OnlySlightly - Slashdot User

Comment Re:We're trying to leave... (Score 1) 409

by OnlySlightly on Sunday June 03, 2012 @01:30AM (#40198979) Attached to: SpaceX Brownsville Space Port Opposed By Texas Environmentalists

If the mayor of Douglas wants to encourage SpaceX to build at their location instead...Good luck with that... and I mean it. If the location is as good as you say and the jackalopes aren't going to be in danger if a rocket blows up in the area, it certainly deserves some real consideration.

Small correction, jackalopes are from Douglas, WY, not Douglas, AZ.

Comment Re:Causality (Score 1) 484

by OnlySlightly on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @05:29PM (#34566462) Attached to: America's Cubicles Are Shrinking

You're not alone, I'm the same way. It is so bad that I'm seriously considering building some timed interlock system where I would push a button and have the Internet down for X minutes...

Wish Granted: http://macfreedom.com/ (works on both Mac and Windows)

Nintendo Upset Over Nokia Game Emulation Video 189

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @02:45AM from the super-mario-takedown dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nintendo is investigating potential copyright infringement by Nokia during some video demos of their N900 phone, which can be seen emulating Nintendo games. Nintendo spokesman Robert Saunders says: 'We take rigorous steps to protect our IP and our legal team will examine this to determine if any infringement has taken place.' In the video, Nokia says, 'Most publishers allow individual title usage, provided that the user is in possession of the original title.'"

Reasons To Hesitate On Zer01's Unlimited Mobile Offer 122

Posted by timothy on Monday July 20, 2009 @05:02PM from the past-performance-no-guarantee-but-it's-a-big-hint dept.

alphadogg writes with an excerpt from Network World that might save you some money: "Imagine downloading a two-hour HD movie in three minutes to your new cell phone, then plugging the phone into your TV to watch the film. Make unlimited phone calls, surf online as much as you like and send unlimited text messaging for $70 a month, without a contract. Sign up to sell the same service to other people and get $10 a month for each person you sell to. That's what a group of related companies including Zer01 Mobile, Buzzirk, Global Verge and Unified Technologies Group are promoting heavily online and at industry trade shows. The offer is attractive enough to garner coverage in top business and technology publications, at least one positive review from an analyst and even a 'best in show' award from a magazine at the CTIA wireless industry trade show earlier this year. Does it all sound too good to be true? If so, that's because it probably is. What little information is available about the services is technically inconsistent, and doesn't match up with public records."

Pixar's Next Three Films Will Be Sequels 379

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @08:03PM from the low-hanging-fruit-is-the-first-to-rot dept.

brumgrunt writes "Should we be worried? As Pixar, with Up, once more proves itself to be home to some of the most original and daring blockbusters on the planet, the news that its next three films are likely to be sequels — with the confirmation of Monsters, Inc. 2 — gives cause for concern. Are commercial pressures catching up with one of our most inventive movie companies?"

Comment Re:Thank you for admiting it (Score 4, Funny) 442

by OnlySlightly on Friday January 02, 2009 @09:32PM (#26307531) Attached to: How Do You Stay Upbeat Amidst the Idiocy?

You, sir, are an idiot.

Comment Re:SUVs (Score 1) 897

by OnlySlightly on Saturday December 27, 2008 @02:34AM (#26239869) Attached to: Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails?

Further some of us simply can't fit into the common compact car, that is certainly poor engineering because I'm only a hair over 6' tall, but highlights that one size doesn't fit all.
There are many compacts that aren't built for tall people, but I'm 6'5" and comfortably drive a Chevy Aveo. There are affordable, fuel-effecient vehicles out there for uncommonly large people.

Seconded. I am 6'6" and drive a Honda Fit. The guy at the gas station asked me how I could drive such a small car. I just told him it was bigger on the inside. (Timelord technology at work)

Comment Re:complete BS (Score 1) 643

by OnlySlightly on Friday May 16, 2008 @02:04PM (#23437210) Attached to: Early Review Calls New Indiana Jones Film Dreadful

They aren't missing the point. You are. There's only so much information you can pack into a 'star rating'

Movie Critics are rating movies by how good they are on a multitude of levels. A 4 star movie has to be entertaining, interesting, thought provoking, well written, well directed, well acted, etc, etc, etc.

Well said. I find myself having this problem when doing something as simple as rating my Netflix movies. There are some movies that are extremely well executed, and an excellent example of the genre, but it doesn't necessarily appeal to me from the entertainment value standpoint. So, how do I rate it? Based on personal taste, or based on the quality of the movie?

I tend to rate based on quality of the movie. This often leads to "interesting" Netflix recommendations, but I like to keep track of those ratings so I can recommend them to other folks who are more interested in those movie genres.

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