psYchotic87 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:In that case... (Score 1) 327

by psYchotic87 on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @08:08PM (#30150986) Attached to: Chicago's Camera Network Is Everywhere

While I see the point that you're trying to make - I really wouldn't mind that. If I'm not doing anything illegal, then I don't have to worry about being arrested. Why would someone be AGAINST security cameras being pointed at their property, when other people pay hefty sums to set them up for security?

To be honest, I think being able to go down to my local police station, saying "My house got broken into this weekend, could you guys check the tapes" would be WAY more convenient then the quote unquote "inconvenience" of being watched.

What pray-tell, directly disadvantages the average citizen if they were to be watched at all times?

Your point of view is that if you're innocent, you shouldn't mind having every single bit of privacy taken away. This really pisses me off, as it is tantamount to saying someone is guilty simply by virtue of desiring privacy. Just imagine applying this exact same way of thinking to criminal law: you are guilty until proven innocent.

Comment Re:Endwar (Score 1) 145

by psYchotic87 on Sunday November 01, 2009 @08:40PM (#29945824) Attached to: Computer Activities for Those With Speech and Language Difficulties?

Or chat/IM using Dragon Speaking Naturally.

Doesn't speech recognition software require you to train them before using it? I'm asking because if you let the person with a speech impairment train the software, said software won't know whether what's been said has been done so with clarity.

Comment Re:Prior Art (Score 0, Troll) 323

by psYchotic87 on Thursday October 29, 2009 @08:55AM (#29908909) Attached to: Amazon Patents Changing Authors' Words

How did this get modded as a troll? This friend simply is/was a douchebag. Instead of stabbing people in the back like that, he could've simply refused to hand out his work. As a matter of fact, besides being a douchebag, I'd also call him a kissass.

Comment Re:Globalization (Score 1) 709

by psYchotic87 on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @07:59AM (#29882251) Attached to: This Hallowe'en ...

The point is that the opinion of 21% of the entire population [...] constitutes the will of a quarter of the people.

That would actually be closer to a fifth of the people.

Comment If you like this story... (Score 1) 691

by psYchotic87 on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @04:49PM (#29736813) Attached to: The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and Fate

[...] its creation would ripple backward through time and stop the collider before it could make one, like a time traveler who goes back in time to kill his grandfather.

Well, then I recommend you read Rant by Chuck Palahniuk.

Comment Re:Sorry, C variants aren't trendy... (Score 1) 310

by psYchotic87 on Sunday October 11, 2009 @06:19PM (#29713731) Attached to: Platform Independent C++ OS Library?

An onomatopeia comes to mind: whooooosh!

Comment Re:You've got to be kidding! (Score 3, Informative) 219

by psYchotic87 on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @10:21AM (#29669585) Attached to: Microsoft, EU Reach Antitrust Accord

I don't know what's worse - the possibility that he could be so naive...

This is as good a time as ever to let you know that Neelie Kroes is a woman

Comment Re:First post... (Score 1) 830

by psYchotic87 on Tuesday September 29, 2009 @02:43AM (#29577143) Attached to: Mainstream Press "Cringes" At Win7 Launch Parties

Yes, I know you can turn all that shit off in windows, but why do I have to?

Well, that's because the lowest common denominator in the group of windows users actually is ... wait for it... the enormous retard!

Comment Girlfriend (Score 1) 512

by psYchotic87 on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @10:33AM (#29503779) Attached to: French Deputies Moving Against Photoshopped Ads

Good thing I don't live in France, because if this law were to pass, I'd have to admit to all my friends that this picture of my girlfriend was actually altered.

Comment Re:Best advertisment ever. (Score 1) 331

by psYchotic87 on Saturday August 29, 2009 @06:27PM (#29247121) Attached to: Microsoft Holding 'Screw Google' Meetings In DC

I hate being "that person", but what does this mean: -33% reductions (emphasis on the negative sign and "reductions")? That looks like a classic case of a double negative. Just saying.
That said, it is indeed interesting information.

Comment Business model (Score 1) 343

by psYchotic87 on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @07:58AM (#29184559) Attached to: First European Provider To Break Net Neutrality

1. Advertise a certain amount of bandwidth
2. Put a clause in the contract that allows you to change the advertised service at any time
3. Sell advertised product
4. Cap bandwidth to amounts clearly below what was advertised, on account of "1% of our users fuck the other 99%"
5. ?????
6. Profit!!!

Comment What's next? (Score 3, Funny) 275

by psYchotic87 on Saturday August 01, 2009 @01:30PM (#28910111) Attached to: Apple Keyboard Firmware Hack Demonstrated

Laptop charger hack demonstrated?
This is getting quite silly... Perhaps manufacturers should try to keep simple devices actually simple.

Comment Re:Games (Score 1) 1365

by psYchotic87 on Monday May 18, 2009 @12:54PM (#27999009) Attached to: Why Linux Is Not Yet Ready For the Desktop

Imagine a company selling corkscrews. Would it be its shortcoming if this single and particular bottle of wine you like requires an entirely different instrument to open it?
Linux simply isn't Windows. The general goals are the same, but they're still different. So don't expect every feature of Windows to be available in Linux. That would be the same as expecting a Ferrari and a Toyota Prius to have identical specs.

Comment Let's all do google a favour... (Score 1) 290

by psYchotic87 on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @12:59PM (#27572719) Attached to: Google Losing Up To $1.65M a Day On YouTube

...by stopping visiting YouTube!

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