix Begins Blocking Users Who Bypass Region Locks · · Score: 1

    What's Reddit?

  24. Check out his other projects on 333 Km/h Rocket-Powered Bicycle Sets New Speed Record · · Score: 1

    How about 0-100kph in 0.4s and on to 640kph.
    All with only 4s of thrust.

  25. Good on'ya Runners World on What Will It Take To Run a 2-Hour Marathon? · · Score: 1

    Well written, well presented, a joy to read on a tablet.