Drone69 - Slashdot User

Comment Cool video but... (Score 1) 175

by Drone69 on Wednesday September 23, 2009 @02:08PM (#29518867) Attached to: Early Details On Courier, Microsoft's Take On a Tablet

...has anyome else picked up on the fact a REAL hand isn't being used to manipulate the Courier? Food for thought.

Comment Yes, but... (Score 1) 153

by Drone69 on Thursday September 03, 2009 @02:48PM (#29302837) Attached to: UK's Oldest Computer To Be "Rebooted"

will the Harwell be able to play Crysis? Better benchmark it with 3DMark first.

Comment Re:Wake me up when.... (Score 1) 279

by Drone69 on Friday July 17, 2009 @12:27AM (#28726099) Attached to: Windows 7 Pre-Orders Top Vista's In Just 8 Hours

Thanks for the clarification. Obviously I had not known that. Time to scoop me 3 copies of W7 Pro then!

Comment ...Cowboy Neal's collection. (Score 1) 396

by Drone69 on Thursday July 16, 2009 @04:09PM (#28721913) Attached to: My toy collection is ...

Whatever CN buys, I buy.

Comment I knew this would happen. (Score 1) 427

by Drone69 on Thursday July 16, 2009 @04:05PM (#28721859) Attached to: LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production

Time Warner should have stuck to their original plans and produced the Lord of the Dance trilogy instead. I tried to tell them but did they listen? Shame.

Comment Wake me up when.... (Score 1) 279

by Drone69 on Thursday July 16, 2009 @03:57PM (#28721723) Attached to: Windows 7 Pre-Orders Top Vista's In Just 8 Hours

Windows 7 Ultimate is offered at a cheaper price for upgrades. Until then I will stick with trusty old Vista which is pretty darn good now.

Comment $9 Million... (Score 1) 434

by Drone69 on Thursday July 09, 2009 @05:10PM (#28642293) Attached to: Recovery.gov To Get $18 Million Redesign

...and I'll do it. Got a copy of Dreamweaver & Photoshop ready to go!

Comment Re:Spaceship modules (Score 2, Informative) 121

by Drone69 on Thursday July 09, 2009 @04:25PM (#28641711) Attached to: Stacking of New Space Vehicle Begins At KSC

If you played Sid's follow-up classic Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire then you would have been there already!

Comment Re:who needs a subject anyways? (Score 1) 229

by Drone69 on Thursday July 09, 2009 @03:40PM (#28641075) Attached to: New MechWarrior Announced, MechWarrior4 To Be Distributed Free

Or preferably Impulse? That way we don't have to need an internets connection to play. Yes, I know Steam provides the ability to disconnect from the net but in order to do so you have to be online in the first place! The game library may be not as huge but Impulse > Steam.

Comment Yay! (Score 1) 229

by Drone69 on Thursday July 09, 2009 @03:36PM (#28641021) Attached to: New MechWarrior Announced, MechWarrior4 To Be Distributed Free

Rocking good news and justifies my recent joystick purchase.

Comment Will it be... (Score 1) 121

by Drone69 on Thursday July 09, 2009 @03:29PM (#28640903) Attached to: Stacking of New Space Vehicle Begins At KSC

...built just in time to intercept the oncoming Meteor of Doom?

Comment For a niche market only. (Score 1) 100

by Drone69 on Thursday July 09, 2009 @11:05AM (#28636941) Attached to: World's Biggest Alarm Clock Shakes You Out of Bed

Fat & lazy people need only apply.

Comment The Codex Sinaiticus? (Score 1) 568

by Drone69 on Tuesday July 07, 2009 @03:04PM (#28612149) Attached to: British Library Puts Oldest Surviving Bible Online

I'll wait for the Ron Howard movie, tks.

Comment Once again, a dumb name. (Score 1) 389

by Drone69 on Thursday July 02, 2009 @11:44PM (#28568061) Attached to: Microsoft Changing Users' Default Search Engine

But I like Bing. As much as like my Zune. Srsly.

Comment Damn stand! (Score 1) 207

by Drone69 on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @05:08PM (#28534793) Attached to: Most Complete Topographical Map of Earth Complete

It's the point where the pedestal stand is connected to the globe that is the unmappable 1%.

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