mrfurious42 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:BS. (Score 1) 394

by mrfurious42 on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @02:21AM (#31745284) Attached to: # of wireless APs (w/ SSID shown) in range now:

This statement strikes me as sloppy thinking. The only assertion is an opinion: "The poor here in the US are better off". "2 jobs at 60 hours a week and unable to afford food." Presumably this means 2 minimum wage jobs, each of which are, by design, just under 40 hours per week. clearly this person can afford food for them alone. Is it a liveable wage? That is another question entirely.

Zombie Pigs First, Hibernating Soldiers Next 193

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 07, 2009 @07:06PM from the fattening-up-on-brains dept.

ColdWetDog writes "Wired is running a story on DARPA's effort to stave off battlefield casualties by turning injured soldiers into zombies by injecting them with a cocktail of one chemical or another (details to be announced). From the article, 'Dr. Fossum predicts that each soldier will carry a syringe into combat zones or remote areas, and medic teams will be equipped with several. A single injection will minimize metabolic needs, de-animating injured troops by shutting down brain and heart function. Once treatment can be carried out, they'll be "re-animated" and — hopefully — as good as new.' If it doesn't pan out we can at least get zombie bacon and spam."

Comment What was the teacher's name? What school was this? (Score 1) 931

by mrfurious42 on Saturday January 24, 2009 @11:51PM (#26595349) Attached to: A Teacher Asking Students To Destroy Notes?

I see a lot of comments about what seems to be only a hypothetical question at this point. What school did this occur at? Why don't I see any references on the web that don't link back to this slashdot story?

Comment economies of scale and scope (Score 1) 834

by mrfurious42 on Monday June 13, 2005 @01:26AM (#12800234) Attached to: Cringley Thinks Apple & Intel Are Merging

Were the pundits right? For my money I don't think it's a bluff. Apple has already switched to other industry standard technologies (USB, PCI) and harmonizing it's CPU technology is another logical step. What makes apple special at this point is a user-friendly OS more than a unique harware design. Cringly's second theory, that Intel is shopping for a company to write Operating Systems that do the best job of showcasing their hardware, seems to fit this. I don't understand what some folks have against Cringly and Dvorak. Are their predictions accurate or not?

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