powerpants - Slashdot User

Comment Re:What did I change my mind on? (Score 1) 578

by powerpants on Wednesday January 02, 2008 @02:28AM (#21879890) Attached to: What Did You Change Your Mind About in 2007?

I agree with your sentiment overall, but don't you worry that some quieter traditions will die out if they're not protected? Certain memes are insidiously catchy, but not necessarily beneficial.

In other words, how ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus?

Submission + - "Video Games made me do it" defence fails.

Submitted by

provigilman

on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @06:30PM

provigilman writes: " GamePolitics reports that the Oregon man using the "Video Games made me do it" defense has been sentenced to life in prison by the presiding Judge. 19 year old Patrick Morris had been charged with murder for the 2006 shotgun killing of a 15 year old boy as part of a bad drug deal."

Submission + - What does it take to survive the Slashdot effect?

Submitted by

Dave

on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @06:26PM

Dave writes: "How much hardware, bandwidth, etc. does it take for a server to survive the Slashdot effect? Is the Fark or Digg effect worse than Slashdot? Is there a guaranteed way to avoid these effects?"

Feed Navy Researches Vomit Beam (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @06:12PM

Set phasers to "puke"? The military works on a weapon that makes people so dizzy they fall over and throw up. It can supposedly shoot through walls, too. In Danger Room.

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