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  1. Re:An absurd "crisis"! LOL on How To Fix The Shortage of K-5 Scholastic Chess Facilitators · · Score: 1

    Surely you can't be serious? Learning how to operate under pressure, becoming comfortable with a crowd scrutinizing your play AND behavior, meeting people whose brains enjoy similar mental games/puzzles, how to lose gracefully; these are all very valuable skills.

    Learning to operate under pressure? Why not let everyone be a hockey goalie, not only do you get pressure and scrutiny but when you make a mistake a siren blares and a red light goes on. Did I mention all the people that cheer, or boo? Oh, and don't forget the handshake with the winning team at the end of the game!

  2. Re:99% marketting on Why Do Programming Languages Succeed Or Fail? · · Score: 1

    ... and not some Canadian school that nobody has heard of.

    Maybe your school should of called it something like Java with WatJava and WatJive.

  3. Re:The more the better on Senate Candidate Sued By Copyright Troll · · Score: 1

    Yes, the changes will probably benefit the politicians though not anyone else. Sort of like how politicians aren't affected by the do not call list.

  4. Re:Choices on New Chrome Beta Adds Privacy Controls, Translation Option · · Score: 2, Informative

    Bookmark manager works on my Mac version 5.0.335.0 dev, so it's coming to a Chrome near you soon I would guess.

  5. Re:Still Waiting... on Duke Nukem For Never · · Score: 1

    Oh Commander Keen is okay, but I was hoping to hear about Captain Comic III being available soon.

  6. Re:At least one bad aspect.... on Opera 9.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Just as a me too post, I agree. I find Opera'a cookie handling a little awkward.

  7. Missile Defense on Robot Catches High Speed Objects · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow this is great! Has anybody told the Ballistic Missile Defense Agency? Maybe they'll have more luck catching a missile than shooting it down!

  8. Re:external variables on PHP 4.2.0 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Don't know if this will help but I had to put the following in the php.ini file:

    register_globals = On