jar240 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:This is why I will never trust cloud services (Score 1) 388

by jar240 on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @11:49AM (#38280432) Attached to: IT Pros Can't Resist Peeking At Privileged Info

most of my salary comes from small business research grants. ... I'm not the salesman, because I can't tell people they need something when they don't.

Uh, your grant applications are giant sales pitches. They're telling people they need something when they don't.

Homer Simpson Named Greatest TV Character 142

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @02:04PM from the all-my-life-I've-had-one-dream-to-achieve-my-many-goals dept.

A survey by Entertainment Weekly has named Homer Simpson the greatest character created for television or film in the past 20 years. Everyone's favorite beer-swilling, donut-eating dad beat out Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the top spot. From the article: "'People can relate to Homer because we're all secretly propelled by desires we can't admit to,' Groening was quoted as telling Entertainment Weekly. 'Homer is launching himself head-first into every single impulsive thought that occurs to him. His love of whatever ... is a joy to witness.'"

Snails On Methamphetamine 93

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @02:09PM from the escargot-on-ice dept.

sciencehabit writes "Science answers the question: What happens when you put a snail on speed? From the article: 'The results suggest that meth improves memory, something that has been previously observed in creatures with large, complex brains like rats and humans. But since the snails store their memories in a simple, three-neuron network, the team hopes that studying the meth effect in these gastropods will help pinpoint how the drug's memory magnification powers work.'"

Comment Re:Oh, come on. (Score 1) 1634

by jar240 on Thursday January 28, 2010 @02:06PM (#30936994) Attached to: iPad Is a "Huge Step Backward"

It's locked down??

;-)

Comment But... (Score 2, Funny) 91

by jar240 on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @09:28AM (#27569341) Attached to: China Denies Role In US Grid Hacks

Didn't Jack Bauer take care of this two seasons ago?

Comment Give Canadians the Services... (Score 3, Insightful) 293

by jar240 on Wednesday February 13, 2008 @12:47PM (#22407542) Attached to: US Group Calls Canada a Top Copyright Violator

There are many entertainment services available to the US that aren't available in Canada. For instance, iTunes movie rentals, online network TV episode viewing, etc., Pandora's box (hehehe) are not available in Canada. If the US companies could get their sh!t together and figure out how to sell these services to Canadians, perhaps Canadians wouldn't have to seek entertainment fulfillment through other channels.

Chris

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