Comment: Re:Screwdriver (Score -1, Offtopic) 112
I'm a proctologist. No need to see where the noise is coming from.
Get your hands out of my ass!
Comment: I wish (Score 3) 124
I wish some company would just sell a phone with cyanogen on it stock.
Comment: Re:No chance of passing (Score 2) 133
"Covenants without swords are but words." - Hobbes. Not the stuffed tiger, the other one.
There's another one? Pssh. Who knew?
Comment: Re:Florida (Score 1) 1078
Did you read the articles or the police report? She was mixing chemicals in a plastic bottle in the schoolyard near a gazebo. She was not in a science classroom, the science staff didn't know she was doing it. Her statement to the police was that a friend told her to do it, and she didn't know what the reaction would be! This wasn't a science experiment, it was a kid screwing around and doing something stupid; that is, she built and detonated a small explosive device at a school. What if she'd screwed up and caused a big explosion? I have to agree with GP; ggp is an idiot.
Comment: Re:Great... (Score 1) 254
EA promises to do for Lucas Arts what Disney pledges to do for Lucasfilm.
This is following the lead established by McDonalds - and what they've done for beef.
Come on, man. You come off sounding like you think McDonalds has been bad for beef and people. Not only are they tasty, but McDonalds adds free mystery preservatives and free antibiotics! I ask, where else do you get something so valuable for free with a purchase? I will have you know I eat at least three double quarter pounders a day. They are delicious and full of protien. Some days, I go back for seconds or thirds if I need an extra energy boost and HNNNGH
Comment: Re:I can't wait (Score 1) 95
It always annoys me how here, on slashdot, for nerds, we love technology and advances EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO BIOLOGY. Then it's nothing but "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" or GATTACA, or I am legend or zombies.
Hhhm, looks like most of these are not biological: http://slashdot.org/tag/whatcouldpossiblygowrong
Why do you have to go ruin his misguided rant like that? A rant that was entirely entertaining to read. A rant that is already a part of his government documentation... Of course, despite the fact that all other information which can be gathered about a person already is; the incredibly intriguing tidbit discussed in this article probably won't be.
Comment: Re:And... (Score 2) 618
And Microsoft keeps demonstrating that they just don't get it, that no one seriously expect a tablet to be a PC, and that no one wants their PC to be a tablet.
I do. I wish a tablet could run everything my pc can and could also be used as a portable touch device when I didn't want the 30" monitor, kb and mouse. It would be a dream come true. Processor architecture, along with severe performance limitations inherent to tablet devices are both major roadblocks.
Comment: Re:Yeah (Score 3, Funny) 618
Are you seriously implying that touchscreen is the new, better method of input?
What exactly do you do on a computer? Im gonna guess its not
- Writing proposals
- Writing code
- Doing financial work
- Doing systems administration
Or anything, really, that involves rapidly moving data from your brain onto a computer. Or does the new Lightning connector have that capability built into it?
You don't need a keyboard to post cat videos with your iProduct.
Comment: Re:Prevents innocent mistakes and costly cleanup (Score 1) 109
You read too much into it.
Complying with company policy may be something as simple as using the term "person hours" instead of "man hours". I'm sure you can imagine a thousand similar examples in virtually any line of business.
Icebike, you are fined five credits for violations of the verbal morality statute
Comment: Re:Dumbest idea, ever (Score 2) 282
It's not like Microsoft is thriving currently...
Actually, that's exactly what it's like.
Citation: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MSFT+Key+Statistics
Comment: Re:Still fiddly if you RTFA (Score 5, Funny) 181
no, i said "i fucking hate fucking touchpads"
That might be the problem. They're for controlling your mouse pointer, not sex.
Comment: Re:Rapists! (Score 1) 212
Excellent, if there's any other rapists hiding from the law I hope Slashdot lets us know when he releases promotional material on his website.
I heard there was one in Lincoln Park.
Comment: Re:Bullshit!! (Score 2) 212
I bet Bradley Manning can measure it.
Comment: Re:Too little too late (Score 1) 628
The real problem is that the innovator who really stole all their ideas from other people, has failed to realize that their own User Interface has become a mature technology, as familiar to most people as "gas on the right, brake on the left" in a car.
I always wondered what that pedal on the left did.
Comment: Re:Let's get one thing straight... (Score 3, Informative) 182
Yes. A "for-profit entertainment business exists for the purpose of making profit. A public service organization exists to provide a public service. A for profit entertainment business might happen to also provide some public service if they think it will help them make more profit. A public service organization (if it isn't declared a nonprofit, which they tend to be) might happen to turn a profit but their main goal is providing a public service.