navyjeff - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Typo in headline: AGEING (Score 1) 255

by navyjeff on Friday December 16, 2011 @07:10PM (#38404676) Attached to: Aging Consoles Find New Life As Video Streamers

Just thought I'd mention it. "Aging" is not a word in the English dictionary.

If you say so.

Comment Re:If they can call themselves Jedi Knights . . . (Score 1) 321

by navyjeff on Friday December 16, 2011 @10:15AM (#38396872) Attached to: Czech Nationwide Census Shows Jump In Jedi Knights

That's not what the scripture says. If they were walking at the beach, there would be no reason to fear sinking, the boat would not have been threatened, nor would there be any reason to get back in the boat.

Comment Re:phones (Score 1) 543

by navyjeff on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @05:37PM (#38065958) Attached to: RAM in my most-used personal computer:

How many people are remembering to consider their phones as possibly their "most-used personal computer"?

Who the hell uses their phone more than their PC?

I know a few that probably do, like my overly talkative sister. But for myself, my phone isn't even in the top three. I'm probably an exception, since I use my phone primarily as an XBMC remote.

Comment Re:what's the obsession with the latest version (Score 1) 770

by navyjeff on Thursday October 27, 2011 @12:19PM (#37857202) Attached to: Android Orphans: a Sad History of Platform Abandonment

iPhone 3G owner here. Apple's updates made my phone go from snappy to slothful (2.3.1 ->3.1.3 ->4.0.1), with no legitimate way to downgrade. It's help like that I don't need, and that's why the phone I bought to replace it was Android.

Comment Re:Super cereal (Score 1) 407

by navyjeff on Thursday September 29, 2011 @01:01AM (#37549844) Attached to: 150th Anniversary of Greenhouse Climate Theory

No, thank you. There are plenty of mosquitoes up here already. But palm trees would be a nice addition to the few dominant tree species.

Comment Re:FLAT TAX (Score 1) 278

by navyjeff on Thursday September 22, 2011 @09:00AM (#37478702) Attached to: Tax Loopholes No Longer Patentable

I'd be interested to see any reference on those figures, if you have one handy.

Comment Re:what I did (Score 1) 510

by navyjeff on Friday June 24, 2011 @11:18AM (#36556322) Attached to: Learning Programming In a Post-BASIC World

Agreed. I suggest Python to any aspiring programmer who asks me.
Here's a great place to start.
And another good one.

Comment Magnetic connector with strain relief (Score 1) 482

by navyjeff on Thursday June 23, 2011 @02:12PM (#36544536) Attached to: There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies

The magnetic connection would be nice, but only if they also specify proper cable strain relief. I've had a couple of those Apple power supply cables break open at that point.

Comment Is it personal use if... (Score 2) 68

by navyjeff on Thursday June 23, 2011 @02:09PM (#36544468) Attached to: FCC Ups Penalties For Caller ID Spoofing

I've always wanted to spoof my number as "8008135".

Comment Re:Sounds like (Score 1) 1229

by navyjeff on Monday May 30, 2011 @02:22PM (#36289068) Attached to: Activists Destroy Scientific GMO Experiment

Both. They try to make it sterile, but as in mules, life finds a way to reproduce occasionally.

Comment Re:The U.S. government is EXTREMELY corrupt. (Score 0) 267

by navyjeff on Monday May 16, 2011 @09:15PM (#36148034) Attached to: NSA CS Man: My Tracking Algorithm Was 'Twisted' By the Government

So buy stock in weapons companies and financial institutions.

Comment Re:MPAA and Google (Score 1, Funny) 363

by navyjeff on Saturday May 07, 2011 @03:34PM (#36058068) Attached to: Google/Facebook: Do-Not-Track Threatens CA Economy

I could go for some Arby's Freis right about now.

Comment Re:Ugh (Score 2) 537

by navyjeff on Wednesday May 04, 2011 @05:34PM (#36029116) Attached to: Chinese iPad Factory Staff Forced To Sign 'No Suicide' Pledge

Depends on your situation. If it's between selling drugs and going hungry, I could see why people might choose the former. That's probably why you don't see a lot of white collar people selling drugs.

Comment Re:Radar interference (Score 1) 481

by navyjeff on Sunday April 10, 2011 @01:35PM (#35774808) Attached to: FBI Releases Document Confirming Roswell UFO

Maybe inertial damping fields don't work on bullets?

Comment Re:Cool idea, actually... (Score 1) 213

by navyjeff on Thursday April 07, 2011 @05:14PM (#35750504) Attached to: Free DARPA Software Lets Gamers Hunt Submarines

Here's the link to the game.

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