spider256 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Romulans? (Score 0) 140

by spider256 on Monday March 19, 2012 @04:05PM (#39406803) Attached to: Futuristic Biplane Design Eliminates Sonic Boom

I just RTFA because of this comment. And I never RTFA. Thanks it was refreshing.

Comment Re:I wish they would do the obvious (Score -1) 264

by spider256 on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @10:19AM (#37919876) Attached to: How X-Ray Scanners Became Mandatory In US Airports

Those who are afraid to shove a red hot poker up there arses are effectively ruled by red hot pokers up their arses

I wish they gave me mod points so I could mod this up.

Comment Re:Cost? (Score 0) 195

by spider256 on Thursday October 13, 2011 @10:07AM (#37701150) Attached to: 3D Printer For Your Kids

At least we're not measuring them in Wii-Wii's

Comment 41 comments and no (Score 1) 85

by spider256 on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @08:09PM (#37405170) Attached to: Algorithm Predicts New Superhard Materials

mention of adamantium, this is slashdot right?

Comment Re:iPhone with iSSH (Score 0) 359

by spider256 on Thursday January 06, 2011 @11:01AM (#34776268) Attached to: Smartphones For Text SSH Use Re-Revisited

I use iSSH too, it has come in handy a number of times, they did a good job of making it readable and user friendly, my only gripe is with the iPhone screen being too small to get serious work done, but its really good for quick fixes.

Comment Re:Yes...but (Score 0) 118

by spider256 on Monday January 03, 2011 @02:59PM (#34746040) Attached to: Researchers Claim 1,000 Core Chip Created

Does it run Crysis?

Comment Reception? (Score 1) 399

by spider256 on Sunday December 19, 2010 @09:23AM (#34606650) Attached to: Intel's Sandy Bridge Processor Has a Kill Switch

Reception anyone? 3G only covers 25% of the country. So most people don't have to worry about this.

Submission + - Debian 6.0 To Come With A Completely Free Kernel (digitizor.com)

Submitted by dkd903 on Thursday December 16, 2010 @12:00PM

dkd903 writes: The Debian Project has announced that the upcoming release – Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” – will have a completely free Linux kernel. This means that the Linux kernel which ships with Debian 6.0 will not have any non-free firmware. The Debian Project has been working on removing the non-free parts since the last two releases. With Squeeze, they are finally realizing that goal.

Comment How to get what we want done in Washington. (Score 1) 484

by spider256 on Sunday October 03, 2010 @10:43AM (#33776386) Attached to: 'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt

I wrote an article about this exact subject. http://popcopy.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-get-what-we-want-done-in.html

Comment Re:srsly?! (Score 5, Funny) 145

by MickyTheIdiot on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @10:17AM (#29273385) Attached to: Tetris Improves Your Brain

Madness? This is SLASHDOT.

Comment I have run into this problem before (Score 1) 424

by spider256 on Friday May 22, 2009 @09:31AM (#28052721) Attached to: Using 1 Gaming Computer For 2 People?

Take a look at this: http://popcopy.blogspot.com/2008/12/enable-multi-user-concurrent-logon-for.html

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