AlleyTrotte - Slashdot User

Comment Twitter facebook youtube (Score 1) 271

by AlleyTrotte on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @03:23PM (#60939086) Attached to: Parler Users Breached Deep Inside US Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows

Come on there were no twitter or facebook or youtube, give me a f---ing break. All things change sooner or later so this will come back to bite the ones screaming for blood now. The shoe will be on the other foot. J

Comment TDS comments abound (Score 2) 217

by AlleyTrotte on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:25AM (#60376785) Attached to: TikTok Ban: Trump Will Prohibit Transactions With ByteDance Beginning September 20

I see no one seems to know the house and the senate have voted nearly unanimously to ban said software. I guess that doesn't matter with TDS.

Comment What A Shame (Score 1) 203

by AlleyTrotte on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:58PM (#60140926) Attached to: AMC Theatres Has 'Substantial Doubt' it Can Remain in Business

That would be a real bummer. I believe movie theaters were the first make-out spots for many generations of teenagers.

Comment Fauci Death Rate (Score 1) 282

by AlleyTrotte on Thursday May 28, 2020 @09:39AM (#60114954) Attached to: Fauci: Data is "Really Quite Evident" Against Hydroxychloroquine For Coronavirus

Perhaps the doc is trying to make his original death rate predictions accurate by eliminating possible cures.

Comment cnn believe it (Score 1) 334

by AlleyTrotte on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:05AM (#60109842) Attached to: The CDC Says Its New 'Best Estimate' Is That 0.4 Percent of People With Symptoms and COVID-19 Will Die

We can believe this as it was on cnn whom have no political leaning { for sure }

Comment Southern Border (Score 1) 498

by AlleyTrotte on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:32AM (#58515866) Attached to: Propelled By Spread of Misinformation About Vaccines, Measles Outbreak Hits 'Completely Avoidable' 25-Year-High in the US

Strange no mention of illegal border crossings

Comment spectre (Score 1) 73

by AlleyTrotte on Saturday April 27, 2019 @08:29AM (#58500222) Attached to: Intel Starts Qualification of Ice Lake CPUs, Raises 10nm Volume Expectation for 2019

no mention of spectre

Comment power button (Score 1) 125

by AlleyTrotte on Sunday April 14, 2019 @07:59AM (#58435142) Attached to: Police Are Using Google's Location Data From 'Hundreds of Millions' of Phones

the simple reason that phones/tablets need a physical power off switch which actually disconnects the battery AMEN

Comment spectre, meltdown, rowhammer (Score 1) 161

by AlleyTrotte on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @11:06AM (#56730948) Attached to: Intel Hits 50 Years and Its CPUs Hit 5.0 GHz

no comments, so I guess same old same old J

Comment Off By A Year (Score 1) 301

by AlleyTrotte on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:28AM (#54955741) Attached to: It's the 40th Anniversary of Radio Shack's TRS-80

I have one in my basement manufactured in 1976, so this article is off by a year. Perhaps it was intro'ed in some stores as a test market.

Comment Give Peace a Chance (Score 1) 245

by AlleyTrotte on Friday March 31, 2017 @12:52PM (#54152107) Attached to: US College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession

Probably one of the best reasons I've heard to say: Let's give Trump a chance. flame suit on. AlleyTrotter

Submission + - HP Just Unveiled The Machine - A New Type of Computer (businessweek.com)

Submitted by pacopico on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @08:43AM

pacopico writes: HP Labs is trying to make a comeback. According to Businessweek, HP is building something called The Machine. It's a type of server that will use memristors for memory and silicon photonics for interconnects and ship possibly by 2017 (good luck). As for The Machine's software, HP plans to build three open source operating systems, including a new one from scratch and its own versions of Linux and Android. The new computer is meant to solve a coming crisis due to limitations around DRAM and Flash. About three-quarters of HP Labs personnel are working on this project.

Comment Pencil Copies (Score 1) 386

by AlleyTrotte on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @01:56PM (#46759049) Attached to: Slashdot Asks: How Do You Pay Your Taxes?

I download and print the forms from the IRS website. I then proceed to fill them out longhand in pencil Make a xerox copy to send in. Wait to 11PM on the last day to file (Apr 15th) Go to the post office and mail them in. AlleyTrotter

Comment Politically Motivated (Score 0) 251

by AlleyTrotte on Friday August 16, 2013 @03:58PM (#44587107) Attached to: Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous

The Washington Post has no credibility, but I guess they are right this time.

Comment Election (Score 1) 600

by AlleyTrotte on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @10:49AM (#44176567) Attached to: Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections

The delay will be just enough to get all the DemoCore reelected.

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