Slashdot Mirror


User: JazzLad

JazzLad's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
1,023
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 1,023

  1. Re:Let it be known! on "McKinley" Since 1917, Alaska's Highest Peak Is Redesignated "Denali" · · Score: 1

    Agreed, I suppose there is no reason to toss the baby out with the water (just easier sometimes :) ).

  2. Re:Let it be known! on "McKinley" Since 1917, Alaska's Highest Peak Is Redesignated "Denali" · · Score: 1

    haha, fair point :)

  3. Re:Let it be known! on "McKinley" Since 1917, Alaska's Highest Peak Is Redesignated "Denali" · · Score: 2

    Maybe then we'd get a real conversation going about doing away with the Electoral College?

  4. Re:I've had this as a plug-in. on Chrome To Freeze Flash Ads On Sight From September 1 · · Score: 1

    That explains it. Agreed, no one gets a cookie on my computer past my closing my browser.

  5. Re:I've had this as a plug-in. on Chrome To Freeze Flash Ads On Sight From September 1 · · Score: 1

    And (in my experience) every time you go back, you have to click it again, and next time again, and next time again, etc..

  6. Re:Google maps...at home on Many Drivers Never Use In-Vehicle Tech, Don't Want Apple Or Google In Next Car · · Score: 2

    I use Waze every time I drive more than 3-5 miles (including my commute, both ways). It's not about not knowing how to get there, it's about knowing in advance where the accident is (if there is one) or whatever else may cause me to want to take an alternate route. 8-9 times out of 10, I drive my standard route, but that 1-2 makes using it every time well worth it.

  7. Re:strife in israel and palastine? on The Nations That Will Be Hardest Hit By Water Shortages By 2040 · · Score: 1

    Maybe he meant the Arabs?

  8. Re:Copyright? on AT&T Hotspots Now Injecting Ads · · Score: 1

    Also no lawyer, but I think it would be up to Stanford and the webcomic to sue AT&T (and gosh, would I love to see that).

  9. Flash ... c'mon Slashdot. on The IoT, the MinnowBoard, and How They Fit Into the Universe (Video) · · Score: 2

    So much for Flash being dead.

  10. Re:What about howitzers? on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Ding ding ding, we have a winner.

  11. Re:Right To Bear Arms on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1
    Here ya go

    All remaining powers are reserved for the states or the people.

  12. Re:Yes on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Something tells me you don't have one. Mine specifically states it is a Concealed Handgun License (this varies by state, of course, but anyone taking the course to get theirs learns some basics about how they vary).

  13. Re:We don't no stinkin' planning department... on City of Munich Struggling With Basic Linux Functionality · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't a Linux geek use /. (rather than \.)?

    :)

  14. Re:Linux and Bloat on Linus Torvalds Isn't Looking 10 Years Ahead For Linux and That's OK · · Score: 1

    I know I'm feeding a troll, but every sane (and many other) country has legislation regarding accessibility. Someday perhaps you will have a child with a disability. Do you want that child to grow up without access to technology, or do you think those of us with a disabled child should separately fund accessibility features?

    Besides (and almost as importantly), just how big is the inconvenience to the 99%? I'd venture it's only inconvenient to a very small subset & now we're looking at a group of people that cannot do without versus the convenience of another small group. Since society as a whole recognizes the need to assist persons with disabilities, perhaps the other small group should fund their own version that is not encumbered.

    Finally, either double-check the definition of pander (perhaps you didn't mean what you said), or screw you.

  15. Re:Confessed? on Two Arrests In Denmark For Spreading Information About Popcorn Time · · Score: 1

    If I read that right(*), they didn't so much target women and children as much as the conditions were so deplorable that people died from easily avoidable circumstances (starvation, disease, etc) and those most vulnerable died in greater numbers (children, etc).

    Horrific and inexcusable to be sure, and certainly concentration camps, but really nothing comparing (based on my Wikipedia reading) to the concentration camps of the Nazis. The British weren't seeking to eradicate an entire people.

    (*) I was unaware 30 minutes ago of this event in History, so I certainly don't consider myself to be an expert :)

  16. Re:Bitcoin is dead. on Bitcoin Fork Divides Community · · Score: 1

    By not being popular enough to be a problem?

  17. Re:Color me surprised on New Genes May Arise From Junk DNA · · Score: 1

    Nope (at least not exclusively ... ) :)

  18. Re:Inject adds in my pron? on Google Announces a Router: OnHub · · Score: 1

    Unless you use Chrome?

  19. Re:Not all split-screen games slow down on Splitscreen Gaming Is a Culture, Not a Mode · · Score: 1

    Also games like Drawful use a shared screen while each player uses their own device/screen. I see potential for more games like this, fun at family gatherings.

  20. Re:Explanation please on Windows 10 Still Phones Home With Data In Spite of Privacy Settings · · Score: 5, Informative
  21. Re:Can't they just weigh the plane? on Airline Begins Weighing Passengers For 'Safety' · · Score: 1

    Works for Semi trucks ...

  22. Re: The 2000lbs cages are the problem on Breathalyzer Bike Lock Stops Drunken Cyclists In Their Tracks · · Score: 2

    I may just be feeding a troll here, but if being anti 'drunks doing stupid things that endanger others' makes me anti alcohol in your mind, then in your mind I am anti alcohol. By your logic, I am also anti gun as I am anti 'people doing stupid things that endanger others with their firearms'

    Why is it ok to expect people to be responsible for their decisions only part of the time? We all make decisions, hopefully more good than bad. At the end of the day, we're all responsible for the decisions we make (whether we're held responsible at the time or not). I'd add another option to sociocapitalist's above: drink at home where you don't have to travel afterwards (or sleep where you drink, ie a friend's house). But if you drink and drive and hurt someone and I'm on your jury? You're boned.

    For the record, I am very much not anti gun.

  23. Re:Microsoft Bob? on Microsoft Creates an AI That Can Spot a Joke In a New Yorker Cartoon · · Score: 1

    I'll admit it, I did - in fact I only noticed I was wrong by reading your post.


    Crap, forgot to tick 'post anonymously' again ...

  24. Re:just wait till they get that cloaking device on North Korea Is Switching To a New Time Zone · · Score: 1

    Whew, that's bugged me for 23 years, finally I'll get an answer!

  25. Re:Dis here iz sweet all on An Epic View of the Moon In Earth's Orbital Embrace · · Score: 1