Jorkapp - Slashdot User

Comment Creativity mimics art (Score 1) 444

by Jorkapp on Friday October 09, 2009 @10:38AM (#29692799) Attached to: Penny-Sized Nuclear Batteries Developed

I think this is another sign that scientists play too much Fallout.

Seriously, Radaway was discovered/invented a few months ago.

Now we have the Fission Battery.

...and who could forget everyone's favorite weapon, Fat Man.

Comment I'm Gordon Freeman (Score 2, Funny) 1233

by Jorkapp on Monday September 28, 2009 @08:48AM (#29564413) Attached to: At What Temperature (F) Do You Prefer Your Nerd Cave?

...the Black Mesa Research Facility is maintained at a comfortable 68 degrees at all times.

Comment Re:As usual with new Firefox releases... (Score 3, Insightful) 436

by Jorkapp on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @10:33AM (#28528129) Attached to: Firefox 3.5 Reviewed; Draws Praise For HTML5, Speed

They fixed most of FF's memory issues with FF3. I've been using 3.5 since beta 1, and I've never had any issues with memory.

Comment Karma to burn (Score -1, Troll) 413

by Jorkapp on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @12:10PM (#28267013) Attached to: Security Flaw Hits VAserv; Head of LxLabs Found Hanged

Oblig bad pun:

He shouldn't have gotten so hung up about it.

Comment Good news for Beta testers (Score 1) 500

by Jorkapp on Monday June 01, 2009 @01:09PM (#28170023) Attached to: Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension

Seems MS didn't factor in the beta releases of Firefox. To get rid of it on 3.5B4, uninstall works from the add-ons window.

Funny how broken compatibility makes it work like it's supposed to.

How Micro-Transactions Will Shake Up iPhone 148

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 01, 2009 @11:40AM from the hang-me-upside-down-and-shake dept.

Spanner Spencer writes "Talk to iPhone games developers, and the feature they're most excited about in the new iPhone 3.0 software is the ability to do in-game micro-transactions. And while you might wonder if this is just an excuse to get iPhone gamers to dip into their wallets even more often, it's actually a hugely positive thing for several reasons. Downloadable content, virtual items, subscription billing and fast-track social advancement are some of them, so Pocket Gamer looks into a bit more depth about what you can expect on the micro-payments side once iPhone 3.0 debuts."

Comment All I need to know about HTML 5 (Score 4, Funny) 541

by Jorkapp on Friday May 22, 2009 @03:38PM (#28058221) Attached to: HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash?

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