Buchenskjoll - Slashdot User

Comment: Alas... (Score 1) 88

by Buchenskjoll on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @03:42AM (#43534135) Attached to: Play <em>Tetris</em> To Fix Your Lazy Eye

Computer games do nothing to cure your lazy butt.

Comment: Re:Large datasets are mostly IO limited (Score 1) 135

by Buchenskjoll on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @08:16AM (#43523623) Attached to: Harvard/MIT Student Creates GPU Database, Hacker-Style

Mars needs guitars

Comment: Re:Hmm... (Score 1) 150

by Buchenskjoll on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @10:50AM (#43472499) Attached to: Google Apps Suffering Partial Outage

Apparently 17 is considered unlucky in Italy, which didn't mean "Western countries" last time I looked.

Comment: Re:Too little too late (Score 1) 628

by Buchenskjoll on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @04:37PM (#43465961) Attached to: Windows 8.1 May Restore Boot-To-Desktop, Start Button

All those European cars are in United Kingdom, the only European country to drive in the left side. And they mostly have the brake in the middle.

Comment: Re:Best april fools story so far (Score 1) 114

by Buchenskjoll on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @04:40AM (#43335489) Attached to: Windows Phone Actually Gaining Market Share In Some Countries

It's April 2nd here, you insensitive clod!

Comment: Re:Neanderthalians vs aliens (Score 1) 139

by Buchenskjoll on Monday March 18, 2013 @09:37AM (#43202465) Attached to: Did Large Eyes Lead To Neanderthals' Demise?

They were fairly advanced: When Neanderthals threw revolving bones up in the sky, they turned into space stations...

Comment: Re:Everything gave us civilization (Score 1) 325

by Buchenskjoll on Monday March 18, 2013 @06:12AM (#43201611) Attached to: How Beer Gave Us Civilization

True, the Nile contains substances that are bad for you, such as crocodiles...

Comment: Re:76? (Score 1) 915

by Buchenskjoll on Thursday March 14, 2013 @08:20AM (#43169743) Attached to: New Pope Selected

Habemus papadum.

Comment: Re:I believe that is the point. (Score 1) 176

by Buchenskjoll on Monday March 11, 2013 @09:47AM (#43137649) Attached to: Iran Blocks 'Illegal' VPNs, Google, and Yahoo

Of course the won't have Arab spring, they aren't Arabs.

Comment: Re:Write threatening letters (Score 1) 247

by Buchenskjoll on Monday February 25, 2013 @06:38AM (#43001345) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Convince a Company Their Subscriber List Is Compromised?

sorry 'us', not 'others'.

Comment: Re:Write threatening letters (Score 1) 247

by Buchenskjoll on Monday February 25, 2013 @06:37AM (#43001337) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Convince a Company Their Subscriber List Is Compromised?

Why would aliens read our thoughts from orbit? They walk among others....

Comment: Re:Kissability? (Score 1) 97

by Buchenskjoll on Monday February 18, 2013 @05:42AM (#42933605) Attached to: Ancient Teeth Bacteria Record Disease Evolution

Blackadder: I would rather french-kiss a skunk. Baldrick: Ay, so would I, sir.

Comment: Re:World of Goo (Score 2) 279

by Buchenskjoll on Thursday February 14, 2013 @04:23AM (#42893345) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Really Short Time Wasters?

I find that a combination of River dance, yodeling and playing Ruzzle on my smartphone stimulates me both physically and mentally. Your results may vary.

Comment: Re:Nice thing about red dwarf stars (Score 1) 132

by Buchenskjoll on Thursday February 07, 2013 @05:11AM (#42818339) Attached to: Kepler: Many Red Dwarfs Have Earth-SIzed Planets Too

Oh-oh, gas giant has wind...

Comment: Re:14 LY from earth? (Score 1) 132

by Buchenskjoll on Thursday February 07, 2013 @05:07AM (#42818311) Attached to: Kepler: Many Red Dwarfs Have Earth-SIzed Planets Too

the Voyagers have been traveling for 40 years and still haven't gotten past the heliopause

Of course not, 40 years barely takes you past the menopause...