Comment it's official... (Score 1, Interesting) 233

by neight108 on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @10:50PM (#39580971) Attached to: Plantronics Helps Make Remote Workers' Lives Easier (Video)

it's official...I have removed slashdot from my rss feed.

Comment I live in the area... (Score 1) 299

by neight108 on Monday January 02, 2012 @02:58PM (#38565074) Attached to: Earthquakes That May Be Related To Fracking Close Ohio Oil Well

...and we've had 11 earthquakes of 2.0 magnitude or greater since March 17, 2011. Normally, we're lucky to get one earthquake a year.

Local news source

Comment remember...? (Score 4, Funny) 67

by neight108 on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @01:18AM (#38132748) Attached to: Australian Copyright Troll Rumored To Have Shut Down

"Remember how a shadowy group arose a few months back with the promise of suing thousands of Australians for allegedly pirating movies?

Nope...

Comment security (Score 0) 77

by neight108 on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @09:05AM (#37748850) Attached to: Continuing the Distributed DNS System

this doesn't sound very secure.

Comment Re:Who needs SSL? (Score 1) 74

by neight108 on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @03:49PM (#37682812) Attached to: Father of SSL Talks Serious Security Turkey

I don't have anything to hide!

I find it ironic that "Anonymous Coward" has nothing to hide

Comment Re:Sony company culture of indifference won't chan (Score 1) 452

by neight108 on Thursday June 02, 2011 @11:29PM (#36328032) Attached to: Sony Compromised, Again

frankly I don't think Sony gives a flying f_ck

I would love it if Sony gave me a flying f_ck: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/rc/b527/

Comment Re:4th (Score 1) 484

by neight108 on Saturday November 20, 2010 @03:40AM (#34289772) Attached to: Whitehat Hacker Moxie Marlinspike's Laptop, Cellphones Seized

I've always thought about doing this with trade secrets. Imagine if some guy with the recipe for Coca-Cola on his computer was screened by the TSA or customs.

Comment Re:More Cores, More Power (Score 1) 661

by neight108 on Monday July 19, 2010 @08:38PM (#32958798) Attached to: 4 Cores? 6 Cores? Do You Care?

Seriously though, if you like to game on your computer there is no such thing as too much power.

Yeah, but some older games (e.g. Deus Ex, even the Steam version) tend to misbehave on multicore systems...

set your processor affinity to use 1 core (task manager, then right click the game's process)

Comment Re:Next please! (Score 2, Informative) 446

by neight108 on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @12:21AM (#32806406) Attached to: Proximity Sensor Presents Latest iPhone 4 Issue

Not sure if its Honda, but there's a debate that 9-3 is safer if the air bag deploys: http://www.smartmotorist.com/driving-guideline/hands-on-the-steering-wheel.html

Comment write once? (Score 1) 267

by neight108 on Thursday June 24, 2010 @11:45PM (#32686884) Attached to: SanDisk WORM SD Card Can Store Data For 100 Years

don't forget to proofread...

Comment Re:That's fine but... (Score 5, Funny) 303

by neight108 on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @09:59PM (#31422118) Attached to: The World's First Commercially Available Jetpack

If these things go fast enough, why would you actually need a flying car?

Cup holders

Comment Re:I see it coming... (Score 1) 419

by neight108 on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @10:04PM (#30384104) Attached to: Company Trains the Autistic To Test Software

One of the businesses in my area has been hiring people with mental and developmental disabilities for decades. http://www.fairhavenind.com/outsourcing_services.html

Comment Re:Possibly... (Score 1) 83

by neight108 on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @02:21PM (#26816031) Attached to: Norfolk Town's Schools First To Be Heated By Burning Cattle

Sounds like a modest proposal.

Comment People in Charge (Score 5, Informative) 140

by neight108 on Friday September 26, 2008 @08:51PM (#25173567) Attached to: Internet Filtering Lobby Forms

Click on People

2 Politicians
1 President of the Songwriters Guild of America
1 Lawyer

need I say more?