aquabat - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Science and Research (Score 1) 140

by aquabat on Thursday August 18, 2011 @08:34PM (#37136904) Attached to: DARPA Hypersonic Vehicle Splash Down Confirmed

Many of the problems we face as a society will not be solved by buying a solution from the local supermarket, they will be solved by a crazy person who believes that the future can be better and has the resources to "waste" working the bugs out of his crazy vision

Dr. Evil, is that you?

Comment wow (Score 3, Interesting) 140

by aquabat on Thursday August 18, 2011 @08:30PM (#37136862) Attached to: DARPA Hypersonic Vehicle Splash Down Confirmed

Holy fuck! Mach 20? I scan slashdot regularly, but I somehow missed this story developing. I think the really cool thing about this is how the onboard systems allowed it to make a controlled splashdown. I bet no pilot in the world could deadstick a landing like that from that kind of speed. This is probably the beginning of the end for the fighter pilots.

Comment earlumes (Score 2) 130

by aquabat on Thursday August 11, 2011 @06:51PM (#37063362) Attached to: Human Brain Is Sensitive To Light In Ears

No, we should not say "earlumes". Please, no.

Submission + - Chinese boy sells kidney for iPad2 (minyanville.com)

Submitted by aquabat on Thursday June 02, 2011 @01:43PM

aquabat writes: According to Shanghai Daily, the fanboy from the Anhui Province desperately wanted to buy Apple's flagship tablet but didn't have enough cash. Rather than waiting to save up the money for the Apple product when it invariably gets marked down, the lad decided to sell one of his kidneys for 22,000 yuan (roughly $3,400) so he could afford one. But, surprisingly, the scenario in which the organ was harvested wasn't in the best of conditions, and the boy isn't feeling very well.

Comment easy (Score 1) 932

by aquabat on Thursday May 05, 2011 @02:29PM (#36038280) Attached to: Draft Proposal Would Create Agency To Tax Cars By the Mile

Toll booths on all major routes.

Comment Re:This comment approved by 4 out of 5 squirrels (Score 1) 97

by aquabat on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @09:25PM (#35673622) Attached to: Spacecraft Sends First Image From Mercury's Orbit

No seriously, what book is that? I think I'd like to read it too. Sounds similar to A.C. Clarke's Venus Prime, written by Paul Preuss.

Comment damn (Score 2, Funny) 155

by aquabat on Thursday November 11, 2010 @10:53AM (#34196212) Attached to: Feeling Upset? Look At Some Meat

missed first roast!

Comment Re:what about (Score 2, Insightful) 295

by aquabat on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @04:31AM (#33285512) Attached to: How the Internet Is Changing Language

aw, that takes all the fun out of it!

Comment Re:I'm running at 100 Percent (Score 1) 547

by aquabat on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @04:25AM (#33285470) Attached to: ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds

I guess if Cox were bigger, then one would be enough.

Comment Re:what about (Score 2, Funny) 295

by aquabat on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @04:06AM (#33285378) Attached to: How the Internet Is Changing Language

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Comment Re:I'm running at 100 Percent (Score 1) 547

by aquabat on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @12:43AM (#33284942) Attached to: ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds

So, are you saying you like Cox?

Comment Re:So just what am I paying for? (Score 1) 547

by aquabat on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @12:39AM (#33284926) Attached to: ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds

Sometimes the "lying" goes both ways. My connection was advertised as up to 2Mbps. During peak times I'm lucky to get 200k, but offpeak I've seen it running at 9Mbps.

Fuck that! When I ordered my internet service, they promised me "Up to 5Mbps". I'd better not fucking get any more than that, or there's going to be hell to pay! I want what I was promised, and if they break their promise, I'll sue their asses!

Comment Re:It's things like this (Score 1) 201

by aquabat on Tuesday August 17, 2010 @01:53AM (#33272750) Attached to: First 3-D IMAX Porn Movie Made In Hong Kong

It is more like paying to watch other people driving.

Actually, porn is paying to watch other people driving.

Comment Re:Natural Progression (Score 1) 489

by aquabat on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @02:29PM (#33048732) Attached to: Interview With the Man Behind WikiLeaks

Perhaps, but by then there will likely be something else to replace them. The only test I find valid is whether or not the imformation coming out of them right now is accurate.

Comment Re:Okay but... (Score 1) 52

by aquabat on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @08:27PM (#32751858) Attached to: Plone 3 Products Development Cookbook

Yes, but what I want to know is, will it integrate with Pentaho?

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