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  1. .NET is not limited to C# on Has a Decade of .NET Delivered On Microsoft's Promises? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    .NET is not limited to C#, although that is probably the most usual. Any language can be used so long as it is made to conform to the .NET CLR (Computer Language Runtime (?)) standard. In addition to the usual MS suspects, there are Third Party implementations of other languages that fit within that framework. This gives .NET development a flexibility that encourages development from experts in many domains dominated by other languages. Has it delivered? If it continues to exist, yes. Is it the best? Depends on your prejudices. Few have the ability to make a truly objective assessment. Objective.

  2. Re:Who are italians on After Berlusconi Attack, Italy Considers Web Censorship · · Score: 1

    Article 31 - Tomorrow I'll stop Article 31 - the average Italian

  3. Re:My say on this on Not Enough Women In Computing, Or Too Many Men? · · Score: 1

    If you killed all programmers worse than you, then you would be the worse programmer in the world.

  4. company-paid pizza????? on Not Enough Women In Computing, Or Too Many Men? · · Score: 1

    You guys get company-paid pizza??? Dang, that would be soooo cool.

  5. Re:Weird video...? on Dying Star Mimics Our Sun's Death · · Score: 1

    Those were my thoughts, also. There is something asymmetrical about it and I can't imagine anything that would cause such a roiling, yet periodic, effect.

  6. Re:Adjusted for Gold-based inflation... on Hollywood Sets $10 Billion Box Office Record · · Score: 1

    And look at the run-down hovels those starving folks live in--must we force them to bike to the studio? Oh. The horror.

  7. CIA Redactions on TSA's Sloppy Redacting Reveals All · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of the story about CIA Redactions--that in reality they use black highlighers for the important stuff.

  8. Re:Of course it is. on Is Linux Documentation Lacking? · · Score: 1

    Right On!

  9. Re:Ron Paul!!! on Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fake Chips To US Navy · · Score: 1

    Thank you Neil Felahy of Newport Coast, California for reminding us to trust you.

  10. Commodore 64 in my brain? on Intel Says Brain Implants Could Control Computers By 2020 · · Score: 1

    This had better be modular and upgradable. Five years after an implant in my BRAIN I'd want the LATEST technology, not the old, obsolete junk.

  11. Re:In Soviet Russia on Free Software For All Russian Schools In Jeopardy · · Score: 1

    ... Linux doesn't even need to be as good, it needs to be better and easier to use for regular people before they'll make the leap.

    Amen.

  12. You don't know any poor ... on Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart · · Score: 1

    I've worked alongside of some very poor folks. Some of these work very, very hard at low-end construction jobs, farm labor, and other physically exhaustive work. I'd say they don't work smart and most of them aren't intelligent. But never call them lazy. They don't have the money to spend irresponsibly, but yes, they often make poor choices. They aren't smart. They aren't communists (you fat capitalist pig), they make up a large percentage of our armed forces, dying for you, f*cker. They hate you.

  13. This happened to me ... on Toyotas Suddenly Accelerate; Owners Up In Arms · · Score: 1

    I had a 91 Geo Prism (a Toyota Corolla) that had this problem. It scared the heck out of me the first time--I put it in neutral then shut it off because the brakes weren't doing the job. I got to the side of the road and it took me about a minute to figure out it WAS THE FLOOR MAT. If I wasn't careful to keep the floor mat back out of the way it would do the same thing again. Not so scary then, but it did take more time than braking to correct the situation so it was dangerous. There also may be a computer problem, but not in this case.

  14. hackneyed phrases ... on Plagiarism-Detection Software Confirms Shakespeare Play · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shakespeare, huh. That guys works are full of clichés.

  15. Re:Pretty simple for me. on Sky Watchers Want Recognized a Newly Described Type of Cloud · · Score: 1

    Yes, when these are seen "side-on" they already have a description: Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud. These are also seen (as horizontal waves) in the lee of islands when seen from low earth orbit. I think we may be seeing a different aspect of the same thing with the undulatus asperatus. At http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/ some of the asperatus pictures in the gallery definitely blend into what I'd call lenticular clouds. I believe there is a continuum of forms rather than actual separate and always distinct formations. The "Cloud Appreciators" call lenticular clouds "cap/banner." Here in Colorado lenticular clouds are often also found downwind (usually east) of the mountain peaks that cause them. The classification really is artificial, and I really believe in a continuum of forms.

  16. Re:Pretty simple for me. on Sky Watchers Want Recognized a Newly Described Type of Cloud · · Score: 1

    No, read the article. Look at Wikipedia article about how mammatus looks and may be formed and compare it with the article. quote: "It's warmer, moister air above and colder, drier air below, with an abrupt boundary in between." Add wind passing over rolling terrain and "you get the same wavy effect as on the surface of water."

  17. Re:That's pathetic! They get dumber every day. on Thieves Clear Out NJ Apple Store In 31 Seconds · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you gotta figure in meetings, vacations, and sick leave plus 35% administrative overhead.

  18. Asks for directions? on How To Prove Someone Is Female? · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Caster stops and asks for directions to the track arena, Caster is a female. If Caster continues to drive around, crossing bridges, running into cul-de-sacs, on and off the freeway, then Caster is a male.

  19. 300 lbs == 10 gal. gasoline on NASA Offers $1.5 Million For 200MPG Aircraft · · Score: 1

    I've heard it stated that the fat of a 300 pound person is equivalent to 10 gallons of gasoline (petrol). Liposuction, biofuel, weight loss.

  20. The second school is right on Which Language Approach For a Computer Science Degree? · · Score: 1

    There is no way you are going to become proficient in a language through coursework; only working through time on significant projects will build the necessary expertise. An exposure to a wide variety of language forms and general skills will prepare you for a career: i.e., you're going to continually have to learn new, different languages and concepts if you expect to succeed in programming. Believe me, I know. I tried to spend a career in Fortran, and that didn't work out as expected. Now, get off my lawn ;^).

  21. Re:Its not rocket surgery... on Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule? · · Score: 1

    I checked out your resource--The Hackers Diet--and it looks to be not unusable ;^). I plan to read and follow that myself. If I had some points right now I'd want to add all of them to this reply. Thank you.

  22. Re:Ahhh, Slashdot on Crowdsourcing Big Brother In Lancaster, PA · · Score: 1

    I very much agree for the most part, Bill. For our general information some of those "camera"-looking objects lurking around street lights: Those are usually not cameras but are instead sensors set up to detect emergency vehicles running "Code 3" and so that the pre-programmed light changing sequence can be over-ridden. They used to freak me out until I learned this. Now, about those black helicopters...

  23. user testing... on Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much? · · Score: 1

    "Byfield suggests that the answer could be more user testing." That's crazy talk.

  24. Re:Learn a UNIX on Getting Beyond the Helldesk · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Actually took a systems administration course in Microsoft's version of Unix (Xenix), and had a "diploma" on my wall for the sake of humor. The computers had Motorola 68000 chips, were multi-user systems with up to a half-dozen terminals or computers logged in. Made by Radio Shack. A couple of years ago I took the diploma down as sunlight had bleached it to a white piece of paper -- fading just as my memory of Xenix did. (Thank God).

  25. Re:My Kingdom for a Datagrid Element! on HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash? · · Score: 0

    Yes, a datagrid element would be good for ... Data! Please, please stop abusing tables for layout of non tablular data content. Read some recent books or web sites about HTML and CSS and start using DIV. Come on, you can do it, it's not that difficult. (Sure beats tables in tables in tables in tables ... ). If enough of us do that, maybe IE will eventually begin to conform to the standards. (not holding breath).