wooferhound - Slashdot User

Comment Re: Maintenance (Score 2, Insightful) 181

by wooferhound on Saturday May 01, 2021 @10:28AM (#61335424) Attached to: Barcelona Installs Spain's First Solar Energy Pavement

But , It Has been tried and it has awful results.
No need to spend 30000 dollars to try it again.

Comment Re:Well, at least he managed one thing (Score -1, Flamebait) 337

by wooferhound on Saturday February 13, 2021 @08:27AM (#61058922) Attached to: Lancet Study Finds 40% of US COVID-19 Deaths Could Have Been Avoided

Trump has an absolutely impressive death-count that he is responsible for. I guess he felt he had to compensate somehow for starting no wars.

So why isn't there a coffin shortage ?

Comment Re: Can't control it? (Score 2) 194

by wooferhound on Saturday January 16, 2021 @06:13AM (#60951110) Attached to: Calculations Show It'll Be Impossible To Control a Super-Intelligent AI

Siri broke up with me for the third time today , and this time I think she means it ?

Comment Re:The "me-too" Tesla (Score 1) 110

by wooferhound on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @08:01AM (#60856262) Attached to: Apple Targets Car Production By 2024 and Eyes 'Next Level' Battery Technology

But ... will it have a Headphone Jack ?

Comment Re:Re-selling alcohol illegal w/o liquor license (Score 1) 72

by wooferhound on Sunday November 08, 2020 @01:41PM (#60699696) Attached to: Tesla Tequila Sells Out Within Hours, Triggers Bidding Wars on eBay

Self-driving cars don't drink

Comment Re:She's gonna explode, Captain! (Score 1) 16

by wooferhound on Thursday October 29, 2020 @12:54AM (#60661132) Attached to: NASA's Perseverance Rover Is Midway To Mars

Wake me up when the Rover is on the surface of Mars, That last mile will get ya . . .

Comment Re:Voyager I & II are awesome (Score 0) 88

by wooferhound on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:12AM (#60628358) Attached to: Voyager Spacecraft Detect An Increase In the Density of Space Outside the Solar System

Voyager - Launched 43 years ago , distance from Earth- 150 AU
New Horizons - Launched 16 years ago , distance from Earth- 50 AU

New Horizons will eventually pass the Voyager spacecraft.

Comment Re:Who knew... (Score 1) 70

by wooferhound on Saturday October 17, 2020 @02:33PM (#60619322) Attached to: Home-Made Covid Vaccine Appeared to Work, but Questions Remained

I thought Dr. McCoy had already done this on Star Trek

Comment Spacey Pastry (Score 1) 36

by wooferhound on Saturday October 17, 2020 @01:58PM (#60619208) Attached to: A Chicken Nugget Was Just Launched Into Space

They should do it with an 8 year old Twinkie

Comment Re:Talk of IBM, remind me of its keyboard... (Score 2) 88

by wooferhound on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:39AM (#60588194) Attached to: IBM To Split Into Two Companies By End of 2021

They should call the New Company "HAL" ...

Comment Ringing in the Ears (Score 5, Funny) 75

by wooferhound on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @09:45PM (#60583544) Attached to: Electric Shocks To the Tongue Can Quiet Chronic Ringing Ears

I called the Tinnitus Hotline and it just kept Ringing . . .

Comment Re:Don't let it back in (Score 1) 66

by wooferhound on Monday September 28, 2020 @09:17AM (#60550162) Attached to: Astronomers Discover Possible 60s-Era Moon Rocket Booster Heading Back To Earth

SpaceX has your Big Booster hanging low.

Comment Re:Don't let it back in (Score 1) 66

by wooferhound on Monday September 28, 2020 @08:51AM (#60550118) Attached to: Astronomers Discover Possible 60s-Era Moon Rocket Booster Heading Back To Earth

It would be better if it was a Booster Seat or a Testosterone Booster

Comment Re:I would Hope (Score 1) 112

by wooferhound on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:11AM (#60396737) Attached to: Arecibo Observatory Featured in James Bond Film 'Goldeneye' Shut Down

I know this observatory Because SETI Used It
( Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence )

Submission + - Toshiba shuts the lid on laptops after 35 years (bbc.com) 1

Submitted by wooferhound on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:18AM

wooferhound writes: The Japanese giant Toshiba has sold its final stake in the personal computer maker Dynabook.
It means the firm no longer has a connection with making PCs or laptops.
Sharp bought 80% of Toshiba's personal computing arm in 2018 for $36m (£27m), and has now bought the remaining shares, Toshiba said in a statement.

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