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Comment Re:Total Nonstarter in the US. (Score 1) 449

Your post is a complete contradiction. First you say "the REAL reason it's going to happen is because import businesses want it. I actually import goods from China/India, and it takes weeks to deliver. Eliminating this shipping time is absolutely key in a competitive environment."

Then you say, 'The days of 'Hard-Working-Corporations-Can-Solve-All-Our-Problems' are over. It is now time for government to solve all our problems."

Which is it? If you want it so bad for your company, you should pay for it. If it is such a good deal, someone with capitol will pony up the money and be raking it in from all of the people like you who want faster shipping times.

Comment Re:I hope it's moderated (Score 1) 372

You do realize that there is a difference between "the water cure" and waterboarding right? The water cure involves forcing the recipient to drink large quantities of water resulting in gastric distension and can lead to death. The Japanese when using this during WWII would then smack the recipient's belly and cause the stomach to burst. Waterboarding involves running water over the face of the recipient, simulating drowning, not forcing them to drink it.
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Submission + - Star Wars fan puts himself in Carbonite (thesneeze.com)

sneezesteve writes: How do you secure your nerd-cred for eternity? By acquiring a life-size replica of Han Solo in Carbonite, having Han's face removed, and replacing it with your own.

"It is made from fiberglass, and the short story is that a friend who is a special effects guy owned the piece, which was a direct casting off the original prop. He was moving, (aka getting married and yelled at) and asked me if I wanted it. I screamed a huge lispy "Yes!", and picked it up, but knew I wanted to do something cool with it. So I called my other nerdy special effects pals, and they offered to replace Harrison Ford's face with mine. I was so tired of hearing this offer in my daily life, but decided to finally consider it, so off it went.

KNB Effects in the valley took an algae mold of my entire head, then cut off Han Solo's, and replaced it with mine. They even added the frozen saliva that rushed out when Han got frozen."

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