Ralph Ostrander - Slashdot User

Comment Windows I can never use. (Score 4, Insightful) 158

by Ralph Ostrander on Friday May 06, 2016 @09:15PM (#52064833) Attached to: Microsoft To End Nagging Windows 10 Upgrade Notifications In July

Because of this kind of thing it is my computer not theirs. Not their ad billboard. Not free to upload or download anything they want. Neither is my bandwidth they are using to do it. No different than breaking into my house and taking what you want because you made the door knob.

Comment We will give you the IOS source (Score 2) 596

by Ralph Ostrander on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @07:29PM (#51704527) Attached to: DOJ Threatens To Seize iOS Source Code

When you give us the voting machine source.

Comment Funny how more than a few countries dont get the (Score 1) 206

by Ralph Ostrander on Friday July 04, 2014 @11:29PM (#47386705) Attached to: New Russian Law To Forbid Storing Russians' Data Outside the Country

Concept of World Wide Web.

Comment world war three is not far in time. (Score 1) 206

by Ralph Ostrander on Friday July 04, 2014 @11:20PM (#47386669) Attached to: New Russian Law To Forbid Storing Russians' Data Outside the Country

You can feel it in the air.

Comment And this is why this kind of thing dont work (Score 1) 349

by Ralph Ostrander on Friday July 04, 2014 @05:13PM (#47385435) Attached to: Qualcomm Takes Down 100+ GitHub Repositories With DMCA Notice

Your only hope is to put your files on piratebay.

Comment And now I understand how (Score 1) 361

by Ralph Ostrander on Thursday July 03, 2014 @07:46PM (#47380633) Attached to: NSA Considers Linux Journal Readers, Tor (And Linux?) Users "Extremists"

Extremest are created. Perhaps they are actually Mildest.

Comment Re:Ah yes, the party of "tax the rich" extends the (Score 1) 76

by Ralph Ostrander on Thursday July 03, 2014 @05:41PM (#47379933) Attached to: California Property Tax Exemptions For Solar Energy Systems Extended To 2025

You can never tax the rich or churches as they write the tax codes.

Comment I got box of 6 CFL at Wallyworld (Score 1) 196

by Ralph Ostrander on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @11:16PM (#47365907) Attached to: The lightbulb I've most recently acquired ...

For 1.99 60 watts for 13 I think I got like 5 boxes every time I went. Now I have a stash.

Comment This is another thing retards will cause (Score 0) 437

by Ralph Ostrander on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @08:12AM (#47098459) Attached to: Kids With Wheels: Should the Unlicensed Be Allowed To 'Drive' Autonomous Cars?

To take longer to roll out than necessary. The car drives it fucking self needs no driver that is what driverless means. You can put your fucking cat in the car tell it where to go and it is off. Will send an email then honk when it gets to the destination like the vet.

Comment Re:You know is is by the way oil is (Score 1) 659

by Ralph Ostrander on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @02:11PM (#47001243) Attached to: Future of Cars: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Or Electric?

I will at that same cell in your car will also run your home electric needs for a week.

Comment You know is is by the way oil is (Score 1) 659

by Ralph Ostrander on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @02:09PM (#47001227) Attached to: Future of Cars: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Or Electric?

pissing all over themselves.

Comment I have always said greed would (Score 1) 286

by Ralph Ostrander on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @02:08PM (#47001199) Attached to: Major ISPs Threaten To Throttle Innovation and Slow Network Upgrades

Ruin the internet that same way it has real life. The net is doomed to politics of th wealthy. And no matter what you have no say. Any say you do have is statically insignificant.

Comment It was not disruptive at all. (Score 1) 258

by Ralph Ostrander on Friday May 09, 2014 @05:50PM (#46962943) Attached to: The Mere Promise of Google Fiber Sends Rivals Scrambling

Because they have been selling us a Camry at Lamborghini prices for a very long time. "We're going to build you a Lamborghini, but price it at the same price as a Camry,"

Comment At this rate soon the going rate for a good actor (Score 1) 43

by Ralph Ostrander on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @08:53PM (#46829249) Attached to: AT&T Plans To Launch Internet Video Service

Is going to be 10 bucks an hour. Kind of like how the ads use to say and Windows NT 100.00 per hour. Then everyone and his brother got a computer.

Comment Tell us about it when there is one on a shelf. (Score 0) 196

by Ralph Ostrander on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @08:49PM (#46829221) Attached to: OnePlus One Revealed: a CyanogenMod Smartphone

You can actually purchase. Unless you can link to a buy now button, save it.

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