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  1. Not sure if this matters on Godzilla Getting Ready to Stomp Mozilla? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...but the term "Mozilla" has been associated with Netscape for a long, long time, even before the open source project. In fact, you're likely to see "Mozilla" in most user agent strings, even from non-Netscape browsers.

  2. Re:Dijkstra on Is FORTRAN Still Kicking? · · Score: 1

    I'm somewhat irritated that I can't find any news sources talking about this. This doesn't sound like a /. troll, but I'd like to see more coverage of the passing of a computing pioneer.

  3. Re:Did I miss it or... on XHTML 2.0 Working Draft · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm assuming you meant the img element. See the object element instead. That's what you'd use to embed media in the page.

  4. Re:Exactly! on IBM's Deep View · · Score: 1

    Sturgeon's

  5. Re:String equality in Java on Pet Bugs II - Debugger War Stories · · Score: 2

    No...he's right. Java only creates one object for all String literals of the same value in the same class. This works out, because Strings are immutable in Java.

    This can be found in the Java language specification.

    In general, the parent of this post is correct. In that specific instance, the grandparent is correct.

  6. Why i hate /. readers on WiFi, Light Bulbs, And The FCC · · Score: 2

    One wreaks havoc, not wrecks havoc.

    Are basic english skills too much to ask for? And I'm not whining about people who speak English as a second language. I'm talking about the english-is-my-first-language-but-i'm-too-fucking-i ncompetent-to-speak/write-it-correctly crowd.

  7. If Amazon were just a bookstore on Amazon.Heartbreak · · Score: 2

    ...then I wouldn't be able to buy PS2 games, CDs, and books all at the same time. Because I do that sometimes. And that's convenient.

  8. Um, no. on A Building Material 12 Times Stronger Than Steel · · Score: 1

    If you double a person in every dimension, you end up with 8x the original volume (2^3). However, the strength of a person's bones are proportionate to the cross-sectional area, which is only 4x the original area. And that's why a giant-sized human would grind his legs into powder with the first step.

  9. Jon Katz takes a crap on Disconnecting · · Score: 1

    ...and runs out of toilet paper. Slashdot feature at 11.

  10. Re:Why Doesn't Sci-Fi Hit the Bestseller Lists? on Why Doesn't Sci-Fi Hit the Bestseller Lists? · · Score: 1

    That might explain the lack of other SF novels on best seller lists. Ugh.

  11. Re:Blade II on Impossible Movie Stunts? · · Score: 1

    I tried to work that out for myself after the movie. The best I could come up with was that the grenades were some sort of fuel-air-explosive type thing, which filled the tunnels with some sort of aerosol. When detonated, the aerosol gave off the light.

    I realize that probably doesn't go along to well with the functioning of the individual grenades, though.

  12. Um, math, corky? on Microsoft's $40 Billion On Hand · · Score: 2

    Or you could do the math correctly, and realize that they could only give everyone in the US $142.

  13. Re:Inconsistent Application on Myrinet Available for Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    The only possibly advantages I can see are:

    1. The computation really takes advantage of the AltiVec processing unit on the G4
    2. The app to utilize the data is running on Mac OS X, and this makes life easier when the cluster is the same platform. This one is a bit of a stretch.
  14. Kurt the Pope on CNN Says Chat Rooms Are a Haven for Hackers · · Score: 2

    Pope-abuse is a serious issue these days. As is nun-beating. And don't even get me started on the topic of penguin lust.

  15. Re:k5 on A Walk Through the Gentoo Linux Install Process · · Score: 1

    some neo-communazist global order

    Yes, most certainly.

  16. Re:Gentoo Linux Acronyms on A Walk Through the Gentoo Linux Install Process · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, taut buns make me bust a nut

  17. Re:k5 on A Walk Through the Gentoo Linux Install Process · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmm...maybe...

    Come check out the Jon Katz story-of-the-day at k5!

  18. Re:k5 on A Walk Through the Gentoo Linux Install Process · · Score: 1

    I'm actually a huge fan of XP. The comment is actually in mocker of myself when I caught myself saying that I didn't want to do something new, even though it might be the best way to do that particular task. And then I thought about how I was supposed to be an agile developer and all that...

    Yeah. That was a pointless story.

  19. Re:k5 on A Walk Through the Gentoo Linux Install Process · · Score: 1

    It's interesting -- more often, I'm seeing stories show up in the k5 queue hours or days before they get posted to /. I'd say more about k5, but see my original post.

  20. k5 on A Walk Through the Gentoo Linux Install Process · · Score: 3, Funny

    Once again demonstrating that k5 has better and more timely news than /.

    Oh god. What have I done? No, k5 sucks. Really. Stay away. Stay far, far away. You have absolutely no desire to get a k5 account.

  21. Re:Playing Devil's Advocate for the Industry on Seeking Arguments Against the CBDTPA? · · Score: 1

    Yes. They do a very good job of deterring people from living.

  22. Re:Actually funny on Linus Retiring from Kernel Dev · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No...no, it wasn't, actually.

  23. Re:You just don't know where to put it... on Dior iPod case · · Score: 1

    Anytime you own anything with a "swivel belt clip", its time to think about how you got to that point in your life.

    Either that, or suicide.

  24. You want to charge me for this? (Topic: Meta) on Slashback: Grammy, Sirius, Levies · · Score: 0, Funny

    Who's Steve Job? Is bad grammar and spelling and use of malapropisms a prerequisite for a job at /.?

    If so, sign me up. I'm sure their are plety of other who would foot the bill, too.

    Note to clueless moderators, should the story get updated:

    The original story read as Steve Job's Grammy acceptance speech...

  25. Re:Useless "article" on Zarf in Mac OS X Land · · Score: 1
    Frankly, this is the least interesting thing I've read on /. in a long while.

    And that's really saying something!