Josh04 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Yeah nothing works anymore (Score 1) 622

by Josh04 on Sunday August 22, 2010 @10:20PM (#33336542) Attached to: Throwing Out Software That Works

...orthogonal? Really?

Comment Re:Hmm... (Score 1) 86

by Josh04 on Sunday August 01, 2010 @12:25PM (#33101518) Attached to: Cooling Pump Malfunction On ISS

Not mutually exclusive.

Comment Re:My take (Score 1) 388

by Josh04 on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @06:15AM (#33042052) Attached to: A New Take On the Fermi Paradox

And if your response to that is "yes", I just disagree on principle and have no more arguments.

How... religious of you.

Comment Well (Score 1) 239

by Josh04 on Friday July 23, 2010 @11:41AM (#33003676) Attached to: The Scalability of Linus

Another year of Linus on the Desktop.

Comment Re:Not every major cities (Score 1) 213

by Josh04 on Friday July 09, 2010 @08:16PM (#32856888) Attached to: AI Predicts Manhole Explosions In New York City

New York just wishes it were London, clearly.

Comment Re:sudo REWIND (Score 3, Funny) 210

by Josh04 on Friday June 18, 2010 @08:37PM (#32621244) Attached to: Google Introduces Command-Line Tool For Linux

I'm unclear as to how a defunct and destroyed cut-rate '70's era British Armed Forces Comms satellite that never made it out of geostationary orbit would have either a web server or the ability to annihilate humanity.

Comment Re:Huh. (Score 1) 179

by Josh04 on Friday June 18, 2010 @05:28PM (#32619346) Attached to: HTC Android Smartphone Stores Browsing Screenshots

The phone they're referring to has internal user memory. Basically, the SD card is on the inside.

Afghan Tech Minerals — Cure, Curse, Or Hype? 184

Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 18, 2010 @02:36PM from the all-of-the-above dept.

Gooseygoose writes "The Pentagon revealed recently that Afghanistan has as much as $1 trillion in mineral wealth, a potential game changer in the ongoing conflict there. Many news outlets have picked up this story, some simply repeating the official talking points, while others raise serious concerns. Is this 'discovery' just hype, or will it truly alter the landscape of the Afghan war? Perhaps more importantly, can this mineral wealth (whether real or illusory) pave the way to a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan, or is it more likely to drive geopolitical feedback loops that plunge the region further into turmoil?" Relatedly, Marc Ambinder wrote a few days ago in the Atlantic that the US had knowledge of vast mineral deposits in Afghanistan several years ago, giving the recent announcement the appearance of a PR campaign.

Comment Re:On the fence (Score 1) 378

by Josh04 on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @01:31PM (#32592286) Attached to: Spamhaus Fine Reduced From $11.7M To $27K

A law firm did it pro bono. RTFA.

Comment Re:On the fence (Score 1) 378

by Josh04 on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @01:29PM (#32592264) Attached to: Spamhaus Fine Reduced From $11.7M To $27K

All Spamhaus would have needed to do is pay for one hour of a lawyer's time to write a motion to dismiss, and let it stand with that as their sole defense. A decent judge would have then thrown it out. I'm sure the EFF or similar would have gladly supplied a free lawyer.

They did. RTFA.

Comment Re:As they should be. (Score 1) 628

by Josh04 on Saturday June 12, 2010 @07:41AM (#32548518) Attached to: Pentagon Seeking Out Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange

Many, many people *have* died due to our offensive military operations in that part of the world.

Yes, well that's what happens in wars ... people fucking die.

Not always the right people, but hell, when the guys with the AK47s are hiding in convoys of old women on donkeys, what exactly should they do ? Line them up and segregate the old women and terrorists into two orderly lines ?

I think he'd rather you GTFO of the war, actually.

Comment Re:This is why he has to be tried over here (Score 1) 452

by Josh04 on Tuesday June 08, 2010 @07:16PM (#32503806) Attached to: America Versus the UFO Hacker

Yes, 20 years per letter written.

Comment Re:Isn't this the SECOND time ... (Score 5, Informative) 479

by Josh04 on Saturday June 05, 2010 @03:43PM (#32470434) Attached to: Malfunction Costs Couple $11 Million Slot Machine Jackpot

The other side's lawyers charge. The court charges. No-win no-fee isn't no-cost.

Comment Re:Already seems obsolete.... (Score 1) 271

by Josh04 on Sunday May 23, 2010 @01:45PM (#32315430) Attached to: First Pandora Console Reaches Customer

Oh yes, wardriving, that thing which people still do.

Comment Re:Like XKCD on roids! (Score 1) 139

by Josh04 on Thursday May 13, 2010 @08:11AM (#32191582) Attached to: AU R18+ Rating Plans Put On Hold Due To "Interest Groups"

Yeah, and the goatse version doesn't have one either.

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