r0b!n - Slashdot User

Comment Re:More self-promotion from this grifter... (Score 2) 64

by r0b!n on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:45AM (#65958218) Attached to: Cory Doctorow On Tariffs and the DMCA In Canada

and putting them on the touchscreen.

and putting them behind a paywall FTFY

Comment When quoting a job like this (Score 1) 64

by r0b!n on Thursday January 29, 2026 @11:41PM (#65958076) Attached to: Cory Doctorow On Tariffs and the DMCA In Canada

Always include the fee to have a lawyer look over the contract.

Comment Re:Is it "too real"? (Score 2) 607

by r0b!n on Friday April 27, 2012 @06:49PM (#39827683) Attached to: <em>Hobbit</em> Film Underwhelms At 48 Frames Per Second

How do the frame rates outside your basement vary from the frame rate inside?

Comment Re:Future (Score 1) 293

by r0b!n on Friday December 02, 2011 @04:52PM (#38242932) Attached to: The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix

Hey that is my birthday. Shit will I feel old.

Comment Re:I'm panicking! (Score 1) 1223

by r0b!n on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @06:35AM (#36746354) Attached to: Google+ Already At 10 Million Users

I would appreciate one: robinstephens {at} gmail

Comment Celine Dion? (Score 1) 89

by r0b!n on Thursday June 02, 2011 @03:21PM (#36323694) Attached to: AC/DC Music Attracts Great White Sharks

I would rather take my chances with the sharks.

Comment Re:Arsenic and the lace of life (Score 1) 155

by r0b!n on Friday May 27, 2011 @06:25PM (#36268274) Attached to: War Over Arsenic Based Life

Oh yeah! I watched that "Star Trek" documentary too.

Comment Re:First thing they need to do (Score 1) 511

by r0b!n on Friday April 29, 2011 @12:18PM (#35975816) Attached to: Is Canonical the Next Apple?

The Apple side is short, and carries images of animals all well-reputed and seen as powerful and respected predators.

This is a big warning sign to me that Apple is a company that takes itself too seriously.

Comment Re:Surprising (Score 1) 279

by r0b!n on Friday January 28, 2011 @05:31PM (#35038076) Attached to: Physicists Call For Alien Messaging Protocol

Jerry Springer

Comment Re:So it is time to... (Score 1) 88

by r0b!n on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @08:43PM (#34705730) Attached to: Solar Storms Could Bring Northern Lights South

savages with funny tattoos and a general like of badly built all terrain vehicles slapped together out of junk

How is this different to current civilisation?

Comment OMFG (Score 1) 864

by r0b!n on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @05:24PM (#33953336) Attached to: Steve Jobs Lashes Out At Android

It takes me a whole 5 minutes to learn the difference between stock Android interface and HTC Sense. My brain is fried.

Comment ... at letting them (Score 1) 465

by r0b!n on Saturday October 16, 2010 @08:46PM (#33921054) Attached to: When automating everyday tasks with robots, the line must be drawn...

build robots.

Comment The best device (Score 1) 417

by r0b!n on Friday September 03, 2010 @10:24PM (#33472234) Attached to: Software (and Appropriate Input Device) For a Toddler?

A book and a parent to read to them.

Comment Re:Too busy (Score 4, Informative) 173

by r0b!n on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @07:38PM (#33051996) Attached to: Rogue Anti-Virus Victims Rarely Fight Back

Wrong. This is like making a purchase for a product online and the product is not delivered or making a purchase online and the product does not perform the task for which it was purchased. Both of these circumstances are/should be covered by some form of protection.

Comment Re:What about the N900? (Score 1) 137

by r0b!n on Thursday February 25, 2010 @09:03AM (#31271014) Attached to: <em>Quake 3</em> For Android

You should also read this article on the N900 port. http://slashdot.org/submission/1180314/Nokia-N900-Hardware-failure---USB-port-falling-off

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