Comment Re:Whatever happened to (Score 1) 341
Regrettably correct.
Comment Interesting, but wrong at least 1x (Score 1) 241
The June 7th 1960 BOMARC incident was initially reported to have release "minimal" contamination. This was later found out to be wrong to the extent where everyone involved denied any intentional "misdeeds".
Comment Wait! (Score 1) 93
Just wait till they find out that "Have a Nice Day" is inscribed around the muzzles of some
Comment Effectiveness? (Score 1) 121
The FCC has effectiveness? (not joking)
They're more like one of the examples of "lack of".
The timelines they use for decisions & the resources they use are & have been for years generally the models of "How Not To Do Things".
The Perfect Way To Slice a Pizza 282
iamapizza writes "New Scientist reports on the quest of two math boffins for the perfect way to slice a pizza. It's an interesting and in-depth article; 'The problem that bothered them was this. Suppose the harried waiter cuts the pizza off-center, but with all the edge-to-edge cuts crossing at a single point, and with the same angle between adjacent cuts. The off-center cuts mean the slices will not all be the same size, so if two people take turns to take neighboring slices, will they get equal shares by the time they have gone right round the pizza — and if not, who will get more?' This is useful, of course, if you're familiar with the concept of 'sharing' a pizza."
Comment Re:Sony Hit A Homerun With Free Realms (Score 1) 77
Sony...Bug Free...I'm speechless. Utterly, even sarcasm fails me.
On the other notes, SOE has always struck me as a perfect example of how NOT to run online gaming. It took quite a bit of effort to eliminate the lead Everquest had, but by splitting the market & alienating players, they managed to do it. They seem to have followed this pattern more than once as well.
I'll prob dl the game just to use Smed's/SOE's names as obscenities again.
(edit after 1st preview)
Ok, I just actually looked at the game...I can't even stomach the intro movie, I don't want to see gameplay. World of Goo is suddenly a compelling deep game with an interesting plotline.
Comment Re:Come on, UK! (Score 1) 175
A continuation of the clear pattern of English aggression.
They along with their Canadian minions are a clear and present danger to National Security. We should immediately respond by liberating Canada from the Yoke of Socialism under which they have struggled for so many years. They will welcome our just and correct rule of their impoverished nation.
We shall then through a series of landing from our bases in France & Norway, liberate England and ultimately place it in a protectorate administered by the Irish & French.
Comment Re:Anecdotal problem (Score 1) 500
One of the home machines picked up the bug. I wondered why FF was crashing so much & not SeaMonkey.
Comment Windows of course... (Score 1) 655
(in house standing unwritten rules)
If running ADP application, don't update Java.
If archive manager won't load open task manager & kill xxx and xxx launched by archive manager.
When logging in to the application it will prompt you to update the install. Click NO and call tech support.
Comment I for one... (Score 3, Funny) 132
Welcome our radioactive plant overlords....
Comment Stop I say! (Score 1) 259
Or I shall be forced to take your picture again.
Comment Today... (Score 1) 147
They'd call it neighborhood improvement.
Comment In my best Flounder imitation... (Score 1) 238
I'd like 100 square miles of thin film solar cells please....
The next phone call goes to SpaceX.
An Evil Overlord's work is never done.
Comment Re:What case was that? (Score 1) 693
Good old "he done told me"
Comment Lawyer? All you need is 12 people dumb enough... (Score 0) 693
To fall for whatever they're told to.
There was a murder conviction here last week, with...
No witnesses
No body
No physical evidence
Remember kids, this is Jersey, the Wiretap State.
It works for civil law too.
