bobthesungeek76036 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Negative accidents (Score 1, Funny) 490

by bobthesungeek76036 on Sunday May 11, 2014 @05:35AM (#46971145) Attached to: Traffic Optimization: Cyclists Should Roll Past Stop Signs, Pause At Red Lights

"Boise... 150 percent fewer than Bakersfield." How'd they manage that?

"New Math" silly... ;)

Comment Re:Will never work.... (Score 1) 165

by bobthesungeek76036 on Friday May 09, 2014 @06:52AM (#46957529) Attached to: BMW Unveils the Solar Charging Carport of the Future

As if a BMW owner will live in a place with a "car port" and not a garage....

No joke. See how the HOA feels about building this carport on your property...

Comment Re:"What Does a Bitcoin Smell Like?" (Score 1) 61

by bobthesungeek76036 on Thursday May 08, 2014 @11:14PM (#46956043) Attached to: New Cologne Answers the Question: "What Does a Bitcoin Smell Like?"

Smells like Beta... :P

Feed Google News Sci Tech: US jury orders smartphone maker Samsung to pay Apple $119.6 million - Reuters (google.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Friday May 02, 2014 @09:12PM

Economic Times

US jury orders smartphone maker Samsung to pay Apple $119.6 million
Reuters
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to pay $119.6 million to Apple Inc, a big loss for the iPhone maker in the latest round of their globe-spanning mobile patent litigation. During the month-long trial in a...
Federal jury says Samsung infringed two Apple patentsUSA TODAY
Mixed Verdict in Apple-Samsung Patent FightNew York Times
Jury finds Samsung infringed some Apple patents, must pay $120M in damagesPCWorld
Businessweek-Wall Street Journal-BBC News
all 243 news articles

Comment Re:Are there any old drives around that read these (Score 1) 481

by bobthesungeek76036 on Thursday May 01, 2014 @07:29AM (#46887827) Attached to: US Nuclear Missile Silos Use Safe, Secure 8" Floppy Disks

My first computer was an Apple ][ with two 8" floppies and a Z80 CP/M co-processor. The computer never booted AppleDOS (or whatever it was called) while I owned it. It was 100% CP/M.

Comment Re:Security through obscurity (Score 1) 481

by bobthesungeek76036 on Thursday May 01, 2014 @07:21AM (#46887813) Attached to: US Nuclear Missile Silos Use Safe, Secure 8" Floppy Disks

.... as my security clearance restricts me for like 75 years or something....

Uh, wrong. If it's a DoD security clearance it's like FOREVER

Comment Good news!!! (Score 0) 146

by bobthesungeek76036 on Saturday April 26, 2014 @10:46AM (#46847773) Attached to: Texas Family Awarded $2.9 Million In Fracking Lawsuit

I have eight (8) fracked gas wells less than 300ft from my house. I get nose bleeds all the time. I’m going to sue the hell out of the bastards!!! (nevermind my nose bleeds are due to allergies did I say that outloud???)

I don’t know how many of y’all have been to Texas but the wind is blowing constantly. Any emissions from these wells are well down the highway seconds after being released. The thought that they will linger enough to cause these health issues is ridiculous. More likely they are being affected by the dust kicked up by all the water trucks that come in and out taking away the water overflow from these wells. Instead of sueing the well owners in a 2-mile radius they need to go after the well owners 20-miles upwind...

The award will not survive appeal.

Submission + - Apple Maps may have spotted the Loch Ness Monster (yahoo.com)

Submitted by bobthesungeek76036 on Saturday April 19, 2014 @07:11AM

bobthesungeek76036 writes: I guess Apple Maps has a purpose after all — mythical monster hunting. Loch Ness Monster hunters claim they have spotted the beast in Apple Maps images (see story).

Comment Re:Oracle burning bridges (Score 1) 163

by bobthesungeek76036 on Friday April 18, 2014 @01:52AM (#46785675) Attached to: Oracle Deflects Blame For Troubled Oregon Health Care Site

It's a required personality trait to work there...

Comment Re:Oracle burning bridges (Score 2) 163

by bobthesungeek76036 on Friday April 18, 2014 @12:38AM (#46785455) Attached to: Oracle Deflects Blame For Troubled Oregon Health Care Site

Oracle should accept some losses and quietly make an amiable-as-possible exit. Why air dirty laundry about clients? Even if the State is partly to blame, being a loud asshole makes you less likely to get future gov't contracts.

You have no idea the level of arrogance that exists at Oracle...

Comment As soon as possible (Score 4, Insightful) 341

by bobthesungeek76036 on Thursday April 17, 2014 @02:09AM (#46776911) Attached to: I expect to retire ...

Can't wait to kiss ITIL, Six Sigma, and all that BS goodbye!!!

Comment Re:Why stop there? (Score 2) 496

by bobthesungeek76036 on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @08:45PM (#46645145) Attached to: Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018?

Like the car Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawk) drove in Daybreakers!

Comment Re:so over 30 feet high and nearly a half ton (Score 2) 78

by bobthesungeek76036 on Thursday March 20, 2014 @02:57AM (#46531537) Attached to: 'Chicken From Hell' Unearthed In American Midwest

For those that are metric-challenged: http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

Comment Re:How did this go to trial? (Score 5, Informative) 236

by bobthesungeek76036 on Friday March 07, 2014 @06:42AM (#46426623) Attached to: Drone Pilot Wins Case Against FAA

1. Guy flies radio-controlled model plane. 2. ? 3. Guy is in court.

What happened a step 2?

From TFA: ...Pirker operated the aircraft within about 50 feet of numerous individuals, about 20 feet of a crowded street, and within approximately 100 feet of an active heliport at UVA, the FAA alleged. One person had to take "evasive measures" to avoid being struck by the aircraft, the agency said...

My guess is one of the "numerous individuals" whined to the Police/F.A.A.

Comment Racing games on Android phone (Score 1) 669

by bobthesungeek76036 on Friday February 21, 2014 @09:46PM (#46308439) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Games Are You Playing?

I play CSR Racing and CM Drag Racing on a daily basis.

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