Bob McCown - Slashdot User

Simon Pegg to Play Scotty 233

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday October 12, 2007 @06:15PM from the take-ship-go-to-mum's-kill-phil-sorry dept.

In response to yesterday's casting news about Chris Pine possibly taking the captain's chair for the new Star Trek movie, apparently Simon Pegg will be playing the role of Scotty. Simon Pegg is known for his role as Shaun in Shaun of the Dead and more recently for his leading role in Hot Fuzz. "Pegg joins Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Anton Yelchin as Chekov, John Cho as Sulu and Zachary Quinto as Spock in the film which reportedly, and logically, 'chronicles the early days of the Enterprise crew.' Leonard Nimoy will also put in an appearance, while Eric Bana signed up this week as the movie's villain, Nero."

Journal Journal: Confronting pseudoscience in advertising

Journal by Daniel Dvorkin on Friday October 12, 2007 @02:42PM

The Scientist reports that UK group Sense About Science is confronting advertisers about pseudoscientific claims in health products such as "Aerobic Oxygen," "Salt Lamps," and "Activ8." They called the advertisers' customer service numbers and grilled the unfortunates on the other end of the phone about their misuse of scientific language to sell products. The project,

Journal Journal: Oil Industry-sponsored FUD at Slashdot? 12

Journal by CleverNickName on Wednesday June 14, 2006 @07:37PM

I am absolutely stunned that Slashdot's editors would give credibility to a completely false story, pushed by a paid industry PR professional. As Rugrat said,

Journal Journal: So, About Dapper . . . 24

Journal by CleverNickName on Friday June 09, 2006 @11:28AM

For the last year or so, I've been happily using Debian, with a mixture of sources so I was stable, but current, just like nearly everyone who uses Debian.

Then I tried to upgrade or something insane like that, using aptitude, and the whole thing went tits up on me. No amount of cussing, kicking things, or actual tinkering with the software could save my machine.

Microsoft Buyout of Ailing Sony Possible 363

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday April 08, 2006 @09:07AM from the possible-but-not-probable dept.

imashoe writes "BonaFideReviews has published an interesting article stating that a Microsoft buyout of Sony is quite possible sometime in the not-so-far future. From the article: 'All this added up, you have to ask yourself. Will the next Playstation you purchase post-PS3 run a Microsoft operating system and have backwards compatibility for PS1 PS2 PS3 Xbox and Xbox360? Putting your rabid love for Sony aside, this doesn't seem as far fetched as it once did, when the Sony name wasn't covered in enough red tape to fill the Grand Canyon.'"

Comment Re:Good for them! But... (Score 1) 320

by Sc00ter on Thursday August 11, 2005 @11:22AM (#13294769) Attached to: Japanese Musicians Defy Sony by Joining iTunes

Why did they sign a contract that would not give them what they wanted.

To bad, they should have read it. They no longer have rights to the music the wrote and recorded, it belongs to Sony now

Journal Journal: play poker for a good cause on sunday july 17th 6

Journal by CleverNickName on Saturday July 16, 2005 @01:40PM

(Cross-posted to WWdN)

The final table of the 2005 World Series of Poker started at 4pm yesterday afternoon, and wasn't finished until just after 7am today. I'm not sure, but I think that's a record. I'd call Pauly to be sure, but something tells me he's crashed out until at least Sunday.

Journal Journal: a little help? 28

Journal by CleverNickName on Wednesday June 29, 2005 @12:34AM

I'm sure this is just begging for vandalism (unless those douchebags have grown up and finally kissed a girl) . . . but there is an error on my Wikipedia page that needs to be corrected. I'd do it myself, but that's against Wikipedia editing policy.

Journal Journal: Starsky and Hutch 12

Journal by CleverNickName on Sunday March 14, 2004 @02:53AM

I just got back from Starsky and Hutch.

Surprisingly funny. I bet the DVD will be great.

Best part was how anyone in the theatre under 30 didn't get about 70% of the best jokes.

Now I'm hoping that they'll make a CHiPs movie. I wonder what other late 70s to early 80s TV shows would translate well into movies?

Oh, and if you're not watching TRIO every night, you're really missing out on some fantastic television.

Journal Journal: Writing with Open Source tools 30

Journal by CleverNickName on Monday March 01, 2004 @01:42PM

There's no "Ask Slashdot" topic available for user journals, but I am intrigued by this reader's question, and I thought it was worth a try to tap into the collective wisdom of Slashdot.

Hi Wil,
you mentioned some time ago in your blog that you did a presentation on writing your book(s) using open source tools. Have you posted these slides (or whatever the medium was) anywhere?

Journal Journal: You made the top ten! 11

Journal by CleverNickName on Friday January 30, 2004 @12:08AM

You made the top ten list!

No PointsName Hp [max] 1 20342 Morc-Mon-Hum-Mal-Law died in Sokoban on level 6 [max 9]. Killed by an owlbear. - [79] 2 15917 Morc-Mon-Hum-Mal-Law died in The Dungeons of Doom on level 12. Killed by a xan. - [68] 3 4171 Morc-Wiz-Orc-Mal-Cha died in The Dungeons of Doom on level 6. Killed by a water elemental. - [59]