booyoh - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Poker advice applies to all betting (Score 2) 130

by booyoh on Monday December 03, 2012 @05:12PM (#42173029) Attached to: Even Capped Prediction Markets Can Be Manipulated

I forget where I read this, but it still rings true. "When you sit down at the poker table, look around for the sucker. If you don't see one, it's you."

I know that it's a quote from the movie "Rounders".

Comment Re:I'll be the first to say... (Score 4, Interesting) 943

by booyoh on Friday November 30, 2012 @06:50PM (#42149111) Attached to: Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill?

I can't find a machine to vend 12 oz cans.

There are still around. I have seen quite few of them this week on Auto Repair Shops. I noted that the cheaper the soda can price ( Cheapest was $0.60 USD) the cheaper the quote. Most expensive was $0.90 USD

Comment Re:What happems (Score 1) 491

by booyoh on Thursday November 29, 2012 @02:02PM (#42132221) Attached to: In a Symbolic Shift, IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US

The point is who will buy from IBM's customers? 17K is good enough, only if living conditions are sub par.

Everyone buys food. Food retailers use IBM POS systems, IBM payroll systems, IBM stock control...

... Or move to India. I hear it's quite nice out there.

Comment Re:$1500 for a 1366x768 TN display. (Score 1) 403

by booyoh on Thursday November 29, 2012 @01:56PM (#42132153) Attached to: Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Now On Sale; Costs $50 More Than Windows Version

If you're buying laptops with that spec for $400, I'm sure we'd all love to know where.

Just wait a while... IBM might come out with their own Ultrabooks: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/11/29/1545245/in-a-symbolic-shift-ibms-india-workforce-likely-exceeds-that-in-us

Comment Re:dude thinks hes liam neeson? (Score 2) 312

by booyoh on Thursday November 08, 2012 @06:50PM (#41925547) Attached to: Cisco VP To Memo Leaker: Finding You Now 'My Hobby'

LOL! My thoughts exactly! Here is the quote for those unfamiliar with the movie Taken: "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you."

Comment Re:Azure (Score 1) 134

by booyoh on Tuesday November 06, 2012 @12:32PM (#41894701) Attached to: Microsoft Sponsors Linux Foundation Event

Azure (the MS cloud) now supports Linux images. They probably want some attention for that.

Yeah, it appears that they do: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-europe/schedule

Comment Re:"What were you thinking?" (Score 2) 628

by booyoh on Monday April 23, 2012 @08:58AM (#39769777) Attached to: University of Florida Eliminates Computer Science Department

I completely agree with you on this one. After all, universities are just businesses trying to maximize their profit. On a side note, articles like this one remind me of the movie "Idiocracy" and where our nation is heading in the future.

Comment Re:Already gone :) (Score 1) 52

by booyoh on Thursday March 29, 2012 @03:33PM (#39514221) Attached to: Amazon Selling Kindle Fire Refurbs For $139

You are correct sir. Article got my hopes up for a bit :/

Comment 9-9-9 (Score 2) 432

by booyoh on Friday March 16, 2012 @06:50PM (#39384251) Attached to: What percentage of your tax money should go to a government space agency?

LOL! I thought 9-9-9 meant "nein nein nein" at first. After "googling" it I found out it was one of Herman Cain's proposed tax plans... Can I get my vote back?

Comment Re:Doesn't this happen all the time? (Score 5, Funny) 100

by booyoh on Friday March 16, 2012 @05:30PM (#39383327) Attached to: Avast Drops iYogi Support Over Pushy Scare Tactics

I guess they weren't smarter than the average bear.

Comment Re:2 ways... (Score 3, Funny) 196

by booyoh on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @02:29PM (#39355723) Attached to: 10 Ways To Celebrate Pi Day

But it's all three combined in one: Pi Day, Hump Day, and Steak & BJ Day.

Comment Re:Oh So That's Why NASA Has Little Funding (Score 1) 229

by booyoh on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @11:15AM (#39352827) Attached to: Huge Triangle-shaped Spot Over the Sun

Slashdot blows all of that away, changes it from spherical to triangle (not sure where that came from)

I am curious as well where they got triangle from. I kept staring at the image trying to look for that damn triangle and could not find it. I think I am sun blind now >.>

Comment Re:In other news (Score 2, Funny) 346

by booyoh on Friday March 09, 2012 @04:08PM (#39304729) Attached to: LSD Can Treat Alcoholism

Just like WoW ...

Breaking News: SWTOR can treat WoW addiction

Comment Re:TO: My Robot (Score 1) 93

by booyoh on Friday March 09, 2012 @03:06PM (#39303793) Attached to: Teaching Robot Learners To Ask Good Questions

Shut up and clean my floors!

Probable robot response: " I do not understand. Will you please teach me how to 'Shut up floors'?"

Comment Re:What does this even mean? (Score 1) 296

by booyoh on Friday March 09, 2012 @12:27PM (#39301621) Attached to: My PC use accounts for __% of my computing time

Honestly, serious question. Is this asking me how much time I spend on my own machines vs. those at work? Is it asking how much computation is local vs. in the cloud? Is it asking how much is laptop vs. cell phone or tablet? Impossible to answer this.

THANK YOU! I was about to ask the same question. Took me a while to find it after seeing all of these off-topic comments.

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