Comment Ask slashdot (Score -1, Flamebait) 712
Is the 'ask slashdot' barrel really this low? "My ink pen has problems" Seriously?
Comment Re:What this is really about. (Score 1) 423
> They will never stop until they get either everyone dead, what they want
Are you normally this psychotic, or just on thursdays? Why would "they" want everyone dead? "They" want you alive and paying rent...for everything. "They" have a need to try to achieve perpetual and infinite growth.
As any virus will tell you, ... you don't survive by killing your host.
Are you normally this psychotic, or just on thursdays? Why would "they" want everyone dead? "They" want you alive and paying rent...for everything. "They" have a need to try to achieve perpetual and infinite growth.
As any virus will tell you,
Comment donotwant (Score 1) 98
Is there going to be a donotwant button too? (reserved for slashdot members)
Comment Re:First-to-file isn't a problem (Score 1) 183
> the patent can be invalidated (through courts or through the patent office)
Sooo, with the first to file system, it is not only first-to-file, but first-to-file-with-the-most-money to tie you up in years of litigation before you give up. Sounds great.
Sooo, with the first to file system, it is not only first-to-file, but first-to-file-with-the-most-money to tie you up in years of litigation before you give up. Sounds great.
Comment Re:Such ignorance here... (Score 1) 290
Says the man with a fucking ad in his sig.
Submission + - PPTP works on Android (google.com)
Belial6 writes: One of my ongoing complaints with Android has been that from very early on, it has included PPTP in the OS, but it never worked. Every time I got a new version of the OS, I would again try to connect to my DD-WRT router, and every time it would fail. I would search the internet for an answer, and from all of search results it appeared that PPTP VPN was just broken in Android. Worse yet, it looked like it was something that was never going to be fixed. It looks like I have the problem is that DNS breaks VPN on Android. I have now tested a Nexus 7, an HTC G2 and a Nexus One. They all work if I put in the IP address directly, and they all fail if I try to resolve the IP via DNS. Has anyone else tried this?
Comment Re:SI units, please (Score 1) 96
1.2 baseball fields = 1 football field or if you prefer
one desk = the surface area of a 30pack of Budweiser
one desk = the surface area of a 30pack of Budweiser
Comment Re:Angry Birds in the cockpit (Score 3, Interesting) 372
I work in the aviation industry. I hate to break it to you but I have talked to pilots who admit to playing games on their laptops while flying. It gets boring sitting up there for hour on hours every day.
Comment Conversely (Score 4, Funny) 372
In related news Andriod devices are not allowed in the cockpit becuase Apple has a patent on "using handheld electronic devices in a cockpit".
Comment Re:You know when you're in a flat with three girls (Score 4, Funny) 272
I have mod points, where is the option +1 Fucking gross comment.
Submission + - Google Donates $20,000 to Eclipse Foundation (thepowerbase.com)
An anonymous reader writes: In response to user's concerns about performance issues on the latest Eclipse release, Google’s Open Source Programs Office has agreed to make a $20,000 donation to the Eclipse Foundation so they can setup a dedicated performance testing lab.
Considering Google ships Eclipse with every copy of their Android development kit, improving it means happier Android developers. Will improvements to Eclipse increase Android adoption rate among developers?
Considering Google ships Eclipse with every copy of their Android development kit, improving it means happier Android developers. Will improvements to Eclipse increase Android adoption rate among developers?
Comment Re:What triggers an eruption? (Score 1) 269
The conditions have to be JUST right. Lighting a cigarette around gasoline vapors will ignite, but a lit cigarette needs very specific circumstances.
http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae1.cfm
http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae1.cfm
Comment Re:Bill, why do you flip flop on science? (Score 4, Informative) 299
Clinton has said recently that not finishing the super collider was one of his biggest regrets from his entire presidency. ..and it wasn't even his fault. Congress controls the purse.
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/31/us/stating-regret-clinton-signs-bill-that-kills-supercollider.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/31/us/stating-regret-clinton-signs-bill-that-kills-supercollider.html
Comment Re:Teachers (Score 2) 110
Are you seriously complaining that teaches ONLY work 53 hours a week? Are you sick in the head?
You seem to making the argument that working 50-100 hours per week should be the goal of every Citizen. Screw that. I want to enjoy life with my family. You can work your 100hrs/week. Enjoy that heart attack at age 45 and leave teachers alone.
You seem to making the argument that working 50-100 hours per week should be the goal of every Citizen. Screw that. I want to enjoy life with my family. You can work your 100hrs/week. Enjoy that heart attack at age 45 and leave teachers alone.
Comment In related news... (Score 1) 110
In related news, the cat population on the battlefield has mysteriously skyrocketed. Military officials are baffled as to the reason.
