Comment Re:Floating? (Score 3, Funny) 252
Or maybe each of the ten weather balloons may or may not have a live six-year-old boy riding in it, and DARPA full well remembers what happened last time with just *one*.
Solomon
Comment Re:Can I avoid this simply by avoiding Disney? (Score 1) 498
I don't know about you others, but I shave, despite getting my slashdot account almost 12 years ago.
Comment Re:Agreed? (Score 1) 124
Actually I think damages were 40000d6, for which a final roll of $125000 is slightly below statistical expectation. In order to count the sheer number of dice, a roller rink had to temporarily be rented out as bean counters dumped the entire truckload of all 40K dice.
That's so many six sided dice, WotC has announced plans to buy out Chessex.
In other litigation news, GW is suing WotC for the usage of the term, "40K dice".
How To Play Poker With Your Rock Band Guitar 121
An anonymous reader writes 'Sean Lind over at PokerListings has written a really interesting piece on how to configure Rock Band (or Guitar Hero) instruments to use them as controllers for playing online poker. The instructions given in his how-to could really be used to configure the instruments for any game.' Or how about a genuine chording keyboard?
Senator Applauds Pirate Bay Trial, Chides Canada 526
eldavojohn writes "Republican Senator Orrin Hatch spoke Tuesday at the World Copyright Summit in Washington DC and hailed the Pirate Bay guilty verdict as an important victory. He expressed severe disappointment in Canada for showing up on our watch list for piracy next to China and Russia. Senator Hatch also said, 'In fact, one study reports that each year, copyright piracy from motion pictures, sound recordings, business and entertainment software, and video games costs the US economy $58 billion in total output, costs American workers 373,375 jobs and $16.3 billion in earnings, and costs federal, state, and local governments $2.6 billion in tax revenue. During this time of economic turmoil, we must ensure that all copyrighted works, both here and abroad, are protected from online theft and traditional physical piracy. After all, US copyright-based industries continue to be one of America's largest and fastest-growing economic sectors.' GamePolitics notes that for his 2006 campaign, Hatch was rented for $7,000 by the RIAA and also got on his knees for $12,640 from the MPAA."
Comment Re:I have to wonder (Score 1) 369
Maybe it's the caliber of the government IT workers...
Military Official: Davis, I need you to wipe every hard drive in this container.
Minimum Wage IT Contractor: Okay. [Opens a pack of lemon-scented WetNaps and starts wiping the outside of the hard drives.] Hard drives wiped, sir.
Officer: Then I need you to write "10101010" repeatedly on them, until there's no more space!
MWITC: Okay. [Pulls out Sharpie and draws alternating dashes and circles on the enclosure until there's no more place to put any.] Done, sir.
Officer: Good. Sign off on this ticket, and we're ready to liquidate them on Ebay!
Comment Re:"limited mass production" (Score 4, Funny) 128
> far stronger than I need to be for day to day life as an IT professional!
Your work environment will adapt.
Trac ticket 14849
Reported by: Operations Manager
Owned by: Somersault
Priority: Major
Description: Hey, we just got eight full racks of blade servers downstairs. Please bring them up to the fifth floor before lunch. There's also a three-ton rack cooler that needs to be installed.
Trac ticket 14936
Reported by: Operations Manager
Owned by: Somersault
Priority: Major
Description: Our next truckload of routers is here. I need them in the NOC. This time, DO NOT bring the truck. Just the routers.
Trac ticket 15186
Reported by: Office Manager
Owned by: Somersault
Priority: Major
Description: Somersault, would you be a dear and open the jar of peanut butter in the kitchen fridge? No one else in the office can even budge it, but you with your exo-suit and all... Thanks.
Comment Count *in* sheep? (Score 2, Funny) 599
"Umm, Officer, I know what this looks like, but really, I'm trying option number six in today's Slashdot poll..."
Or better yet...
"Hey Paul, are you done with my taxes yet...? Oh god! Do you have to do *that* when you're filing my return?!"
Comment Network cables (Score 5, Funny) 1032
Don't get just one cat. Get more than one. Get several.
You're right - Cat 1 and Cat 2 will probably do nothing. Most people won't even think they exist. Cat 3 will do most of the work, but won't harrass rats beyond 100 meters. Cat 4 needs motivation - give it a small token, like a ring.
Cat 5 can be faster than Cat 3, but like Cat 3, speed and response begin to attenuate after 100 meters. They start dropping packets, which should promptly be buried in the litter box. In the event that rodents bite back, you should consider shielding Cat 5.
Cat 6 is extremely fast with very little latency, but inflexible and difficult to work with. I use them in my fruit pantry, where rats ate "twisted pears"
Comment Re:Amazing Creature! (Score 1) 67
We like to think if as birth-barfing. The really nasty part is when it gets near the end... Ever drag your own anus down the length of your tongue? It's not pleasant.
Yours truly,
Self-Birthing Snake
Comment Or... just buy the extended warranty (Score 1) 79
I got mine from Best Buy, and paid the extra $30 for the extended warranty. Every time the pedal breaks, I bring it in, and they bust open a new box of Rock Band to give me the pedal inside. The remainder of the box goes back to Harmonix.
It was happening a few times at first, then when I was having my cousins come over for Rock Band every night, the pedal was breaking on a nightly basis. Best record so far is a broken pedal 5 nights in a row. 11 broken pedals so far.
I hope is enough people have done what I've done, this is going to cost Harmonix dearly. My Best Buy warranty lasts until September. I can keep doing this until then.
S.
