VariableRob - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Existing lines (Score 1) 249

by VariableRob on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @07:15AM (#28619663) Attached to: US Finalizes Stem Cell Research Guidelines

I think it is viewed more as:
"Well, this guy was in an accident. We could attach him to a life-support system whereupon he will probably heal up and fully recover, or we could just wait, let him die and harvest his organs."
"We have more use for the organs, let's wait."

Comment Re:This is America (Score 1) 528

by VariableRob on Friday June 26, 2009 @10:56AM (#28482691) Attached to: Middle-School Strip Search Ruled Unconstitutional

Why would you believe that the accuser had somehow seen inside the other child's underwear?

Comment Re:What is actually happening? (Score 0, Offtopic) 112

by VariableRob on Wednesday April 29, 2009 @12:11PM (#27760431) Attached to: Justice Dept. Opens Antitrust Inquiry Into Google Books Deal

Short answer: no.

The catch is that if anyone else wants to do this they will have to just do it, get sued, get the people suing them to get it up to a class action lawsuit, then reach the same (or at least very similar) settlement as Google has done here.

Or just change the law to be less silly.

Comment Re:Not so big an issue (Score 2, Funny) 222

by VariableRob on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @06:40AM (#27413849) Attached to: Irish Domain Registry Banning Adult Domains

You see, some people have a really weird obsession with male chickens, and they like to imagine that there are cockerels so big they can jump on their back and outrun a car. This is another example of why I am always saying people are insane and you should never trust any of them.

Comment Re:not-so-good? (Score 1) 646

by VariableRob on Monday March 30, 2009 @10:09AM (#27387731) Attached to: Mixed Outcome of Texas Textbook Vote

At what point do you decide that someone has been sufficiently indoctrinated to permit questioning?

Comment Re:Remains unbelievable (Score 1) 1306

by VariableRob on Wednesday March 25, 2009 @10:03AM (#27329063) Attached to: Texas Vote May Challenge Teaching of Evolution

Actually, no. It is now theorised that they had a common ancestor, but dogs are not descendants of wolves.

Comment Re:Is anyone surprised? (Score 1) 194

by VariableRob on Monday February 23, 2009 @06:03PM (#26962581) Attached to: Music-Swapping Sites To Be Blocked By Irish ISPs

Nah, that was just Haughey pretending to be cultured. "We may be poverty stricken with mass emigration, but look! We have A Singer! All is well in Ireland!"
The most depressing thing is that it actually worked.

Comment Re:Shit man, I bet... (Score 2, Funny) 190

by VariableRob on Saturday February 21, 2009 @07:28AM (#26939843) Attached to: Appeals Court Strikes Down California's Violent Game Ban

Ah! I've been shot! Where's the QuickLoad key for real life?

Comment Re:But what about...? (Score 1) 593

by VariableRob on Saturday January 17, 2009 @08:08AM (#26495897) Attached to: EU Antitrust Troubles Continue For Microsoft

Apparently XPLite can still strip out IE, Outlook Express and Windows media player.

The State of UK Broadband — Not So Fast 279

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday November 26, 2008 @06:29AM from the but-you-have-actual-competition dept.

Barence writes "The deplorable speed of British broadband connections has been revealed in the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics, which show that 42.3% of broadband connections are slower than 2Mb/sec. More worryingly, the ONS statistics are based on the connection's headline speed, not actual throughput, which means that many more British broadband connections are effectively below the 2Mb/sec barrier. Better still, a separate report issued yesterday by Ofcom revealed that the majority of broadband users had no idea about the speed of their connection anyway."

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