pinkj - Slashdot User

Comment Re:I found... (Score 1) 207

by pinkj on Monday June 27, 2011 @10:46AM (#36583704) Attached to: Apple Has Stopped iOS Downgrading

Yes, I tend to agree with that. Once the 1st gen iPad gets practically obsolete, maybe installing Android through OpeniBoot will be a viable option.

Comment I found... (Score 4, Insightful) 207

by pinkj on Monday June 27, 2011 @10:29AM (#36583462) Attached to: Apple Has Stopped iOS Downgrading

I found when I upgraded from iOS3 to iOS4 on my 1st gen iPad it caused it to work sluggishly. I was considering going back to iOS3 if possible and I'm even more afraid to go to iOS5. I got the iPad at xmas and not even 6 months in I felt I'm already behind in performance.

Comment Re:Really .. (Score 1) 206

by pinkj on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @02:42PM (#35421560) Attached to: 'Most Earth-Like' Exoplanet Gets Major Demotion

Welcome to science. I would deem this a big success!

Comment Re:Ok. Why weak. (Score 1) 313

by pinkj on Friday March 04, 2011 @05:53PM (#35384444) Attached to: Episode I 3D Release Date Announced

I agree completely. I watched The Phantom Menace again not long ago with my 3 year old with the assumption that I was going to hate it as much as I hated it the first time I saw it when it came out. Surprisingly, I didn't find it as bad as I remembered it and the acting reminded me of the wooden acting of the original trilogy as well. Was Marc Hamill really that much better as the centre role? Is Jar Jar really that much more annoying than C3PO? After an hour or so, my son was disinterested (especially during the dialogue scenes) and I actually coaxed him to watch the rest of it because I was still curious to see rest of the film!

Comment Re:Not arguing about Net Neutrality, but Reality (Score 1) 945

by pinkj on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @11:58AM (#34687006) Attached to: The Right's War On Net Neutrality

Mod up! The idea of corporations and telcos creating the problem for their own favour is a very strong idea. They are not trying to FIX anything!

Comment One small study (Score 1) 430

by pinkj on Thursday December 23, 2010 @11:42AM (#34651860) Attached to: Placebos Work -- Even Without Deception

This seems hardly worth mentioning. It was one small study done for amusement. No earth has been shattered here.

Comment Re:Apple did the same with Itunes. BOYCOTT APPLE. (Score 1) 146

by pinkj on Monday December 20, 2010 @02:22PM (#34618178) Attached to: iBook Store Features Leave Indie Publishers Behind

mp3.com? didn't that die as fast as Fred Durst's star power?

Comment Re:A Bad Thing (Score 1) 211

by pinkj on Monday November 29, 2010 @09:08PM (#34382688) Attached to: Iran Admits Stuxnet Affected Their Nuclear Program

This is probably the first time -- and last time -- a Chris Isaak song is used for an Iranian nuclear program parody.

Comment Re:Jedi Knight and Quake (Score 1) 518

by pinkj on Sunday November 21, 2010 @11:31PM (#34302472) Attached to: FPS Games That Need a Remake

A remake of Quake with all the same levels, monsters and gameplay, but with just the rendering quality updated, would be my perfect game.

Tenebrae
Darkplaces

Comment Re:Not fitted with any optical device? (Score 1) 63

by pinkj on Saturday November 20, 2010 @01:56PM (#34292084) Attached to: Chess Terminator Robot Takes On Former World Champ

I wonder how well it would do in blindfolded chess?

Comment Re:Seriously? (Score 2, Interesting) 200

by pinkj on Sunday October 24, 2010 @08:25PM (#34007574) Attached to: Austria's 'Bionic Man' Dies In Car Crash

To strengthen my observation: Slashdot Capture

Comment Seriously? (Score -1, Offtopic) 200

by pinkj on Sunday October 24, 2010 @08:17PM (#34007518) Attached to: Austria's 'Bionic Man' Dies In Car Crash

This was posted yesterday and there are no comments? Unless the comment section is broken...?

Comment Re:Gene should really love Anonymous (Score 1) 403

by pinkj on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @11:39AM (#33947152) Attached to: Gene Simmons Threatens Anonymous Again and Gets DDoS'd

What is it about old rock stars who disavow their youthful ways?

Massive financial success.

Comment Re:We've known this for years (Score 1) 261

by pinkj on Friday October 15, 2010 @04:57PM (#33912784) Attached to: Meta-Research Debunks Medical Study Findings

I know doctors and you, sir, are no doctor.

Comment Re:Actually.. (Score 1) 390

by pinkj on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @08:07PM (#33443776) Attached to: AT&T Says Net Rules Must Allow 'Paid Prioritization'

They're not outright saying they are limiting access to information but to give customers the option to prioritize certain services. From TFA:

Today that concept of "differentiated services" is referred to as DiffServ. It's part of quality-of-service technologies that companies like AT&T offer, usually to business customers, that rely on DiffServ packet headers to group different types of classes of service together. Real-time voice communication may be ranked the highest, followed by financial transactions, then e-mail, and finally bulk file-transfer protocols that aren't as sensitive to brief slowdowns.

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