Comment Re:He claims this himself (Score 1) 391
I hope having a Trans Am was the trump card. And when both had a TA... compare mustaches.
When all else fails, check ID; "The Burt" is the only "Bandit"
Comment Re:Obligatory... (Score 1) 65
Put your arms down, you look like a cheerleader.
+1 This;
I thought chemical weapons/gas warfare were/are basically warcrimes nowadays, no?
Comment Re:Tradition (Score 1) 681
So, I have to click, type a program name, then click again. Aren't modern GUIs great? And when you and Windows disagree as to the program "name" (i.e., the "search" fails)? [ A real example from Unity (admittedly, a while ago): I wanted the start Thunderbird, but had to type "email" for it to actually find it, even though the executable was actually named "thunderbird" - sigh. ]
["Windows" Key] + type title of launcher in start menu/screen + hit enter.
You might need to cursor up/down if you have multiple links in your start menu for the right title, for some reason.
Not sure how that's all that difficult, but YMMV
Comment Re: Let them drink! (Score 1) 532
Putting that number on the cup ('this contains 150% of your recommended daily amount of sugar') would be even better.
Sure, right under the big, spiky, neon-green-and-yellow balloon graphic literally screaming at you "Now with Electrolytes!"
Comment Re:IDKFA (Score 1) 178
I never did figure out how that's so easy to remember...
If you're like me, you didn't memorize the individual letters, you memorized chunks as sounds. IE, instead of memorizing I D S P I S P O P D, you memorized ID SPIS POP D.
Alternatively, ID "Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Piles Of Putrid Debris" (a not-so-famous-as-doom shareware product available at around the same time)
Comment Re:the problem with titanium (Score 1) 139
But I wouldn't get them in 500kg packages.
Why not? Buy in bulk; 10 women bound together and wrapped in plastic (for shipping, of course) can be a wonderful source of fun
Comment Re:The real worry is 3D printing (Score 1) 167
But the Feed is closely monitored for exactly this kind of thing. By the time your matter compiler is half way through you'd be splattered. Its when someone figures out how to make the Seed that we are all in deep shit.
There's always ways around the feed-sourced compilers; backwater compilers and such off the grid, for those who wish to print nuclear weapons, or pirate the latest hyper-interactive AI-enhanced children's story for their daughter.
Submission + - The 1983 videogame crash: could it happen again? (denofgeek.com)
brumgrunt writes: "As the world of videogames becomes increasingly centred on a handful of massive budget franchises, is history potentially going to repeat itself? Could the massive games crash of 1983 be about to happen again?"
Comment Obligatory (Score 1) 281
Today's, even; do I get extra points for that?
Comment Re:Why not use hydrogen? (Score 1) 270
If hydrogen is mixed with oxygen in the right proportions, it becomes an incredibly dangerous substance.
Water?
I agree, water can be dangerous, but only in significantly large quantities (relative to the specific use)
Comment Re:Someone didn't know how to use darknet (Score 2) 330
Definitely no cracks here.
Of course not, it was all seized in the raid.
(bee-tee-dubs, you don't need to pluralize crack).
Comment Re:he doesn't know the history (Score 1) 432
Hell, I can't even mod you up!
You could request information relating to subscription to his newsletter, though, if his ideas are so intriguing.
Comment Re:What is Toronto?????? under US citys (Score 1) 94
"US Cities" seems about as straightforward a category as they come. Another would be whether the weapon has been dropped.
`"S" words` is rarely about long, flat bits of metal.
Neither, too, is "The Pen is Mightier" about large phallus (contrary to what Mr. Connery might tell you).
Comment Re:They are behind the schedule (Score 1) 94
*ahem* seriously speaking, the brain is probably still more flexible than Watson, but in general concept, Watson is probably a HUGE step in the right direction.
Of course it's more flexible.
If you pull yours out and throw it against the wall (never you mind the logistics of it), it'll bend and flex to conform to the shape of the brick (at least for a short period of time, until it falls).
Pull out Watson's CPUs and throw them against a wall and they'll fall immediately.
Comment Re:For those who can't afford that type of equipme (Score 1) 66
Slashdotters don't have sex, and so they cannot have slashdaughters. Ergo, slashdaughters do not exist. QED.
Slash has had sex with many, many women over the years.
I'm sure he has at least a few Slashdaughters.
