shikaisi - Slashdot User

Comment I just want to say to whoever is responsible... (Score 1) 138

by shikaisi on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @10:12AM (#46099451) Attached to: U.S. Border Patrol Drone Goes Down, Rest of Fleet Grounded

Good shooting!

Comment Re:VT University? facepalm (Score 1) 199

by shikaisi on Monday January 27, 2014 @06:39AM (#46079019) Attached to: Powering Phones, PCs Using Sugar

The Educational Institute of Engineering and Industrial Operations

Isn't that where Old McDonald had a farm?

Comment Re:Pathetic (Score 4, Funny) 683

by shikaisi on Sunday January 26, 2014 @10:11AM (#46072427) Attached to: VC Likens Google Bus Backlash To Nazi Rampage

A better comparison would have been the French revolution.

"Let them eat Apples"

Comment Re:Should be Alternative Language Requirement (Score 1) 426

by shikaisi on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:37AM (#46071027) Attached to: Kentucky: Programming Language = Foreign Language

Whooosh!

Spelt is the way "spelled" is spelled in British English.

Comment Re:Should be Alternative Language Requirement (Score 2) 426

by shikaisi on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:35AM (#46071021) Attached to: Kentucky: Programming Language = Foreign Language

I was = past I am = present I will be = future but you've never needed I have been = perfect I was being = imperfect I had been = pluperfect

Pretty much all languages express the same tenses, it just depends on how.

It is far from that simple. English does not have a future tense. There are many different constructions for talking about the future, with various nuances of meaning. For example, you can say ...

I will fly to America

I'm going to fly to America

I'm flying to America next week

There are at least 12 different future constructions in common use in English, of which the above are just the most frequently used.

Every language has its own quirks. Some languages don't bother with tenses at all. Learning to appreciate that there is more than one way of doing things broadens the mind.

Comment Re:Not if you work for the Commonwealth of Kentuck (Score 3, Funny) 426

by shikaisi on Sunday January 26, 2014 @01:07AM (#46070917) Attached to: Kentucky: Programming Language = Foreign Language

My sheep clued me in that those stories they tell on Slashdot about girlfriends are strictly for the benefit of credulous basement-dwellers.

Comment Re:So you can have more time for that other F-thin (Score 1) 543

by shikaisi on Thursday January 23, 2014 @06:23AM (#46044291) Attached to: 20,000 Customers Have Pre-Ordered Over $2,000,000 of Soylent

Not a statistically significant sample, but in my experience, women who care about and enjoy food are the ones who also enjoy sex. The ones who can't be bothered to cook are also lousy in bed.

Comment Re:Guy is a loon (Score 1) 543

by shikaisi on Thursday January 23, 2014 @06:12AM (#46044251) Attached to: 20,000 Customers Have Pre-Ordered Over $2,000,000 of Soylent

"I now have the body of a 12 year old ...

Well he shoud give it back.

Comment Re:100% write? (Score 1) 444

by shikaisi on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @07:34PM (#46030665) Attached to: Who Makes the Best Hard Disk Drives?

What's the use case for any more than 50% write?

WOM

Comment Re:Hmm (Score 1) 243

by shikaisi on Monday January 20, 2014 @04:51AM (#46011425) Attached to: Amazon: We Can Ship Items Before Customers Order

That would explain why I got a dildo, two pounds of Kona coffee, a Mickey Mouse Ears hat and the third season of My Little Pony in the mail last week...

How come they shipped you my order?

Comment Windows 9 (Score 1) 246

by shikaisi on Saturday January 18, 2014 @01:32AM (#45996177) Attached to: Microsoft Quietly Fixes Windows XP Resource Hog Problem

OK, so now just incorporate this fix into a shrink-wrap version and launch it under the name of "Windows 9". I'm pretty sure it would outsell Windows 8 comfortably.

Comment Re:Imagine (Score 1) 340

by shikaisi on Saturday January 18, 2014 @01:04AM (#45996021) Attached to: Americans To FCC Chair: No Cell Calls On Planes, Please

If you fly on United you've suffered enough already.

Comment Re: FCC Shouldn't Ban It, But Airlines Should (Score 2) 340

by shikaisi on Saturday January 18, 2014 @12:46AM (#45995933) Attached to: Americans To FCC Chair: No Cell Calls On Planes, Please

I'm not sure where these polite Asian countries are that you are referring to, unless possibly you mean Japan. Certainly in China people have no qualms about talking on their phone anywhere, even in the middle of an opera. "Guess where I am. I'm at the opera! Listen!". She seemed quite put out when I glared at her for that. Seriously, most Americans are a picture of self-restraint when it comes to cellphone use compared to almost anywhere in Asia outside of Japan.

Comment Re:And it will continue until ALL nations work on (Score 3) 279

by shikaisi on Friday January 17, 2014 @10:57PM (#45995189) Attached to: Heat Waves In Australia Are Getting More Frequent, and Hotter

What's with all the China-bashing? A nation with 1.35 billion people to feed and clothe has to get it's energy from somewhere. Not to mention all the products they are manufacturing for you in the West.

% of electricity generated from renewable sources

China 17.88% USA 10 .05%

The Chinese government is promoting huge projects for investment in solar, wind and hydro.

I'm not saying they are innocent, but at least they seem to be trying to do something.

Comment If this method works... (Score 4, Funny) 85

by shikaisi on Thursday January 16, 2014 @06:39AM (#45974427) Attached to: Scientists Glue Sensors To 5,000 Bees In a Bid To Better Understand Them

... how many sensors will I have to glue to women in order to better understand them?

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