Mantorp - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Chromebooks have their niche. And it's a big on (Score 1) 216

by Mantorp on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @09:40AM (#43347075) Attached to: Why You Should Worry About the Future of Chromebooks

I'm older than dirt and I am fully aware of what the Chromebooks can and cannot do. For me it was the perfect fit for a kitchen laptop for online radio, spotify, youtube and recipe browsing. $199 and easy enough for my kids to use.

Comment Re:possible reason .. (Score 1) 5

by Mantorp on Friday April 06, 2012 @01:33PM (#39599351) Attached to: Southpaw Grammar

I've not looked at how this is passed down, but out of my three kids one is a lefty, and yes I am pretty sure they are all mine.

Comment Awesome (Score 1) 17

by Mantorp on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @09:09AM (#38200972) Attached to: My Grandma doesn't like Google Streetview

very funny

Comment Re:Not hard (Score 1) 6

by Mantorp on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @11:51AM (#37316652) Attached to: How hard is it to build a PC from a kit?

Thanks, I only meant to submit this in my journal but screwed up the submission. Anyway, on NewEgg I mean the DIY PC Combos http://www.newegg.com/Store/MasterComboStore.aspx?StoreID=7&name=DIY-PC-Combos and on TigerDirect the Barebones kits http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=31&name=Barebone-Kits&cm_sp=Masthead-_-Computer%20Parts-_-Spot%2002 It looks as if the prices are about half of what the same would cost all assembled RAM included (in the $250-$300 range for the ones above).

Comment Did Forbes outsource their editors too? (Score 1) 598

by Mantorp on Monday August 22, 2011 @09:49AM (#37166942) Attached to: Why Amazon Can't Manufacture a Kindle In the US

"Rechargeable batter" - sounds delicious. "Sets of a chain reaction" - is it one or a set?

Comment This poll is making me thirsty (Score 1) 840

by Mantorp on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @11:47AM (#36598106) Attached to: With regards to beer, I prefer it to be:

But I try not to drink before noon on Tuesdays

Comment Re:I think you a whole something (Score 2) 397

by Mantorp on Thursday June 16, 2011 @09:08PM (#36470282) Attached to: Using Crowdsourcing To Identify Vancouver Rioters

to quote Samuel L Jackson: "English motherfucker, do you speak it?"

Comment who's got a torrent? (Score 2) 195

by Mantorp on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @02:17PM (#35796870) Attached to: Third Humble Bundle Arrives, 'Frozenbyte' Edition

I kid, I kid

Comment Whatever works (Score 1) 14

by Mantorp on Wednesday March 02, 2011 @01:52PM (#35359040) Attached to: One year...

takes some will power to give up something you enjoy, but you know was bad for you in the long run. I hope I will be strong enough if I have to make a similar decision.

4chan Declares War On Snow 201

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 13, 2010 @03:16PM from the common-enemy dept.

With all the recent hacktivism in the news, Anonymous has decided to take on a new and powerful enemy: snow. On Sunday the group announced that it will "do everything in its power to shut snow down by attacking the Weather Channel and North Face websites, boycotting outerwear, and voting for the sun as Time’s 2010 Person Of The Year." I'm sure there are a lot of people in Minneapolis right now that would wish them luck.

Comment Re:Whatever works. (Score 1) 13

by Mantorp on Monday December 06, 2010 @02:06PM (#34462016) Attached to: Worth reading ...

Charging Assange with a bogus crime doesn't do anything except get Wikileaks more press. Unless you're implying that there might be a few hard hitting "enforcers" greeting Assange in jail.

Comment Re:Wort reading? (Score 1) 13

by Mantorp on Monday December 06, 2010 @02:01PM (#34461968) Attached to: Worth reading ...

I came here expecting a beer story brewing.

Comment Re:do it the right way (Score 1) 648

by Mantorp on Friday December 03, 2010 @05:01PM (#34437128) Attached to: Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park

I think my test is enough to prove how ridiculous it is, but if he somehow succeeds then by all means let's go the full monty on the next try :) PETA might object though.

Comment Re:do it the right way (Score 1) 648

by Mantorp on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:29PM (#34435586) Attached to: Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park

especially hard to deal with when you're 600 years old

Comment do it the right way (Score 2) 648

by Mantorp on Friday December 03, 2010 @02:16PM (#34434030) Attached to: Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park

Have one guy (and a few relatives) build it himself using 2000 BC technology, pack it with animals, and then see if it floats.

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