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  1. Mod parent up on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 1

    Oyster card saves you loads, and you can get your £3 deposit back at the end.
    The express trains from the airports are a bit of a rip off. You can usually find a standard service that will only take 10 mins longer.
    Walking with an A-Z is highly recommended too. Lot's of things are close together.

  2. Change .txt to .exe on English Shell Code Could Make Security Harder · · Score: 1

    So all that needs to be done is change a file extension and you have a executable virus?
    Or alternatively, extra code can be hidden on public webpages which get downloaded by a small executable, bypassing filters?

  3. CUDA, GPGPU, OpenCL etc. on Australia's CSIRO To Launch CPU-GPU Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    What API would be the best approach for writing some future proof GPU code?
    I'm willing to sacrifice some bleeding edge performance now for ease of maintainability.

    Other GPU possibilities
    * OpenCL
    * GPGPU
    * CUDA
    * DirectCompute
    * FireStream
    * Larrabee
    * Close to Metal
    * BrookGPU
    * Lib Sh

    Cheers

  4. Re:My first question would be... on Microsoft Open Sources .NET Micro Framework · · Score: 1

    Thanks

  5. Citation on Can We Really Tell Lossless From MP3? · · Score: 1

    http://www.zimbio.com/Headphones/articles/54/ear+headphones+ear+canal+headphones+safe
    It's all about background noise. If you get some earbuds with the cups that fit snugly in your ear then you get less background noise and can play music quieter.
    Similarly, using old style headphones in a noisy place is fine if they are closed cup. Open cup you'll get the background noise.
    Studios tend to go for the open cup because they are easier to use for long periods of time.
    Open vs closed http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/mar94/headphones.html

  6. Re:My first question would be... on Microsoft Open Sources .NET Micro Framework · · Score: 1

    Could you recommend one SourceSafe replacement in particular?
    Good for .Net and C++ on windows (& possibly linux)

    Cheers

  7. Re:All I see is a big white rectangle on "Mandelbulb," a 3D Mandlebrot Construct, Discovered · · Score: 0, Redundant

    40404040404040404040404040404040404040 etc.
    "Your comment violated the "postercomment" compression filter. Try less whitespace and/or less repetition."
    Damnit

  8. Re:The problem is not an efficient algorithm on What Computer Science Can Teach Economics · · Score: 1

    or how to wash the small of one's back while in the shower

    I find that a sponge works quite well.

    Rubbish to open stiff doors though, no matter how hard you throw.

  9. Creative X-Fi on Mandriva Linux 2010 Is Finally Out · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do any versions support the Creative Labs X-Fi sound cards?

  10. Re:Amen on Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once saw a member of Mensa
    Meet my wife and try to romance her
    The intelegent geek
    Didn't think we would speak
    In fact he was quite a lot denser

  11. Re:Someone call Natalie on Why the Sony PSP Had To "Go" · · Score: 1
    What if there is a famous irony expert called Natalie, thus making this whole thread deeply ironic.

    I hope she posts...

  12. Re:Someone call Natalie on Why the Sony PSP Had To "Go" · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Again, not ironic. Just incorrect.
    see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1TVSTkAXg for more detail

  13. Re:COPYRIGHT!! ARGH!! on The Night Sky In 800 Million Pixels · · Score: 1

    If you don't like the copyright then there is nothing stopping you going out for 30 nights and taking 1,200 6-minute exposures.
    Tedious maybe, but not easy.
    Be thankful for copyright. Without it they may never have shared this picture with us.

  14. Upper bound on Up To 9% of a Company's Machines Are Bot-Infected · · Score: 1

    Up To 9% of a Company's Machines Are Bot-Infected

    Excellent. If I infect those 9% myself then no more can be infected. Easy life.

  15. Beloved != 8cloved on Google Buys reCAPTCHA For Better Book Scanning · · Score: 1

    I just got a correct response from a clearly incorrect answer.
    The image was of Beloved but being difficult I answered 8cloved and got accepted.
    It did the job of proving that I wasn't a bot, but if there are enough difficult people (like me) out there then we could really screw Google over.

  16. Who paid the studio costs? on Copyright Troubles For Sony · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Usually whoever pays the costs of the studio owns the mechanical copyright.
    Although what annoys me about that line of reasoning is that record companies reclaim the recording costs from the artists share of the profit, and so should forfeit any ownership.

  17. Re:complex finance math on Dirty Coding Tricks To Make a Deadline · · Score: 2, Insightful

    but it still feels wrong that part of our finance system is handling complex number of dollars, whatever that means.

    They're called Imaginary dollars, and there's a lot of them about at the moment.

  18. Re:University Assignments. on Dirty Coding Tricks To Make a Deadline · · Score: 1

    When I wanted to finish the assignment it didn't work as expected.

    Why were you not curious about this? You probably missed out on a much deeper lesson.

  19. Re:p2p on Open Source GSM Network At Dutch Hacker Convention · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There is TerraNet
    "Mr Carlius said he hopes that it will eventually be a feature available on all phones, like Bluetooth."
    "The system can also be used to make calls to other TerraNet mesh networks via a net-connected PC fitted with an inexpensive USB dongle. "

    You may find some more here http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/04/1343221

  20. Re:ïI might vote for them, but it is futile on Why the UK Needs the Pirate Party · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Try chaining yourself to some railings.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette

  21. Serious Lag times on ISS Launches First Permanent Node of "Interplanetary Internet" · · Score: 1

    Not to be used for Counterstrike.

  22. Re:Will it support Internet Explorer? on Google Announces Chrome OS, For Release Mid-2010 · · Score: 1

    I think the Windows/IE bundling issue was a monopolies issue
    Can you have a monopoly if you give something away for free?

  23. Re:Protect Your Intellectual Rights Before You Sel on How To Get Your Program Professionally Marketed? · · Score: 1

    Being niche means you don't need much marketing
    Can you make your product less niche, broaden your market and you'll find the marketing is easier
    Can you adapt it in such a way so my gran would want to use it? i.e. compare photoshop to piccasa.

  24. Re:Protect Your Intellectual Rights Before You Sel on How To Get Your Program Professionally Marketed? · · Score: 1

    Or make it very easy to pirate and use that as marketing.
    To get money, have a nag screen, a trial period or charge for access to help desks and other people using your software.

  25. This was my initial tweet on One-Tweet Wonders · · Score: 1

    First!