greenkite71 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Tag: whatcouldpossiblygowrong (Score 2, Insightful) 143

by greenkite71 on Monday March 23, 2009 @11:31PM (#27307591) Attached to: Scientists Reverse Muscular Dystrophy In Dogs

I have FSHD (another mild form of muscular dystrophy). If this approach is ever applied to FSHD, I will try to be one of the first in line. To those of you who prefer that we die so that the your conception of the human race doesn't become weaker, I suggest your line of thinking presents a far greater risk to humanity than my genes.

Slashdot's Disagree Mail 202

Posted by samzenpus on Friday October 10, 2008 @01:58PM from the well-here's-your-problem dept.

Slashdot has one of the best discussion systems there is. It's grown and adapted over the years to meet various challenges and suit the needs of our users. A lot of time and effort has gone into it and we are always open to user input to help make it better. Some of our best ideas start as user suggestions and we appreciate the feedback. Of course they can't all be gems and sometimes the suggestions we get are unworkable or just bizarre. Here are a few of my favorite unhelpful, helpful suggestions.

Comment Re:One of the most widely used languages? (Score 1) 499

by greenkite71 on Wednesday October 01, 2008 @01:56PM (#25221957) Attached to: C# In-Depth

Our company is PCI compliant, which significantly restricts the hardware/software configurations we can use as well because of strict security requirements. We don't throw hardware at problems because hardware can't solve every problem. If you write code (whether it is C# or Transact-SQL or whatever) that uses shared resources (e.g., a database or cache) and aren't smart about it, no amount of hardware is going to help.

Journal Journal: "Ah don't feel no ways tired" 3

Journal by GMontag on Sunday March 04, 2007 @11:18PM

"Ah don't feel no ways tired"
- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Selma, AL. 4 March 2007

Mrs. Clinton, are you trying to speak "Southern"? STOP IT! YOU HURT MY EARS WHEN YOU DO THAT!

Feed Bush Courts Brazil as Ethanol Pal (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Sunday March 04, 2007 @11:12PM

Brazil's sugar cane provides the ethanol that fuels eight out of every 10 new Brazilian cars. Bush wants an alliance with the planet's undisputed renewable energy leader. By the Associated Press.

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