Patent Lover - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Environmentalists will cause the next nuclear a (Score 1) 128

by Patent Lover on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @10:11PM (#50030101) Attached to: How the Next US Nuclear Accident Might Happen

You don't "upgrade or even maintain old plants" without a shitload of money. Safely storing fuel as well. I doesn't matter who supports or doesn't support them, it matters who will fund them. Both sides have problems there.

Comment Re:Above Congress? (Score 1) 161

by Patent Lover on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @10:54PM (#50023251) Attached to: Surveillance Court: NSA Can Resume Bulk Surveillance

Unless Congress passes a law reigning in such power which they haven't done since 9/11.

Comment First Post? (Score 3, Funny) 161

by Patent Lover on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @10:15PM (#50023129) Attached to: Surveillance Court: NSA Can Resume Bulk Surveillance

Hello, Mr. NSA? Hello?

Comment Re:Drone It (Score 1) 843

by Patent Lover on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @09:51PM (#50023051) Attached to: Test Pilot: the F-35 Can't Dogfight

The real joke is that this thing was supposed to SAVE money. That's what the joint part was about. One aircraft for Air Force, Navy, Marines. The reality is they have 3 completely different aircraft ill suited for use by any of the service for a shitload of money.

Comment Re:Another nail in the Coffin... (Score 1) 346

by Patent Lover on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @08:20PM (#49933597) Attached to: Uber Drivers Are Employees, Not Contractors, Says California Labor Commission

Or taxis could be on their way to the graveyard. When Napster died it wasn't exactly the end of file sharing or online music.

Comment Re:she migh thave remained just doctor? (Score 1) 134

by Patent Lover on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @11:19PM (#49788055) Attached to: A Ph.D Thesis Defense Delayed By Injustice 77 Years

In the U.S. we would say "Sorry you will be in debt for the rest of your life".

Comment Re:In related news ... (Score 1) 461

by Patent Lover on Monday May 25, 2015 @09:35PM (#49772101) Attached to: D.C. Police Detonate Man's 'Suspicious' Pressure Cooker

I apologize, that was me.

Comment Re:'Disrupt' vs 'Detonate' (Score 1) 461

by Patent Lover on Monday May 25, 2015 @09:35PM (#49772099) Attached to: D.C. Police Detonate Man's 'Suspicious' Pressure Cooker

Bomb squads blow up way more harmless shit than actual bombs on an order of a few magnatudes, or 5.

Comment Re:The War on Cheaper cuts of Meat begins... (Score 1) 461

by Patent Lover on Monday May 25, 2015 @09:33PM (#49772091) Attached to: D.C. Police Detonate Man's 'Suspicious' Pressure Cooker

Here's one thing he was not doing: planning to blow anything up. Why the fuck does it matter?

Comment Re:Okay... (Score 1) 461

by Patent Lover on Monday May 25, 2015 @09:29PM (#49772077) Attached to: D.C. Police Detonate Man's 'Suspicious' Pressure Cooker

Holy shit. I'm pretty sure there's been exactly ONE bomb related pressure cooking incident in the last 100 years. There's been untold millions of shitty meals searved in that time. And nobody cooks meth in a fucking pressure cooker. Read much?

Comment Re:Not pointless... (Score 1) 461

by Patent Lover on Monday May 25, 2015 @06:11PM (#49770941) Attached to: D.C. Police Detonate Man's 'Suspicious' Pressure Cooker

The car was unoccupied. There was no driver. He was charged with "Operating After Revocation". Whatever the fuck that is.

Comment Re:not hackers. (Score 1) 75

by Patent Lover on Thursday May 21, 2015 @10:41PM (#49748235) Attached to: Stanford Researcher Finds Little To Love In Would-Be Hacker Marketplace

Sorry grandpa, but the term crackers has had nothing to do with computers for at least 30 years. Like it or not but "hackers" has taken its place. Now, what ever happened to script kiddies?

Comment Re:Yeah.... (Score 0) 193

by Patent Lover on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @08:26AM (#49575761) Attached to: Massachusetts Governor Introduces Bill To Regulate Uber, Lyft

I don't know where you're from but in the U.S. terrible driving is a big part of legal taxis. Not to mention body odor and lack of English speaking ability.

Comment Great... (Score 1) 108

by Patent Lover on Monday April 13, 2015 @08:34PM (#49466935) Attached to: The International Space Station (Finally) Gets an Espresso Machine

They're changing our astronaut heroes into hipster douchebags. Please tell me they're not giving them Macbook Airs and telling them to write a novel.

Comment It shall be called... (Score 1) 441

by Patent Lover on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:46PM (#49466667) Attached to: Republicans Introduce a Bill To Overturn Net Neutrality

The Restoration of Internet Freedom Act. Let freedom ring.

Slashdot Top Deals