Comment: Heck (Score 1) 4
Heck, I'm no programmer at all (more a PHB), but I could fake my way through explaining both of those.
Comment: Everything old is new again (Score 1) 5
Remember this list 15 years ago, when they called it ECHELON instead of PRISM...
Comment: Re:Isn't this what we would expect. (Score 1) 116
Good explanation. Upon reading GIT's comment, I initially assumed the two compounds were just different due to chirality and was hoping to have learned an interesting factoid. Then I found out she was just painfully wrong. And then her reply shows that she is willfully wrong as well.
Comment: Re:Isn't this what we would expect. (Score 1) 116
LSD is C20H25N3O. Strychnine is C21H22N2O2.
So they're both made out of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. Point stands. Also, you're a dick.
Read more, type less; you may learn something.
Comment: Re:I hated it (Score 1) 359
I didn't hate it, but it was nowhere near previous Superman movies or serials I've seen. Conspicuous by its absense was 'Truth, Justice & the American way'. In the movie, Jonathan Kent dies b'cos he prevents Clark from saving him in a tornado so that the secret of his powers doesn't get exposed. And in another scene, he rebukes Clark for saving a bus full of schookids. This is a major distortion of the Kents' character than anything that's been seen before.
Lack of that phrase is probably to appeal to European and Chinese movie goers.
Comment: Re:+1, Flamebait (Score 1) 359
Arrogant teenager? What a concept.
Comment: Re:Piracy much eh? (Score 1) 359
I'm not your parent, but:
Because the last remake WAS the one with Christopher Reeve.
No, the last film remake was Superman Returns, staring Brandon Routh.
Played in a triple billing with the fabled Matrix sequels that never got made.
Comment: Re:Clueless (Score 1) 124
I wonder if this new supercomputer can crack the PIN number I use at the ATM machine.
Comment: Re:Isn't this what we would expect. (Score 2) 116
Know what the difference is between Strychnine and LSD is, chemically? There isn't one. But the way the atoms are arranged will make the difference between a pleasant experience and a painful death.
Please stick to topics on which you have at least a passing familiarity. LSD is C20H25N3O. Strychnine is C21H22N2O2. Not even vaguely similar chemically.
Comment: Re:It was a very stupid idea (Score 1) 191
You missed "Extinguish".
So did Microsoft.
Comment: Re:I tell them I feel the same way! (Score 1) 597
You piece of fuck! I will not allow you to sully my good name with your lies! I shall destroy you and your worthless reputation! How's that? Are you cowering in fear of my massive power, or are you sinking into an endless pit of depress and despair? Well, which is you? Those are your only options, Slashdot intellectual!
I think it's supposed to go like:
"cower in my shadow behind your chosen pseudonym some more, feeb.
i am michael kristopeit.
you are NOTHING."
Comment: Re:Small drone (Score 1) 206
Good thing that the operational speed of the Drone is less than 1/10th that isn't it?
Is that an African or a European Drone?
Comment: Re:related Pac-Man hacks (Score 1) 146
Seems legit. I really have no idea.
Comment: Re:Don't (Score 1) 326
Cool, available on Youtube. Thanks for the heads up.
Comment: Re:Arrested Development Season 4 (Score 1) 4
I think the release schedule reflects the fact that more and more people watch shows like you do. I actually prefer that myself, particularly for complex shows. GF and I find outselves leaving stuff on the DVR until we have multiple episodes to watch.
One curious thing with season 4 of AD: you can watch almost any of the episodes in almost any order. The stories are really only covering a short time frame and a few events, but they are covered from a dozen points of view. It's actually some of the most impressive writing and directing I've seen in a while.