BenJCarter - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Partisanship is GREAT for space policy (Score 1) 164

by BenJCarter on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @10:43PM (#41230699) Attached to: Partisan Food Fight Erupts Over NASA, Commercial Space

The beauty of Commercial Space is, it doesn't cost taxpayers anything. As a matter of fact, it does the opposite of cost, it generates jobs and tax revenue. The pragmatist in me thinks commercial space corporations need to hurry up and get big enough to graft along with big boys so they can get a place at the troughs of power, and we can get space exploration moving again.

Say what you want about the East India Trading Company, it really tied the planet together...

Comment Re:Air resistance. (Score 1) 1184

by BenJCarter on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @10:14PM (#41160723) Attached to: White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard

The issue is, we're not dropping enough of them...vote 'em out!

Say "No" to Robomney

How exactly will you "vote 'em out" by saying "No" to the challenger? Don't worry, it's a rhetorical question, there is no math.

Submission + - How much does a cyber-security Executive Order weigh? (thehill.com)

Submitted by BenJCarter on Monday August 06, 2012 @02:07AM

BenJCarter writes: Maybe it's heavy enough to "[require] critical infrastructure operators to meet minimum cybersecurity standards"?

But, that would make it heavier than a duck, so hopefully it will be burned at the stake...

Comment Re:One or both lied? (Score 1) 91

by BenJCarter on Thursday August 02, 2012 @10:58PM (#40864257) Attached to: Iran Nuclear Agency Not "Thunderstruck" By Virus

Why would anyone be "baffled" by what is going on? It is not like it would be unprecedented for the chief of a government agency to outright lie about something like this. On the other hand it would not be unprecedented for the "leaker" to turn out to be lying either.

Heh, Iraq had Baghdad Bob, maybe Iran now has "Tehran Terry"?

Comment The shot heard 'round the Web... (Score 1) 76

by BenJCarter on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @02:37AM (#40825859) Attached to: Chaos Monkey Released Into the Wild

The media war is getting serious. Chaos Monkeys? How about you get Stars back?

Comment Re:And you are why... (Score 1) 580

by BenJCarter on Monday July 30, 2012 @02:06AM (#40814861) Attached to: How Will Steam on GNU/Linux Affect Software Freedom?

Depends on the definition of desktop. In 1899, people were still using quills on their desktops...

Comment Re:And you are why... (Score 1) 580

by BenJCarter on Monday July 30, 2012 @01:48AM (#40814799) Attached to: How Will Steam on GNU/Linux Affect Software Freedom?

I will certainly crow about the fact that Linux has serious traction in one of the most vibrant markets in the world today, mobile devices. What is wrong with people making money off apps running on a standardized OS?

Cool apps are cool; getting paid to make them is even cooler.

Comment Re:And you are why... (Score 1) 580

by BenJCarter on Sunday July 29, 2012 @08:04PM (#40812705) Attached to: How Will Steam on GNU/Linux Affect Software Freedom?

But it is on a plurality, if not a majority, of mobile devices.

Comment I thought Dumping stuff in the Ocean was bad... (Score 1) 407

by BenJCarter on Friday July 20, 2012 @02:53AM (#40708445) Attached to: Plan to Slow Global Warming By Dumping Iron Sulphate into Oceans

Causing an algae bloom is good now?

Comment Re:So change it (Score 1) 2

by BenJCarter on Saturday July 14, 2012 @01:23AM (#40646459) Attached to: Think about the fact that IPv6 is tied to your unique MAC address

So how many people are even going to be able to change their MAC addresses? Think mom and pop. Or my lazy ass self. I'd get tired of trying to remember which MAC matched which website.

Yeah, probably too paranoid...

Submission + - Think about the fact that IPv6 is tied to your unique MAC address 2

Submitted by BenJCarter on Thursday July 12, 2012 @09:19PM

BenJCarter writes: And no NAT, so everyone has to wear a nametag to the party.

Paranoid, or not paranoid enough?

Comment Re:Try to get First Post on Slashdot (Score 1) 515

by BenJCarter on Saturday July 07, 2012 @02:07AM (#40573667) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Old Dogs vs. New Technology?

Hear Hear! Well said.

Comment Re:Question: (Score 2) 708

by BenJCarter on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @02:42AM (#40524621) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Do I Stay Employable?

Because someone has to pick up the dog doo. And stuff like this that reminds you it's about more than shekels.

But perhaps I only feel this way because I'm not an asshole that assumes kids are a status symbol?

Submission + - Candy Coating Inspires Lab-Grown Blood Vessels (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit on Monday July 02, 2012 @08:27AM

sciencehabit writes: Scientists have developed a water-soluble carbohydrate glass based on a decoration used on cakes and lollipops. The material can be cast into a variety of shapes, is completely nontoxic, and, when it has done its job, will dissolve naturally in the moist environment of lab-grown tissue, leaving behind spaces that can carry blood to cells. The advance solves one of the major problems of growing new organs in the laboratory.

Comment I wonder how much the Soyuz return trip cost? (Score 1) 38

by BenJCarter on Monday July 02, 2012 @02:40AM (#40515079) Attached to: Soyuz Capsule Lands Safely

Vs the launch and recovery of SpaceX's Dragon system?

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