Larry Lightbulb - Slashdot User

Comment Re:No flash support (Score 4, Funny) 1713

by Larry Lightbulb on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @03:29PM (#30922306) Attached to: Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open

And if it had wheels you could drive it around. It's not replacing notebooks, it's something different.

Comment Re:old news (Score 1) 199

by Larry Lightbulb on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @02:01AM (#30747624) Attached to: Comcast Launches Broadband Meter

The cap is old news, the long awaited monitoring tool is the real news.

Comment Re:250 what? (Score 1) 199

by Larry Lightbulb on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @01:59AM (#30747608) Attached to: Comcast Launches Broadband Meter

Comcast being evil is a given, but they claim they're measuring in base 2.

Comment 9:34 and still not in Washington (Score 1) 199

by Larry Lightbulb on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @01:37AM (#30747492) Attached to: Comcast Launches Broadband Meter

Finally it's available, Slashdot says it is. Oh, wait, Comcast says it isn't.

Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 303

by Larry Lightbulb on Friday December 25, 2009 @01:10PM (#30551516) Attached to: Jobs Finally "Happy" With Unannounced Apple Tablet

A secure PC in every room make more sense than a portable device - the only doctors rushing about aren't the ones who would be looking at medical charts.

Comment Re:Jobs is happy with it? (Score 1) 303

by Larry Lightbulb on Friday December 25, 2009 @01:07PM (#30551502) Attached to: Jobs Finally "Happy" With Unannounced Apple Tablet

So an iPod Touch with a bigger screen?

Comment Is SF REALLY stuffed full of examples? (Score 1) 132

by Larry Lightbulb on Saturday December 05, 2009 @01:39PM (#30336328) Attached to: What Drugs Do Astronauts Take?

I can't think of that many, not enough to back up this claim.

Comment As someone diagnosed with colon cancer (Score 1) 53

by Larry Lightbulb on Friday November 27, 2009 @08:25PM (#30251132) Attached to: Cancer Vaccine That Mimics Lymph Node

Can I urge you to go for a colonoscopy when recommended. Too many people put it off because they're embarrassed or think it will be painful - believe me, surgery and chemo are far worse.

Comment Re:8.5 millimeters .. (Score 1) 53

by Larry Lightbulb on Friday November 27, 2009 @07:09PM (#30250346) Attached to: Cancer Vaccine That Mimics Lymph Node

Baldness depends on many faftors, often people undergoing chemo just have thinning hair. The real distinguishing mark is the chemo pump whirring away at their side.

Comment A rare case - you can listen to the FA (Score 1) 313

by Larry Lightbulb on Saturday September 05, 2009 @03:22PM (#29325251) Attached to: How 136 People Became 7 Million Illegal File-Sharers

The More Or Less home page is http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qshd, and it links to the current and previous programmes.

Comment Re:Just my imagination? (Score 1) 202

by Larry Lightbulb on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @01:01PM (#29107699) Attached to: Looking For a Link Between Sci-Fi UFOs and UFO Reports

Is it shiney and metal?

Comment Re:Latest news (Score 1) 445

by Larry Lightbulb on Monday July 13, 2009 @05:01PM (#28682551) Attached to: Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself

I keep my money in a numbered Swiss mattress.

Comment Re:Security Theater (Score 1) 171

by Larry Lightbulb on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @06:55PM (#28446801) Attached to: Verified Identity Pass Shuts Down "Clear" Operations

Heathrow, terminal 5. I know there's water fountains there.

Comment Re:Watch out for John Cage (Score 1) 296

by Larry Lightbulb on Saturday May 16, 2009 @10:25AM (#27978825) Attached to: Danger Mouse Releases Blank CD-R To Spite EMI

Only if he puts the writing credits as "Dangermouse/John Cage".

Comment Re:The Odds (Re:Deliberately causing panic) (Score 1) 604

by Larry Lightbulb on Thursday April 30, 2009 @12:26PM (#27774393) Attached to: When it comes to the Swine Flu, I am ...

If you're immuno-compromised you're on medication for that condition, and more susceptible not less.

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