wasteoid - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Too bad they might no't be able to use them (Score 1) 108

by wasteoid on Sunday June 01, 2014 @12:27AM (#47139449) Attached to: LAPD Gets Some Hand-Me-Down Drones From Seattle, Promises Discretion

If law enforcement only used technology for good, we wouldn't have a problem, but law enforcement is performed by humans, and humans abuse power. This increase in technology increases their ability to abuse others, and since they are law enforcement, they suffer no consequences.

Comment Re:Test project: (Score 1) 323

by wasteoid on Thursday May 29, 2014 @01:59PM (#47121459) Attached to: 'Curiosity' Lead Engineer Suggests Printing Humans On Other Planets

It might not stand up to the rigors of use.

Comment Re:ANOTHER DEAD BODY! SWEET JUSTICE! (Score 1) 450

by wasteoid on Sunday May 18, 2014 @01:57AM (#47029981) Attached to: Robbery Suspect Tracked By GPS and Killed

the only thing that stops a gun is another gun

Comment Re:I disagree (Score 2) 293

by wasteoid on Sunday May 18, 2014 @01:13AM (#47029891) Attached to: Data Mining Shows How Down-Voting Leads To Vicious Circle of Negative Feedback

9 out of 10 slashdot users agree that facts from unreliable sources may be modded insightful.

Comment Re: Well, since it's inevtiable (Score 3, Funny) 784

by wasteoid on Monday May 12, 2014 @10:21PM (#46986275) Attached to: Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans As Antarctic Ice Melts

Death by snu-snu.

Comment Re:With TCP, Throttling = Dropping Packets (Score 1) 105

by wasteoid on Monday May 12, 2014 @10:06AM (#46978833) Attached to: FCC Chairman Will Reportedly Revise Broadband Proposal

I have also noticed that the more inserts I make, the larger the queue grows, and eventually I have to drop packets. It does relieve the block though.

Comment Re:How about "no thanks" .... (Score 4, Insightful) 218

by wasteoid on Sunday May 11, 2014 @07:02PM (#46975401) Attached to: Google Testing Gmail Redesign

I find your lack of [consistent site font] disturbing.

Comment Re:The 5th element (Score 1) 85

by wasteoid on Friday May 09, 2014 @12:28AM (#46956331) Attached to: Scientists Create Bacteria With Expanded DNA Code

Yes, but he's a dude.

Comment Re:Study? (Score 1) 453

by wasteoid on Friday May 09, 2014 @12:26AM (#46956327) Attached to: Study: Earthlings Not Ready For Alien Encounters, Yet

You're proving his point. Stuff that *might* happen (reading a dubious science article) *might* lead to other stuff (throwing your laptop against the wall) that *might* happen.

Comment Re:No different than asking... (Score 3, Informative) 201

by wasteoid on Saturday May 03, 2014 @09:10PM (#46910755) Attached to: Can You Tell the Difference? 4K Galaxy Note 3 vs. Canon 5D Mark III Video

Wine snobs are the worst kind of snobs.

Comment Re:MSN Gaming Zone Backgammon allows cheats... (Score 2) 102

by wasteoid on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @08:50PM (#46885769) Attached to: The Million-Dollar Business of Video Game Cheating

Either this is one superbly-crafted joke, or there is actually someone playing backgammon on Microsoft's network. Hard to tell. A cautious kudos to you either way.

Comment Re:Punishment fits the crime (Score 1) 1198

by wasteoid on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @12:17PM (#46880269) Attached to: Oklahoma Botched an Execution With Untested Lethal Injection Drugs

Ah, here is the core of the problem with these arguments - it's not his fault but society's fault he ended up this way.

Comment Re:Punishment fits the crime (Score 1) 1198

by wasteoid on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @12:15PM (#46880219) Attached to: Oklahoma Botched an Execution With Untested Lethal Injection Drugs

Gandalf killed his fair share of goblins. You didn't see him pussy-footing around, trying to gently incapacitate them.

Comment Re:What ever happened to good old bullets? (Score 1) 1198

by wasteoid on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @12:10PM (#46880157) Attached to: Oklahoma Botched an Execution With Untested Lethal Injection Drugs

A .22 caliber round to the base of the skull would likely not blow the criminal's face off, and that technique has been verified effective by mobsters for a long time.

Comment Re:Lost (Score 1) 169

by wasteoid on Sunday April 27, 2014 @05:32AM (#46851899) Attached to: Why Should Game Stories Make Sense?

Cotrast the ending of Lost with the ending of Breaking Bad to see how a great series can properly conclude.

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