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  1. Re:No emotional motivator for COBOL on Modernizing the Common Language - COBOL · · Score: 0

    System: Have you already done your job against above subject?
    Mr. "Dream killer" Smith: Yes, target is down.
    System: Let's go to the next one.

  2. Re:My gramma used to write code in COBOL on Modernizing the Common Language - COBOL · · Score: 0

    Well, it is an irony, indeed. But at least, comparing C to Cobol, C is younger and
    then _more modern_ than Cobol :)
    Take a look at this this

    12 years younger is less than nothing (lol)!

  3. My gramma used to write code in COBOL on Modernizing the Common Language - COBOL · · Score: 0

    If a code has to be re-written (or in this case the own language COBOL) it is time
    to switch it by another and modern language.

    Everything is evolution, except my score that keeps on 0 indefinitely:)

  4. 2.0 on 'Web 2.0' Most Popular Wikipedia Entry · · Score: 0

    Wow, cool, amazing! But the term "web 2.0" is marketing.
    Web 2.0 is nothing more than our actual web evolution.
    For example once in the past we had rudimentary cars and now we have more
    modern cars _but_ they are _still_ cars.

  5. Re:Less of the kitchen sink would make KDE better on A Sneak Preview of KDE 4 · · Score: 0

    I think there is something wrong with almost all linux desktops. It is hard to them
    to get the middle point of quality, when you have all the features you need
    and leave the dirty features you would never use. Sometimes you get it very simple, in case of
    Blackbox and sometimes you get it very confuse just like KDE and Gnome.

    I believe that KDE is still the desktop environment that is closer to this middle point.
    But still has a lot of work to do.

  6. Re:Show me the code on IE6 Was Unsafe 284 Days In 2006 · · Score: 0

    Of course it is 365 and sometimes plus 1 due to bisixth years.
    It is the prove that you would never post in slashdot while drunk.

  7. Show me the code on IE6 Was Unsafe 284 Days In 2006 · · Score: 0

    I'd just like to see the piece of code that made an year last more than 265 days :)

  8. sCientology on When Celebrities Speak on Science · · Score: 1

    And most important: never hear what Tom Cruise has to say about science.

  9. Re:Starting a minute before midnight on IOCCC 2006 is now open · · Score: 1

    ahahah cool, so the obfuscation contest is obfuscated itself! What a goal!

  10. Re:Racist contest on IOCCC 2006 is now open · · Score: 1

    Because these variants are already obfuscated by making no sense at all.

  11. Re:On the other hand ... on IOCCC 2006 is now open · · Score: -1, Troll

    If everyone is the winner, there is no winner.
    If microsoft's code get in the contest, it will be the only one winner,
    and we all gonne lose, speacilly those who use its code :)

  12. Re:Microsoft Linux on Tamil Nadu (India) Shutting the Door On Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Nice, and then we'll get a well designed _linux_blue_screen_of_death_
    Evolution...evolution...

  13. Re:Control subjects? on Study Says 2 In 5 Bosses Lie · · Score: 5, Funny

    50% less.
    When they lie more often, they are promoted.

  14. 5? on Study Says 2 In 5 Bosses Lie · · Score: 1

    hmm i though that it was 6 in 5...
    At least in my counts...

  15. We are dead! on Giant Ice Shelf Snaps · · Score: 1

    That should be enough to make us pay some atention to the _real_ global warming.
    It would be funny to make some cool drinks, but would be even more funny to see
    surfing in Everest....
    Serious, it is _very_ sad.

  16. Many options on Ideal Linux System for Newbies? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In terms of Linux, where you have many options to chose, it is good and bad. Good because you have many distros and each one with some specific features and it is bad for the same reasons :)
    I've been using Slackware for many years and i really love it, it is simple and in my opinion, easy to use.
    But you always can try Ubuntu that looks real good and Debian because of its package manager that may make things easier for newbies.
    You must keep in mind that any linux you chose, does not matter, you'll always have many similar tools for math and programming.

    Before you decide take a look at the following links:

    Slackware
    Debian
    Ubuntu
    Gentoo

    It is very important that you learn something about those linux distros out there and make
    your own decision, pointing out what does really matter and what doesn't
    Don't you have some virtualization tool for testing? You can install a couple of distros and
    then make your decision based on experience.
    good luck!

  17. Forwarding on MS Fights Gmail With 2-GB Exchange Mailboxes · · Score: 1

    I forward my hard drives from Windows to Linux very often too :)

  18. two-head tax on Two-headed Reptile Fossil Found in China · · Score: 1

    Darwin's natural selection is amazing. It just had finished with two-head-animals before the XX century. Maybe some politician would have the smart idea of taxing two-head-ppl in double.

  19. Power to get poor on Sony Says Nobody Will Ever Use All the Power of a PS3 · · Score: 1

    Is it because nobody will spend such amount of money to buy it?
    I still love Atari.

  20. Sick on Bad Web Sites Can Cause "Mouse Rage" · · Score: 1

    Wow! Now i know why i feel extremely sick when i access this site...
    I'd save some headacke medicine if i knew it before :(

  21. Maradona's nose on Human Sense of Smell Underestimated · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maradona has proved it many times some years ago keeping track of some white dust...

  22. Re:chkrootkit on Detecting Rootkits In GNU/Linux · · Score: 1

    hmmm interesting, i wrote some kernel level rootkit and chkrootkit wasn't (Wow!) able to discover it. Duh!
    One of chkrootkit's way to find a rootkit is by signature, what
    an old school way to figure it out. Outdated and frequently useless.

  23. Re:ifl on Detecting Rootkits In GNU/Linux · · Score: 1

    TripWire? kill me! Dont you know that (as said before) kernel level rootkits (known as LKM rootkits)
    are coded to hide itself from such userland programs?
    Common LKM rootkits are written in a way to hijack system calls (look: linux/syscall.h)
    so, right before Tripwire and similar tools get in scene they already got hidden.
    It is very trivial to code such rootkit.

  24. Re:linuix rootkits? on Detecting Rootkits In GNU/Linux · · Score: 1

    Yes, well done. Is this the Windows way to face problems? Re-installing it?
    What if you get sick? Re-born?

  25. Openoffice on SoftMaker Rolls Out Office Suite for BSD, Linux, and Others · · Score: 1
    claims to be much leaner and faster than OpenOffice.org

    Ok, now what about the difficult improvements?