Nebulious - Slashdot User

Comment Re:What an idiot... (Score 1) 20

by Nebulious on Monday February 09, 2009 @03:00PM (#26787625) Attached to: $93,803 a Year to Do Nothing

I'm pretty sure he would get fired if he didn't show up at the office and other stupid things. This is supposed to be a revenge, so there must be strings attached. If you actually read the full article twice you'd see he's given trivial and tedious work as as bare minimum. Also, some people actually enjoy their their work. Taking that away is the worst thing you can do to them.

Comment Re:I was thinking about this the other day... (Score 1) 273

by Nebulious on Tuesday January 27, 2009 @02:25PM (#26626101) Attached to: Remembering NASA Disasters With an Eye Toward the Future

Considering the greatest impact manned space travel has had on my life is probably freeze dried fruit in my morning cereal, that's a pretty lousy cost-to-benefit ratio.

This has to be one of the most ignorant statements I've ever seen on Slashdot. Between microgravity experiments and the need to engineer new technology for space missions, I doubt a single American goes a single day without technology directly or indirectly resulting from the space program. We have gained tons from going into space, especially in materials science and biotechnology. Lots of good science goes on in space that can't be done on Earth. If anything, we should be doing more, not less.

Comment Next Logical Step? (Score 1) 90

by Nebulious on Sunday November 16, 2008 @04:11AM (#25775775) Attached to: Software Is Starting To Aid Mathematical Proofs

So now that we have software that can extensively check proofs, what's next? I don't think it's too far-fetched to someday expect programs that can construct a proof from a given statement. I imagine some sort of approach where axioms are manipulated to reach a desired conclusion either through blind or guided permutations, or even the beginnings of coded innovation. Considering how logical and orderly mathematics is, could discoveries be left to computers while humans are forced to specialize in adapting mathematical models to solve problems?

Slashdot's Disagree Mail 167

Posted by samzenpus on Friday September 26, 2008 @01:42PM from the crazy-is-as-crazy-does dept.

I get a lot of mail from obviously unbalanced people. Enough in fact, that I've often wondered if there was a institution that allowed their patients to only read Slashdot. We've even had a few visits from some questionable individuals. A man who tried to bribe me with a car if I let him "reverse engineer" Rob Malda's Life comes to mind. He insisted on Rob being present for the process and couldn't explain to me what it entailed, so I suggested he leave. The personal visits are rare, however, compared to the amount of mail I get. Here are a few of my favorites; let's hope these people have started to take their medication. Read below and don't be worried if you don't understand all of it.

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