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  1. I don't understand on Secret US List of Civil Nuclear Sites Released · · Score: 1

    Does that mean, it's not on Wikileaks anymore?

  2. Re:Actually, vegetables do scream when picked on Study Suggests Crabs Can Feel Pain · · Score: 1

    I find a mix of radish and arugula works. Most carrots can understand that.

    It might appear as if they understand you, yes. But don't let yourself be fooled: They may just be pretending. Most carrots I know have a weird sense of humor.

  3. Re:Fair comparison considering the scenario on Open Source Usability — Joomla! Vs. WordPress · · Score: 2, Interesting

    you should use drupal over joomla for your companys website :)

    Actually I will recommend SilverStripe. I just love its MVC framework. It feels right from a developer's pov.

  4. Fair comparison considering the scenario on Open Source Usability — Joomla! Vs. WordPress · · Score: 4, Interesting

    He is comparing the usability of the two very different applications for a quite limited scenario, namely setting up very simple web sites with only a few static pages. For larger projects Wordpress simply won't do the job, but in that simple case, I agree that WordPress is a often much better choice. For my personal homepage I tried out lots of Open Source CMS, but finally got stuck with WordPress + some plugins. It does a surprisingly good job as CMS, but I would not recommend it for - say - my company's website.

  5. Obligatory Python reference on False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why is it that the world never remembered the name of Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg?

  6. Re:159357 popular with lefties? on Passwords From PHPBB Attack Analyzed · · Score: 1

    I'm right-handed, but I use the mouse with the left hand. The reason is that I suffer from RSI in the right hand, so every mouse click hurts. Switching to the left hand was hard for a week or so and I'm still not as precise as I was with the right hand, but working without pain is worth it.

  7. Re:Anyone usinging specialised tests? on Fallout From the Fall of CAPTCHAs · · Score: 1

    what is the third word of this sentence?

    No, its the first.

    No, what's the first.

  8. Re:The language of engineers on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    I'm a native speaker of German, and I can't say it's very logical.

    That's probably because you're a native speaker and used too much to it to be able to see the concepts. I, too, am a native speaker and considered it difficult and illogical, since I realized that I had a lot of difficulties to explain to foreigners, for instance, which verbs are conjugated in which way and why we word things the way we do.

    When I looked at a book that explained German to foreigners, I was quite surprised to see that there actually a lot of structure, and there are lots of rules that we use unconsciously. It is fascinating to read such a book and learn new things about the language that you thought you knew by heart.

  9. Getting hardware to work is not always easy on Why Buy a PC Preloaded With Linux? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I would assume that a pre-installed Linux is already configured and all drivers are there and working.

    I still have problems getting all devices of my 3-years-old Dell pc to work with current Ubuntu versions. My hope would be that if I buy a desktop pc with pre-installed Linux, all the hardware is at least supported by Linux, and I don't need to do the "hard" parts of the configuration (like the WLAN stuff).

  10. Re:Doing things the slow way on Ruby and Java Running in JavaScript · · Score: 1

    This is not a Java problem. The number 8.12 cannot be exactly represented as finite base-2 number.

    0.12 is 0.(000111101) in binary, with all fractional digits repeating. In a floating point representation only 23-52 significant digits are stored, so it can never store 8.12 exactly. Multiplying it by 100 will result in about 811.999..., so cutting of the fractional part of 8.12*100 yields 811. As pointed out in another posting, the better way would be rounding the result before casting it.

  11. Re:first post on What Kind of Alternate Business Models Could ISPs Use? · · Score: 1

    I don't wear pants. That was a little bit more information than I needed to know ...
  12. Not all bad on OOXML Rumored to be Approved, Announcement Wednesday · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is not necessarily a bad thing. If it's standardized, Microsoft might be motivated to finally come up with a product that actually implements the whole thing.

  13. probably interesting article on The Impatience of the Google Generation · · Score: 1

    title sound interesting, can sombdy pls summarize that for me?

  14. Re:INVADE! on Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 1

    Actually, in German one doesn't consistently refer to inanimate objects as neuter. For example, the monitor is male, the keyboard is female, and the mainboard is neuter. And while CD and floppy drives are neuter, hard disks are female and USB memory sticks male. Although I am German, I have no idea, why we do it this way. By the way, bombs are female here. Luckily, at least males are male and females female. As long as they are married.

  15. Re:Open for Closed on Top 25 Hottest Open-Source Projects at Microsoft Codeplex · · Score: 1

    What's the point of using open source software if you have to buy some expensive closed source package to use it.

    What's the ponit of open source software if you have to buy some expensive unmodifiable hardware to use it?