badkarmadayaccount - Slashdot User

Comment Re:OSX (Score 1) 196

by badkarmadayaccount on Saturday April 04, 2015 @05:17AM (#49403393) Attached to: GNOME 3.16 Released

What sort of coal powered laptop doesn't support basic edge-scrolling? I've got a circa 10 y.o. Fujitsu-Siemens 1.4GHz Celeron M 0.5 GB RAM, and the synaptics driver even supports 2 finger scrolling like a champ, when enabled.

Comment Re:It's because they don't work... (Score 1) 83

by badkarmadayaccount on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @06:43PM (#49082867) Attached to: The Uncanny Valley of Voice Recognition

Thanks, that was useful. I intend to pursue a PhD, so being near a university isn't a issue.

Comment Re:yeah, well, get into ham radio, then (Score 1) 286

by badkarmadayaccount on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @06:41PM (#49082855) Attached to: 1950s Toy That Included Actual Uranium Ore Goes On Display At Museum

Packing my bags, time to smell like rocket fuel!

Comment Re:It's because they don't work... (Score 1) 83

by badkarmadayaccount on Thursday February 12, 2015 @04:28AM (#49036425) Attached to: The Uncanny Valley of Voice Recognition

How is the percentage of freely spoken English over there, among the population? Been thinking of moving over there, but I only speak decent (my native) Bulgarian aside from English, and language worries me somewhat.

Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 413

by badkarmadayaccount on Saturday February 07, 2015 @06:39AM (#49004621) Attached to: Anonymous Asks Activists To Fight Pedophiles In 'Operation Deatheaters'

How about shemales?

Comment Re:One important use left for Pascal (Score 1) 492

by badkarmadayaccount on Saturday February 07, 2015 @04:38AM (#49004433) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Is Pascal Underrated?

looks like data declaration section for cobol. cute.

Comment Re:.NET applications on Linux? (Score 1) 253

by badkarmadayaccount on Friday February 06, 2015 @02:11PM (#48999567) Attached to: Microsoft Open Sources CoreCLR, the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET Execution Engine

Ironically random linux distros probably have the best support in that sense - ancient fortran77 code runs alongside the latest RoR hotness without much issue. It's nice to have hoarders for repo maintainers. :)

Comment Re:The credibility of science? (Score 1) 958

by badkarmadayaccount on Thursday February 05, 2015 @03:51PM (#48992049) Attached to: Science's Biggest Failure: Everything About Diet and Fitness

There is one trans fat - vaccenic acid found in both. Conjugated linoic acid is a metabolite, and trans, but the two double bonds are conjugated so it's a misnomer, functionally.

Comment Re:Create a $140 billion business out of nothing? (Score 1) 458

by badkarmadayaccount on Thursday February 05, 2015 @06:01AM (#48987387) Attached to: How, and Why, Apple Overtook Microsoft

DOS on a Blackberry? Sounds good, can I get now?

Comment Re:Can somebody clarify? (Score 1) 178

by badkarmadayaccount on Saturday January 24, 2015 @06:06PM (#48894981) Attached to: New Nicotine Vaccine May Succeed Where Others Have Failed

Makes more sense to target tars in the tobacco, than the nicotine.

Comment Re:Translation pls. (Score 1) 159

by badkarmadayaccount on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @07:45PM (#48807487) Attached to: Inside North Korea's Naenara Browser

Tangra.

Comment Re:Good thing... (Score 1) 412

by badkarmadayaccount on Monday January 12, 2015 @01:42PM (#48794455) Attached to: Russia Says Drivers Must Not Have "Sex Disorders" To Get License

Putka means cunt.

Comment Re:Activists not scientists (Score 1) 132

by badkarmadayaccount on Sunday January 11, 2015 @05:16PM (#48789001) Attached to: Short-Term Exposure To Diesel Fumes Causes Changes In Gene Expression

Yeah, sure. Why not, if Jenny McCarthy is an immunologist.

Comment Re:raymorris, ac replies from you fool yourself (Score 1) 167

by badkarmadayaccount on Friday January 09, 2015 @06:06AM (#48773303) Attached to: Mercedes-Benz's Self-Driving Concept Car Is Here

Get a girlfriend dude. And medication.

Comment Re:Charger fraud (Score 1) 124

by badkarmadayaccount on Thursday January 08, 2015 @05:36PM (#48768901) Attached to: Toyota Opens Patents On Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

Prepaid card account per charging station chain? Swipe and plug, get charged as much as you pulled, and top up your credit once in a while.

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