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  1. Or just drop some matchsticks on Mathematicians Use Mossberg 500 Pump-Action Shotgun To Calculate Pi · · Score: 1
  2. Maybe it's a good job they couldn't get it going. on Wrong Fuel Chokes Presidential Limo · · Score: 1

    At least it saved it getting stuck on the kerb/curb later.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo5zH0Il8B0

  3. Better still... on Google Chrome Getting Audio Indicators To Show You Noisy Tabs · · Score: 1

    Personally I'd like to have _all_ activity (audio, network, CPU, everything) stopped on every tab except the active one. If I want to be annoyed I can pop the tab into it's own window (or if someone cares to implement it - you could have per-tab controls).

  4. Re:To much selling me shit. on Apple Declutters, Speeds Up iTunes With Major Upgrade · · Score: 4, Informative

    Then go to the Parental Controls Preferences and disable the iTunes Store.

    Wasn't too hard, was it?

  5. Re:Tau instead of Pi... Wait a few months on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 1

    But then the volume of a pizza of thickness 'a' and radius 'z' wouldn't be 'pi z z a' it would be 'tau z z a / 2'.

  6. Re:OS X Compile? on Intel's Superchilled Test Rig · · Score: 1

    And FWIW compiling with:

    g++-fsf-4.4 smallpt.cpp -o smallpt -O3 -fopenmp -ffast-math -m64 -march=native -ftree-parallelize-loops=8 -funroll-all-loops

    gives a runtime for smallpt 100 of 2m31s for my MacBook ("Early 2008" model).

  7. Re:OS X Compile? on Intel's Superchilled Test Rig · · Score: 1

    One of the comments on the smallpt page recommends adding the following line:

    if (depth > 100) return obj.e;

    after line 55 in the code to prevent a stack overflow.

    It seems to do the trick for me.

  8. Re:This is all too familiar on Google Engineer Decries Complexity of Java, C++ · · Score: 1

    I am pretty sure I heard such a speech 10 years ago, before Java came out.

    The first release of Java was in 1995.

  9. Re:Kayaking to Japan on Pedestrian Follows Google Map, Gets Run Over, Sues · · Score: 1

    And it's nice they way they expect you to carry your canoe across one of the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of your journey.

  10. Re:What was that sound? on 3rd-Grader Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession · · Score: 1

    That was so not what I was hoping for when I followed a link labelled "Jamie Oliver's forehead hitting the nearest wall, over and over again".

  11. Re:I agree on Microsoft Says No TCP/IP Patches For XP · · Score: 1

    ... Apple doesn't provide service updates for anything older than 10.5 (2007)...

    Check out: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

    Apple released a security update for OS X 10.4 just 5 days ago.

    OS X 10.4 was released in 2005.

  12. Re:Let's see them be consistant. on Apple Kicks HDD Marketing Debate Into High Gear · · Score: 1

    Actually a 4GB MacBook Pro does show up as having 3.75GB of memory (in Activity Monitor) after being upgraded to Snow Leopard. Although I'm not really sure why.

  13. Microsoft's Poland? on Microsoft Poland Photoshops Black Guy To White One · · Score: 1

    ... Microsoft's Poland ...

    Wait. Microsoft have invaded Poland? I've got a bad feeling about this.

  14. Re:Not Python! on Hello World! · · Score: 1

    I know of no such "rule as used by Unix".

    man expand

  15. Re:Still might be a niche market on Standalone GPS Receivers Going the Way of the Dodo · · Score: 1

    Like this?

    I thought I wanted something like that - but in the end I went for a Garmin Foretrex 101 and a solar AAA battery charger.

  16. Re:no video card updates at all? a $1700 latop wit on Apple's WWDC Unveils iPhone 3.0, OpenCL, Laptop Updates, and More · · Score: 1

    It also has mini pci-e slots on the in side as well.

    Excellent. Oh, hang on, I thought you said it had mince pie slots.

  17. Re:Printer dependence of Word documents on Ridiculous Software Bug Workarounds? · · Score: 1

    This is pilot error not a ridiculous software bug.

    If you wanted them to see the same pages as you why didn't you send the document in some sort of Portable Document Format?

  18. 140 Character Limit on The Guardian Shifts To Twitter After 188 Years of Ink · · Score: 1

    140 characters shouldn't be too much of a problem to get the nuances of an important news item across.

    If they need more they can always use tweetdoubler.

  19. Re:15 240 meters on Alaska's Mt. Redoubt Has Erupted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't forget the British use feet for aviation

    And I thought we used wings...

  20. Ummm, no... on I'm a PC and I'm 4-1/2 · · Score: 1

    it's impressive that little Kylie is able to transfer a snapshot of her pet fish from her camera to a PC, color-correct it, and e-mail it to her family

    Actually, we don't see her do any of these things. The advert is so full of jump cuts and close-ups [*], that the only thing we see the child actually do is plug in a USB cable (the fiddly end of which is already suspiciously plugged into the camera before she starts).

    Although, I'm not saying that in itself isn't impressive, given that USB was designed in such a way that the most common USB plug is symmetrical and fits in the socket (to a limited extent) the wrong way up.

    [*] At least the version on YouTube is - like I'm going to install Silverlight.

  21. Re:The answer is right there in front of you on The Most Annoying Software Out There · · Score: 3, Funny
    Hmmm, the title bar on my browser window says:

    Slashdot | The Most Annoying Software Out There
  22. Re:xnu = X is Now Unix on Mac OS X Leopard is Now Officially Unix · · Score: 1

    Or Leopard Is Now UniX... errr, hang on...

  23. Linux iLife replacements (was Re:subject) on Leopard Vs. Vista · · Score: 1
    iLife (iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, GarageBand, iWeb)
    I don't see anything in that group that I don't enjoy a better version of on both my XP and Gentoo install...
    I'm interested in hearing what you have found on Linux that is comparable to GarageBand on the Mac. And pointers to other iLife-like applications would be appreciated.
  24. Re:iThinkItsGettingOld on MacWorld Keynote Announces x86 iMac & Laptop · · Score: 1

    Yeah, this iNtel processor is just adding iNsult to iNjury.

  25. Re:Eiffel tower, Giza pyramids.. on Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World · · Score: 1
    • Munich Olympic Stadium

    ...and just over the road the headquarters of a certain German car manufacturer (no prizes for guessing which one).