prider - Slashdot User

Comment Re:the consumer is tell you... (Score 1) 192

by prider on Monday March 31, 2025 @08:29PM (#65272933) Attached to: Netflix CEO Says Movie Theaters Are Dead

That the popcorn and other stuff at the refreshments stand are way too expensive.

Comment Bringing Gelsinger back is a smart move. (Score 2) 23

by prider on Monday March 03, 2025 @09:49PM (#65208985) Attached to: Former Intel CEO Barrett Calls for Board Dismissal and Gelsinger's Return

Bring Gelsinger back and let him finish revitalizing the company - do that and Intel begins the steep climb out within months. It may happen anyways, but it was Gelsinger that started the turn-around - bring him back for either the downfall, or success of his course.

Comment Re:Technically, it should be âoeconfabulation (Score 1) 23

by prider on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:35AM (#64011729) Attached to: 'Hallucinate' Chosen As Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year

Hallucination refers to a sensory effect. The psychological term that matches this well-known phenomenon best is actually âoeconfabulationâ which refers to making up stuff while believing it.

âoeHallucinationâ is the word that caught, though.

LOL - Am I hallucinating, or did slashdot mangle your word?

Comment Re:Outlook has this already (Score 1) 19

by prider on Saturday November 11, 2023 @06:43AM (#63997325) Attached to: Does Gmail Want To Be Instant Messaging? New UI Experiment Says 'Yes'

It's quick and easy in Outlook to send a thumbs up or similar in response to an email, but my clients that use Gmail never got these. Hopefully Gmail has caught up now - it's a time saver so a useful feature

Comment Tron (Score 1) 893

by prider on Monday August 26, 2019 @09:44PM (#59128082) Attached to: Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie?

The one with Bruce Boxleitner.

Comment See you in the backups. (Score 1) 307

by prider on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @11:08AM (#56259127) Attached to: Stephen Hawking, Who Examined the Universe and Explained Black Holes, Dies at 76

Let's meet up for thoughts.. You know.. after. Save some RAM for me!

Comment solar fricken roadways (Score 1) 389

by prider on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @02:57PM (#47417735) Attached to: Blueprints For Taming the Climate Crisis

http://laurencekc.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/solar-frickin-roadways-and-the-hype/

Comment Re:Ah! Well sit down youngster and let me tell you (Score 2) 89

by prider on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @03:36AM (#46226511) Attached to: Enlightenment E19 Pre-Alpha Released

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie

Comment Re:Smart but not nice (Score 1) 227

by prider on Thursday July 05, 2012 @05:05PM (#40557093) Attached to: China Begins Stockpiling Rare Earths, Draws WTO Attention

You should change "who is washing" to "while wiggling worms wash".

Comment Re:Lameness (Score 1) 1613

by prider on Thursday October 06, 2011 @08:04PM (#37633780) Attached to: Steve Jobs Dead At 56

RIP Steve Jobs...

Comment Re:1000 cores is easy! (Score 2, Funny) 326

by prider on Monday November 22, 2010 @05:52AM (#34304106) Attached to: Intel Talks 1000-Core Processors

Only 10 types of people caught that..

Comment Re:Err... what's the news? (Score 1) 206

by prider on Monday August 09, 2010 @07:21AM (#33187084) Attached to: Artificial Life Forms Evolve Basic Memory, Strategy

> This is simply memorizing the location of the goal. I would not call this memory. ... Uhm...

Comment Re:Yeah, right. (Score 1) 534

by prider on Thursday February 18, 2010 @04:19AM (#31181418) Attached to: The 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors

You (usually) get what you pay for. Assign a mediocre programmer to the task and you'll probably get mediocre results..

Comment Re:screen (Score 1) 307

by prider on Thursday February 04, 2010 @09:26PM (#31029798) Attached to: Keep SSH Sessions Active, Or Reconnect?

I realise I'm not either, call it irony.

it's irony. There, are you happy now?

I'm sure he's not happy, he sounds rather blue.

BioWare Targeting Spring 2011 For Star Wars: The Old Republic Launch 82

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @04:55AM from the may-the-force-eventually-be-with-you dept.

MTV's Multiplayer blog reports on comments from BioWare employee Sean Dahlberg, which indicate that they are aiming to release the game in spring 2011. He said, "While we have not announced a specific date, we can confirm that we are targeting a spring 2011 release for Star Wars: The Old Republic. We've got a lot of exciting updates and reveals planned throughout 2010, including the first-ever hands-on testing for the game. ... We can't wait to share more about the game with you as we progress through the year, so make sure you stay tuned to the official website for details." Recent posts to the game's developer blog provide details on the Imperial Agent and the Jedi Knight. They also released a video which gives insight into their design process for the Dark Side.

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