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  1. Re:Citation Needed on ELF Knocks Down AM Towers To Save Earth, Intercoms · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Parent isn't flamebait, mod him up.

  2. Re:Th NoScript addon ... on Opera 10 Benchmarked and Evaluated · · Score: -1

    You actually have NoScript included in Opera's default installation. Press F12 for a popup menu where you can disable plugins, javascript or java. Right click a page for "Edit site preferences" where you can enable them agian for that site only.

  3. No Segway? on Top 10 Disappointing Technologies · · Score: 0

    Isn't Segway the synonym for fail?

  4. Re:Fuji P1620 + Nokia 6021 on Portables Without Cameras? · · Score: -1

    Nokia's E51 and E61 are great phones and also don't have cameras. They're both bussiness-oriented phones with Symbian. E61 has a QWERTY keyboard if you're into it.

  5. Re:Still in beta? on Gmail Marks Five Years In Beta · · Score: -1

    Not to spoil your reasoning, but Gmail actually _does_ have IMAP. Granted, it's a bit buggy, but nothing you can't get around.

  6. Re:yellow journalism at it's worst on R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008 · · Score: -1

    Joke --------> *whoosh*
              O <--- You
            --|--
              |
             / \

  7. So what? on Why Google Should Embrace OpenOffice.org · · Score: -1

    nt

  8. Compared to believing in god... on Vatican Says Alien Life Plausible · · Score: -1

    ...Believing in aliens seems quite logical.

  9. So why not protest? on Scientology Injunction Denied Against "Anonymous" · · Score: -1

    If you're gonna get sued for just being alive anyway, why not join the protest?

  10. Well this is great on Government Mistakenly Declares Deaths of Citizens · · Score: -1

    I'll just take a very large credit from a bank, and I'll "die" and move to Africa or Eastern Europe.

  11. Far from a disappointment on Acer Ferrari 1100, One Large Disappointment · · Score: 5, Funny

    The people buying it will get everything they wanted - a laptop you can edit text and sufr the internet on, with a Ferrari logo.

  12. New rules in the 4th edition on D&D 4th Edition Details Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Cannot base characters off the Ash from the Evil Dead movies.
    2. A one man band is not an appropriate bard instrument.
    3. There is no Dwarven god of heavy artillery.
    4. My 7th Sea character Boudreaux is not the 'Southern' Montaigne.
    5. Not allowed to blow all my skill points on 1pt professional skills.
    6. Synchronized panicking is not a proper battle plan.
    7. Nor is "Kill them all and let God sort them out"
    8. Not allowed to use psychic powers to do the dishes.
    9. How to serve Dragons is not a cookbook.
    10. My monk's lips must be in sync.
    11. Just because my character and I can speak German, doesn't mean the GM can.
    13. Not allowed to berserk for the hell of it, especially during royal masquerades.
    13. Must learn at least one offensive or defensive spell if I'm the sorcerer.
    14. Must not murder canon NPCs in their sleep, no matter how cliche they are.
    15. Ogres are not kosher.
    16. Plan B is not automatically twice as much explosives as Plan A.
    17. I will not beat Tomb of Horrors in less than 10 minutes from memory.
    18. Collateral Damage Man is not an appropriate name for a super hero.
    19. When surrendering I am to hand the sword over HILT first.
    20. Drow are not good eating.
    21. Polka is not appropriate marching music.
    22. No longer allowed to recreate the Death Star Trench Run out of genre.
    23. There is no such thing as a Gnomish Pygmy War Rhino.
    24. Any character who has a sensitivity training center named after him will be taken away.
    25. Even if the rules allow it, I am not allowed to summon 50,000 Blue Whales.
    26. The green elf does not need food badly.
    27. Valley speak has no place in a fantasy setting. Especially if you're the paladin.
    28. I am not to shoot every corpse in the head to make sure they aren't a zombie in Twilight 2000.
    29. The Goddess' of Marriage chosen weapon is not the whip.
    30. I cannot have any gun that requires me to continue the damage code on back.
    31. I am not to kill off all the vampires in the LARP, even if they are terminally stupid.
    32. The backup trap handler is not whoever has the most HP at the time.
    33. I cannot buy any animal in groups of 100 or over.
    34. There is no such skill as 'improvised cooking'
    35. I am not allowed to base any Droid off any character played by Joe Pesci.
    36. I am not allowed to convince the entire party to play R2 units.
    37. I am not allowed to convince the entire party to sit on the same side of the table.
    38. They do not make black market illegal cyberweapons for rodents.
    39. When investigating evil cultists not allowed to just torch the decrepit mansion from the outside.
    40. Dwarves do not have the racial ability 'can lick their eyebrows'
    41. Dwarves do not have the racial ability to hold their breath for 10 minutes.
    42. Dwarves do not have the racial ability 'impromptu kickstand'
    43. Having a big nose adds nothing to my seduction check.
    44. No longer allowed to set nazi propaganda music to a snappy disco beat.
    45. Not allowed to spend all 100 character points on 100 1pt skills.
    46. My character names are not allowed to be double entendres.
    47. Sliver rhymes with silver because the computer frelling says so.
    48. They do not make Nair in wookie sizes.
    49. The elf is restricted to decaf for the rest of the adventure.
    50. Not allowed to blow up the Death Star before that snotty farm kid gets his shot.
    51. Not allowed to use thermodynamic science to asphyxiate the orcs' cave instead of exploring it first.
    52. No longer allowed to use the time machine for booty calls.
    53. My bard does not know how to play Inna Godda Davida on marachas.
    54. Not allowed to start a drow character weighing more than a quarter ton.
    55. Cannot pimp out other party members.
    56. Before facing the dragon, not allowed to glaze the elf.
    57. No matter how well I roll, a squirrel cannot carry a horse and rider at full sprint.
    58. In the middle of a black op I cannot ask a guard to validate parking.
    59. Expended ammun

  13. Re:Hmm... I think on Best Technology For Long-Distance Travel? · · Score: -1

    I'd say that a Stargate is better.

  14. Re:Or it is not spreading on Why Linux Doesn't Spread - the Curse of Being Free · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hello,

    Consulting for several large companies, I'd always done my work on
    Windows. Recently however, a top online investment firm asked us to do
    some work using Linux. The concept of having access to source code was
    very appealing to us, as we'd be able to modify the kernel to meet our
    exacting standards which we're unable to do with Microsoft's products.

    Although we met several technical challenges along the way
    (specifically, Linux's lack of Token Ring support and the fact that we
    were unable to defrag its ext2 file system), all in all the process
    went smoothly. Everyone was very pleased with Linux, and we were
    considering using it for a great deal of future internal projects.

    So you can imagine our suprise when we were informed by a lawyer that
    we would be required to publish our source code for others to use. It
    was brought to our attention that Linux is copyrighted under something
    called the GPL, or the Gnu Protective License. Part of this license
    states that any changes to the kernel are to be made freely available.
    Unfortunately for us, this meant that the great deal of time and money
    we spent "touching up" Linux to work for this investment firm would
    now be available at no cost to our competitors.

    Furthermore, after reviewing this GPL our lawyers advised us that any
    products compiled with GPL'ed tools - such as gcc - would also have to
    its source code released. This was simply unacceptable.

    Although we had planned for no one outside of this company to ever
    use, let alone see the source code, we were now put in a difficult
    position. We could either give away our hard work, or come up with
    another solution. Although it was tought to do, there really was no
    option: We had to rewrite the code, from scratch, for Windows Server 2003.

    I think the biggest thing keeping Linux from being truly competitive
    with Microsoft is this GPL. Its draconian requirements virtually
    guarentee that no business will ever be able to use it. After my
    experience with Linux, I won't be recommending it to any of my
    associates. I may reconsider if Linux switches its license to
    something a little more fair, such as Microsoft's "Shared Source".
    Until then its attempts to socialize the software market will insure
    it remains only a bit player.

    Thank you for your time.

  15. When will people just stop using Firefox on Serious Vulnerability In Firefox 2.0.0.12 · · Score: 0

    And use Opera instead? Opera hasn't had a serious vulnerability in over 7 years.

  16. But on Has Ron Paul Quit? · · Score: 0

    Where are the answers to the questions we posted for the presidential candidates?

  17. But on Energy From Raindrops · · Score: 0

    Can it be used to run Linux?

  18. Re:Not really that credible. on Snopes Pushing Zango Adware · · Score: 0

    Well, they need to earn their living, don't they?

  19. Copying Opera on Weave... Mozilla Is Trying To Be More Social · · Score: 0

    Opera's got all this in it's 9.5 beta. Mozilla is just trying to ride on Opera's creativity, just like they've been doing in the last 5 years.

  20. Use Opera on Firefox Spoofing Bug Puts Passwords At Risk · · Score: 0

    Fastest, most secure and best features.

  21. Bomis on Wikia Search Engine to be Launched on January 7th · · Score: 0

    Will it also search Bomis?

  22. We know it will be cool, but... on Apricot Team Selected For Fully Open Source 3D Game · · Score: 0

    Will it blend?

  23. In Soviet Ukraine on The LCD Panel vs. The Crossbow · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Monitor breaks you!

  24. Use Opera on 'Extreme Security' Web Browsing · · Score: 0, Troll

    Use Opera. Most secure, fastest, and best features.

  25. But on Alpine 1.00 Brings Pine Back · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why use Alpine when Gmail does everything better, and you can access it from everywhere?