yellowstone - Slashdot User

Comment Tracfone (Score 4, Informative) 294

by yellowstone on Thursday February 23, 2012 @08:35PM (#39142601) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Mobile Phone Solution With No Data Plan?

I have a Tracfone, and like it pretty well.

For US$20, I get 90 days + 120 minutes (+ usually a bonus 20 minutes). If you need more minutes, they're not that expensive.
You have your choice of phones. You can get a Smart Phone if you want, but you can also get a relatively primitive phone for US$20. I've got one of the cheaper ones. Supports texting (although I've only used that a little bit) and web browsing.
Best of all, it's pay-as-you-go, and so all it takes to "opt out" is to stop buying renewal time.

Journal Journal: The place that's on the other side of the world from China

Journal by yellowstone on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @02:26PM

... is actually Argentina.

Apparently, the other side of the world from the United States is mostly the Indian Ocean

Comment Too much science fiction? (Score 1) 167

by yellowstone on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @02:20PM (#38517314) Attached to: SETI To Scour the Moon For Alien Footprints?

The "aliens have visited the moon" is a pretty common trope in SF (2001: A Space Odyssey, In the Ocean of Night, Inherit the Stars, and many others).

While this makes a tolerable MacGuffin, somebody probably needs to tell these guys that it's not real.

Journal Journal: Was it a mistake for Decca to turn down the Beatles? 1

Journal by yellowstone on Friday September 23, 2011 @04:43PM

I just clicked on an article The Stupidest Business Decisions in History. First on the list was the record label Decca, declining to sign the Beatles to a record contract.

Comment Re:Press F2 to continue... (Score 1) 394

by yellowstone on Saturday September 03, 2011 @02:30PM (#37297284) Attached to: Building 2011's Sub-$200 Computer

I think it's a fair assumption that anyone willing to assemble a computer from parts is going to have stuff like spare keyboards, mice, and what-not lying around. And who doesn't have a USB drive anymore? Also (at least where I live) the library has publicly accessible computers (although a library card is required here). You may also need to get your distro via torrent, depending on available bandwidth, restrictions on duration you can use the computer, and the distro size.

I think the real cheat is any budget that involves a mail-in rebate.

Yeah, no argument there.

Comment Must resist temptation....! (Score 0) 109

by yellowstone on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @02:04AM (#35804376) Attached to: Just In: Yellowstone Is Big(ger)

Nah, too easy.

Journal Journal: Bookmarklet: sane margins

Journal by yellowstone on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @05:37PM

Ever visited a web page that has text from one side of the browser to the other? (GNU is a particular offender.)

Here's a bookmarklet to give you sane margins:

javascript:var style=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].style;style.marginLeft=style.marginRight='1in';style.maxWidth='7in';void(0)

White space can be a wonderful thing.

Comment THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!!! (Score 1) 480

by yellowstone on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @10:24PM (#33444876) Attached to: I can see X LEDs as I fall asleep. X = __

N/T

Journal Journal: Here's a quick tip for managing your money

Journal by yellowstone on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @06:16PM

If you've got $17,000 to spend on a garden, your grocery budget may not be the most productive place to look to save money.

Journal Journal: Has CSS (+ JavaScript) wrecked the WWW?

Journal by yellowstone on Friday August 27, 2010 @01:28AM

Pop-ups are back. You've seen them, right? "Take our short survey." "Subscribe to our magazine." Crap like that. Stuff that uses JavaScript and CSS to scroll out some stupid invitation to waste time and give up my (and your) personal information.

Comment Re:He would be right at home on slashdot (Score 1) 416

by yellowstone on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @05:06PM (#33221084) Attached to: The Great Typo Hunt

In my original timeline, the zombie apocalypse was initially triggered by roving gangs of grammar Nazis.

Journal Journal: 24 Season 3 Hour 1

Journal by yellowstone on Friday July 30, 2010 @03:00AM

Tony!
Michelle! (aww, they're married)
President Allstate!
Sylar!
Chloe!
Kim :-p (so far, not threatened by a puma!)

Looks like Jack picked the wrong day to quit shooting heroin!

Journal Journal: From the "No Pleasing Some People" Dept:

Journal by yellowstone on Monday July 19, 2010 @02:30AM

I was just reading through the customer ratings for a used reseller over on amazon. Here's one that caught my attention:

"Great transaction - item exactly as described...couldn't ask for better!!!!"

The rating? 4 out of 5.

Journal Journal: 24 Season 2

Journal by yellowstone on Sunday July 11, 2010 @02:56AM

There is, of course, a lot I could write about regarding the second season. But I'm going to stick (I think) to just one topic, and the keystone of the whole plot. That is the Secret Evil Cabal Within Our Own Government (SECWOOG) vs. Heroically Restrained President Allstate.

Journal Journal: 24 Season 1: hours 21-24

Journal by yellowstone on Friday June 25, 2010 @03:24AM

Suppose you've got some high-value prisoner. Does moving him around to different facilities every few weeks make sense to anybody? And speaking of (allegedly) highly secure facilities, does it make sense to have it staffed with 5 guys and a couple janitors? Does it make sense for it not to have it's own back-up generators?

Slashdot Top Deals