AllyGreen - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:First they came.. (Score 1) 286

by AllyGreen on Saturday May 05, @07:18AM (#39900619) Attached to: British Prime Minister To Announce Porn Blocking Plans

Well I've just written to my MP stating why I'm unhappy with this. Others need to do so as well if angry with this!

Comment: Re:Great!!! (Score 1) 119

by AllyGreen on Friday January 20, @06:26AM (#38759264) Attached to: Launch Your Own Nanosatellite Into Space

Yeah, I think there is definitely a lack of perspective here! $300 bucks for your own satellite is definitely pretty awesome.

Comment: Re:Regarding crawling (Score 1) 29

by AllyGreen on Monday December 19, @04:24PM (#38426442) Attached to: MapReduce For the Masses With Common Crawl Data

If its publicly available, surely you can get the data elsewhere?

Comment: Re:No home-based family businesses (Score 1) 4

by AllyGreen on Thursday December 08, @10:34AM (#38302620) Attached to: Miyamoto steps down from lead role at Nintendo

Always thought the requirement of an office was pretty intense, I mean even sony are fairly indie dev friendly!

Miyamoto steps down from lead role at Nintendo-> 4

Submitted by AllyGreen on Thursday December 08, @05:14AM

AllyGreen writes "Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto is stepping down from the head position, saying he wants to concentrate on smaller games with younger developers. Massive loss for Nintendo or a move in the right direction?"
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Comment: Re:What about your reputation thereafter? (Score 1) 181

by AllyGreen on Thursday August 25 2011, @01:38PM (#37209038) Attached to: Is the Quick Death of Failed Tech Products a Good Thing?

MiniDisc was pretty big in the uk for a while, I was just finishing high school when they were around and all my mates had them. They were viewed as quite cool, though that might've just been where I was from!

Comment: Re:Hate to Say This... (Score 1) 503

by AllyGreen on Friday June 17 2011, @10:08AM (#36473914) Attached to: Microsoft Brands WebGL a 'Harmful' Technology

VRML was/is awesome, still taught in some Uni's I think! I certainly used it towards the end of my Bsc in 2009.

Comment: Re:You can't just count packages and draw conclusi (Score 1) 345

by AllyGreen on Friday February 11 2011, @07:09AM (#35172122) Attached to: Why Debian Matters More Than Ever

Add another for JOE!

Comment: Re:Not only FPS games. (Score 2, Interesting) 518

by AllyGreen on Monday November 22 2010, @06:07AM (#34304152) Attached to: FPS Games That Need a Remake

Amazing that you mention lba, I've been playing it again over the last couple of nights and been totally engrossed in it!

Comment: Re:What we do/don't need in Calculus. (Score 2, Insightful) 1153

by AllyGreen on Monday November 01 2010, @07:22AM (#34087178) Attached to: How Much Math Do We Really Need?

In theory that all sounds good, but what about money spent on rent before buying your home? How would you factor that in? Surely that damages how much money you actually saved?