Jimbob The Mighty - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Lockheed gonna get sued? (Score 1) 297

by Jimbob The Mighty on Monday January 09, 2012 @11:35PM (#38646910) Attached to: Could a Dirty Rag Take Out a $2 Billion Satellite?

49% don't actually pay income tax

Because they didn't make any money above federal poverty rates....but hey, don't let details get in the way of a perfectly overused irrelevant statistic.

the top 1% paid 40%

When they account for the fact that 49% of people aren't in a position to be able to pay income tax, the should be paying *more* taxes, not less.

There, FTFY.

Comment Superoptimal?? (Score 1) 315

by Jimbob The Mighty on Thursday December 15, 2011 @09:57PM (#38392646) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Good Metrics For a Small IT Team?

Optimal being 'Best possible', how does one perform above what is optimal? You are either perfect (optimal) or not perfect (sub-optimal).

Comment Re:India is a democratic country, right? (Score 2) 171

by Jimbob The Mighty on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @10:13PM (#38287274) Attached to: India Moves To Censor Social Media

People with integrity rarely enter politics; the ones that do rarely rise to the top.

Comment Re:Faulty Reasoning (Score 1) 653

by Jimbob The Mighty on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @06:37PM (#38285738) Attached to: Does Outsourcing Programming Really Save Money?

Not that I'm weighing in on the side of the PHB, but aren't there laws that mandate that the corporation to maximise shareholder profit? Does that not mean that if they don't offshore, they can be taken to task for failing to follow this mandate?

Comment Re:First (Score 1) 275

by Jimbob The Mighty on Monday December 05, 2011 @11:33PM (#38275986) Attached to: Discouraging Playstation Vita Details

Actually it sounds like they realised they were going to sell the device at a loss, and implemented measures to minimise losses due to them not shipping many units.

Comment Duh... (Score 1) 381

by Jimbob The Mighty on Thursday November 24, 2011 @03:59AM (#38156068) Attached to: Dell's Misleading Graphics Card Buying Advice

Large corporation uses FUD and misinformation in an attempt to generate more revenue. Film at 11.

Comment Re:OK... (Score 1) 761

by Jimbob The Mighty on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @10:20PM (#37994476) Attached to: Two New Fed GPS Trackers Found On SUV

http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2515424&cid=37990720

Comment Re:Aren't there laws against that? (Score 1) 333

by Jimbob The Mighty on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @10:00PM (#37994268) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Spammers You Know?

Actually, my suggestion looks a bit like this: http://xkcd.com/538/

Comment If it can spin, it can be read. (Score 3, Informative) 1016

by Jimbob The Mighty on Friday September 30, 2011 @12:05AM (#37562936) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives?

Thermite, or any other method to melt the platters.

Comment Re:Eternally marked until forgiven by God--ie neve (Score 1) 181

by Jimbob The Mighty on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @08:52PM (#37548174) Attached to: FBI Leaves Cleared Names On Terrorist Watch List

Justice will never give up.

You use the word 'justice'. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Comment Re:Move along .. nothing to see (Score 1) 389

by Jimbob The Mighty on Monday September 26, 2011 @12:40AM (#37512206) Attached to: Microsoft Responds To Linux Concerns Over Windows 8 and UEFI Secure Boot

But, how many non-technical users' kids/friends are technical, and want to upgrade or recycle their hardware when it is no longer needed or used for its intended purpose? What might no longer cut it as a high end gaming rig can easily be repurposed into a meda centre, or RAID, or any number of purposes.

How many non-technical people went 'Vista is shit, I want 7', and their kids chimed in with 'Get the full OEM version + a HDD, don't bother with the retail upgrade'?

Many 'non-technical' users are able to recognise themselves as such, and defer to people around them for advice.

Comment Credit where credit's due... (Score 0) 132

by Jimbob The Mighty on Monday July 18, 2011 @04:08AM (#36797744) Attached to: Queen Elizabeth Sets a Code-Breaking Challenge

How lovely. Has she paid her respects to Alan Turing yet?

Comment Re:Attention baying mob: note the convictions (Score 1) 88

by Jimbob The Mighty on Sunday July 10, 2011 @11:33PM (#36716850) Attached to: UK Police Database Abuse 'Hugely Intrusive'

I'm not worried that I hear reports about police being convicted of corruption. I'll start to worry when I stop hearing about it.

Comment Re:never gonna happen! (Score 1) 98

by Jimbob The Mighty on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @01:27AM (#36524284) Attached to: Is the Rise of Wearable Electronics Finally Here?

*Headdesk*

Comment Re:never gonna happen! (Score 1) 98

by Jimbob The Mighty on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @08:27PM (#36522254) Attached to: Is the Rise of Wearable Electronics Finally Here?

We already have wearable electronics... have had for a while... Sony WalkMan, Apple iPod, etc... I'm sure the corporations that stand to make billions from these products will throw some money at marketing to try and work out how to make these devices 'cool'.

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