The RoboNerd - Slashdot User

Comment I read that as... (Score 2) 67

by The RoboNerd on Thursday August 22, 2013 @11:38PM (#44650975) Attached to: The CIA Is Closing the Office That Declassifies Historical Documents

"closing the [redacted] office, which declassifies [redacted]"

Comment SSID Fun (Score 1) 458

by The RoboNerd on Thursday August 22, 2013 @06:58PM (#44648905) Attached to: My SSID Is...

My SSID is named "CompuGlobalHyperMeganet" Most obscure reference I have come across while war driving was "Setec Astronomy."

Comment Re:Virtual Money (Score 1) 377

by The RoboNerd on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @04:15PM (#42444129) Attached to: Why Do You Want To Kill My Pet? Zynga Shuts Down <em>PetVille</em>, 10 Others

In the real world I give you a dollar and you give me something I value at a dollar or greater. While that can be a widget it can also be a service.

In these games people psychologically treat whatever they buy as a widget.

Comment Virtual Money (Score 1) 377

by The RoboNerd on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @03:50PM (#42443851) Attached to: Why Do You Want To Kill My Pet? Zynga Shuts Down <em>PetVille</em>, 10 Others

I wonder how much money people who played those games have just "lost." In the real world, I give you a dollar and you give me a widget. In these virtual worlds, I give you points that I purchased with a real dollar and you give me a virtual widget. And when you shut the virtual world down I'm left with nothing. I see they're giving bonus packages for their other games but with the company sinking fast that offer seems pretty hollow.

Comment I solved the commercial problem last year. (Score 2) 298

by The RoboNerd on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @08:53PM (#40392925) Attached to: Time Warner Cable Patents Method For Disabling Fast-Forward Function On DVRs

I dropped my AT&T Uverse TV subscription and I have not looked back. I don't have to worry about dropped I frames because I don't have a DVR anymore. I don't have to worry about if I can fast forward through commercials or not because there isn't any to fast forward through.

Old School Linux Remembered, Parts 0.02 & 0.03 163

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday August 02, 2007 @11:14PM from the turn-back-the-clock dept.

eldavojohn writes "Following our last history lesson of Linux 0.01, the Kernel Trap is talking about the following announcements that would lead to one of the greatest operating systems today. A great Linus quote on release 0.02 (just 19 days after 0.01): 'I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will be out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows), and I've already got minix. This is a program for hackers by a hacker. I've enjoyed [sic] doing it, and somebody might enjoy looking at it and even modifying it for their own needs. It is still small enough to understand, use and modify, and I'm looking forward to any comments you might have.'"

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