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Comment: Re: Only one purpose (Score 1) 257

by arsemonkey on Sunday October 06, 2013 @08:57PM (#45054991) Attached to: Boston Dynamics Wildcat Can Gallop — No Strings Attached

No, for rough terrain you want a mule, not a horse.

Comment: carrier,, (Score 1) 140

by arsemonkey on Saturday August 24, 2013 @09:08PM (#44667025) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: 4G Networking Advice For Large Outdoor Festival?

No idea about open mesh or any of that crap, but I can tell you that on those western facing slopes Verizon has the best coverage. Yes, they are ass-hats to deal with, but their coverage is pretty good if you go that route.

2013

2012

Comment: Re:First... (Score 1) 108

by arsemonkey on Thursday December 13, 2012 @11:56PM (#42284227) Attached to: Seattle To Get Gigabit Fiber To the Home and Business

As I understand it, possession here of up to an ounce is now legal. So is consumption. Selling the stuff is not...quite yet. :)

Comment: well... (Score 1, Offtopic) 391

by arsemonkey on Monday November 19, 2012 @12:20AM (#42024323) Attached to: Windows Phone 8 Users Hit Some Snags

Possibly they will get better quick, I seem to remember my first aneroid device had some pretty odd behavior as well.....

Comment: No really. (Score 1) 378

by arsemonkey on Sunday November 11, 2012 @12:03AM (#41947665) Attached to: GNOME 3.8 To Scrap Fallback Mode

Running gnome 3.2.1 I love it. I think I am the only user who does.

Comment: Re:Search for spherical neodymium magnets... (Score 1) 383

by arsemonkey on Thursday November 08, 2012 @11:04PM (#41928499) Attached to: Buckyballs Throws In the Towel

Clearly you think too much. We should actually ban swimming pools; do you know how many small children are killed each year by those vile beasts? I bet more than balloons and Bumbos combined!

Comment: Re:whoa, that's ugly (Score 1) 438

by arsemonkey on Sunday October 28, 2012 @11:33PM (#41801355) Attached to: Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed

Looks worse than a Hunter to me,, I was on a 40 and a 54 years ago,, they did not have scary glass like this thing does. Bet whomever takes it back to the states brings a shitload of plywood just in case.

Comment: saw this one a while ago.. (Score 1) 320

by arsemonkey on Thursday September 20, 2012 @07:11PM (#41406403) Attached to: Stubborn Intel Graphics Bug Haunts Ubuntu 12.04

on this pos netbook. Twas a pure unity problem,, gnome 3 rolled on just fine..

Comment: I would go with... (Score 5, Interesting) 301

by arsemonkey on Thursday August 23, 2012 @10:42PM (#41105195) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Use For an Old Smartphone?

Ebay it and buy a bottle of wine. Then drink the wine with a friend....

Comment: YAY!!! (Score 1) 328

by arsemonkey on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @10:37PM (#40926957) Attached to: Debian Changes Default Desktop From GNOME To XFCE

Yaaaayyy! around the world 34 geeks just spilled beer on their tighty whiteys,, crap.. I just spilled beer on my tighty whiteys,,,, make it 35....

Comment: Re:Data ownership (Score 1) 183

by arsemonkey on Monday June 04, 2012 @11:43PM (#40216567) Attached to: Why Facebook's Network Effects Are Overrated

"Starbucks and porn sites really don't give a SHIT about your poorly lit, poorly composed smartphone photo of some fat white guy standing at a grill with a beer in one hand a spatula in the other, tending to a couple burgers and hot dogs, while talking to a couple other fat white guys." WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT MY PHOTOS!!! HOW DID YOU KNOW!!!!

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