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  1. Re:Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics. on Science and the Shortcomings of Statistics · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, researches proved that water causes cancer. 100% of the cancer patients that died in 2009 drank water regularly.

  2. Yet another... on SolarPHP 1.0 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yet another PHP framework. Won't this ever stop? Won't the development efforts ever be directed to only a handful of frameworks, to get the best we can instead of a gazillion half-(or un-) documented, over-(or under-) engineered frameworks?

  3. Re:And we should attack the FSF... on FSF Attacks Windows 7's "Sins" In New Campaign · · Score: 1

    As much as I like and respect Stallman's works, and his fight for digital freedom, I find this little snippet quite disturbing.

  4. XML... on XML Library Flaw — Sun, Apache, GNOME Affected · · Score: 1, Interesting

    See signature.

    random gibberish to make lameness filter happy.

  5. Re:It's Only $5 on Unusual Physics Engine Game Ported To Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Voted with my pocket and bought my copy, too. I just couldn't find the system requirements on the site.

  6. Re:Imagine... on Emulated PC Enables Linux Desktop In Your Browser · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're sick... I like that!

  7. Re:Nice thought, bad planning on Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider · · Score: 1

    I have a bunch of Amish where I live. It's worse then the bikes, the bikes generally do 20-30 MPG going down the road.

    Wow, those are some very inefficient bikes!

  8. Why not take half a million cars out of the road? on Cows That Burp Less Methane to Be Bred · · Score: 1

    Why not take half a million cars out of the road? In Brasilia (Brazil's capital, and not the largest city by a long shot), we have more than a million cars for a population of just over two million people. Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city and one of the largest in the world, had a fleet of more than 4 million automobiles in 2003; the whole country had 37 million automobiles in 2003. USA, being the strongest economy, must dwarf this number. Surely the world could live with half a million automobiles fewer in each city that has a fleet of, say, more than a million, and just leave the poor ruminants alone.

  9. Re:Oh well on Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    And that coming from a 200k+ UID... In my time, when we were young ("Lay me doon on the caul, caul groon... etc.") we clubbed the intruders off of their senses, then buried them alive on the top of the hill, just before winter... (cue)

    (response to sig: the bitter, the best, until she went all into BDSM)

  10. Re:Slashdot achievements on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 5, Funny

    So much for karma whoring... Now we'll have "achievement whoring". I want Pink Slashdot back! Whateva.

  11. Re:Bzzzzzzz bzz bzzzzz bzzzz on Toward the Open Company · · Score: 1

    Just try imagining a beowulf cluster of that!

    Er... I'm getting old... going to bed now.

  12. Re:I was going to write a reply on Concentrate Better By Doodling · · Score: 1

    (.)(.) or (_Y_) or 3===D... will it filter it?

  13. Re:What's new? on Why Japan Hates the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Isn't diesel cheaper than gasoline in the U.S., as is the case here in Brazil (and perhaps the reason why diesel engines for non-utilitary vehicles are forbidden here)? If that's the case, even if it made 50 mpg with diesel, it would still be cheaper to run.

  14. Re:c-derived languages? on Survey Says C Dominated New '08 Open-Source Projects · · Score: 1

    Syntax error, of course.

    Hmmm, 20 seconds...

  15. Re:Propaganda terms... on Spore the Most Pirated Game of 2008 · · Score: 1

    Well, not only Copying, but Keeping as well, which also leads to a better acronym...

  16. Re:Useful IT Books for Prisoners are on Which Computer Books For Prisoners? · · Score: 1

    Drifting a little away from the topic, I'd like to ask you a question. Here in Brazil, where we use a Roman-like law system, after someone has served his time, all his records are cleared, and he's considered a law-abbiding citizen; of course there is prejudice, if you say you spent time on jail, but that's not generally a problem. In the U.S.it seems to me that if someone had to spend some time in jail, he's screwed for the rest of his life, when trying to find a new job or keeping the one he had. My question to you is, is the prejudice against an ex-convict just that, or is his record kept "dirty" even after he has paid all his debts to society?

    Back on topic, I'd suggest something workable with pen and paper, like Knuth's works on computer programming; those are more theory than practice.

  17. Re:Best nethack moment ever on 10th Year of the International Nethack Tournament · · Score: 1

    As a valk, I usually kill baby cocktrices in one or two blows, and full cocktrices by throwing something big, or sharp (those ogrish daggers are worth collecting); the Dragons are never a target for genocide, as they usually taste good (like chicken!) and give immunities; but my bane are the Rust monsters and the Vampires, for which I scribble a blessed blank ?oG as soon as I can... Never ascended though, so there must be something wrong with my strategy...

  18. Re:Congratulations on OpenBSD 4.4 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Heh... Who said that "Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups"? OpenBSD is indeed, targeted for another world, hence the rude answers some non-googling users get on their mailing lists...

  19. Re:Mebbe I should try it some time on OpenBSD 4.4 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Let me just point out that PC-BSD's kernel is the very same FreeBSD, nothing related to OpenBSD; let me also just point out that the standard FreeBSD distribution combines the advantages of Gentoo's (customizing the building of packages to your needs or desires) and of Debian (superb dependency tracking, very fast on searches, always up-to-date (if you consider Debian Unstable)).

  20. Re:Congratulations on OpenBSD 4.4 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, you and I (we) must. OpenBSD is not for the faint of heart, not for the n00bs, not quite for granny (but if she's asking questions on a OpenBSD mailing list, there's something seriously wrong with the way you set up her rig, or seriously wrong about your understanding of her computer understanding, or whatever). For user-friendly answers, the *BSD documentation is very extensive (try the FreeBSD handbook, most of which translates to OpenBSDdom or Linuxdom), and there are very, very many user-friendly Linux forums out there; the problems you'll have as a end user will be most probably with an end-user app, and kernel developers don't need to be hassled with such questions. As an analogy, I use to say that one novice user's question about the cup holder to the power users is the power user's question about the parameters to their device drivers.

    Not that I'm an OpenBSD developer or any such things, but I think that people who dwelve onto the *BSD realm must be braced for such coups, and must be prepared to RTFM!

  21. Re:Best nethack moment ever on 10th Year of the International Nethack Tournament · · Score: 1

    Did you genocide Rs earlier? Depending on your class, these are the most annoying critters on the whole game (and then, depending on your class, these are the most annoying critters on the whole game!)

  22. Re:Flamebait - Best game ever on 10th Year of the International Nethack Tournament · · Score: 1

    Hm... nice idea for a nethack patch, since the movement keys are (since the beginning) just like the vi ones. Those of us with muscle memory for :wq for saving/exiting would be grateful for such an advancement.

  23. Re:variations on 10th Year of the International Nethack Tournament · · Score: 1

    I like the IBMGraphics option on a konsole, even though some items may be depicted with only a '?'. For the Linux console, DECGraphics for the win. I've never quite got along with Falken's or QT or GTK graphics...

    Long live Nethack!

  24. Re:Moving account info on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    Yeah, kids these days... But wait until a 4 digit UID replies. Then you can feel reinvigorated.

  25. Re:It works, I just watched some of the video on Stephen Hawking Unveils "Time Eater" Clock · · Score: 2, Funny

    How much did it cost to post the reply? Meh, I'm going to bed.