Comment Shadowgate! (Score 1) 1120
Man, I loved this NES adventure game:
http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Games/Shadowgate
Comment WarGames (Score 1) 183
I think we'll be okay as long they keep that darned Global Thermonuclear War game from being dialed into.
Comment Re:Reliability? (Score 1) 252
Well if it's like any of my past Western Digital experiences, they've probably kept the Crap Out After Warranty Expires (tm) feature.
Comment Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Score 5, Insightful) 130
That's the one I remember playing a lot on my C64..
"You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it would be if you could see it which you can't."
For those interested, you can play it online here: http://www.heavygames.com/hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy/gameframe.asp
Comment Re:Alien Jism (Score 1) 424
Is this how Yetis are made?
Comment Re:Here they are. (Score 1) 635
Way to go jerk.. Now La Psicologia Familia will be knocking at your door with some cement shoes.
Comment Re:About time (Score 1) 481
Isn't that Web 3.0? The Browser-less Web? There is no browsing, you'll be served up a heaping pile of Slashdot and you'll like it, mister!
Comment Re:That reminds me of... (Score 1) 152
It reminds you of speaking Swazi?
Comment 5 to 15 copies with overlap? (Score 1) 152
Why couldn't I just submit a copy of the same photo five to fifteen times? That would have at least 80-90% overlap.. In fact I'd go so far as to say it would have 100% overlap.
Comment Old adage (Score 5, Insightful) 1057
Science may not be biased, but scientists certainly are.
Comment I do this everyday (Score 1) 48
This sounds similar to the chemical reactions of my body and caffeine. Through some sort of scientific voodoo, I find that a lot of work magically gets done after this mixing of chemicals.
Comment Qapla! (Score 1) 2
help managers think more broadly about projects and their potential reactions and unintended consequences
This is a good thing. Really, how many officials are thinking about the effects of a sudden Klingon invasion? It needs to be discussed.
Submission + - Sci-Fi Writers Dream Up Ideas for U.S. Government (washingtonpost.com) 2
cheezitmike writes: This week in Washington, DC, a group of Sci-Fi writers is helping the U.S. Department of Homeland Security envision the future at the 2009 Homeland Security Science & Technology Stakeholders Conference. The agency is hoping the interaction between writers and bureaucrats helps the government 'break old habits of thought' and 'help managers think more broadly about projects and their potential reactions and unintended consequences'. And, it's at minimal expense to taxpayers, since the writers are consulting pro bono.
Comment It's about time... (Score 5, Funny) 188
Alright! Let's chop down those trees and start saving the environment!
Comment Cocoon? (Score 2, Funny) 444
With ghosts? Hell, may as well have Wilford Brimley sign on if he can get some time away from filming Diabeetus ads.
