Hittman - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:passive aggressive much? (Score 1) 805

by Hittman on Friday March 09, @11:43AM (#39301143) Attached to: Cell Phone Jamming Devices Enjoy an Increase In Popularity

I've done it, but with a gesture - just catch their eye and slowly lower your palm. They usually apologize and get quieter.

I picked this up when it was done to me. I wasn't being intentionally obnoxious, I just didn't realize how loud I was being.

Comment: Re:So there you have it (Score 3, Insightful) 389

by Hittman on Sunday March 04, @09:17AM (#39238445) Attached to: Why Did It Take So Long To Invent the Wheel?

Someone did patent the wheel, in Austraila in 2001. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn965-wheel-patented-in-australia.html He was trying to point out how poorly Australia new patent system worked.

Comment: Re:You know... (Score 1) 611

by Hittman on Thursday February 16, @02:50PM (#39063683) Attached to: Aderall Or Nothing: Anatomy of the Great Amphetamine Drought

Yeah, because libertarians think the DEA is a great agency, and have never advocated dismantling it.

Sheesh. Go read something.

Comment: Re:Ditching cable and this is amond the reasons wh (Score 1) 210

by Hittman on Monday November 07 2011, @10:01AM (#37972440) Attached to: FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert

It's even better when you're watching a show you recorded days ago and the alert mutes the sound and replaces it with annoying beeps.

All of the alerts I've seen are for severe weather. Hey, guess what? We're used to thunderstorms. We're already prepared for them. Yeah, if it were a tornado I'd be concerned, but not three days later.

Comment: Re:Duh (Score 1) 373

by Hittman on Wednesday July 27 2011, @10:45AM (#36895224) Attached to: Security Expert Slams Google+ Pseudonym Policy

I've got a pretty unique name too. I was aware of four or five of us on the net, but then went on facebook and found over 20. Maybe we should start a very small, very exclusive club.

Comment: Re:The next trend in air travel? (Score 3, Insightful) 150

by Hittman on Sunday April 03 2011, @08:37PM (#35703872) Attached to: China Detects 10 Cases of Radiation Contamination, 2 In Hospital

And then you ship it to the US.

Comment: Re:The smart phone got him off? (Score 1, Funny) 254

by Hittman on Saturday February 26 2011, @01:14AM (#35321296) Attached to: Smart Phone Gets Driver Out of a Speeding Ticket

You have to be a Mormon.

Comment: I hate slide shows (Score 3, Insightful) 163

by Hittman on Saturday January 01 2011, @12:53PM (#34730580) Attached to: Some Hard Drive Nostalgia To Start Off the Year

Want to make me leave your page in an instant? Promise something tantalizing, then present me with a slide show I've got to click through.

See ya!

Comment: Re:Why not... (Score 1) 202

by Hittman on Tuesday November 23 2010, @05:25PM (#34323366) Attached to: The DIY Car Computer vs. the iPad

In the passenger seat my wife ceases being a friend and a lover and a wife and is magically transformed into a driver ed instructor. After many, shall we say, disagreements, we found a solution. Unless she's tired enough to take a nap, she drives whenever we go anywhere.

Comment: Re:Sounds like a business opportunity to me (Score 5, Funny) 378

by Hittman on Friday October 01 2010, @11:07AM (#33759212) Attached to: Google Releases New Image Format Called WebP

What kind of electricity was he using?

It's a known fact* that electricity from hydro has a smoother, more natural sound than electricity from nuke plants. Coal is somewhere in the middle of the two.

I've heard people claim "Most people can't tell the difference between .01 and .05 THD, but I can." Which is like saying "Most people can't read the surgeon general's warning on a pack of cigarettes from a half mile away, but I can."

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*among wacky "audiophiles".