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  1. Similarities with Google on New Search Engine Cuil Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    Did anyone notice this: www.cuil.com/search?q=
    [sarcastic]
    It reminds me of one address that I'm used to see elsewhere.. I can't remember where
    [/sarcastic]
    Yeah, I know, yahoo uses a scheme like that, but at least they change the GET variable to p

  2. Re:They need more Erlang. on Amazon Explains Why S3 Went Down · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This message is written by one that writes real parallel, distributed and concurrent code (they are not all the same):
    Erlang or any other functional language will not account for lack of good design. If you have a good design with the right concerns you can implement in Java, C, Fortran, ASM and if done right, it will work.
    I'm sick of hear "Erlang is THE solution". It is not. Good design and implementation practices are.

  3. I'm the only one noticing it? on NOAA Requires License For Photos of the Earth · · Score: 1

    So the letter says that they need a license if they're "capable of actively or passively sensing the Earth's surface, including bodies of water, from space by making use of the properties of the electromagnetic waves emitted, reflected, or diffracted by the sensed objects".

    Question: How in hell robots would navigate? Sonars? Not a option.Vision based systems? Nop, they use images. Radar? They make use properties of the electromagnetic waves reflected and diffracted by objects.

    Someone please enlighten me coz I'm not that getting that out...

  4. Re:U.S. is so late on Call Someone – Without Having To Talk To Them · · Score: 1

    And I forgot: the same price if you were calling to the person itself and works with all and between the 3 networks and virtual networks running on top of them.

  5. U.S. is so late on Call Someone – Without Having To Talk To Them · · Score: 1

    This feature has been implemented here in Portugal for years, but no one uses it. In fact, almost no one uses voicemail. You know, we don't pay for received SMS.
    Here we just have to dial 66xxxxxxx were xx's is the cellphone number to get *that* advanced feature Slydial.

    U.S.A.: the most advanced world in the world? ROFTLOL

  6. Re:My workplaces' lovely standards... on Best and Worst Coding Standards? · · Score: 1

    So, the reason for single returns is that? I would expect 2 things:
    1st: cleanup code should be placed in destructors.
    2nd: a function shouldn't need cleanup code, it should do only what is meant to do and revert any side efects to the global state.
    By the way, let me introduce you to aspect-oriented programming, were the transversal requisites to your program have an identity and are separated from other code. Read more for example in http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj
    There is for C/C++ also. :P Google for AspectC++

  7. Re:More like giving up on VIA Releases 16K-Line FOSS Framebuffer Driver · · Score: 1

    I said when comparing to Windows. Both ATI and nVidia cards don't work properly with RandR. For me, worker, not gamer, this is a must. For example, you don't get extended desktop in Linux with different monitor resolutions as you can in Windows. Binaries can be the same, but its bindings to OS (which is still part of the driver) suck.

  8. Re:More like giving up on VIA Releases 16K-Line FOSS Framebuffer Driver · · Score: 2, Informative

    Look at how ATI/AMD supports Linux. Even the much praised nVidia still lacks proper (read: in comparison with Windows) drivers. Do they release a single line of code? Nop... At least Via chipsets will have RandR and other usefull functions fully implemented and supported.

  9. On high school on Electronic Warfare Insects Coming Soon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This would make a lot of boys happy :) Just wonder the different uses the insects can have...

  10. Re:What's in SE 6 anyway? on Java SE 6 For Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    They moved the runtime to a micro-kernel, and API has suffered some changes (java.util.concurrent.TimeUnits for example).

  11. Forget on A Peek at AT&T's New Browser, Pogo · · Score: 1

    Another "idea" in AT&T unique style. The only way is if Compiz and Mozilla guys could borrow some ideas.

  12. Re:Now We Know on Half-Petaflop Supercomputer Deployed In Austin · · Score: 1

    I'm sure anything approaching this magnitude already had a contract with AMD that includes guaranteed delivery dates and penalties They had and wasn't met! Ranger was scheduled to be ready for inclusion in Top500 list released on November 15th.
  13. Makes me ask on AMD Releases 3D Programming Documentation · · Score: 1

    Would fglrx work at last? Or community devs will do all the work to have a decent driver?

  14. A bit dangerous on Nanowires Allow For Electricity-Generating Clothing · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't dress it on a rainy day... Bzzzzzzzzt

  15. This needs... on Tor Books Is Giving Away E-Books · · Score: 0, Redundant

    All you e-books are belong to us!

  16. Re:Sheesh on Ron Paul Campaign Answers Slashdot Reader Questions · · Score: 1

    We wouldn't allow a person who believes in a flat earth to become President. We wouldn't allow a holocaust denier to become President. Why would we allow an evolution denier to become President? Do you know what a theory is? Flat earth is not a theory, holocaust is not a theory. Those can't be denied. Evolution IS a theory. Anyone is free to deny a theory until (and if) proven and not be judged for it.
  17. Grid computing != Distributed computing on Citizen Science and Grid Computing · · Score: 5, Informative
    Grid computing is when you request resources to run your app. Projects like SETI@home use a different approach: you pull a task, instead of arbitrarily offering your computing resources.

    IBM defines grid computing as "the ability, using a set of open standards and protocols, to gain access to applications and data, processing power, storage capacity and a vast array of other computing resources over the Internet. in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_Computing