Comment SCORPION STARE (Score 1) 381
My first thought is can I be seen by two cameras at the same time.
Comment 4 foot - 6 foot (Score 3, Funny) 79
it'll have to be removed once it grows to six feet long."
Or translated, "It's belt length now, but we're going to wait till it's belt and a pair of shoes length"
Comment Size of Texas? (Score 1) 1163
Did you hear they are going to cut Alaska in half and make Texas the third largest state?
Comment Site Selection criteria (Score 0) 41
Romania selected over landlocked EU participant because of access to sharks upon which to mount said lasers?
Comment Fungible (Score 1) 459
Is a tasty chicken sandwich fungible like oil?
Comment Re:Fuck FCC? No.. Fuck Cellphones. (Score 2) 218
In fact, I remember what pissed me off... I specifically got Skype on Verizon a few years ago, just used the smartphone functionality. Well shit, Verizon bought Skype... I ended up having to use Skype calls like regular phone calls. That's when I knew I was not looking back.
Verizon didn't by Skype, Microsoft did for $8b. Skype was Verizon's bitch for free.
Putting the Raspberry Pi Into Orbit 82
Jack Spine writes "The Raspberry Pi is likely to be blasted into space, according to project founder Eben Upton. The $35/$25 credit-card-sized single-board educational computer could be used in sounding rockets, satellites, and high altitude balloon tests, according to Upton. Raspberry Pi has proved wildly popular since its launch, with one developer planning to build into a model boat to sail it across the Atlantic."
Comment Evacuate? (Score 1) 331
It's called insurance.
Comment Re:This just in... (Score 1) 402
Why don't they just study the link between reading ./ and being more creative and intelligent than average?
Comment The Chinese are... (Score 1) 270
CYLONS!
Wait, where is #6?
Comment Fake the throw? (Score 1) 154
Comment Re:Rough on the Adult (Score 5, Funny) 101
I'm a 33 year old homeowner with a full-time job and a LLC to do small consulting projects under. I have a fiance, a husky/samoyed/malamute mix...
Mixed marriage, is it?
Comment Re:Go Low Tech... (Score 1) 300
Rewrite your notes? If you aren't in college or high school, why would you? Sure, you might use them as source material for other documents, but why would you rewrite them?
Comment Re:Don't be a tightwad (Score 1) 508
And for your vehicle, The Trunk Monkey
Comment Re:BSA is a total fuck up, period (Score 4, Insightful) 235
BSA's way of handling their customers, even potential customers, is totally ridiculous
Customer? Where did you get the idea you are their customer? Autodesk, and Adobe, and Microsoft... THOSE are their customers. You? You are the product they sell.
