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Comment Re:Very dangerous (Score 1) 73

by localman57 (#44677647) Attached to: NASA Visualizes Asteroid Grab Mission
At which point the House will decide that it will only pay for this asteroid-protection plan to save the earth if equivalent cuts are made some place else. Now, the Senate ain't gonna buy that. So the asteroid will just go ahead and hit the earth, but fortunately hit someplace nobody (here) cares about. And, for some fucking incomprehensible reason, fully 90% of these asshats will be reelected the next cycle.

Comment Re:ada issues (Score 2) 192

by localman57 (#44657903) Attached to: Students At Lynn University Get iPad Minis Instead of Textbooks
How is this different from textbooks? You had to make an exception for some people by making a large print version, or a braille version. It seems to me that this transition, particularly if there's a text-to-speech option, should make the books more accessible, not less. Some extra tech required, but it seems much easier than creating multiple editions of each book.

Comment Re:Actually, I like the dead trees (Score 1) 192

by localman57 (#44657859) Attached to: Students At Lynn University Get iPad Minis Instead of Textbooks
As I remember, For 80% of my books, that's still a good deal. Book Store used to sell em to us used for $50, and maybe give you back $10. Unless there was a new edition (frequent), in which case you got jack. So, that was 20%, or 0% off, and I didn't own a damn thing.

15 years into my career, I have used exactly 0 of my text books I chose to keep in the last 10 years. But only recently finished paying off the last of my student loans.

Comment A conversation with David Cobden (Score 3, Funny) 35

Professor Cobden:

These solid-state triple points are fiendishly difficult to study, essentially because the different shapes of the solid phases makes it hard for them to match up happily at their interfaces

Me:

Oh, yeah. That's pretty cool. So...you..uh...see that new Pacific Rim movie? Those giant robots were pretty awesome, huh?

Comment Re:Would probably be outlawed... (Score 5, Funny) 492

by localman57 (#44634969) Attached to: New Drug Mimics the Beneficial Effects of Exercise

Yes, it's terrible to think that professional sports players should actually be rewarded for training and talent rather than drugs.

I'm so sick of people lecturing me about how bad steroids are, so why don't you SHUT UP! I've got half a mind to come over there and RIP YOUR HEAD OFF just for saying that! What? You gonna look at me like that? THAT'S IT!

Comment Re:Uh huh (Score 4, Insightful) 570

by localman57 (#44610117) Attached to: The Steady Decline of Unix

Why would anyone in their right mind switch servers from HP-UX to Windows?

Why wouldn't one? Based solely on who_stole_my_kidney's anecdotal argument, and your rather content-free counter-argument, I'd be inclined to follow his advice.

Comment TO: Weather Gang. FROM: J. Bezos (Score 4, Funny) 251

TO: WeatherGang
FROM: J. Bezos
SUBJECT: Weather Conspiracy Theories


Guys,
I know you're not that great at the whole internet thing and all, being a newspaper and such. But one of my other companies is actually pretty good at it. So take my advice. Don't feed the trolls.

Regards,
Jeff

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