Posts by Captain DaFt

Re: Robots first

Well, Mars does have a lovely, deep valley that makes the Grand Canyon look like a drainage ditch.

Protected from the storms (dust and solar), highest air pressure at the bottom, and less temperature variation. Still freakin' cold tho'.)

A few preliminary explorations to map it out and find some nice, sheltered caves for early settlers to build in, land a few nuclear stations for power, or for the squeamish, large solar arrays up on the canyon rim, and there's a decent start for a prospective colony.

Re: no women, no kids

And of course, "pulled as soon as discovered" really means, "pulled as soon as position was filled".

Posted fro my flying forttress dirigible

Re: Annoying bear thingies

"They ate stormtroopers."

And? I eat cows, chickens, pigs, etc. It ain't cannibalism if it ain't your own species.

As for one intelligent species eating another? Pesty troopers invaded the Ewoks world without so much as a by your leave, and set up shop.

Serves'em right.

Re: Prior art?

The US military might have a beef with the design,

Obviously, it's just a Pentagon with rounded corners.

Re: 75% of users are pirates?

But that's the plan isn't it?

Charge rates that orders of magnitude beyond exorbitant

Watch as potential customers turn pirate to access it

Then scream and wail how "teh piratz" are killing your company

Send lawyers off in all directions

???

Instead of profit, lather, rinse, repeat.

@t20racerman

Quite a puzzle isn't it?

Microsoft will happily sell you a copy of their OS without a Dell computer, to use on any machine that you choose, so why can't they (Dell) sell you a computer without Windows to use with any OS that you choose?

It seems that bit of imbalance has now come back to bite Dell and the other box sellers hard now that Microsoft's turning all Apple-ly and testing out selling their own hardware/OS combination.

"But, but," they cry out, "Microsoft promised that they'd never do such a thing!"

Re: A Patent Wars icon is needed

Yes, YES! definitely a tantrum baby icon!

Suitable for patent suits, inflated egos, DRM pushers, and clueless self entitled mouth frothers of all ilk.

Ah, c'mon, I didn't know either, and now I've got cramps from laughing!

It's always a hoot to see what people that don't think are thinking!

Or even the inaudible whistling produced by smoking a cigar!

(Puff puff, damn, is there *anything* good on tonight? Puff puff puff...)

Re: Just call it a design feature

Getting there, but you have to use "Market Speak" and call them "pre-stressed" instead of "pre-scratched".

Re: @ Norman Hartnell

"Driving a speedboat off the barn roof"

Youtube link, or it didn't happen!

Re: A natural fit

The scary thing is; if they did, he probably would, although I can't see it lasting mote than a couple of months.

Re: apropros of nothing

Heck, I can give you an accurate answer to that problem instantly;

"Hell if I know!"

Re: Let me put on my rocket scientists hat a second....

And believe it or not, some people are just that vain.

@M Gale

Better yet, a few friends with phones spoofed to your wifi id, in different cities, logging in sequentially.

"I'm in London!"

"Now I'm in France!"

"Now I'm in Moscow!"

"Whoo-hoo, In Beijing now!"

"Dude! It's so nice in LA!"

"Whoa, New York's looking bad Now."

"Back in London... New record, around the world in 80 seconds! Verified by Facebook!"

Re: SD

My guesses;

A. Google really wants you to use their cloud services.

B. It's to give their partners a slight advantage over Nexus.

C. Little bit of "B", a lot of "A".

Re: Ubuntu

Seeing as how it seems to be becoming more and more invasive and user unfriendly with each new release, how about "Rabid Rat"?

@FartingHippo

Takes all kinds, I guess. Personally, I thought they were cute, but then, I've always liked spiders.

They eat pests, and are one of Nature's most perfect predators, while being mostly harmless to humans.

Sure there are a few species dangerous to humans, like the Redback, Brown Recluse, and the Black Widow, but the vast majority are less dangerous to people than Honeybees. Hell, even more harmless than flies, since they don't spread disease!

Of course, on the downside, they do tend to show up everywhere! Factoid: Unless you're outdoors in Antartica, you're probably never further than a meter from a spider.

Re: Psst!

Actualy, I think "on board", would have been a better phrase to get that message across that he was trying to deliver. It would have implied that he actualy thought it was going somewhere.

And the Saturnian's have developed an answer to humanity... the Ethylene Bomb!

Dun dun DUN!

Now kwitcherbitchin about a punchline, OK?

Re: AC re: Breitling

Actually, yes. They even have a name for them.

They're called 'Bracelets'.

Re: Need a correction

I think the advertising that they had may have helped kill the Zune.

With all the emphasis on 'squirting' your friends, it came across as a musical super-soaker.

Re: Laying golden eggs

And there's the problem, right there. When you have your finger on the pulse and squeeze, you cut off the circulation!

Re: Mouth over reason

Never under-estimate the human ear as a vector of infection!

(Just look at the AGW debate itself for proof.)

"Got a headache? Chew on some willow bark. Which we still do today. Except we've taken the active compound, figured out how to synthesise it and now deliver it in handy pill form. Much easier than dragging a small forest around with you. :)"

Close. Salicylic acid from willow bark reduces inflammation and reduces pain, but it plays hell with the digestive tract, acetylsalicylic acid, AKA Aspirin, was developed from studying salicylic acid, and though it is still rough on the stomach, it's much gentler than its natural parent.