meadowsp - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Oil... (Score 1) 966

by meadowsp on Monday July 26, 2010 @11:09AM (#33030296) Attached to: WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets

The taliban cut heroin production to zero. Shortly after that the US invaded and it started up again.

by meadowsp on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @06:03AM (#32975438) Attached to: Adobe Putting PDF Reader In a Sandbox

Not entirely true, the XEROX PARC being the source of all apple idea's is a bit of an urban myth. See Jef Raskin's story here http://www.digibarn.com/friends/jef-raskin/writings/holes.html

by meadowsp on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @05:42AM (#32961620) Attached to: Top Secret America

Islam isn't a country you numbskull. And there are plenty of christian churches and jewish synagogues in muslim countries.

by meadowsp on Thursday June 17, 2010 @06:17AM (#32600204) Attached to: Iceland Votes "Já" To Proposed News Haven

Depending on the story we're all homogeneous or the muslims have taken over and are about to declare the caliphate at any minute!

by meadowsp on Thursday June 17, 2010 @06:10AM (#32600154) Attached to: Iceland Votes "Já" To Proposed News Haven

You are an idiot. Have you ever been to a european city?

by meadowsp on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @07:56AM (#32429688) Attached to: Apple Blindsides More AppStore Developers

Surely 'A-hah!' ?

by meadowsp on Monday March 22, 2010 @10:46AM (#31568364) Attached to: House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212

A better analogy is that it's cheaper to change the oil in your car once a year than pay for a new engine after it's seized up.

by meadowsp on Thursday January 28, 2010 @09:52AM (#30932524) Attached to: Obama Choosing NOT To Go To the Moon

Credit where it's due.

by meadowsp on Thursday December 17, 2009 @10:20AM (#30472902) Attached to: UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018

I don't think you would need more details. Jeremy Clarkson thought (and did) this in the UK and had to retract when people had signed him up for charity donations. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/07/clarkson_bank_prank_backfires/

by meadowsp on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @06:31AM (#30281262) Attached to: Scientists Create Artificial Meat

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/29foodstamps.html So how's that sustained economic growth going in the US?