illumastorm - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Time to Dust off my Gravis Firebird (Score 1) 149

by illumastorm on Thursday March 19, 2015 @09:45PM (#49297609) Attached to: "Descent" Goes For a Crowdfunding Reboot (and a Linux Version)

Perhaps your... "Dravis" Firebird? ;)

Really? The "dravius" Firebird?

Comment Re:The only exception... (Score 2) 75

by illumastorm on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @01:40PM (#43987145) Attached to: German Parliament Tells Government To Strictly Limit Patents On Software

computer programs which replace a mechanical or electromagnetic component

What would be realistic examples of this?

A clock.

Comment Oh, good. (Score 2) 501

by illumastorm on Friday May 17, 2013 @08:54AM (#43750911) Attached to: Florida Activates System For Citizens To Call Each Other Terrorists

What can possibly go wrong?

Comment Re:Cool web site (Score 2) 225

by illumastorm on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @12:03PM (#43732433) Attached to: Federal Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Complaint

I had to block about 20 objects in order to read the article. The entire right sidebar was nothing but ads.

Comment Re:As much as I dislike... (Score 1) 266

by illumastorm on Friday August 03, 2012 @01:10PM (#40869961) Attached to: US Resists UN Push For Control Over Internet

Yeah, this method is working great for Syria

Comment Stohach acid (Score 0) 40

by illumastorm on Thursday July 12, 2012 @04:07PM (#40631591) Attached to: Live Pictures From Inside Your Stomach

Instead of hydrochloric acid my stomach contains Mountain Dew.

Comment Re:Best OS ever (Score 1) 343

by illumastorm on Monday July 09, 2012 @06:00PM (#40596943) Attached to: Microsoft: Windows 8 To RTM In August

Not bugs! Features!

Comment Re:Oh Tee! (Score 1) 628

by illumastorm on Friday July 06, 2012 @07:36PM (#40571143) Attached to: Church of Scientology Enlisting Followers In Censorship

No need to apologize, The Tick is awesome. I re-read your post in The Tick's voice and i became even more awesome.

Comment Re:Wow. Sad. (Score 1) 131

by illumastorm on Monday June 18, 2012 @09:50PM (#40365805) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Solution For an Email Discussion Forum?

You are also assuming that the GP has not had any first hand experience in assisting his users on how to use the site or other technical issues.

Comment Re:disarm the planet (Score 1) 828

by illumastorm on Friday June 01, 2012 @04:33PM (#40185327) Attached to: Venezuela Bans the Commercial Sale of Firearms and Ammunition

Nah. We'll send a neurotic genius to upload a computer virus on the mothership.

Comment Re:Good "Why SOPA is bad for non-geeks" article? (Score 2) 513

by illumastorm on Saturday January 07, 2012 @12:28PM (#38622056) Attached to: Lawmakers Intent On Approving SOPA, PIPA

SOPA will kill free pron!

Comment Time Zones (Score 1) 359

by illumastorm on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @08:07PM (#37334632) Attached to: Regarding timezones: I would rather live ...

what I have learned with all the time zones in the world is this one thing: It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

Comment Re:Important questions: (Score 1) 84

by illumastorm on Thursday July 14, 2011 @11:50AM (#36763572) Attached to: Researchers Build "Squishy" Memory Device

Either way, your memory would be shot.

Comment Re:But... (Score 2) 121

by illumastorm on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @08:31PM (#36234564) Attached to: New Bacterium Lives On Caffeine

Not really, but they are great at geometric expansion problems

Comment Re:It's all fun and game (Score 1) 102

by illumastorm on Sunday March 27, 2011 @05:27PM (#35632488) Attached to: Microsoft Sniffs Out Unused Wireless Spectrum

I'm pretty sure that if such a device was approved by the FCC it would be programmed to avoid using emergency frequencies.

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