frieko - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Good to know. (Score 1) 76

by frieko on Saturday October 30, 2010 @01:02PM (#34073694) Attached to: Why Apple's iPad Has Been Good For Sprint

Just to be fair, the planned LTE networks that Verizon and AT&T are calling 4G don't meet the definition either. However, both WiMax and LTE have true 4G upgrades in the pipeline.

Comment Re:Inflationary theory (Score 1) 163

by frieko on Thursday August 19, 2010 @06:17PM (#33308156) Attached to: Inflaton, Mother of the Universe

To be precise, the ratio of empty space to occupied space is increasing. Your shrinking is just a restatement of expansion from a different point of reference.

Comment Re:NetApp (Score 1) 231

by frieko on Friday July 09, 2010 @10:24PM (#32857516) Attached to: NetApp Threatens Sellers of Appliances Running ZFS

To literally screw NetApp would require some sort of giant screwdriver capable of rotating NetApp until it bored into a piece of wood.

Comment Obligatory Futurama (Score 2, Funny) 145

by frieko on Friday July 09, 2010 @08:30PM (#32856976) Attached to: Black Hole Emits a 1,000-Light-Year-Wide Gas Bubble

"Think of the astronomical odors you'll smell thanks to me!"

Comment Re:Cryptochrome? (Score 1) 238

by frieko on Friday July 09, 2010 @11:36AM (#32851152) Attached to: Some Birds Can See Magnetic Fields

Given that it's cryptocrome not chronochrome i'd say it means "hidden color".

Comment Re:No mathematical background? (Score 4, Insightful) 145

by frieko on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @07:27PM (#32819172) Attached to: Quantum Physics For Everybody

I disagree. I didn't realize it until college, but physics without calculus is about is as satisfying as having someone describe a piece of music to you.

Comment Re:Law Suit!!!! (Score 4, Interesting) 479

by frieko on Saturday June 05, 2010 @04:21PM (#32470644) Attached to: Malfunction Costs Couple $11 Million Slot Machine Jackpot

Exactly, can I demand an inspection every time I don't win?

Comment Re:Sensible (Score 2, Interesting) 94

by frieko on Friday May 21, 2010 @09:42PM (#32301716) Attached to: Air Force Wants Reusable Fly-Back Rockets

Isn't the shuttle such an albatross precisely because reusability is so impractical?

Comment Re:What... (Score 1) 174

by frieko on Thursday May 20, 2010 @06:59PM (#32286834) Attached to: Synthetic Genome Drives Bacterial Cell

Ketracel White?

Comment Re:Light pressure (Score 5, Funny) 379

by frieko on Sunday May 09, 2010 @10:46PM (#32151242) Attached to: Geostationary GPS Satellite Galaxy 15 Out of Control

Heh, you're wrong AND you're an asshole. Good job.

Comment Re:Why the tech? (Score 1) 518

by frieko on Sunday March 28, 2010 @11:23AM (#31647504) Attached to: Are Consoles Holding Back PC Gaming?

Exactly. About a decade ago I gave up PC gaming because I was sick of buying games only to find out my $299 computer wouldn't play them. I can pop any brand new game in my console and it just works. I find it hard to believe I'm having less fun in MW2 because it's only DX9.

Comment Re:Short Answer: Yes! (Score 1) 518

by frieko on Sunday March 28, 2010 @11:08AM (#31647388) Attached to: Are Consoles Holding Back PC Gaming?

Simple solution to the screen watching cheat - just accept it. It adds an interesting new element to the game. I remember back in the Halo 1 days the advantage would go to the players that could instantly glance and interpret what they saw.

Comment Re:I'm amazed. (Score 1) 117

by frieko on Saturday March 20, 2010 @10:14PM (#31554430) Attached to: Millennium Prize Awarded For Perelman's Poincaré Proof

"You tell people I'm a ROCKET SCIENTIST?!!!" - Sheldon Cooper

Comment Re:270 days (Score 1, Interesting) 94

by frieko on Sunday March 14, 2010 @11:37AM (#31472324) Attached to: Air Force Spaceplane Readying For Launch

Uh, that would be 7 kiloGRAMS, not 7 kilotons. It's far cheaper to just drop 7 kg of TNT out of an airplane.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%28.5*1kg*%288km%2Fs%29^2%29+%2F+%284.184+gigajoules+%2F+ton%29

Comment Re:Uphill Both Ways (Score 4, Informative) 245

by frieko on Saturday March 13, 2010 @10:00PM (#31468888) Attached to: Programming the Commodore 64: the Definitive Guide

I literally bought a game, had to hack away the protection, and then I could play it on my computer.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Sort of like how my Linux computer won't play a Blu-Ray from walmart, but it does just fine with one from the pirate bay.

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