75025109 comment Comment Did they check their math? (Score 3, Funny) 156 by AltGrendel on Monday August 03, 2015 @10:07AM (#50239939) Attached to: Tiny Black Holes Could Trigger Collapse of Universe—Except That They Don't You have to divide by zero when working with black holes.
74621023 comment Comment Every month or two. (Score 2) 319 by AltGrendel on Monday July 20, 2015 @01:17PM (#50146243) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Update Your OS? First I update the VMs, if they survive then I update the main box. I'm running CentOS BTW.
74619571 comment Comment Re:Translation (Score 1) 213 by AltGrendel on Monday July 20, 2015 @12:00PM (#50145583) Attached to: Apple Watch Still Waiting On App Developers You got that right.
74493289 comment Comment Re:Lies (Score 1) 265 by AltGrendel on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @03:26PM (#50119043) Attached to: What Will Happen When Cascadia Subduction Zone Slips I wish my mod points hadn't expired, you deserve them all.
74489097 comment Comment You sure you have the right guy? (Score 1) 265 by AltGrendel on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @12:24PM (#50117405) Attached to: What Will Happen When Cascadia Subduction Zone Slips I though that was Lemmy.
74420229 comment Comment Oh Spare Me Please. (Score 4, Insightful) 151 by AltGrendel on Monday July 13, 2015 @11:48AM (#50099071) Attached to: Automakers Unwilling To Share Driver Data (Yet) I really don't want any of this from them. Just stop this "It's for your own good" crap.
74106009 comment Comment Re:"The L0pht"? (Score 1) 23 by AltGrendel on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @08:52AM (#50024795) Attached to: White House Lures Mudge From Google To Launch Cyber UL Yea, they were always a fun read. I understand why, but it's a shame they went mainstream.
73759739 comment Comment I screen every call. (Score 1) 193 by AltGrendel on Thursday June 18, 2015 @08:59AM (#49936095) Attached to: 86.2 Million Phone Scam Calls Delivered Each Month In the US Voice mail and/or a phone answering machine are my first lines of deference. Friends and family know how to get in touch ASAP if it's an emergency.
73321069 comment Comment Re:Follow the money. (Score 1) 234 by AltGrendel on Monday June 01, 2015 @11:27AM (#49815001) Attached to: Carnegie Mellon Struggles After Uber Poaches Top Robotics Researchers Oh, I agree with you. But these days it's all about "Show me the money". There's plenty of blame to go around for this kind of thing modern ethics and integrity being what it is. **SIGH**
73320907 comment Comment Follow the money. (Score 2) 234 by AltGrendel on Monday June 01, 2015 @11:17AM (#49814893) Attached to: Carnegie Mellon Struggles After Uber Poaches Top Robotics Researchers It is capitalism after all.
71278425 comment Comment For goodness sakes, it's AI. (Score 3, Informative) 129 by AltGrendel on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @12:35PM (#49336569) Attached to: Do Robots Need Behavioral 'Laws' For Interacting With Other Robots? I'm sure they could work it out among themselves.
70712603 comment Comment Ya Think? (Score 1, Funny) 60 by AltGrendel on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @01:38PM (#49181405) Attached to: US Air Traffic Control System Is Riddled With Vulnerabilities C'mon now.
70401233 comment Comment All the more reason... (Score 5, Insightful) 248 by AltGrendel on Thursday February 19, 2015 @09:52AM (#49086743) Attached to: Lenovo Allegedly Installing "Superfish" Proxy Adware On New Computers ...to wipe the box and install some other OS.
69787519 comment Comment Still not good enough. (Score 4, Funny) 430 by AltGrendel on Thursday January 29, 2015 @02:33PM (#48933093) Attached to: FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband The Swedes and South Koreans laugh at our puny attempts to catch up.
67518183 comment Comment Even if their wet? (Score 3, Insightful) 194 by AltGrendel on Friday December 05, 2014 @03:41PM (#48533247) Attached to: Trains May Soon Come Equipped With Debris-Zapping Lasers I would think that it'd take one heck of a laser to fry wet leaves on a train track. The whole thing sounds like a boondoggle to me.