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Comment Again? (Score 1) 146

by beavt8r on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @11:02AM (#33138048) Attached to: Malicious Hardware Hacking May Be the Next Frontier

Seems like we almost need to add an "again" to the end of the title. Full circle, it has come.

Comment Raiden 2 (Score 1) 1120

by beavt8r on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @10:37AM (#28852153) Attached to: Which Game Series Would You Reboot?

I LOVE Raiden 2 in the arcade. Fantastic vertical shooter, upgradeable weapons, cool stuff. I think a 'reboot' version would be quite nice.

Comment Re:TI-85 (Score 1) 1127

by beavt8r on Monday April 13, 2009 @02:16PM (#27559985) Attached to: Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In?

System: TI-83 Location: In class, 12th grade I remember writing a simple fighting game that year. Complete with fatalities. Sloooow animation, but a very satisfying nuclear bomb one I was quite proud of. And all on the language on the calculator, no assembly ports.

Comment Re:You were in a room? Luxury. (Score 1) 1127

by beavt8r on Monday April 13, 2009 @02:09PM (#27559829) Attached to: Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In?

I once had a job at a wireless ISP where I would regularly troubleshoot disfunctional rooftop routers located on an antenna mast. This sometimes left me balancing my laptop on top of a ladder in order to connect to the crashed device, which was particularly fun on high buildings during windy days. Every tried to troubleshoot and fix a kernel panic by tweaking kernel driver source code in a situation where you could fall to your death if you lost your balance? It would make an awesome geek extreme sport.

Like Laser Obstacle Chess?

Comment Re:In Ancient Times (Score 1) 217

by beavt8r on Thursday March 19, 2009 @11:23AM (#27256369) Attached to: Google's Information On DMCA Takedown Abuse

Have you ever copied sheet music by hand? It's a pain in the ass.

You're doing it wrong.

All of the "by hand" references reminds me of a certain scene in Back to the Future. Marty is in the future and finds Hogan's Alley the arcade game sitting there. Two young kids are there watching him play, reminiscing at how good he is at the game. The kids' response? "You mean you have to touch it?"

Comment Re:What colour is energy? (Score 1) 460

by beavt8r on Tuesday November 21, 2006 @11:05AM (#16930668) Attached to: Michigan Teen Creates Fusion Device

Or purple! Behold the power of the Radioactive Plum!!

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