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Comment Re:SF and project management (Score 1) 186

Admiral Motti: Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they've obtained. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe.

Stewie (Darth Vader): That is fantastic. Terrific work. So no weaknesses at all?

Admiral Motti: N... no.

Stewie (Darth Vader): You, uh, you hesitated there. Is there something I should know?

Admiral Motti: No, it's virtually indestructible, like 99.99%.

Stewie (Darth Vader): Uh, okay, wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't ask what's the 0.01?

Admiral Motti: Well, I mean, there's this little hole. It was kind of an aesthetic choice by the architect. And if you shoot a laser into this hole, the station blows up.

Stewie (Darth Vader): Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! That sounds like a pretty big design flaw, then.

Admiral Motti: No, no, the hole's only two meters across.

Mayor Adam West (Grand Moff Tarkin): Well, that's no bigger than a womp rat.

Admiral Motti: Exactly. And even to get within range of it, you have to skim along this whole trench. It's not a big deal.

Stewie (Darth Vader): Can't we board it up or, you know, put some plywood over it or something?

Admiral Motti: Well, that would look terrible. I mean, we gotta think about resale.

Stewie (Darth Vader): Resale? What are you talking about? This property is right above Sunset. The value is only going to go up.

Admiral Motti: Lord Vader, your inside references to the Los Angeles real estate market haven't given you the clairvoyance to turn a profit on that condo in Glendale. Nor has it...

Stewie (Darth Vader): [Vader begins to choke him] I find your lack of faith disturbing. That property is in a prime location! Twenty minutes to the beach, twenty minutes to downtown!

Admiral Motti: [choking] There's nothing to do downtown!

Mayor Adam West (Grand Moff Tarkin): Enough of this! Vader, release him!

Stewie (Darth Vader): As you wish.

[releases Tagge]

Stewie (Darth Vader): All right, so were' going to plug up that hole?

Imperial Officer: Yeah, we can get it done tomorrow if price is no object.

Stewie (Darth Vader): Ehhhh...

Imperial Officer: We'll get estimates.

Stewie (Darth Vader): Get estimates, yeah, yeah.

Comment Re:Ironically, the first Highway Robbery committed (Score 0) 182

It isn't about the price of the printed gun, it is about exclusivity. This gun is a limited edition, and will be from the set of the first 100 metal guns ever made by using a printer. That is bound to give the gun some value that exceeds the sum of its parts.

So does Solid Concept have good worker benefits?

Comment Re:When you have a bad driver ... (Score 2) 961

This is a known drawback of ABS -- longer stopping distances in snowy conditions.

In any conditions really. But once the wheels lock up, you have no steering control that you might need in a lot of situations. It is a trade off.

All the driver's aids will actually slow down the car, not allow them to go faster, but they do allow less skilled drivers to push the limit. When driving properly for the conditions these aids, including ABS, will never be even seen operating. I only get my traction control to come on if I intentionally try to spin my tires.

Comment Re:Endless spam? (Score 3, Informative) 495

How many marketing gimmicks do you respond to? I get a spam text maybe 30 to 60 days apart. I'm always surprised when I get one, they are that infrequent. And, of course, I NEVER respond to the damned things. If you are inundated with spam, you might reconsider your use of the phone. Do Google, Yahoo, and Facebook all have your phone number? DUHHH!

Depends where he is from. In some countries (eg. India) all you need is to have a local phone SIM and the networks themselves will send SMS spam several times a day.

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